Kurupt picks his: Top 5 dead or alive

^Kurupt - Streetlights^ (in stores April 20th 2010)


Does life imitate art?
Yes, just look at a lot of today’s Rap music!
Insistently wishing to uphold the status quo,
many Geppetto-like CEOs continue to sign
crudely replicated Pinocchio rappers.
Fantasy can be fun, but it is time to step away
from all these fairy tale artists.
Kurupt’s impending effort,
Streetlights should illuminate what it
means to be an actual MC
when it drops on April 20.
Kurupt’s authenticity and lyricism
exemplifies what an MC is,
and also determines which MCs he lists on
his Top 5 Dead Or Alive.

He explains,
“What is an MC—a microphone controller,
you understand me—a Master of Ceremony;
it’s different than a guy who sells
millions and millions of records.
That doesn’t make them an MC
that makes them a great artist!
You got to understand that an
MC isn’t the same thing as being a rapper,
or being an artist.
It’s a whole different ballgame.
That’s why you see a lot of East coasters
mentioned in my Top 5 MCs,
because they created this whole
art form we call emceeing.
Being an MC is a kind of privilege!
We don’t call them rappers, you call them MCs;
because, they’re [the] Master of Ceremony.
They rock the party, their rhymes are ridiculous…
When I’m picking my Top 5 Dead Or Alive,
it’s a hard list to get on,
because you just got to be a certain caliber of rapper…”

Without further ado,
Kurupt’s Top 5 Dead or Alive.

RAKIM




Kurupt:
At the top of the chart, it’s always the, R—Rakim.
His pen game never ceases to amaze me
[when] he comes to the mic.
Rakim is the blueprint of what an MC is.
Whenever you think of an MC,
if you need an example, think of Rakim.
Everything about Rakim [constitutes] what is an MC.
An MC is about being fly,
being an MC is about the wordplay,
the way that you deliver it,
which is your style [and] how you
connect your words when you’re rhyming;
that’s all about being an MC, you know,
all about your style and how articulate you are.
Rakim is at the top of the chart on that.
That’s where he musically invented this s***.
So, that’s why Rakim has always been that to me.

AllHipHop.com:
Have you had the opportunity to work with him yet?

Kurupt:
I’ve never had the opportunity to work with him.
I met him a couple of times;
that really made my day.
Me and the R definitely have to make that happen,
us on the mic together.
That would be incredible!



KRS-ONE





I would definitely have to choose KRS One.
KRS One always set an example of skills on the mic.
And uh, he’s definitely a part of
the blueprint of what an MC is, as well.
I like to pattern a lot of my rhymes
to the R’s—Rakim’s and KRS One’s.

AllHipHop.com:
Do you have a favorite verse or a
favorite album by G Rap that you think folks should study?

KOOL G RAP




Kurupt:
I like the album Road To The Riches
there’s a song on there called “Men At Work.”
It’s ridiculous;
his microphone game is ridiculous on that record.
Kool G Rap is also a different kind of MC.
He had a different style.
That’s also one of the main things
about being an MC is originality.
It’s about coming up with your own style,
and concepts, and rhymes, period.

You didn’t steal nobody’s style,
back in the day they called that biting.
There’s a lot of biting out there nowadays.
It’s a different caliber of rappers out there nowadays.
You know, I think that the
creative part has taken a back seat to the fun of it,
you know what I mean.
Now it’s more about the fun.
Back then it was more about critiquing your style,
and it was more about the mic.
It’s all good;
because, it’s all in the love of Hip Hop.

AllHipHop.com:
Getting back to your Top 5,
the last MC you named was Kool G Rap,
who would be your last two?

THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.




Kurupt:
I would definitely go with Biggie for my fourth one.
Biggie just had a certain style about himself.
His wordplay was ridiculous.
That’s one of the newer generation MCs, definitely.
The older generation, those three right there
[Rakim, KRS One, and Kool G Rap]
always set up a base for the newer
generation—which a lot of people consider
older—but the ‘90’s of
MCs I’d definitely go with Biggie.

AllHipHop.com:
I have a real screwed up
face right now with you naming Biggie.
All during the West Coast / East Coast
beef you still respected him as an MC?

Kurupt
Of course,
the whole problem had nothing to do with his skills.

AllHipHop.com:
Wow!
Now, rounding out your Top 5 who else would you put on there?

THE D.O.C.





Kurupt:
My fifth MC, I’d go definitely with the D.O.C.
It’s the same as all the rest of him,
his skills—how he was on his mic.
I think he definitely deserves a little more recognition.
You know, I don’t think that
people really listen to the D.O.C.’s lyrics.
The boy is vicious.
I had the opportunity to actually see him work
when he was writing rhymes for Dr. Dre
when we was doing The Chronic
and all those different rhymes he wrote for Dr. Dre.
Just to see him move;
he had style;
it was all about his style.
He wouldn’t do the average way of rapping;
he would do so much more.
He would think of different
[and] creative ways to say simple shit.
So, I definitely think that
he can get more recognition, definitely.




