"The list doesn't destroy culture; it creates it." - Umberto Eco
Let's create shall we? As my lady says, Why not one for each week?
52. Teen Trends
2009 was the year that the old-heads of hip-hop re-blossomed, reclaiming their throne (which..belonged to no one in between). We are in a stage of "mature" hip-hop, the significance of these (considered) insignificant "trends" for kids who party and have fun is the encouragement of creativity by one's own means..so the songs included (all party bangers from this year: You're a Jerk by New Boyz, Miss Me Kiss Me by Cold Flamez, All The Way Turnt Up by Travis Porter [I actually like this one 0_o][...bonus song: Can I Hitter by Travis Porter], Dont Need No by Pink Dollaz, and O Lets Do It by *gulp...ugh..* Waka Flocka Flame)have nothing to do with being "best" (they're examples) but everything to do with the ever growing age range in hiphop.
All The Way Turnt Up - Travis Porter
Don't Need No - Pink Dollaz
51. All The Way Turnt Up - Lupe Fiasco
"I'm Rich and Po' like Zone 4, Thought's is Deep Like Tone Loc"
When the nerdiest popular rapper decides to bounce off the walls of one of the more popular kid sector songs what do you get? A new level of turnt, the most complex reference to Atlanta this year, Zeitgeist reference, and a metaphor about metaphors. Easily one this years most exciting two minutes on record.
All The Way Turnt Up - Lupe Fiasco
50. Nipsey Hussle - Gangsta's Life (The Life) ft. Snoop Dogg
"Reminiscing, before I make my transition"
Sure Sure..Hussle in the House is the better record (A gangsta record that samples "Jump" by Kriss Kross..aint That some shit), but in 'Life' father influence meets son, discussing nothing other than that the makes them so similar: A Gangsta's Life. Plus, It's Uncle Snoop spitting with an interest that he lacks more and more on his solo albums.
Gangsta's Life - Nipsey Hussle
49. Willie Isz - In The Red
"We put out trust in animals to govern our residence. Why should I vote for donkeys and elephants?"
The best song from Willie Isz's (Khujo Goodie's and Jneiro Jarel non-Gnarls Barkley, Gnarls Barley group) 'Georgiavania,' is not a rap song at all ("I Didn't Mean Too")the best rap song on the album directly addresses social concern in the most Goodie Mob-ish track on the album. Khujo and J.J. preach while the beat rides smooth as J would say ,"like butter on burnt bagels baby."
In The Red - Willie Isz
48. Pac Div - Young Black Male
"I aint tryna rap burgers mama, I'm tryna rap words."
The praised Church League Champions tape by Pac Div proved that unlike as most assumed, they didn't lose a step. On a record full of bangers, one song stood out for its social, somber, commentary shining in its own mellowness. They were making a point, they just slowed it down so you could understand it better.
Young Black Male - Pac Div
47. Curren$y - Elevator Musik
"All we do is ride around and get high to it"
Excuse me while I light this blunt.
Elevator Musik - Curren$y
46. Young Dro - Clean Wit It
"I aint never got Punked til I was on MTV wit Tip"
See what I did there? Color wheel for Young Dro? Everyone's favorite crayon box DRO rambles in classic DRO fashion on a beat that sounds like a giant rubber band in an empty hallway. Only a king can turn bread into dressing. (P.S. Dro, Stay away from Yung LA in 2010. Thanks - Heat)(Shout out to @SlikD and my good friend Jeremy for keeping my Dro decision level-headed)
Clean Wit It - Young Dro
45. Strong Arm Steady ft. Montage One, Evidence, Oh No & Roc C - True Champs
"I might be out of bounds or out of place, out of state or out of faith...but never out of my league"
A collab including names like Oh No, Madlib, Evidence, and Strong Arm Steady would garner high expectations and like the title suggests they deliver. No hook necessary, each verse spit with brazen glory (Evidence with the best)and a beat that gives off a feeling of triumph and marching fitting of a battleground.
