Ok you've seen the thread about singles that killed the hype of an album, but what about some singles that started a career, elevated it to the next level, or helped the artist pull off a comeback?

Here's a good one:

I feel like people started to take 21 Savage way more seriously after this song... everybody agreed it's good even people who didn't like his style at first

Migos Bad n boujee

Vic Mensa - Down On My Luck

Reinvented Future's sound which is very important for hip hop history

I think Hotline Bling is what took Drake from being the biggest rapper in the world to arguably biggest musician in the world.

The day the music video dropped it felt like a f***ing worldwide event. And I'm not even a fan of him like that.

Up until that video none of my high school friends ever talked to me about Drake, then everybody asked me if I've seen the video, it was big as hell I wouldn't be surprised if my mom saw it

Take the bass line out

Changed Uzi's career forever. But now he can't top this song

I was in college when it dropped and it was similar energy around me too.

the fact that it was an apple music exclusive for a few days also created mad hype. I remember so many twitch channels got suspended for playing the video there, there were leak websites posting up the video only for it to get taken down soon, etc.

probably one of the best single releases in hip-hop history tbh.

I actually remember subscribing for Apple Music just for the Drake Views stuff, I wanted to get it a week early

& it didn't go number 1. s*** was lowkey tragic. Remember that post?

Fr drake had like 5 career elevating singles. From starting from the bottom to gods plan. His lead singles were f***in godly

posting soundcloud link for maximum nostalgia

damn you're right. it's like every single pushed him up one level at a time

Man i remember listening to this for the first time in my bucket with a dog s*** sub. Still went insanely hard

I think you meant Check

true Migos Bad n boujee

Starboy

that was f***ing nuts before exclusive streams were counted towards billlboard.

tbh hotline bling was probably one of the driving forces behind those rules changing too. there was no doubt that it was the biggest song in the world, but the charts were too outdated to reflect that. what a time.

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