You’ll find disco, hardcore, pop, punk, jazz and folk penned by outsiders and lifers alike. There are broadway showstoppers and dispatches from the birth of hip-hop. You’ll find anthems by New York icons ranging from Lou Reed to Jay-Z. Here we collect our favorite odes to the Big Apple. There are thousands of songs about New York, but only a select few are timeless. Please note that we have the ability to play edited music at events. songs we like to play to get the dance floor going. My Downfall ANIKA Remix Juxtaposing the acapella chorus of that’s not all, MCs have the gall to pray and pray for my downfall with chilled out vibes, DJ ANIKA transforms one of the most. Take a listen to our best Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie Smalls) Lyrics Intro Things Done Changed Gimme The Loot Machine Gun Funk Warning Ready To Die One More Chance Fuck Me (. They celebrate that iconic skyline, but aren’t afraid to descend to the gutter. also known as Biggie Smalls, Frank White, Big Poppa, Christopher Wallace or just simply Biggie was a huge part of 90’s hip hop and r&b dance music. topped the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart for 9 weeks with Big Poppa/Warning. They are songs of triumph and heartache, success and failure, love and loss. A great New York song is tapped into the rhythms of the city and well aware of the incredible wealth of human experience happening simultaneously across its expanse.
Like movies and books centered around the Big Apple, the best New York songs are by artists who understand the things that make NYC great and horrifying are one and the same.