Their Greatest Album (Rap)

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Cypress Hill
is the self-titled debut album of Cypress Hill, released on August 13, 1991. It was critically and commercially successful, with over 2 million copies sold and getting certified double Platinum by the RIAA.
In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. The album was included in the book1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Rolling Stone called it "an album that is innovative and engaging in spite of its hard-core messages."

  • Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's".
  • Ranked #57 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s".
  • Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s".
Track listing[edit]
  1. "Pigs" – 2:51
  2. "How I Could Just Kill a Man" – 4:16
  3. "Hand on the Pump" – 4:03
  4. "Hole in the Head" – 3:33
  5. "Ultraviolet Dreams" – 0:41
  6. "Light Another" – 3:17
  7. "The Phuncky Feel One" – 3:28
  8. "Break It Up" – 1:07
  9. "Real Estate" – 3:45
  10. "Stoned Is the Way of the Walk" – 2:46
  11. "Psycobetabuckdown" – 2:59
  12. "Something for the Blunted" – 1:15
  13. "Latin Lingo" – 3:58
  14. "The Funky Cypress Hill Shit" – 4:01
  15. "Tres Equis" – 1:54
  16. "Born to Get Busy" – 3:00
 
Whodini
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Back in Black, released in 1986, was the third album by Americanhip hop group Whodini. The album spawned three singles: "Funky Beat", "Growing Up", and "One Love", which was sampled in E-40's song "1-Luv" featuring Levitti, taken from his 1995 album In a Major Way. The album was certified platinum by RIAA.

The music video for the third single "Growing Up" was notable for the appearances of actors Giancarlo Esposito, Laurence Fishburneand Carl Anthony Payne II.

Track listing[edit]
# Title Time
1 "Funky Beat" 5:01
2 "One Love" 5:32
3 "Growing Up" 5:10
4 "I'm A Ho" 4:06
5 "How Dare You" 6:48
6 "Fugitive" 6:12
7 "Echo Scratch" 5:21
8 "Last Night (I Had A Long Talk with Myself)" 5:15
9 "The Good Part" 4:45
10 "Whodini Mega Mix" 7:17
 
UTFO
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UTFO is the first album released by old-school hip hop group UTFO. The most notable track of the album is "Roxanne, Roxanne"—the track that ignited the so-called Roxanne Wars. The tracks "The Real Roxanne" and "Calling Her a Crab (Roxanne Part 2)" are answer songs of other artists' attacks.

Track listing[edit]
LP release
No.
Title Length
1. "Leader of the Pack" 4:59
2. "Beats and Rhymes" 5:56
3. "Roxanne, Roxanne" 5:12
4. "Fairytale Lover" 5:46
5. "Lisa Lips" 6:03
6. "Hanging Out" 5:04
7. "Bite It" 3:52
8. "The Real Roxanne" 4:31
9. "Calling Her a Crab (Roxanne Part 2)" 5:05
 
I played that CD for 6 straight years every day :lol:
Down71 - The Getaway has got to be top 10 storytelling songs
Oh what a dumb dumb I got yum yummed on a dead end..

Fuck it, posting the lyrics. Bone spit so fast a lot of people missed the Cool lyrics of this song

Down 71 - The Getaway lyrics


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Down '71 (The Getaway)
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Bizzy Bone
We had to get 'em up wid two thugs
Runnin' side by side wid number one
Murda mo drop my guage on 'em
When the po-po chase,
If they catch me barehanded I'm done
Rip's gripping the six shot pump, so spill it
Copper lettin' the lead off
Copper thought that he had me caught
Little Layzie blew his head off (AAwwwwwww)
Get him up, and get up,
The bullets they start to get lit up,
Number one best start duckin' wid ah gun already buckin'
Bust me lead on the double glock 'n
Where the fiends roll up for rocks 'n,
This perfect getaway,
From the pigs when I peel and I hit the fences,
Rippin' up the trench and,
I'm bailing while they trailing
Better in hell than in the cell
And it ain't no telling where the coppers be dwelling,
One had spotted me, pick up ah piece and shot a me
But I practice what I preach
And see that these slugs up in his body got him,
Run, wid smoke coming from the barrel ah me gun
Hit the bend, oh what the dum dum I got yum yummed on the dead end
They set in, then they lead in,
They wanting me off in the coffin
Cops from everywhere was yellin and wailin' I went unconcious,
From the stompin' taking ah loss, and waking up in the coffin,
And without no stallin'
Cell I was tossed in to be arreigned at dawning,
Looking in the eyes of a judge,
He knew right where to put that thug
Made to be so, wid no parole
In the hole but I won't budge
Sent me to deathrow,
Watchin' the time by fly past
But Rip'll be sittin' mindless never spineless, in silence
Hoping I die fast, but chill,
Never do, sleepa, gotta get put that on all me reefer
Somehow must beat ya, so peep out the creep or the reaper will meet ya

