Best rap/hip hop song?

"I Left My Wallet in El Segundo"- A Tribe Called Quest

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Originally Posted by Plakespear

"I Left My Wallet in El Segundo"- A Tribe Called Quest

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good to meet ya but that aint even the best tribe song, although "excursions " and "buggin out" should be mentioned here.
maybe the best 1-2 punch ever to start an album in any genre.

Ill 3rd (or whatever) "bring the Noise", but will Add ANTHRAX in there. Scott Ian has skillz.......

too many to list this late at night but

Biz Markie - You got What I Need

so classic!

a short list:

Eric B and Rakim - Lyrics of Fury
Slick Rick - Children's Story
Big Daddy Kane - Raw
Run DMC - King of Rock
Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
BDP - My Philosophy
Tribe Called Quest - Excursions
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Ice T - 6 in the Morning
Wu Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M
2 Pac - Dear Momma
Common Sense - Resurrection
Black Star - Definition
The Roots - Adrenaline
Mos Def - Mathematics
Talib Kweli - Get By

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Originally Posted by the kid

Ahhhhhhh...
I'm here and it's clear I'm gonna flow so yo black
Just get on up or yo get the bozak
Cuz it ain't Kojak or Dr. Suess
It's the kid mother fucker and I'm gonna get loose
Cuz I got the juice to spruce and get nice and
So enticing strong like a bison
Ruff like brandy and no one knows
That I got more riffs than Randy Rhodes
Smash, slash and when I trash I bash
I get ill I chill but you don't know the half
I trip I rip and though I think I'm slick
I'm nothin but a funky country hick
But I still get down with a sound that pumps
And you can hear me from the trucks and the trunks that bump
Never been questioned by the F.B.I
Although I've tried every method just to get high
L.S.D. is what I'm trippin on
And O.E. bitch is what I'm sippin on
A big fat booty's what I'm grippin on
But for now I'm gonna rock and keep rippin on
Down to the muther fuckin A.M.
As I co bump and jump and keep the crowd in mayhem
No brain no pain...Now c'mon yall and tell me what's my name

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Originally Posted by Kiiidddd rocckcckkkk

And while your out gangbangin'
tryin to catch a murder case
Your ho's on my couch
gettin' fucked in the face
Bumpin' to the bass of the old school rap jams
This ain't tennis,
but yo I'll use my backhand
On any grown man who tries to check Rock
I wanna headbang, I gotta hip-hop
Cause I'm a stick with what got me paid
Lickin' that coochie with the high-top fade
Im self-made like Henry Ford
I'm on this mic but it feels like I been here before
I want more then the next man
Respect, plus the cash, big checks
And mack on hoes like Rudy Ray
Cause a reach around just sounds so gay
I don't even swing that way
I told you hoes before I'm the K
I to the D, R-O-C-K'in
Rhyme sayin, guitar playin'
Turntables spinnin' at a basement jam
No fame, no money, but you wouldn't understand
What its like to be so real
You got the beats, and the rhymes,
but you ain't got no feel
I don't need the fancy music to make mine
Just a beat and a funky-ass bass line
Drop a couple cuts on this track
8 tracks to the mutherfuckin' wax
So why you're makin' records that don't recoup
I'm in the house gettin' paid like Snoop

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Originally Posted by The Kid

Cowboy...cowboy...
Well I'm packing up my game and I'm a head out west
Where real women come equipped with scripts and fake breasts
Find a nest in the hills chill like Flynt
Buy an old droptop find a spot to pimp
And I'm a Kid Rock it up and down your block
With a bottle of scotch and watch lots of crotch
Buy yacht with a flag sayin' chillin' the most
Then rock that bitch up and down the coast
Give a toast to the sun, drink with the stars
Get thrown in the mix and tossed out of bars
Sip the teajuna ...I wanna roam
Find the old town chillin' fools then come back home
Start an escort service, for all the right reasons
And set up shop at the top of four seasons
Kid Rock and I'm the real mccoy
And I'm headin' out west sucker...because I wanna be a
Cowboy baby
With the top let back and the sunshine shining
Cowboy baby
West coast chillin? with the Boone's Wine
I wanna be a Cowboy baby
Ridin' at night 'cause I sleep all day
Cowboy baby
I can smell a pig from a mile away

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Originally Posted by Woodsy

good to meet ya but that aint even the best tribe song, although "excursions " and "buggin out" should be mentioned here.
maybe the best 1-2 punch ever to start an album in any genre.

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true dat.

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Originally Posted by Squatch

(and it has the requisite Parliament sampling).

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You mean.....like every song on that album?

There is only one song that when I simply hear the beat I want to get up and kick someone in the face, and that would be: Brooklyn Zoo- O.D.B.

However, My favorite rap song of all time goes something like this:

I ain't givin none of y'all girls money shit fuck y'all
Love y'all but fuck y'all let me bounce this ball
Screwface you bitches fool on y'all
He won't slip won't trip won't ever fall
Bitch you obey me you better not betray me be calling no cops saying 'this is his baby'

Chorus" pussay........for free........I want pussay.....for free
You canNOT have my money
I want pussay......for free

The late, great, O.D.B.



