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Hip Hop Junkies

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"Hip Hop Junkies"
Single by Nice & Smooth
from the album Ain't a Damn Thing Changed
Released1991
GenreHip hop
Length3:29
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Gregory Mays
  • Darryl Barnes
Producer(s)Nice & Smooth
Nice & Smooth singles chronology
"Sometimes I Rhyme Slow"
(1991)
"Hip Hop Junkies"
(1991)
"How to Flow"
(1991)
Music video
"Hip Hop Junkies" on YouTube

"Hip Hop Junkies" is a song by American hip hop duo Nice & Smooth and the second single from their second studio album Ain't a Damn Thing Changed (1991). It contains samples of "I Think I Love You" by The Partridge Family and "My Prerogative" by Bobby Brown.

Composition

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The production consists of a synth bass line, programmed finger clicks, and a snapping drum loop.[1]

Critical reception

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Reviewing Ain't a Damn Thing Changed for The Quietus, Angus Batey wrote that "Hip Hop Junkies" "is the one that proves above all others that this album should have been a ginormous global smash", praising the song for simplicity, the "irresistibly silly pop sample" of "I Think I Love You", and "some inspired stream-of-consciousness gibberish" from Greg Nice and Smooth B.[1]

Charts

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Chart (1991) Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[2] 38
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[3] 5

References

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  1. ^ a b Batey, Angus (December 27, 2011). "Thirty Years On: Nice & Smooth's Ain't A Damn Thing Changed Revisited". The Quietus. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Nice & Smooth Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  3. ^ "Nice & Smooth Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2024.