five essential rap records

[man]

strange request for a spz site? i fear not. hit me:

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[A saint]

I'm afraid my suggestions will slant (heavily indeed) towards the old school. But I'd argue the following are essential:

1. Eric B & Rakim "Paid In Full"
2. EPMD "Strictly Business"
3. Gang Starr "Step In The Arena"
4. A Tribe Called Quest "People's Instinctive Travels..."
5. Main Source "Breaking Atoms."

Well, nothing there later than 91 or so. Yet still.

[man]

nice, thanks!

[runcible]

strange request for a spz site? i fear not. hit me:

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I'm so tempted to say you got the perfect list there..

[runaway]

Good list. I'd go with A Tribe's Low End Theory instead though...

And let's not forget:

Run DMC- Raising Hell
Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation...
NWA- Straight Outta Compton
Dr Dre- The Chronic
Boogie Down Productions- Criminal Minded
Cypress Hill- Black Sunday
The Beastie Boys- Licensed To Ill (why not?)

[runaway]

Oh! And.....

De La Soul- Three Feet High And Rising

[runaway]

Did you say you only wanted five?????????

[A saint]

Ah right. Forgot PE's "Nation of Millions." How I'll never know...a must.

I'll insist to the end "People's Instinctive..." is a better Tribe record than "Low End Theory." Plus it samples Lou Reed.

Similarly, the Beasties' Paul's Boutique is a marvel. Over Licensed To Ill by miles and miles.

[Muscles]

MARSHALL MATHERS
ICE CUBE
YO YO
2 PAC
NOTORIOUS BIG
INSANE CLOWN POSSE
RUN DMC
BEASTIE BOYS
EASY E
CURTIS BLOW
GRANDMASTER FLASH
VANILLA ICE
D 12
KID ROCK

Runcible this is from Em and Muscles to YOU!

[veiko]

VANILLA ICE

You're such a queenpussy.

More evidence, Muscle! MORE!!

[runcible]

Runcible this is from Em and Muscles to YOU! Cool

My GOD that was worth waiting here for a couple of minutes to see. With mounting excitement I sat and watched as the picture slowly scrolled down to reveal... 2 guys counting the interesting things thay have to say. The list so far:

1. Er... what was it again?

[Muscles]

Veiko I really enjoyed the ICE ICE BABY video immensely. And ICE went a round or two with MADONNA so hey? A white boy that can DANCE!~

Runcible you and 26 should be voted off because GENESIS? and MC5?

give me a fucking break!

LED ZEPPELIN! now I'm with ya!

GENESIS! ?

you get the finger pal.

PETER GABRIEL "IN YOUR EYES" nice! but the rest of it? RUBBISH.

[veiko]

And ICE went a round or two with MADONNA so hey?

yes, fact is that you atleast have microscopic mucus between your ears for saying it out that you only want a girl for fucking.

dear Muscle, please tell us what is so important about fucking Madonna??????? A madonna.

in what areas that gives you or me or you or them or you a credit?

Muscle, you want to get respected?

respected where? here?

no. so respected where?

Muscle, you ask so who is respected then?
i can vanish tomorrow. you? well, if ICE fucked Madonna and you know it for sure then you must make your stone for your grave about it. i am an optimist.

[runcible]

Muscles wrote:
Runcible you and 26 should be voted off because GENESIS? and MC5?

Eh? Must be where the MC5 originated from that you object to, right?

Yeah Genesis - my honesty too much for you?. What did you listen to when you were a kid? Oh, of course - Raw Power was your first purchase. I should have known that. That's what they all say.

Muscles wrote:

INSANE CLOWN POSSE
RUN DMC
VANILLA ICE
KID ROCK

Oh puh-lease. We may be old fashioned here in England but I know serious rap fans who think Run DMC a caricature of hip-hop, and the others are all looked at as being comedy artists.

Let's not forget that RAP is also CRAP with a letter missing. (prepares for endless outrage from hip-hop fans)

[Muscles]

Veiko it may be time for another VICODIN. Maybe give a few to RUNCY!

