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What are your favorite hip hop songs pre 2000.

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"Great Adventures of Slick Rick" - Slick Rick

"Wild Wild West" - Kool Moe Dee

"How Do You Want It" - Tupac

"Nothing But a G Thing" - Snoop and Dre

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He was one of my favorites.

 

 

 

Kool Moe Dee was one of the masters of "battle rap," where rappers would face off at clubs and "throw down," so to speak, with the crowd determining who had the better lyrical skills.

 

His battle with LL Cool J -- Moe Dee alleged LL was bitin' his style -- spilled over into ugliness on both artists' records, with both taking some pretty mean shots at one another, to the benefit of listeners. Both artists clearly brought out the best in each other.

 

In my opinion, Moe Dee settled it with "Let's Go," which is his best work, but it did linger on.

 

But if Moe Dee won the battle, James Todd clearly won the war, and said so with he and his crew laughing it up at the end of either side one or two (I can't remember) of his album "Mama Said Knock You Out," proclaiming, "The joke's on you jack." Moe Dee largely fell out of sight after that, as LL went on to MTV and later movie fame.

 

This is bad...but I've never heard of Kool Moe Dee. It seems I've heard his name referenced in some later rap songs.

 

He was bad news, no other way to describe it. :cool:

Children's Story - Slick Rick

La Di Da Di - Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh ( I do like the Snoop version better but this was first)

Boyz-N-The-Hood - Eazy E

Hit Em Up - 2Pac

"A Fly Girl" by The Boogie Boys

 

Wow. I was recently trying to remember who did this song.

 

Good call. Saw them perform it as an opening act for Cameo in 1986 if I remember correctly.

Wow. I was recently trying to remember who did this song.

 

Good call. Saw them perform it as an opening act for Cameo in 1986 if I remember correctly.

 

Clyde...Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, and Soulja Boy at Riverbend Sept 3rd. You're coming with I presume?

Clyde...Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, and Soulja Boy at Riverbend Sept 3rd. You're coming with I presume?

 

I know I'll be there. :dancingpa

Anything Pac

 

Jay Z - Can't Knock the Hustle, Dead Prez, Money/Cash/***, Jigga What Jigga Who

B.I.G. - Warning, Going Back to Cali

Warren G - Regulate, do you see

Snoop - about anything snoop pre 2000's

Dre - about anything Dre

Luniz - I got 5 on it

Ice Cube - it was a good day,

Master P - too many to name, anything pre 2000's P was on it.

Eazy E - Easy does it

Wu Tang - Triumph, CREAM

 

 

I'm having trouble thinking, but so many gang busters from the mid to late 90's.

187-Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg

Politics as Usual-Jay-Z

H to the Izzo-Jay-Z

Can I Get A-Jay-Z, Ja Rule

Express Yourself-N.W.A.

By The Time I Get To Arizona-Public Enemy

Lost At Birth-Public Enemy

Gin N Juice-Snoop Dogg

Raisin' Hell-Run DMC

Hail Mary-2Pac

Ambitionz Az A Ridah-2Pac

You Can't See Me-2Pac

I Love The Dough-Notorious B.I.G. & Jay-Z

Thug Luv-2Pac & Bone Thugz N Harmony

How Long Will They Mourn Me?-2Pac, Nate Dogg

Ain't No Fun-Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Kurupt, Nate Dogg

Straight Outta Compton-N.W.A.

Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nothin To Mess With-Wu Tang Clan

M.E.T.H.O.D. Man-Wu Tang Clan

 

That's just what I have right now, there are a couple by N.W.A. and Dr. Dre that I can't name, if you're really into Dre or N.W.A., I'd suggest picking up Dr. Dre and Death Row Records' Greatest Hits and N.W.A.'s Greatest Hits.

Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise

Too $hort - Freaky Tales

The Luniz - I Got 5 On It

Ice Cube - Today Was A Good Day

Snoop Dogg - Gin N Juice

Snoop Dogg - Lodi Dodi

Warren G - Regulators

Warren G - This DJ

Dre & Snoop - Nuthin But A G Thang

Biz Markie - Just A Friend

Jay Z - Can I Get A...