The Sidebar

“So, I stare at the grade—the blueprint—
of what an MC is when I’m judging MCs.
So, I can’t go to the nowadays
before I mention the people who created the blueprint.
They still got the skills today, freestyling, and rhyming.
Rakim didn’t really freestyle, you know,
that’s just another craft—another
part—of how high an MCs skills can go.
Kris is a freestyler, you know what I mean.
G Rap, I really ain’t heard him freestyle.
There’s also others who can go on the list.

Big Daddy Kane was vicious; that’s an MC!
Regardless, of how he changed his style later.
His blueprint overshadows any other way he rhymes nowadays.
That’s why Biggie comes in at four,
and the D.O.C. definitely comes in at five.
You know and to tell you the truth,
there’s no particular order,
it doesn’t go Rakim first—this one that
one this one that—it’s all five of them,
like gumbo, mixed up in one.
There isn’t one of them that
I like better than the other ones when
it comes to this list of MCs.
You know, if we go with the Top 5,
we gotta go with the top five MCs
in the game that ever came into this sport.
That’s definitely
Rakim, Kool G Rap, KRS One, that’s definitely Biggie Smalls and The D.O.C.
I can go on and on.

I consider Ice Cube an MC.
He’s a different caliber of an MC.
With Cube, what he brings to the
table—if you listen to “The n***a You Love To Hate,”
and Amerikkka’s Most Wanted—even when he was with N.W.A.
he was very articulate on the mic.
He wasn’t just rapping.
It’s just that he had subject matter,
and everybody else their style was different.

There’s a lot of good rappers,
and there are younger people
who are great MCs as well; like Cassidy.
I like Drake;
I think Drake is a great MC.
You can tell that he’s not just a rapper
he’s articulate—he uses his words—the
way he connects his rhymes.
You know, the list goes on and on and on,
and every day there’s a new MC created.”

- Kurupt


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Scarface picks his: Top 5 dead or alive (Extended Edition)

When legends put their Top 5,
Scarface is on there.
What does the man have an affinity for?

Hip Hop has come to mean
different things to different people.
It originated as an authentic form of expression,
one that 'Face has utilized to the fullest.
Through powerful, reflective,
and uplifting lyrics Hip Hop defied
the odds and embraced the years as it
has became a widely appreciated
and celebrated genre of music.
Hip Hop at its best carries our aspirations,
our struggles, our bliss and our betrayals.

In a perfect world we entrust our MCs
to demonstrate a level of awareness of our community.
Candid lyricism in conjunction with tangible
real life experiences is part of
the amalgamation that is Scarface. Scarface,
a man who needs no introduction,
is one of our living lyrical icons.

In an unbridled interview,
he reveals his extended edition of
AllHipHop.com’s
Top 5 Dead Or Alive,
Top 5 Southern MCs and
Top 5 of Right Now.



RAKIM


Scarface:
The way that Rakim put words together is like no other.

AllHipHop.com:
For the younger generation who may be unfamiliar with Rakim;
which track do they really need to listen to?
Do you remember what made you first gravitate towards him?

Scarface:
Listen to [Eric B. & Rakim’s] “Follow The Leader.”
The main said,
“…A furified freestyle,
lyrics of fury/ my third eye makes me shine like jewelry…
[chuckles]
goddam! N****s talk about chains;
the man said his third eye makes him shine like jewelry!



KRS-ONE


AllHipHop.com:
What about KRS makes him stand out amongst others?

Scarface:
“Criminal Minded.”
To me KRS-ONE had that pause—it picks back
up—he had a swagger from that “Criminal Minded” album.
You know, that was really our star.



KOOL G RAP


AllHipHop.com:
What about Kool G Rap earned your respect?

Scarface:
…He had a song called “Truly Yours”—
and that’s really the best girl diss that I ever heard.


AllHipHop.com:
[laughs]

Scarface:
He dissed somebody and I was like, damn.
[starts emceeing]
“This I dedicate to the girl I hate…”
[mimics the DJ Polo beat, uh uh uh uh uh uh]
“This I dedicate to the girl I hate…”
Man, that is a fantastic come line—


AllHipHop.com:
You think it’s been timeless?

Scarface:
It’s timeless. Yes, “Truly Yours”


ICE CUBE


AllHipHop.com:
What made you become an Ice Cube fan?

