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This is murder. Actually, that is the understatement of the year, but it is easier than listing MCs or albums. I'm sure I will wish I put something else for some of my selections, but that is what makes this fun. Just dig in your head and heart and let it out here. Someone is bound to say a song that makes you second guess your list, but again, this is all for fun and love. Starting with the 80's and 90's, which is basically impossible in case you didn't realize..

1. Eric B & Rakim- My Melody (OG 12" version)
2. Big Daddy Kane & Biz Markie- Just Rhymin With Biz
3. Public Enemy- Rebel Without a Pause
4. BDP- My Philosophy
5. MC Shan- The Bridge
6. BDP -The Bridge Is Over
7. Ultramagnetic MC's - Ego Trippin
8. Biz Markie - Nobody Beats The Biz (OG 12" version)
9. Slick Rick- The Moment I Feared
10. Run DMC - Sucka MCs
11. Stetsasonic- Just Say Stet
12. Kid N' Play - Last Night
13. Crash Crew- High Powered Rap
14. JVC Force- Strong Island
15. Juice Crew- The Symphony
16. Schooly D- PSK
17. Divine Force- Holy War (Live)
18. LL Cool J- Rock The Bells (OG 12" version)
19. Special Ed- I Got it Made
20. Grand Master Caz- Get Down GMC
21. Queen Latifah- Wrath Of My Madness
22. Antoinette- I Got An Attitude
23. Steady B- Bring The Beat Back
24. Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five- The Message
25. NWA - Straight Outta Compton

That was fuckin brutal. I tried to just come straight off the dome, but really, that doesn't work. Maybe this is too ambitious. I can easily name 50 more songs and it would be agony trying to figure out what to add and delete. Think about all the joints that were left off. Fuck! 90's gonna be worse but I'ma go with the gut up front for now..



1. Nas- Halftime
2. Geto Boys- Minds Playin Tricks On Me
3. Eric B & Rakim- Juice



EDIT** TO BE CONTINUED... I CAN ONLY TAKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STRESS PER DAY

Aw shit, I do love a good list making opportunity

No order of preference and I excluded songs with no rapping so no One For The Treble or The 900 Number.

Spoonie Gee - Love Rap
Treacherous Three & Spoonie Gee - New Rap Language
Duke Bootee & Melle Mel - The Message
The Fearless Four - Rockin' It
Jimmy Spicer - Money (Dollar Bill Y'all)
Run D.M.C - Sucker MC's
Egyptian Lover - I Cry (Night After Night)
Coldcrush Brothers - Fresh, Fly, Wild & Bold
Doug E. Fresh & MC Ricky D - La Di Da Di
Just Ice - Cold Gettin' Dumb
Audio Two - Top Billin'
Schoolly D - Saturday Night
Ice-T - Drama
Lakim Shabazz - We Got The Funk
LL Cool J - Jack The Ripper
Slick Rick - The Moment I Feared
Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
EPMD - You Gots To Chill
Eric B. & Rakim - Lyrics Of Fury
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Biz Markie - Vapors (LP mix)
Big Daddy Kane - Set It Off
Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - Road To The Riches
Beastie Boys - What Comes Around
Mac Dre - Young Black Brotha

Also to be continued

Nice.. I want to change half my list now

But no Rakim??

Lyrics Of Fury is in there.

pradadon wrote: 1. Nas- Halftime
2. Geto Boys- Minds Playin Tricks On Me
3. Eric B & Rakim- Juice

I'm getting depressed thinking about making my list but if you swap out Halftime for NY State of Mind, that might be my 3 most favorite tracks of all-time right there.

Drop that 80s list, Gloss.

Thread needs someone to ride for Cool C's Juice Crew Dis.

I swear if that Juice Crew Dis beat had been used by a prominent NY rapper it would held in much higher regard

List of the decade is impossible by the way.

My 25 Favorite 80s Tracks

Nothing crazy, probably predictable but this is off the dome for the most part. NO ORDER, I can’t stomach the idea.

1. Cool C - The Glamorous Life
2. Schoolly D - P.S.K.
3. Run-DMC – King of Rock
4. Ultramagnetic MC’s – Ego Trippin’
5. Public Enemy - Welcome to the Terrordome
6. Eric B. & Rakim - Microphone Fiend
7. De La Soul – Me Myself & I
8. Big Daddy Kane – Ain’t No Half-Steppin
9. BDP – My Philosophy
10. Marley Marl – The Symphony feat. Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane
11. 3rd Bass – Gas Face feat. KMD
12. LL Cool J - Jack The Ripper
13. Three Times Dope - Funky Dividends
14. Run-DMC – Beats To The Rhyme
15. EPMD – You Gots To Chill
16. NWA – Straight Outta Compton
17. The DOC – It’s Funky Enough
18. Special Ed – I Got It Made
19. Eric B. & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
20. LL Cool J – Nitro
21. Big Daddy Kane – Raw
22. Audio Two – Top Billin
23. Kool G. Rap – Road To The Riches
24. Slick Rick - The Moment I Feared
25. Ice T - Colors

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) wrote:Lyrics Of Fury is in there.

