::: The Official "Songs About Hiphop" Thread :::

S.DeEzY4O8 · Post by **S.DeEzY4O8** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:59 am

The official birth of Hiphop was November 1974 meaning that Hiphop is 35 years old this month.

With that being said, I compiled a list myself of a bunch of songs ABOUT Hiphop.

Akbar - Hip Hop Is [2000]
Apathy - That Ol' Boom Bap [2001]
Apathy - I Remember... [2006]
Arsonists - Flashback [1997]
Asheru and Blue Black - B-Boy [2001]
Artifacts - Whayback [1993]
Artifacts - Wong Side Of The Tracks [1994]
Athletic Mic League - Hip Hop Quotables [2000]
Athletic Mic League feat. Invincible - Hip Hop Quotables (Remix) [2000]
Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx [1986]
Boogie Down Productions - Hip Hop Rules [1989]
Bootcamp Clik feat. Jahdan - Think Back [2002]
Braille feat. Rob Swift - Hiphop Music [2006]
Da Bush Babees feat. Q-Tip - 3 MC's [1996]
Common Sense - i used to love h.e.r. [1994]
Common - Like They Used To Say [1999]
Crown City Rockers - B-Boy [2005]
The CUF - Life Without Hip Hop [1998]
Cunninlynguists feat. Masta Ace - Seasons [2002]
Daddy-O - Flowin' In File [1993]
Das Efx - Real Hip Hop [1995]
Das Efx - Real Hip Hop (Pete Rock Remix) [1995]
Dead Prez - Hip-Hop [1999]
Dead Prez feat. Tahir of Headrush - It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop [1999]
Declaime feat. The Lootpack - The Movement [2001]
De La Soul - Ego Trippin' (Part Two) [1993]
Diamond And The Psychotic Neurotics - Stunts, Blunts & Hiphop [1992]
Digable Planets feat. Jeru The Damaja - Graffiti [1994]
DJ Revolution - The Backbone [2000]
Dooley-O - What You Know About Hip Hop? [2005]
Dred Scott - Back In The Day [1994]
Dynamic Syncopation feat. Yeshua Da PoED - The Essence [1999]
Eric B & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique [1992]
Foreign Legion - Full-Time B-Boy [1999]
Gang Starr - Words I Manifest [1989]
Groove B Chill - Hip Hop Music [1990]
Guru feat. Baybe - Feel The Music [1995]
GZA/Genius - Hip Hop Fury [1999]
The High & Mighty feat. Mike Zoot, Mos Def & El-P - B-Boy Document [1998]
The High & Mighty - The Meaning [1999]
The High & Mighty feat. Mos Def & Mad Skillz - B-Boy Document '99 [1999]
Jigmastas - Hip-Hop [1998]
J-Live feat. Asheru & Probe.dms - Kick It To The Beat [2001]
Juice - For My Writers [2001]
Just-Ice - Going Way Back [1987]
Kero One - The Cycle Repeats [2003]
Kero-One - Keep It Alive! [2005]
K-Os - B-Boy Stance [2004]
KRS-One - Hip Hop vs. Rap [1994]
Lone Catalysts feat. Rashad Thomas - Hip Hop [2000]
The Lootpack - Crate Diggin' [1999]
Main Source - Fakin' The Funk [1992]
Marco Polo feat. Masta Ace - Nostalgia [2007]
Mass Influence - Life to the MC [1997]
MC Shan - Living In The World Of Hip Hop [1987]
MC Shan - They Used To Do It Out In The Park [1988]
Mos Def - Hip Hop [1999]
Mos Def - Love [1999]
Moutain Brothers feat. Mastery & Killer - 5 Elements [1998]
Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray [1993]
Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray (Pete Rock Remix) [1993]
Outkast - Wheelz Of Steel [1996]
People Under The Stairs - The Dig [2002]
People Under The Stairs - Letter To The Old School [2006]
The Pharcyde - Return Of The B-Boy [1992]
Phife Dawg - Melody Adonis [2000]
Quasimoto - Rappcats [2005]
R.A. The Rugged Man - On The Block [2004]
The Roots feat. Common - Act Two (Love Of My Life) [1999]
Royce Da 5'9" - Hip Hop [2004]
Mad Skillz - Hip Hop [2005]
The Sound Providers feat. Asheru - For Old Times Sake [2004]
Sway & King Tech feat. Juice - Ill Hip Hop [2004]
Talib Kweli - Manifesto [1998]
A Tribe Called Quest feat. D-Life - Pad & Pen [1998]
The Troubleneck Brothers - Back To The Hip-Hop [1994]
2Pac - Old School [1995]
The Unspoken Heard - The Music [1999]
Visionaries - Love (Hip-Hop) [1998]

Please add on...

And by the way, Sunday night 11/21 I'm doing the "Celebrating Hiphop Special" on my Hiphop Radio Mixshow, The Wicked Takeover. You guys should tune in! The info's below. Also, the guys I do the show with will be handling the 9-10pm PST timeslot (spinning songs about Hiphop too) while I'm live in the mix 10-Midnight PST. It's gonna be dope...

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:53 am

Whoa!! Incredible list! I tried to make a thread like this but it didn't get really far..