Scarface:
[starts reciting a verse from Cube’s “A Bird in the Hand”]
“Fresh out of school I was a high school grad/
had to get a job because I was a high school dad…/
but there was no SC for this youngster/
I didn’t have no money/
so I had to punch the clock…”
That boy Cube is cold;
that boy Ice Cube is sick!


AllHipHop.com:
Which MC is your last pick?

Scarface:
I really have to think about that last one.
S***, of all time, you got to say LL Cool J, dawg.



AllHipHop.com:
LL?


LL COOL J




Scarface:
Yep!
Top five of all time,
you got to put LL in that top five of all time.


AllHipHop.com:
Now, if there were a top 6:



NAS


Scarface:
Nas.
I think Nas is a bad motherf***er.


AllHipHop.com:
What do you think about his evolution as an MC?
Does he still possess the same hunger he had with Illmatic?
Is he more lyrically potent now or
has he grown complacent as his wealth has increased?



Scarface:
I like Nas as an MC.
I like Nas period.
It don’t matter.



AllHipHop.com:
You know I have to go here;
it’s interesting that you didn’t name any Southern MCs.
Why didn’t any of those make the list?



Scarface:
Of all time,
there’s not a greatest Southern MC
of all time that could be in there, in my opinion.



AllHipHop.com:
I love you’re being real even
though you’re from the South.



Scarface:
I mean of all time
—If I did one for [the] South MCs
I would say — Top five of all time, it’s 3000



ANDRE 3000


Scarface:
I really like Andre 300, right now.
Because his word usage, his word play.



JUVENILE


Scarface:
Let’s see, Juvie said,
“The District Attorney don’t give a fuck about y’all/
she got to run again for office again in the fall…”
That boy Juvenile was a damn fool!



BUN B


Scarface:
…Did I say Bun B?
S**t, Bun, Juvie,
Who am I forgetting?


AllHipHop.com:
It’s hard. I’m thinking.
Z-RO got lyrics; but, to consider him at the top.
I dunno.
That’s a big distinction.



Scarface:
Cee-Lo Green



AllHipHop.com:
Check you out.
So, we’re traveling to Georgia with that Dungeon Family.
Do you like Cee-Lo with Goodie Mob or with Gnarls Barkley?


Scarface:
Both.

Scarface:
[snatches Cee-Lo’s voice]
“You got to get up, get out/
cut that bulls*** out/
ain’t you sick and tired or have to get up and get out..”
That boy is cold.



DEVIN THE DUDE



AllHipHop.com:
Devin, I love Devin.
But why is he so slept on;
what about Mr. Copeland is overlooked?


Scarface:
That’s the fucking Bill Withers of Southern Hip-Hop.
Devin can put a wash in a n**** from our day.


AllHipHop.com:
What I love about Devin is
the ease that he can go from a party song like
“Don’t Get Me Wrong” with the Coughee Brothaz
to crazy lyricism like on “Write & Wrong.”
I absolutely love Devin as
a lyricist and as a man;
he’s good people.


Scarface:
That motherfucker says,
“When you’re wrong/
motherfuckers want to talk about you/
when you’re wrong/
motherfuckers want to criticize you…”


AllHipHop.com:
Any more lists?

Scarface:
My top five of Right Now
(Rappers presently active, in no particular order).


JAY-Z


Scarface:
I like Jay-Z right now

AllHipHop.com:
Do you think that
the Blueprint 3 is going to live up to the hype?


Scarface:
I dunno, man.
You said, ‘will the Blueprint 3 live up to the hype,’
I think it will to answer your question.
I need to talk to him.
I just want to talk to him and
let him know where we’re at [MCs in the game] right now.
You know what I mean?
Jay-Z is serious though.
I like Jay-Z.
Now the Blueprint 3—I need to talk to him bad, man.



AllHipHop.com:
Let him know if he’s still looking
for features he can holla at me.
Or you can call him on three way.


Scarface:
[laughs]


YOUNG JEEZY


AllHipHop.com:
What about Young Jeezy do you like?


Scarface:
I like Young Jeezy, man.
I like him a lot.


AllHipHop.com:
What do you say to the critics
who question his dope boy motif?
How long can you rhyme about work?


Scarface:
They’re just critics, man.
They can’t rap a f***ing lick.
They don’t know the game at all.
They don’t know s*** about it.


AllHipHop.com:
So you feel as long as people can
identify with Jeezy he’ll be appreciated?



Scarface:
S***, I appreciate him.
I love Young Jeezy.
[adopts Jeezy’s cadence]
“I’m young by the way…”
[starts singing hook from “Get Allot”]
“I get a lot of that/
put your hands in the air if you get a lot of that…”


AllHipHop.com:
That says a lot coming from you.
That beat by Nicco is incredible.


Scarface:
Yeah I like it.


