When rap was great

DragonfromTO said:

Liquid Swords still holds up. I listen to it (almost always in full) pretty often.

On the new release front Czarface dropped a new EP that I somehow completely missed. Song starts about 2 minutes in.

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I think it was the first cd I owned as a birthday present from my parents. I think the prior year or two they got me a billy ray cyrus and ice-t tape. my brother was like, I don't think he should have the ice-t one and they got me like kriss kross instead. then a year or two later they got me liquid swords and the 36 chambers. that said, legal drug money will probably be my all time favorite.

Preemo saving everyone's ass in the video and Bumpy finishes it up with my all time favourite verse.


The legend as I recall is that Freddie came into the studio all fired up, grabbed the mic and spit it out in one take, pulled out his own guns when the time arrived in the verse and then basically said "shit's hot, call me for the video" and charged out of the building.

Roy Munson said:

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Great choice.

Here is my favorite one by them.

Taddy Mason said:

I think it was the first cd I owned as a birthday present from my parents. I think the prior year or two they got me a billy ray cyrus and ice-t tape. my brother was like, I don't think he should have the ice-t one and they got me like kriss kross instead. then a year or two later they got me liquid swords and the 36 chambers. that said, legal drug money will probably be my all time favorite.

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This was my first CD

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I can't remember my first rap cassette actually. Decent chance it was "It Takes a Nation...", that's the earliest I remember.

DragonfromTO said:

This was my first CD

Live Hardcore Worldwide - Wikipedia

I can't remember my first rap cassette actually. Decent chance it was "It Takes a Nation...", that's the earliest I remember.

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can't go wrong with BDP didn't know of KRS-One until step into a world blew up. told my friend to buy that cd, he bought it, but didn't like it, so I was the lucky recipient.

I never criticize any person's taste of music but Rap is not for me.

Taddy Mason said:

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My jam for awhile

Taddy Mason said:

can't go wrong with BDP didn't know of KRS-One until step into a world blew up. told my friend to buy that cd, he bought it, but didn't like it, so I was the lucky recipient.

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KRS-One can bring it

Rage Against the Machine for the win















You could argue, but you'd be wrong

Gorillaz #2

Limp Bizkit #3

Battlelyon said:

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This was my ringtone for a very long time.

Faith No More
Sublime

black francis said:

Gorillaz #2

Limp Bizkit #3

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I was in a gypsy cab with a black driver coming home from hockey over at Riverside Park in Manhattan one night and was on the phone with my wife. We had just been to a concert at the Apollo the night before.

"Yeah I'm not far now, I'm in Harlem, near where we saw The Gorillaz last night"

My driver was not up on band names

Taddy Mason said:

I think it was the first cd I owned as a birthday present from my parents. I think the prior year or two they got me a billy ray cyrus and ice-t tape. my brother was like, I don't think he should have the ice-t one and they got me like kriss kross instead. then a year or two later they got me liquid swords and the 36 chambers. that said, legal drug money will probably be my all time favorite.

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GZA is an amazing lyricist and doesn't get enough credit

Cold World
GZA
Babies cryin' brothers dyin' and brothers getting knocked
Shit is deep on the block and you got me locked down
In this cold, cold world
It was the night before New Year's, and all through the fuckin' projects
Not a handgun was silent, not even a Tec
Outside as I'm stuck, by enemies who put fear
And blasted on the spot before the pigs were dere
You know hoods robbers snipers new in sight, fuck blue and white
They escape before them flash the fuckin' lights
Gunshots, shatter first floor window panes
Shells hit the ground and blood stained the dice game
Whether broke callisthetic, any style you set it
Beat niggas toothless, physically cut up like gooses
But with iron on the sides thugs took no excuses
Therefore, your fifty-two handblocks was useless
Links was snatched off necks, scars on throats
Jackets took, after bullet rips through coats
Against those who felt the cold from the steel made em fold
And squeal, once the metal hit the temple of his grill
Destruction worker, who was caught for his bomber
No time to swing the hammer that was hangin' from his Farmer's
And it's bugged how some niggas catch slugs
And pockets dug from everything except check stubs
And it does, sound ill like wars in Brownsville
Or fatal robberies in Red Hook where feds look
For fugitives to shoot cops, niggas layin' on roof tops
For his CREAM he stashed in a shoebox
But he was hot, and the strip was filled with young killers
You don't suspect, so cops creep like caterpillars
And born thieves stay hooded with extra bullets
Those who try to flee they hit the vertebrae, increase the murder rate
Similar to hit men who pull out Tecs and then
Drop those who crack like tacos from Mexican
Rapid, like recipients cashin' checks again
Back to the motherfuckin' spot on Lexington
Babies cryin' brothers dyin' and brothers getting knocked
Shit is deep on the block and you got me locked down
In this cold, cold world
We be runnin' from the cops, bustin' off shots
Shit is deep on the block and you got me locked down
In this cold, cold world
Yo, no time to freeze, undercovers ease up in Grand Prixs
And seize packages and pocket the currency
Clicks control strips full clips are sprayed
Yellow tape barricades sidewalks where bodies lay
Madness strikes at twelve o'clock midnight
Stick up kids on the ground broke the staircase light
And I stays harassed, scramblin' for petty cash
Jakes on my ass young bucks is learnin' fast
357's and 44's
Bought inside corner stores, their fire sparks the wars
Hospital floors surrounded by the law
Homicide questioning while the Jakes guard the door
My hood stay tense, loyalty puts strength in my team
'Cause niggas main concern is CREAM
Some niggas in the jet black Gallant
Shot up the Chinese restaurant, for this kid named Lamont
I thought he was dead but instead he missed a kid
And hit a twelve year old girl in the head and then fled
Tactical narcotic, task force, back off fast
'Cause the crime boss is passin' off cash
Extortions, for portions of streets, causes beef
Havin' followers of Indians trying to play Chief
You witness the saga, casualties and drama
Life is a script, I'm not a actor but the author
Of a modern day opera, where the main character
Is presidential paper, the dominant, factor
Babies cryin' brothers dyin' and brothers getting knocked
Shit is deep on the block and you got me locked down
In this cold, cold world