Let's put it this way, I would not kick MADONNA out of bed.

Dude I remember listening to things like UDO JURGEN and bits of shit my ma used to put on alotta BEATLES and back in those days radio was good. A Whole Lotta LED ZEPPELIN...THE EAGLES used to be on the RADIO non fucking stop. "HOTEL CALIFORNIA" GRAND FUNK RAILROAD...BAD COMPANY. THE BAY CITY ROLLERS...PINK FLOYD.

Lots of MOTOWN...my parents were really into music. My Dad had alot of fucking albums. Mostly R N B but I think he had ST.PEPPER. Probably the only WHITE people in his collection. Maybe AVERAGE WHITE BAND as I recall they were rather FUNKY for white boys.

My mom had alot of GERMAN SINGERS.

I like that. Made it more interesting...

And I went to the same HIGH SCHOOL as SPZ!

THE WHO played there in the 60's.

I think ALAN can back me up on that!

THE WHO played at our fucking HIGH SCHOOL!

[BzaInSpace]

WU-TANG CLAN - Wu-Tang Forever
PUBLIC ENEMY - Fear Of A Black Planet
PHAROAH MONCHE - Internal Affairs
COMMON - Electric Circus
COMPANY FLOW - Funcrusher Plus

Or some tracks

IT WAS A GOOD DAY - Ice Cube
JEAN GRAE & HERBALISER
DAYTONA 500 - Ghostaface Killah
FUC YO - MC Eight
BROOKLYN ZOO II - Ol' Dirty Bastard

[SpaceLine]

run dmc - self titled (sucker mcs is the best rap song ever. period)
ultramagnetic mcs - four horsemen
eazy-e - eazy duz it
black sheep - wolf in sheep's clothing
utfo - roxanne, roxanne

5 choices, by the way, is too limiting. rap is currently in it's disco faze but it's not entirely shit. some good memories trying to narrow it down to 5.

[lazer_guided]

I'm with 'a saint' when it comes to Tribe. 'Peoples Instinctive Travels...' is a funk-laden corker from start to finish, and don't forget they sample Hot Chocolate, Ian Dury, and Stevie Wonder to name a few.

I have to say though, Jurassic 5's debut is my favourite.

[dr. strangelove]

my mum had a whole Welsh choir...GO GIRL !!!!

[sunny]

1. Public Enemy- ALL OF IT (well, not the 'comeback' crap)
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7. Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy-Hipocrisy is the greatest luxury
8. NWA- Stright Outta Compton
9. Erik B and Rakim- (memory fails me)
10. Wu-Tang-Clan-Wu Tan Forever (or The Swarm)

[simonkeeping]

As already mentioned

Daytona 500 - ghostface killer is a quality tune,
Strong Island - JVC Force One from "back in the day" as those cats like to say
3 feet hight and rising - de la soul. pure class
What its all about - Run DMC which samples fools gold. always nice to hear.
paid in full - Eric B and Rakim
the first Jurrasic 5 album is a proper old skool treat. big breaks. nice bit of turntablism
Tipping point - The roots they finish the album with a nice 11 minute funk jam which is really good.
Public Enemy - pure class
Beastie boys - any album from Licenced to ill onwards. altho from Ill Communication the albums suffer slightly from having too many latin type jam tracks on them. so are good but it does tend to drag after a while.

and for something a bit different The Jay Z vs DJ Dangermouse - Grey Album is a good listen. Youve probably heard all the hype but instrumentaly its made up entirley of samples from the white album. with Jay z over the top.

enjoy

[assoc.]

some albums from my youth

ultramagnetic mc's - critical beatdown
tuff crew - danger zone
slick rick - adventures of
kool g rap & polo - road to the riches
masta ace - take a look around
hjack - horns of jerhico
epmd - strictly business
gangstarr - step in the arena

street sounds electro compliations 1-11

[ORBITAL]

1. IT TAKES A NATION... - PE
1. 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING - DE LA SOUL
2. THINGS FALL APART - THE ROOTS
3. PAULS BOUTIQUE - BEASTIE BOYS
5. fEAR OF A BLACK PLANET - PE

[ursa]

radio.ll cool j
deltron 3030
def jux presents
fear of a black planet
cannibal ox's first rekkid

[good dope/good fun]

1. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
2. MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
3. Biggie - Ready to Die
4. Necro - I Need Drugs
5. Method Man - Tical

Honorable Mention :

Masters of Illusion
Peanut Butter Wolf - My Vinyl Weighs a Ton
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Big L - The Big Picture
Non Phixion - The Future is Now
Nas - Illmatic

the list can go on forever
I agree with much that was posted already.
Nice to see some of you listen to good hip hop.

[Leggy Mountbatten]

Wham Rap - Wham! (Hey Sucka!)

Ant Rap - Adam and the Ants (Put some wax on the trax and slide on outta here)

Where are you baby? - Betty Boo (...used up all my tissues on seriouser issues)

Rhythm is a Dancer - Snap (I'm as serious as cancer/Rhythm is a dancer)

Ebeneezer Goode - Shamen (I'm Mr C, that's Mr C, not a Mr B or a Mr E
but Mr C that's who I am, it's Mr C it rhymes with E but it's Mr C).

The Rapping bit in the middle of I'm Free - Soup Dragons (It's good to be free/these are the words I get from my Granddaddy)

Don't believe the Hype - PE (No you can't have it back, you silly rabbit)


...do you remember when all indie records seemed to have a rapping bit in the middle? It always struck me as a bit ... patronising ... wholemeal ... 'great mates with black people' ... you know?

[BzaInSpace]

Yes.

That's the THIRD mention of The Shamen this week...i'm fucking happy.

[ekewebb]

I can't believe no-one's mentioned Mos' Def.

[roger plywood]

mos def

[man]

thanks for all the recs, i guess i have some work to do -sorry five was too narrow for some but i had to say five!

[joshb]

schoolly d – self titled lp (p.s.k. what does it mean?)
kool g rap and dj polo – road to the riches (men at work)
pharcyde – bizarre ride II the pharcyde (oh shit)
digital underground – sex packets (doowutchyalike)
black star – mos def & talib kweli are black star (definition)
doug e fresh – the show/ladi dadi 12”

on a side note, simonkeeping...the 11 minute jam at the end of the tipping point is a remake of din daa daa by george kranz, done extremely well i might add.

[runaway]

digital underground – sex packets (doowutchyalike)

Oh yeah, the Humpty Dance.....the memories come flooding back now.

How about 2 Live Crew- As Nasty As They Wanna Be??

Classic.

[asd2112]

I'm with 'a saint' when it comes to Tribe. 'Peoples Instinctive Travels...' is a funk-laden corker from start to finish, and don't forget they sample Hot Chocolate, Ian Dury, and Stevie Wonder to name a few.

Ian Dury, reallly? which track?

[espiritualidad]

public enemy...it takes a nation...
beastie boys....ill comunication
ll cool j....radio
run dmc...raising hell
grandmaster flash...the source



now the best DIZZEE RASCAL SO COOL!!

[helm]

can't believe no one's put roots manuva's 'run, come save me'

brilliant record, saviour of british hip hop, etc...

[man]

maybe i should fess up round about here that i'm sorta familiar with paul's boutique, people's instinctive travels ('push it along?'), dalek's last one (awesome), operation: doomsday ('what are you doing in my room!'), some wu, some blackalicious, some eb and rahkim. ehh.. but these rec's sound great, thank you thank you!

[Horrorflick]

How come no one's mentioned Ice T yet? Has he done something morally or ethically objectionable lately that I'm just not aware of? (Besides being on Law and Order, or whatever the fuck he's on.) OG is one hell of a powerful album, and Power isn't half bad either.