LIL WAYNE


AllHipHop.com:
What about Lil Wayne;
is it just his word play?


Scarface:
Wayne can play.
Young Moula [laughs].
His rhyming is very nice.


AllHipHop.com:
What do you think about him
challenging the boundaries of Hip-Hop?


Scarface:
I like it; I like that s***, man.
He went there.



BEANIE SIGEL


Scarface:
I like Beanie Sigel; he’s nice.
Who else is bad?



EMINEM


Scarface:
Yeah, Elvis, put Elvis in there.
Elvis has left the building, f****ing Elvis, man.
That goddam Elvis [whistles], whoa.
Eminem is awesome; he’s outside of the box.
We’ve never collaborated; but, I like that dude, man.
You know, we’ve kicked it a few times.
Eminem sent me a few beats.



The Sidebar

A malevolent force is possessing Hip Hop.
Afflicted by parasitic corporate greed,
an art form that was once celebrated
and galvanized by community spirit,
has been abducted by killer clowns from outer space.
These malignant jesters offer mere pence as
they greedily extract Hip Hop’s incredible essence.
A catastrophic rouge paints the mouth of these callous clowns;
creativity drips from the edges of its disposal.
The constant pillaging of Hip Hop has it on life support.
Hip Hop lay in ruins;
it’s a putrid abyss of what it once was.
What do we do when our most respected MCs grow
so disheartened that they prematurely resign?


VIA
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2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now (1991)
2Pac - All Eyez on Me (1996)
2Pac - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (1996)
2Pac - Greatest Hits (1998)
2Pac - Me Against the World (1995)
2Pac - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. (1993)
213 - The Hard Way (2004)
3rd Bass - The Cactus Album (1989)
3rd Bass - Derelicts of Dialect (1991)
50 Cent - Curtis (2007)
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
50 Cent - Guess Who's Back (2002)
50 Cent - The Massacre (2005)
88-Keys - The Death of Adam (2008)
9th Wonder - Dream Merchant Vol. 1 (2005)
9th Wonder - The Dream Merchant Vol. 2 (2007)

A

A Tribe Called Quest - The Anthology (1999)
A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes and Life (1996)
A Tribe Called Quest - The Love Movement (1998)
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
Above the Law - Black Mafia Life (1993)
Above the Law - Livin' Like Hustlers (1990)
Above the Law - Uncle Sam's Curse (1994)
Ahmad - Ahmad (1993)
Akinyele - Put It In Your Mouth [EP] (1996)
Akinyele - Vagina Diner (1993)
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of... (1992)
Artifacts - Between a Rock and a Hard Place (1994)
AZ - 9 Lives (2001)
AZ - A.W.O.L. (2005)
AZ - Aziatic (2002)
AZ - Doe or Die (1995)
AZ - Final Call (2004/2008)
AZ - The Format (2006)
AZ - Pieces of a Man (1998)
AZ - Undeniable (2008)

B

Beanie Sigel - The B. Coming (2005)
Beanie Sigel - The Reason (2001)
Beanie Sigel - The Truth (2000)
Beatnuts, The - A Musical Massacre (1999)
Beatnuts, The - The Beatnuts: Street Level (1994)
Beatnuts, The - Intoxicated Demons [EP] (1993)
Big Daddy Kane - It's a Big Daddy Thing (1989)
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane (1988)
Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
Biz Markie - Goin' Off (1988)
Biz Markie - I Need a Haircut (1991)
Black Milk - Music from the Color Purple (2008)
Black Milk - Popular Demand (2007)
Black Moon - Enta da Stage (1993)
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (1991)
Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) - Black Star (1998)
Blu & Exile- Below the Heavens (2007)
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (1988)
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987)
Boogie Down Productions - Edutainment (1990)
Boogie Down Productions - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop (1989)
Boogie Down Productions - Sex and Violence (1992)
Brand Nubian - One For All (1990)
Buckshot & 9th Wonder - Chemistry (2005)
Buckshot & 9th Wonder - The Formula (2008)

C

Cam'ron - Come Home with Me (2002)
Cam'ron - Confessions of Fire (1998)
Cam'ron - Purple Haze (2004)
Cam'ron - S.D.E. (Sports, Drugs and Entertainment) (2000)
Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night (1997)
Canibus - Can-I-Bus (1998)
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (2001)
Capone-N-Noreaga - The War Report (1997)
Cappadonna - The Pillage (1998)
Charles Hamilton - The Pink Lavalamp (2008)
Charles Hamilton - This Perfect Life (2009)
Chaundon - Carnage (2008)
Common - BE (2005)
Common - Can I Borrow A Dollar (1992)
Common - Finding Forever (2007)
Common - Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
Common - One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997)
Common - Resurrection (1994)
Common - Thisisme Then: The Best of Common (2007)
Compton's Most Wanted - Must to Driveby (1992)
Compton's Most Wanted - Straight Checkn 'Em (1995)
Consequence - Don't Quit Your Day Job! (2007)
Cormega - The Realness (2001)
Cormega - The True Meaning (2003)
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
Craig Mack - Project Funk Da World (1994)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)

