C C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (1991) May 2026

: It blended "white hot metal guitar riffs" with "clattering percussion" and synthetic house beats. This "hip-house" style allowed the track to crossover into pop, R&B, and rock charts.

: The single hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1991 and topped the R&B/Urban and Dance Club Play charts. The Martha Wash Controversy: A Fight for Credit C C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (1991)

: The song relied on a "vocal yin/yang," pairing the powerful, gospel-inflected "soulful house diva" hooks of Martha Wash with the "rumbling rhymes" of baritone rapper Freedom Williams. : It blended "white hot metal guitar riffs"