Since the summer is here and it’s time to bust out all the best seasonal songs that only sound right when the sun is shining and people are walking around in bikinis, shorts, and flip flops…I wanted to compile a list of the best summer themed songs. Here are some of my top favs:
Hands down the undisputed top Summer song of all time is “Summertime” By Will Smith aka Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff
“I Get Around” by Tupac: To this day this song still bangs and it just doesn’t get much more Cali than this! Watch
“Summertime in the LBC” by Dove Shack: If you’re not from LA you probably haven’t heard this song, but this is one of my favorites since it has this cool laid back feel that reminds of the days when me and my friends would wear matching outfits to the Crenshaw Mall to take pictures at the one hour photo lol. Watch
“My Boo” by Ghost Town DJs. I know that this one is super old, but the pool party video was classic! Watch
“Feel Me Flow” by Naughty By Nature: Don’t front, Naughty By Nature used to be the hotness back in the day with O.P.P. and Hip Hop Hooray…but Feel Me Flow was their ultimate summer jam.
“Rock the Boat” by Aaliyah: Most of us will never forget when we heard about Aaliyah’s untimely death…which in turned immortalized Rock the Boat, one of her hottest songs ever. I know it’s kind of cheating by choosing this song…but since I played that song out Summer of 2001…it goes on my list. Watch
“Rumpshaker” by Wreckx N Effect: All I gotta say is “All I wanna do is ama zoom zoom zoom and a boom boom” lol. Watch
I know all these songs are old as hell…but I couldn’t think of any new ones that stood out. So that’s where you guys come in…what songs should be added to the list? I didn’t find one site online that counts down the top summer R&B and Hip Hop jams…so let’s be the first to do it.
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I’d take “Rock the Boat” off. It’s not as fun as all the other songs.
A lot of folks may laugh at this one, but MC Hammer “Pumps and the Bumps” was the jam. It has a real summer feel to it, pretty close to the feel of “Rump Shaker.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxp6W12QQbE
Back in 1995, Montell Jordan’s “This is How we Do It” was the joint too. I’d say it had a nice summer feel to it too.
Janet Jackson’s “That’s the Way Love Goes” - My mom had that on tape back in the day.
Juvenile’s “Back That Ass Up” - I’m from Louisiana, and that literally shut that summer down.
Summertime, hell, everybody listens to that STILL.
I think this summer, Umbrella has made itself a classic…
Then, PIMP by 50 was hot a few ago
Eminem was always shuttin’ it down over here in NJ…especially when Without Me dropped.
And, of course, a lot of Jay Z. He sounds good no matter what time of year, but especially summer. Particularly La La La, that’s still getting played on radio here.
Summer Nights by Lil Rob.
Shorty Swing My Way, LOL.
DJ JJ & FP’s Summertime is a classic favourite, I’ve been listening to the Homebase album lately, but I can’t seem to find the Code Red album, I probably have it backed up on a cassette somewhere.
Some Black Eyed Peas is what I like to have playing while in the sun…
I’d agree with #1. Aaliyah is good anytime of the year… and that song is SAD knowing what happened shortly after the making of it.
How can you forget It Was A Good Day by Ice Cube?!?!?
Woah Now by B Rich
Big Pimpin by Jay-Z ft. UGK
California Love by Tupac ft. Dr. Dre
C.R.E.A.M. by Wu Tang Clan
No Letting Go by Wayne Wonder
Shake Ya Ass by Mystikal
Doin It by LL Cool J
What Mean The World To You by Cam’ron ft. Trina
What’s Your Fantasy? by Ludacris
Damn! by Youngbloodz ft. Lil Jon
I could go on for days… I ain’t even put in a single Three 6 Mafia, Outkast, or Cash Money track.
I agree with what most of you guys said…except of course taking Aaliyah off the list…she deserves to have at least one song! There are so many more song that could be added…so keep them coming.
“Try Again” by Aaliyah was a summer jam.
People are saying “Umbrella” is a summer jam. I think it’s a summer jam by default. There’s just nothing else really out there. Summer jams should make you stop what you’re doing, “Umbrella” never did that for me.
Usher has quite a few also.
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I remember back in the day on a ride home from Atlanta one summer, “That’s Just My Baby Daddy” was the song. Who is it by? I have no idea.
Sisqo - Thong Song.
R.Kelly - Ignition.
Beyonce - Crazy in love.
Justin Timberlake - Summer love.
Usher - Yeah. I’m not sure if this song was a summer hit.
“Summer Love?” lol
“Yeah!” was in the spring, but “Burn” and “Confessions” were that summer.
I can’t believe nobody has said “Lean Back” by the Terror Squad.