D

Da Lench Mob - Guerillas in tha Mist (1992)
Das EFX - Dead Serious (1992)
David Banner - The Greatest Story Ever Told (2008)
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
De La Soul - The Grind Date (2004)
De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
Def Squad - El Niño (1998)
Del tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here (1991)
Del tha Funkee Homosapien - No Need for Alarm (1993)
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 (2000)
Deuce Maxwell - The Plushcat Sessions (2009)
Diamond D (and the Psychotic Neurotics) - Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop (1992)
Digable Planets - Blowout Comb (1994)
Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993)
Digital Underground - Sex Packets (1990)
Dilated Peoples - Platform (2000)
Diplomats, The - Diplomatic Immunity (2003)
DJ Clue? - The Professional (1998)
DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Return of The Magnificent (2007)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - And in This Corner... (1989)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Code Red (1993)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (1988)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Homebase (1991)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Rock the House (1987)
DJ Quik - Quik Is the Name (1991)
DJ Quik - Safe + Sound (1995)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... (1996)
DMX - It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998)
Doug E. Fresh - The World's Greatest Entertainer (1988)
Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
Drake - So Far Gone (2009)

E

Eazy-E - Eazy-Duz-It (1988)
Edo G. featuring Pete Rock - My Own Worst Enemy (2004)
El-P - Fantastic Damage (2002)
Eminem - The Eminem Show (2002)
Eminem - Encore (2004)
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
Eminem - Recovery (2010)
Eminem - Relapse (2009)
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (1999)
EPMD - Back in Business (1997)
EPMD - Business As Usual (1990)
EPMD - Business Never Personal (1992)
EPMD - Strictly Business (1988)
EPMD - Unfinished Business (1989)
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader (1988)
Eric B. & Rakim - Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (1990)
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full (1987)
Erick Sermon - Music (2001)
Erick Sermon - No Pressure (1993)

F

Fat Joe - The Elephant in the Room (2008)
Fat Joe - Jealous One's Envy (1995)
Fat Joe - Me, Myself & I (2006)
Fat Joe - Represent (1993)
Firm, The - The Firm: The Album (1997)
Freeway - Free At Last (2007)
Freeway - Philadelphia Freeway (2003)
Fugees, The - The Score (1996)

G

G-Unit - Beg For Mercy (2003)
The Game - Doctor's Advocate (2006)
Gang Starr - Daily Operation (1992)
Gang Starr - Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (1999)
Gang Starr - Hard to Earn (1994)
Gang Starr - Moment of Truth (1998)
Gang Starr - No More Mr. Nice Guy (1989)
Gang Starr - The Ownerz (2003)
Gang Starr - Step in the Arena (1991)
Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped (1991)
Ghostface Killah - The Big Doe Rehab (2007)
Ghostface Killah - Bulletproof Wallets (2001)
Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (2006)
Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City (2009)
Ghostface Killah - Ironman (1996)
Ghostface Killah - More Fish (2006)
Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album (2004)
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (1994)
Group Home - Livin' Proof (1995)
GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords (1995)

I

Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
Ice Cube - The Predator (1992)
InI - Center of Attention (1995)
Inspectah Deck - Uncontrolled Substance (1999)
Intelligent Hoodlum - Intelligent Hoodlum (1990)

J

J Dilla - Donuts (2006)
J Dilla - The Shining (2006)
Jadakiss - Kiss of Death (2004)
Jadakiss - Kiss tha Game Goodbye (2001)
Jadakiss - The Last Kiss (2009)
Jay-Z - American Gangster (2007)
Jay-Z - The Black Album (2003)
Jay-Z - Black is Back: The 9th Album (Remixed by 9th Wonder) (2003)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001)
Jay-Z - The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse (2002)
Jay-Z - Crooklyn Gangster (Remixed by Small Professor) (2007)
Jay-Z - The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000)
Jay-Z - The Grey Album (Remixed by DJ Danger Mouse) (2004)
Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come (2006)
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996)
Jay-Z - Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (1998)
Jay-Z - Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter (1999)
Jay-Z - The Wright Album (Remixed by Isbjerg) (2008)
Jean Grae & 9th Wonder - Jeanius (2008)
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design (2000)
Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises in the East (1994)
Jeru the Damaja - Wrath of the Math (1996)
Joe Budden - Halfway House (2008)
Joe Budden - Joe Budden (2003)
Joe Budden - Mood Muzik 2: Can It Get Any Worse? (2005)
Joe Budden - Mood Muzik 3: For Better or for Worse (2007)
Juelz Santana - From Me to U (2003)
Jungle Brothers - Straight Out the Jungle (1988)
Junior M.A.F.I.A. - Conspiracy (1995)
Jurassic 5 - Feedback (2006)
Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 (1998)

