Best rap/hip hop song?

[Arty50]

All right!
Stop whatcha doin'
'cause I'm about to ruin
the image and the style that ya used to.
I look funny
but yo I'm makin' money see
so yo world I hope you're ready for me.
Now gather round
I'm the new fool in town
and my sound's laid down by the Underground.
I drink up all the Hennessey ya got on ya shelf
so just let me introduce myself
My name is Humpty, pronounced with a Umpty.
Yo ladies, oh how I like to hump thee.
And all the rappers in the top ten--please allow me to bump thee.
I'm steppin' tall, y'all,
and just like Humpty Dumpty
you're gonna fall when the stereos pump me.
I like to rhyme,
I like my beats funky,
I'm spunky. I like my oatmeal lumpy.
I'm sick wit dis, straight gangsta mack
but sometimes I get ridiculous
I'll eat up all your crackers and your licorice
hey yo fat girl, c'mere--are ya ticklish?
Yeah, I called ya fat.
Look at me, I'm skinny
It never stopped me from gettin' busy
I'm a freak
I like the girls with the boom
I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom
I'm crazy.
Allow me to amaze thee.
They say I'm ugly but it just don't faze me.
I'm still gettin' in the girls' pants
and I even got my own dance

{Chorus}
The Humpty Dance is your chance to do the hump
Do the Humpty Hump, come on and do the Humpty Hump
Do the Humpty Hump, just watch me do the Humpty Hump
Do ya know what I'm doin', doin' the Humpty Hump
Do the Humpty Hump, do the Humpty Hump

People say "Yo, Humpty, you're really funny lookin'"
that's all right 'cause I get things cookin'
Ya stare, ya glare, ya constantly try to compare me
but ya can't get near me
I give 'em more, see, and on the floor, B,
all the girls they adore me
Oh yes, ladies, I'm really bein' sincere
'cause in a 69 my humpty nose will tickle ya rear.
My nose is big, uh-uh I'm not ashamed
Big like a pickle, I'm still gettin' paid
I get laid by the ladies, ya know I'm in charge,
both how I'm livin' and my nose is large
I get stoopid, I shoot an arrow like Cupid,
I use a word that don't mean nothin', like looptid
I sang on Doowhutchalike, and if ya missed it,
I'm the one who said just grab 'em in the biscuits
Also told ya that I like to bite
Well, yeah, I guess it's obvious, I also like to write.
All ya had to do was give Humpty a chance
and now I'm gonna do my dance.

{Chorus}

Oh, yeah, that's the break, y'all
Let me hear a little bit of that bass groove right here
Oh, yeah!
Now that I told ya a little bit about myself
let me tell ya a little bit about this dance
It's real easy to do--check it out

First I limp to the side like my leg was broken
Shakin' and twitchin' kinda like I was smokin'
Crazy wack funky
People say ya look like M.C. Hammer on crack, Humpty
That's all right 'cause my body's in motion
It's supposed to look like a fit or a convulsion
Anyone can play this game
This is my dance, y'all, Humpty Hump's my name
No two people will do it the same
Ya got it down when ya appear to be in pain
Humpin', funkin', jumpin',
jig around, shakin' ya rump,
and when the dude a chump pump points a finger like a stump
tell him step off, I'm doin' the Hump.

{Chorus}

Black people, do the Humpty Hump, do the Humpty Hump
White people, do the Humpty Hump, do the Humpty Hump
Puerto Ricans, do the Humpty Hump, just keep on doin' the hump
Samoans, do the Humpty Hump, do the Humpty Hump
Let's get stoopid!

{Chorus}

Oh, yeah, come on and break it down

Once again, the Underground is in the house
I'd like to send a shout out to the whole world,
keep on doin' the Humpty Dance,
and to the ladies,
peace and humptiness forever

[bklyn]

The Humpty Dance is your chance to do the hump...

Aw yeah!

So hard to pick a favorite.
Are you talking strictly get on the floor and party music?
Political statement?
Gangsta?

I'll have to think on what's the best (and probably would have a long list of 'best'), but Humpty does get you on the floor to shake some booty.

[vinzclortho]

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.

oh right, my bad. well I'll tell the rest of the people like me to defer to cool people like you before we buy any more albums.

[The Kids Are Alright]

Outlawz, Letter to the president. check it out. been listening to it nonstop. 2pacs group.

[ill-advised strategy]

heh..the humpty dance.

it's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under

[criscam]

just a few...

Award Tour--Tribe
Let the Funk Flow--EPMD
You Know My Steez--Gang Starr
Boyz 'n the Hood--Eazy
Rappers Delight--Sugar Hill Gang
Warning---B.I.G.
Hey Ladies--Beasties

[The AD]

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

Seconded.

I would give "Bring the Noise" by P.E. honorable mention.

Yeah, I'm dating myself.

[biggins]

Where is the Wu on this thread!?

[fridge]

Outkast -- ATliens
Wu-Tang -- CREAM

Seconded.

My honourable mentions to when I was rocking out to rap music as a 10 year old:

Ice Cube - When will they shoot
Ice Cube & Dre - Natural Born Killaz
Da Lench Mob - Freedom got an AK
Above the Law - Never missin' a beat
Naughty by Nature - Uptown Anthem

[Below Zero]

Where is the Wu on this thread!?

Recognize!

[shmerham]

It's somewhere in this list, but I'm not sure which one, yet

High Energy shit that makes you shake your booty:

Outkast - Rosa Parks
Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock - It takes two

Funky shit that makes you feel like a pimp:
Ice Cube: It was a good day
Notorious BIG: Big Poppa
Dre (ft Snoop): Nothin but a G Thing

Raw shit that pumps you up:
Wu Tang: Bring da Ruckus, or 7th chamber, or 7th chamber Pt II, or Protect ya neck, or pretty much all of Enter the 36 Chambers
Big Pun (ft Fat Joe): Twinz (Deep Cover 99)
Mobb Deep: Shook Ones Pt II
Eminem: Rabbit Run
Public Enemy - Public Enemy No. 1

[bigtrubs]

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.

Hey now, in the text of his post he's asking us what our favorite is. I like golddigger.

Also, "what's hardcore?" by K'naan is kickass- it talks about growing up on the streets of Mogadishu. Intense.

[KungPowder]

Inherited Scars -Sage Francis
or
Tattoed Hand - Atmosphere

[Lexi-Bell]

Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh

La di da di...

we likes to party

[Rasputin]

Well, I don't know about the best song, but mostly I like the rap that has combined with speed metal, and so:

Bionic Jive -Shut 'Em Down

Soulfly -Jump The Fuck Up

Rage Against the Machine -Calm Like A Bomb

[Plakespear]

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

[Woodsy]

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

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.

[Affix Snow]

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

[String]

too many to list this late at night but

Biz Markie - You got What I Need

so classic!

[MarsB]

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

[ill-advised strategy]

..........

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

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

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

[criscam]

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.

true dat.

[A-wreck]

(and it has the requisite Parliament sampling).

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.

[juicy]

Juicy by Notorious BIG

I couldn't agree more.

or else "ya know my steez" by gang starr

[The Reverend Floater]

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