sang with emotion about real life love and heartbreak.
this thread has evolved away from what I thought was a good topic: real life love and heartbreak. there's a whole lot of grew-up-on-the-crime-side-hardknock-life-now-I'm-scarred type contributions here.
not saying these are not important songs, I just think it's more interesting to look into who has bared their soul on some love and heartbreak shit rather than on the I-had-it-rough-growing-up shit.
the former are more rare I think.
Yahmean!? These dudes need to get familiar with that Jacki-O level emotional heartstring tugging lyricism! Word up son!
dude I'll assume you can actually understand the point I am making here and only goading me to up your post count.
what I was saying, as you surely understand, is that there are two distinct sub-genres being mentioned here.
1. hardknock childhood I love my mom raps
2. heartbreak/breakup love raps
Number 1 we got plenty of (as evidenced in this thread). Number 2 are actually a lot more rare in hip hop.
I'm with you, son!
I know when you was coppin' my coupe, that you was coppin' two/ I know when you got me the red one, that she got the blue
That's that real heartbreak schitt! Touching you in places you didn't even know you had feelings!
If some one is telling a story about slanging crack and all the girls and cars it gets them and how they are 10 feet tall, I call BS. I want to hear how does slanging crack make you feel when you are done using the girls and you turn off the lights and lay down in bed. Most crack dealers can't express, or even acknowledge those emotions. That is what makes them crack dealers (or make believe crack dealers) and not artists.
biggie and jay talk on this a lot
Both of those quotes made me think about this song by Jay...
Stress Sunshine, geyeah
I sold it all from crack to o-pium, in third person I don't wanna see em, so I'm rehearsin with my peoples high to GM, from a remote lo-cation in the BM, scopin the whole situation like, "Dayamm!" Metamorphic, as the dope turns to cre-am but one of these buyers got eyes like a Korean It's difficult to read em, the windows to his soul are half closed, I put the key in Pulled off slow, hopin my people flee-in Chink tried to knock the only link that tied me in Coppers was watchin us through nighttime binoculars This time they got us on tape, exchangin dope for dollars Make me wanna, holler back at the crib in the sauna Prayin my people bailed out like Time/Warner Awaitin call, from his kin not the coroner Phone in my hand, nervous confined to a corner Beads of sweat second thoughts on my mind How can I ease the stress and learn to live with these regrets This time... stress... givin this shit up... fuck
Chorus One:
This is the number one rule for your set In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets On the, rise to the top, many drop, don't forget In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets This is the number one rule for your set In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets If through our travels we get seperated, never forget In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets
As sure as this, Earth is turning souls burning in search of higher learning turning in every direction seeking direction My moms cryin cause her insides are dyin her son tryin her patience, keep her heart racin A million beats a minute, I know I push you to your limit but it's this game love, I'm caught up all in it They make it so you can't prevent it, never give it you gotta take it, can't fake it I keep it authentic My hand got this pistol shakin, cause I sense danger like Camp Crystal Lake and don't wanna shoot him, but I got him, trapped within this infrared dot, bout to hot him and, hit rock bottom No answers to these trick questions, no time shit stressin My life found I got ta live for the right now Time waits for no man, can't turn back the hands once it's too late, gotta learn to live with regrets
Chorus Two:
You used to hold me, told me that I was the best Anything in this world I want I could posess All that made me want is all that I could get In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets... (when I was young) (repeat 2X)
I found myself reminiscin, remember this one when he was here he was crazy nice with his son I miss him, long as I'm livin he's livin through memories He's there to kill all my suicidal tendencies In heaven lookin over me, or in hell, keepin it cozy I'm comin life on these streets ain't what it's supposed to be Remember Newton, mutual friend well me and him feudin On your life I tried to talk to him But you know niggaz, think they guns can stop foe niggaz Frontin like they're, Big Willie but really old niggaz Hoe niggaz, this year I'm sho' niggaz think I'm slippin I'm bought to send you a roommate, no bullshittin for my hustle's goin too well to hit him You was right niggaz want you to be miserable wit em Anyway, I ain't tryin to hear it, I think I'm touched this whole verse I been talkin to your spirit, a little too much
yeah and i dont know why it didnt immediately come to mind for me but ross pointed out in the other thread that "ridin' dirty" is a great example of this also.
sang with emotion about real life love and heartbreak.
this thread has evolved away from what I thought was a good topic: real life love and heartbreak. there's a whole lot of grew-up-on-the-crime-side-hardknock-life-now-I'm-scarred type contributions here.
not saying these are not important songs, I just think it's more interesting to look into who has bared their soul on some love and heartbreak shit rather than on the I-had-it-rough-growing-up shit.
the former are more rare I think.
