Best rap/hip hop song?

I've gotten back into a weird punk and rap/hip hop place as far as listening to music. Operation Ivy and The Dropkick Murphys have been getting alot of play lately. However, listening to Dr. Dre's The Chronic this morning on my way to work and rapping along, I came to the realization that "Nothin but a G thang" might just be the greatest, funkiest, bass-thumpin, smoothed-out, melodic, stupid phat ill dope retarded fresh hip hop song I've ever heard.

what's ya favorite?

I was going to make this a poll with "Nothin but a G thang" as the only option to choose but decided that was lame.

his car has 16 switches

It has also been upgraded to have "sounds for the bitches"


I heard that he no longer has "hollow-points for the snitches" though. sad that.

he continues to clock most of the riches.

Go Dre!

he's steezy because he used to hang with easy

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Juicy by Notorious BIG

"Birfdays was the worst days, now we sip champagne when we thirst-ay"

It should be clear that the best Dre song is "Let Me Ride"

I have to give a nod to Erik B and Rakim's "Paid in Full" for one of the best ever.

mad stupid fresh lockin n poppin ups to Eric B and Rakim, especially for "know the ledge"....really the whole Paid in Full album as well.

but Nothin but a G thang man. they've got Compton and Long Beach together! most people, I'm assuming, would know they are in trouble!

golddigger- kanye west
the african way - k'naan

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Originally Posted by bigtrubs

golddigger- kanye west

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sorry, but there is no way this song is going to have the longevity of Nothin but a G thang. It's got a good beat, good hook and some funny lyrics, but The Chronic is a hip hop classic and Nothin but a G thang kicks the crap out of golddigger.

MF DOOM, Meat Grinder, off of the Madvillians album. Positive Contact from Deltron is also a contender for me.

nothin' but a g thang? are you serious? that is one of the most overrated rap songs. "let me ride" is way better (and it has the requisite Parliament sampling).

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Originally Posted by Squatch

that is one of the most overrated rap songs.

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hold on, overrated according to who? you? Mtv? how is it overrated? the sweet lyrics? the funky bass-thumpin beat? the catchy hook? which part of this ultra-tight song classifies it as "overrated"?

Atmosphere - if i was santa claus
J-Live - Lyrical Fluxuration

atmosphere - girl with the tatooed hands
common - i used to love HER

Eminem - Lose Yourself
Some J5 song.... can't decide on their best one.

I'll edit as others come to mind.

honorable mention:

C.R.E.A.M. - Wu Tang
Award Tour - Tribe Called Quest
Half-way crooks (?) - Mobb Deep

"Trouble Coming Every Day" - Freak Out - FZ:
Well I'm about to get sick
From watchin' my TV
Been checkin' out the news
Until my eyeballs fail to see
I mean to say that every day
Is just another rotten mess
And when it's gonna change, my friend
Is anybody's guess

So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day

Wednesday I watched the riot . . .
Seen the cops out on the street
Watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff
And chokin' in the heat
Listened to reports
About the whisky passin' 'round
Seen the smoke and fire
And the market burnin' down
Watched while everybody
On his street would take a turn
To stomp and smash and bash and crash
And slash and bust and burn

And I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day

Well, you can cool it,
You can heat it . . .
'Cause, baby, I don't need it . . .
Take your TV tube and eat it
'N all that phony stuff on sports
'N all the unconfirmed reports
You know I watched that rotten box
Until my head begin to hurt
From checkin' out the way
The newsman say they get the dirt
Before the guys on channel so-and-so

And further they assert
That any show they'll interrupt
To bring you news if it comes up
They say that if the place blows up
They will be the first to tell,
Because the boys they got downtown
Are workin' hard and doin' swell,
And if anybody gets the news
Before it hits the street,
They say that no one blabs it faster
Their coverage can't be beat

And if another woman driver
Gets machine-gunned from her seat
They'll send some joker with a brownie
And you'll see it all complete

So I'm watchin' and I'm waitin'
Hopin' for the best
Even think I'll go to prayin'
Every time I hear 'em sayin'
That there's no way to delay
That trouble comin' every day
No way to delay
That trouble comin' every day

Hey, you know something people?
I'm not black
But there's a whole lots a times
I wish I could say I'm not white

