{"id":99824,"date":"2024-05-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=99824"},"modified":"2024-05-22T11:00:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:00:04","slug":"the-top-10-hip-hop-songs-of-the-streaming-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/the-top-10-hip-hop-songs-of-the-streaming-era\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 10 Hip-Hop Songs of the Streaming Era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spotify continues their CLASSICS series with a list of the 100 greatest Hip-Hop songs of the last decade.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spotify<\/a> are back with their CLASSICS series, highlighting the most iconic songs of the “Streaming Era”. Spotify define that as 2015 until now, the years in which platforms like Spotify have taken the world by storm as the primary source of music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Spotify are looking at the ‘100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of the Streaming Era<\/a>‘. It includes some of Hip-Hop’s – and pop culture at large – most influential records of all time, featuring artists like Kendrick Lamar, Future, Jay-Z, and Travis Scott. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spotify write: “Hip-Hop has been the most influential genre in pop culture for decades, but it became the No.1 music genre in the U.S. in 2017, according to Nielsen. Hip-Hop’s commercial ascendance coincided with existential shifts for the genre. Rap transitioned to a more melodic format, occasionally making it hard to distinguish between hip-hop and R&B. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Trap became the most popular sound in music, and its practitioner started releasing music at a relentless pace. but Hip-Hop remains as creatively inspired as ever, marked by the emergence of an exciting new generation who have already made their presence felt when it comes to the best Hip-Hop songs.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re going to list Spotify’s top 10, you can head to their original list for the full 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spotify’s Top 10 Modern Classic R&B Songs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

10. Juice WRLD – “Lucid Dreams” <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Lucid<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Chicago rapper is magnetic over the\u00a0Nick Mira<\/strong><\/a>\u2013produced track, which samples a\u00a0Sting<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0guitar loop, as he lets out a torrent of feelings about a relationship gone bad. Initially garnering millions of streams as a self-released single in 2017, \u201cLucid Dreams\u201d would experience an exponentially larger wave of success after Juice WRLD rereleased the single with major-label backing. It eventually became one of Spotify\u2019s most-streamed songs, with over 2.5 billion plays.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spotify Streams: <\/strong>2,528,373,906<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact:\u00a0<\/strong>Sting, whose \u201cShape Of My Heart\u201d is sampled in \u201cLucid Dreams,\u201d has said Juice WRLD\u2019s song is his favorite reworking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n