Favorite "rap" song?

Post by **RogueIce** » 2004-05-04 06:58pm

I put it in quotes because I don't feel like going through whatever someone's definition of rap happens to be. Just in general use and all.

So...what is it? You've gotta have at least one... Me, I like the few rap songs that actually have a message. Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" would be the best example I know of. One of the few rap songs I've heard to downplay the gangsta culture.

Eminem would come in second. He has some good stuff, and the background music is, by and large, pretty good, especially with some of his more message-oriented stuff. That being said, it anoys me whenever he goes off on his mom and his wife (though "Cleanin' Out My Closet" was pretty good, since he focused on it instead of going off on a tangent).

So, your thoughts? Your favs?

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2004-05-04 07:09pm

Tupac's "How Long will they Mourn Me?"

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 2004-05-04 07:12pm

All I can think of is 'White Lines' by Grandmaster Flash.

I really don't 'dig' rap.

Oh and 'Rappers Delight' by the Sugar Hill Gang is cool

Bertie Wooster · Post by **Bertie Wooster** » 2004-05-04 07:15pm

"Snakes" by Ol' Dirty Bastard. I haven't liked any rap that's come out since '95

Faabio · Post by **Faabio** » 2004-05-04 07:16pm

Hmm well Biohazards "New world disorder" is the only "rap" song i like.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2004-05-04 07:19pm

Uh...rap that no longer exists?

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2004-05-04 07:20pm

The Star Wars rap songs~~~

Icehawk · Post by **Icehawk** » 2004-05-04 07:23pm

Pretty much the same with me. Gansters Paradise was a good song and I like a couple of Eminems songs.

I also found the song "Watch Out Now" by Beatnuts quite catchy. Its mostly the tune they use, the lyrics I dont mutch care for like most rap, but they're kinda funny.

thecreech · Post by **thecreech** » 2004-05-04 07:25pm

"Love Song" By the Roots

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-05-04 07:25pm

Outkast stuff, if you count that as rap.. other wise.. hm.. Tai Mai Shu! XD

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2004-05-04 07:29pm

"Slow Jamz" by Twista

I'mo play this Vandross, you gon' take yo' pants off, i'mo play this Gladys Knight, you and me gon' fuck all night...c'mon everybody, sing with me

Thag · Post by **Thag** » 2004-05-04 07:33pm

Do 'Amish Paradise' and 'It's All About the Pentiums' count?

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-05-04 07:36pm

Hamel wrote:The Star Wars rap songs~~~

Are you on Crack or have i missed something?

Will Smith: Parents just don't understand I think thats the title

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-05-04 07:37pm

I never really listened to rap, but I can't stand much of anything past the early 90s, so I'll just leave it at "Old School Rap."

Additionally, did Outkast recently change their image or something? Because I had a HS friend who I think listened to Outkast, and I can't much imagine that the same group who just recently released the light (if annoying) ditty "Hey Ya" earlier had a song that was extremely agressive and around the likes of "Mass Vagina Fucker" (I swear something like that; that's at least what the refrain sounded like)...

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2004-05-04 07:46pm

I've heard Japanese metal rap. That was really good.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-05-04 08:04pm

Weird Al's Couch Potato.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-05-04 08:28pm

Weird al parodies, the aforementioned coolio song, most if not all Biohazard's stuff, especially "Sellout." Run DMC's "Raising Hell" you don't get rap like that anymore.

Gunshy · Post by **Gunshy** » 2004-05-04 08:33pm

Montcalm wrote:
Hamel wrote:The Star Wars rap songs~~~
Are you on Crack or have i missed something?

Maybe he's talking about this

As for myself, I love, "I who have nothing" by Jedi Mind Tricks. Some of the members on this board might like their rap "Paleface," which raps about star wars.

BoyRocketeer · Post by **BoyRocketeer** » 2004-05-04 08:34pm

"Ninja Rap" by Vanilla Ice.

No seriously, I like old school raps like from Grandmaster Flash and Run-DMC. Current rap just suck ass, wanna change the channel everytime i hear it.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2004-05-04 11:11pm

A new one by Method Man and Busta Rhymes, What's Happening. A flow about nothing in particualr, just Meth and Busta showing mad rhyming skills to a phat-ass beat. This track just thrumms with energy.

Busta Rhymes and Method Man wrote:[Intro: Busta Rhymes (Method Man)]
Aiyo, Tical? (What up, fam?)
You know Busta-Bust had to come see you, God, it's good to see you, God
(Good too see you too, God)
Let's take the streets for a little ride (Okay, we ridin' high)
Yeah, you better light your L, smoke your L
And just (kiss the sky)
Huh! And if you ever disrespect the Bust or Meth (find their mentor)
Yeah, I-I-I think the streets been lookin' for this one for a long time
(Yeah, aiyo) Come on!

