Appearing on the soundtrack to Beat Street, their addition to the Christmas canon, “Santa Rap,” proved that rap and the holiday could mingle in a way that wasn’t just corny and commercial.ĭavid Banner feat. Their speed rapping skills influenced artists like T La Rock, LL Cool J, Limp Bizkit, and Rakim.
Treacherous Three never get their deserved credit as hip-hop innovators. Their version of “Santa Baby” became a massive hit, thanks to a bi-coastal effort from rap vets like Snoop Dogg, Onyx, Diddy, and Salt-N-Pepa. It’s hard to get more star power than Rev Run recruited as his Christmas All Stars. Diddy & Keith Murray & Mase) – Santa Baby Rev Run & The Christmas All Stars (Salt-N-Pepa & Onyx & Snoop Dogg & P. The track finds Tyler rushing to get home to meet his love before Christmas is over, a decidedly PG version of Tyler many families were happy to play at their Christmas festivities. Seuss’ The Grinch and features pop icon Santigold and Brockhampton collaborator Ryan Betty. “Lights On” comes from Tyler’s soundtrack for Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. The Ying Yang Twins said it better than anyone else: “Deck the halls with piles of money/Falalalala, lala, la, la.” Christmas is all about spending the bread you so carefully stacked throughout the year, to shower your loved ones with gifts and meals and merriment. Their contribution? “Player’s Ball,” a song only about Christmas if you really squinted, but then again, Andre and Big Boi were beamed in from a planet in which Christmas carols probably never existed. Long before OutKast were, you know, Outkast, they were the face of a LaFace Records winter compilation set to emerge around Christmas. Outkast – Player’s Ball (Christmas Version) Though Snoop and the late Nate Dogg are best known for summertime smashes, on “Santa Claus,” they conjure up the first white Christmas Long Beach has ever seen. Interpolating the title from James Brown’s seminal “Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto,” Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Tray Deee, and Bad Azz bring a little bit of West Coast gangsta rap to the Christmas staple. Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dat N-a Daz, Tray Deee, Bad Azz and Nate Dogg – Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto But with a shout out to fallen friends and an overall message of love and the importance of family, “A Christmas F_ing Miracle” is the gift that keeps on giving. Run The Jewels – A Christmas F_king MiracleĪs glacial as the winter freeze, RTJ’s seasonal offering unapologetically questions religion and calls out racism in the US. Its thumping beat flips “Here Comes Santa Claus” to devastating effect.
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There's not a lot about the lyrics of "Holiday" that's explicitly Christmas-y we guess Lil Nas X could be referencing Christmas Eve when he says "I can't even close my eyes / And I don't know why, guess I don't like surprises." But the video is a yuletide-themed delight - Lil Nas X portrays a freaky Santa, a dancing elf, and a rogue action figure in a futuristic North Pole workshop.The Southern rapper / actor appeared as DJ Donnie in the 2007 movie Fred Claus in 2007 and, of course, provided a tune for the soundtrack. The latest addition to the Christmas rap canon is one of the most fun. "Christmas still mean a lot / Cause it's the time to get together and give all you got / You got food, good moods, and what's better than together with your people?" the song asks. Daz Dillinger, Nate Dogg, Tray Deee, and Bad Azz join Snoop on the song, which, a few references to Hennessey and "blazin' spliffs" not withstanding, is actually a warm-hearted look at the joys of a simple Christmas, with plenty of references to holiday classics thrown in for good measure. This track off the Christmas on Death Row compilation album was named after James Brown's 1968 tune "Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto," but the similarities end there. 'Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto' (1996) This is one you definitely don't want to put on your Spotify playlist for the family gathering. In six minutes, Eazy-E, along with Dolemite, Atban Klann, Buckwheat, and Menajahtwa, address a wide range of topics, from Christmas sex (like, a lot of Christmas sex), drugs ("All I want for Christmas is my indo wreath"), and (spoiler alert) the fact that there is no Santa Claus.
Is this the filthiest Christmas song ever? Almost certainly.
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