1) hammer "this is the way we roll"
2) Heavy d and the boyz "we got our own thang"
3) c and c music factory "everybody (dance now)"
4) marky mark and his funky bunch "good vibrations"
5) Tupac "changes" (i know, its a cop out, but its touching)

Right now:

1. Get Money-Junior Mafia
2. Can't Truss It-Public Enemy
3. Me and My Girlfriend-2Pac
4. Stop the Violence-BDP
5. It's Funky Enough-The D.O.C.

thesexofit said:

CinisterCee said:

"Jump to the rhythm jump jump to the rhythm jump"

Love that shit.

U musta seen the pisstake of this in the "fear of a black hat" movie. They even send up the fact the lady in the video wasn't singing on it!

CinisterCee said:

Ain't that watered-down hip-house?

JANFAN4L said:

Ain't that everything thesexofit listens to?

JANFAN4L said:

Well sorta. So is marky marks "good vibrations". But its called hip-house as the verses are hiphop whilst the beats are house (u know what Iam trying to say)

Hiphop the beats are rnb (well since newjack they are)

Freedom raps throught most the song. So its a rap song

VoicesCarry said:

No. But c and c music factory are good shit. cole and clivilles (spelling) have done alot of shit I like.

Watered down it may be,. but its funky and stop labelling everything

And another thing...

It's one thing to choose a Hammer track as your top rap song.

It's another thing for said Hammer track to be "This Is The Way We Roll".

CinisterCee said:

The remix kicks ass. Plus the video is my fav ever too. The dancing is incredible. But the single bombed. The dancing beats any of that retard looking line dancing ciara "1,2 step" nonsence. Look at "too legit to quit" video. The moves he does are quite the same as ciaras.

IF MY HOMIES CALL - TUPAC
ALL ABOUT YOU - TUPAC
CAN YOU ROCK IT LIKE THIS - RUN DMC
THE RODEO - CURICAL CONFLIX
CHECK THE RHIME - TRIBE CALLED QUEST

debbiedean2 said:

Wow, I think that's the first time I've ever seen Crucial Conflict mentioned on these boards. I love The Rodeo.

debbiedean2 said:

I was gonna put that tupac song down ("all about you"). Thats my second fav tupac song. Very funny. Classic snoop too.

1. Planet Rock - Soul Sonic Force
2. Egypt Egypt - The Egyptian Lover
3. Siberian Nights - Twilight 22
4. Jam The Box - Pretty Tony
5. Jam On It - Newcleus
[Edited 6/1/05 22:21pm]

When I was fourteen it was...

Planet Rock - Afrika Bambatta & Soul Sonic Force
Electric Kingdom - Catch 22
Friends - Whodini
Rock Box - Run-Dmc
The Message - Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five

and now...

California Love - Tuapc
Jack The Ripper - LL Cool J
10% Dis - MC Lyte
I'm BAD - LL Cool J
Going Back to Cali - LL Cool J

This can change often.

Blondie- Rapture
Digable Planets- Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Busta Rhymes- What It Is
Missy Elliott- One Minute Man
Prince- Now

1. New Jack Hustler -- Ice T (This is a fucking great narrative. Lyrics are tight. Better than anything Eminem to write. I can listen to this song over and over again.).

2. White Lines - Grandmaster Flash "Sumthin like a phenomenon, baby."

3. Ride Wit Me/# 1 - Nelly (#1 is a well penned lyric.)

4. Straight Outta Comptom/Fuck the Police - NWA (Ice Cube was the sh!t. He wrote most of the g-damned album! I don't endorse this lifestyle or want to see it glorified. But I viewed this debut album as a musical documentary of sorts)

5. People Everyday/Mr. Wendal- Arrested Development

"Until a group of brothas started buggin' out. Drinking the 40 ounce. Goin' the nigga route, disrespecting my black queen, holding their crotches and being obsence... At first I ignored them cuz see I know the type: they got drunk, they got guns, and they wanna fight. They see a young couple having a time that's good and their egos wanna test a brutha's manhood... "


Honorable Mention: "How You Like Me Now"/Wild Wild West - Kool Moe Dee

microphone fiend eric b ad rakim

night of the living baseheads public enemy

south bronx boogie down productions

the message grandmaster flash and the furious 5


hypnotize biggie smalls

White Lines - Grandmaster Flash

And um lots of ones I have forgotten the name of..


Roxanne Shante & Marley Marl


um.


Bugger. Been a while since I listened to rap..


Anyone got any of this real old school early 80's stuff and can remind me what I was listening to back then,,,? Remember the old Street Sounds "Electro" compilations..?

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

I love "Get Money"! That vocal hook is so snotty and addictive.

And I have no idea what my top 5 would be, so I'll just go with right now too...

1. OutKast - Da Art of Storytellin'
2. Beastie Boys - Pass the Mic
3. Slick Rick - Children's Story
4. Lil Kim - Not Tonight
5. Salt N Pepa - Expression

and just for you Ivy, an honorable mention to "Booty Poppin'"

It's funny...I actually know and love a LOT of rap music. But for some reason I rarely post about it on the org. Maybe a lack of threads. It's rare that I love a rap album all the way through, but I have shitloads of compilations I've made of stuff I like. This thread is making me wanna dig 'em out. I really like that unreleased Foxy Brown from a few years back. Maybe I'll start with that.

GangstaFam said:

"eat my pussy right.."

Hmmm. Five, huh? Lemme try. In no order whatsoever

Rock the Bells - LL Cool J
La Di Da Di/The Show - Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew*
It's Like That - Run DMC
Welcome to the Terrordome - Public Enemy
Follow the Leader - Eric B & Rakim

*I'm cheating a little, I guess, but it's an A/B side, and each is a true classic!

thesexofit said:

What's this I see? Some substance on your list!

In no particular order...

Eric B. & Rakim - You Know I Got Soul
Doug E Fresh - The Show
Nas - Halftime
LL Cool J - I Can't Live Without My Radio
Public Enemy - You're Gonna Get Yours
Run DMC - Here We Go
Slick Rick - Children's Story

Ok, that's 7. What you gonna do about it?
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In no order:

Doug E. Fresh - Lodi Dodi
Run DMC - Its Tricky
Dr. Dre - G Thang
Ice Cube - Bop Gun
Nelly, Diddy, Murphy Lee - Shake a Tailfeather

vainandy said:

Yeah those are great Electro songs.

Run DMC "Sucker MC's"

Audio Two "Top Billin"

Biz Markie "Nobody Beats The Biz"

Eric B & Rakim "My Melody"

EPMD "You're A Customer"

TheRealFiness said:

Hey there are 2 versions of this. A slower original, and a faster remix.

I like the remix.