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Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) wrote:Classical breaks are such a crucial part of QB thun-rap. Someone needs to do a comp of them and call it Right Bach At You!

step one wrote:I'd been slowly putting together a comp of P's freestyles recently. Was looking for more but there's 10 so far so seemed like enough to warrant posting. Some of these were linked to in my post on the previous page

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01- Mobb Deep - WKCR freestyle (Sept 94)
02- Prodigy & Ty Nitty - DJ Clue freestyle (1996) over 'Motherless Child'
03- Prodigy - You Ain't A Killer freestyle (1997)
04- Prodigy - When You See Me (2001) dissing Jay Z over 'Hail Mary'
05- E Money Bags & Prodigy - Sooner Or Later (2000) over 'Phone Tap'
06- Prodigy - 50 MCs Vol 3 freestyle
07- Prodigy - Radio 1 Rap Show freestyle part one (April 2000)
08- Prodigy - Radio 1 Rap Show freestyle part two (April 2000)
09- Prodigy - Radio 1 Rap Show freestyle part three (April 2000) over The LOX 'Fuck You'
10 - Prodigy - Kay Slay freestyle (2000) over Wu Tang 'Uzi (Pinky Ring)'

can someone ID the beats on the first 2 Radio 1 Rap Show freestyles? They're pretty obvious but I;m drawing a blank right now.

Rhyme 4 Rhyme wrote:Another random point, don't think any rapper's voice has ever been sampled as much as P's. Thought about this a couple years ago when TROY did the Brother's Want to Hang with the Meth mix. I'm sure there's dozens that i'm forgetting, but these three come to mind right away.

Rhyme 4 Rhyme wrote:When he developed that style post HNIC where his lines wouldn't always rhyme, but just the way he delivered them was so powerful.

Philaflava wrote:Prodigy was like 5'6 and had a heart of a giant. There wasn't one rapper he was afraid to go after and he got into it with the best. From Pac, Nas and Jay, he took his lumps. He put guys like Fat Joe on front street. I loved his courage, the honesty and the heart.

Philaflava wrote:Prodigy was like 5'6 and had a heart of a giant. There wasn't one rapper he was afraid to go after and he got into it with the best. From Pac, Nas and Jay, he took his lumps. He put guys like Fat Joe on front street. I loved his courage, the honesty and the heart.

GUCCI CONDOMS wrote:Do you have a prodigy/mobb tribute show in the works? We need that...

As some of you may know, we @ Take It Personal were dedicating our next few episodes to West Coast Classics. For the past few weeks, we’ve been compiling tracks, gathering ideas, calling on the big homies @murs316 @fashawn @planetasiamedallions @therealhierocrew and a gang of others for some help. 3 days ago the music world got rocked (again). We lost one of the best in hip-hop. Prodigy was special, and not because he was responsible for endless classics or because his music was the soundtracks to many of our adolescent years, but because he was for lack of a better, was the last of a dying breed. He stood 5’6, but had a heart of giant. He feared no one. He went at anyone who he felt deserved it. Didn’t matter if they were the biggest names in hip-hop or the best rappers. Pac, Nas, Jay, nobody was safe if Prodigy wanted to speak his peace, especially Joe Budden, Fat Joe or Dipset. Whether you agreed with him or not, he did things his way. His honesty was refreshing. Prodigy was unique. His voice, his style, the words that just came out of his mouth consumed every part of your body. “I break bread, ribs, hundred dollar bills” “Life is a gamble, we scramble for money. I might crack a smile but ain’t a damn thing funny.” “There’s a war going on outside no man is safe from. You could run but you can’t hide forever from these streets we done took. You walkin with your head down, scared to look." This one will take a while to get used to. It took a while with the passing of Phife Dawg too. This hurts. The only way we can properly pay homage to Prodigy is to immediately put our West Coast Classics series on hold, and drop an extremely needed, well-deserved tribute to Albert “Prodigy” Johnson. I hope you join us next week as we put the finishing touches on this. We know we gotta come correct and we hope you’ll agree our track record speaks for itself. We won’t do Prodigy wrong, or you. RIP P!