Yahmean!? These dudes need to get familiar with that Jacki-O level emotional heartstring tugging lyricism! Word up son!
dude I'll assume you can actually understand the point I am making here and only goading me to up your post count.
what I was saying, as you surely understand, is that there are two distinct sub-genres being mentioned here.
1. hardknock childhood I love my mom raps
2. heartbreak/breakup love raps
Number 1 we got plenty of (as evidenced in this thread). Number 2 are actually a lot more rare in hip hop.
I'm with you, son!
I know when you was coppin' my coupe, that you was coppin' two/ I know when you got me the red one, that she got the blue
That's that real heartbreak schitt! Touching you in places you didn't even know you had feelings!
When I was five years old, I realized it was a road But at the end, I ain't seen lots of pots of gold I seen a long cell block, the box, the hole Six hundred fenced in - some innocent, some rotten souls Some men with men - stop it, whoa I ain't runnin up in shit but a broad or a bank Tryin to cop a small hammer, move out like Shawshank with redemptions, I got my mind on revenges They tryin to kill me at the same time keep me alive I'm movin out like Adebisi on Oz With my skully on tilt, two whacks in my palm Posted up in the yard, everyday I think of pokin the guard Throw a crack a nigga turnin me in Tryin to crack a nigga turnin me thin Food soakin in lard, news fools get opened in cards for debbies and drapes, in this prison life, what you livin like?
Can you tell me what you live like? Can you tell me what that bed like, what's that cell like? What's livin in hell like? Tell me do you eat right? Do you even sleep right? Yo, tell me what your life like Tell me do you sleep nights, tell me what that life like? Gettin no kites like, no flicks like Make you wanna quit life
Them four letters is a motherfucker That's forever like a motherfucker Without a letter from a motherfucker? It ain't even bout the cheddar from a motherfucker Write a kite, some flicks from a motherfucker Some drawers, some socks, some kicks from a motherfucker I can't believe I'm doin this bid for you motherfuckers I'm down for another joker case I was dealt this hand, and I'ma play it with my poker face On the block ready to poke a face I got an L goin around with a smokin case? You steal the deoderant out of CVS, you locked for retail theft I got it body half a block stolen DT vest My rap sheet read three D breasts Dangerous Ducttape Daughters I take to the street, like a duck take to water Get your duck game in order My bus game in order, I fluffs 'caine with water
Can you tell me what you live like? Can you tell me what that bed like, what's that cell like? What's livin in hell like? Tell me do you eat right? Do you even sleep right? Yo, tell me what your life like Tell me do you sleep nights, tell me what that life like? Gettin no kites like, no flicks like Make you wanna quit life
That's fucked up, you bout to take your longest trip and can't do shit, but suck it up, be strong and shit Handcuffed, ankle to wrist, in back of the bus Flashbacks of you back in the world Can't fuck now you thinkin bout who in back of your girl Got her ass up (kill this bitch) playin your crib Thinkin bout who raisin your kids Shit was all good a week ago, 'fore they came and raided your crib 6:30 in the morning, they kick your door in Feds pour in, snatch you out your bed while you snorin You unaware of what's goin on and Come to find out, clients you had for years, turned informant Told the law about the drops you make How your clientele first started to escalate Givin him keys to your crib, was your next mistake At that dinner table, breakin out that extra plate You can't turn a career addict off his coke habit Put him on post with the toast that promote static Back to the operation, they got you locked at the station Fuck your back time, you worryin about what you facin Heart racin, situation gettin scary Old clients are showin up, at the preliminary D.A. tryin to bury a nigga to Neveruary, 31st God damn, that gotta hurt
i totally forgot about this song. its pretty damn emotional to put it lightly
DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
ghostface - all i got is you owns this category
There's a joint on the forthcoming Swizz Beats album that samples Coldplay's "X & Y", called "Part Of The Plan". I don't like Coldplay, and, much as I've been feeling his stuff in recent years, a Swizz album wouldn't necessarily be at the top of my "must buy" list either. All that said, this song is basically the new "All I Got Is You" - shit really works. I don't see it being a big hit with the Strut, but it's got "pop crossover smash" written all over it.
should be a thread called 'emo songs with real emotional context', as opposed to i'm writing depressing songs cos i can't get my hands on that trust fund for another 6 months.
There's a joint on the forthcoming Swizz Beats album that samples Coldplay's "X & Y", called "Part Of The Plan". I don't like Coldplay, and, much as I've been feeling his stuff in recent years, a Swizz album wouldn't necessarily be at the top of my "must buy" list either. All that said, this song is basically the new "All I Got Is You" - shit really works. I don't see it being a big hit with the Strut, but it's got "pop crossover smash" written all over it.