True Champs - Strong Arm Steady
44. Killer Mike - Man Up
"If I see one more motherfucker with a thong on, it better be Da Brat"
Unlike Jay-Z's "D.O.A" where Hova plays Jesus proclaiming the end of the wretched circumstances the rap game as become, Killer Mike, the Ice Cube of this generation, gladly plays villain to Hip Hop in 2009 snarlingly barking bars and grimacing laughs over a beat that could be Darth Vader's hype music. Both songs mark a return of rappers who have a big, people listen to me, persona, Atlanta radio dj Greg Street playing hypeman (who hilariously tells the producer of the song to "just make beats" cuz he aint "dickriding him"), shooting darts at his community reflecting the problem and the solution when he yells out "It's business nigga! Fair business!" War waged.
Man Up - Killer Mike
43. Themselves ft. Why and cLOUDEAD - Rappin 4 Money
"Shiii...I prefer my bezels a bundle of dysfunction and thunder, they poems boems of summin summin to cover"
Academic hip-hop as a form of fun, made by people not afraid to be themselves doing things that they want to do comparing rap's current state to the economic crisis while simultaneously droppin lines that are "not for profit." In 'Rappin 4 Money' the message is clear, the path is not. Break out your dictionaries and magnifying glasses.
Rappin 4 Money - Themselves
42. Camp Lo - Black Connect 3
"Crack a bottle of Cuervo, a crook had a rough day, then I need to smoke shower and shave...plus tuxedo"
Going toe for toe with the Wu Tang camp for the most vivid imagery this year, the Camp Lo bosses put you in their "world" one that we listen to as novels not as "real" as most rappers claim and they're better for it. The beat is only as busy as the lyrics, as we follow them on their journey in the most specific of detail. Camp Lo Still got it. (shout out to @SincereBC, fellow music lover)
Black Connect 3 - Camp Lo
41. Marco Polo & Torae - Party Crashers
"A lot of people in here lookin like they rich, dressing like Pharrell but they aint got the Clipse...nope...so they fin'in to get got"
"I'll smack a rapper and call him Yung Berg" ahaha...Anyway..."Newsfolks say blame the recession....but I blame BET, it's no question, ballin ass video's will have a cat stressin" New York clearly feeling nostalgic this year, dropping one of the few songs that I'll have on repeat this New Years Eve...uhm yeah...bout to crash some parties.
Party Crashers - Marco Polo & Torae
40. Rick Ross ft. John Legend - Magnificent
"BAWSE!"
I aint gonna lie, two things, 1. I'm not a fan of Mall Cop Ross but he knows how to make his music sound gorgeous, period. 2. Errrrr....Gonna need J.U.S.T.I.C.E League (easily the smoothest producers working)to make a 'good life' album with John Legend in 2010 because I'll be in Miami in November...yeah. Thanks, they are after all the only reason this song is on here. (Fun Fact: I be dancing like 3k in the Hey Ya video while singing this chorus)
Magnificent - Rick Ross
39. LAUSD ft. J*Davey and Blu - iFeel
"All reels all real"
The things I'd....lemme not go there lol, J*Davey is a sexy ass woman. Blu is one of the best new MCs in years. This collaboration was destined, their chemistry is impeccable and LAUSD layed the beat with sweet drips of funk and future to take to into their room and hearts. The history behind this song with (Blu announcing his lust for Miss Jack Davey on a previous song, to the dialogue at the end)....this song is perfect
iFeel - LAUSD
38. TiRon - Shine On
"Can't teach em unless they love it. Can't reach the kids if the subject aint something they can vibe with"
Ketchup, one of the best mixtapes this year, introduced him to most of his current listeners nationally, whether Throwing His Money or getting his Shine On, TiRon captures a youthful maturity in lines that mirrors a young Yeezy. TiRon chants Shine On over a heavy soul in church piano and angelic Ooooo as he tosses away his words with a nonchalance of being past the drama, and shining on, on to foward progress.
Shine On - TiRon
38. Lonely Island ft. T-Pain - I'm On A Boat
"Beeeeeliiiieeeeve Meeeee WHEN I SAY...I FUCKED A MEEERRRRRRRMAIIIIDDDDDDDDDD"
T-Pains greatest musical accomplishment is making fun of himself. He is a spoof, what better way to showcase that than a spoof? Yes...this song goes harder than 98% of the songs that came out this year. If you don't want some flippie floppies and Poseidon to look at you, then you need to learn to relax sometimes. Real Talk. Motherfucker.
I'm On A Boat - Lonely Island
36. Snoop Dogg ft. Jazmine Sullivan - Different Languages
"It might happen to you, what got into me? Shit...I got into you."