K

Kam - Neva Again (1993)
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (2008)
Kanye West - College Dropout (2004)
Kanye West - Graduation (2007)
Kanye West - Late Registration (2005)
Keith Murray - The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World (1994)
KiD CuDi - A KiD Named CuDi (2008)
KiD CuDi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2010)
Kid 'n Play - 2 Hype (1988)
Killah Priest - Heavy Mental (1998)
King Tee - At Your Own Risk (1990)
KMD - Black Bastards (2001)
Kool G. Rap - 4,5,6 (1995)
Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo - Road to the Riches (1989)
KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bap (1993)
Kurious - A Constipated Monkey (1994)

L

La the Darkman - Heist of the Century (1998)
Large Professor - The LP (1996/2002)
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Leaders of the New School - A Future Without a Past (1991)
Lil Kim - Hard Core (1996)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)
Lily Allen - Alright, Still (2006)
Little Brother - The Chittlin Circuit 1.5 (2005)
Little Brother - Getback (2007)
Little Brother - The Listening (2003)
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show (2005)
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
LL Cool J - Mr. Smith (1995)
LL Cool J - Radio (1985)
Lloyd Banks - The Hunger for More (2004)
Lootpack - Soundpieces: Da Antidote! (1999)
Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth - Funky Technician (1990)
Lox, The - Money, Power & Respect (1998)
Ludacris - Chicken-n-Beer (2003)
Ludacris - The Red Light District (2004)
Ludacris - Release Therapy (2006)
Ludacris - Theater of the Mind (2008)
Ludacris - Word of Mouf (2001)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006)
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's The Cool (2007)

M

M.I.A. - Kala (2007)
M.O.P. - Warriorz (2000)
Main Source - Breaking Atoms (1991)
Marley Marl - In Control, Volume 1 (1988)
Ma$e - Harlem World (1997)
Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer (2004)
Masta Ace - Sittin' on Chrome (1995)
Masta Ace - SlaughtaHouse (1993)
Masta Ace - Take a Look Around (1990)
Masta Killa - No Said Date (2004)
MC Lyte - Lyte As A Rock (1988)
Memphis Bleek - 534 (2005)
Memphis Bleek - Coming of Age (1999)
Memphis Bleek - M.A.D.E. (2003)
Memphis Bleek - The Understanding (2000)
Meth, Ghost & Rae - Wu-Massacre (2010)
Method Man - 4:21... The Day After (2006)
Method Man - Tical (1994)
Method Man - Tical 0: The Prequel (2004)
Method Man - Tical 2000: Judgement Day (1998)
Method Man & Redman - Blackout! (1999)
MF DOOM - MM..FOOD? (2004)
MF DOOM - Operation: Doomsday (1999)
Mobb Deep - The Infamous (1995)
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides (1999)
MURS - Murray’s Revenge (2006)
MURS - Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition (2004)
MURS - Murs for President (2008)
MURS & 9th Wonder - Sweet Lord (2008)

N

N.W.A. - 100 Miles and Runnin' (1990)
N.W.A. - efiL4zaggiN (1991)
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
Nas - God's Son (2002)
Nas - God's Stepson (Remixed by 9th Wonder) (2002)
Nas - Greatest Hits (2007)
Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead (2006)
Nas - I Am... (1999)
Nas - Illmatic (1994)
Nas - Illmatic: 10th Anniversary Edition (2004)
Nas - It Was Written (1996)
Nas - The Lost Tapes (2002)
Nas - Nastradamus (1999)
Nas - Stillmatic (2001)
Nas - Street's Disciple (2004)
Nas - Untitled (2008)
Naughty By Nature - 19 Naughty III (1993)
Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)
Naughty By Nature - Poverty's Paradise (1995)
Noreaga - N.O.R.E. (1998)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Born Again (1999)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Duets: The Final Chapter (2005)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die (1994)
The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death (1997)

O

O.C. - Jewelz (1997)
O.C. - Word...Life (1994)
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (1995)
Onyx - Bacdafucup (1993)
OutKast - Aquemini (1998)
OutKast - ATLiens (1996)
OutKast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)

