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The Humpty Dance (Mini-Hump Radix Mix)

The Humpty Dance (Mini-Hump Radix Mix)

Digital Underground · 1990
Recording

It was built from the Sex Packets recording sessions used by Digital Underground’s 1990 debut, tracked at Alpha & Omega Recording Studio in San Francisco, Hayes Recording Studio in Tampa Bay, J-Jam Record, and Starlight Sound Studio in Richmond. The song centers on Shock G’s Humpty Hump persona and was released through Tommy Boy. The track was Digital Underground’s breakthrough hit and the group’s biggest commercial success, pushing Sex Packets into the mainstream. It reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 7 on the R&B chart, and No. 1 on Billboard’s Rap Singles chart. The song became one of the most sampled hip-hop records of its era and remained a defining Humpty Hump performance for later compilations and retrospective coverage. Its goofy, party-starting hook and dance-floor appeal kept it culturally recognizable long after its initial run.

ArtistDigital Underground
Year1990
GenreHip Hop
StudioAlpha & Omega Recording Studio, Hayes Recording Studio, J-Jam Record, and Starlight Sound Studio
LabelTommy Boy
ProducersShock G · Digital Underground
How curators tag this
Hip Hop100%
Sound check
Same ArtistFig. A
Sex Packets
Digital Underground · 1990
Packet Man
Digital Underground · 1990
The Way We Swing
Digital Underground · 1990
No Nose Job
Digital Underground · 1991
Kiss You Back
Digital Underground · 1991
SamplesFig. B
Sing a Simple Song
Sly & the Family Stone · 1969 · sampled
Theme From the Black Hole
Parliament · 1979 · sampled
Let's Play House
Parliament · 1980 · sampled
Doowutchyalike
Digital Underground · 1989 · sampled
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J · 1990 · sampled-by
Year · 1990Fig. C
Fear of a Black Planet
Public Enemy
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
MC Hammer
People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest
World Clique
Deee-Lite
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Same GenreFig. D
Check the Rhime
A Tribe Called Quest · 1991
Slow Down
Brand Nubian · 1990
The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
Black Sheep · 1991
Case of the P.T.A.
Leaders of the New School · 1991
Here Come the Lords
Lords of the Underground · 1993
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