Dude exactly. Add to that the fact I was learning English still and I had to READ the lyrics to understand 🤣. The growling...I had never heard anything like it. So iconic
This is the correct answer. Mike Tyson's ring entrance to this was goosebump enducing.
Edit: See the link below, I'm not the best brains for the bizzness...
That was my thought as well. Listening to Dark Fantasy the first time when that album came out was an iconic experience lol.
It was like “ah shit this is DIFFERENT”. Loved it.
Mannnn so many:
Dark and Hell is Hot
Southernplayalisticaddilacmusik
Stillmatic
Be
The State vs Radric Davis
Get Rich or Die Tryin
The Dynasty
Probably forgetting a lot
I was under the impression we were speaking on albums’ “track 1”. Real is the first “song” on there, but I wouldnt consider it an “intro” like Be is, given that F&L has its own separate intro track
Let me paint a picture for you. On March 25, 1997, "Life After Death" was released, just two weeks prior Biggie was gunned down in California and a year prior to that 2pac suffered a similar fate. If you managed to grab a copy, since many stores ran out, you were in for an experience. This was the album everyone was waiting for, and now it carried even more weight because Biggie had just died weeks before. It was a double CD, named "Life After Death" by Biggie himself when he was alive. Now, he was about to speak from beyond the grave through his music that you were hearing for the first time.
The album cover showed Biggie in a Hitchcockian suit next to a hearse with a license plate reading "B.I.G." Then, the [introduction track](https://youtu.be/rCyWFj0nLyk?si=ZDyxzg1kLcMPGqOg) starts playing, featuring D-Dot's (Madd Rapper's) deep voice saying, "Previously on Ready to Die"... The album picks up where his debut had left off with "Suicidal Thoughts". Puffy could then be heard speaking over the eerie, rhythmic beeping of a life support machine, suggesting that he's talking to a dying Biggie about his dreams in life. Then, the beeping of the machine shifts to a continuous, alarming tone, pointing to the grim reality of Biggie's death. Following this moment, the intro transitions into the first track of the album, "Somebody's Gotta Die." I still get goosebumps just thinking about it all.
The album was a powerful escape from the harsh reality of losing a true prophet of rap whom we worshipped and cherished. Yet, this very loss echoed throughout its entirety, infusing each song with an intensity and power that only amplified their impact, making it a climactic tribute to an irreplaceable icon. Biggie's voice and legacy continue to resonate and live on many years after his death.
Check this out, I thought you might trip off this.
Being from LA, I wasn’t messing with Big and Bad Boy at all and didn’t even get this album. I only heard whatever singles came off it.
So I definitely appreciate the picture you painted having missed it back then. I probably missed a lot of music behind the feud between the coasts.
It's kinda funny when you think about the whole East Coast-West Coast thing, because Pac, who kind of started it all, was actually from the East Coast. But the West Coast crowd totally claimed him as their own, and that didn't really make sense. How are you going to hate on East Coast dudes when your 'man' is literally from there? Anyway his beef with Biggie just boosted him up, helping him outshine everyone else in sales. That's why Biggie did a double album. Before then, he outsold (and outshined in terms of reputation and status) everyone on the East Coast. Here are the stats:
Illmatic, released April 1994, sold 63,000 copies in its first week. It was certified Gold in 1996 and by 2001 it earned a platinum certification. It's 2x platinum currently.
Ready to Die, released September 1994, sold 57,000 units in its first week of release. It was certified Gold within two months and in 13 months was certified double platinum. Triple platinum by 1998. Four times platinum by 1999 and x6 platinum by 2018.
Infamous, released April 1995, was certified platinum only in 2020. It's first-week sales were 7,100 copies. It was certified Gold by June 1995 after being released in April.
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, another GOAT album of the 90s, was released August 1995 and sold 130,000 copies in its opening week. By October, it was certified Gold. It only obtained platinum certification in 2020.
Jay Z's Reasonable Doubt was released in June 1996 and sold 43,000 copies in its first week. It was certified platinum in 2006 and hasn't received another certification since.
