The Best Rap
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The heck did I just watch?
8 Mile 2: 9 Mile
What an amazing rap song from one of the top 5 most influential rap albums ever to be made. Like Biggie, I truly let that tape rock 'til that tape popped. My favorite song from that album was "Stranded On Death Row". That was my jam.
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Bushwick Bill of the famed Geto Boys does the intro and outro of the song I poasted. People never gave the Geto Boys their due. They were awesome. Scarface might be the most underrated lyricist ever, Willie D is the original OG and Bushwick Bill was the guy that brought it all together. So here's a little love for the Geto Boys. This is my favorite song of theirs.
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Keeping it in the 90s, I was a big fan of Redman. I even went to see him at Joker 3 in Greensboro circa 1996-1997. If you're unfamiliar with Joker 3 nightclub in Greensboro, then you're probably not impressed with the fact that I went to see Redman there. But read this article on Joker 3 from the Greensboro paper. This place was straight wilin' out back in the day. I lived off Spring Garden - walking distance to this establishment.
http://www.greensboro.com/last-call...cle_587df836-0eb7-5e42-bd1a-40a657f28983.html
Anyway, here's one of my favorite Redman jams off the Muddy Waters album.
http://www.greensboro.com/last-call...cle_587df836-0eb7-5e42-bd1a-40a657f28983.html
Anyway, here's one of my favorite Redman jams off the Muddy Waters album.
I wasn’t super familiar with the Geto Boys until I read The Rap Year Book and the chapter on them was fascinating (well, it’s technically about the song Mind Playin Tricks on Me, but the author writes about their history a lot as well). I won’t get a chance to listen to this until after work but thanks for sharing because I was curious to listen to more of them
Redman got his start when he linked up with Erick Sermon of EPMD. Redman made a guest appearance on EPMD's third album Business As Usual in a couple songs. But before I was a fan of Redman, I was a huge EPMD fan. EPMD's first 3 albums were produced in my favorite era of rap music. Here's a taste for all you young bucks.
EPMD and Redman formed the Def Squad. Of course, like most rap cliques, they added rappers along the way. One member of the Def Squad was Keith Murray. Murray never made it big but had some awesome jams along the way.
Another group that was down with the Def Squad was Das EFX. Their career was short, but spectacular. Their first album - Dead Serious - introduced a totally new style to hip hop.
Busta Rhymes came along about this same time. And while he was initially down with the Def Squad, he formed his own clique called The Flipmode Squad. But he remained tight with Def Squad members and had this incredible song on his first release, The Coming.
Keeping it on the east coast and in the same era, I was also a huge fan of KRS-One. I liked Boogie Down Productions too but wasn't as familiar with them as I was KRS after BDP broke up.
First of all, @heelz2345 should have known I would be planning an assault on this thread as soon as he poasted it. Secondly, it's a snowy day here in Lynchburg, VA and while I am at my office, I told my staff to stay home so I'm not really working either. I figured I'd just sit and listen to rap music all day.
Back to your regularly scheduled Yo, MTV Raps throwback.
So, back to the 90s, the tape that might have gotten the most play from me for a couple years was The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride II. Most people know Passing Me By and Yo Mama but every song on this album is money.
So, back to the 90s, the tape that might have gotten the most play from me for a couple years was The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride II. Most people know Passing Me By and Yo Mama but every song on this album is money.
It was about this time (mid 90s) that I discovered The Roots. It was when they had just released their third album Illadelph Halflife. I really started to love these guys. I saw them at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem and it was the best show I've ever attended. They played for over 3 hours and there couldn't have been more than 100 people in the place.
I took a break from rap music at the turn of the century. I just couldn't find much that I liked. It was like Dre's Chronic 2001 shut down the rap industry. Or at least I thought. But that Dre album was almost as good as the original Chronic album. Dre had improved his rapping ability dramatically and was the complete package.
Plus the production quality was a level above. That album sounded incredible in my buddy's pos GrandAm with a system worth as much as the car. Felt like the bass line was playing your spine like a piano.
I’m fast-forwarding many years now when I got back into rap. I guess it was around 2005-2007. And I’m glad I did. I’ve discovered a lot of good artists. We’ll start with one of my very favorites.
my favorite of all-time rap is anything rakim
and this i also likey
eta: rip mca...still on every workout or run mix i have...man i miss them.
and this i also likey
eta: rip mca...still on every workout or run mix i have...man i miss them.
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Well, time for me to get back in this thread. We'll start with some Eazy-E
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