classic hip hop

"Hey Young World" popped into my head and it got me thinking about it. I know he went to jail around that time, but he always had the talent to put together another undisputed classic. Was it just him losing his confidence? Lack of inspiration, producers not giving him good beats, etc. I just...

even the kings of the jungle know the real :wow:

IMO, 2 of the best most underrated beats of the 90's :ohlawd: wit Chief Rocka, you got your prototypical upbeat early 90s beat with a :whoo: bass wit Wrong Side, you got ya mid 90s hypnotic melody with them horns :wow:

1995,beat was so raw:wow: Still is raw even today:wow::wow:

Your annual reminder, a tradition like no other! Get your tape decks ready!

another one from my cassette collection D.O.C. interview w/ Marley Marl on the "In Control" rap show from late August or early September '89, but a few weeks after his debut album "No One Can Do it Better" dropped and weeks before his life/career altering car accident :to: dude could have...

Due to subjectivity, of course people will never agree definitively on 5 songs. But I would surmise that there are at least 5 classic hip hop songs that everyone would assume others might suggest when compiling this list...to where even if they didn't agree with some of the choices, they...

:mjcry: It's like, New York without a New York yanks Better yet, New York without the New York franks It's like hot summers without no A.C Or never hitting numbers when you go to A.C It's like six years of your life, go ask Rob I'm like "Yo how is it?" he like "It's like hard" Trying for that...

ya see that 98 Mercedes on tv, I bought that This song still cold as fukk :banderas:

Good weed, good drank, big money man...rolling in something foreign on leather gripping grain... I handle my business so I think I deserve to get THROWED...THROWED This is my summer riding music brehs :wow: RIP C

Boogie Down Productions Public Enemy Just-Ice Kool Moe Dee MC Lyte Doug E. Fresh Heavy D Stetsasonic Vs. NWA Digital Underground Def-Jef Tone-Loc Michel'le Above The Law Ice-T JJ Fad King Tee Young MC Oaktown 357 MC Hammer

I think mine is the same as a lot of folks my age (28-30) An ultimate classic, which led to me getting my sister to buy me Forever, then OB4CL, which got me into Nas and the rest is history. Come drop yours. @stomachlines @FreshAIG @Billy Ocean @mobbinfms @Tuaminator @DANJ! @TEKBEATZ @Art Barr