For me, I'm a Philly cat (of a certain age...Let's just say that I was right there when Will Smith cut his teeth as a member of the Fantabulous Four in Wynnefield/West Philly) and if I had to pick one joint that for me sums up hip hop, I gotta go with Three Times Dope, "The Greatest Man Alive". Classic Philly Hip-Hop, that takes me right back to when I was already heads over heels in love with the music. STILL bangs in the whip too! It encapsulates trully Philly steez, and that hustla (Hilltop!) mentality. There are certainly others, (Schooly's Saturday Night is riiight there) but for me that's as good as it gets.

Pittsburgh classic.. more of a reggae cut but we loved that shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeeqUTnsFYQ

the other local joint they played at the club was Mel-Man who is with Dr. Dre now.
Mel-Funktion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9RodBSb2PM&list=RD0EDnwo9nesM&index=2


of course this is our cities anthem now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePtoxDhJSw

I've never heard this joint

man, that shit used to crank in the club

man, that shit used to crank in the club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfA7QUDxdZE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHnA94-hTC8



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http://soundcloud.com/rayandersonjr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiZ3XtGtmQs

the Bay Area remix of Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu. remember hearing this clip on KMEL back when i was kid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O_2hjL1hfs.

Vallejo, CA

Even a lot of the youngstas still be knowing this word for word..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqvVAuafMR8

yea, mac still gets a wild reaction out there

Smoke Dope and Rap was way up there, too, I did so many bad things to that song.

Yes he was from Chester....Not philly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr-IAjiFmsQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-gc7OK2jTE

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Nothing to do with Old Skool itself. I'm proudly entrenched in the old skool disapora, being that I was there when Sugarhill (in all it's perceived corniness) was life blood to me and my crew.

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I'm not trying to diss at all fam. It's just that particular song is not regularly disussed on OKP. Sorta like me referencing Fearless Four's "Just Rock" or Awesome Foursome's "Makossa". Only certain cats even know what the hell you're talkin about when you bring up joints like that. Relax C.

what others regularly discuss here.


That shouldn't be surprising in a post looking for something personal.

It really was just the reference of the song that's all. And a great song it is.

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Both of those just FEEL like Chicago to me, with OMM being the grimier of the two.

On the low tho, Wastin' by OKPs very own DVS sums up summertime in the Chi so perfectly, it's a dope tune to pump on a clear sunny day, south of cermak.

The original Brooklyn hip hop anthem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-X5eS4ZWS4

and i like tate kobangs remake of bankrolls a lot better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT0GKX-Pfkg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKGQ5cIw_ew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFtGWl8pP2I

One of the first MIA anthems, and the fact that it dropped during the greatest year in Hip Hop makes it better

STL hip hop sucks tho. At least it did back in the 90's when I lived there.

YOU!! by Joe Grizzly (aka Big Treal)

https://joegrizzly.bandcamp.com/track/you-f-charles-herron-and-mad-money-prod-by-black-pearl

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#2dopebrothersandastackofwax

https://www.instagram.com/thirtythree.three/


http://soundcloud.com/rayandersonjr

he was on a song w Little Brother once
i might have first gotten into him via a mixtape he did with Big Remo called Str7 Drop
a lot of his stuff is hit or miss - its mostly dependent on production tho.
He's gone pretty quiet for a while - not sure if he has any new music coming up or if he's moving on.

but ya, this track in particular knocks

Did he ever do anything with Elevator Jay?





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...the lower Westchester early 90s anthem, at least

Like his catalog is so crazy that almost any joint could be someone's persoanl fave. I know a few cats from that area that swore by his music. All they rocked most of the time. LOL.

...without that record killing it in the clubs, they might not have had a chance to do Mecca ...dont get me wrong, "All Souled Out" is ALL dope, but "the Creator" was the single worthy party record that had people on the dance floor buggin out ..Funny how it launched their careers and CL only says like 3 words on it

I gotta go listen to that joint again. It's been a minute.

Welcome to Atlanta.

