Which songs, for you, Define Hip hop?

[yungahdubz]

I'm not really into hip hop, more into dance/ drum 'n' bass, but the songs that i do like from that genre, i REALLY like.

I'm not talking bout the current **** with the *****es dancing around in the videos, but the old skool artists that make music for their genuine passion of it, not for the money.

Personally, for me, it would have to be:

DJ Jazzy Jeff - For Da Love Of Da Game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhrMk8I3zwk

Will Smith - Summer time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W9kcxdPPjk

B.I.G. - Sky's the Limit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W9kcxdPPjk

 

[oakraiderz2]

Jedi Mind Tricks, Brother Ali, Atmosphere...that kind of sh*t.

 

[mostwantedbabyfather]

Little Brother, Joe Budden, Mos Def, Talib, Lupe Fiasco, AZ, but mostly the first two as of late.

 

[LostAndConfused]

I consider them rappers but here goes, they define rap for me in their own ways, I'll also add in things you should check out from them, because they are some of the best hiphop and rap albums ever.

Lupe, Mos Def, Jedi Mind Tricks (said above)

Blu & Exile (Below the Heavens album)
Immortal Technique (Revolutionary Vol. 1 & 2 album)
Papoose (Law Library, basically a series of songs, I think there are 6 parts now...you need to cop these off mixtapes)
Cannibus (pretty much everything of his, haha)
*Common (Finding Forever album)
*Nas (It Was Written album)
Ice Cube (song: Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It)
Jurassic 5 (their albums)
Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers)
Eminem (Marshall Mathers EP & The Eminem Show)

 

[mostwantedbabyfather]

^^^ Good list common sense and nas are in my top ten. Nas lost tapes album is crazy. Commons like water for chocalate lp was dope. Sean Price has two solid albums. I like puns Capital Punishment album the lyrics are crazy. There are lots.

 

[KontrollerX]

1. 2pac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNcloTmvTeA&feature=related

2. Easy E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m3ipumGA1s

3. Snoop Dogg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czyfws7OLCs

I didn't list Dr. Dre, NWA and Death Row songs because thats a given.

I've always hated the east coast and dirty south rap sound which is why none of that stuff is listed.

West Coast G-funk just sounds better to me oldschool as it is.

 

[HandyAndy]

Lupe Fiasco.

 

[Magma]

Kool Keith aka Dr. Octagon aka Del tha Funkee Homosapien aka Black Elvis.

I love "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff/Fresh Prince. Man, I used to rock that jam way back in the day when I first got my driver's license.

Adjust the bass, and let the Alpine blast

What a great jam that was!

Edit: I forgot J5. Charlie Tuna's the duck's nuts.

 

[iqqi]

How yall going to leave out Outkast??????


This whole thread is wack now.

 

[mostwantedbabyfather]

We also forgot The Pharcyde & A Tribed Called Quest.

 

[iqqi]

Outkast was the SH!T then, and the SH!T now.

They continue to grow, and are the soul in hip hop right now. LONG LIVE THE ATLIENS!!!

 

[MikeYikes122]

Nas, Jay-z, 2pac, Outkast, Common, and maybe Wu-Tang and Dr. Dre. Lupe is the future and carrying the torch for all those guys. Kanye is really mainstream, but he has a lot of potential.

Nas' Illmatic is probably the definer for me. The weird thing is, I didn't start to liking it until I was older. I thought it was overrated until I got a little bit older.

 

[ready123]

you're basically asking who our favorite rappers are

my favorite rapper of all time is Ras Kass
favorite group since 98 is People Under the Stairs
favorite album of all time is Nas - Illmatic

I'm from LA so I love those LA crews that revolutionized hiphop over here - Freestyle Fellowship, Pharcyde, the rest of the Project Blowdians, plus I also grew up on G-Funk so that sound is nostalgia for me

 

[Magma]

favorite group since 98 is People Under the Stairs

Agreed...

 

[Drum&Bass]

House of Pain - Runnin up on ya

Digable Planets - It's good to be here

OC - M.U.G.

EPMD - Scratch bring it back

Funkdoobiest - Dedicated

Beatnuts - hit me with that

Beatnuts - Psycho Dwarf

Beatnuts - Yeah you get props

Beatnuts - Props over here

Lords of the Underground - What I'm after

Cannibal Ox - A B-Boy's Alpha

Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxies

Company Flow - Tragedy of War

Company Flow - 8 Steps to Perfection

Common Sense - Resurrection

Nas - Can't forget about you

Nas - The world is yours

Not even a fraction of ALL the hip hop classics that exist...

 

[Señor Fingers]

Random collection of classic anthems (and a testament to the genre's versatility):

Big Daddy Kane - Aint No Half Steppin
Black Moon - Who Got Da Props
Black Sheep - Flavor of the Month
Brand Nubians - Slow Down
Busta Rhymes - Whoo-Ha! (Got you All in Check)
Common - Resurrection
Chubb Rock - Treat Em Right
Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
De La Soul - Stakes is High
Das EFX - Real Hiphop
Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full (Coldcut Remix is SICK)
Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
Main Source - Lookin at the Front Door
Method Man & Red Man - How High
Mos Def - Universal Magnetic
Nas - The World is Yours
Nice n' Smooth feat. Gang Starr - DWYCK
Notorious B.I.G. - Who Shot Ya
Outkast - So Fresh So Clean
Pharcyde - Running
Red Man - Time 4 Sum Aksion
Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y
Salt n' Pepa - Push It
Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Slick Rick - La Di Da Di
Snoop & Dre - Deep Cover
Souls of Mischief - '93 till Infinity
Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
Tribe & LOTNS - Scenario
Young MC - Bust a Move
Wutang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.

 

[user43770]

UGK
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rCWH2MmlHQE

Eightball and MJG
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zdL8AKyPGBs

Geto Boys
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rL9ihXiFAko

 

[j-flex]

I only listen to G FUNK!!!!

my favorite song ever is east side rendezvous by kid frost: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ljIhADpW-4o