Your Listing of All-Time Best Hip-Hop Beats

Juan CocktolstoyJuan Cocktolstoy 216 Posts
edited May 2012 in Strut Central
I need you guys inputs on this listing:

1. "Mass Appeal" - Gangstarr
2. "13 and Good" - B.D.P.
3. "Sally" - Stetsasonic
4. "Beats to the Rhyme" - RUN D.M.C.
5. "Check the Rhime" - ATCQ
6. "So Fresh and So Clean" - Outkast
7. "Work the Angles" - Dilated Peoples
8. "Kublai Khan" - Jedi Mind Tricks
9. "Special Forces" - Bahamadia
10. "Paul Revere" - Beastie Boys

Just to name a few... I have brain block please help...
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  • leonleon 883 Posts
    How long do you want the list to be?
    B/w
    Your list needs more DITC

  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Please define "hip hop"

  • JuniorJunior 4,853 Posts
    Please define "best"

  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
    I need you guys inputs on this listing:

    1. "Mass Appeal" - Gangstarr
    2. [strike]"13 and Good"[/strike] - B.D.P. - I prefer You Must Learn
    3. "Sally" - Stetsasonic
    4. "Beats to the Rhyme" - RUN D.M.C.
    5. "Check the Rhime" - ATCQ
    6. "So Fresh and So Clean" - Outkast
    7. [strike]"Work the Angles" - Dilated Peoples[/strike]
    8. [strike]"Kublai Khan" - Jedi Mind Tricks[/strike] LOL.
    9. [strike]"Special Forces" - Bahamadia[/strike]
    10. "Paul Revere" - Beastie Boys

    please help...

  • DelayDelay 4,530 Posts
    Juan Cocktolstoy said:
    please help...

  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Please add:

    Lupe Fiasco "Kick Push" because my kids like it.

    Downtown Science "Room To Breathe" because it's about the only hip hop record I ever consciously went out to score.

    Duder and Junior to school me again on definitions of rap and hip hop, and ulysses31 to wrap it up amid talk of tribes, ways of life and that.

  • leonleon 883 Posts
    Be careful what you post. Hip hop is considered "electronic music". Not everybody's cup of tea around here.

  • magpaulmagpaul 1,314 Posts
    We Gonna Make It - Jadakiss
    1-900-Hustler - Jay-Z
    Sound Bwoy Bureill - Smif-N-Wessun
    I Got It Made - Special Ed
    Mind Playing Tricks On Me - Geto Boys
    World Is Yours - Nas
    So Wat Cha Sayin - EPMD
    Prodigy - Keep It Thoro

    Here's a quick list I assembled for Duder to hate on...

  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
    magpaul said:
    We Gonna Make It - Jadakiss intro, intro, intro, intro... oh this is the beat. wtf
    1-900-Hustler - Jay-Z again, no bass line? I keep waiting for something to happen.
    Sound Bwoy Bureill - Smif-N-Wessun Yes.
    I Got It Made - Special Ed Classique - IMO the raps outshine the beats
    Mind Playing Tricks On Me - Geto Boys Classique Classique
    World Is Yours - Nas NY State Of Mind? Tough to choose one beat from that LP
    So Wat Cha Sayin - EPMD RULEZ
    Prodigy - Keep It Thoro Thumbs upwards


  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    magpaul said:
    We Gonna Make It - Jadakiss
    1-900-Hustler - Jay-Z
    Sound Bwoy Bureill - Smif-N-Wessun
    I Got It Made - Special Ed
    Mind Playing Tricks On Me - Geto Boys
    World Is Yours - Nas
    So Wat Cha Sayin - EPMD
    Prodigy - Keep It Thoro

    Here's a quick list I assembled for Duder to hate on...

    So a defining characteristic of hip hop is a wilful disregard for the conventions of syntax, grammar and spelling?
    Ok, I'm down.

  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Fuck an iPhone

    Dbl

  • disco_chedisco_che 1,115 Posts
    Primo...blablabla...Dilla...blabla...Diamond D....yaddayadda...Dre...Beatminerz...yawn...boring

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Rebel Without a Pause.

  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts
    Top Billin

  • DustedDonDustedDon 830 Posts
    Juan Cocktolstoy said:
    I need you guys inputs on this listing:

    1. "Mass Appeal" - Gangstarr
    2. "13 and Good" - B.D.P.
    3. "Sally" - Stetsasonic
    4. "Beats to the Rhyme" - RUN D.M.C.
    5. "Check the Rhime" - ATCQ
    6. "So Fresh and So Clean" - Outkast
    7. "Work the Angles" - Dilated Peoples
    8. "Kublai Khan" - Jedi Mind Tricks
    9. "Special Forces" - Bahamadia
    10. "Paul Revere" - Beastie Boys

    Just to name a few... I have brain block please help...