Layzie Bone
Bailin' on ah mission, flippin' the script
Betta check what the wind just blew in
Betta think again, it's a preacher wid ah grin
On ah mission for revenge, wid that Mack-10
Little nigga Rip, had to empty the clip
Gotta pump them slugs up in them cops
Steady made 'em drop glock went pop pop
Goin' out like a thug on the double glock,
Back from hell and ready to bail,
Time to hit they trail cause they wanted my nigga fried
Holdin' the Bible when I got a grenade I'ma go inside the squad,
Gettin' ready for the rumble
When I heard them mumbles, pullin' me guage in laughter
Keep buckin 'em faster all I was thinkin'
When I see them bustas scatter
Betta watch out for them buckshots
Cause them can't fade me guage,
Gotta bust them souls in the grave,
So I'm buckin' them straight to the pave, can't be saved,
I'm bucking, little Ripster reinforcements comin' in faster
Blast give my nigga double Zs the Mack-10
Lettin' the gun gun blaze on they ass,
Gotta rip in them chests through vests
Mack-10s, sawed off eruptions, got plenty ammunition
No missing listen destruction I'm bustin'
Cause I'm making that getaway, bound to getaway,
Niggas got to escape and it's never to late
When you dash and tryna' break
Nigga just can't test the Bone fate
We steadily runnin' duckin'
Comin' up to the front door barri-caded,
And I pulled ah grenade, tossed to the door, let it explode
And we made it, creepin' in the courtyard
So Krayzie feelin' safety coming
Hittin' the fence and jump in it quick
From Krayzie's tech-9 bullets humming.

Narrator
Well it seems as if them two boys Bizzy and Layzie
Done got theyselves into another jam
(Well I'd love to see them boys get theyself outta this one)

Krayzie Bone
Soon as I went in the smoke, rollin' real fast like a dog
And began wid a rage and the guage can't let go
They done labelled my nigga psychotic
Bitches is got him sittin' on deathrow,
Scoping out the tower peeping the scene
So when my niggas trail,
Screaming out one eighty seven and bail,
Gotta get my nigga Rip out that cell, it's all over now,
How my nigga number one disguised as the preacher,
Won't be pullin' ah Bible mission for survival nigga so I creep the
Tech millimetre, somebody done pull the alarm now it's on,
Slaughterin' Bone, sprayed off the tech
Gotta let 'em know which way was on,
We got gone but them police was pullin' up quick nigga what's up
Quick bust in first when he hit that fence niggas got cut the fuck up,
We steady bucking, steady duckin' buckin' while I was jumpin'
All we was thinking is don't get caught
Nigga like me get the gun running
Gunning fronting wid thugs gotta get to the smug
Turn around and we pump slugs, put 'em in the mud,
And all across my face was the red that lay in blood,
Dodging the who, make the gun flip wid ah swoo,
Bailing back on wid my troops,
I'm runnin' wid 4 crazy niggas
That's down wid they niggas they ain't scared to shoot,
Now I'm rolling, no more than ah half ah mile we get stopped
Cops surround Bone, we load glocks
And squeeze say fuck all these road blocks
Busted ah U, then put that bitch in reverse
And I get the swish and I push the button
That boy came out the trunk and,
Put it in drive see that Souljah boy bucking,
Back in the other direction,
Po-po came quick then heat up,
Niggas blast at each other,
Open up they doors and they get they feet up,
I jumped outta the car, had to jump over the hood,
Cause I'm headin' straight for the woods
So the niggas they follow behind me
We getaway smooth, ah nigga made good
Came up quick to the hideout
Wait until midnight till we ride out,
Hit ah car so we can drive out,
While we waited we all got fried out, fool
If youse a thuggish ruggish thug nigga scream mo,
Took one ah my niggas off deathrow now we got one mo to go

 
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Def Jam fucked up BIG TIME not releasing The Convo as a single/video/movie. The song was so beautifully written like a video/movie done by F. Gary Gray or Hype Williams. It was after the extensive longevity of Bone Thugs and Harmony Tha Crossroads, it was a God-based rap that could have taken that album to whole new heights. They missed the boat on that one big time

 
Enter the Wu-Tang was a cult classic, but Forever was a much better overall product. Double enhanced cd with video game, and one of the best collection of lyrics and "unique" production on one album ever. I doubt there has ever been an album with this many bars in history. This shit got a Grammy nomination, got robbed by Puffy's album, and Ol' Dirty had to take the stage to address the fuckery. Take it from a big, Day One, Wutang fan.





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Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, released November 9, 1993, on Loud Records and distributed through RCA Records.
The distinctive sound of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) created a blueprint for hardcore hip hop during the 1990s and helped return New York City hip hop to national prominence. Its sound also became greatly influential in modern hip hop production, while the group members' explicit, humorous, and free-associative lyrics have served as a template for many subsequent hip hop records. Serving as a landmark record in the era of hip hop known as the East Coast Renaissance, its influence helped lead the way for several other East Coast hip hop artists, including Nas, The Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, and Jay-Z.