Here's a big one that you don't have on your list. LL.
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I found this song a couple days ago.. pretty ill.
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Smoothe Da Hustler - Way Back (Pioneer Tribute)
http://www.last.fm/music/Smoothe+Da+Hus ... r+Tribute)

Espirando · Post by **Espirando** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:03 am

Mark 563 · Post by **Mark 563** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:53 am

Not sure if this entirely meets the criteria, but this is a dedication joint my homeboy, Ghost did for his 'Ghost Stories' EP:

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K-Funk · Post by **K-Funk** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:42 am

KRS One & Marley Marl - HipHop Lives

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWa4UpajKTc

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:09 pm

A few that come to mind:

Cool C - Down To The Grissle
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Krown Rulers - B-Boy Document
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Low Profile - Hip Hop I Crave
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And here's one from the Masterminds that pays tribute to Cool C's "Down To The Grissle".

Masterminds - Hip Hop Music
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I'll have to think of a few more. Great thread.

S.DeEzY4O8 · Post by **S.DeEzY4O8** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:05 pm

Wow, you guys are comin' through!! I'm disappointed in myself for not thinking about (forgetting) some of these. Thankfully, I have all of them in the collection except for that Ghost joint and that Why-D joint. Oh wait, I don't have that Smoothe Da Hustler joint either cuz that's off his newer album from 2008 which I didn't bother to get.

thomasv, I had that LL Cool J "Hip Hop" joint listed on my original list, but for some reason I accidentally left it off my new list. Thanks though...

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:10 pm

I'm not a huge High And Mighty fan, but I do love that "The Meaning" track.
Mighty Milo Berger had beats.
I think that was 97, though.

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I think this fits the topic.^^

stype_ones · Post by **stype_ones** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:29 pm

stype_ones · Post by **stype_ones** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:31 pm

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 7:32 pm

pradadon wrote:<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DnKphOBOS0o&hl ... ram><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DnKphOBOS0o&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

^^Tardo, Sloppy Joe, and Smoked Out Moe.
3 names mentioned in that song, that are awesome.

step one · Post by **step one** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:00 pm

i fucking love that Troubleneck Bros tune. good looks on the video, never seen that before.

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:01 pm

Nine - 50 Mc's Freestyle
http://djchonz.blogspot.com/2009/02/ton ... -nine.html
It's doesn't really talk about hip-hop but he uses names to do his freestyle.

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thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:03 pm

S.DeEzY4O8 wrote:Wow, you guys are comin' through!! I'm disappointed in myself for not thinking about (forgetting) some of these. Thankfully, I have all of them in the collection except for that Ghost joint and that Why-D joint. Oh wait, I don't have that Smoothe Da Hustler joint either cuz that's off his newer album from 2008 which I didn't bother to get.

thomasv, I had that LL Cool J "Hip Hop" joint listed on my original list, but for some reason I accidentally left it off my new list. Thanks though...

I don't have that Smoothe Da Hustler album but I don't think that it was bad at all. I don't know where that Why-D joint is from either.

grass · Post by **grass** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:03 am

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:26 am

drayzee · Post by **drayzee** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:46 am

this could be a great compilation ...

Ho1ogramz · Post by **Ho1ogramz** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:01 am

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:05 am

J-Zone - 5 Years

Prosper · Post by **Prosper** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:11 pm

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Ready Ta Roll - Real Hip Hop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHru6LaLBb8

I see future to this thread.

straightjacket · Post by **straightjacket** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:22 pm

thomasv wrote:Nine - 50 Mc's Freestyle
http://djchonz.blogspot.com/2009/02/ton ... -nine.html
It's doesn't really talk about hip-hop but he uses names to do his freestyle.

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i like this one very much. (like i do love the whole album) but yeah, it's more like namedropping and shout-outs.

thomasv · Post by **thomasv** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:35 pm

strategy786 · Post by **strategy786** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:58 pm

Dan-E-O - "Dear Hip-Hop"

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L.J.T. · Post by **L.J.T.** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:32 pm

Lyrical Gymnastics · Post by **Lyrical Gymnastics** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:13 pm

S.DeEzY4O8 wrote: The Unspoken Heard - The Music [1999]
Please add on...

Also:

The Unspoken Heard - Dear You

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Aboriginals - QNA / Chemistry
Real Live - The Gimmicks
Real Live - Money & Shows
Adagio! - My Girl

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Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:56 pm

^^^ "My Girl" = Best song about hip hop music instruments ever?
I was listening to something recently that was similar to this song, where
dude refers to his beat machine as his girl, but it wasn't half as dope.
Adagio>>>>>>>>>>

oracle21 · Post by **oracle21** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:11 pm

Krumbsnatcha-Hip Hop

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:26 pm

Is that Juice one in the list the one with the chick singing bout hip hop
in the hook? If not, that's another decent one. Beat's good.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:31 pm

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:50 pm

"Nights in the slammer, days in the group home."
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Heads slept on and dissed this album.
He killed every verse, almost every song.
There were only a couple of missteps. Like that garbage Busta Rhymes song.
Solid album. People were just expecting "The LP" type shit, I guess.

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