    :oof:

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Poetry - Boogie Down Productions
    Mind Spray - Jeru The Damaja
    Murs - Murray's Revenge
    Late Nite Hype - Comptons' Most Wanted
    A Chorus Line - The Ultramagnetic MC's
    I'm Loaded - Droop-E
    We Came 2 Play - DJ Quik
    P.S.K. - Schooly D
    Prodigy - That's That
    J.Beez Comin' Thru (Bonus Beats) - The Jungle Brothers
    Bitch Please - Snoop Dogg feat Nate Dogg & Xzibit
    Gets No Deeper (Remix) - SuperLover C & Casanova Rud
    World Of Mine - Big Mike
    One Love - Whodini
    Timebomb - Public Enemy

  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts
    Pure Righteousness

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Alright, here's my quick attempt at choosing a top10...

    Showboys - Drag Rap (Triggaman)
    Derrick B - Rock the Beat

    Whodini - I'm a Hoe
    Just Ice - Little Bad Johnny
    Rodney O & Joe Cooley - DJ's & MC's
    Original Concept - Knowledge Me

    Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause
    Schoolly D - PSK
    Geto Boys - My Mind Playing Tricks on Me
    EPMD - So What U Saying

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I really dont have a definitive unchanging top 10.

  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    WHERE IS FAUX RILLZ WHEN YOU NEED HIM?

  • jjfad027jjfad027 1,594 Posts
    In no particular order:

    Roots- Do You Want More
    ATCQ- Electric Relaxation
    Too Short- Just Another Day
    Souls of Mischief- 93 til
    Dr Dre- The Message
    Dr Dre- Let Me Ride
    Grandmaster Flash- The Message
    Sir Mix-a-Lot- Posse on Broadway
    Beastie Boys- Car Thief
    Ice Cube- Who's the Mack

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Shit, how could I leave out:

    Too $hort - Dope Fiend Beat

  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts
    And Jack of Spades

  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    The one about the beat goes on with the renegade master

    Helped sustain 140bpm on the cross trainer last night.

    Comin atcha with the ill behaviour

    WITH TEH ILL BEHAVIOUR I TELLS YA

    Lol

  • UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts
    No RZA so far? Impossible for me to pick out a definitive top 10, but here's some that really stuck with me over the years

    Shadowboxing
    Ice Cream
    Verbal Intercourse

    You Ain't A Killer - Big Pun
    Do You Believe - Beatnuts
    Above The Clouds - Gangstarr
    Ain't No Fun - Snoop
    Spottieottiedopalicious- Outkast
    Chonkyfire - Outkast
    Survival Of The Fittest - Mobb Deep
    Fakin The Funk - Main Source
    Around The Way Girl- LL
    Luck Of Lucien - Tribe
    Action (remix) - Saukrates

    Not the most diverse list, chronologically or geographically, but what can I say; all of these take me back to big neighborhood freestyle sessions in high school, getting loose on a summer friday, with everyone I knew packed in the same room until the neighbors called.

  • DustedDonDustedDon 830 Posts
    Lex Luger x 10

  • In no particular order.. some of my favorites

    Nas - Memory Lane
    Gangstarr - Above The Clouds
    MC Eiht - All For The Money
    Ice T - New Jack Hustler
    Mobb Deep & G Rap - The Realist
    Pete Rock & CL - Straighten It Out
    Dr Dre & Snoop - Deep Cover
    M.O.P. - Face Off 2k
    Jay Z - Dear Summer
    Organized Konfusion - Bring it On (Buckwild Remix)

  • DownstrokeDownstroke 81 Posts
    HarveyCanal said:

    Derrick B - Rock the Beat

    Serious? Just sayin, despite the in hindsight terrible American accent, this was my joint BITD. Derek B RIP.

    Ok, here's a quick list (first to come into my head):
    EMPD: So Whatcha Sayin' (definitely top 3 in any list)
    Beatnuts: No Equal
    ATCQ: Check The Rhyme
    PE: Rebel Without A Pause
    Gangstarr: DWYCK
    Diamond D: Freestyle (yo that's the shit)
    Hijack: Style Wars
    Pharoe Monch: Simon Says
    Ultramagnetic MC's: Papa Large (East Coast Remix)
    Jeru The Damaja: Come Clean
    BDP: South Bronx

    Really struggled thinking of anything recent that qualifies for 'all time best beat' status. Probably cos I was a teen/early 20's when those all dropped, and lets face it, everything that comes after that time of your life is going to pale in comparison.

  • MurdockMurdock 542 Posts
    Don't get me started

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Downstroke said:
    HarveyCanal said:

    Derrick B - Rock the Beat

    Serious? Just sayin, despite the in hindsight terrible American accent, this was my joint BITD. Derek B RIP.


    The song itself was never my joint. But the bonus bass instrumental, or whatever it's called on the 12", is a classic used in a million NOLA bounce songs.
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