Edit for: Yeti Man is a funny, funny guy.

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Originally Posted by homerjay

Juicy by Notorious BIG

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I couldn't agree more.

or else "ya know my steez" by gang starr

Eric B And Rakim--Know the Ledge
Public Enemy--Louder than a Bomb, Bring that Beat Back
NaS--Get Down, Life We Choose
Ice Cube--Check yo'self
J5--A Day at the Races
JayZ and the Roots--Jigga What
Swollen Members & Nelly F.--Breathe, Vampires
People Under the Stairs--Acid Raindrops, the Hang Loose
Lifesavas--Soldierfied, Me

The Herbaliser + Jean Grae rule hip hop IMO. Perfect blend of flow, grit and a little irie I.

Favorite hip hop song.

Twice Around - The Herbaliser featuring Jean Grea
replaced my prior fave
The Blend - The Herbaliser featuring What What (Jean Grea)

A few other honarable mentions.
Nas - One Love
The Roots - Act too! Love of my Life
Tribe Called Quest featuring Large Professor - Elictric Relaxation

There's a great Pete Rock + CL Smooth track that samples Juicy extensively. Good stuff. Can't remember the name.

The best rap/hip hop song of all time... I am tempted to give this to Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None) by Nate Dogg and Tupac....

"When I met you last night baby
Before you opened up your gap
I had respect for ya lady
But now I take it all back
Cause you gave me all your pussy
And ya even licked my balls
Leave your number on the cabinet
And I promise baby, I'll give ya a call
Next time I'm feelin kinda horny
You can come on over, and I'll break you off
And if you can't fuck, that day, baby
Just lay back, and open your mouth
Cause I have never
met a girl
That I love
in the whole wide world"

However, my vote goes to:
1.) Put your hands where my eyes can see- Busta
2.) One Mic- NAS
3.) Regulate- Warren G

Runners up that I really like:
Soweto- Goapele & Hierogliphics
Hypnotize- BIG
It was a Good Day- Ice Cube
Music- Erick Sermon & Marvin Gay

Gracias, Hev! I checked these guys out on Itunes off your recommendation and ended up buying 2 albums. It's what I've been waiting for! Super Thieveryesque, groovy beats with smooth flow on top. Dig it!

NY State of Mind - Nas ...even Primo says it's one of his best beats.

Also - Incarcerated scarfaces - rae and ghost

Not so much a single hip hop song for me but a 90 minute tape with NWA "Straight Outa Compton" on one side and Beastie's "Paul's Boutique" on the other.

It was my $$$$$ tape. Nearly all day, every day, I planted hundreds of thousands of trees to that old cassette. I still get amped up whenever I hear any of that music.

Have to agree with "NY State of Mind."

For Biggie I like "Things Done Changed" or "Warning." Those songs are just chilling (not chillin')- grim, paranoid, and (unfortunately for not-former-Celtics G.M. Chris Wallace), prescient.

For Tribe- "Electric Relaxation" ("I like 'em brown, yellow, Puerto Rican or Haitian...")

Talib Kweli- "Move Somethin'"

Common- "The 6th Sense."

De La Soul- "A Roller Skating Jam Called Saturdays"? "Ego Trippin'"? "Big Brother Beat"? God, I don't know.

7L & Esoteric (feat. Inspektah Dek)- "Speaking Real Words."

I also really like "Burn, Hollywood, Burn," just because Chuck D sounds really pissed off, even for him.

I could go on, but I have a lot of shit to do...

everyone is talking about "let me ride" and "nothin but a g thang". how about deep cover with snoop and dre.

The Chronic is a masterpiece of an album.

But so is Ready to Die and countless Pac albums. Some old Jay-Z tracks are hiella too. Fuck, there are too many to name...not including less known, but equally talented DJs/MCs (quannum, madlib, pb wolf, automator projects, hieroglyphics, el-p and def jux, and many others I am forgetting).

Rap rules.

"best", not "20 best" or "what's on my ipod"

and it's been mentioned already, but here it is, hands down.

gang starr - you know my steeze

you cannot name a better track.

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Originally Posted by tuffy109

you cannot name a better track.

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yeah i can. and i did.

paid in full is, no doubt, one of the greatest hip hop songs ever. however, it is simply the greatest hip hop composition ever.

You've missed your alotted time to reply to my well thought out comeback. Therefore, I win the debate.

:( the scant recognition paid to Ice-T on this thread makes me sad in the pants. :(

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Originally Posted by flykdog

You've missed your alotted time to reply to my well thought out comeback. Therefore, I win the debate.

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7 minutes?

i went to get lunch.

and i refuse to argue with someone from south carolina about hip hop.

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Originally Posted by tuffy109

and i refuse to argue with someone from SOUTH carolina about hip hop.

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That's NORTH carolina biznitch.