[Method Man]
I came to bring the pain, more hard to the brain
Tical... I'm bustin' that ass again
I burn like acid rain, that acid slang
These niggaz try'nna see how I come ash again
Main and evident, I'm huntin', yes, Meth for president
Be in hell with Dazel and George just for the hell of it
And I ain't yellow kid, flows hot as kettle get
Now if you ain't fuckin' with that, you must be celibate
Spaz! Just a little, got a sack lookin' fizzle
Little hash in the middle, where it at? In the middle, yup
Mommy if you got a fat ass, make it jiggle, yup
Put it in my next video shot by Little X
And M-E-F gon' work til their ain't any left
I'm tryin' get what I'm worth and not a penny less
Think fast (come on) bank cash (come on)
Everybody do it with your stank ass (just come on)

[Chorus: Method Man (Busta Rhymes)]
Make you rob somebody (what?) grab somebody (what?)
Stomp somebody (what?) slap somebody (what?)
Make you wanna step to the bar and sip Bacardi (what?)
Wild out, spaz in the club, we in the party (what?)
Brooklyn (come on!) Shaolin (come on!)
Queensbridge down to Long Island (come on!)
Bronx, nigga (come on!) Manhattan (come on!)
To each and every hood what's happening? (come on!)

[Interlude: Method Man (Busta Rhymes)]
Yeah... let 'em talk, nigga, come on Bust
(Aiyo, Meth, let me get at these niggaz) Yeah!

[Busta Rhymes]
Now watch me back your shit up, I hope your people pull up
And pick up and pack your shit up, homey, it's time to move
While I'm singin', ma, do you let relieve you of all of your
Figure seating sketching, never believe in your niggaz (come on!)
Go head and babble you can watch me patiently waiting
Aimin', attackin', instead I'mma let one of my bitches slap you *slap*
I ain't watch you when your niggaz'll try
To feel a wrath of the un-rudely waking of a sleeping giant
(Very defiant), once I give you the pressure
And then I apply it and then your breathing is stop and totally quiet (sss..
oh)
Captain of this ship, so call me the pilot
I leave you and your crew to collide with me
Die, stomp on a nigga, just like a herd of a thousand cattle
That'll travel over your face and frazzle your shit
Shot you, worst than a brick and then be torturin' you
And then get the reverend, and get to steppin', nigga!
This shit'll make you..

[Chorus: Busta Rhymes(Method Man)]
Make you rob somebody (what?) grab somebody (what?)
Stomp somebody (what?) slap somebody (what?)
Make you wanna step to the bar and sip Bacardi (what?)
Wild out, spaz in the club, we in the party (what?)
Brooklyn (come on!) Shaolin (come on!)
Queensbridge down to Long Island (come on!)
Bronx, nigga (come on!) Manhattan (come on!)
To each and every hood what's happening? (come on!)

[Interlude: Method Man (Busta Rhymes)]
Haha, that's the truth... my nigga
(Nigga, listen, listen, let me talk) Let me talk! (huh)

[Busta Rhymes] (Method Man) {both}
Can't you see what I got for you now
(Shake your big fat ass in front of me now)
To all my high bidders (to all my live niggaz)
{We here to blackout, follow the story now}
Just feel my heat, and you know I'm gonna
Just keep the street, but nigga did you
Know when you bout to lose it, my nigga
And you know we gon' get real stupid, my nigga}

[Busta Rhymes]
See the police coming (what?) Fireman coming (what?)
Street niggaz ready to riot and start dummin' (what?)
I love to see it, whenever you and your man frontin' (what?)
Me and Meth'll step to you, quick! And smash somethin' (what?)

[Method Man]
Now who is he? Dope M.C. killin these cowards
Wack niggaz get pimp slapped, give me some powder
Click-clack, one in your back, now think about it
Get back, runnin' your gap, I can't allow it

[Busta Rhymes]
Well every nigga (set it off) you know we seeing it through God
The streets be needing niggaz like me and you, God
Aiyo, I think we're up, seen it from here, we got a mile, yo
Logical, we should of done this shit a long time ago

[Method Man]
I got that shit that make rappers shit in they shoes
Nasty M.C., I spit flows and spit in they food
Man, don't tempt me, I'm nothin' like a curious child
I'm simply, a boy in the hood, with furious childs (this shit'll make you)

[Chorus: Busta Rhymes(Method Man)]
Make you rob somebody (what?) (grab somebody) (what?)
Stomp somebody (what?) (slap somebody) (what?)
Make you wanna step to the bar and sip Bacardi (what?)
(Wild out, spaz in the club, we in the party) (what?)
Brooklyn (come on!) (Shaolin) (come on!)
(Queensbridge down to Long Island) (come on!)
Bronx, nigga (come on!) (Manhattan) (come on!)
(To each and every hood what's happening?) (come on!)

Splash Waterfalls by Ludacris is cool, because while rappers and R&B artists usually speak out for romantic lovemaking, or hard-'n-fast fucking, Ludacris actually speaks out for both kinds in this song, with his usual rhyming skill.