Have you heard any other stuff off this album?
I am, at the very least, curious about it.
DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
ghostface - all i got is you owns this category
There's a joint on the forthcoming Swizz Beats album that samples Coldplay's "X & Y", called "Part Of The Plan". I don't like Coldplay, and, much as I've been feeling his stuff in recent years, a Swizz album wouldn't necessarily be at the top of my "must buy" list either. All that said, this song is basically the new "All I Got Is You" - shit really works. I don't see it being a big hit with the Strut, but it's got "pop crossover smash" written all over it.
Have you heard any other stuff off this album?
I am, at the very least, curious about it.
Nothing at all, unless "It's Me, Bitches" is on there as well, which you'd expect it to be. It seems to be getting trailed as his debut solo album, but I'm sure he had one out on Ruff Ryders about four years back.
There's a joint on the forthcoming Swizz Beats album that samples Coldplay's "X & Y", called "Part Of The Plan". I don't like Coldplay, and, much as I've been feeling his stuff in recent years, a Swizz album wouldn't necessarily be at the top of my "must buy" list either. All that said, this song is basically the new "All I Got Is You" - shit really works. I don't see it being a big hit with the Strut, but it's got "pop crossover smash" written all over it.
Have you heard any other stuff off this album?
I am, at the very least, curious about it.
Nothing at all, unless "It's Me, Bitches" is on there as well, which you'd expect it to be. It seems to be getting trailed as his debut solo album, but I'm sure he had one out on Ruff Ryders about four years back.
Yeah, that was a production-oriented comp... that was largely ignored.
There was a massive banner advertising it on the corner of 125th and Lenox in Harlem for at least a year that turned out to have a much longer life than the album.
I can???t believe it took until the 3rd or 4th page for Beans to get mentioned. Dude owns this shit.
I also can???t believe anybody on this earth could think ???All I Got Is You??? is ???boring.??? That song is a masterpiece--with or without the Little Feat drums.
Strangely enough, I???ve always found Saafir???s ???Can You Feel Me???? to be strangely affecting. It???s probably got a bit more to do with the actual circumstances surrounding the song (Saafir???s homey Plan B getting killed) and the feel of the production, but when Saafir says ???My man Plan B/ is smiling ???cause he/ can feel me??? brings a melancholy smile to my face every time. Man I love that song.
I also think that Ras Kass???s ???The Evil That Men Do??? is a really unique emo-rap song in that it???s not as predictable thematically as some of these emotional songs are in rap: dude talks about wishing he was white when he was little; getting drunk and killing someone in a drunk driving accident, etc. It???s a really sad song and he kills it.
Somebody mentioned Fabolous in this thread but I think they were dissing him. They obviously haven???t heard ???One Day??? from his first album, which is another song that also fits well into this thread???especially the first verse. Dude can rap his ass off.
Lil??? Wayne???s ???I Miss My Dawgs??? is also a classic.
How about Black Sheep's "Are You Mad?"[/b] the first song off A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing after the Prince Paul intro. That's some reeeaal emotion for ya, as Dres rhymes about murdering his family after waking up to go to school one morning. I love the New Birth sample that was used for that song also.
RZA as Bobby Digital - Domestic Violence LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (one of the first songs in hip hop that made me feel the emotion of the mc who was rhyming on the song) Eminem - most of his best songs had strong emotional content, "Cleanin' Out My Closet", "Stan", "Remember Me", etc.,
that reminds me of the EP he put out of diss songs towards Benzino and Ja Rule I gotta go pull out an listen to..
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I'm with you, son!
I know when you was coppin' my coupe, that you was coppin' two/ I know when you got me the red one, that she got the blue
That's that real heartbreak schitt! Touching you in places you didn't even know you had feelings!
there's quite a few story raps that fit the bill too... "Da Art Of Storytellin' (Part 1)" is the first track that comes to mind.
Yes.
This all just goes to show that the media's portrayal of rap affects even well-meaning, otherwise-knowledgeable dudes like our own laserwolf.
im glad that laserwolf is seeking these songs out and am more than sure that he will feel a good portion of them.
Stress
Sunshine, geyeah
I sold it all from crack to o-pium, in third person
I don't wanna see em, so I'm rehearsin
with my peoples high to GM, from a remote lo-cation
in the BM, scopin the whole situation like, "Dayamm!"