Philaflava wrote:

As some of you may know, we @ Take It Personal were dedicating our next few episodes to West Coast Classics. For the past few weeks, we’ve been compiling tracks, gathering ideas, calling on the big homies @murs316 @fashawn @planetasiamedallions @therealhierocrew and a gang of others for some help. 3 days ago the music world got rocked (again). We lost one of the best in hip-hop. Prodigy was special, and not because he was responsible for endless classics or because his music was the soundtracks to many of our adolescent years, but because he was for lack of a better, was the last of a dying breed. He stood 5’6, but had a heart of giant. He feared no one. He went at anyone who he felt deserved it. Didn’t matter if they were the biggest names in hip-hop or the best rappers. Pac, Nas, Jay, nobody was safe if Prodigy wanted to speak his peace, especially Joe Budden, Fat Joe or Dipset. Whether you agreed with him or not, he did things his way. His honesty was refreshing. Prodigy was unique. His voice, his style, the words that just came out of his mouth consumed every part of your body. “I break bread, ribs, hundred dollar bills” “Life is a gamble, we scramble for money. I might crack a smile but ain’t a damn thing funny.” “There’s a war going on outside no man is safe from. You could run but you can’t hide forever from these streets we done took. You walkin with your head down, scared to look." This one will take a while to get used to. It took a while with the passing of Phife Dawg too. This hurts. The only way we can properly pay homage to Prodigy is to immediately put our West Coast Classics series on hold, and drop an extremely needed, well-deserved tribute to Albert “Prodigy” Johnson. I hope you join us next week as we put the finishing touches on this. We know we gotta come correct and we hope you’ll agree our track record speaks for itself. We won’t do Prodigy wrong, or you. RIP P!

Philaflava wrote:

As some of you may know, we @ Take It Personal were dedicating our next few episodes to West Coast Classics. For the past few weeks, we’ve been compiling tracks, gathering ideas, calling on the big homies @murs316 @fashawn @planetasiamedallions @therealhierocrew and a gang of others for some help. 3 days ago the music world got rocked (again). We lost one of the best in hip-hop. Prodigy was special, and not because he was responsible for endless classics or because his music was the soundtracks to many of our adolescent years, but because he was for lack of a better, was the last of a dying breed. He stood 5’6, but had a heart of giant. He feared no one. He went at anyone who he felt deserved it. Didn’t matter if they were the biggest names in hip-hop or the best rappers. Pac, Nas, Jay, nobody was safe if Prodigy wanted to speak his peace, especially Joe Budden, Fat Joe or Dipset. Whether you agreed with him or not, he did things his way. His honesty was refreshing. Prodigy was unique. His voice, his style, the words that just came out of his mouth consumed every part of your body. “I break bread, ribs, hundred dollar bills” “Life is a gamble, we scramble for money. I might crack a smile but ain’t a damn thing funny.” “There’s a war going on outside no man is safe from. You could run but you can’t hide forever from these streets we done took. You walkin with your head down, scared to look." This one will take a while to get used to. It took a while with the passing of Phife Dawg too. This hurts. The only way we can properly pay homage to Prodigy is to immediately put our West Coast Classics series on hold, and drop an extremely needed, well-deserved tribute to Albert “Prodigy” Johnson. I hope you join us next week as we put the finishing touches on this. We know we gotta come correct and we hope you’ll agree our track record speaks for itself. We won’t do Prodigy wrong, or you. RIP P!

Rhyme 4 Rhyme wrote:

Sticking with some of his more well known cuts, remember seeing the video for this back in '04 when it came out and getting put on to Alchemist. The way P & Illah Ghee go back and forth is just so dope. When he developed that style post HNIC where his lines wouldn't always rhyme, but just the way he delivered them was so powerful.

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