Ludacris wrote:Go on wit ya big ass! Lemme see somethin
Tell ya little friend he can quit mean muggin
I'm lit and I don't care what no one thinks
But where the FUCK is the waitress at wit my drinks?!
My people outside and they can't get in
We gon' rush the back door and break 'em in
The owner already pissed cause we sorta late
But our time and our clothes gotta "cooooordinate"
Most girls lookin right some lookin a mess
That's why they spilling drinks all over ya dress
But Louie Vuitton bras all over your breasts
Got me wanting to put hickies all over ya chest-ahh
C'mon! We gon' party tonight
Y'all use mouth to mouth, bring the party to life
Don't be scurred, show another part of your life
The more drinks in your system the harder the fight!

When I move you move (just like that?)
When I move you move (just like that?)
When I move you move (just like that?)
Hell yeah! Hey DJ bring that back!
(When I move you move) just like that?
(When I move you move) just like that?
(When I move you move) just like that?
(Hell yeah, Hey DJ bring that back!)

And ya gotta love Slick Rick's La di da di.

If you want something a little different, you can always vibe to the Roots' The Next Movement, or A Tribe Called Quest's Scenario, Award Tour, Electric Relaxation, Find a Way,... You know I need to stop with them or I'll be here all night.

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2004-05-04 11:38pm

'Fette's Vette' by MCChris

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-05-05 12:05am

"Damn It Feels Good to be a Gansta" by the Ghetto Boys, baby!! *jams*

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2004-05-05 12:21am

Zaia wrote:"Damn It Feels Good to be a Gansta" by the Ghetto Boys, baby!! *jams*

Love that song. Office Space rules!

My other faves:

Lose Yourself, Eminem

Ms Jackson, Outkast

Hey Yeah, Outkast (I know it's over played as hell but it's a good song)

The Way You Move, Outkast

Walk this Way, Aerosmith and Run DMC

Miami, Will Smith

Men in Black, Will Smith

Gettin' Jiggy, Will Smith

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-05 12:25am

"Baby Got Back" by Sir Mixalot.

I like big butts and I cannot lie
u other brotherz can't deny
when a girl walks in with a itty, bitty, waist
and a round thing in ur face u get sprung
want to pull up tough
cuz u noticed that butt was stuck
beef to the jeans shes wearing
im hooked and I can't stop staring
oh baby I wanna get wit cha
and take ur pictcha
my homeboys tryed 2 warn me
but that butt u got makes me so horny
ooooooo rumple smooth skin
u say u wanna get my benz
well use me use me cuz u ain't that average groupie
I seen her dancin
to hell with romancing
she sweat
wet
shes got it going like a turbo jet
im tired of magazines
seenin flat butts are the thing
cuz the average black man ask him that
shes got 2 pack much back
so fellas
YAH!
fellas
YAH!
cuz ur girlfriends got the butt
HELL YAH!
shake it
yah
shake it
yah
shake that healthy butt
baby got back

baby got back

I like them round and big
and when Im throwing a gig
I just can't help myself
I'm acting like an animal
now here's my scandal
I wanna get u home and
uh
double up
uh uh
I ain't talking bout playboy
those silicon parts are made for toys
I want them real thick and juicy
so find that juicy double
mix-alot seem trouble
begging for a piece of that bubble
so Im looking at rock videos
knocking these bimbos
looking like hoes
u can those bimbos
I keep my women like flo-jo
a word to the thick soled sisterz
i wanna get wit cha
i won't cus or hit cha
i gotta be straight when I say
I wanna uh to the break of dawn
baby's got it going on
a lot of sims won't like this song
cuz thoses punks like to hit and quit it
and I'd ratehr stay and play
cuz I'm long and I'm strong
and I'm down to get this frick shit on
so ladies
YAH!
ladies
YAH!
so u wanna roll my mercedes
YAH!
so turn around
stick it out
even white boys got 2 shout
baby got back

baby got back

yah baby
when it comes to females
cosmo ain't got nothing to do with my selection
36
24
36
on if she's 5'3"

so ur girlfriend owns a honda
playing workout tapes by fonda
but fonda ain't got a motor on the back of her honda
my anacoda
don't got none unless u got buns hun
you can do side bends or sit-ups
but please don't use that butt
some brotherz wanna play that hard roll
and tell ya that the butt ain't gold
so they toss and leave it
and i pull up quick to retrieve it
so cosmo says ur fat
well i ain't down wit dat
cuz ur waist is small
and ur curves are kicking
and im thinking bout sticking
to the beanpole dames and the magazines
you ain't it miss thing
give me a sista
i can't resist her
red beans and rice didn't miss her
some knuckle head tried to dis
cuz those girls are on my list
he had game
but he chose to hit em
and I pull up quick to get wit him
so ladies if da butt is round
and u wanna triple xbo down
dial 1-900-mixalot
and kick dem nasty thoughts
baby got back

baby got back

little in the middle but u got much back

little in the middle but u got much back

little in the middle but u got much back

little in the middle but u got much back

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2004-05-05 12:30am

Rap must die a horrible horrible death, that being said, Amish paridise is pretty funny. Oh and hiding in my closet by the cast of Mad TV.