If you had to pick 5 songs from each year...

[Philaflava]

Your favorites from the following years. Which would they be?

YOU MUST INCLUDED 1 REMIX and 1 "OBSCURE" track in your 5.

1992
1
2
3
4
5

1993
1
2
3
4
5

1994
1
2
3
4
5

1995
1
2
3
4
5

[Kool Max Power]

1992
1 Percee P "Lung Collapsing Lyrics"
2 Ultramagnetic MC's "Poppa Large "East Coast Mix)"
3 Redman "Tonight's da Night RMX"
4 Gang Starr "Take It Personal" or "Gotta Get Over"
5 Black Sheep "Still In The Ghetto"

1993
1 Pharcyde "Passin' Me By (Video Remix)"
2 Jeru "Come Clean"
3 Cenobites "Slaves (Original Mix)"
4 Akinyele "The Bomb"
5 Grimm Reaper "So Whatcha Want"

1994
1 O.C. "Time's Up"
2 Nas "NY State Of Mind"
3 Organized Konfusion "Stray Bullet"
4 Ras Kass "Remain AnonymouS"
5 Black Moon "I Gotcha Opin RMX"

1995
1 Co-Flow "8 Steps To Perfection"
2 J-Live "Braggin Writes"
3 Natural Elements "Life Ain't Fair OG"
4 Ras Kass, Saafir & Ahmad "Come Widdit (Fredwreck RMX)"
5 Kool Keith "Keep It Real...Represent OG"

[step one]

1992
1 Eric B & Rakim 'Juice (Know The Ledge)'
2 Pete Rock & CL Smooth 'TROY'
3 Gang Starr 'Gotta Get Over' (Large Pro remix)
4 UMCs 'One To Grow On'
5 The Elite 'Nymphoclepto'

1993
1 MC Eiht 'Streiht Up Menace'
2 Wu Tang Clan 'CREAM'
3 Snoop Dogg 'Aint No Fun'
4 Biggie 'Party & Bullshit' (Lord Finesse remix)
5 Nubian Crackers ft Artifacts 'Do You Wanna Hear It'

1994
1 Black Moon 'Buck Em Down' (remix)
2 Gang Starr 'Mass Appeal
3 Nas 'Memory Lane'
4 Nine 'Whutcha Want'
5 E Rule 'Listen Up'

1995
1 Raekwon, Ghost & Nas 'Verbal Intercourse'
2 Channel Live ft KRS One 'Mad Izm'
3 Common Sense 'Resurrection' (Large Pro remix)
4 Group Home 'Supastar'
5 Kool G Rap 'For Da Brothaz'

Damn near impossible (esp 94 & 95). I could change that every day for the next few weeks and have a different 5 each time!

[Freezy Pazzy]

1992
1 The Pharcyde "Ya Mama"
2 Comptons Most Wanted "Def Wish II (East Coast Gang Starr Re-Mix)"
3 Showbiz & A.G. "Represent"
4 Above The Law "V.S.O.P."
5 All City Productions "Unsolved Mysterme"

1993
1 Ultramagnetic MC's "Raise It Up"
2 KRS-One "I Can't Wake Up"
3 Threat "Shuta Fuck Up"
4 N-Tense "Raise The Levels Of The Boom"
5 Da King & I "Flip Da Scrip Remix"

1994
1 Gang Starr "The ? Remainz"
2 Souls Of Mischief "Never No More (76 Seville Remix)"
3 K-Dee "Thought I Saw A Pussy Cat"
4 Big Mike "Playa Playa"
5 Kenspin "Spin 2 My Funk"

1995
1 Big L "Put It On (L.G. Remix)"
2 The Fabulous Five "Blah"
3 Shamus "Big Willie Style"
4 The Nonce "Good To Go"
5 Kory D. "Ghetto Niggaz"

[Bigg Boss Luciano]

Impossible!
Those are the best hip hop years, can't just pick out 5 from each year... shit, I couldn't even pick out 55, lol.

5 Kory D. "Ghetto Niggaz"

Wow, thought I was the only one that feels that album, lol... Love No Hoe is my shit

[Freezy Pazzy]

5 Kory D. "Ghetto Niggaz"

Wow, thought I was the only one that feels that album, lol... Love No Hoe is my shit

Criminally slept-on album, which stood the test of time very well.

[Huldrich Bullsh!t]

1992

5 All City Productions "Unsolved Mysterme"

whats with that?



i have this and another 12" under the moniker Mysterme and Dj 20/20
and they also released an album

anyone know whats all city productions?

