"
(Always Be My) Sunshine" is the second single from
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's second album
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. It features vocals from Foxy Brown and Babyface as well as production from Daven "Prestige" Vanderpool. Vanderpool
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Alexander O'NealAlexander O'Neal is an American R&B singer. Some of his best-known songs are "Fake", "Saturday Love" and "Never Knew Love Like This", duets with R&B singer Cherrelle, and "Criticize".-Biography:...
's "Sunshine",
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's "Man Machine" and the
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's "Rockin' It" for the track's beat. In addition, George Fonenette plays keyboards on this song. The song's lyrics helped indicate Jay-Z's change from his
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style to a more commercial "shiny suit" style.
"
(Always Be My) Sunshine" is the second single from
rapperRapping is the rhythmic spoken delivery of rhymes, wordplay, and poetry. Rapping is a primary ingredient in hip hop music, but the phenomenon predates hip hop culture by centuries. Rapping can be delivered over a beat or without accompaniment...
Jay-ZShawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name, Jay-Z is an American hip hop artist and businessman. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $150 million, shipping over 30 million copies of his albums in the United...
's second album
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 is the second studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released on November 4, 1997. The album received positive reviews from critics but fans were not embracing Jay-Z's commercialized new image...
. It features vocals from Foxy Brown and Babyface as well as production from Daven "Prestige" Vanderpool. Vanderpool
samplesIn music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song. This is typically done with a sampler, which can be a piece of hardware or a computer program on a digital computer. Sampling is also...
Alexander O'NealAlexander O'Neal is an American R&B singer. Some of his best-known songs are "Fake", "Saturday Love" and "Never Knew Love Like This", duets with R&B singer Cherrelle, and "Criticize".-Biography:...
's "Sunshine",
KraftwerkKraftwerk is an influential electronic band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies, mainly following a Western classical style of harmony, with a minimalistic and strictly electronic instrumentation.The group's simplified...
's "Man Machine" and the
Fearless FourThe Fearless Four was an old school rap crew from Harlem, New York, best known for their 1982 song "Rockin' It", which was based on the Kraftwerk track "The Man-Machine" and was featured in the 1983 documentary Style Wars. Originally The Fearless Four was a two-member group called the "Houserockers...
's "Rockin' It" for the track's beat. In addition, George Fonenette plays keyboards on this song. The song's lyrics helped indicate Jay-Z's change from his
Mafioso rapMafioso rap, or "Crime Rap" is a hip hop sub-genre which first started in the late 1980s and later flourished in the mid-1990s. It is the pseudo-Mafia extension of East Coast hardcore rap....
style to a more commercial "shiny suit" style. Steve Juon of RapReviews.com supports the song claiming that it is a less
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version of
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's "Me & My Bitch", a well-received track.
CD
- "Sunshine (Radio Edit)" (3:15)
- "Sunshine (Album Version)" (4:11)
- "Sunshine (Clean Version)" (4:12)
- "Sunshine (TV Track)" (4:12)
- "Sunshine (Acappella)" (3:49)
Chart performances
| Chart (1997) |
Position |
| German Singles Chart The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft...
|
18 |
| Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Grammofonleverantörernas förening. Since late 2006 the chart has included legal downloads.-The radio show:1976-2006 the sales chart was...
|
42 |
| UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The full chart contains the top 200 singles based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 of this list...
|
25 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
|
95 |
| US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks |
37 |
| US Billboard Hot Rap Singles |
16 |
See also