Metamorphic, as the dope turns to cre-am
but one of these buyers got eyes like a Korean
It's difficult to read em, the windows to his soul
are half closed, I put the key in
Pulled off slow, hopin my people flee-in
Chink tried to knock the only link that tied me in
Coppers was watchin us through nighttime binoculars
This time they got us on tape, exchangin dope for dollars
Make me wanna, holler back at the crib in the sauna
Prayin my people bailed out like Time/Warner
Awaitin call, from his kin not the coroner
Phone in my hand, nervous confined to a corner
Beads of sweat second thoughts on my mind
How can I ease the stress and learn to live with these regrets
This time... stress... givin this shit up... fuck
Chorus One:
This is the number one rule for your set
In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets
On the, rise to the top, many drop, don't forget
In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets
This is the number one rule for your set
In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets
If through our travels we get seperated, never forget
In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets
As sure as this, Earth is turning souls burning
in search of higher learning turning in every direction seeking direction
My moms cryin cause her insides are dyin
her son tryin her patience, keep her heart racin
A million beats a minute, I know I push you to your limit
but it's this game love, I'm caught up all in it
They make it so you can't prevent it, never give it
you gotta take it, can't fake it I keep it authentic
My hand got this pistol shakin, cause I sense danger
like Camp Crystal Lake and
don't wanna shoot him, but I got him, trapped
within this infrared dot, bout to hot him and, hit rock bottom
No answers to these trick questions, no time shit stressin
My life found I got ta live for the right now
Time waits for no man, can't turn back the hands
once it's too late, gotta learn to live with regrets
Chorus Two:
You used to hold me, told me that I was the best
Anything in this world I want I could posess
All that made me want is all that I could get
In order to survive, gotta learn to live with regrets... (when I was young)
(repeat 2X)
I found myself reminiscin, remember this one
when he was here he was crazy nice with his son
I miss him, long as I'm livin he's livin through memories
He's there to kill all my suicidal tendencies
In heaven lookin over me, or in hell, keepin it cozy
I'm comin life on these streets ain't what it's supposed to be
Remember Newton, mutual friend well me and him feudin
On your life I tried to talk to him
But you know niggaz, think they guns can stop foe niggaz
Frontin like they're, Big Willie but really old niggaz
Hoe niggaz, this year I'm sho' niggaz think I'm slippin
I'm bought to send you a roommate, no bullshittin
for my hustle's goin too well to hit him
You was right niggaz want you to be miserable wit em
Anyway, I ain't tryin to hear it, I think I'm touched
this whole verse I been talkin to your spirit, a little too much
Chorus One: repeat 2X
Roc-A, Roc-A, Roc-A, Roc-A-Fella y'all
i'd like to be there when he drops UGK.
don't you like Fabolous?
easily.
BDK "Dance With Devil"
Jay-Z " D'evils"
Diamond "Epilogue"
Here's an emotionnal set...lol.
please stop.
C'mon let's try this Guru..
When I was five years old, I realized it was a road
But at the end, I ain't seen lots of pots of gold
I seen a long cell block, the box, the hole
Six hundred fenced in - some innocent, some rotten souls
Some men with men - stop it, whoa
I ain't runnin up in shit but a broad or a bank
Tryin to cop a small hammer, move out like Shawshank
with redemptions, I got my mind on revenges
They tryin to kill me at the same time keep me alive
I'm movin out like Adebisi on Oz
With my skully on tilt, two whacks in my palm
Posted up in the yard, everyday I think of pokin the guard
Throw a crack a nigga turnin me in
Tryin to crack a nigga turnin me thin
Food soakin in lard, news fools get opened in cards
for debbies and drapes, in this prison life, what you livin like?
Can you tell me what you live like?
Can you tell me what that bed like, what's that cell like?
What's livin in hell like? Tell me do you eat right?
Do you even sleep right?
Yo, tell me what your life like
Tell me do you sleep nights, tell me what that life like?
Gettin no kites like, no flicks like
Make you wanna quit life
Them four letters is a motherfucker
That's forever like a motherfucker
Without a letter from a motherfucker?
It ain't even bout the cheddar from a motherfucker
Write a kite, some flicks from a motherfucker
Some drawers, some socks, some kicks from a motherfucker
I can't believe I'm doin this bid for you motherfuckers
I'm down for another joker case
I was dealt this hand, and I'ma play it with my poker face
On the block ready to poke a face
I got an L goin around with a smokin case?
You steal the deoderant out of CVS, you locked for retail theft
I got it body half a block stolen DT vest
My rap sheet read three D breasts
Dangerous Ducttape Daughters
I take to the street, like a duck take to water
Get your duck game in order
My bus game in order, I fluffs 'caine with water
Can you tell me what you live like?