As men get older, when they're truly madly in love with their wives still...they go through a period of renewed bliss (Jazmine Killed This Song), as Uncle Snoop (Jazmine Killed This Song) does here, Big Boss Dogg raps to his wife not once mentioning one of his hoes (Jazmine Killed This Song. It's a beautiul tribute, not very lyircal, not the banger (I Wanna Rock), but geuine indeed. Oh..and Jazmine Killed This Song...no subliminals needed.
Different Languages - Snoop Dogg
35. Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa - The Check Point
"Living the life, it's just me, some bitches, my niggas, and a crib full of vices...but I don't do drugs...just weed"
*sigh*...Blunt 2. Can I have that singing follow me around? Oh...good message too.
The Check Point - Curren$y/Wiz Khalifa
34. Method Man and Redman ft. UGK - City Lights
"I dropped in '95, now I'm on 95...south, in da dirty, been ridin dirty since Dirty died"
Meth and Red and UGK on one track is like a Hollywoodheat hip hop wet dream, two of my favorite groups (R.I.P Pimp C), colliding over a beat that does just that. The crucial component to the success of this song is that none of the artists involved stray from what they're known for: Redman with the comedy (poking fun at autotune), Method Man's no nonsense patient ride of the beat, Pimp C's spirit lives on in the hook (always a good song sign), and Bun B up last rapping with his authoritarian sense of self.
City Lights - Meth and Red/UGK
33. Yelawolf - Pop The Trunk
"They don't know that old man don't hold hands, or throw hands...nah....he rough like a brillo"
A white rapper whose father was a drug dealer in Alabama, couldn't have possibly grown up related to Reba and Tim McGraw right? Right. He just spittin what you know. And what he know has become the possibly (or tied with Trap Goin Ham) harrowing rap song of the year. The music is a tick and a slow piano tap....its slow, the bass grumbles, you're there with him as his day goes from start to finish. As the song grows you can sense something isn't right, but by the end of the song the result isn't shocking at all...well because that's life yeah? Haunting.
Pop The Trunk - Yelawolf
32. Gucci Mane (yeah yeah..I hate him too) ft. Bun B, E-40, Devin The Dude - Kush Is My Cologne
"By all means, I must keep my balls clean"
I have two Gucci song's, this and his ft. on Big Boi's Shine Blockas ( Gucci - "They Put Gucci In a Cell, Then Madea went to jail...I make music, I make movies, I need Tyler Perry Sales"), with that said...'Kush Is My Cologne' is a smoker's anthem (I don't smoke, but I know). Each person on the song plays a very intricate part in the mentality of a smoker who smokes enough that kush would be their cologne. Bun B don't give a fuck, he's a man who does what he wants, he's the release, the rebelion released with every puff. Gucci is the excuse, everyone has a "reason" they smoke it "makes him more intelligent," it "is his cologne." He breathes it and thinks it. E-40 is the exaggeration, ever been so high you try to figure out other peoples thoughts and actions even if they haven't done anything yet? Yeah thats him, plotting on some random chick, singing to himself on exploits that have not even occurred yet. Devin is the high. Once you're high...you don't really care about any of this stuff anymore? Life is good. "I deserve it"..."It's all worth it" What makes the track so compelling is that it never stops...each verse is in an out, the chorus just announcing the kush is "stupid strong"...the poof..the high is gone.
Kush is My Cologne - Gucci Mane
31. UGK - Da Game Been Good To Me
"Hol' Up....Hol'Up Bitch"
R.I.P. Pimp C. One of the realest cats in the game, spitting nothing but truth with his partner in crime Bun B. In deciding it was between this and Purse Come First (both "truth" songs)...this deserves to be a family affair. Chuuch.
Da Game Been Good To Me - UGK
30. Mos Def ft. Slick Rick - Auditorium
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"I'm like..'Surely hope we can fix our differences sooooooooon' "
Mos Def. Slick Rick. Telling stories about "performance." Classic song. Classic Album. I'm a Slick Rick fanboy, you can't tell me nuthin. You dont understand it...on another planet?
