whether its singles/b-sides that didnt make it into the album or soundtrack songs or songs they were featured in.

what are some of the best songs you may have missed from an artist if you only listened to their albums?

Plenty with Guru
Love of My Life with Common

im sure theres others

I'm middle of the road on Drake but killed it on this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y1iiXSKEn0

so few songs of his really hit for me.

this isnt bad but it doesnt do it for me. i played it on google play, not the youtube link. its dj tilly vol 8. same song right?

He's got like 5ish songs I have loved over the years. This is one of them.

https://youtu.be/IQL--aA7GqA

no official release of it?

Before she got signed by Big Boi or Bad Boy.

I always thought The Audition was an official indie release that she put out. I don't think it's a bootleg and/or a compilation of her early work.

I know Wiki is not always the best source of information but here's what it says about The Audition:
"The Audition is a demo album by American singer and songwriter Janelle Monáe, self-released and self-financed in 2003. Some versions of the album were later entitled Metropolis: Point Zero."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Audition_(album)

I was in college in the AUC during her latter of early years, pre-Bad Boy. My first concert in ATL was seeing Janelle, The Jaspects and Bilal. Right across the street at Morehouse's King's Chapel. She put on a damn good show although attendance was embarrassingly sparse. I remember being so mad that I didn't know about The Audition until right after I graduated. I figured I could have purchased a copy more easily in 2006. I just have the .mp3 I downloaded from the web. I would have gladly purchased it. I wish she'd give this a more formal release. Her newer/later fans would appreciate it.

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There were a bunch of songs that got leaked just before the "Evolution of Robin Thicke" dropped (2006 maybe?). And I don't think most of them made the final cut.

I think some of his best stuff was among those songs.

"U Center Me"
"Superman"
"I'm Not Loving You"
"Cocaine"

Recently though, I've noticed that Spotify has included a "Fan Version" of the album that includes some of these songs.

Jhene Aiko - Wrap Me Up
Beyonce - Bow Down/I Been On ("Flawless" is cool, but "I Been On" was hoard)
Big Boi - Lookin 4 Ya (with the extra 3000 verse), Royal Flush
DJ Quik - G Shit
Lil' Wayne - I Feel Like Dying

What an awesome verse!

liked the big boi more. havent checked out the rest.

maybe i should had specified official releases.

theres definitely some great songs or even better versions of official releases that were just demos or werent officially released though.

He has had so many B-sides that got more radio play than his album cuts & featured singles, "17 Days" & "Erotic City" is one of those songs.

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This should've been on one of the Tony Toni Tone albums or Raphael should've dropped a solo album with this song on it right after the "Higher Learning" soundtrack came out, this song got more play than anything on that soundtrack if you ask me.

Classic cut...

I'm not sure why this group fought so hard to not put the album "Techno Pop" and why it didn't show up on the "Electric Cafe" album either but they would've sold millions, again; the single was selling for almost three years after it's first initial release date with pressings for almost every format and in every country that sold singles; even a Canadian artist copied the song cause it was so popular, remember 10 Speed?

This was the last song off the "Soul In The Hole" soundtrack, this song should've been the last song on O.C.'s "Jewelz" album, it would've been a proper ending to that album, it fits so well tacked on to the end of that album instead of the soundtrack.

What I Represent is OCs best song not on his albums

And while I agree that Your Life would’ve been dope on Jewelz, you cannot not end that album with the title track.

In my opinion, I would’ve either placed it at track 8 to end the first side.

>What I Represent is OCs best song not on his albums
>
>And while I agree that Your Life would’ve been dope on
>Jewelz, you cannot not end that album with the title track.
>
>In my opinion, I would’ve either placed it at track 8 to end
>the first side.

It was on a DGC compilation https://youtu.be/GklFvth4VcA around 95

Usually play those two back to back

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definitely missed it. was this an alternative to baby from game theory? get similar vibes.

but I think it may have come out shortly before game theory came out. not sure but it may be a dilla track?

Ah, from the Above The Rim Soundtrack. The same soundtrack that gave us "Part-Time Lover" from H-Town and the Wu-Tang Remix of "Anything by SWV. Ah, good times.

I KEPT this in the '78 El Camino I was pushin' then.

Balck...velvet maroon upholstry, 12" fosgate tube behind the seat...Alpine detachable face cd player...gold mag wheels...Edelbrock 350 under the hood...shhheeeeeeiiiiitt....

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i suppose you could put a number of his disses in this category.

When I said Bone had some dope shit that wasn't on their albums. "Shoot 'Em Up", "Look Into My Eyes", etc. were dope to me.

>When I said Bone had some dope shit that wasn't on their
>albums. "Shoot 'Em Up", "Look Into My Eyes", etc. were dope to
>me.

From the OP:

"what are some of the best songs you may have missed from an artist if you only listened to their albums?"

Should have been on The Way I See It proper....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N1I7z6el1A

Beat goes hard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sO-aDfGUGo

Snoop Doggy Dogg - Midnight Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSPQkO4RHe8

I got way way way more from both the above artists and more but I'll have to come back to this.

the purple one was notorious for quietly dropping straight CLASSICs on a b-side single (or never 'officially' releasing them at all)...several have already been listed above but there are more that are worthy...gotta crash now but will try to remember to come back and add few more to the purple list....

"How To Serve Man"....beasty....

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

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I'm too lazy to link up right now but when these 2 joints came out in '08 I was loving it and convinced they were about to drop another classic.

*sigh*

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The Show Soundtrack

Higher Learning Soundtrack

Dark Days Soundtrack

Higher Learning Soundtrack

The Show Soundtrack

Soul Assassins

This was the last song they did together before the break-up, back in the late 90's.

It was on the "Searching Remix" promo 12" inch single released only in Japan, I think Elektra Records was going to release this as the third 12" single from the "Main Ingredient" album but when both were having issues I guess the label just decided to not even release it officially; in the US it was just the regular version promo 12", but in Japan EastWest (WEA) went as far as putting the remix to "Searching" and an unreleased song "We Specialize" as a b-side cut which became & still is a sought after 12".

I thought "We Specialize" would've been on the "Rare Tracks" EP that came out in Japan as well (which I bought thinking it would be on there but I ordered it without seeing a tracklisting) but they just put "Take You There Remix, Lots Of Lovin' Remix, I Got A Love Remix, Get On The Mic Remix, It's Not A Game, Mecca & The Soul Brother Remix (which was on the cassette of M&TSB), Straighten It Out Remix (was also on the cassette of M&TSB), Creator original EP version, T.R.O.Y. Vibes Remix, & Searching Remix.

I'm still surprised it didn't include "One In A Million" from Poetic Justice soundtrack, "What's Next On The Menu" from Who's The Man soundtrack, and "Death Becomes You" from the Menace II Society soundtrack; oh well.

I'm glad they got back together, hopefully they will make a new entire album together other than doing one song here & there.

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Man... this joint off DJ Muggs Soul Assassins album in 97 was / is so dope

https://youtu.be/44IEmLZ3L8Q