Despite its raw, underground sound, the album had surprising chart success, peaking at number 41 on the US Billboard200 chart. By 1995, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and has sold over two million copies in the United States.[1] Initially receiving positive reviews from most music critics, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is widely regarded as one of the most significant albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the greatest hip hop albums ever.

Track listing
1 "Bring da Ruckus"
2 "Shame on a Nigga"
3 "Clan in da Front"
4 "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber"
5 "Can It Be All So Simple"
6 "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'"
7 "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta Fuck Wit"
8 "C.R.E.A.M."
9 "Method Man"
10 "Protect Ya Neck"
11 "Tearz"
12 "Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber—Part II"
 
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Sex Packets is the debut album from the 1990s rap group Digital Underground.The album was released in the spring of 1990 following the success of its two lead-off singles: "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doowutchyalike']Doowutchyalike", a moderate club hit, followed by "The Humpty Dance," which reached #11 on the pop charts, #7 on the R&B charts, and #1 on the Billboard Rap Singles chart. Sex Packets was released to positive reviews and eventually achieved platinum sales.In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums Ever.[10] It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[/URL]
 
another track wish couldnt fuck with lol
Wish Bone was absent a lot. He was the weakest member and he accepted it and didn't force his way onto tracks and mess them up. Man, if Bizzy didn't dive headfirst into alcohol and start smelling himself they would have been dominant longer than a fortnight (damn, I been watching Game of Thrones too long)
 
Down71 - The Getaway has got to be top 10 storytelling songs
Oh what a dumb dumb I got yum yummed on a dead end..

Fuck it, posting the lyrics. Bone spit so fast a lot of people missed the Cool lyrics of this song

Down 71 - The Getaway lyrics


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Down '71 (The Getaway)
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony

Bizzy Bone
We had to get 'em up wid two thugs
Runnin' side by side wid number one
Murda mo drop my guage on 'em
When the po-po chase,
If they catch me barehanded I'm done
Rip's gripping the six shot pump, so spill it
Copper lettin' the lead off
Copper thought that he had me caught
Little Layzie blew his head off (AAwwwwwww)
Get him up, and get up,
The bullets they start to get lit up,
Number one best start duckin' wid ah gun already buckin'
Bust me lead on the double glock 'n
Where the fiends roll up for rocks 'n,
This perfect getaway,
From the pigs when I peel and I hit the fences,
Rippin' up the trench and,
I'm bailing while they trailing
Better in hell than in the cell
And it ain't no telling where the coppers be dwelling,
One had spotted me, pick up ah piece and shot a me
But I practice what I preach
And see that these slugs up in his body got him,
Run, wid smoke coming from the barrel ah me gun
Hit the bend, oh what the dum dum I got yum yummed on the dead end
They set in, then they lead in,
They wanting me off in the coffin
Cops from everywhere was yellin and wailin' I went unconcious,
From the stompin' taking ah loss, and waking up in the coffin,
And without no stallin'
Cell I was tossed in to be arreigned at dawning,
Looking in the eyes of a judge,
He knew right where to put that thug
Made to be so, wid no parole
In the hole but I won't budge
Sent me to deathrow,
Watchin' the time by fly past
But Rip'll be sittin' mindless never spineless, in silence
Hoping I die fast, but chill,
Never do, sleepa, gotta get put that on all me reefer
Somehow must beat ya, so peep out the creep or the reaper will meet ya

Layzie Bone
Bailin' on ah mission, flippin' the script
Betta check what the wind just blew in
Betta think again, it's a preacher wid ah grin
On ah mission for revenge, wid that Mack-10
Little nigga Rip, had to empty the clip
Gotta pump them slugs up in them cops
Steady made 'em drop glock went pop pop
Goin' out like a thug on the double glock,
Back from hell and ready to bail,
Time to hit they trail cause they wanted my nigga fried
Holdin' the Bible when I got a grenade I'ma go inside the squad,
Gettin' ready for the rumble
When I heard them mumbles, pullin' me guage in laughter
Keep buckin 'em faster all I was thinkin'
When I see them bustas scatter
Betta watch out for them buckshots
Cause them can't fade me guage,
Gotta bust them souls in the grave,
So I'm buckin' them straight to the pave, can't be saved,
I'm bucking, little Ripster reinforcements comin' in faster
Blast give my nigga double Zs the Mack-10
Lettin' the gun gun blaze on they ass,
Gotta rip in them chests through vests
Mack-10s, sawed off eruptions, got plenty ammunition
No missing listen destruction I'm bustin'
Cause I'm making that getaway, bound to getaway,
Niggas got to escape and it's never to late
When you dash and tryna' break
Nigga just can't test the Bone fate
We steadily runnin' duckin'
Comin' up to the front door barri-caded,
And I pulled ah grenade, tossed to the door, let it explode
And we made it, creepin' in the courtyard
So Krayzie feelin' safety coming
Hittin' the fence and jump in it quick
From Krayzie's tech-9 bullets humming.

