80s/90s Songs That Have Gotten Much Better With Age

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:00 pm

Don't just list songs from that era that you still love.

This is for those songs that weren't necessarily huge enormous universal classics, and are mostly forgotten, but have aged very well and should be reconsidered.

Pretty much everything by the Tuff Crew and most songs by Three Times Dope

Tuff Crew "Old School Jackin">>>>>>>>>>>>

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A.Z. (Mobstyle) "What's Going On Black"
Top Quality "Magnum Opus"
The Future Sound "Lady/What's a Bro To Do"
UMCs "Morals"
Brand Nubian "Word Is Bond"
Poor Righteous Teachers "Word Iz Life"
Threat "The Whore Said It's Yours"
Kurious, Sadat X, Mike G "Mansion and a Yacht"
Red Hot Lover Tone "#1 Player"
Style "The Assassinator"
Sid and B-Ton "Death Wish"
Beastie Boys "Root Down" (Prince Paul remix)
Ya'll So Stupid "Bowl Of Soul"
Saafir "Light Sleeper (og version)"
Large Professor "Spacey"
K-Solo "Drums Of Death"
Too Poetic "God Made Me Funky"
Positive K "Step Up Front" (3 Heineken Remix)

Add on.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:03 pm

Thun wrote:Red Hot Lover Tone "#1 Player"

i listen to this song all the time

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:06 pm

all the schooly d songs with random classic rock samples

granted they were already great, but as i got older and mildly smarter i got a whole new appreciation for the way he competely subverted them to his own means

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:08 pm

drizzle wrote:all the schooly d songs with random classic rock samples

granted they were already great, but as i got older and mildly smarter i got a whole new appreciation for the way he competely subverted them to his own means

Definitely. I came back to this thread to make a very similar post. Dude was light years ahead of his time, and still is.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:18 pm

All of J Beez Wit The Remedy.

sleazy_j · Post by **sleazy_j** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:29 pm

growin up broke in the south listening to hip hop in the late 80s i can say that the only song listed that i've even heard was that root down track when i bought the ep in 1996 or whenever it came out.

of course, this being the internet, i can now find all these songs and probably say they're great.

most of my 80s and 90s raps knowledge came from mtv and bet and radio singles.

so as much as ive heard of tuff crew since i started reading internet rap boards in the last 10 years, i can't say i've ever heard their songs.

i'm a shitty kind of rap fan.

Magneto · Post by **Magneto** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:31 pm

Not a particular song, but anything Tuff Crew did before 1990 >>>>>>>

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:39 pm

I honestly think that EPMD's "Business As Usual" and Business Never Personal" have got better with age...should this not be a T.R.O.Y. thread Thun?

co-sign on the 3XD and Tuff Crew and all of your choices...Sid told me he was going to get me some unreleased Sid & B-Tonn tracks at some stage.

Kam-Neva Again LP is another album that has gotten better with age to me as well.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:41 pm

Jaz wrote:I honestly think that EPMD's "Business As Usual" and Business Never Personal" have got better with age...should this not be a T.R.O.Y. thread Thun?

step one · Post by **step one** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:42 pm

ackbar wrote:
Thun wrote:Red Hot Lover Tone "#1 Player"
i listen to this song all the time

Is that because you like it or because The Hipsters told you to?

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:45 pm

step one wrote:
ackbar wrote:
Thun wrote:Red Hot Lover Tone "#1 Player"
i listen to this song all the time
Is that because you like it or because The Hipsters told you to?

which hipsters?

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:46 pm

it's cause i wash ballz-n-sinkz

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:18 pm

ackbar wrote:
Thun wrote:Red Hot Lover Tone "#1 Player"
i listen to this song all the time

This and Creep With Me are my go-to car albums.

Magneto · Post by **Magneto** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:42 pm

Oh and I feel Chubb Rock is one of the most unheralded rappers of the late 80s/early 90s.

His first 2 albums are full of exceptional rapping even tho I never cared much for his production.

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:58 pm

A bunch of West Coast shit I used to listen to and kinda forgot about for a decade.

