Top Billin'

"Top Billin'"
Single by Audio Two
from the album What More Can I Say?
A-side "Make It Funky"
Released October 15, 1987
Format 12"
Recorded 1987
Genre Hip hop
Length 2:56
Label First Priority Music
Writer(s) Kirk 'Milk Dee' Robinson, Nat 'Gizmo' Robinson
Producer(s) Daddy-O, Audio Two
Certification Platinum
Audio Two singles chronology
"Top Billin'"
(1987)
"What More Can I Say?"
(1988)

"Top Billin'" is a single for American hip-hop duo Audio Two, released as the B-side of the single "Make It Funky" from the album What More Can I Say? It was released before First Priority Music inked a distribution deal with Atlantic Records. The song had a deep cultural impact on hip hop. The song was voted #8 in About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs.[1] It was also included in both lists of the musical-reference book 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die: And 10,001 You Must Download.

A remake of "Top Billin'" was released in 1998, this time a duet between Milk Dee and MC Lyte, which appeared on her album Seven & Seven.

Single track listing

"Make It Funky"/"Top Billin'"

A-side

  1. "Make It Funky" - 4:56

B-Side

  1. "Make It Funky (DUB)" - 4:05
  2. "Top Billin'" - 2:50

"Top Billin' (Remix)"

A-side

  1. "Top Billin (More Bass)" - 4:00
  2. "Top Billin (Teddy Ted Mix) (No Half Steppin)" - 5:44
  3. "Top Billin (808 Style)" - 3:09

B-side

  1. "Top Billin (Original)" - 2:50
  2. "Top Billin (Acapella)" - 2:48
  3. "The Freshest Slowest Jam" - 5:09[2]

References