Auditorium - Mos Def
29. Jay Z ft. J Cole - A Star Is Born
"The flow cold as the shoulders of golddiggin hoes when a broke nigga 'pproches"
Blame the radio for keeping Empire State of Mind off this list, lost its subtlety, anyway..."A Star Is Born" births the beginning of national recognition of J. Cole by Jay Z who doesn't tell you to support his artist (as a boss would) but allowing the artist to make his own way (like an old school father). This is described best by J Cole on "Beautiful Bliss" (where he ripped Wale) when he says "At dinner with Hov, hoping that he pass the baton...he just passed the Patron, aint nothing given dawg, it's earned." On the other hand Jay Z lists off those those who were around during his upcome and reign as the mass acknowledged GOAT, his almost sarcastic congrats makes this song perfect...old man Hov telling Cole to keep his wits up, or his reign be temporary as well...you know without saying it, like how some Dads don't wanna quite say I love you, but you know what's coming. *Jay Z rocker voice*..."Fuckin Awesome. Applaud Him"
A Star Is Born - Jay Z
28. Playboy Tre - Everybody's Looking For Something
"Either you want to be the groupie or you want to be the star."
Easily the funniest (real rap) song of the year because it's true. This makes me miss Atlanta. See you soon honey. Now say it with me...."I said I need a fuckin dolla too...so...."
Everybody's Looking For Something - Playboy Tre
27. Bishop Lamont ft. Xzibit - Hallelujah
"Congregation Please Stand..."
Xzibit plays the mind controlling pastor. Bishop spreads the word. Dr. Dre forces the pill down your throat. Some people are just sick of the shenanigans, Amen.
Hallelujah - Bishop Lamont
26. Ghostface Killah ft. Raheem Devaughn - Do Over
"Silly Dilly Me Didn't Finish The Instructions"
The popular decision would be, of course, to go with Stapleton Sex, but with Raheem's extended performance time and the big band beat, "Do Over" is a classic soul track with a Ghostface spin, after the track the music could still spin and you'd know exactly what the song is about. A song about regret packed into Ghostface's legendary storytelling ability, as much a warning to others as an apology.
Do Over - Ghostface Killah
25. Joe Budden - Russian Roulette (rmx ft. Rihanna)
"Dog, ya style doggystyle....I rather be on top, I prefer missionary"
Much like Lupe did 'Turnt Up' and Wayne did 'D.O.A', Budden's take on Russian Roulette completely outshines its original version because it's Joey Jumpoff Budden doing what he does best: vent. Budden has never had an easy career...name another Budden single but Jumpoff?..Yeah. Tahiry, miss popular, relationship flopped, record label disrespect, getting thugged out by Raekwon live on the internet, media rumors and criticism of his new lady...it's been an interesting 09 to say the least. He lets it all out here, voice extra raspy (he's on tour) and knocking down each topic one by one. From his impartial attitude on his successes and failures (listen to almost depressed way he lists his friend's projects at the beginning) to the laughter of release at the end, sometimes we just gotta say what's on our mind.
Russian Roulette Remix - Joe Budden
24. Slim Thug ft. Z-Ro and J-Dawg - Associates
"There aint no such thang as friends...Only Associates"
Similarly, Slim Thug's best track this year was also used as a form of release. The inspiration of HipHop Saved My Life by Lupe is back and addressing those who aint have his back during his recession from H-town movement fame to little heard from "wonder." The song brews slow, like the best Texas songs do, including the best usage of guitar to evoke emotion this year, J-Dawg's reflections, and Z-Ro's paranoia mixing to create a formula of a cold-hearted anthem, increasingly relevant in these times of crisis where we find out who our true friends are.
Associates - Slim Thug
K-Os ft. Saukrates - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
"I Been On The Run, The Shadow Weighs a Ton, It's Starting to Make Sense to Me"
One of my favorite MCs, never failing to release a song on each album that gets constant play, sets up his 'No Country for Old Men'-esque but fun journey that is them "on the run" not "running away." These two terms are polar opposites, not escaping from problems, but escaping problems as Saukrates notes "it's never been so fun." And..well I wish I knew Natalie Portman too lol.
I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman - K-Os
22. Fashawn - Father
"You won't let me come home, left me here on my own, cuz I aint doing my job, so you just letting me roam"
Fashawn, heavily influenced by Nas and his home Central California, opts to take a different route with his "God" track, detailing an experience he had along his path to enlightenment instead of rapping a prayer he raps an explanation. Exile's beat is sweet, gentle, subtle but as complex as any other Exile beat. By the end of the song Fashawn knows and shows us that he's on a mission, knighted by his father.
