MTUME - Juicy Fruit

In 1983, Mutume released their third album Juicy Fruit. The album was titled after it's lead single, the song the R&B funk group is best known for. Juicy Fruit had been sampled several times before rapper Notorious B.I.G. immortalized the song with his 1994 debut single single Juicy - allegedly produced by Sean "Puffy" Combs. Pete Rock has argued that he deserves proper credit on producing the original version of Juicy. Rock had been asked to do a remix of the song, he claims that Puffy heard his remix when visiting his crib - and stole it. The original version was released with the Pete Rock's beat, but it was credited to Puffy and Poke of the Trackmasters. The song hit number one on the charts, and it has been called one of the top 100 hip-hop songs ever.