Terror Squad were an American hip-hop crew founded by Fat Joe, and their place on this list rests on one enormous summer anthem. "Lean Back", released in 2004 and featuring Fat Joe and Remy Ma, was built on a stark, swaggering beat and a hook that turned a refusal to dance ("I lean back") into one of the most-quoted lines of the year, topping the US Billboard Hot 100.
The collective released other music, but the lineup shifted over time and no other track reached anything like the cultural footprint of "Lean Back".
On streaming, "Lean Back" sits near 233 million plays, while their next most-streamed track trails at around 16 million. That sends the ratio above 14, far past our 5.0 line.
By our measure Terror Squad are a certified one-hit wonder, with the caveat that its members had substantial careers of their own beyond the group. As a unit, though, the numbers are clear: one minimalist, endlessly imitated anthem became their defining moment and has stood far ahead of everything else released under the Terror Squad name. Two decades on, its hook still fills floors, a piece of mid-2000s hip-hop that has long outlasted the crew that made it.