30-step history of hiphop [now in 60 steps!]

(re bargain: it cost £6.67...)

Dr.Dre "F**k wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')"---------i like the last thirty seconds best, the way the beat lags
2pac: "California Love"--------ok and even though dre was the hundredth dude to use the beat its still the best one (see also tash - fallin on --> the next episode, ha ha mark s look his name is TASH!!)
Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Gin & Juice"-------this song used to terrify me, snoops best chorus, i have a freestyle w biggie rhyming over it thats unstoppable
Dr.Dre & Ice Cube: "Natural Born Killaz"-----------streetest song they ever did, i know every rhyme by heart, intro is dres best skit, fav line: 'i dont understand the logic in my dreams / but i understand i like the sound of sireeeens'
Warren G & Nate Dogg: "Regulate"-------i like it more now just for being a proto 21 questions, really probably not nate doggs finest moment but still that makes it one of the best fifty or so songs ever
Genius f. D'Angelo, Inspectah Deck & Streetlife: "Cold World" (RZA remix)----------i think i know this from wu chronicles, standard rza gloom stuff but good
KRS-One: "Sound of da Police"--------first single from those two great records where krs was like wait if i hook up with premo i dont have to sound like el-p!!
Jeru the Damaja: "Renegade Slave"------'but wait if i hook up with premo i dont have to sound like i hate hiphop!!'
Notorious B.I.G. & Method Man: "The What"-----i love love love this song, one of those wonderful moments in history where the two most popular mcs were also the best (see jayz and eminem - renagade)
Shyheim: "I Declare War"------i think i heard this one but i liked it
Raekwon f. Ghostface Killah, Method Man, the RZA and Masta Killa: "Wu-Gambinos"---------im not sure if cuban linx is the best wu solo, too many dirges, too many mcs, but this is one of its best and basically invented the nyc black mafioso thing
The Sugarhill Gang: "Rappers Delight"------my fav thing about this song is how it seems like the one dude really HATES superman, like you can imagine him having this agenda as the group was starting out and growing in popularity, 'yo let me put my superman verse on this song, im really gonna show that bastard this time!!'
Grandmaster Flash: "Adventures of Flash on the Wheels of Steel"--------its good because theres no rapping
Cold Crush Brothers: "Fresh, Fly, Wild & Bold" --------its good because theres bad rapping
Hijack: "Style Wars"--------thanks e crunk from spizzazzz for sending me a mix with this on it, its good because theres british people rapping, also THE BEAT!!
Lady of Rage: "Afro Puffs"-------its aight

Jeru the Damaja: "Renegade Slave"------'but wait if i hook up with premo i dont have to sound like i hate hiphop!!'
Haha! But he "loves" hip-hop! That's why he got so ANGRY~ that the Fugees had a hit single with OH NO! SINGING! on it

The Sugarhill Gang: "Rappers Delight"------my fav thing about this song is how it seems like the one dude really HATES superman, like you can imagine him having this agenda as the group was starting out and growing in popularity, 'yo let me put my superman verse on this song, im really gonna show that bastard this time!!'
That's because true MCs are strictly Marvel, fuck that DC shit

Hijack: "Style Wars"--------thanks e crunk from spizzazzz for sending me a mix with this on it, its good because theres british people rapping, also THE BEAT!!
Ever hear their "Doomsday of Rap"? That's fucking sick, but also it uses the melody from Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache" instead of the break. Demented.

hmmm the only one i didn't really like first off = Notorious B.I.G. & Method Man: "The What"

i guess i hate wonderful moments in history :(

(actually tho funny and therefore important to say, this is v.unfair to my barber saf who is top and never fails to make me look turk for a day!)

trife i only heard it once!! i have to learn to walk b4 i can run!!

*scratches head*

(ie it's a chart not a mixtape, the juxtapositions are serendipity if you want it...)

trees don't go through branches. it's insane! how can i take this song seriously?!? (i really could give a shit if it makes perfect sense--it sounds good)

trife my secret plan is to make ilm hate music, like i do

glaring omissions (for the artists if not tracks suggested)

run dmc 'my adidas'
de la soul ft mos def 'stakes is high'
beastie boys 'get it together'
ll cool j 'i'm bad'
cypress hill 'insane in the brain'
ice t 'thats how i'm livin'
naughty by nature 'opp'
craig mack 'flava in ya ear (bad boy remix)'
busta rhymes 'rhymes galore'
missy elliot 'the rain (supa dupa fly)'
mc solaar 'nouveau western'
heavy d 'nuttin but love'

anyway i don't know what's on the other one

(1st = tlc crazysexycool, 2ns = enter the wu-tang (36 chambers))

hahahaha

(trees cause branches? I guess)

er, uh... I mean "that Hashim track is fucking dope"

DECA
DANCE

dance times ten
dec(ember), a dance

CD2 (The East Coast):
i. KRS-One: "MC's Act Like They Don't Know"
ii. A Tribe Called Quest: "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo"
iii. Jungle Brothers: "How Ya Want It We Got It" (Native Tongues Remix)
iv. Public enemy: "Dark Side of the Wall: 2000"
v. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: "The Message"
vi. The Sugarhill Gang: "Apache"
vii. Pete Rock f. The Un: "Nothin' Lesser"
viii. Afu-Ra: "Bigacts Littleacts" (DJ Premier Remix)
ix. