November 4, 2020
Hip-Hop Songs That Became Wildly Popular Long After They Dropped
[ad_1] The phrase "slow motion is better than no motion" applies to more than a few surprising breakout rap hits over the last few years. Modern marketing techniques, social media and extreme real-life circumstances have led to songs leveling up like never before long after they were first released.Last year, Lizzo witnessed "Truth Hurts," a song she dropped all the way back in September of 2017 propel her to superstardom. By September of 2019, almost exactly two years later, the song landed at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In an even more extreme case, N.W.A's 1988 single "Straight Outta Compton" found itself on the Hot 100 chart nearly 30 years after it dropped.The stories behind...