P

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - All Souled Out (1992)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Main Ingredient (1994)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother (1992)
Pete Rock - Soul Survivor (1998)
Pharcyde, The - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde (1992)
Pharcyde, The - Labcabincalifornia (1995)
Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs (1999)
Pimp C - Pimpalation (2006)
Prodigy - H.N.I.C. (2000)
Prodigy - Return of the Mac (2007)
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987)
Puff Daddy - No Way Out (1997)

Q

Q-Tip - Amplified (1999)
Q-Tip - The Renaissance (2008)

R

Raekwon - Immobilarity (1999)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995)
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II (2009)
Rakim - The 18th Letter (1997)
Rapper Big Pooh - Sleepers (2004)
Redman - Dare Iz a Darkside (1994)
Redman - Doc's Da Name 2000 (1998)
Redman - Muddy Waters (1996)
Redman - Red Gone Wild... Thee Album (2007)
Redman - Whut? Thee Album (1992)
Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought (2000)
Rhymefest - Blue Collar (2006)
Rick Ross - Trilla (2008)
The Roots - Game Theory (2006)
The Roots - Rising Down (2008)
Royal Flush - Ghetto Millionaire (1997)
Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell (1986)
Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C. (1984)
Run-D.M.C. - Tougher Than Leather (1988)

S

Scarface - The Fix (2002)
Scarface - Made (2007)
Scarface - Mr. Scarface Is Back (1991)
Showbiz & A.G. - Goodfellas (1995)
Showbiz & A.G. - Runaway Slave (1992)
Shyne - Godfather Buried Alive (2004)
Shyne - Shyne (2000)
Skyzoo - The Salvation (2009)
Skyzoo & 9th Wonder - Cloud 9: The Three Day High (2006)
Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse (2009)
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic Volume 1 (1997)
Slum Village - Fan-Tas-Tic Volume 2 (2000)
Smif-n-Wessun - Dah Shinin' (1995)
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin' (2008)
Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006)
Souls of Mischief - 93 'til Infinity (1993)
Special Ed - Youngest In Charge (1989)
State Property - The Chain Gang, Vol. 2 (2003)
Styles P - A Gangster and a Gentleman (2002)

T

T.I. - King (2005)
T.I. - Paper Trail (2008)
T.I. - Trap Muzik (2003)
Talib Kweli - Ear Drum (2007)
Talib Kweli - Quality (2002)
Terminator X - The Valley of the Jeep Beats (1991)
Tha Alkaholiks - 21 & Over (1993)
Tha Alkaholiks - Coast II Coast (1995)
Turnaround, The - A Long Awaited Drama (1996)

U

UGK - Super Tight (1994)
UGK - Ridin' Dirty (1996)
UGK - Too Hard to Swallow (1992)
UGK - UnderGround Kingz (2007)
Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown (1988)

W

Wale - Attention Deficit (2009)
Warren G - Regulate... G Funk Era (1994)
WC and the Maad Circle - Curb Servin' (1995)
Wu-Tang Clan - 8 Diagrams (2007)
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
Wu-Tang Clan - The W (2000)
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (1997)

X

X-Clan - To the East, Blackwards (1990)

Y

Young Gunz - Brothers From Another (2005)
Young Gunz - Tough Luv (2004)
Young Jeezy - The Inspiration (2006)
Young Jeezy - Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005)
Young Jeezy - The Recession (2008)


Original Soundtracks

Original Soundtrack - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Original Soundtrack - State Property (2002)
Original Soundtrack - Streets is Watching (1998)

Check their index here.



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Music to Driveby 2025; Top 50 favorites (Apple Music)

Music to Driveby 2025; Top 50 favorites > in alphabetical order. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX MC Ren; The Anthem (ft. Tha Chill, Cold 187um, Jayo Felony, J-Dee, Ras Kass)(Prod. Tha Chill)(2022)

K.A.A.N.; ASC (Aint Shit Changed)

Benny The Butcher, Sule & Fuego Base - B$F [Official Video]

MOUNT WESTMORE (Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, E-40, Too $hort)- Bad MF’s (Official Music Video)

Ice Cube; Before Hip Hop

Xzibit (ft. Jason Martin); Belly Of The Beast

Clipse, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Malice - Chains & Whips (Official Music Video)

Esham ft. Danny Brown - DMT Sessions *DMT Sessions 2011*

Clipse, Pusha T, Malice, Stove God Cooks - F.I.C.O. (Official Music Video)

Kanye West & Dr. Dre; Follow God (Dr.Dre Remix)

Daz; Fucc Yall

Daz; Get Bacc (feat. Prince Ital Joe)

Prince Paul ft. Xzibit, Sadat X; Handle Your Time

Mount Westmore(Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, E-40, Too $hort); Have A Nice Day Fuck You (VIDEO)

Vanderslice; Hazul Story

Rakim; Holy Are You (Extended Version)

