| “Heart of a Champion” | ||
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| Single by Nelly featuring Lincoln University Vocal Ensemble from the album Sweat |
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| Released | 2004 | |
| Format | CD song | |
| Genre | Rap | |
| Length | 4:31 | |
| Label | Universal Records | |
"Heart of a Champion" is a song by the rapper Nelly, released in 2004, from the album Sweat. Cornell Haynes Jr (born November 2 1974 Highly successful Nelly has sold over 20 million records in the United States Sweat is one of the two albums (along with Suit) that St Louis rapper Nelly released in 2004 "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Cornell Haynes Jr (born November 2 1974 Highly successful Nelly has sold over 20 million records in the United States See also 2004 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels Sweat is one of the two albums (along with Suit) that St Louis rapper Nelly released in 2004 In the song Nelly raps about how he is at the top of his game and has the drive and will to succeed in life. This song is frequently played at sporting events. Despite not being a single from the album, it is most certainly one of the most popular songs Nelly has ever recorded, especially amongst athletes.
"Heart of a Champion"'s beat draws heavily from NBC's NBA theme song, "Roundball Rock. The NBA on NBC was a weekly presentation of National Basketball Association games on the National Broadcasting Company television network from "Roundball Rock" is a theme song composed by John Tesh and used for ''The NBA on NBC'' from 1990 - 2002. "
The song is played at Yankee Stadium before every New York Yankees game despite the song having no lyrics about baseball. The original Yankee Stadium is a Stadium located in The Bronx in New York City. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York.
The song served as the theme song for the Orange Krush during the 2005-2006 Men's Basketball season at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Orange Krush is a branch of the registered student organization (RSO Illini Pride at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This article is about the flagship campus For other uses and locations of University of Illinois, see University of Illinois (disambiguation The University of
The song was produced by Phillip Duckett/Digital Soul Music