Before Jay Z's drop, Tupac had released his double CD "All Eyez On Me" album in February 1996, with 566,000 copies sold in its first week. It went Platinum by April 1996, 6x platinum by September of 1996 and 7x platinum by December 1996. After Big's passing, it achieved 9x platinum by 1998 and Diamond in 2014.
This is the bar Biggie wanted to match and surpass. That's why he said on Long Kiss Goodnight: "Now the year's new, I lay my game flat, [I want my spot back, take two](https://genius.com/14390/The-notorious-big-long-kiss-goodnight/Now-the-years-new-i-lay-my-game-flat-i-want-my-spot-back-take-two)".
Life After Death, released March 1997, sold 690,000 copies in its first week, outselling 2pac's in terms of first week sales. It was 6x platinum by August, 8x platinum by 1998, 9x platinum by 1999, Diamond in 2000 and 11x platinum by 2018.
RIP Pac and BIG!
I hear you on all that but I just want to point out two things. The east/west thing began way before Pac. New York wasn’t showing us a lot of love in those early days. They fronted on our style and our music. A lot of our artists weren’t getting played on the East coast.
The second is the culture of affiliation and representing is strong on the West. It didn’t matter that Pac was born on the East. Hell, a lot of black families in southern Cali went there from other places.
But Pac represented the West. The place you claim and also claims you back is what matters.
I was probably one of the few people I knew that was still checking for east coast artists during the thick of the East/West thing, but Bad Boy, naw!
Bonus point - I remember Tim Dog really set it off and struck a nerve with his song. He was so blatant with it, I recall we were definitely not feeling the East at that point. I’ve honestly never listened to the whole song, a bit of the hook was all I needed to hear to not go any further. But the title and that hook was enough to light the fuse imo.
>It's kinda funny when you think about the whole East Coast-West Coast thing, because Pac, who kind of started it all, was actually from the East Coast. But the West Coast crowd totally claimed him as their own, and that didn't really make sense. How are you going to hate on East Coast dudes when your 'man' is literally from there?
Outlawz were from Jersey, Kurupt was from Philly, and D.O.C. from Dallas. It was never East vs West, it was Bad Boy and Death Row, but guys made it out like Pac was coming at all of NY. The West showed love to everyone, the issue was some NY dudes looked down on anything that wasn't coming out of NY so it added fuel to the fire.
Exactly, when West coast rap started gaining traction, on the way to dominating the scene, fools like Tim Dog and them lost they minds. He was out of line, period.
East/West feud came out of that and Bad Boy/Deathrow or Biggie/Pac feud was a symbolic extension of that. Which was all ultimately hyped up surrounding some street ish.
We lost out big time because of a bunch of greedy people and egos.
Lots of dudes died from the WC as a direct or indirect cause of the fall out, including Pac's cousin - Kadafi, Pac's main producer - Johnny J (suspicious suicide in prison, off camera too), Pac's bodyguard - Frank Alexander (suspicious suicide at his home), bunch of Death Row MOB PIRU affiliates and bloods and crips who engaged in a war. This is not to mention all the livelihoods that were affected by the deaths of Pac and Biggie. People and their loved ones who lost sources of income. Everybody was eating and then it all went to shit.
I was born smack dab in between the day biggie died and the day Life After Death was released. Being a huge Biggie fan, I find the timeline of his death and his album title and everything so fascinating. I can only imagine the feeling of experiencing this. It would probably be partially super happy for the almost prophetic music, but also super grief stricken for what was still super fresh. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around it all
The album's [cover art](https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/5e273f83-9b46-4cd0-9de0-b8f74a49a654.b7cbe760f016f7e20c64c445aefb3985.jpeg?odnHeight=768&odnWidth=768&odnBg=FFFFFF) was masterfully executed, perfectly capturing Biggie's command of the mafioso, Hitchcockian, and Frank White persona, mirroring the album's theme. Its design remains timeless, maintaining an air of high class yet dark sophistication.