[Huldrich Bullsh!t]

its impossible but here are 5 off the top of my head in no particular order

hard knocks - ghetto love
pete rock & Cl Smooth - for petes sake
Gang Starr - ex girl to next girl
pharcyde - on the DL
boogie down productions - we in there

[Tim Burton]

1992
1 Eric B & Rakim – Juice (Know the Ledge)
2 Nas - Halftime
3 Showbiz & AG – Fat Pockets (Remix)
4 Naughty By Nature – Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
5 Rough House Survivors – Can You Dig It?

1993
1 Jeru The Damaja – Come Clean
2 Souls Of Mischief – 93 til Infinity
3 Dred Scott – Nuttin Ta Lose
4 MC Eiht – Straight Up Menace
5 Lords of the Underground – Flow On Remix

1994
1 Fugee’s – Happy Heads (remix)
2 Nas - Represent
3 Saafir – Light Sleeper
4 Gang Star – Mass Appeal
5 Channel Live – Mad Izm

1995
1Mobb Deep – Shook Ones Part 2
2 Group Home – Livin Proof
3 LPG – Worst Enemy Greatest Ally
4 Alkaholiks - 2014
5 The Nonce - Mixtapes

[diggy64]

i have this and another 12" under the moniker Mysterme and Dj 20/20
and they also released an album

anyone know whats all city productions?

Pucho (aka Mysterme) grew up in the Bronx of Puerto Rican heritage; his early influences were old-school rap, especially Run DMC. He first met and worked with Lamar (aka DJ 20/20) when they attended South Bronx High School. Mysterme moved to San Francisco after graduation to find a record deal but after Joe Quixx produced his "Unsolved Mysterme" single, he moved back to New York, where DJ 20/20 had already produced some local hardcore rap. The duo began recording and were soon signed by Gee Street Records. A remix of "Unsolved Mysterme" was their first single; Let Me Explain (1994) showed the group as socially conscious hardcore rappers speaking out against violence on songs such as "Happy like Death" and "Playtime's Over." ~ John Bush, Rovi

Seems as if DJ 20/20 is not credited in any liner notes on the 12", cassette, or CD singles. The A-Side features Motion Man and production from a Cali cat named Joe Quixx. King Tech is credited as doing the mixing and scratching for "Unsolved Mysterme", thus the Wake Up Show connection. On a side, Motion Man actually references this record in this interview as his first release. This was before his affiliation with Kutmaster Kurt and Kool Keith. Interesting stuff.

[Freezy Pazzy]

Yup. And that All City Productions 12", aside from having a dope graffiti-style cover, was a pretty nice record.

[Huldrich Bullsh!t]

so all city productions is a sampler?

[Freezy Pazzy]

Nope, it was kinda like the production team for the short lived All City Records. To my knowledge they only dropped one single ("Bust Your Rhymes / Unsolved Mysterme") in '92, but every individual involved kept on releasing music after this (Sway & Tech, Motion Man, Mysterme, Joe Quixx).

[Thun]

I tried. I can't. This almost gave me an ulcer.

[Philaflava]

I did it three times. Felt like shit for having Troublenecks Bros on here and not Jeru.

[Huldrich Bullsh!t]

I did it three times. Felt like shit for having Troublenecks Bros on here and not Jeru.

yeah its impossible to make a definite top 5

93
ATCQ - steve biko
black moon - i got cha opin
souls of mischief - 93...
de la soul - breakadawn london remix
yall so stupid - family tree

[stype_ones]

I tried. I can't. This almost gave me an ulcer.

Seriously. I had about 20 different versions. Can't pull this one off. Good challenge, though.

[clark bent]

YOU MUST INCLUDED 1 REMIX and 1 "OBSCURE" track in your 5.

1992
1. halftime - nas
2. troy - pete rock
3. freestyle - diamond d
4. scenario remix - tribe
5. in the trunk remix - too short

1993
1. higher level - krs one
2. i gotcha open - black moon
3. tha shiznit - snoop
4. you cant front - diamond sadat finesse
5. wu tang 7th chamber remix - wu tang

1994
1. mass appeal - gangstarr
2. superbad - beatnuts
3. soul by the pound remix - common
4. code of the streets - gangstarr
5. one, two - ground floor

1995
1. microphone master - das efx
2. incarcerated scarfaces - raekwon
3. up against the wall remix - group home
4. rather unique - az
5. grown man sport - ini