What's the best rap song?

[carloattb]

What's the best song in rap today?

[Pints]

Snow - Informer
Nothing else even comes close.

[NoNeed]

Tupac - changes
Nothing else comes close



that said the holiday rap by DJ sven and mikey g is up there.

[gazza285]

Sabotage - Beastie Boys.

[danrc]

dead prez - hip hop

[MonkeyBusiness]

Young MC - Know How

[tuscaneer]

a good call for dead prez...fantastic!

anything from disposable heroes...

pharcyde's first album was incredible

actually most of what i've posted there is 20 years old!

[doosht]

Ice T - Original Gangster

[tuscaneer]

doosht said:

Ice T - Original Gangster

i must confess,when that came out i had it on loop for months!

such an advancement from his first couple of albums.and by home invasion he'd gone sour!

[SC7]

I think he wanted the best song in rap TODAY.

There isn't one. Rap is dead.

[dorme]

tough one, but im gonna go with:

dr dre: still dre

in rap today? even harder, but id probably default to either Kanye West - POWER or Q-tip getting up

Edited by dorme on Friday 3rd February 08:38

[Marvindodgers]

Coast to Coast by Word of Mouth feat. DJ Cheese.

Last time rap was interesting? NWA - Straight Outta Compton & Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.
Nothing comes close anymore as they have become pathetic cliches!

[Greenwich Ross]

Which one? That's super tough. These are all classics...

Jurrasic 5 - Day At The Races

http://youtu.be/Z1WzNVU-BXM

Beastie Boys - So Whatcha Want

http://youtu.be/ru3gH27Fn6E

MOP feat. Busta Rhymes - Ante Up

http://youtu.be/PLT68mI5Pwc

[Edit...but then these are all old...this one is only two years old...

Cut Chemist - Storm

http://youtu.be/8ikB7hE9flw

...any better?]

Edited by Greenwich Ross on Friday 3rd February 10:22

[Cooky]

whichever is the shortest

time to crawl back under my prog. rock stone

[DarrenL]

I've always thought NWA 100 miles (of running) was one of the greatest. Its just the way Easy E kicks off his verse I like so much!

Funnily enough I was bored last night so I logged onto Love film and started watching The Up In Smoke Tour, it amazes me what a great reaction California Love still gets (yes I know that tour took place in 2000!)

Pints said:

Snow - Informer
Nothing else even comes close.

Oh, and forget Snow's Informer, Jim Carreys Imposter is a far better tune...!!

[davepoth]

Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight. It was all downhill from there...

[AlexC1981]

Yeo Valley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOHAUvbuV4o

[hesnotthemessiah]

davepoth said:

Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight. It was all downhill from there...

I still know every word to that, even the 12minute version.

I think Jay Z is excellent.

But maybe....
;
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Or
Public Enemy - Fight the Power

Errr.....Maybe.

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

hesnotthemessiah said:

davepoth said:

Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight. It was all downhill from there...

I still know every word to that, even the 12minute version.

Ahh, nostalgia!

So let's add - The Message, by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five!

Classic!

[Joyrider1]

Loving this at the moment and it's good to see them making a bit of a comeback:
On The Run (Pt2) - The Criminal Minds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj4poA18s9E

But usually one of these for me (don't listen to much modern rap music, so these are all proper old skool tracks, back when it had a real energy and rawness to it):

Strong Island - J.V.C Force
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05pcczvmrjc

Schoolly D - Signifying Rapper (great use of Led Zep's Kashmir)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-PxCWwu5kQ

Charlie Sez - Original Concept
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C844uIwwEPI

Talkin' All That Jazz - Stetsasonic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVQy5Oy1OJ4

Follow The Leader - Eric B & Rakim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95gP3m-uBHA