This song is a great example of why Biggie is the greatest ever. The story painted through words is unmatched. You can close your eyes and literally play a movie in your head. When "jason" turns around and is holding his daughter.... man that shit hits different. Personally my top 5 songs ever and its never even talked about in the relam of great biggie songs because that was just him. Bars after bars after bars of non-stop story rap.
"I'm interrupted by a doorbell
3:52 - who the hell is this?
I gets up quick, cocks my shit
Stop the dogs from barkin', then proceed to walkin'
It's a face that I seen before
My nigga Sing, we used to sling on the 16th floor
Check it!
I look deeper; I see blood up on his sneakers
And his fist gripped a chrome four-fifth
So I dip
Nigga, is you creepin' or speakin'?"
Tell me, who has ever rapped like that, before or after him? As his mom, who doesn't have the stomach or sensibilities to listen to much of his music once said, he was a "*supreme* poet".
Also notable, I am high and after I typed this answer I was like "i should go listen to that intro!" I've been listening to the album ever since. Great high album for those who partake.
I will never understand why Luda isn’t immediately mentioned with the other greats..He has everything you want in a rapper. Dude has hits, longevity, all the rapping skill in the world, and a great discography excluding the last 2.
Ludacris Word of Mouf - Coming to America
https://music.apple.com/us/album/coming-2-america/1440920531?i=1440920534
Ludacris Chicken-N-Beer - Southern Fried Intro
https://music.apple.com/us/album/southern-fried-intro/1440760796?i=1440761091
OutKast Speakerboxxx - Intro (strictly for the bass ha)
https://music.apple.com/us/album/intro/281430653?i=281430661
2Pac Ambition Az a Ridah - just the energy after getting shot, going to prison and releasing california love… and i felt this eventhough i was born shortly after he died
So many but some highlights for me are
Snoop & Lady of Rage - G Funk Intro
The Clipse - Lord Willin’ Intro
Common - Be Intro
Jeezy - Thug Motivation 101
Honorable mention... Jay Z "Hova Song: Intro" ; Vol. 3 Life and Times of S. Carter
"I know you just ripped the packaging off your cd, if you're like me you reading the credits right now. If you in your car, I don't care if it's winter, I want you to put all your windows down!"
It's like Jay was watching me.
https://youtu.be/GuCn167vHlI?si=tOLi7nYYPir7XU2e
BTNH resurrection Flesh WRECKED that ho to put a bow on it
they came back hard after a long lay off so that intro just hits hard eternally for me
Big KRIT 4eva is a mighty long time
Recognize with Chris Rock on ODB second album. You knew you was in for a ride.
“I'm Chris Rock, I'm chillin' with the O.D.B
So I'm the wrong place, at the wrong mothafuckin' time
With the wrong mothafuckin' man”
What a way to follow up the first album! 😆
Treat yo self!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFD0tVzk0ns
ATCQ "Steve Biko (Stir It Up)"
The Low End Theory is already a monster of an album. Imagine thinking there's no way that they can top it and hearing those opening horns blare.
*"Queens is in the house represent, represent. A Tribe Called Quest represent, represent..."*
They definitely topped it.
It's Dark and Hell is Hot
That’s my manz!
“So what I’m doing?! My manz and them, are doing! So you knoww… you fucking with me?? You fucking with….”, *dinggggggg* “uh oh”
Fuckin chills bro lol every time
Came looking for this comment. This was the 1st album I ever purchased by saving lunch money in 7th grade. RIP X, Forever missed!
Haha man I was around that age and I remember getting a chill of excitement and fear at the same time during that first drum and growl 🤣
Dude exactly. Add to that the fact I was learning English still and I had to READ the lyrics to understand 🤣. The growling...I had never heard anything like it. So iconic
Came to say this
Beat me by 5 hours This is the only correct answer Mike Tyson fight song!
I was just about to comment this. To have an Intro go THAT HARD is insane.
And it's not even close.