Eminem - Guilty Conscience

Eminem - '97 Bonnie & Clyde

Dr Dre - Still D.R.E.

Dr Dre - Xplosive

Dr Dre - What's The Difference

Dr Dre - Forgot About Dre

Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me

Geto Boys - Feels Good To Be A Gangsta

Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You

Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise

Coolio - I'll See You When You Get There

Bone Thugz -N- Harmony - Tha Crossrods

Slick Rick - Children's Story

2 Pac & Dre - California Love

2 Pac - Dear Mama

Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa

Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money, Mo Problems

Blackstreet - Ni Diggity, No Doubt

Eazy E - Boyz In Tha Hood

EazyE - Real G's

Outkast - Rosa Parks

DMX - Ruff Ryder's Anthem

Grandmaster Flash - The Message

 

 

AllI can think of for now...

A couple other classics from the '80s I forgot:

 

"Road To The Riches" by Kool G Rap and DJ Polo

"The Symphony" by Marley Marl and The Juice Crew

"The Vapors" by Biz Markie

"Wrath Of Kane" by Big Daddy Kane

Clyde...Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, and Soulja Boy at Riverbend Sept 3rd. You're coming with I presume?

 

Working on my "Superman" as we speak.

My kind of thread.....

 

Jay-Z- Can't Knock the Hustle, Brooklyn's Finest(featuring The Notorius B.I.G.), Bring It On, Who Ya Wit, Where I'm From, Roc La Familia

 

Xzibit- At The Speed of Life(The whole album:thumb:)

 

Raekwon the Chef and Ghostface Killah- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx(The whole album-arguably the greatest album in hip hop history)

 

The Dogg Pound- Who Got Some Gangsta....., New York, 21 Jump Street

 

Wu Tang Clan- Can It Be All So Simple, M.E.T.H.O.D. Man, Bring The Ruckus, Clan In Da Front, M.G.M, The Projects, Scary Hours, Triumph, Older Godz, Heaterz

 

Mobb Deep- The Infamous and Hell On Earth albums

 

Redman- every song he made pre 2000:thumb:

 

Keith Murray- The Most Beautifullest Thing In The World(whole album)

 

I'll post later when I get home from work. I am just getting started.

My kind of thread.....

 

Jay-Z- Can't Knock the Hustle, Brooklyn's Finest(featuring The Notorius B.I.G.), Bring It On, Who Ya Wit, Where I'm From, Roc La Familia

 

Xzibit- At The Speed of Life(The whole album:thumb:)

 

Raekwon the Chef and Ghostface Killah- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx(The whole album-arguably the greatest album in hip hop history)

 

The Dogg Pound- Who Got Some Gangsta....., New York, 21 Jump Street

 

Wu Tang Clan- Can It Be All So Simple, M.E.T.H.O.D. Man, Bring The Ruckus, Clan In Da Front, M.G.M, The Projects, Scary Hours, Triumph, Older Godz, Heaterz

 

Mobb Deep- The Infamous and Hell On Earth albums

 

Redman- every song he made pre 2000:thumb:

 

Keith Murray- The Most Beautifullest Thing In The World(whole album)

 

I'll post later when I get home from work. I am just getting started.

 

So you're a Wu Tang fan too? I've never met anyone that really likes them.

So you're a Wu Tang fan too? I've never met anyone that really likes them.

 

Wu Tang Clan ain't nuthin to ......., but yeah, Wu Tang Clan is the greatest hip hop group in the history of all rap/hip hop music. I challenge anyone to prove me wrong on that one.

I saw somebody mention it in one of the above posts but under a different name, but I have to agree, Deep Cover by Snoop and Dre is a classic.

 

I still cannot come up with a good list because there is just way too many good raps to name. Mid-Late 90's is when Rap was Rap and there was a lot of fire spit during that time period. Now everything just seems so commercialized. Every year you get a handful of one time wonder rappers who are the hottest thing going for a week, end up on a NOW cd, then you never hear from them again. There needs to be a resurgence in RAP.

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