VH1's Greatest Hip Hop songs

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by Belloche

I'll go try and find some things off your list that I haven't heard.

Go ahead! good stuff!

[Go Blue]

My fav Public Enemy song:

Rebel without a pause

[jkwest]

Gin and Juice at 8?!

wow...top 5 sho' nuf!

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by jkwest

Gin and Juice at 8?!

wow...top 5 sho' nuf!

I agree with PE and GMF, and I guess SHG too

[Crim122]

You can just tell from this one chorus that Little Brother is a great group

"This is a message for our people chasing benjamins
With real rhymes and skills they believing in
Keeping them bad tapes rolling like michellin
it don't matter, cause *****z ain't listening
They ain't listening, they thinkin bout they timbalands
They say the shit we talk about ain't interestin
We got a better chance of blowing up in switzerland
Holla if you hear it cause *****z ain't listening"

[fighthefutureofhd]

i haven't kept with hip hop like a lot here and it's not been something i was into really. college rock and all that encompassed was my thing. but i always kept my ear open to hip-hop and dug all the old school hip-hop. hip-hop these days has strayed too far from its roots. i really think in the 80's and early 90's hip-hop was a real art form, but when real big buttloads of money could be made from hip-hop it started becoming less relevant like it was originally. i don't have any favorite songs, but there are several artists that i admired. here's a short list:

l.l. cool j
beastie boys
arrested development
queen latifah
run dmc
public enemy
mc lyte
salt n' peppa
ice-t
digable planets
common
mos def
the roots


i can't really think of any others at the moment. i'm sure i'm missing some.

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

i haven't kept with hip hop like a lot here and it's not been something i was into really. college rock and all that encompassed was my thing. but i always kept my ear open to hip-hop and dug all the old school hip-hop. hip-hop these days has strayed too far from its roots. i really think in the 80's and early 90's hip-hop was a real art form, but when real big buttloads of money could be made from hip-hop it started becoming less relevant like it was originally. i don't have any favorite songs, but there are several artists that i admired. here's a short list:

l.l. cool j
beastie boys
arrested development
queen latifah
run dmc
public enemy
mc lyte
salt n' peppa
ice-t
digable planets
common
mos def
the roots


i can't really think of any others at the moment. i'm sure i'm missing some.

Beastie Boys are in my top 5 groups of all time. Though their rhyme scheme always stayed the same, the music was always a complete different sound from the previous album. So their versatility musical and influence on the genre as a whole makes them one of my favorites of all time.

[fighthefutureofhd]

have you got their last album? i thought it was fantastic. amazing work. i never knew they had it in them.

[Crim122]

The instrumental album? Yeah I love it, and I love how its their lowest rated album with a 3.5 out of 5 on Allmusic. Everything else is 4 stars +

[landry_p2000]

Originally Posted by Crim122

I enjoy some Kanye but to have him above Nas, and Eric B and Rakim? Now that is just absurd.

That's the truth if I ever heard it. Both of those guys are two of the greatest of all time. Hands down.

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by landry_p2000

That's the truth if I ever heard it. Both of those guys are two of the greatest of all time. Hands down.

If not THE greatest of all time.

[landry_p2000]

I grew up on 3 main hip-hop albums. Beastie Boys (License to Ill), LL Cool J (Bigger and Deffer), Eric B. and Rakim (Paid in Full).

"4 and 3 and 2 and 1, and when I'm on the mic the suckers run!" MCA was the man.

I played these on cassette and made the transaction cd as well. I need to replace my "Paid in Full", somebody creeped me again. LOL

Nas, I still got "Illmatic", "Stillmatic", "I am", "The Firm", and "It Was Written".
I am going home and knock the dust off a few of my cds and crank up the Polkaudio speakers.

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by landry_p2000

I grew up on 3 main hip-hop albums. Beastie Boys (License to Ill), LL Cool J (Bigger and Deffer), Eric B. and Rakim (Paid in Full).

"4 and 3 and 2 and 1, and when I'm on the mic the suckers run!" MCA was the man.

I played these on cassette and made the transaction cd as well. I need to replace my "Paid in Full", somebody creeped me again. LOL

Nas, I still got "Illmatic", "Stillmatic", "I am", "The Firm", and "It Was Written".
I am going home and knock the dust off a few of my cds and crank up the Polkaudio speakers.

Hell yeah, I drive around blasting Illmatic/Paid in Full/Hello Nasty...ALL THE TIME!

Trying to educate my peers

[Go Blue]

Originally Posted by Crim122

You can just tell from this one chorus that Little Brother is a great group

"This is a message for our people chasing benjamins
With real rhymes and skills they believing in
Keeping them bad tapes rolling like michellin
it don't matter, cause *****z ain't listening
They ain't listening, they thinkin bout they timbalands
They say the shit we talk about ain't interestin
We got a better chance of blowing up in switzerland
Holla if you hear it cause *****z ain't listening"

What is their best album? I downloaded The Minstrel Show and And Justus for All last night, but haven't listed to either yet.

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by schultz

What is their best album? I downloaded The Minstrel Show and And Justus for All last night, but haven't listed to either yet.

For me it goes: Minstrel Show, The Listening, and Getback. Justus for All is a mixtape, and I think there is two of them. One of them has all the dudes from NC on it.

But its all 3000000% better than whats out toda.

[Crim122]

NOW THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT

[Go Blue]

Originally Posted by Crim122

NOW THIS IS WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT

What is it? My work blocks almost everything.

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by schultz

What is it? My work blocks almost everything.

UNC Tar Heel senior Point Guard, Quentin Thomas is recording an album with 9th Wonder (Little Brother producer) producing it. Its more LOL YEAH HOPE IT IS DECENT

[fighthefutureofhd]

Originally Posted by landry_p2000

That's the truth if I ever heard it. Both of those guys are two of the greatest of all time. Hands down.

you know i don't care for kanye. he's not all that he thinks he is. his attitude and diva behavior is a real turn off. everytime i think about buying one of his album i am reminded of what an ass he is. then i get mad and put the cd back.

[Crim122]

Originally Posted by fighthefutureofhd

you know i don't care for kanye. he's not all that he thinks he is. his attitude and diva behavior is a real turn off. everytime i think about buying one of his album i am reminded of what an ass he is. then i get mad and put the cd back.

When you compare Kanye to other artists in the mainstream (wayne, soulja) and everyone like that...I would be pissed too.