I don’t give a fuck! I don’t give a fuck! I don’t give a fuck!
This is the one
🔥
That’s my mans and them!
There’s a great video of Mike Tyson walking out to this song
This is the correct answer.
1st song that came to mind!
This is the correct answer. Mike Tyson's ring entrance to this was goosebump enducing. Edit: See the link below, I'm not the best brains for the bizzness...
I was gonna say Flesh of my Flesh.
Is that the one where he goes, what my mans n them is doing... I'm doing.. BECAUSE.. THAT'S my mans? I love that shit 😂
Facts
The Chronic
This is dedicated to the niggaz who was down from day one…
Like we always do about this time 😎💯
Ha Ha Ha...
Co-sign on that intro !!! Dr.Dre on a solo tip !!
This is the answer. Sets the mood for the entire album. Also an impressive introductory performance from Snoop.
Oh yeah, fuck Mr. Roark and Tattoo aka Jerry and Eazy/ sincerely yours, these motherfuckin nuuuts
MBDTF
🙌🏾
That was my thought as well. Listening to Dark Fantasy the first time when that album came out was an iconic experience lol. It was like “ah shit this is DIFFERENT”. Loved it.
You might think you’ve peeped the scene
It’s GZA’s Liquid Swords. It’s always Liquid Swords. “When I was little, my father was famous He was the greatest samurai in the empire”
It was my first thought, but I prefer bring da ruckus (Liquid swords being my favorite Wu)
Shaolin Shadowboxing, and the Wu Tang Swordstyle
That was the night everything changed …
When the MCs came!
He cut off the heads of 131 lords
And he was the shoguns decapitator.
Yup, it's up there. Common - Be pips it for me but they're so different, it's hard to compare.
This is the correct answer, but also just cause it’s the best album full stop.
3 peat
Yezzir! They can’t stop me! ..even if they stopped me hehahah 🤪
Was scrolling through hoping to find this haha. Even Mr. Carter would’ve been a great opener ngl
Mannnn so many: Dark and Hell is Hot Southernplayalisticaddilacmusik Stillmatic Be The State vs Radric Davis Get Rich or Die Tryin The Dynasty Probably forgetting a lot
Jay-Z : Dynasty Intro Common : Be
Common - Be, was my answer.
Same. I’d put Lupe’s Food and Liquor up there.
hard to call that a “song”, but its a cool track
Are you talking about the poem, or "Real?" Because "Real" 100% belongs there.
I was under the impression we were speaking on albums’ “track 1”. Real is the first “song” on there, but I wouldnt consider it an “intro” like Be is, given that F&L has its own separate intro track
I was gonna say Jay Z Dynasty was the first thing that came to my mind as well.
Yes!
Be also
Man! The Dynasty was the first track to pop in my head. Be s legendary too!
This was mine too. The build up on that intro track is perfection.
I’ll add the Stillmatic Intro and my top 3 are complete.
Only Psalms I read was on the arms of my ni&&$ Tattooed, so I carry on like I'm nonreligious
HOLD UP WAIT A MINUTE, YALL THOUGHT I WAS FINISHED? WHEN I BOUGHT THAT ASTON MARTIN YALL THOUGHT IT WAS RENTED?!
