Favorite Hip Hop songs, part 1
Zapp & Roger - More Bounce to the Ounce
More R&B/Funk than hip hop, but the amount of artists that have sampled it (Coolio, Compton's Most Wanted, Brotha Lynch Hung, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, Insane Clown Posse, EPMD, and many more) makes it impossible to resist, especially the awesome beat. The best use of the song as a sample source goes to EPMD's "You Got's Ta Chill" and Ice Cube'ss "Steady Mobbin'"
Public Enemy - Shut 'em Down
One of their angriest songs, with an incredibly hard hitting beat, vitrolic lyrics, and more, it's one of the groups last hurrah's before they hit mediocrity.
Wu Tang Clan - Grave Pit
Awesome rhymes, a great use of Gap Band samples, excellent chorus (I hum it to myself regularly), and we go back, and forth...
Ice Cube - Ghetto Vet
Carnival mentioned this song in the past, and it's a good one. Probably Cube's most underrated song.
Erik B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
One of the early examples of using James Brown samples, it's also one of the best. Rakim may be the closest thing Hip Hop has ever had to having God on the mic, and the samples and breaks just makes it a great cut.
Man Parrish - Boogie Down Bronx
Though "Hip Hop Be Bop" is more well known (and was used to great effect in "Shaun of the Dead"), "Boogie Down Bronx" is Man Parrish's best song.
Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin'
"I stop and stand strong over MC’s/ And devour with the power of Hercules" That is still one of the best lines in Hip Hop history.
Afrika Bambaataa + Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
Yeah, so some old school hip hop has mediocre rhymes, but this is still great. Everything from the Kraftwerk sample, tot he influence the song has on Hip Hop, House, and Electro. It would be a crime not to include it.
Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Deep Cover
While I also love "Nothin' But a G Thang", "Deep Cover" is the best Dre/Snoop collaberation.
Dr. Dre - Lyrical Gangbangs
One of the most underrated Dre songs, with a pounding, metallic snare drum beat, and maybe some of his best wok on the mic.
Don't worry, there's more to come.
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