Here Are the Hip-Hop Songs That Went No. 1 in 2004

2004 was a loopy yr for hip-hop. Lil Wayne dropped Tha Carter, Kanye West launched The College Dropout, MF DOOM was on a tear with Madvillainy and Mm..Food, and T.I. was placing lure music on the map with Urban Legend.

It was additionally a simple yr for Usher, particularly, whose fourth studio album, Confessions, churned out the Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers “Burn,” “Confessions Part II” and “My Boo.” However, it was “Yeah!,” his collaboration with Lil Jon and Ludacris, that dominated at No. 1 for 12 straight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. Usher’s dominance was a sight to behold, however quite a few rap songs additionally managed to climb to the prime spot over the course of the yr.

OutKast’s “Hey Ya!” and “The Way You Move” repeatedly reminded listeners the South had one thing to say. While rap in 2004 was removed from the dominating pressure it’s at the moment, there have been loads of indicators that hip-hop was right here to remain in an enormous manner.

By comparability, in 2023, there have been solely 5 hip-hop songs—both headlined or that includes hip-hop artists—topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a complete of seven weeks. Hopefully, 2024 will convey rap again to the prime of the charts once more, however solely time will inform.

Feeling previous but? Now that 2024 is right here, make a journey down reminiscence lane with the largest rap songs from 20 years in the past. Here, XXL places collectively an inventory of the hip-hop songs that had been No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 again in 2004.

See the Hip-Hop Songs That Were No. 1 20 Years Ago