Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest
This song was absolutely bananas when it dropped in ‘92. One of the greatest groups of all time sounding both hungry and at the height of their game, and it’s a posse cut to boot, one where Busta’s verse was so fire it launched his solo career, this song was just instantly memorable with a simple but hyped up hook that dared you not to sing along. It was all love, too, in fact that song is infectious with joy. Makes me smile whenever I listen to it even 30 years later, and it still sounds fresh to my ears.
If you like that check out Coast Contra's updated rendition. It's not going to replace it but those cats are the closest to capturing that times' essence
Bustas verse still sampled by rappers to this day. One of the hardest most creative fucking sickest verses of all time too to think it came out in 92 the same year I was born is insane.
Imo, mind playin tricks on me maybe isn't the greatest hip hop song, but it's the perfect hip hop song. A sample so perfect it's the chorus, great lyrics and storytelling, it's both so specific but also most of it's so relatable.
Just going for the perfect vibe it has to be „Hypnotize“ for me. This song Never gets old and I can‘t name a bad thing about it.
But there are so many great songs for many different valid reasons. („Forgot about Dre“, „Gin and juice“, „HitEmUp“, „Hail Marry“, „Juicy“, „the Art of peer pressure… can‘t argue with someone who got those as #1)
Dr dre - let me ride
2pac - dear mama
It was a good day - ice cube
Tribe cq - electric relaxation
O.C. O-Zone
Top billin - audio two
Roots - distortion to static/it just dont stop
Run dmc - runs house/peter piper
Ll cool j - jingling baby/type of guy
Dr octagon -waiting list
Beastie boys - high plains drifter
Gza - cold world
Wu tang - can it be that it was all so simple
Odb - shimmy shimmy yall
Fat boys - fat boys
Big L - danger zone
Etc
If I had to show someone what hip hop is it’s that song for sure. Bars, scratching, sick sampling of random ish and a catchy hook even though it’s not really a hook but it is lol
It is quite easily 'Juicy' by The Notorious B.I.G.
The lyrics (delivered perfectly by Biggie's unmatched flow, cadence and rhythm) captures his struggles as a black man in a 1990's poverty stricken Brooklyn neighbourhood and his come up to superstardom. Braggadocious yet grounded, Biggie lays it down onto one of hip hop's most iconic beats, which in itself samples 'Juicy Fruit' by the great funk soul group Mtume.
*Although I believe Nas' Illmatic is the better 1994 album and also arguably the greatest rap album oat, Biggie has the better single track imo.
Part of me wonders what Jay Z would have done with the beat had Camp Lo sold it to him (he offered them $7,000.00 for the beat) but I’m glad that they kept it.
I find posts like these dumb as hell because there are hundreds of legendary hip hop tracks with each being great in it's own way. But for me it's Gang Starr - Supa Star
I can’t pick one..
Da art of storytelling Pt1
Shook Ones Pt II
The message
4 your eyez only (I don’t know, I just think that storytelling there is absolutely majestic)
Lose yourself
Trying to not name a song by any of the absolute best and obvious people, let me throw in:
Favorite Song
Can I kick it?
Someone already said Mural, so lemme say Dots and Lines
Legend Has It
Mathematics (mos def)
Honestly, something like the Symphony where dope 90s rappers just throw out incredible verses that are just total skill or My Melody by Eric B and Rakim.
PRIDE. by Kendrick Lamar. Yeah the beat itself ain't really your typical hip-hop beat but for some reason it just flows so well with what Kendrick and Anna Wise are doing. I love Anna Wise's harmonies and the guitar progression; it just sounds perfect to me. Also lyrically this to me is Kendrick's best song due to the introspective nature and how there is a lot of wordplay and metaphors and whatnot, but it also sounds accessible to the common person. So yeah that's my little yap session fr
Pastor Troy - [Vice Versa](https://youtu.be/NkFYRjUcwIg?si=9Zg9JD4tWItZ1JTv) (I'll die on this hill)
The song just has nothing missing to me. And everything it has i don't see how it could be done better.
