Classic Rap and Hip Hop Thread.(pre-1995)

[Ed Paris]

a few of my favorite tunes pre-95/95

ps: there could be more if the thread would say: pre-1998

01. nas - the world is yours
02. common - i used to love h.e.r.
03. mobb deep - shook ones III
04. the notorious b.i.g. - juicy
05. public enemy - welcome to the terror dome
06. nas - it aint hard to tell
07. wu-tang clan - c.r.e.a.m.
08. scarface - i seen a man die
09. luniz - i got 5 on it
10. pharcyde - passing me by
11. public enemy - 911 is a joke
12. o.p.p. - naughty by nature
13. pete rock & cl smooth - thy reminisce over you
14. dr. dre - nuthin' but a g'thang
15. craig mack - flava in ya ear
16. the notorious b.i.g. - big poppa
17. a tribe called quest - scenario
18. nas - new york state of mind
19. jeru the damaja - come clean
20. public enemy - can't trust it
21. reakwon - guillotine swords
22. 2pac - brenda's got a baby
23. wu-tang clan - protect ya neck
24. a tribe called quest - electric relaxation
25. kool g rap & dj polo - ill street blues
26. the notorious b.i.g. - warning
27. snoop doggy dogg - murder was the case
28. nas - halftime
29. ice cube - it was a good day
30. 2pac - dear mama
31. cypres hill - how i could just kill a man
32. artifacts - wrong side of da tracks
33. eric b. & rakim - don't sweat the technique
34. public enemy - give it up
35. snoop doggy dogg - gin&juice
36. a tribe called quest - excursion
37. the notorious b.i.g. - things done changed
38. naughty by nature - hip hop hooray
39. dj quik - tonite
40. dr. dre - let me ride
41. gang starr - dwyck
42. bone thugs n harmony - thuggish ruggish bone
43. 2pac - keep ya head up
44. brand nubian - slow down
45. nas - one love
46. geto boys - mind playin' tricks on me
47. outkast - southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
48. o.c. - time's up
49. queen latifah - u.n.i.t.y.
50. digable planets - rebirth of slick
51. mc breed - aint' no future in your frontin'
52. method man - release yo' delf
53. cypres hill - insane in the brain
54. ugk - pocket full of stones
55. ice cube - americas most wanted
56. bone thugs n harmony - 1st of da month
57. too short - the ghetto
58. wu-tang clan - wu-tang clan aint' nuthin' ta fuck wit
59. method man & mary j. blige - you're all i need to get by
60. the notorious b.i.g. - one more chance
61. outkast - ain't no thang
62. goodie mob - soul food
63. junior m.a.f.i.a. - player anthem
64. snoop doggy dogg - what's my name
65. warren g - regulate
66. da brat - fundafied
67. skee lo - i wish
68. ll cool j - mama said knock you out
69. coolio - gangsta's paradise
70. dr. dre - fuck wit dre day
71. naughty by nature - craziest
72. digital underground - the humpty dance
73. ice cube - natural born killaz
74. goodie mob - cell therapy
75. busta rhymes - woo ha! got you all in check

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But - no Guru???

[Tha Gooch]

Classics.

[Ed Paris]

But - no Guru???

i'm so sorry
honestly this list only contains tracks from 1990-1995. most of guru's tracks were released past 1995

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One of my all time favs:

[iambiggles]

Killer track I used to use all the time.

[ImNotDedYet]

Ice T - Colors, I'm Your Pusher
Beastie Boys - Girls, Paul Revere, Shake Your Rump
Eric B & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke, I Know You Got Soul, Paid In Full
Public Enemy - Don't Believe the Hype, Louder Than a Bomb, She Watch Channel Zero, Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos
Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick
NWA - Express Yourself, F the Police, Straight Outta Compton
Eazy E - We Want Eazy
Too Short - Life Is...Too Short
Schooly G - Fat Gold Chain
Whodini - Freaks Come Out At Night
Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours
Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx, Elementary, The Bridge Is Over, Criminal Minded, My Philosophy
JJ Fad - Supersonic
Slick Rick - The Ruler's Back, This Was the Moment I Feared
Big Daddy Kane - Raw, Set It Off
Kwame - Only EU
Kid Rock - Yodeling In the Valley (he used to do solely hip hop and opened up for a concert way, way back in the day)
Special Ed - I'm the Magnificent and I Got It Made
X Clan - everything off of Xodus
Arrested Development - Tennessee (only because I had a college class with Speech)
Tone Loc - Loc'd After Dark
Kool Moe Dee - Go See the Doctor
Run DMC, De La Soul, LL Cool J - they're too obvious
3rd Bass - Pop Goes the Weasel

That's all I've got off the top of my head...

And I'll assume you're not looking for Hip House from that era, but if you are...

Fast Eddie, Mr. Lee and Jungle Brothers (I'll House You) are all great examples

[Tha Gooch]

Should have been one of the greatest on the mic but his voice never returned after a car accident.

WC And The Maad Circle

[ImNotDedYet]

Good call on D.O.C. I forgot about him. Yeah, that car accident robbed him, and us....No One Can Do It Better was also a great tune.