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Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 3

Samples and interpolations

"Coming 2 America"
  • "Requiem", 3rd movement (Dies irae)
    Requiem (Mozart)
    The Requiem Mass in D minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in Vienna in 1791 and left unfinished at the composer's death. A completion by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who had anonymously commissioned the piece for a requiem Mass to commemorate the...

     by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

     (Conductor and orchestra unknown)
  • Symphony No. 9, "From the New World", 4th movement (Allegro con fuoco)
    Symphony No. 9 (Dvorák)
    The Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 , popularly known as the New World Symphony, was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1893 during his visit to the United States from 1892 to 1895. It is by far his most popular symphony, and one of the most popular in the modern repertoire...

     by Antonín Dvořák
    Antonín Dvorák
    Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...

     (Conductor and orchestra unknown)


"Rollout (My Business)"
  • "Yay Boy" by Africando
    Africando
    Africando is a musical project formed in 1990 to unite New York-based salsa musicians with Senegalese vocalists. Musicians from other African countries were later included under the name Africando All Stars....



"Area Codes"
  • "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" by B.T. Express
    B.T. Express
    B.T. Express was an American funk/disco group, that had a number of successful songs during the 1970s.-Career:...



"Growing Pains"
  • "I Forgot To Be Your Lover" by William Bell
    William Bell
    -Musicians:* William Bell * William Bell * William Henry Bell , composer -Politicians:* Dr. William Bell , founder of Manitou Springs, Colorado...



"Welcome to Atlanta"
  • "Five Minutes of Funk" by Whodini
    Whodini
    Whodini is a hip hop group that was formed in 1981. The Brooklyn, New York-based trio consisted of vocalist and main lyricist Jalil Hutchins; co-vocalist John Fletcher, aka Ecstasy ; and turntable artist DJ Drew Carter, aka Grandmaster Dee.-Early years:Whodini was among the first hip-hop groups to...

  • "Do it baby" by The Miracles
    The Miracles
    The Miracles are an American rhythm and blues group from Detroit, Michigan, notable as the first successful group act for Berry Gordy's Motown Record Corporation . Their single "Shop Around" was Motown's first million-selling hit record, and the group went on to become one of Motown's signature...

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