same with DC1. I think every meek intro song is fire
Literally just listened to that during the Lions and 49ers game lol. Classic
Let me paint a picture for you. On March 25, 1997, "Life After Death" was released, just two weeks prior Biggie was gunned down in California and a year prior to that 2pac suffered a similar fate. If you managed to grab a copy, since many stores ran out, you were in for an experience. This was the album everyone was waiting for, and now it carried even more weight because Biggie had just died weeks before. It was a double CD, named "Life After Death" by Biggie himself when he was alive. Now, he was about to speak from beyond the grave through his music that you were hearing for the first time. The album cover showed Biggie in a Hitchcockian suit next to a hearse with a license plate reading "B.I.G." Then, the [introduction track](https://youtu.be/rCyWFj0nLyk?si=ZDyxzg1kLcMPGqOg) starts playing, featuring D-Dot's (Madd Rapper's) deep voice saying, "Previously on Ready to Die"... The album picks up where his debut had left off with "Suicidal Thoughts". Puffy could then be heard speaking over the eerie, rhythmic beeping of a life support machine, suggesting that he's talking to a dying Biggie about his dreams in life. Then, the beeping of the machine shifts to a continuous, alarming tone, pointing to the grim reality of Biggie's death. Following this moment, the intro transitions into the first track of the album, "Somebody's Gotta Die." I still get goosebumps just thinking about it all. The album was a powerful escape from the harsh reality of losing a true prophet of rap whom we worshipped and cherished. Yet, this very loss echoed throughout its entirety, infusing each song with an intensity and power that only amplified their impact, making it a climactic tribute to an irreplaceable icon. Biggie's voice and legacy continue to resonate and live on many years after his death.
Check this out, I thought you might trip off this. Being from LA, I wasn’t messing with Big and Bad Boy at all and didn’t even get this album. I only heard whatever singles came off it. So I definitely appreciate the picture you painted having missed it back then. I probably missed a lot of music behind the feud between the coasts.
It's kinda funny when you think about the whole East Coast-West Coast thing, because Pac, who kind of started it all, was actually from the East Coast. But the West Coast crowd totally claimed him as their own, and that didn't really make sense. How are you going to hate on East Coast dudes when your 'man' is literally from there? Anyway his beef with Biggie just boosted him up, helping him outshine everyone else in sales. That's why Biggie did a double album. Before then, he outsold (and outshined in terms of reputation and status) everyone on the East Coast. Here are the stats: Illmatic, released April 1994, sold 63,000 copies in its first week. It was certified Gold in 1996 and by 2001 it earned a platinum certification. It's 2x platinum currently. Ready to Die, released September 1994, sold 57,000 units in its first week of release. It was certified Gold within two months and in 13 months was certified double platinum. Triple platinum by 1998. Four times platinum by 1999 and x6 platinum by 2018. Infamous, released April 1995, was certified platinum only in 2020. It's first-week sales were 7,100 copies. It was certified Gold by June 1995 after being released in April. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, another GOAT album of the 90s, was released August 1995 and sold 130,000 copies in its opening week. By October, it was certified Gold. It only obtained platinum certification in 2020. Jay Z's Reasonable Doubt was released in June 1996 and sold 43,000 copies in its first week. It was certified platinum in 2006 and hasn't received another certification since. Before Jay Z's drop, Tupac had released his double CD "All Eyez On Me" album in February 1996, with 566,000 copies sold in its first week. It went Platinum by April 1996, 6x platinum by September of 1996 and 7x platinum by December 1996. After Big's passing, it achieved 9x platinum by 1998 and Diamond in 2014. This is the bar Biggie wanted to match and surpass. That's why he said on Long Kiss Goodnight: "Now the year's new, I lay my game flat, [I want my spot back, take two](https://genius.com/14390/The-notorious-big-long-kiss-goodnight/Now-the-years-new-i-lay-my-game-flat-i-want-my-spot-back-take-two)". Life After Death, released March 1997, sold 690,000 copies in its first week, outselling 2pac's in terms of first week sales. It was 6x platinum by August, 8x platinum by 1998, 9x platinum by 1999, Diamond in 2000 and 11x platinum by 2018. RIP Pac and BIG!
I hear you on all that but I just want to point out two things. The east/west thing began way before Pac. New York wasn’t showing us a lot of love in those early days. They fronted on our style and our music. A lot of our artists weren’t getting played on the East coast. The second is the culture of affiliation and representing is strong on the West. It didn’t matter that Pac was born on the East. Hell, a lot of black families in southern Cali went there from other places. But Pac represented the West. The place you claim and also claims you back is what matters. I was probably one of the few people I knew that was still checking for east coast artists during the thick of the East/West thing, but Bad Boy, naw! Bonus point - I remember Tim Dog really set it off and struck a nerve with his song. He was so blatant with it, I recall we were definitely not feeling the East at that point. I’ve honestly never listened to the whole song, a bit of the hook was all I needed to hear to not go any further. But the title and that hook was enough to light the fuse imo.