Narrator
Well it seems as if them two boys Bizzy and Layzie
Done got theyselves into another jam
(Well I'd love to see them boys get theyself outta this one)

Krayzie Bone
Soon as I went in the smoke, rollin' real fast like a dog
And began wid a rage and the guage can't let go
They done labelled my nigga psychotic
Bitches is got him sittin' on deathrow,
Scoping out the tower peeping the scene
So when my niggas trail,
Screaming out one eighty seven and bail,
Gotta get my nigga Rip out that cell, it's all over now,
How my nigga number one disguised as the preacher,
Won't be pullin' ah Bible mission for survival nigga so I creep the
Tech millimetre, somebody done pull the alarm now it's on,
Slaughterin' Bone, sprayed off the tech
Gotta let 'em know which way was on,
We got gone but them police was pullin' up quick nigga what's up
Quick bust in first when he hit that fence niggas got cut the fuck up,
We steady bucking, steady duckin' buckin' while I was jumpin'
All we was thinking is don't get caught
Nigga like me get the gun running
Gunning fronting wid thugs gotta get to the smug
Turn around and we pump slugs, put 'em in the mud,
And all across my face was the red that lay in blood,
Dodging the who, make the gun flip wid ah swoo,
Bailing back on wid my troops,
I'm runnin' wid 4 crazy niggas
That's down wid they niggas they ain't scared to shoot,
Now I'm rolling, no more than ah half ah mile we get stopped
Cops surround Bone, we load glocks
And squeeze say fuck all these road blocks
Busted ah U, then put that bitch in reverse
And I get the swish and I push the button
That boy came out the trunk and,
Put it in drive see that Souljah boy bucking,
Back in the other direction,
Po-po came quick then heat up,
Niggas blast at each other,
Open up they doors and they get they feet up,
I jumped outta the car, had to jump over the hood,
Cause I'm headin' straight for the woods
So the niggas they follow behind me
We getaway smooth, ah nigga made good
Came up quick to the hideout
Wait until midnight till we ride out,
Hit ah car so we can drive out,
While we waited we all got fried out, fool
If youse a thuggish ruggish thug nigga scream mo,
Took one ah my niggas off deathrow now we got one mo to go



Easily my top 5 favorite song on that album
 
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Bacdafucup /ˈbækdəfʌkʌp/ is the debut album from hardcore rap group Onyx. The album featured their breakout single, "Slam", which received heavy airplay on both radio and television (MTV and BET), leading the song to reach #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Bacdafucup was certified platinum by the RIAA on October 25, 1993. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time.

Track listing
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Bacdafucup" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:48
2. "Bichasniguz" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 3:54
3. "Throw Ya Gunz" Chyskillz 3:16
4. "Here 'N' Now" Chyskillz 3:40
5. "Bust Dat Ass" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:37
6. "Atak of da Bal-Hedz" Kool Tee 3:12
7. "Da Mad Face Invasion" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:46
8. "Blac Vagina Finda" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay; Co-Produced by Jeff Harris 3:12
9. "Da Bounca Nigga" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:29
10. "Nigga Bridges" Jam Master Jay & Jeff Harris; Co-Produced by Chyskillz 4:12
11. "Onyx Is Here" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 3:03
12. "Slam" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 3:38
13. "Stik 'N' Muve" Jam Master Jay & Jeff Harris; Co-Produced by Chyskillz 3:20
14. "Bichasbootleguz" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:27
15. "Shiftee" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 4:19
16. "Phat ('N' All Dat)" Chyskillz 3:17
17. "Da Nex Niguz" Kool Tee 4:07
18. "Getdafucout" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 1:08
 
This is Strike 3, lol. Real hip hop heads know the deal.







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Bacdafucup /ˈbækdəfʌkʌp/ is the debut album from hardcore rap group Onyx. The album featured their breakout single, "Slam", which received heavy airplay on both radio and television (MTV and BET), leading the song to reach #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Bacdafucup was certified platinum by the RIAA on October 25, 1993. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time.

