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4 days agoJock Jams Vol. 1 at 30: Tracing Sport, Nostalgia, Hip-Hop Hitting the Mainstream, and the Fall of "YMCA"
Sports fans everywhere know Gary Glitter's bumbling guitar riff from "Rock and Roll Part 2," culminating in a "Hey Go [insert team name] Go." And when 2 Unlimited asks, "y'all ready for this?" in their hip-hop/jazzercise classic "Get Ready for This," sports stadiums erupt in affirmation. Maybe you heard those tracks for the first time sitting courtside, at a Belgian techno party, or via an electrifying mashup of five-second snippets during TV commercials, which did numbers in an era of actual album sales.
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