1. ‘Runnin’’ by The Pharcyde
Clean, precise and radically different from most hip hop at the time, James ‘J Dilla’ Yancey was already a rising beatmaker in Detroit before his work with Californian rappers The Pharcyde in 1995 made him a hero within hip hop circles.
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Influenced: 'Señorita' by Justin Timberlake