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97 Words: “The First Night” by Monica

This song is part of our “THE SUMMER 97 (1998 x 2023)” playlist. Check out the full list. One hallmark of the marriage between R&B and Hip-Hop in the mid ’90s was when R&B women started flipping samples of classics on top of hard, Hip-Hop beats, lacing them with unmatched

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