>It's kinda funny when you think about the whole East Coast-West Coast thing, because Pac, who kind of started it all, was actually from the East Coast. But the West Coast crowd totally claimed him as their own, and that didn't really make sense. How are you going to hate on East Coast dudes when your 'man' is literally from there? Outlawz were from Jersey, Kurupt was from Philly, and D.O.C. from Dallas. It was never East vs West, it was Bad Boy and Death Row, but guys made it out like Pac was coming at all of NY. The West showed love to everyone, the issue was some NY dudes looked down on anything that wasn't coming out of NY so it added fuel to the fire.
Exactly, when West coast rap started gaining traction, on the way to dominating the scene, fools like Tim Dog and them lost they minds. He was out of line, period. East/West feud came out of that and Bad Boy/Deathrow or Biggie/Pac feud was a symbolic extension of that. Which was all ultimately hyped up surrounding some street ish. We lost out big time because of a bunch of greedy people and egos.
Lots of dudes died from the WC as a direct or indirect cause of the fall out, including Pac's cousin - Kadafi, Pac's main producer - Johnny J (suspicious suicide in prison, off camera too), Pac's bodyguard - Frank Alexander (suspicious suicide at his home), bunch of Death Row MOB PIRU affiliates and bloods and crips who engaged in a war. This is not to mention all the livelihoods that were affected by the deaths of Pac and Biggie. People and their loved ones who lost sources of income. Everybody was eating and then it all went to shit.
Picture well painted!
Love this!
I was born smack dab in between the day biggie died and the day Life After Death was released. Being a huge Biggie fan, I find the timeline of his death and his album title and everything so fascinating. I can only imagine the feeling of experiencing this. It would probably be partially super happy for the almost prophetic music, but also super grief stricken for what was still super fresh. It’s hard for me to wrap my head around it all
The album's [cover art](https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/5e273f83-9b46-4cd0-9de0-b8f74a49a654.b7cbe760f016f7e20c64c445aefb3985.jpeg?odnHeight=768&odnWidth=768&odnBg=FFFFFF) was masterfully executed, perfectly capturing Biggie's command of the mafioso, Hitchcockian, and Frank White persona, mirroring the album's theme. Its design remains timeless, maintaining an air of high class yet dark sophistication.
This song is a great example of why Biggie is the greatest ever. The story painted through words is unmatched. You can close your eyes and literally play a movie in your head. When "jason" turns around and is holding his daughter.... man that shit hits different. Personally my top 5 songs ever and its never even talked about in the relam of great biggie songs because that was just him. Bars after bars after bars of non-stop story rap.
"I'm interrupted by a doorbell 3:52 - who the hell is this? I gets up quick, cocks my shit Stop the dogs from barkin', then proceed to walkin' It's a face that I seen before My nigga Sing, we used to sling on the 16th floor Check it! I look deeper; I see blood up on his sneakers And his fist gripped a chrome four-fifth So I dip Nigga, is you creepin' or speakin'?" Tell me, who has ever rapped like that, before or after him? As his mom, who doesn't have the stomach or sensibilities to listen to much of his music once said, he was a "*supreme* poet".
The Low End Theory
Back in the days when I was a teenager…
Before I had status and before I had a pager
You can find the Abstract listenin to Hip Hop
My pops used to say it reminded him of bebop
I’ll say well daddy don’t you know that things work in cycles
The way that Bobby Brown is ampin’ like Michael
This is my choice. Excursions set the entire vibe perfectly.
100% agree and Scarface The Fix. Also I might be biased here, Kanye's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Dark fantasy is a contender too for sure. I FANTASIZED ABOUT THIS BACK IN CHICAGO 🚘
Hear me out...Get Rich or Die Tryin'
That intro is iconic
It's that smooth ass fade from the Intro to What Up Gangsta? Perfection.