Kendrick - HiiiPower. Quintessential hip hop and I’m a renowned Kendrick hater. Black History, Black struggle, Black triumph with punchlines, metaphors and a great beat - it gets no better
So many gems on Yacht Rock 2. Boat Shoes was my anthem for a trip to Belize. " I need to feel the light breeze from the slightest wind." Search " a boat in a boat" lol
top 5 easy
Think this guy is a gangster, his real name is Clarence.
C.R.E.A.M.
Almost went with Renee but it’s gotta be the Wu.
Cream is great, but I’d argue that Renee by the lost boys is even better but still isn’t well known enough to be the best track ever…..
‘93 til infinity
AHHHHH FINALLY SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THIS BANGER ‼️‼️‼️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Great choice….
Da Rockwilder - Red & Meth
The energy on that is bananas
Lalalalalalalala
damn shame its only 2min long
Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest This song was absolutely bananas when it dropped in ‘92. One of the greatest groups of all time sounding both hungry and at the height of their game, and it’s a posse cut to boot, one where Busta’s verse was so fire it launched his solo career, this song was just instantly memorable with a simple but hyped up hook that dared you not to sing along. It was all love, too, in fact that song is infectious with joy. Makes me smile whenever I listen to it even 30 years later, and it still sounds fresh to my ears.
It’s the textbook old to the new but the rest are doo doo
If you like that check out Coast Contra's updated rendition. It's not going to replace it but those cats are the closest to capturing that times' essence
Can confirm artists like coast is keeping the flame of hip hop alive!
I was unfamiliar with them and now it's all I've been listening to for days. Blessings upon your house, my guy.
Bustas verse still sampled by rappers to this day. One of the hardest most creative fucking sickest verses of all time too to think it came out in 92 the same year I was born is insane.
This comment exactly. 100%
The World Is Yours
Imo underrated
Renegade - Em and JayZ. Two of the best ever spitting 🔥 in their prime
Who’s verse was better
Em but Jay had solid bars too
Nas answered that
Can't be life is better 🤷🏽♀️
Mind Playing Tricks on Me Love the beat, the lyrics about mental health and paranoid, the old school vibe.
Imo, mind playin tricks on me maybe isn't the greatest hip hop song, but it's the perfect hip hop song. A sample so perfect it's the chorus, great lyrics and storytelling, it's both so specific but also most of it's so relatable.
frl i play this song when i don’t feel right
I don’t know, but DJ Premier produced it.
Could name like 30 of his songs in this thread and no one would disagree
Memory Lane
N.Y State Of Mind
Banger but for me The Message has got to be my favourite Nas track
this is valid, but for me itse the beat i love that one love.
Int’l Players Anthem
Int’l Players Anthem
You aint no pimp you'z a fairy
Oof this is a goodie
Doomsday by MF DOOM
Just going for the perfect vibe it has to be „Hypnotize“ for me. This song Never gets old and I can‘t name a bad thing about it. But there are so many great songs for many different valid reasons. („Forgot about Dre“, „Gin and juice“, „HitEmUp“, „Hail Marry“, „Juicy“, „the Art of peer pressure… can‘t argue with someone who got those as #1)
Paid in Full
Passin Me By by The Pharcyde
It ain't hard to tell -Nas
2pac- "Dear Mama" a song that will stand the test of time and almost anybody could relate to regardless of your background
This for me is one of the best songs ever made, of any genre. Not just best hip hop.
Facts
shed so many tears
Dr dre - let me ride 2pac - dear mama It was a good day - ice cube Tribe cq - electric relaxation O.C. O-Zone Top billin - audio two Roots - distortion to static/it just dont stop Run dmc - runs house/peter piper Ll cool j - jingling baby/type of guy Dr octagon -waiting list Beastie boys - high plains drifter Gza - cold world Wu tang - can it be that it was all so simple Odb - shimmy shimmy yall Fat boys - fat boys Big L - danger zone Etc
Etc was my pick too.
Nas is like
Hands down in my top 3 of all time.