Father - Fashawn
21. G-Side ft. Kristmas - Rising Sun
"I ball like yall...I just got a job"
Ok...if you don't know G-Side, you missed the rawest album of the year, as someone who has followed their journey to success for quite some time, from the way they release "party" songs capturing an audience then dropping bombs on em with tracks like "Whose Hood" or "So Wonderful"...but more on this cd later. Rising Sun uses the G Slim Thug's positive hustle wordage to promote anti-hustling, encouraging the legit road to glory. ST 2Lettaz lyrical as always using "You not a W-2 boy" as a diss, Clova slanging on the beat recalling their "flippin chickens call it Zaxbys," and guest star Kristmas (who steals the song) bragging about showing off his tax forms. All of this while Block Beattaz creates an ocean out of piano keys and cuts. The game has changed. Finally.
Rising Sun - G-Side
20. The Game - Bang Along
"The fuck you in an Ice Cream Truck for then Hector?"
Remember when Game was supposed to be the savior of the West Coast? THIS is why. Quite possibly the only song Game has made without directly name dropping lol. He doesn't do anything spectacular here, just a song about growing up over Kanye's most innocent and charming beat since his pre-808/heartbreak era. If the R.E.D. Album continues on this path, The Game will be back in full force. (Sidenote: *dead* @ LL and Luke lines)
Bang Along - The Game
19. Blu - Her
"Billie Holliday burned down to play, while my nerves drowned my focus away, swervin in a locamotive, far from my hopes and motives"
This is a mixtape, not a song. Yet, it plays out like one long song, so I felt separating it would be a sin. Blu goes in on everything related to love: relationships, sex, heartbreak, etc. proving that the world really is Blue.
Melo - Blu
18. Dom Kennedy - It Was Beautiful
"Like Stevie on the keys, like Isley on the strings, everytime I see you it reminds me of those things. Everytime I see you it reminds me of my dreams."
I've played this song so much I know it backwards. Life is beautiful. When I say you fine...I'm talking just aesthetics
It Was Beautiful - Dom Kennedy
17. Wale ft. K'naan
"Let the blood drip on the floor, whats the thesis? I been on more red carpets than Ryan Seacrest"
Wale is the most overrated of the new rappers in my opinion, I love the DC style, and I can't deny the beauty of this song. Sometimes rappers should just rap, no topic...just rap. K'naan murdered this song, but Wale wasn't short on what he'd call "Rosanne Bars" Produced by the brilliant Dave Sitek (Tv on the radio...get it..the song title..wordplay?) but not his best work.
TV In The Radio - Wale
16. Pill ft. Freddie Gibbs - Run Up To Me
"Me and my choppa stick together like syrup sammiches, tucked under my sweater for the chedda, we burn amateurs"
In trying to think of my favorite Freddie Gibbs song (if you want to invalidate number 52, "Murder On My Mind" by Gibbs is then on here), I realized my favorite Freddie appearance was on a song other than his own, just like their prior collaboration (see above "Womb 2 the Tomb") both rappers go turkey, bitch slapping the beat around as it rattles in the background (both artists also steal the song on the others song). They learned the game long time ago. A collab mixtape in 2010..please?
Run Up To Me - Pill/Freddie Gibbs
15 J. Cole - I Get Up
"If I gotta crawl Imma make it to the end though, and to the top if I climb my way"
Triumph song of the year, like many of J Cole's songs his perspective is the belief that he not only will make it but has while still acknowledging the problems around him. His most shining aspect is his flow which glides across beats but on this song its all about the words. J Cole had a good year, he signed with Hova, he maintained on songs with JayZ-Jay Elect- Talib-Mos Def-and Wale, he got up.
I Get Up - J Cole
14. Big Boi ft. Too Short and George Clinton - For Your Sorrows
"Why is 75% of our youth reading magazines? Cuz they used to Fantasy"
Every other list has Shine Blockas, a superior single featuring Gucci Mane that's all about haters and success, but to me the two songs don't even compare. The shortest too short (or maybe anyone) guest verse ever, George Clinton is always golden with Outkast members, and Big Boi's "dope" song has many more messages than smoking. It's a funky, welcome, re-introduction to the long awaited SirLucious album from Big Boi.