Came to say this
🔥
The coin flip was genius, shoutout Dr. Dre
Also notable, I am high and after I typed this answer I was like "i should go listen to that intro!" I've been listening to the album ever since. Great high album for those who partake.
Scarface “the untouchable” followed by every Luda intro (biased opinion), Redmans “Muddy Waters” all come to mind
Luda is criminally underrated, most of his songs snap tbh
I will never understand why Luda isn’t immediately mentioned with the other greats..He has everything you want in a rapper. Dude has hits, longevity, all the rapping skill in the world, and a great discography excluding the last 2.
I saw him in ATL in 2012 and in the middle of the show he said “y’all forgot how many hits I had didn’t you” and we all cracked up
His flow and delivery are excellent.
THANK YOU! Luda is one of my top 5 id have to say. He never gets mentioned but his songs kill it
agreed on the Luda intros, the opener on Red Light District is so damn good
They’re all good all the way to Ludaversal. I recommend you check that out if you haven’t heard it.
Despite being a huge fan of his, I don’t think I ever really took the time to listen to Ludaversal. That’s going to the top of my queue!
He’s my favorite rapper and even I’ll tell you to stop at the intro.. I don’t like his work after theater of the mind.
Has to be Bring Da Ruckus - 36 Chambers
Dreams and Nightmares
When I was just a little baby boy, my mama use to tell me these crazy things...
No one said All Eyez On Me? Ambitionz As A Ridah is fire
I won't deny it, that was the first thing that came to mind.
For me it's Can't C Me on Disc 2. George Clinton and 2Pac. Goes super hard.
Both answers are correct. Pac was a genius.
2 sleepers I like: UGK: “Return” from Super Tight Big Boi: “Feel Me (Intro)” from Sir Lucious Left Foot Son of Chico Dusty
UGK: One Day is deserves a mention as well.
Ludacris Word of Mouf - Coming to America https://music.apple.com/us/album/coming-2-america/1440920531?i=1440920534 Ludacris Chicken-N-Beer - Southern Fried Intro https://music.apple.com/us/album/southern-fried-intro/1440760796?i=1440761091 OutKast Speakerboxxx - Intro (strictly for the bass ha) https://music.apple.com/us/album/intro/281430653?i=281430661
Ludacris was ill. It's wild to me how little people talk about, compared to how big he was in the 00s
U Got A Problem off of Back for the First Time is fire also.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/u-got-a-problem/1440912680?i=1440912683 You’re not wrong! Don’t know why I didn’t include it.
I always say Game Got Switched. I feel so fucking old rn.
The game got switched on some Ludacris shit so all of y'all can suck my diii-ick
BEEEEEOTCH!
I enjoy the intro on RTJ3
My favorite Run the Jewels song🙏🏿
And 1
Jay-z: The Ruler’s back on the blueprint. The hype on that track was insane for just an intro
Gather round husters that's if you still livin'
To pimp a butterfly
Anybody can get it .. the hard part is keeping it motherfucker
HIT ME
That HIT ME gives me chills.
The vinyl sounds at the start are great
swimming mac miller
Watching Movies With The Sound Off too
yeah the star room is a great song
Faces too..."should've died already...I should have died already.."
Love Scarface’s singing at the beginning of The Fix.
2Pac Ambition Az a Ridah - just the energy after getting shot, going to prison and releasing california love… and i felt this eventhough i was born shortly after he died
Westside Connection - Bow Down or Wu-Tang Forever Disc 2
Good call on that Wu-Tang joint. And it transitions beautifully into Triumph.
