1. "Hip Hop Hooray comes to mind..." In response to Reply # 0
The Symphony doesn't have a chorus at all.
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18. "Before a certain year, it's pretty much all of them" In response to Reply # 0 Thu Mar-13-14 10:12 AM by mrhood75
As has been shown in this post, even the hip-hop tracks designed to have/ended up having "pop" appeal had pretty simple choruses, e.g. the Naughty By Nature singles from the first two albums, "Pop Goes the Weasel," "Insane in the Brain," etc.
It was pretty like this up until about 20 years ago. The first three albums that popped into my head from 1994: Stress: Extinction Agenda, Sun Rises in the East, and Illmatic. I'm pretty sure EVERY song on those albums falls into the categories you laid out (though maybe not every song on those is a classic).
Shoot, the "pop" structured hip-hop chorus didn't probably come around until '94 or '95, with artists like Outkast, Mobb Deep, and Biggie.
It's probably more of a feat to name classic tracks before 1994 that had a chorus ("Hand on the Pump" or "Award Tour") or tracks that came out post, say, 1998 without one ("Ms. Fat Booty" or "Mathematics", just off the top).
56. "RE: i think the follow up is the opposite" In response to Reply # 19
Sampled hooks still get some play... they are just chopped and screwed now instead of being scratched..
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54. "Saafir - light sleeper" In response to Reply # 0
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