Justin Timberlake & Jimmy Fallon Give You A History Lesson On Rap

Justin Timberlake &  Jimmy Fallon Give You A History Lesson On Rap

Justin Timberlake was plugging his new movie "The Social Network" on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" last night, the singer obliged fans with an all-too-brief return to the microphone -- to run through 15 hip-hop classics in a hilarious duet with Fallon.

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What was clearly a cleverly planned and carefully rehearsed medley began with a seemingly spontaneous chat about "Late Night" house band the Roots. Fallon asked Timberlake if he'd grown up with hip-hop, and talk turned to legendary late-'70s crew the Sugarhill Gang. Moments later, the two were out of their seats, microphones in hand, rhyming along to the group's sing-songy classic "Rapper's Delight." With drummer ?uestlove and the Roots providing the backbeat, the pair then ran through brief verses from over a dozen more memorable hits, including the Beastie Boys' "Paul Revere" and Digital Underground's "The Humpty Dance" (which featured some pelvis shaking as the duo replicated the video's choreography). They took a detour through some of West Coast rap's most iconic anthems -- Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" and Tupac Shakur's "California Love" -- before busting out one of the East Coast's most famous jams, the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy"

The hip-hop history lesson careened through some early-2000s smashes (Eminem's "My Name Is" and Missy Elliott's "Work It") before Timberlake and Fallon broke into more current hits: T.I.'s "Live Your Life" (with Timberlake crooning Rihanna's parts in falsetto), Kanye West's "Gold Digger" (with Fallon handling Jamie Foxx's yelped vocal), and Jay-Z and Alicia Keys's ubiquitous "Empire State of Mind." With the crowd on its feet, the duo reprised "Rapper's Delight" and gave each other a well-earned congratulatory hug.

"History of Rap" Track List:

Sugarhill Gang, "Rapper's Delight"
Run-DMC, "Peter Piper"
Beastie Boys, "Paul Revere"
A Tribe Called Quest, "Award Tour"
Digital Underground, "The Humpty Dance"
Snoop Dogg feat. Dr. Dre, "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"
Tupac Shakur, "California Love"
The Notorious B.I.G., "Juicy"
The Roots, "The Seed"
Eminem, "My Name Is"
Missy Elliott, "Work It"
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
T.I. feat. Rihanna, "Live Your Life"
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx, "Gold Digger"
Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys, "Empire State of Mind"

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