Can you tell me what that bed like, what's that cell like?
What's livin in hell like? Tell me do you eat right?
Do you even sleep right?
Yo, tell me what your life like
Tell me do you sleep nights, tell me what that life like?
Gettin no kites like, no flicks like
Make you wanna quit life
That's fucked up, you bout to take your longest trip
and can't do shit, but suck it up, be strong and shit
Handcuffed, ankle to wrist, in back of the bus
Flashbacks of you back in the world
Can't fuck now you thinkin bout who in back of your girl
Got her ass up (kill this bitch) playin your crib
Thinkin bout who raisin your kids
Shit was all good a week ago, 'fore they came and raided your crib
6:30 in the morning, they kick your door in
Feds pour in, snatch you out your bed while you snorin
You unaware of what's goin on and
Come to find out, clients you had for years, turned informant
Told the law about the drops you make
How your clientele first started to escalate
Givin him keys to your crib, was your next mistake
At that dinner table, breakin out that extra plate
You can't turn a career addict off his coke habit
Put him on post with the toast that promote static
Back to the operation, they got you locked at the station
Fuck your back time, you worryin about what you facin
Heart racin, situation gettin scary
Old clients are showin up, at the preliminary
D.A. tryin to bury a nigga to Neveruary, 31st
God damn, that gotta hurt
As fucked up as it is, that crazy skitzo song where he raps about killing his ex and burying in the woods.... I can kinda feel that shit.
Brian, you forgot Trae's "No Help."
- Mystik Journeymen "Tamika"
- Freeway's "Goodbye" (his cracking voice makes it seem more emotional than it really is)
i totally forgot about this song.
its pretty damn emotional to put it lightly
There's a joint on the forthcoming Swizz Beats album that samples Coldplay's "X & Y", called "Part Of The Plan". I don't like Coldplay, and, much as I've been feeling his stuff in recent years, a Swizz album wouldn't necessarily be at the top of my "must buy" list either. All that said, this song is basically the new "All I Got Is You" - shit really works. I don't see it being a big hit with the Strut, but it's got "pop crossover smash" written all over it.
De La Soul..... Tryin People
Pete Rock And CL..... TROY!
Have you heard any other stuff off this album?
I am, at the very least, curious about it.
Nothing at all, unless "It's Me, Bitches" is on there as well, which you'd expect it to be. It seems to be getting trailed as his debut solo album, but I'm sure he had one out on Ruff Ryders about four years back.
Yeah, that was a production-oriented comp... that was largely ignored.
There was a massive banner advertising it on the corner of 125th and Lenox in Harlem for at least a year that turned out to have a much longer life than the album.
I can???t believe it took until the 3rd or 4th page for Beans to get mentioned. Dude owns this shit.
I also can???t believe anybody on this earth could think ???All I Got Is You??? is ???boring.??? That song is a masterpiece--with or without the Little Feat drums.
Strangely enough, I???ve always found Saafir???s ???Can You Feel Me???? to be strangely affecting. It???s probably got a bit more to do with the actual circumstances surrounding the song (Saafir???s homey Plan B getting killed) and the feel of the production, but when Saafir says ???My man Plan B/ is smiling ???cause he/ can feel me??? brings a melancholy smile to my face every time. Man I love that song.
I also think that Ras Kass???s ???The Evil That Men Do??? is a really unique emo-rap song in that it???s not as predictable thematically as some of these emotional songs are in rap: dude talks about wishing he was white when he was little; getting drunk and killing someone in a drunk driving accident, etc. It???s a really sad song and he kills it.
Somebody mentioned Fabolous in this thread but I think they were dissing him. They obviously haven???t heard ???One Day??? from his first album, which is another song that also fits well into this thread???especially the first verse. Dude can rap his ass off.
Lil??? Wayne???s ???I Miss My Dawgs??? is also a classic.
I also love Goodie Mob???s ???The Day After.???
Shit, I could do this all day.
-e
RZA as Bobby Digital - Domestic Violence
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (one of the first songs in hip hop that made me feel the emotion of the mc who was rhyming on the song)
Eminem - most of his best songs had strong emotional content, "Cleanin' Out My Closet", "Stan", "Remember Me", etc.,
that reminds me of the EP he put out of diss songs towards Benzino and Ja Rule I gotta go pull out an listen to..
Organized Konfusion - Maintain
Pharcyde - Runnin' (on a verse or two at least)
Common Sense - Book of life
big - suicidal thoughts
yeah beanie... feel it in the air for one. where have you been
scarface. he is so emo
not all love, but real emo dudes put emotion into tea time