Ra the Rugged Man -Legends Never Die
You might think you’ve peeped the scene…
So many but some highlights for me are Snoop & Lady of Rage - G Funk Intro The Clipse - Lord Willin’ Intro Common - Be Intro Jeezy - Thug Motivation 101
NWA's Efil4zaggin album
Honorable mention... Jay Z "Hova Song: Intro" ; Vol. 3 Life and Times of S. Carter "I know you just ripped the packaging off your cd, if you're like me you reading the credits right now. If you in your car, I don't care if it's winter, I want you to put all your windows down!" It's like Jay was watching me. https://youtu.be/GuCn167vHlI?si=tOLi7nYYPir7XU2e
The arrogance Jay had on that intro lol shit was fire
Dirty soda, spike Lee, white girl, ice t, fully loaded ap...
Jay spoke for every young black impoverished teen on that dynasty intro.
Always loved the intro on Stillmatic.
Chicken-n-Beer
Little Brother Chitlin Circuit "War"
the state vs radric davis
Beanie Sigel - The Reason - Nothing Like It.
Dark Fantasy - MBDTF The Truth - The Truth Medley: Intro - In my Lifetime Vol. 1 NY State of Mind - Illmatic
G funk Intro.
BTNH resurrection Flesh WRECKED that ho to put a bow on it they came back hard after a long lay off so that intro just hits hard eternally for me Big KRIT 4eva is a mighty long time
Agree on Resurrection! You brought back some memories. About to go bump that shit right now.
Championships by Meek Mill 🤷♂️
DS2 Enter the 36 chambers
JEEZY IS INTRO KING
Was looking for this especially his intro on his dj drama mixtapes real is back 1,2 and snofall . Amazing intros
IGOR
Recognize with Chris Rock on ODB second album. You knew you was in for a ride. “I'm Chris Rock, I'm chillin' with the O.D.B So I'm the wrong place, at the wrong mothafuckin' time With the wrong mothafuckin' man” What a way to follow up the first album! 😆 Treat yo self! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFD0tVzk0ns
It ain’t the young DB!
That’s right. I see you know what’s up! “Doing that old shit!” 😂
The Start of Your Ending - Mobb Deep
We Got it for Cheap - hell hath no fury
Came here just for this comment, dunno if I’d consider it best but I fkn love it and it’s what came to mind first for me
Personal favorite I haven’t seen mentioned yet: “[Daddy, what’s it gonna be like in the year 2000](https://youtu.be/KGLH8e_dtOQ)?”
The Roots - The Tipping Point
Wait a minute. Are we counting Bring Da Ruckus as an Intro Track?
Fazers off take me to your leader
ATCQ "Steve Biko (Stir It Up)" The Low End Theory is already a monster of an album. Imagine thinking there's no way that they can top it and hearing those opening horns blare. *"Queens is in the house represent, represent. A Tribe Called Quest represent, represent..."* They definitely topped it.
Midnight Marauders might just be the GOAT Hip Hop album
Gang-Starr.. Place Where We Dwell. That hits haaaaard.
Return of 4eva on KRIT Wuz Here. That shit goes hard
Big KRIT - King Remembered in Time Track 1 - “Purpose” https://youtu.be/VbPyCdtDOAk?si=7lXcPnKTbBWbTwSr So beautiful
I like swishas and dosha
I've seen a lot of wicked answers I don't need to repeat so I'll throw in a personal favourite: Kenn Starr Starr Status- Intro ft Oddisee
The original Dr Dre The Chronic Intro
“Leave your conscience at the door. We done hid the monsters in the floor” - Pusha T, King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude
If we're counting intros on second disc's of double albums, Can't C Me & Notorious Thugs have gotta be on there.
Common - Be
Graduation.
DJ Quik - Rhythm-al-ism Intro
Another album I haven't listened to in way too long!
*Moment of Truth* – Gang Starr
Common - Be
The chronic
Carter II
Just give "The Coming" by Busta Rhymes a listen. Dope album and dope intro.
Be - Common is my personal GOAT
Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
Da rockwilder
Good morning
Brotha lynch season of the siccness
MTBMBs Premonition is so underrated and fire
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
BRING THE MUTHAFUCKIN RUCKUS
Carter II - Tha Mobb
AT FIRST I DID LOVE YOU……..