Track listing
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Bacdafucup" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:48
2. "Bichasniguz" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 3:54
3. "Throw Ya Gunz" Chyskillz 3:16
4. "Here 'N' Now" Chyskillz 3:40
5. "Bust Dat Ass" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:37
6. "Atak of da Bal-Hedz" Kool Tee 3:12
7. "Da Mad Face Invasion" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:46
8. "Blac Vagina Finda" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay; Co-Produced by Jeff Harris 3:12
9. "Da Bounca Nigga" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:29
10. "Nigga Bridges" Jam Master Jay & Jeff Harris; Co-Produced by Chyskillz 4:12
11. "Onyx Is Here" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 3:03
12. "Slam" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 3:38
13. "Stik 'N' Muve" Jam Master Jay & Jeff Harris; Co-Produced by Chyskillz 3:20
14. "Bichasbootleguz" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:27
15. "Shiftee" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 4:19
16. "Phat ('N' All Dat)" Chyskillz 3:17
17. "Da Nex Niguz" Kool Tee 4:07
18. "Getdafucout" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 1:08
 
Peace,



No sir. Forever lacked the cohesion and madcap energy of their first record.
The one thing I can say about Wu-Tang forever is that it came out like Steph Curry coming back from his ankle. It screamed I'm back! I'm back!

Wu-Tang is here forever! Mother fuckers! Alright this 97? Alright my niggas and my niggerettes, Imma rub your ass in the moonshine, let's take it back to 79

I bomb atomically Socrates philosophies and hypotheses can't Define and I'll be dropping these mockeries, lyrically perform armed robberies...

As the World Turns I spread like germs...

But after that it didn't come as hard as the first one did. It just wasn't consistent. That song was one of the hardest, "Remember me bitch! I ain't went nowhere," tracks of all time
 
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1. "Da Introduction"
2. "East 1999"
3. "Eternal"
4. "Crept and We Came"
5. "Down '71 (The Getaway)"
6."Mr. Bill Collector"
7."Budsmokers Only"
8. "Crossroad"/"Tha Crossroads"
9."Me Killa"
10."Land of tha Heartless"
11."No Shorts, No Losses"
12."1st of tha Month"
13."Buddah Lovaz"
14."Die Die Die"
15."Mr. Ouija 2"
16."Mo Murda"
17."Shotz to tha Double Glock"

Fuck this album. Original release had a wack version of crossroads on it.
 
Wish Bone was absent a lot. He was the weakest member and he accepted it and didn't force his way onto tracks and mess them up. Man, if Bizzy didn't dive headfirst into alcohol and start smelling himself they would have been dominant longer than a fortnight (damn, I been watching Game of Thrones too long)

How was he missing alot on that album when he was on 14 of the 17 songs.. :confused: You must got mixed up with Flesh,because he was hardly on the early albums due to being in trouble alot

Also,I wouldn't call Wish the weakest member,it just the other members just outshine him,especially on the first two albums.He got lazy when they dropped Art of War and even then he was more productive than Bizzy and Layzie

If,anyone who should be called the weakest,it should be Bizzy,because fell off hard,especially after East 1999 Eternal.At least,with Wish,he had some sorry verses,but he also had some verses that was great,you can't say the same thing about Bizzy.If,I had the time I would edit out most of Bizzy's verses,because they ruined most of the songs they had.


Fuck this album. Original release had a wack version of crossroads on it.

The original version is light years better than both remixes,especially the first one.
 
How was he missing alot on that album when he was on 14 of the 17 songs.. :confused: You must got mixed up with Flesh,because he was hardly on the early albums due to being in trouble alot

Also,I wouldn't call Wish the weakest member,it just the other members just outshine him,especially on the first two albums.He got lazy when they dropped Art of War and even then he was more productive than Bizzy and Layzie

If,anyone who should be called the weakest,it should be Bizzy,because fell off hard,especially after East 1999 Eternal.At least,with Wish,he had some sorry verses,but he also had some verses that was great,you can't say the same thing about Bizzy.If,I had the time I would edit out most of Bizzy's verses,because they ruined most of the songs they had.




The original version is light years better than both remixes,especially the first one.
@g0nbad real bad the original Crossroads was lightyears better than the remix. It was true to heart, and more along the lines of "This can't be life" by Jay Z when the remix was more like Gangster Lean - one had much more depth but got no reply, and the other lacked depth and got mad airplay.

I am a little angry at Bizzy for drinking away a dream.

Everyone style changed after the popularity of the crossroads remix period everybody except Krayzie Bone. He stayed pretty much consistent with everybody else their voices raised an octave or two. They seemed to try too hard to recapture lightning in the bottle that was the popularity of the crossroads

I can't speak on too much about what went on between East 99 eternal and the Art of War and even after that because I was in the military at the time. But E.99 Eternal was a classic CD start to finish
 
I didn't know folks loved Bone like that.

E1999 was as groundbreaking as ANY full release in the the time period (the best era of hip hop, the 90's). They literally changed the arch of the art form, that took a decade for everyone else to catch up copy and run with it. The content was not for me (at the time), but they led to so many copy cats. Hell the melodic singing flow is the reason why drake is the king of the radio right now.

imo crossroads (original) is a MASTERPIECE, but so is the remix for that beat. It is hard to do both, which is why that song was so phenomenal.

and WU forever was great, but as a double it had far too much filler, and it was obvious the WU was no longer hungry and connected to the roots, even RZA was off, but that point.