I’m drawing a blank.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROlKx7PG6sY

ATL is my "2nd hometown" but yeah

Peace,

Spirit (Alan)
http://wutangbook.com

didnt catch on the same way tho

Open Field Attack- Tuff Crew
Long Time- The Roots
Without a Doubt- The Roots
Roc Da Mic- Beanie Sigel

I started to go with some Tuff Crew. I even thought of Krown Rulers "Kick the Ball" even though they're from Jerz.

https://youtu.be/6g55uxMr1gI


damn good song.. highly underrated group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLnNCg1egVA

Gregory D & DJ Mannie Fresh

Not sure when it or if it has changed but this used to be the anthem for us.

Bounce came years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLnNCg1egVA

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLnNCg1egVA
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>Gregory D & DJ Mannie Fresh
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>Not sure when it or if it has changed but this used to be the
>anthem for us.
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>Bounce came years later.


Peace,

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http://wutangbook.com

Down 4 My was pretty huge for a while.


What's crazy about that song is people forget it was a Snoop song first.
It was on Snoop's album first which came out a year before C-Murder's album.

Guilty's record (produced by Black Milk) always reminds me of the super cloudy, sorta depressing but wholeheartedly Detroit days that we have all the time (if you haven't been to Detroit think of the Chedda Bob shoots himself in the dick scene in 8 Mile, like that). Even tho Guilty is talking about himself, other than the coke references that what it's like to be a black man in the D.

https://youtu.be/eh81kazhhE4

Elzhi's song (produced by Jay Dee) reminds me of the happy days Detroit has. Messing with women, the odd shadows that happen when the sun sets, the super late ass Ice Cream truck (the one that actually sells Ice Cream). This is weird considering that this song isn't all that happy, but the song makes me happy for some reason.

https://youtu.be/0JSuVhp4w1c

looking at the clock every 10 minutes starting at like 6:30

he rocked hard on that shit

You may not know this song, but if you watched Rap City in the early 00’s, you know this beat.

http://youtu.be/iB3dj7CLHL8

mostly because the best rappers to ever come out of Detroit are currently fully mature artists who are somehow STILL getting better

for ME, at various points it was
Chedda Boy Baby - East Side Chedda Boyz
Conant Gardens - Slum Village
Rock City - Royce
Losing Out - Black Milk & Royce (closest to permanent status)

current: Boblo Boat - Royce & J Cole

BUT tbh this is my actual Detroit anthem...but its not a hip hop song

Starski & Clutch - Belle Isle Players
https://youtu.be/nvvHgVuQCOs

I can totally see that. One of my top 3 by Black.

yessir...broadcasting live from nccu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-qg2Q_zxFQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO3IwzHS_Hc

Being born in Greensboro (336), raised in Fayetteville (910), and been in Raleigh (919) for almost 20 years... That song is perfectly suited.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7U7UuQ0JwE

Could've went with so many, but what nailed these for me is when Zo! came to town a few years ago he played this during a moment of just jammin' and everyone in the venue went crazy and just how many time Slob on my Knob has be used by other artist lately


also:

Break Da Law

Lookin' for tha Chewin

Slob On My Knob

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By Westside Gunn

which, oddly enough, features the Posse On Broadway beat (along w/ Mix A Lot) in the video intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZeRlGP6UHQ

so much real bars spit about the 206. i know every person in that video and if i had been able to get out of work that day i'd have been in it. little asian dude to the right of Macklemore at the end was my roommate when this was shot. he made it to the shoot, i got to keep my job, lol.

First two from the diaspora, did two stints in Philly and always thought it was home even though I lived other places longer. Last one shouting out the civilized part of the IE, honestly coulda picked a dozen different Suga Free tracks.

I did a long sting in Medellin, maybe something from Explosion Negra but I feel like they have more of a coastal feel. Rap scene there is borderline pitiful though you do get some decent rappers doing their thing on the low occasionally.

with I'd Rather Give U My Btch right behind it.

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