Well, I seen the fires burnin'
And the local people turnin'
On the merchants and the shops
Who used to sell their brooms and mops
And every other household item
Watched the mob just turn and bite 'em
And they say it served 'em right
Because a few of them are white,
And it's the same across the nation
Black and white discrimination
Yellin' "You can't understand me!"
'N all that other jazz they hand me
In the papers and TV and
All that mass stupidity
That seems to grow more every day
Each time you hear some nitwit say
He wants to go and do you in
Because the color of your skin
Just don't appeal to him
(No matter if it's black or white)
Because he's out for blood tonight

You know we got to sit around at home
And watch this thing begin
But I bet there won't be many live
To see it really end
'Cause the fire in the street
Ain't like the fire in the heart
And in the eyes of all these people
Don't you know that this could start
On any street in any town
In any state if any clown
Decides that now's the time to fight
For some ideal he thinks is right
And if a million more agree
There ain't no Great Society
As it applies to you and me
Our country isn't free
And the law refuses to see
If all that you can ever be
Is just a lousy janitor
Unless your uncle owns a store
You know that five in every four
Just won't amount to nothin' more
Gonna watch the rats go across the floor
And make up songs about being poor

Blow your harmonica, son!

My honorable mentions:

Eazy-E -- Boyz-N-Tha-Hood
De La Soul -- Potholes In My Lawn
Mary J. Blige w/Method Man -- I'll Be There For You
Nas -- If I Ruled The World
Outkast -- ATliens
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth -- T.R.O.Y.
The Roots w/Erykah Bahdu -- You Got Me
Wu-Tang -- CREAM
Aesop Rock -- Daylight

"Today was a good day" -Ice Cube
"Yesterday f#ckd around and got a triple-double"

and #1=

"The Message" -Grand master flash w/ Melly Mel...

old school biatch!

I've been a big fan of Atmosphere lately. Particularly "Mama had a baby and its head popped off. as well as "The Arrival"

Here are the rest that i currently really like and figure are worth a listen. THe ones in bold i like even more. Let me know what you think if you listen to them

K-OS
"The Love Song"

Jurassic 5:
"Concrete Schoolyard"
"The Game"
"Action Satisfaction" and
"Snap Crackle Pop"

Stereo MCs:
"The Right Effect

Dead Prez;
"Hell Yeah"
"Hip Hop"

Ghostface Killa
"Child's Play"

Roots
"The Seed (2.0)

The No Music
"Paging Dr. Moon or Gun"

Beastie Boys
"Sneaking out the Hospital

file listing of my BEST HIP HOP folder... All tracks krazy kool...
01--mos def - black on both sides - 05 - speed law.mp3
02-eligh-work.mp3
03- People Under the Stairs-Acid_raindrops.mp3
04--little_brother_-_all_for_you.mp3
05--CunninLynguists-Fukinwichu.mp3
06-the_strange_fruit_project-in_the_sun.mp3
07--mos def - black on both sides - 04 - ms. fat booty.mp308--camp lo - uptown saturday night - 06 - sparkle.mp3
09--crown city rockers - 04 - 5 gold stars.mp3
10--CunninLynguists - 616 Rewind.mp3
11--02-little_brother_-_beautiful_morning.mp3
12--the_strange_fruit_project-gotta_lotta.mp313--visionaries-domakemesay-ego.mp314--CunninLynguists - Southernunderground - 08 - Old School.mp3
15-aesop_rock-numb(to_the_guns)-(main)-khz.mp3
16--The_Alkaholiks-Make Room.mp3
17--CunninLynguists - Southernunderground - 03 - The South.mp3
18--GangStarr-DWYCK.mp319--akrobatik - akrobatik ep - 03 - don't fear.mp3

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Originally Posted by flykdog

I have to give a nod to Erik B and Rakim's "Paid in Full" for one of the best ever.

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indeed :cool:

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Originally Posted by vinzclortho

hold on, overrated according to who? you? Mtv? how is it overrated? the sweet lyrics? the funky bass-thumpin beat? the catchy hook? which part of this ultra-tight song classifies it as "overrated"?

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i think it's the lack of all of those, and people like you thinking that because it's the only song you know off the album.

:biggrin:

Beasties - Paul Revere

Thanks for playing fellas. ;)

By no means the best rap song ever, but one I can't stop playing right now. And yes, I do have bad taste.

Breakfast Club - Z-Trip