Sometimes, we wake up in the morning to our clock radio and feel a lot like Bill Murray did in Groundhog Day. No, we don’t mean that we wake up to Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe” every single day. But some rap songs do have us feeling like we’re living the same day over and over just like Murray. It tends to happen when a rapper scores a big hit and wants to try and recreate the magic by following the same sonic or thematic blueprint of their previous hit. Whether or not it works, they usually end up making the same song over. So in honor of Groundhog Day we’re taking a look at just a few of the many rap songs that got made more than once...
Jay-Z Takes BK To Broadway
Jay-Z “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” (1998)
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Eminem’s Funny First Singles
Eminem “My Name Is” (1999)
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Ja Rule’s Thug Love f/ Petite R&B Diva of The Week
Ja Rule f/ Lil Mo & Vita “Put It On Me” (2000)
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Erick Sermon Resurrects Marvin Gaye, And His Career
Erick Sermon “Music” (2001)
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Jadakiss Has Questions About Society (But Not Answers)
Jadakiss f/ Anthony Hamilton “Why” (2004)
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DJ Khaled Puts On For His Hood
DJ Khaled f/ T-Pain, Rick Ross, Plies, & Trick Daddy “I’m So Hood” (2007)
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Snoop Dogg Lets Love Flow (Like A Porno)
Snoop Dogg “Sexual Eruption” (2007)
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