Underrated/Hidden New York Classics

[frush11]

was waiting for someone to post Cru but was expecting this








I see Cella Dwellaz and the Bushwackers and I think of Da Bush Babies











The 1st song that Beatnuts did that made me pay attention due to it being so evil.






Puba and Fat joe

That maybe the best Joe verse I've heard and Puba

 

[mbewane]

Y2K and loyalty and personal classics

Damn Screwball was dope as hell...

I'm not from NY so I don't know if this track was big there but always felt like an "underground classic" to me



Low-key might be one of the instrumentals I've listened to the most in my life

 

[spliz]

Great thread.

 

[Morose Polymath]

This song was in heavy rotation yet it didn't grow as years passed.

Yeah this song is a classic love the beat, hook and lyrics. Tracey Lee's album was a personal classic for me

Unfortunately son is from Philly not NY

 

[Knicksman20]

 

[Newark88]

I was going to post some joints but yall beat me to it lol

 

[Morose Polymath]

Great thread & lots of gems I forgot in here.

@spliz

This Joint Right Here!!!

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

I don't think many of the posts in here are actually 'underrated', but some of y'all might not be from around here so may not have heard them as much as I did.

Anyhow, here's my contribution...........(spoilers so page loads faster)

Before Wu-Tang, there was........

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This one will fukk up cheap speakers.........

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Most remember two hits from these cats (Recognized Thresholds of Negative Stress & Strange), this was the first track on the album.........

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I saw someone post Cru in here, but not the track that I had on repeat for about a week when their album came out.........

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And my favorite track off that same album.........

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[FruitOfTheVale]

Their whole album Contemporary Jeep Music is dope

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Not gonna spoiler these. Came out at the end of the 80's, but are thread-appropriate........

This was the lead single.....



This was the follow-up.......

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[IllmaticDelta]

Obvious one

One of my fav songs

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

These nikkas wasn't much more than a bootleg Gravediggaz but the beat on this one is hard... the video is dope too

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

I never heard of Jasun & Greyson before that Livin like a troopa joint is tough

Think they were produced by Slick Rick although I can't remember. Wasn't really a fan of theirs, but they got a lot of play around here.​

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

Godfather Don was one of the first dudes doing the multisyllabic style that crews like Natural Elements became known for. He's also lowkey one of the first to flip the horror core style along with Kool Keith, Don's first album Hazardous wasn't on that hype though.

 

[Knicksman20]