Best Crossover Record of 2008

Reader's Pick:
T.I. ft. Rihanna - Live Your Life
Who would have guessed that the most uplifting crossover hit of '08 would take its inspiration from “Dragostea din tei?” On “Live Your Life,” T.I. teamed up with Rihanna to put an anthemic spin on the “Numa Numa” song, and the result was yet another monster single for the Paper Trail emcee.

Runner Up:
Lupe Fiasco ft. Nikki Jean – Hip Hop Saved My Life

DJ Booth Staff Pick:
Busta Rhymes ft. Linkin Park – We Made It

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Member Comments

d mac DJ Booth Crew	I am a big Lupe fan, but TI deserves this one. Live your Life was on every radio station, blog, award show, music channel etc. It it the definition of a crossover record. Follow @DJBoothCEO
	Posted on Jan 14, 2009

THEDRZADVOCATE Resident DJ	T.I MADE SOME GOOD HITS IN '08 THIS WAS ONE OF THEM RADIO WISE,HE PUT IN THE WORK LAST YEAR HUGE RECORD..
	Posted on Jan 14, 2009

JayCL Resident DJ	yep gotta give it up to TI, that song was a huge success
	Posted on Jan 14, 2009

tdotraza Resident DJ	Numa Numa sample, Just Blaze, Rihanna and T.I. Whole record is a serious WTF. I loved the Lupe song, but I really have to give props to T.I. for this one.
	Posted on Jan 14, 2009

Mr.Top Hat Resident DJ	Yup this deserves to be Best Crossover Record .... cos this is gettin major radioplay down here in INDIA .... & its the first time a TI song i've heard gettin played on Radio ......
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

DJ Z DJ Booth Crew	@ Mr.Top Hat - If a song gets massive airplay in multiple countries - especially those who don't normally play T.I. songs - you can't get much more crossover than that... Follow @DJBooth
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

Aussie_Pride Resident DJ	Agreed with Z, Australia are reacting like he's a new up & coming rapper, which is obviously wrong, but thats a cross-over hit were your getting big reactions from new markets
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

PrettyRaven Resident DJ	I voted for this record! woo hoo hee hee
	Posted on Jan 15, 2009

The5Rings Resident DJ	True definition of a crossover. Deserves it
	Posted on Jan 18, 2009

btaznpride DJ Booth Member	Tip deserved this, Lupe's single I thought was better, but I don't think it had as great of crossover success. The crazy Just Blaze production was anthemic and with Rihanna on the hook, there was no denying the success on this one.
	Posted on Jan 18, 2009

rachelsrikanth DJ Booth Member	hey anysite for free hiphop collections
	Posted on Jul 01, 2009

rachelsrikanth DJ Booth Member	please email me rachelsrikanthotmail.com
	Posted on Jul 01, 2009

skitnal DJ Booth Member	wtf...............
	Posted on Aug 11, 2009

lilshorty012 DJ Booth Member	love t-pain new song!!!!!please e-mail me pinkteddybearchocolate@yahoo.com
	Posted on Aug 28, 2009

popcorn411 DJ Booth Member	that was a coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolsong to play at a partttttttttttty or in your caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar.
	Posted on Oct 25, 2009

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