favorite rap/hip hop track

[JCSuperstar]

Just some favorites of mine:

 

[JCSuperstar]

Just some favorites of mine:

 

[JCSuperstar]

Just some favorites of mine:

 

[Get a Job]

 

[M.S.G.]

Basically any rapper with skills who raps on a DJ Premier track is the best rap song ever.

Group Home weren't even all that skilled but Livin' Proof is one of the best albums ever because of Premier.

I always point to how terrible today's rap music is with their mumbled lyrics and struggle bars, but at the same time the Group Home album is a personal classic to me.. Mumbled bars with a lisp and a 16 year old who freestyles every verse he every spit and neither of them made much sense. Feels hypocritical but I refuse to concede!

 

[Durks07]

This is too hard. As of today, because it will change.

1. Quiet Storms - Mobb Deep
2. Keep their Heads Ringing - Dr. Dre
3. Breathe - Fabolous

 

[Jay-Bone]

My ancient addition:

Planet Rock
Rapper's Delight
Rockin It
The Message

 

[mauconnfan]

 

[Lefty2one]

Three is really tough.

Eric B. & Rakim - Lyrics of Fury
De La Soul - Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)
Nas - NY State of Mind

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Tyler Olander- Springbreak 2011
Ed Nelson- Pick up truck

 

[BlueMAB]

 

[Get a Job]

Tyler Olander- Springbreak 2011
Ed Nelson- Pick up truck

Is the first one real, and, if so, where can I find it?!

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Exhibit C- Jay Electronica

Hurt Me Soul- Lupe Fiasco

Ignorance is Bliss- Kendrick Lamar

Also all of Illmatic

 

[gtcam]

Don't think I could even name one!!!!
Sorry
How about something by the O'Jays or Marvin Gaye? does that count?

 

[superjohn]

This track sums up what Hip Hop really is.



Harder than a sledgehammer.
Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

As hard, and street as you can get, and not a single curse word.
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road To The Riches [HQ Video]

Kool G Rap is top 5 all-time in my book and LL is right there.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Is the first one real, and, if so, where can I find it?!

i feel like it was on someone's instagram or something back then, maybe you'd get lucky and find on youtube.

 

[ColchVEGAS]

Don't think I could even name one!!!!
Sorry
How about something by the O'Jays or Marvin Gaye? does that count?

Sure does. They have been sampled a ton over the years.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Lean Back by Fat Joe.

 

[temery]

 

[superjohn]

Organized Konfusion-Prisoners of War - YouTube




Watch "Organized Konfusion-Releasing Hypnotical Gases" on YouTube
Organized Konfusion-Releasing Hypnotical Gases

 

[ColchVEGAS]

I used to play A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm when my wife was pregnant with our son. He used to move and kick non stop to side B of the vinyl with all the classics I Left My Wallet in El Sulegundo, Bonita Applebum, Can I Kick It?. Needless to say he gets it and at 2 still loves that album.

 

[PChoops]

Not a huge rap fan, but I appreciate a good hip-hop track now and then.

Tha Crossroads - Bone Thugs N Harmony
Big Fish - Vince Staples

I've been listening to a lot of Run the Jewels lately and love their stuff.

Crossroads is a classic

 

[ColchVEGAS]

Tyler Olander- Springbreak 2011
Ed Nelson- Pick up truck

Do not forget about Shamon "Toolez" Tooles. He released an entire mixtape while at UConn Toolez Reloaded. I used to have it laying around somewhere, but it is probably long gone after all these years. Not even sure it can be found on the internet.

 

[AllAbout5]

all of em

90s - California Love by 2Pac or Mind Playing Tricks on Me by Geto Boys
00s - Without Me by Eminem
Now - 90210 or Apple Pie by Travis Scott

 

[Walker11]

This is a very underrated group

 

[Walker11]

This is cheesy but I love it

 

[uchusky32]

Yo, what's my name!

 

[Walker11]

It's amazing how much the production holds up on Tupac albums. Not every song obviously but many are timeless.

And say what you want about the lyrics but the production on Cam'ron & Diplomats is still ridiculous to this day.

 

[UConnStats]

Naming a top 3 is impossible and many of my favorites have been named so I’ll throw a few new ones out there.

Mos Def - Mathematics
Masts Ace - Soda and Soap
The Roots - Double Trouble

 

[BPT2Storrs]

Jay-Z: D’Evils
Eminem: 8 Mile
Nas: Represent.

A couple others would be C.R.E.A.M by Wu Tang and Sports, Drugs, Entertainment by Cam’ron.

pretty much anything over a premier beat.