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Top 2-sided hip-hop 12"s

mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
edited April 2010 in Strut Central
This came to mind while writing a short thing about Gang Starr's "Just to Get a Rep" b/w "Who's Gonna Take the Weight" but what would be some of your all-time greatest hip-hop singles based on the strength of BOTH sides. The main rule is that both sides have to be heat and recognized as such. Remixes of A-side songs don't count. Has to be a separate B-side song. So, for example, besides that Gang Starr single, you could make the case for Biggie: Juicy b/w Unbelievable.Discuss.
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  • BreezBreez 1,706 Posts
    "Run's House" b/w "Beats to the Rhyme"
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    I'll Take You There/Wrath of Kane
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    Scarface: On My Block/Guess Who's Back
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,471 Posts
    Cypress Hill--"The Phunky Feel One" b/w "How I Could Just Kill a Man"

    Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud--"I Gotta Good thing" b/w "Gets No Deeper"
  • BreezBreez 1,706 Posts
    I'll Take You There/Wrath of Kane



    Also, "After the Laughter" b/w "Protect ya neck" or "Protect ya neck" b/w "Method Man" depending on when you got turned on to the Wu.
  • DustedDonDustedDon 830 Posts
    MOP - Ante Up/Cold as Ice
  • thesolelifethesolelife 369 Posts
    Best Kept Secret/Freestyle (Yo, That's That Shit)
  • thesolelifethesolelife 369 Posts
    Fudge Pudge/Walk Into The Sun
  • Mongo_SladeMongo_Slade 999 Posts
    The Show/La Di Da Di
  • chimachima 33 Posts
    Another classic Gang Starr 12" with a classic b-side
    Gang Starr - Suckas Need Bodyguards / The ? Remainz

    this one's interesting cause the ? remainz isn't featured on a regular album of Gang Starr.

    you can basically take every 12" from a so called "classic" album and the b-side is normally dope too.

    I just thought of Diamond D - Sallys Got A One Track Mind - Check One Two even though i have to say the showbiz remix is actually doper than the actual b-side!
  • FunkyFlatulentFunkyFlatulent 1,106 Posts
    eric b is pres / my melody = GOAT

    plus -------------- Juicy / Unbelievable
  • SLurgSLurg 446 Posts
    Take It Personal b/w Dwyck
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    Another classic Gang Starr 12" with a classic b-side
    Gang Starr - Suckas Need Bodyguards / The ? Remainz

    this one's interesting cause the ? remainz isn't featured on a regular album of Gang Starr.


    I thought of this record, but the two classic tracks on there are accompanied by "Suckas Need Bodyguards" that to me, is not so classic.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    obviously "Cali" has not aged well (at all!!) but at the time Goin' Back to Cali/Jack the Ripper was a pretty sick double-sider. Obviously "Jack the Ripper" was getting most of the play back then anyway - that track still pretty much kills it.
  • pknypkny 549 Posts
  • Lucious_FoxLucious_Fox 2,479 Posts
    Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud--"I Gotta Good thing" b/w "Gets No Deeper"

  • pimlicosquirrelpimlicosquirrel 772 Posts
    BDP - "South Bronx b/w The P Is Free"
  • discos_almadiscos_alma discos_alma 2,164 Posts
    Main Source: "Just Hangin' Out" b/w "Live At The BBQ"
  • discos_almadiscos_alma discos_alma 2,164 Posts
    Two more:

    Black Moon: "Who Got The Props" b/w "Fuck It Up"

    The Nonce: "Mix Tapes" b/w "Keep It On" & "Eighty Five"
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    eric b is pres / my melody = GOAT

    off the beaten path is the EdOg "love comes and goes" 12 and Kurious "i'm kurious" cause of the good main track, the great remix and the greatest bside "mansion and a yacht"
  • BreezBreez 1,706 Posts
    I got a Raekwon promo with "Can it all be so simple" b/w "Glaciers of ice". Oh and we can't forget "Ice Cream" b/w "Incarcerated Scarfaces".
  • FunkyFlatulentFunkyFlatulent 1,106 Posts


    off the beaten path is the EdOg "love comes and goes" 12 and Kurious "i'm kurious" cause of the good main track, the great remix and the greatest bside "mansion and a yacht"

    While those are good songs, the love comes and goes 12" blows cause it has no instrumental on it, which that beat is too good not have.
  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    it didnt?? it had that song with the last poet guy, it had the wu produced song with scientifik and another dope joint. essential 12 regardless imo
  • Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts
    for me, i would agree that eric b is prez / my melody is GOAT, but run dmc's it's like that / sucker mc's changed music. REVOLUTIONARY. although technically both songs are on the same side of the 12" so i dunno if it counts or not
  • BreezBreez 1,706 Posts
    but run dmc's it's like that / sucker mc's changed music. REVOLUTIONARY.

    Honestly, all their singles from that era were pretty much double A sides, IMO. All the way up to "Tougher than Leather" album. ALL THAT SH*T was FIRE!!!
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    Raekwon-Criminology/Glaciers Of Ice
    Ol' Dirty Bastard-Brooklyn Zoo/Give It To Ya Raw
    LL Cool J-Going Back To Cali/Jack The Ripper
    Public Enemy-You're Gonna Get Yours/Rebel Without A Pause
    Public Enemy-Don't Believe The Hype/Prophets Of Rage
    Public Enemy-Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos/B-Side Wins Again
    Queen Latifah-Dance 4 Me/Inside Out
    Geto Boys-Do It Like A G.O./Fuck 'Em
  • edpowersedpowers 4,437 Posts
    Queen Latifah - Princess of the posse/Wrath of my madness
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    TI - ASAP/Motivation
    Z-Ro - I Hate U/Z-Ro
    Ray Luv - In the Game/Definition of a Hustlah
    JT tha Bigga Figga - Game Recognize Game remix/Peep Game
    Lil Keke - Baller in the Mix/Still Pimpin Pens
    RBL Posse - Don't Gimme No Bammer Weed/Sorta Like a Psycho
  • G_BalliandoG_Balliando 3,916 Posts
    Devin The Dude - Doobie Ashtray b/w Lacville '79

    edit: ehh, it's a double a-side. but I ride for the double b-side on this too which is I-Hi and Just A Man.
  • Campag_RecordCampag_Record 238 Posts
    Ultramagnetic MC's - Ease Back/Kool Keith Housing Things...but you could pick any number of the Next Plateau releases

    Main Source - Think/Atom

    ATCQ - Can I Kick It/If The Papes Come
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