The entirety of Kill My Landlord but in specific, "Dig It"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUctLe-Fdu4

Da Lench Mob- Freedom Got An AK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwxxY2pf5AU

Tupac- Shorty Wanna Be A Thug

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhdOHwdjhKs

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:59 pm

Sucka Ducka · Post by **Sucka Ducka** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:01 pm

COOLEHMAGAZINE · Post by **COOLEHMAGAZINE** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:05 pm

Magneto wrote:Oh and I feel Chubb Rock is one of the most unheralded rappers of the late 80s/early 90s.

His first 2 albums are full of exceptional rapping even tho I never cared much for his production.

Chubb Rock could spit with anyone although I can never think of Chubb Rock any more without wondering if he still owes Prince Paul $2200.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:06 pm

COOLEHMAGAZINE wrote:
Magneto wrote:Oh and I feel Chubb Rock is one of the most unheralded rappers of the late 80s/early 90s.

His first 2 albums are full of exceptional rapping even tho I never cared much for his production.
Chubb Rock could spit with anyone although I can never think of Chubb Rock any more without wondering if he still owes Prince Paul $2200.

Fuckin' weirdo.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:08 pm

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 9:27 pm

i thought this shit was "soft" when i originally recorded it off rapcity. lol

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Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:33 pm

Magneto wrote:Oh and I feel Chubb Rock is one of the most unheralded rappers of the late 80s/early 90s.

His first 2 albums are full of exceptional rapping even tho I never cared much for his production.

you never cared for Hitman Howie Tee's beats?...wow

Magneto · Post by **Magneto** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 10:37 pm

Jaz wrote:
Magneto wrote:Oh and I feel Chubb Rock is one of the most unheralded rappers of the late 80s/early 90s.

His first 2 albums are full of exceptional rapping even tho I never cared much for his production.
you never cared for Hitman Howie Tee's beats?...wow

Not at all. In fact, they were awful to me. I try to block them out and just enjoy Rock's rhymes.

and I didn't even realize Tuff Crew was in Thun's first post. Wow.

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:06 pm

Magneto wrote:
Jaz wrote:
Magneto wrote:Oh and I feel Chubb Rock is one of the most unheralded rappers of the late 80s/early 90s.

His first 2 albums are full of exceptional rapping even tho I never cared much for his production.
you never cared for Hitman Howie Tee's beats?...wow
Not at all. In fact, they were awful to me. I try to block them out and just enjoy Rock's rhymes.

and I didn't even realize Tuff Crew was in Thun's first post. Wow.

wow.

Rob Banks · Post by **Rob Banks** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:37 pm

Thun wrote: This is for those songs that weren't necessarily huge enormous universal classics, and are mostly forgotten, but have aged very well and should be reconsidered.

EPMD- "Crossover"???

Most people consider them a Top 10 rap group ever and it's arguably their biggest hit!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossover_(song)
The song was also certified gold by RIAA, becoming the group's only single to accomplish that feat.

Rob Banks · Post by **Rob Banks** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:43 pm

Dayton Family- "Flint Town"

The ILLatino · Post by **The ILLatino** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:09 am

A lot of Compton's Most Wanted shit. I wasn't hip to MC Eiht until WE COME STRAPPED, so going back to the CMW shit has been great.

"Word Is Bond" by Brand Nubian is an excellent choice.

EichTurner · Post by **EichTurner** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:18 am

blastmaster wrote:All of J Beez Wit The Remedy.

good call, love this cd.
how about willie d's solo stuff, 'Fuck rodney king' just gets better and better, also 'play witcha mama'.

this song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF5aF_itXU4

Huldrich Bullsh!t · Post by **Huldrich Bullsh!t** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:26 am

the Krown Rulers album
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JVC Force - doin damage album

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dont know if droppin science from marley marl/craig g is considered classic but yeah that joint. his rapstyle on that joint is incredible imo

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Stezo its my turn.

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Paris - break the grip of shame, devil made me do it, days of old
Killah Priest - tai chi

could also be attributed exactly to the fact they werent as exposed as some certified classics and so i havent heard them as often.

agree on the Coup

that magnum opus joint is terrible. i hate its existence and the fact that i bought the album because of PMDs co-sign and the "dark" album cover

sean · Post by **sean** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:32 am

thun pre-killed the thread with his first post.

great call on tuff crew and 3xdope.

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