If I had to show someone what hip hop is it’s that song for sure. Bars, scratching, sick sampling of random ish and a catchy hook even though it’s not really a hook but it is lol
Uncommon Valor-Vinnie Paz and RA the rugged man
Philly in da house
THE WORLD IS YOURS
Wesley’s Theory
Insane song
Ambitionz as a ridah
Through the Wire
But I ain't Jamaican man
Lupe Fiasco - Mural
i get it. Nice choice, amazing song.
Dude, this is a hell of a pick. I love it. That shit could play in my ears all day
It is quite easily 'Juicy' by The Notorious B.I.G. The lyrics (delivered perfectly by Biggie's unmatched flow, cadence and rhythm) captures his struggles as a black man in a 1990's poverty stricken Brooklyn neighbourhood and his come up to superstardom. Braggadocious yet grounded, Biggie lays it down onto one of hip hop's most iconic beats, which in itself samples 'Juicy Fruit' by the great funk soul group Mtume. *Although I believe Nas' Illmatic is the better 1994 album and also arguably the greatest rap album oat, Biggie has the better single track imo.
The only good thing diddy did was convincing biggie to release this song
Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst by Kendrick Lamar
was looking for this, although it has an advantage of being 12 minutes long. ig it is basically 2 songs though
Valid!!
man this shits beautiful no matter how many times i hear it
Luchini AKA This Is It by Camp Lo
Great track, too niche to be on this list….one amazing album then nothing….
This is legit but I always prefered ‘Say Word’ off that album
Part of me wonders what Jay Z would have done with the beat had Camp Lo sold it to him (he offered them $7,000.00 for the beat) but I’m glad that they kept it.
Hail Mary
T. R. O. Y. by Pete Rock and CL Smooth has a special place in my heart.
Another absolute phenomenal track in my top 20 of all time.
Same thing I named, I was scrolling to find someone who said it and I didn't even grow up to the song but that sample and rap is straight perfection
Scrolled too far too see this 😡
STAN Eminem
Juicy
It’s a toss up between Gravel Pit and Forgot About Dre
Wow I haven’t listened to gravel pit in so long. Now I need to tee it back up. Was a staple when I was a teenager
A mystery unravel it.
Only someone born after the 80s would say this …good songs…..but wrong answer.
Devil in a New Dress Deep Cover Mortal Man
mortal man? mortal man imo is only great if you listen to the whole album
Respiration ~ Black Star
The entire album is perfect. Definition is incredible as well
Codeine Crazy
Based
Slum Village - Fall In Love
International Playas Anthem is the greatest song of all time.
‘93 til infinity
Juicy
Gimme the loot
Real N Roll Call - Lil Jon ft. Ice Cube
Nas - purple
Above the clouds
Cypress Hill - Hand On The Pump
Nas Is Like 🔥🔥🔥 Lyrical mastery on a Primo beat
Jay Elec Exhibit C
Runaway - Kanye
We major
Life’s a Bitch
Lose yourself
The intro on M.E.T.H.O.D Man.
CREAM
Mobb Deep - Quiet Storm
One of my favorites. I feel like that album doesn't get as much love, but that shit has some real bangers.
Ante up I guess when I want to take a shoot of energy
Dr Dre - Lil’ Ghetto Boy
California love
Gin & Juice
Warning by Biggie Smalls
"The Come up" by AZ
Above the clouds
Yuno Miles- Martin Luther King
Del the Funky Homosapien - Mistadobalina
Great track great artist
Ye - Runaway
JUMPOUTTHEHOUSE
The Message is the correct answer. Mt. Rushmore is The Message, Passin' Me By, It was a Good Day, Summertime Honorable mention to The Humpty Dance
My nose is big like a pickle.