Nelly - Hot in Herre
puff ft. mase and biggie - More money More problems ( i remember watching the video 1000 times in the summer)
I am having to many nostalgia moments …i need to stop reading the comments.
All time best to me is Summer time - Fresh prince (or was he Will by then)
Jodeci - Get On Up … ultimate summer jam!
Mariah f. ODB - Fantasy remix
Foxy Brown f. Blackstreet - Gotta get you home tonight
Da Brat f. Biggie - Da B Sides
Wow, what a list. I am sure a bunch is missing from here.
I’m from NYC and one song nobody seems to remember that was played constantly all summer was the remix to “They Want Efx” and “Backenefx” from Das Efx.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF1sSCBzFfY
Maybe it was an East Coast thing or even a NY thing but mad people “stopped” what they was doing to nod their heads to those songs.
Oh and another dum diggity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycfSnggSQGw
Don’t forget TLC and Creep. Mad remixes for that song. The one played most was the Untouchables ReMix
I gotta hit you with DC’s banga last summer:
Dig Dug Shake It by Wale
No Diggity was pretty popular here too now that i think bout it…
a couple of summers ago, you couldnt drive down a stl street without hearing the young jeezy “TRAP OR DIE” mixtape…he didnt even have an album out, but when he came to the city…whatever club he came to, that block was shut down, and mufks was paying like a $100 to get in.
oh yeah, tht same summer “the carter” came out…and everybody was bumping “go dj”
shyt wayne had this summer as well with “stuntin like my daddy”
I definitely agree with #15 Sophia. “Get on up” by Jodeci is a very summer season song.
Will Smith owned the summers in the 90’s… with movies like Independence Day, Men In Black I and II and Wild Wild West… and the singles that came with the movies.
Gettin Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith
Wild Wild West - Will Smith
When Sean Paul first came out….Gimme the Light…everybody was trying to do them dances in the videos lol
I love this post, all great songs except for the Ghosttown DJ’s…
LOL @ The-XFacta for Ghosttown comment
Well, I still like the song they made but I’ll admit it wasn’t for everybody.
Sean Paul is always popular.
Random by Lady Sovereign was pretty cool last year.
Also, Galang by MIA was popular at dances and sh!t [too young for clubs].
So I’m going to go year-by-year of the summer jams in THE DIRTY SOUTH… this is the first half of my compilation and I know I’m missing a lot and not giving credit where credit is due to a lot of Down South artists, but forgive me… this is off the top.
1994
“Git Up Get Out” - Outkast
“Front, Back, Side to Side” - UGK
1995
“Red Light Special” - TLC
“Waterfalls” - Outkast
“Don’t Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days)” - Monica
“Soul Food” - Goodie Mob
1996
“Elevators (Me & You)” - Outkast
1997/b>
“We On Fire” - Hot Boys
“Solja Rags” - Juvenile
“Make ‘Em Say Uhh” - Master P
“Jazzy Belle” - Outkast
“You Make Me Wanna” - Usher
“The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” - Missy Elliott
“Tear Da Club Up 97″ - Three 6 Mafia
“Late Night Tip” - Three 6 Mafia
1998
“Are You That Somebody?” - Aaliyah
“My Way” - Usher
“Nice & Slow” - Usher
1999 - The Year Of Cash Money
“Cash Money is a Army” - B.G.
“Bling Bling” - B.G.
“Tha Block is Hot” - Lil Wayne ft. B.G., Juvenile, & Turk
“Back That Azz Up” - Juvenile
“Ha” - Juvenile
“Da Art of Storytellin’ (Pt. 1)” - Outkast
“No Scrubs” - TLC
2000
“I Got That Fire” - Juvenile
“Ms. Jackson” - Outkast
“Sippin’ on Some Syrup” - Three 6 Mafia ft. UGK
“Weak Azz Bitch” - Three 6 Mafia
“Who Run It” - Three 6 Mafia
If you’ve got any more DIRTY SOUTH tracks from 1994-2000 that I missed, please let me know!!!
EDIT: 1995’s Waterfalls was by TLC. lol
Slow Motion by Juvenile was a good summer song. Oh and even though it was never played on the radio, Spottieottiedopalcious, or however you spell it, by Outkast was played out in my summer days.
I must say this was a beast of a post..but there is a lot that was left out…sorry if i posted songs that already were in i skimmed through kind of quick…
adina howard - “freak like me”
montell jordan - “this is how we do it”
jay-z - “hey papi”
ll cool j “loungin”
horace brown “one for the money”
naughty by nature “hip hop hooray”
beenie man f. mya “girls dem sugar”
juvi “slow motion”
onyx “slam” (don’t know if it was really a summer joint but i remember my cousin playing the shit out of this cassette single one summer in the early 90’s)
mya f. jay-z “best of me (rmx)”
Dang y’all are bringing back memories. i don’t remember if all these songs necessarily came out in the summer but we played them out in the summers in Baton Rouge when I was a kid.
