"Scorpio," Dennis Coffey (1971)

The funky architecture of SO MANY rap songs.

Peak: #6 on the Hot 100
Streams: 443,000

Y’all, there was a time when instrumentals constantly hit the top 10. As late at the early 80s, when the themes to Miami Vice, Beverly Hills Cop, Chariots of Fire, and even Hill Street Blues became blockbuster records, you could count on a wordless song to grip the nation every couple of months. But now the form is…