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Best first song on a rap album

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  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    "EYE KNOW" - OFF 3 FT HIGH AND RISING

    I love this song...


    ...but it's not the first song off "3 Ft. High and Rising." It's midway through side A.
  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts
    "BE"
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    I can't believe no one's mentioned "One For All".




    It was in one of the first few posts in the thread. I think 6th or 7th.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    you're right. I never learned to read though, because when my teachers told me I couldn't rock my grill I dropped out of school.
  • picoandsepulvedapicoandsepulveda 1,026 Posts
    C'mon Wit Da Git Down
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    you're right. I never learned to read though, because when my teachers told me I couldn't rock my grill I dropped out of school.

    I respect your unwillingness to be molded into a
    future cog in the soul-destroying labor class.
  • badder_than_evilbadder_than_evil 951 Posts
    Road to the Riches - Kool G Rap

    And, actually, I've long argued that this album deserves the award for best first THREE songs on a rap album:

    Road to the Riches
    It's a Demo
    Men at Work

    Those three tracks back to back were like crack for me as a kid

    .


    follow the leader
    microphone fiend
    lyrics of fury
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Road to the Riches - Kool G Rap

    And, actually, I've long argued that this album deserves the award for best first THREE songs on a rap album:

    Road to the Riches
    It's a Demo
    Men at Work

    Those three tracks back to back were like crack for me as a kid

    .


    follow the leader
    microphone fiend
    lyrics of fury

    Straight Outta Compton
    Gangsta Gangsta
    Fuck Tha Police
  • dstill808dstill808 704 Posts
    noone has said ALONGWAYTOGO yet.






    saying though
  • dstill808dstill808 704 Posts
    also yeah yeah I know it's a mixtape and all that, but as far as being a first (post-intro) song on a record that pretty much eclipses the whole thing, "I Love This Game" is barely contested.

  • Guantanamo_JonesGuantanamo_Jones 177 Posts
    Road to the Riches - Kool G Rap

    And, actually, I've long argued that this album deserves the award for best first THREE songs on a rap album:

    Road to the Riches
    It's a Demo
    Men at Work

    Those three tracks back to back were like crack for me as a kid

    .

    quality thinker
  • oldnewsouloldnewsoul 238 Posts
    Scarface "Mr. Scarface"
    Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo "On The Run"
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Allah U Akbar - Brand Nubian

    NO DOUBT!!!!!!!!

    And it wasnt a single,video,or lead off single for the album. Just a great album cut that happens to be first.
  • SLurgSLurg 446 Posts
    well, it WAS a single off the album (or is it the b-side to Steal Ya Hoe ?)

    Plus, a lot of songs mentioned are simply the only good song on some albums.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    well, it WAS a single off the album (or is it the b-side to Steal Ya Hoe ?)



    and i own this, duh.
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    BUMP.
  • SnuffdaddySnuffdaddy 44 Posts
    "Sunrise" - Large Pro. Maybe considered more of an intro though. Still it always struck me as fitting this category. The LP not having a proper release is a huge crime in hip hop history to me
  • akaaka 67 Posts
    Snuffdaddy said:
    The LP not having a proper release is a huge crime in hip hop history to me
    The LP has had a proper release: http://www.discogs.com/Large-Professor-The-The-LP/release/1896200

    Most of my favourites have already been mentioned, but here's two more:
    Main Source - Snake Eyes
    Rascalz - Really Livin
  • SnuffdaddySnuffdaddy 44 Posts
    aka said:
    Snuffdaddy said:
    The LP not having a proper release is a huge crime in hip hop history to me
    The LP has had a proper release: http://www.discogs.com/Large-Professor-The-The-LP/release/1896200

    Most of my favourites have already been mentioned, but here's two more:
    Main Source - Snake Eyes
    Rascalz - Really Livin
    I can't front. I didn't know about this and am tracking a copy down right now. Still LP was stripped of the opportunity of having an official release back in 95, around the time the material was made and intended to be released. Such quality hiphop. A commercial release today is better than nothing, but nothing compared to what it would have been back in '95.
  • jjrocksjjrocks 109 Posts
    Outkast - Return of the "G". It's not better as a song than some of the songs above. But as a first song it's better than almost all.
  • BeatnicholasBeatnicholas 1,005 Posts
    cypress hill - i wanna get high
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,913 Posts

    Main Source - Snake Eyes

    I was about ready to smash something if nobody mentioned this. For years, Breaking Atoms was my "getting ready to go out and tear shit up" record. Even now, whenever I hear this song, I feel compelled to pour out a big drink and skin up or something.
  • DawhudDawhud 213 Posts
    De La Soul - Supa Emcees
  • WoimsahWoimsah 1,734 Posts
    Went backwards through this whole thread not understanding how no one had said "Start of Your Ending" -- then saw it was one of the first mentioned.

    whu bout
  • SunfadeSunfade 799 Posts
    Shake Your Rump
  • pimlicosquirrelpimlicosquirrel 772 Posts
    Just Ice - Cold Gettin' Dumb



    Just Ice - Going Way Back

  • shooteralishooterali 1,591 Posts
    Don't know if this has been mentioned, if it has oh well

    Public Enemy-You're gonna get yours (my 98 oldsmobile)!!
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Straight Out The Jungle
  • SunfadeSunfade 799 Posts
    It's Funky Enough

    We Don't Care

    When Will They Shoot?
  • tiger_blurptiger_blurp 275 Posts
    batmon said:
    Straight Out The Jungle

    YES.
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