Second Time Around: Notable Song Sequels

Rick Ross' "Maybach Music IV" isn't the only spin-off.

Second Time Around: Notable Song Sequels - Sade once sang it's never as good as the first time, but apparently Rick Ross disagrees. With his fifth album, God Forgives, I Don't, the Miami MC has now included star-studded installments of "Maybach Music" on four straight albums. With guests spots from T.I., Jay-Z, Erykah Badu, Jadakiss, Kanye West, T-Pain, Lil Wayne and, on the newest sequel, Ne-Yo over epic production, the four standout songs have helped make the MMG name unforgettable. But Ross is far from the first musician to go back to the same well again and again. Click on to see other notable song sequels. —Alex Gale(Photo: Joe Kohen/Getty Images)

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Second Time Around: Notable Song Sequels - Sade once sang it's never as good as the first time, but apparently Rick Ross disagrees. With his fifth album, God Forgives, I Don't, the Miami MC has now included star-studded installments of "Maybach Music" on four straight albums. With guests spots from T.I., Jay-Z, Erykah Badu, Jadakiss, Kanye West, T-Pain, Lil Wayne and, on the newest sequel, Ne-Yo over epic production, the four standout songs have helped make the MMG name unforgettable. But Ross is far from the first musician to go back to the same well again and again. Click on to see other notable song sequels. —Alex Gale(Photo: Joe Kohen/Getty Images)

Nas, "Another Black Girl Lost" - In April, Nas leaked "Another Black Girl Lost." The Hit-Boy-produced song is a follow-up to his 1996 cut "Black Girl Lost," and was slated to appear on his upcoming 10th studio album, Life Is Good, though it didn't make the final cut.(Photo: Rob Loud/Getty Images for Bacardi)

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Nas, "Another Black Girl Lost" - In April, Nas leaked "Another Black Girl Lost." The Hit-Boy-produced song is a follow-up to his 1996 cut "Black Girl Lost," and was slated to appear on his upcoming 10th studio album, Life Is Good, though it didn't make the final cut.(Photo: Rob Loud/Getty Images for Bacardi)

Nas on dealing with crazy baby mamas: - “You just gotta do what you gotta do. Just because they're crazy, that don't got sh*t to do with what's going on with your life and you keeping the lights on. And you doing what you gotta do every day. So you gotta do what you gotta do as a man, don't make excuses.”\r(Photo credit: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

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Nas, "N.Y. State of Mind, Pt. 2" - "Another Black Girl Lost" isn't even the first time Nas has mined his early work for inspiration. On 1999's I Am..., Esco reconnected with DJ Premier to drop a second installment to "N.Y. State of Mind," the unforgettable opener to his classic debut, Illmatic.(Photo: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)

Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg and Dr. Dre, "B---h Please 2" - 1999's "B---h Please," from Snoop's No Limit Top Dogg,  was a long-awaited Death Row reunion of sorts, with Snoop and Nate Dogg rhyming over a Dre beat, augmented by a dope opening verse from an in-his-prime, pre–Pimp My Ride Xzibit. Just a year later, Eminem tried to recapture the magic by bringing the crew back together on "B---h Please 2" from The Marshall Mathers LP. (Photos: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive; C Flanigan/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

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Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg and Dr. Dre, "B---h Please 2" - 1999's "B---h Please," from Snoop's No Limit Top Dogg,  was a long-awaited Death Row reunion of sorts, with Snoop and Nate Dogg rhyming over a Dre beat, augmented by a dope opening verse from an in-his-prime, pre–Pimp My Ride Xzibit. Just a year later, Eminem tried to recapture the magic by bringing the crew back together on "B---h Please 2" from The Marshall Mathers LP. (Photos: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive; C Flanigan/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

"Say Something" - "I am not normal, let me be the first to warn ya," announces Havoc over Illmind's bouncing synths. The Mobb's chemistry explodes as they trade intricate flows. Prodigy follows up spitting flawlessly, dropping simple couplets that unfold with multiple meanings to those familiar with The Mobb's past.(Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Mobb Deep, "Shook Ones Pt. II" - Is this the illest song ever with "Part 2" in the title? We're going to say yes. Mobb's classic 1995 breakthrough "Shook Ones Pt. 2" was a reimagining of a promotional single released the year prior with a different beat and slightly altered vocals. Unfortunately, the original never found a album home — but its second chapter is so amazing it's hard to complain. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Getty Images)

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Jay-Z feat. Dr. Dre and Rakim, "The Watcher 2" - For his 2002 double album The Blueprint 2, a sequel-happy Hov recruited Dr. Dre and then Aftermath signee Rakim to expertly repurpose the paranoid opener from the Good Doctor's The Chronic 2001 (itself a sequel). Random, but the incredible results are impossible to argue with — if only we could say the same about the rest of The Blueprint 2.(Photos: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella; fafotos/PictureGroup) 

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Jay-Z feat. Dr. Dre and Rakim, "The Watcher 2" - For his 2002 double album The Blueprint 2, a sequel-happy Hov recruited Dr. Dre and then Aftermath signee Rakim to expertly repurpose the paranoid opener from the Good Doctor's The Chronic 2001 (itself a sequel). Random, but the incredible results are impossible to argue with — if only we could say the same about the rest of The Blueprint 2.(Photos: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Coachella; fafotos/PictureGroup) 

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EPMD, "Jane II" through "Jane VI" - EPMD introduced listeners to femme fatale Jane on their classic 1988 debut, Strictly Business, and then went back for sloppy seconds, thirds, fourths, fifths and sixths on their subsequent albums. (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images for Vh1)

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Jay-Z, "Friend or Foe '98" - On his sophomore LP In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, Jay reunited with DJ Premier to deliver a spirited continuation of the corner-war narrative "Friend or Foe" from his seminal debut, Reasonable Doubt.(Photo: Courtesy Roc-A-Fella Records)

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Jay-Z, "Friend or Foe '98" - On his sophomore LP In My Lifetime, Vol. 1, Jay reunited with DJ Premier to deliver a spirited continuation of the corner-war narrative "Friend or Foe" from his seminal debut, Reasonable Doubt.(Photo: Courtesy Roc-A-Fella Records)

Redman, "Soopaman Luva" (II to VI) - Making like his EPMD mentors and their epic "Jane" series, Redman followed up "Soopaman Luva" from his 1992 debut Whut? Thee Album with multiple chapters. "Soopaman Luva 5" and "6" even come in two installments. (Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

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Redman, "Soopaman Luva" (II to VI) - Making like his EPMD mentors and their epic "Jane" series, Redman followed up "Soopaman Luva" from his 1992 debut Whut? Thee Album with multiple chapters. "Soopaman Luva 5" and "6" even come in two installments. (Photo: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

R. Kelly, "Trapped in the Closet" (Chapters Two to Infinity) - We're gonna have to stop this list right here. R. Kelly's R&B opera "Trapped in the Closet" was first released as a single from his 2005 album TP.3 Reloaded. That album included four hilarious sequels to the first "chapter," but Kelly was far from done. He released a whopping 17 more installments over the next two years. Take that, EPMD. (Photo: Courtesy Zomba Recordings)

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R. Kelly, "Trapped in the Closet" (Chapters Two to Infinity) - We're gonna have to stop this list right here. R. Kelly's R&B opera "Trapped in the Closet" was first released as a single from his 2005 album TP.3 Reloaded. That album included four hilarious sequels to the first "chapter," but Kelly was far from done. He released a whopping 17 more installments over the next two years. Take that, EPMD. (Photo: Courtesy Zomba Recordings)