How about Zhane? “Groove Thang” and “Hey Mr. DJ” (I think that’s the name) used to be my ish.
lol. Tootsie Roll - the 69 boyz
The “daisy dukes” song.
Anything by Tevin Campbell, especially “Can We Talk”
Brandy - “I Wanna Be Down” or “Baby” or “Sitting Up In My Room”
Blaque - “Bring it All to Me” (that was late summer, right before the beginning of 7th grade)
Dr. Dre - “Keep Their Heads Ringing”
Tupac - “California Love”
Biggie - “Hypnotise”
Junior M.A.F.I.A. - “Crush on You”
Jon B. - “Pretty Girl” (I think that’s the name, back in his early days)
Digable Planets - “Cool Like That”
D’Angelo - “Brown Sugar” or “Cruisin’” or “Untitled”
yeah I could keep going but all the songs in my head are starting to run together liek those infommercials for those TimeLife CDs
Bills Bills Bills or Bugaboo by Destiny’s Child
Shake Dat Monkey by 2 $hort
808 by Blaque
Since we are talking throwbacks, I’d say:
Whatever by Ideal feat. R.L of Next
Loungin’ By LL Cool J feat. Total
Steelo by 702 feat. Missy E
Can’t you see by Total
Ain’t Nobody by Faith Evans
and last but not least
LET ME KNOW(Remix) by Aaliyah feat. R.Kelly
Oh and how could I have forgotten
Party aint a Party by Queen Pen feat. Lost Boys
Summer time by The lost Boys
Ain’t nobody by LL Cool J feat Taral Hicks
K, I can go on but i’ll end here hehe
Some Beastie Boys would be cool too. Ch-Check It Out was hot down here, and of course the classics like Brass Monkey…
Damn, I’m gettin nostalgic…
ahhh the 90’s from my horrible shitty memory this is what i remember so far:
tell me - groove theory
i’m so into you (original version) - tamia
one in a million - aaliyah
always be my baby - mariah carey
sky is the limit - notorious b.i.g.
anytime - brian mcknight
24/7 - kevon edmonds
don’t talk - jon b.
love - musiq soulchild
pony - ginuwine
if i ruled the world - nas ft. lauryn hill
firm biz - the firm ft. dawn robinson
don’t let go - en vogue
whatever - en vogue
don’t mess with my man - nivea ft. jagged edge
only you - 112 ft. puffy, mase, biggie
head over heels - allure ft. nas
get it together - 702
what’s up - donnell jones ft. lefteye
the rain - missy elliot
luv 2 luv ya - timbaland and magoo
crush on you - lil kim ft. lil cease
this is for the lover in you - babyface
i’ll post more later
oh shit my friend just mentioned some songs i think everyone can remember:
no diggity - blackstreet ft. queen pen and dr. dre
my everything - mary j. blige
my little secret - xscape
how deep is your love - dru hill
make ups to break ups - method man ft. d’angelo
got til its gone - janet
go deep - janet
4 seasons of lonliness - boyz 2 men
my love is your love - whitney
almost doesn’t count - brandy
feelin so good - jennifer lopez
Sky Is The Limit…man, that’s my ish now…lol
Crush on you by Mr Cheeks feat. Mario…that jam was hot
the song hey there delilah by plain white T’s is really popular this summer
Summer 95
Sprinkle Me - E40
Brown Sugar - D’Angelo
#1 Throwback Jam
Ahmad - Back in the Day
A few of my favourites xx
No Diggity - Blackstreet
Regulate - Warren G
Close to you - Maxi Priest
This is how we do it - Montell Jordan
Mr Loverman - Shabba Ranks
Hypnotize - B.I.G
shorty swing my way- kp &envi
my love is the sh…..-t&t
why dont we fall in love-amerie
I think that umbrella was a good song, but the song that I fell in love wit was Shawty by Plies and T-Pain
dont fight it - jon young
chocolate fe’s and redbones- twista
first of the month-bonethugs
what is it - lil webbie
baller baby-chingy
nasty girl-spm
I’m so tired of summertime but i cant front its the song, I think you could only think of old songs cause all the new songs are wack lol, but i’d play Get It Shawty by Lloyd
Don’t forget about Lauryn Hill: The Sweetest Thing & Killing Me Softly or KRS-1: Step Into A World
I cant believe nobody has mentioned this…
Case - Not your friend
I cant remember if it was released in the summer, but it’s the first thing I bang out my car when the sun comes out!!