Ahh, missed it.

I was bent when I made my list last night and hungover when I was reading yours this morning.

La Di Da Di and Top Billin should be on my list some where.

I hate myself for making this thread btw

Gloss- how fuckin good is Nitro? Gonna blast that in the whip today.

Love Funky Dividends, but it was all about Original Stylin!

pradadon wrote:Gloss- how fuckin good is Nitro? Gonna blast that in the whip today.

Walking With A Panther is probably my favorite LL album.

The worst tracks on Panther are really fucking bad though.

That feeling when the whole squad is #TeamTheMomentIFeared



Welcome To The Terrordome is 1990, Gloss. Unless it was the B-side of some 1989 P.E single?

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) wrote:That feeling when the whole squad is #TeamTheMomentIFeared



Welcome To The Terrordome is 1990, Gloss. Unless it was the B-side of some 1989 P.E single?

It came out '89, but yeah Fear didn't drop until '90.

Damn, never knew that came out as a legit single in 1989!



Only single from that album not to have a video

fuck it, time to kill at work so my 80s 25 off the top

3rd Bass - Wordz Of Wizdom
BDP - South Bronx
Classical II - New Generation
De La Soul - Say No Go
Digital Underground - Doowutchyalike
Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick - The Show
EPMD - So Whatcha Sayin
Eric B & Rakim - Eric B Is President
Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader
Eric B & Rakim - Move The Crowd
Frozen Explosion - Cold Kickin
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 - The Message
Ice T - Drama
Ice T - I'm Your Pusher
Ice T - You Played Yourself
Melody - Cool Chillin
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
Public Enemy - Don’t Believe The Hype
Public Enemy – Fight The Power
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two
Run DMC - Beats To The Rhyme
Run DMC - Sucker MCS
Sugar Bear - Don't Scandalize Mine
Ultimate III - Ultimate III Live

80s Rap is the shit. 86-92 is my favorite period. I prefer that over 93-99. Was just talking in the barber shop about that the other day. That seems like a crazy statement considering what came out 93-99 but it's how I truly feel.

86-92 yes, but give me 92-94 over any 3 year period in hip-hop.

step one wrote:The worst tracks on Panther are really fucking bad though.

Yeah. It's my favorite LL album too but there are like 8 ATROCIOUS songs on there. Luckily, it has like 19 tracks so it can easily be whittled down to one really awesome, concise album.
"Def jam in the motherland" always been a dl favorite of mine of that album.

I can't take Panther over Momma Said. No way.

Philaflava wrote:86-92 yes, but give me 92-94 over any 3 year period in hip-hop.

Pretty hard to argue that sentiment.

Thought Step might be the first poster to rep for Whistle's (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'.

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) wrote:Thought Step might be the first poster to rep for Whistle's (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'.

Liked it back in the day but not so much now. Still enjoy Bang Zoom Let's Go of an evening though.

This made me feel awful.

01. Newcleus ‎– Jam On It
02. Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five ft. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee - The Message
03. The Fearless Four - Rockin' It
04. Doug E. Fresh & MC. Ricky D - La-Di-Da-Di
05. Run D.M.C - Sucker MC's
06. Schoolly D- PSK, What Does It Mean?
07. LL Cool J- Rock The Bells
08. Ice-T - Colors
09. Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
10. 3rd Bass - Steppin' to the AM
11. EPMD - You Gots to Chill
12. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
13. De La Soul - Eye Know
14. Boogie Down Productions - I'm Still #1
15. Hijack - The Badman is Robbin'
16. JVC Force - Strong Island
17. Big Daddy Kane - Raw
18. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road To The Riches
19. Marley Marl - The Symphony (featuring Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane)
20. Biz Markie - Vapors
21. MC Shan - The Bridge
22. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
23. Audio Two - Top Billin'
24. Eazy E - The Boyz-N-The Hood
25. Silver Bullet - 20 Seconds to Comply

Anytime someone on the types the words Marley Marl or The Symphony, somewhere in deepest rural Virginia feels a cold shiver run up his neck.

Thought there would be more love for It Takes Two or is that a wedding/Pixar/Adam Sandler type joint now?

Also surprised there's a thread asking for lists and Wicked hasn't dropped his top 35 and told us which of our choices aren't hiphop.

As you'd expect from anyone who calls records "vinyls", Wicked doesn't know shit about teh hip hop made before 1995, so this thread is safe for now.

My Name Is Earl may have ruined It Takes Two for a lot of ppl:

I pretty tight that my list has no Jungle Brothers and no EPMD. It's unacceptable, really.