For Your Sorrows - Big Boi
13. Kurupt and DJ Quik - 9x's outta 10
"Runnin up, summing up, the whole confrontation, waiting, my patience is aching."
Uh...what the hell? lol...thats what this song is...not one breath wasted, fast paced, funnel into the minds of the man who created the purposely "off" flow, and the DJ who proves year after year he hasn't lost a step. Things repeat in a trance state, almost like a We The West propaganda piece.
9xs outta 10 - Kurupt/DJ Quik
12. Rakim - Holy Are You
"A pharaoh in ghetto apparel, stay blinged up, Ft. Knox display, a modern day King Tut, rap tight, wrapped like I been preserved in time, spit the holy water, then touch it and turn it to wine"
The God MC (with the most disappointing cd of the year), drops what I like to call a push up bra of a track (lol...false advertising)...Anyway, he proves his God status on this song. He has seven letters in each of his government name...he created this style, yall just perfect it.
Holy Are You - Rakim
11. Wiz Khalifa - B.A.R (Burn After Rollin)
"I'm so gone....Yes I burn after rollin...and float on..and float on...and float on"
Alright, so I don't smoke, but this song is epic, if you do you understand lol. Get high then listen to it. Its an innovative track. Wiz needs to stick to his pothead music over beats like sound like waves at dawn.
B.A.R - Wiz Khalifa
10. Lupe Fiasco - National Anthem Freestyle
"This aint dissin, this is civil disobedience"
Now Lupe means business, he nerds out, he disses, he brags, he references, everything Lupe is known for, but check out his last verse, its depiction is matched by none other this year. MTV said lupe wasn't "Hot" this year, this was his abduction.
National Anthem Freestyle - Lupe Fiasco
9. Cam'ron - I Hate My Job
"Why am I working here? It aint working here, it aint worth it here, I'm never gonna persevere"
Everyone knows that I'm a #killa fan but no other song my Cam this year or...ever, has been as understanding and selfless as "My Job." After the dismantlement of dipset power, Cam has been gone, since the the economy collapsed and people began searching for sources who relate. The video shot low budget, the lyrics don't brag, its told from the perspective of male, female, ex con, the people. Dont we all hate "jobs"???
I Hate My Job - Cam'Ron
8. Raekwon ft. Cappadonna and Ghostface - 10 Bricks
"Take baths with white women, lingerie see-thru"
Who had a bigger comeback year than Raekwon? Ghost as always runs away with the track, but thats not as relevant as the fact that Rae is back, no one in Wu tells a story with the detail of Rae. While "Empire State of Mind" was NY's theme song, 10 Bricks was it's mission statement.
10 Bricks - Raekwon
7. Z-Ro - I Don't Give A Damn
"Man...I just saw your woman huggin and kissin another man...but I dont give a damn"
I don't have a fancy right up for this song...it just feels so right when listening to it. So..religious or not, I don't give a damn, this ish goes.
I Don't Give A Damn - Z-Ro
6. Mos Def ft. Talib Kweli - History
"We was like bye, we was gone, let bygones be bygones"
Being honest, I could've chosen the majority of Mos Def's tracks from "The Ecstatic", but the live version of History from the Jimmy Kimmel show sealed up my suspicion of this song, which is that once history passes a little more this will be one of the strongest standing songs. In the first year of Barack Obama's presidency, we could all embrace a little history...and a little thought.
History - Mos Def
5. Clipse ft. Cam'ron - Popular Demand (Popeyes)
"Who knew them commas meant you could lose your common sense?"
I'll tell you why this is top five song of the year. Killa's whole verse is like a collage off adlibs. You should call me Uncle. The combo is different than we all expected, one of Pharrell's best beats in years, "daaaaaaaammmmmnnnnnnn" as Cam would say.
Popular Demand - Clipse
4. Pill - Trap Goin Ham
"Fahreal? They say you doin baseball numbers"
A hint of surrealism is the most realistic picture you can get....Pill's video...tough, raw, unedited, just like the song is what has made it so effective. Unlike the "bosses" of hiphop, who make drug trade look like Forbes Life Magazine, Pill's a worker bee, the beat stomps on your heart, the voices in the background are hungry, the streets are talking, Pill went ham. This is like a documentary, instead of an cinematic experience like you'd get with a Wu Tang or JayZ...the crackheads mug the camera but tell me the music doesnt get you hyped and focused for whatever.
