1) TROY 2) Electric Relaxation 3) Tennessee 4) 93 Til Infinity 5) It Ain't Hard To Tell 6) Hip Hop (Dead Prez, duh) 7) Resurrection or I Used to Love HER 8) Living is Beautiful (Pep Love) 9) Vibes & Stuff (Tribe) 10) Black Girl Pain (Talib)
You can tell I'm still living in the 90s and skewed towards NYC hip hop...
1. "10. Biz is goin' off - Biz Markie" In response to Reply # 0
9. Wrath of my madness - Queen Latifah 8. Award Tour - A Tribe called Quest 7. Any way the wind blows - UMC's 6. I got love for ya (Easy Moe Bee hip hop remix) - Heavy D and the Boyz 5. Vamos a rapiar - Main Source 4. Try Counting sheep (Caveman remix) - Black Sheep 3. Decisions - Organized Konfusion 2. Drop - The Pharcyde 1. Potholes in my lawn - De La Soul
2. "hmmmm. nearly impossible but" In response to Reply # 0
10) summertime in the lbc = dove shack 9) passin me by - pharcyde 8) fa sho - odd skwad 7) never leave me alone - nate dogg 6) warning - biggie 5) mind playing tricks on me - geto boyz 4) drag em in the river - UNLV 3) im bout it - no limit soldiers 2) rich off cocaine - officer ricky 1) so many tears - pac
3. "Yo - your inclusion of..." In response to Reply # 2
Summertime in the LBC and Never Leave Me Alone makes me smile. Those are two incredibly underrated tracks, even just in the pantheon of west coast hiphop. Both those songs are just inexplicably great. Would have never expected either to be mentioned in a post like this.
Nate is thoroughly underappreciated, and that song certainly showcases what he's capable of in so many ways. Then to add a really solid, very relevant verse from Snoop just enhanced the track. The beat was great too. And yea, the gospel shit at the end...I was in the car with my ex-gf several months back and kept rewinding that part of the song, gives me chills just thinking about it.
Funny story - I'm from Boston and when I'm not listening to my iPod I listen to sports talk radio all day, every day during my commute and at work. When Nate Dogg (RIP) died last year, one of the afternoon drive guys took a call about Nate Dogg. The guy said, you know, Nate Dogg, best hook singer in rap and maybe even music history, etc...this radio guy had the nerve to say he was OVERRATED. I called in and went apeshit on this guy. Sadly I was TOO pissed, and swore, so they dropped my call after about 2 minutes...but shit did I go in on that moron for those first two minutes.
Overrated this asshole says. I couldn't believe my ears. If anything he's criminally UNDERRATED. His solo work is very underappreciated.
6. "Could be different any other day" In response to Reply # 0
TROY - CL Smooth Pete Rock NY State of Mind - Nas Elevators - Outkast Book of Life - Common Mainstream - Outkast Soul Flower (remix) - The Pharcyde The Evil That Men Do - Ras Kass Public Enemy #1 - Public Enemy The Wrong - Ice Cube The Nigga Ya Love to Hate - Ice Cube Silent Murder - Nas
that's 11.......
Ressurection Invocation Hungry
Should all be up there..... but I didn't want a list dominated by one MC
9. "in no particular order:" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Apr-11-12 10:25 AM by kelvinmercerlookalik
Stress(Xtra P remix) - Organized Konfusion w/Large Professor Brothers Gonna Work It Out - Public Enemy 100% Dundee - The Roots Pass The Gat - Brand Nubian Rainy Dayz - Raekwon & Ghostface So Whatcha Sayin' - EPMD Take It Personal - Gang Starr Alive On Arrival - Ice Cube Fuck 'Em - The Geto Boys Gimme The Finger - Black Sheep
10. "I enjoy list posts like these..." In response to Reply # 0
Someone always tends to bring up a song or artists that haven't thought of for a while. Anyway, in no particular order (and this list can change from day to day)...
I Know You Got Soul- Eric B & Rakim 93 til Infinity- Souls of Mischief Mainstream- Outkast White Man's World- Tupac I'm Not You- Clipse Mystery of Chessboxin'- Wu-Tang Clan Run's House- Run DMC Flavor of the Month- Black Sheep Mortal Combat- Big Daddy Kane Go Cut Creator Go- LL Cool J
11. "This is brutally hard, but seeing as I love making lists:" In response to Reply # 0
10. Ghostface Killah - Child's Play 9. Ana Tijoux - 1977 8. Kanye West - We Don't Care 7. M.O.P. - Ante Up 6. Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want 5. Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day 4. Souls of Mischief - Let 'em Know 3. OutKast - 13th Floor/Growing Old 2. N.W.A. - Alwayz Into Somethin' 1. ODB - Brooklyn Zoo
Just missed the cut (translation - could easily be on the list if I was making it tomorrow): Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride Eminem - Lose Yourself EPMD - Crossover Goodie Mob - Dirty South Nas - Life's a Bitch OutKast - Unhappy Pharcyde - I'm That Type of Nigga Pharcyde - Runnin' Scarface - On My Block
"Rebel Without a Pause" - Public Enemy "Mecca and The Soul Brother" - Pete Rock and CL Smooth "Hey Young World" - Slick Rick "Shook Ones Pt 2" - Mobb Deep "The World Is Yours" - Nas "Bring The Noise" - Public Enemy "Releasing Hypnotical Gasses" - Organized Konfusion "Straight Out The Jungle" - Jungle Brothers "Follow The Leader" - Eric B and Rakim "The Bomb" - Ice Cube
15. "In no order, how I'm feeling right now:" In response to Reply # 0
Public Enemy - Night of the Living Baseheads Run-DMC - Rock Box Chill Rob G - Ride the Rhythm Raekwon f/ Ghostface and Nas - Verbal Intercourse EPMD - So What Cha Sayin De La Soul - Pass the Plugs Tribe Called Quest f/ Large Professor - Keep it Rollin Ice Cube - Bird in the Hand BDP - My Philosophy Redman - Green Island
1. Rock Box-Run DMC 2. The World is Yours-Nas 3. Rainy Dayz - Raekwon & Ghostface 5. So What You Saying-EPMD 6. Lyrics to Go-Tribe Called Quest 7. Unbelievable-Biggie 8. Liberation-Outkast 9. The Message-Melle Mel 10.Bonita-Hootie Remix-Tribe Called Quest
peace
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Wed Apr-11-12 06:46 PM
17. "On a "Hip Hop" Hip Hop tip, and not just overall "Rap?" Let's see" In response to Reply # 0
Off the top
Check the rime Nas "Represent" Jeru "Come close" Eric B + Rakim "Eric B. for President" Meth and Red "Da Rockwilda" Pharcyde "Passin me by" (Jazzy Jeff Remix) Tribe "Bonita applebum" De La Soul "Buddy" (Remix) Jay-Z "Heart of the city" Notorious B.I.G. "Gimmie the loot" Nas "Nas is like"
Oops that's 11, and I almost wrote 5 more. Oh well.
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