Kurupt; I Aint No Killa (Official Video)

IAMGAWD X ILL CITY "Intro (Way too easy) Purple Box Videos

Ice Cube; It's My Ego

Ice Cube remix ft. Scarface; It's My Ego

J-S.A.N.D; JALEELOQUY NO. 2

Mack 10; "King Of Chevys" [Official Music Video]

Snoop Dogg ft. Tom Petty & Jelly Roll (produced by Dr. Dre) ; Last Dance with Mary Jane (Official Music Video)

Six-Two ft Up-Tight & D.O.C. - Mass Confusion (Produced By Jazze Pha)

Lefty Gunplay, JasonMartin & The Game - MENACE (Official Audio)

DAZ DILLINGER; MENTALLY CRAZY OFFICIAL VIDEO a Vision By Richard Stan

COAST CONTRA; NEVER FREESTYLE

Xzibit ft. King Tee, Cold 187um; Notified

Rakim; NOW IS THE TIME

ONYX & L'UZINE "Paris is Burning' (Produced by Tony Toxik)

Kurupt x C-Mob x Gotti Mob - "Players Ball (feat. Snoop Dogg)" [Official Music Video]

B.G. - Retaliation

AYOOLii" Shmackin Town " shot by ‪@HCMGROUP‬

Benny The Butcher - "Rubber Bands & Weight" (prod. by The Alchemist) [Dir. by @iamslimgus]

Coyote, B-Real & Zoe Osama - sLAng (official video)

SLING SHOT - Lil' Flip - Official Music Video

Clipse, Pharrell Williams, Pusha T, Malice - So Far Ahead (Official Lyric Video)

LL COOL J, Snoop Dogg - Spirit of Cyrus (Audio)

Snoop Dogg ft.K.A.A.N. and Cocoa Sarai (produced by Dr. Dre) Sticcy Situation (Official Audio)

Too $hort; Still Mackin

IAMGAWD; Straitjacket Rap

BigXthaPlug - Texas (Official Music Video)

Snoop Dogg - Thank You (produced by Dr. Dre) (Official Audio)

LL Cool J ft. J-S.A.N.D; The Vow

MC Ren; Time (Prod. by Tha Chill) (2022)

Wu-Tang Clan; Warriors Two, Cooley High

Tspokes- Westcoast Matters (Official Video)

Richie Rich | "Wires and Vogues" | (Official Music Video)

billy woods & Kenny Segal (Feat. Danny Brown) - Year Zero (Official Visualizer)

Benny the Butcher - 5 to 50 Ft. India (Prod. Alchemist) [Official Video]

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Rakim youtube channel

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Cope2 - Kings Destroy 1999 (documentary)

Featuring Fat Joe, Crack TATS, Case2 TFP, Seen UA, Ces FX, KRS-One, Flavor Flav, JSon, P.Jay, Chico 80, Trap, T.Kid TNB, Rakim, Comet, Daze and many more

Blast from the past part 4; QD3 in Stockholms Natt

While in his early teens, Jones discovered breaking.
Jones is regarded as one of the pioneers of the Swedish Hip Hop scene.
He took the pseudonym Snoopy and together with Karl Dyall
he had a hit with the rap song "Next Time" in 1986.
The song was taken from the soundtrack
of the cult movie Stockholmsnatt
in which Jones played the one of the lead characters.
By the age of 16, he had earned his first gold record.

At the age of seventeen, Jones decided to relocate to the United States.
There, he briefly attended his father's alma mater,
the Berklee College of Music, where he met Roland Garrett.
However, as the school did not offer what
Jones was looking for musically, he dropped out.
He moved to The Bronx,
where he lived with his friend T La Rock.
Jones practiced and perfected his craft at
Power Play Studios with future Hip hop legends
like Rakim and KRS-One.


^QD3/Quincy singing,rapping,dancing^
Disey and Ziggy did the graffiti backdrop.

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Blast from the past part 2; Strong Island
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Blast from the past part 1
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DJ Premier picks his: Favorite albums of all time

Eric B. & Rakim. "Paid in Full"


Raekwon "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..." AKA "The Purple Tape"


Big Daddy Kane; "Long live the Kane"


Public Enemy; It takes a nation of millions to hold us back


BDP; Criminal Minded


Run DMC; Run D.M.C


Ice Cube; AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted


A Tribe Called Quest; The Low End Theory


De La Soul; 3 Feet High And Rising


Slick Rick: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick






Some other albums like
RedMan; Whut? Thee Album,
Big Pun; Capital Punishment
N.W.A´s Straight Outta Compton and Niggaz4Life
got mentioned,but the ones you see above is the ones that made
DJ Premiers top 10 favorite albums of all time.
Watch the interview below;




VIA
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