Crossover tracks – our HYPE ‘LIST’ of the best

The Hip Hop/Pop crossover has been in full effect this year. From Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake’s trio of collabs (“Suit & Tie”, “Holy Grail”, “Murder”) to Miley Cyrus jumping on tracks with Mike Will Made It, Wiz Khalifa, and Juicy J (“23″) to Too $hort and Twista appearing on Lady Gaga’s upcoming ARTPOP album ( ”Jewels & Drugs”), rappers are more inclined to work with their pop singing counterparts more than ever.

According to Mac Miller it is all part of the fun of making music and reaching a bigger audience. Miller also has a verse on buzzing pop star Ariana Grande’s Top 10 single “The Way.” A remix of the song features another rapper Fabolous. Grande’s current single “Right There” is collaboration with G.O.O.D. Music’s Big Sean.

Here’s a quick list of crossover tracks we loved! 

1. ‘All I Need (To Get By)’ – Method Man & Mary J. Blige

2. ‘No Diggity’ – BLACKstreet feat. Dr. Dre and Queen Pen

3. ‘Fantasy (remix)’ – Mariah Carey feat. Ol’ Dirty Bastard

4. ‘If I Ruled the World’ – Nas & Lauryn Hill

5. ‘Stan’ – Eminem feat Dido

6. ‘Home Alone’ – R Kelly feat. Keith Murray

7. ‘Numb/Encore’ – Linkin Park feat. Jay-Z

8. ‘You Got Me’ – The Roots, Erykah Badu & Eve

9. ‘No Church In The Wild’ – Jay-Z, Kanye West, The Dream, Frank Ocean

10. ‘Daydream’ – Lupe Fiasco feat. Jill Scott