The only WU member that remained true was Ghostface, album to album

I mean just try and rank the "best" out of these: Tough job, let along Fishscales, Pretty Tony and BulletProof



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Heavy D
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Big Tyme is the second album by American hip hop group Heavy D & the Boyz.
Track listing[edit]
  1. "We Got Our Own Thang"- 3:50
  2. "You Ain't Heard Nuttin Yet"- 4:28
  3. "Somebody for Me"- 5:03
  4. "Mood for Love"- 5:27
  5. "Ez Duz It Do It Ez"- 3:59
  6. "A Better Land"- 4:55
  7. "Gyrlz, They Love Me"- 4:52
  8. "More Bounce"- 4:53
  9. "Big Tyme"- 4:56
  10. "Flexin'"- 3:51
  11. "Here We Go Again, Y'all"- 4:05
  12. "Let It Flow"- 3:45

Now we talking...

Young Bucks Don't KNOW ABOUT THIS here.
 
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Licensed to Ill is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group Beastie Boys. It was released on November 15, 1986 by Def Jam and Columbia Records. It was the first rap LP to top the Billboard album chart. It is also one of Columbia Records' fastest-selling debut records to date and eventually sold over ten million copies in the United States.
In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.[15] It is the only album by a Jewish hip-hop act to receive 5 mics from The Source.[13] In 2003, the album was ranked number 217 on Rolling Stonemagazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time[16] and in 2013 the magazine named it the best debut album of all time.[17] Vibe included it in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century.[18] Q gave the album four out of five stars, saying "Licensed to Ill remains the world's only punk rock rap album, arguably superior to Never Mind the Bollocks…knowing that apathy and slovenliness were just around the corner."[19] Melody Maker gave the album a positive review, saying "There's lots of self-reverential bragging, more tenuous rhymes than are usually permitted by law and, most importantly of all, an unshakably glorious celebration of being alive.… A surprisingly enduring classic."[20] In 2002,Pitchfork Media ranked the album at #41 in its list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s", despite their prior unflattering review of the album.

In 2006, Q magazine placed the album at number 16 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s".[22] In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at number 12 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s" saying "Rife with layer upon layer of sampling, start-stop transitions, and aggressive beats, it helped transform the genre from a direct dialogue between MC and DJ into a piercing, multi-threaded narrative" and "helped set an exciting template for the future".[23] Eminem said the album was one of his favorites of all time and said it changed hip hop.[24] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on February 2, 1987 and eventually certified Diamond on March 4, 2015.[26] The single "Brass Monkey" was certified Gold for shipment of 500,000+ sales.[26] In 2012, in the week following Adam Yauch's death, which subsequently resulted in a surge in sales of Beastie Boys albums, Licensed to Ill reached number 1 on Billboard's Catalog Albums chart.[27] The album also re-entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 18.

Track listing
All songs written and composed by Beastie Boys and Rick Rubin, except where noted.

No. Title Length
1. "Rhymin & Stealin" 4:08
2. "The New Style" 4:36
3. "She's Crafty" 3:35
4. "Posse in Effect" 2:27
5. "Slow Ride" 2:56
6. "Girls" 2:14
7. "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" 3:28
8. "No Sleep till Brooklyn" 4:07
9. "Paul Revere" (Adam Horovitz, Darryl McDaniels, Rubin, Joseph Simmons) 3:41
10. "Hold It Now, Hit It" 3:26
11. "Brass Monkey" 2:37
12. "Slow and Low" (McDaniels, Rubin, Simmons) 3:38
13. "Time to Get Ill"
 
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Goin' Off
is the debut studio album by American hip hop musician Biz Markie. The album was released by Cold Chillin' Records, and produced by Marley Marl. The album was praised for its wit and humor. Big Daddy Kanewrote the lyrics of the album's first five songs. The album also showcased Biz's talent as a human beatbox on the song "Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz", and his skill in the game of dozens on the track "Nobody Beats the Biz". One of his most widely known songs, "Vapors", was on the album.

Some reissues from 1995 onwards replace the Marley Marl remix of "Make the Music with Your Mouth" with the original 12" version, the album version of "Vapors" with the remix, and the original "This Is Something for the Radio" with the remix.

In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.[5]

In 2006, the album was re-released by Traffic Entertainment Group with a bonus disc. It restores the original album versions of "Vapors" and "This Is Something for the Radio" as well as the Marley Marl remix of "Make the Music" that appeared on the original LP.

