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Summertime is the first single taken from DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's fourth studio album, Homebase. The song was produced by Chicago-based producers Hula & K. Fingers and won a Grammy Award for best rap single in 1991. It spent a week at number #1 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart, as well as reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also became the duo's first single to enter the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #8. The song's music is a replay of "Summer Madness", a popular hit released by Kool & the Gang in 1974.
Summertime is the first single taken from DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's fourth studio album, Homebase. The song was produced by Chicago-based producers Hula & K. Fingers and won a Grammy Award for best rap single in 1991. It spent a week at number #1 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart, as well as reaching #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also became the duo's first single to enter the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #8. The song's music is a replay of "Summer Madness", a popular hit released by Kool & the Gang in 1974.