Trap Goin Ham - Pill
3. G-Side - Paradise
"I know the hood feelin me"
My theme song in 2009. Went from nada to lotta. G-Side history lesson, Brandon says it better than me:
http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-12-08/music/huntsville-s-g-side-are-thriving-on-the-internet-mdash-and-east-village-radio/
http://brandonsoderberg.blogspot.com/2009/10/dont-wrap-up-rap-just-yet-g-side.html
Paradise - G-Side
2. U-N-I ft. (a bunch of people lol) - Beautiful Day rmx
"I'm a breakfast man, who wants breakfast man? pancake, french toast, I'm a breakfast fan"
Yes this came out in 2008, but was rereleased on a mixtape in 2009, so...it's here. It's one of my favorite songs, and I've defended it countless times. Life is beautiful out here in Cali sometimes. This song sums that up perfectly. Very rarely is a remix better than the original (see above)but I listen to this everyday.
Beautiful Day rmx - U-N-I
1. Jay Electronica...fuck that...call him Jay Elect-Hannukuh - Exhibit C
"When I was sleeping on the train
Sleeping on Meserole Ave out in the rain
Without even a single slice of pizza to my name
Too proud to beg for change mastering the pain
When New York niggas was calling southern rappers lame
But then jackin’ our slang
I used to get dizzy spells, hear a little ring
The voice of a angel telling me my name
Telling me that one day i’mma be a great man
Transforming with the Megatron Don spittin’ out flames
Eating wack rappers alive shittin’ out chains
I ain’t believe it then, nigga I was homeless
Fightin’, shootin’ dice, smoking weed on the corners
Tryin’ to find the meaning of life in a Corona
Till the 5%ers rolled up on a nigga and informed him
“You either build or destroy, where you come from?”
“The Magnolia projects in the 3rd ward slum”
“Hmm, its quite amazing that you rhyme how you do
And how you shine like you grew up in a shrine in Peru.”
Question 14, Muslim Lesson 2: Dip diver, civilize a 85er
I make the devil hit his knees and say the our father
Abracadabra! You rockin with the true and living
Shout out to Lights Out, Joseph I, Chewy Bivens,
Shout out to Baltimore, Baton Rouge, my crew in Richmond
While y’all debated who the truth was like Jews and Christians
I was in Cecil B, Broad St, Master, North Philly, South Philly, 23rd, Tasker
6 Mile, 7 Mile, Hartwell, Gratiot
Where niggas really would pack a Uhaul truck up
Put the high beams on
Drive up on the curb at a BBQ and hop out the back like “whats up”
“Kill a nigga, rob a nigga, take a nigga, buss up”
Thats why when you talk that tough talk I never feel ya
You sound real good and you play the part well
But the energy you giving off is so unfamiliar
I don’t feel ya.
Nas hit me up on the phone said “what you waitin’ on”
Tip hit me up on a tweet said “what you waitin’ on”
Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin’ “When you gon’ drop that verse nigga you takin’ long?”
So now I’m back spittin that He could pass a polygraph
That Rev Run rockin Addidas out on Hollis Ave
That FOI, Marcus Garvey, Nikki Tesla
I shock you like a eel, Electric Feel Jay Electra.
They call me Jay Electronica
Fuck that, call me Jay ElecHannukah
Jay ElecYarmulke
Jay ElectRamadaan
Muhammad Asalaamica Rasoul Allah Supana Watallah through your monitor
My uzi still weigh a ton, check the barometer
I’m hotter then the mothafuckin sun, check the thermometer
I’m bringing ancient mathematics back to modern man
My momma told me “never throw a stone and hide your hand”
I got a lot of family, you got a lot of fans
Thats why the people got my back like the Verizon man
I play the back and fade to black and then devise a plan
Out in London, smoking, vibin while I ride the tram
Givin’ out that raw food to lions disguised as lambs,
And, by the time they get they seats hot,
And deploy all they henchmen to come at me from the treetops,
I’m chillin out at Tweetstock,
Building by the millions,
My light is brilliant."
Case Closed.
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