The album is broken down track-by-track by Biz Markie in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.[6]

  1. "Pickin' Boogers" – 4:42
  2. "Albee Square Mall" – 4:43
  3. "Biz is Goin' Off" – 4:50
  4. "Return of the Biz Dance" – 3:59
  5. "Vapors" – 4:33
  6. "Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz" – 4:56
  7. "Biz Dance (Part One)" – 3:38
  8. "Nobody Beats the Biz" – 5:42
  9. "This Is Something for the Radio" – 5:14
  10. "Cool V's Tribute to Scratching" – 3:07
 
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... is the solo debut album of American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon, released on August 1, 1995, by Loud Records and RCA Records
Upon its release, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... debuted at number four on the
Billboard 200 chart, and number two on theTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, while selling 130,000 copies in its opening week.[3] The album was certified gold by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 2, 1995,[4] and according to Nielsen Soundscan, it has sold 1.1 million copies in the United States alone.[5] Although it failed to acquire the same initial sales success as previous Wu-Tang solo albums, Cuban Linx achieved greater critical praise, with many complimenting its cinematic lyricism and production.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... has received acclaim from music critics and writers over the years, with many lauding it as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Cuban Linx is the most acclaimed solo Wu-Tang work.
[6] In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine placed it at number 480 on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
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Track listing

All songs produced by RZA.
No. Title Length
1. "Striving for Perfection" 1:43
2. "Knuckleheadz" (featuring Ghostface Killah &
U-God) 4:03
3. "Knowledge God" 4:24
4. "
Criminology" (featuring Ghostface Killah) 3:47
5. "Incarcerated Scarfaces" 4:42
6. "
Rainy Dayz" (featuring Ghostface Killah & Blue Raspberry) 6:02
7. "Guillotine (Swordz)" (featuring Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah & GZA) 4:22
8. "Can It Be All So Simple (Remix)" (featuring Ghostface Killah) 5:38
9. "Shark Niggas (Biters)" 1:38
10. "Ice Water" (featuring Ghostface Killah &
Cappadonna) 3:38
11. "Glaciers of Ice" (featuring Masta Killa & Ghostface Killah) 5:20
12. "Verbal Intercourse" (featuring Nas & Ghostface Killah) 3:31
13. "Wisdom Body" (featuring Ghostface Killah) 2:38
14. "Spot Rusherz" 3:13
15. "
Ice Cream" (featuring Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna) 4:13
16. "Wu-Gambinos" (featuring Method Man, RZA, Masta Killa & Ghostface Killah) 5:39
17. "Heaven & Hell" (featuring Ghostface Killah) 4:56
 
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Bacdafucup /ˈbækdəfʌkʌp/ is the debut album from hardcore rap group Onyx. The album featured their breakout single, "Slam", which received heavy airplay on both radio and television (MTV and BET), leading the song to reach #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Bacdafucup was certified platinum by the RIAA on October 25, 1993. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time.

Track listing
No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Bacdafucup" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:48
2. "Bichasniguz" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 3:54
3. "Throw Ya Gunz" Chyskillz 3:16
4. "Here 'N' Now" Chyskillz 3:40
5. "Bust Dat Ass" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:37
6. "Atak of da Bal-Hedz" Kool Tee 3:12
7. "Da Mad Face Invasion" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:46
8. "Blac Vagina Finda" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay; Co-Produced by Jeff Harris 3:12
9. "Da Bounca Nigga" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:29
10. "Nigga Bridges" Jam Master Jay & Jeff Harris; Co-Produced by Chyskillz 4:12
11. "Onyx Is Here" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 3:03
12. "Slam" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 3:38
13. "Stik 'N' Muve" Jam Master Jay & Jeff Harris; Co-Produced by Chyskillz 3:20
14. "Bichasbootleguz" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 0:27
15. "Shiftee" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 4:19
16. "Phat ('N' All Dat)" Chyskillz 3:17
17. "Da Nex Niguz" Kool Tee 4:07
18. "Getdafucout" Chyskillz & Jam Master Jay 1:08
This is a slept on classic. From beginning to end, I played this everyday in high school.
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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... is the solo debut album of American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon, released on August 1, 1995, by Loud Records and RCA Records
Upon its release, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... debuted at number four on the
Billboard 200 chart, and number two on theTop R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, while selling 130,000 copies in its opening week.[3] The album was certified gold by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 2, 1995,[4] and according to Nielsen Soundscan, it has sold 1.1 million copies in the United States alone.[5] Although it failed to acquire the same initial sales success as previous Wu-Tang solo albums, Cuban Linx achieved greater critical praise, with many complimenting its cinematic lyricism and production.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... has received acclaim from music critics and writers over the years, with many lauding it as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Cuban Linx is the most acclaimed solo Wu-Tang work.
[6] In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine placed it at number 480 on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
Track listing