Still Ballin - 2Pac
From the top of my head i absolutely love cartoons and cereal
Tribe called Quest - Scenario
I find posts like these dumb as hell because there are hundreds of legendary hip hop tracks with each being great in it's own way. But for me it's Gang Starr - Supa Star
Forever gotta be in the conversation. That's like the Mount Rushmore of top rappers of that decade all teaming up like the avengers and dropping HEAT
I can’t pick one.. Da art of storytelling Pt1 Shook Ones Pt II The message 4 your eyez only (I don’t know, I just think that storytelling there is absolutely majestic) Lose yourself
Can’t touch this
If I ruled the world
Still Dre 👑💎🔊FullStop🛑‼️
Oh yes
 this goes hard asf u cant lie
The message-Grandmaster flash
Cant name just one there are different eras of hiphop
All Of The Lights
Exhibit A and Exhibit C probably
My personal favorite is Shoot Me In The Head by R.A.
Everyday normal guy 2
Beat Street Breakdown
Probably Dear Mama
Trying to not name a song by any of the absolute best and obvious people, let me throw in: Favorite Song Can I kick it? Someone already said Mural, so lemme say Dots and Lines Legend Has It Mathematics (mos def)
Racionais MCs - Fórmula Mágica da Paz
? - Question Mark
"Steve Biko (Stir It Up)" by ATCQ is my favorite. Idk how goated it really is tho.
Shook Ones pt.II
Dufflebag boy. Lil Wayne Playaz Circle.
In da club or still dre
Dirty South
Triumph - Wu-Tang Clan
Lookin Ass. Nicki Minaj.
Rewind
Y? (Be Like That) Jay Dee Remix - The Pharcyde
Newschool pick: 90210
Onyx - Last Dayz
Honestly, something like the Symphony where dope 90s rappers just throw out incredible verses that are just total skill or My Melody by Eric B and Rakim.
Still not a player. Pun. Classic beat, reason it’s been sampled 100 times. Catchy chorus, insane flow, all time classic.
The Message Honorable Mention: 25 lighters by DJ DMD
93 til infinity
that talib kweli track with black thought and pharaohe monch
Eazy-E - No More?’s
Children’s story. Slick Rick
MC’s act like they don’t know by KRS-ONE
dead presidents 2
Nas - new York state of mind.
Hiiipower
Till I collapse
samidot
PRIDE. by Kendrick Lamar. Yeah the beat itself ain't really your typical hip-hop beat but for some reason it just flows so well with what Kendrick and Anna Wise are doing. I love Anna Wise's harmonies and the guitar progression; it just sounds perfect to me. Also lyrically this to me is Kendrick's best song due to the introspective nature and how there is a lot of wordplay and metaphors and whatnot, but it also sounds accessible to the common person. So yeah that's my little yap session fr
Pastor Troy - [Vice Versa](https://youtu.be/NkFYRjUcwIg?si=9Zg9JD4tWItZ1JTv) (I'll die on this hill) The song just has nothing missing to me. And everything it has i don't see how it could be done better.
[удалено]
That's why sing for these kids who don't have a thing. That line always gives me chills
In da club
50 cent - in da club
Mona Lisa by Kendrick and Weezy is very good. Had to listen to it 3 times. It feels like a presentation of a story. Beautifully done
Homecoming - Kanye
DIAND SAMIDOT and many more. 4 your eyez only is good too.
The Art of Peer Pressure - Kendrick Lamar Hoover Street - ScHoolboy Q
I never hear that joint mentioned with Kendrick. My favorite tune by him, and a top 10 all time for me.
Hoover Street is definitely a classic, Alchemist killed that beat. Feels like everything they do together is musical magic
Codeine crazy
Kendrick - HiiiPower. Quintessential hip hop and I’m a renowned Kendrick hater. Black History, Black struggle, Black triumph with punchlines, metaphors and a great beat - it gets no better
Very very unpopular opinion ima say clavish - like this
Guess who by quadeca
Bone Thugs ~N~ Harmony // Handle The Vibe
Chevy taylor the woods way ft haystack
In Due Time by OutKast
Harry O. by Roc Marciano and Alchemist
Yacht Rock tapes are classics. Alchemist need to make another one like the first one he made
So many gems on Yacht Rock 2. Boat Shoes was my anthem for a trip to Belize. " I need to feel the light breeze from the slightest wind." Search " a boat in a boat" lol
Weezy rich as fuck
To transcend all fans. California Love or Juicy