A Chronological List Of Hip Hop Records That Include The Words "In The House" 1985-2008 (with lyric excerpts)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision- August 24, 2023

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series on the African American Vernacular English (AAVE) slang meanings of the phrase "in the house" ("in da house"). 

This post presents a chronological list of Hip Hop American records that include the words "in the house" or "In da house".

Brief excerpts of the lyrics for these records are included in this post.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/08/what-in-house-in-da-house-really-mean.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post provides AAVE definitions of the phrase "in the house" ("in da house") and provides some examples of its use.*

The content of this post is presented for cultural and linguistic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all the recording artists whose records are showcased in this post.
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*In African American Vernacular English, the meaning of "in the house" (and its equivalent phrase "in the building") is "present" / "(is) here". However, it's not so much what "in the house" means, but the connotations that it has based on when it is used and who uses it.

For example, someone who thinks highly of himself and/or someone who knows that other people think highly of him, can announce that he is "in the house" (i.e  "just arrived at that  event"). Another way "in the house" is used is when a Master of Ceremony of an event gives a "shout out" to (publicly recognizes) a notable person by announcing that that person is "in the house" (is in attendance at that event). 
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WARNING - Many of these records contain profanity, the n word, and/or contains explicit  content that resulted in a parental advisory label. Profanity and the n word are given with amended spelling in this pancocojams post and no lyrics with explicit content is included in this post. 

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This post contains some content that was included in a now deleted pancocojams post.

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A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF HIP HOP RECORDS THAT INCLUDE THE WORDS "IN THE HOUSE"

This list doesn't include all of the Hip Hop records that include the words "in the house". For instance, certain records in this list have been heavily sampled and those samples may also include the words "in the house". (Notice that the 2000 record "Big Mama's Theme" includes lyrics from the 1986 record "Brooklyn's In The House".) 

Additions are welcome.

1985 -  Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew, featuring Slick Rick " La Di Da Di " [Hip Hop Record]

"[Intro: Slick Rick]

OK, party people in the house
You're about to witness something you've never witnessed before."

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1986- Cut Master D.C - "Brooklyn’s In The House" 
"Brooklyn, Brooklyn, funk funky fresh
Brooklyn, Brooklyn, funk funky fresh
Brooklyn, Brooklyn, always funky fresh
Brooklyn's in the house"

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1987- Heavy D & The Boyz - "The Overweight Lovers In The House" 
"[Chorus]
The Overweight Lover's in the House [repeat 3 more times]"

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1994 -DJ Kool - “20 Minute Workout” [Hip Hop / D.C. Go Go music]
“Is DC in the house
People [from D.C. respond  Hell Yes
Is DC in the house?. Say it now.
Response- Hell Yes
Oh, where they at, where they at
Response- Right here. Right here. Right here"...

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1995-  Mariah Carey Fantasy Fantasy (Bad Boy Remix) with Old Dirty Bastard & (Diddy)
"Yo, New York in the house (Come on)
Is Brooklyn in the house (That's right)
Uptown in the house (Let's go)
Shaolin*, are you in the house? (Don't stop)
Boogie Down**, are you in the house? (Yeah)
Sacramento in the house (I like that)
Atlanta Georgia, are you in the house? (Come on)
West Coast, are you in the house?
Japan, are you in the house?
Everybody, are you in the house?
Baby, baby, come on
Baby, come on, baby, come on (Bad Boy)
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*From https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shaolin

"Shaolin - Staten Island, New York. Proclaimed Shaolin by the rap group, "The Wu-Tang Clan"."

**From https://animalnewyork.com/2015/06/10/the-boogie-down-bronx-is-what-it-is/#:~:text=By%20a%20large%20margi One of the nicknames for The Bronx, a borough in New York is "Boogie Down Bronx "a reference to the borough’s status as the birthplace of hip-hop. The nickname dates back to the 1970s dance parties where DJs first started isolating and letting MCs spit lyrics over beats.

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2000:Vita featuring  Da Brat and Destiny’s Child- “Big Momma’s Theme” Track 7 on Big Momma’s House (Music From the Motion Picture)
"[Intro: Jermaine Dupri (Destiny's Child)]
Yo New York in da house
(Do, do, do, do...)
Brooklyn in da house
Uptown in da house
Chi Town in da house
Atlanta, Georgia are you in da house?
West Coast in da house
Vita- Everybody in da house
Baby, baby come on
Baby come on”…

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2008-LL Cool - The Return of the G.O.A.T
[Chorus: LL Cool J (Lil' Kim), Jim Jones, KRS-One, Method Man*]
"Uh, Queens in the house
Killa Queens, killa, killa Queens (What up L baby)
Uh, uh, Brooklyn in the house (It's an honor)
Brooklyn, Brooklyn (Where Brooklyn at, where Brooklyn at)
Yeah, uh, uh, Harlem in the house Jones
Ballin', ba-ba balln' Do it big, [ni-ga]*
Uh, yeah, the Bronx in the house What up LL, KRS what up
The Boogie Down, the Boogie, Boogie Down [i] South Bronx, South South Bronx
Aha, aha, Staten Island in the house *Killa Bees motherf---ker*
[...]
The 5 boroughs is back, god--it*
The boroughs is back"
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*These words are completely spelled out in these lyrics.
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The phrase "in the building" has the same African American Vernacular English meanings/uses as "in the house".

Here's a 2008 Hip Hop record that includes the words "in the building":
2008 - Jay-Z, TI- "Swagga Like Us"
"Mr. West is in the buildin'
Swagger on a hundred thousand trillion"

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