All songs produced by RZA.
No. Title Length
1. "Striving for Perfection" 1:43
2. "Knuckleheadz" (featuring Ghostface Killah &
U-God) 4:03
3. "Knowledge God" 4:24
4. "
Criminology" (featuring Ghostface Killah) 3:47
5. "Incarcerated Scarfaces" 4:42
6. "
Rainy Dayz" (featuring Ghostface Killah & Blue Raspberry) 6:02
7. "Guillotine (Swordz)" (featuring Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah & GZA) 4:22
8. "Can It Be All So Simple (Remix)" (featuring Ghostface Killah) 5:38
9. "Shark Niggas (Biters)" 1:38
10. "Ice Water" (featuring Ghostface Killah &
Cappadonna) 3:38
11. "Glaciers of Ice" (featuring Masta Killa & Ghostface Killah) 5:20
12. "Verbal Intercourse" (featuring Nas & Ghostface Killah) 3:31
13. "Wisdom Body" (featuring Ghostface Killah) 2:38
14. "Spot Rusherz" 3:13
15. "
Ice Cream" (featuring Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna) 4:13
16. "Wu-Gambinos" (featuring Method Man, RZA, Masta Killa & Ghostface Killah) 5:39
17. "Heaven & Hell" (featuring Ghostface Killah) 4:56
I still listen to this, every song
 
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Dead Serious is the debut studio album of American hip hop duo Das EFX, released April 7, 1992 on East West Records and distributed through Atlantic Records.The album was a certified hit, peaking at 16 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, topping the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albumschart for five weeks and reaching platinum sales by 1993. Well-received upon its release, Dead Serious has since been regarded by music writers as a significant and influential album in hip hop.

Track listing
  • All tracks produced by Solid Scheme, except where noted.
No. Title Length
1. "Mic Checka" 4:54
2. "Jussummen" 3:29
3. "They Want EFX" 3:39
4. "Looseys" 2:50
5. "Dum Dums" 3:50
6. "East Coast" 4:29
7. "If Only" 4:02
8. "Brooklyn to T-Neck" 4:01
9. "Klap Ya Handz" (Produced by Dexx) 4:07
10. "Straight Out the Sewer"
 
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Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z... is the second studio album by rapperTupac Shakur, released by Jive Records and T.N.T. Recordings on February 16, 1993. The rights now belong to Amaru Entertainment. N.I.G.G.A.Z. in the title is an acronym for Never Ign'ant Getting Goals Accomplished; the "Z" in the title makes it a plural.

Similar to his debut, 2Pacalypse Now, the album contains many tracks emphasizing 2Pac's political and social views. The original album was going to be named "Troublesome 21" and released in September '92, but it was scrapped. Debuting at number twenty-four on the Billboard 200, this album saw more commercial success than its predecessor, and there are many noticeable differences in production. While Tupac's first effort included a more underground or indie-rap-oriented sound, this album was considered his "breakout" album. It spawned the hits "Keep Ya Head Up" and "I Get Around" and has since reached double platinum status.

On vinyl, Side A (tracks 1-8) was labeled the "Black Side" and Side B (tracks 9-16) the "Dark Side."

The album features guest appearances from the group Live Squad, 2Pac's stepbrother The Wycked (later known as "Mopreme", later a member of 2Pac's groups Thug Life and The Outlawz), Ice-T, Ice Cube, Treach, Apache, Poppi, Deadly Threat, R&B singer Dave Hollister and Digital Underground. The album is now out of print.
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics by 2Pac, music compositions listed below.

No. Title Producer(s) Length
1. "Holler If Ya Hear Me" Stretch 4:38
2. "Pac's Theme (Interlude)" The Underground Railroad 1:56
3. "Point the Finga" Big D The Impossible 4:25
4. "Something 2 Die 4 (Interlude)" 2Pac and Big D The Impossible 2:43
5. "Last Wordz" (featuring Ice Cube and Ice-T) Bobcat, Jam Master Jay 3:36
6. "Souljah's Revenge" Bobcat 3:16
7. "Peep Game" (featuring Deadly Threat) Bobcat 4:28
8. "Strugglin'" (featuring Live Squad) Live Squad 3:33
9. "Guess Who's Back" Special Ed 3:06
10. "Representin' 93" Truman Jefferson 3:34
11. "Keep Ya Head Up" (featuring Dave Hollister) DJ Daryl 4:22
12. "Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z..." (featuring Pacific Heights) Lay Law 5:55
13. "The Streetz R Deathrow" Stretch 3:26
14. "I Get Around" (featuring Shock G and Money-B) The D-Flow Production Squad 4:19
15. "Papa'z Song" (featuring Wycked and Poppi) Big D The Impossible 5:25
16. "5 Deadly Venomz" (featuring Treach, Live Squad and Apache) Stretch 5:13

False.
 
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Bacdafucup /ˈbækdəfʌkʌp/ is the debut album from hardcore rap group Onyx. The album featured their breakout single, "Slam", which received heavy airplay on both radio and television (MTV and BET), leading the song to reach #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Bacdafucup was certified platinum by the RIAA on October 25, 1993. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time.


Have to disagree; it took me a full 15 years and another critical relisten to realize that All We Got Iz Us > Bacadafucup.

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AWGIU was SOOOO dark and that darknesses made the album absolutely dope as hell.
 
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