Dopest 97-04 radio joints?

[Philaflava]

Please, don't post Youtube videos as they tend to slow the loading down. I'm pretty aware of most songs if you just list your favorite titles.

I'm talking about Bad Boys 4 Life, Stunt 101, 24 Hours To Live, Overnight Celebrity, PIMP, Magic Stick, 4321, Whoa, add on.

[fatboybrandon]

Yeah, there's some that I find myself revisiting now that bring back good memories. I know some songs I might of real quick in the past due to it getting overplayed on radio/video.

The G-Unit era was cool. I prefer the earlier period of them being hot, like Stunt 101, I'm So Fly, the whole Get Rich album, the mixtape songs that got radio play.

I remember thinking Magic Stick was ok. At the time I preferred the dark 50 more and remember feeling like he was reaching for radio with that one. I was working at a mixtape store in Harlem at the time and his street buzz was up with the mix tapes and more gutter-sounding songs.

The Lox - Money Power Success = one of my favorite violin sounds in Hip Hop, such a small piece of a record they used for the sample but it works!

DMX - What's My Name, What These Bitches Want From A Nigga, Get At Me Dog

Saigon - Doo Rag, C'mon Baby

Alchemist | Jadakiss - We Gonna Make It

Beanie Siegel & Jay-Z - Anything

Ghostface & U-God - Cherchez La Ghost

Fat Joe - My Lifestyle

Alchemist, Prodigy & Nina Sky - Hold U Down

Scarface & 2Pac - Smile

Erick Sermon – React (feat. Redman), Music

Fabolous - Breathe

NaS - The Don

Naughty By Nature - Mourn You Till I Join You

Camp Lo's Coolie High

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All the Luda, Busta, Missy, 50, Mase, Ja Rule, Rocafella, Cam, Neptunes, Dre 2001, DMX, Eve, Lil Kim, Red & Meth etc

[Career Over Like Mike(NJJ)]

Puffy etc - Benjamins
The Firm - Phone Tap
Cam & Mase - Horse And Carriage
Juvenile - Ha
Beatnuts - Watch Out Now
Dre etc - The Next Episode
ODB - Got Your Money
OutKast - So Fresh So Clean
Nelly - Country Grammar
G.Dep - Special Delivery
N.O.R.E - Nothin'
Ludacris & Nate Dogg - Area Codes
Trick Daddy etc - In Da Wind
Diplomats - Dipset Anthem
T.I. - Rubberband Man
Freeway & Peedi - Flipside
Lil' Wayne - Go DJ
Mike Jones etc - Still Tippin'
Snoop & Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot

[Philaflava]

What was the best year for Dipset output? They owed one year in particular if I recall. Like '03 or something?

[fatboybrandon]

Best year of Dipset could vary from person to person. Me personally I prefer their time on The Roc. Songs like I Really Mean It, Oh Boy etc. I feel like their output started to get foolish when they started breaking the crew up into smaller factions. I 'm a big fan of Cam's diss to 50 "Curtis", the way he goes off at the end is hilarious.

Anybody remember feeling proud of Gangstarr back when Royalty blew up on the airwaves? I know I was.

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What was the best year for Dipset output? They owed one year in particular if I recall. Like '03 or something?

yeah '03 was probably their biggest year, when they had the double album out. I remember visting NYC for the first time that summer. They were on every mixtape and posters for Julez' debut were everywhere. It was them and G Unit really.

[Employee]

"Thong Song"

[Gyangsta 4 Life]

There are so many from this time period.

Lost Boyz - Me & My Crazy World is amazing in any medium.

Lil’ Kim and Cease - Crush On You (Remix)

Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize

Jay-Z - Money, Cash, Hoes

Wu-Tang Clan - Reunited

DMX - How’s It Goin’ Down

Nas - Hate Me Now

N.O.R.E - Superthug

Big Pun - 100%

The Lox - Recognize

Cassidy - Hotel

Angie Martinez - If I Could Go

G-Unit - Poppin’ Them Thangs

Cam’ron - Down & Out

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some of you got weird ideas about what a radio joint is

LL - Phenomenon
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz - Deja Vu
Q Tip - Vivrant Thing and Breathe & Stop
Sporty Thievez - No Pigeons
De La Soul - All Good
Outkast - Ms Jackson
Wu Tang - Gravel Pit
Dr Dre - Bad Intentions
Erick Sermon - Music
Clipse - Ma I Don't Love Her and When The Last Time
Joe Budden - Pump It Up
Styles P ft Pharoahe Monch - The Life
The Roots - The Seed 2.0
Mark Ronson ft Ghostface - Ooh Wee
Snoop Dogg - Beautiful
Youngbloodz - Damn!
Terror Squad - Lean Back
Jadakiss - Why

[fatboybrandon]

My favorite on this comp is Cool J's Ill Bomb. I went to college a few blocks from The Tunnel. The compilations and soundtracks released from 97 to 04 are a good place to look and quickly revisit radio joints. Belly Soundtrack, The Nutty Professor, How To Be A Player, etc.



Tainted by SV was a favorite radio summer jam of mine.

[gusty wingers]

^^ that or "selfish"

the light common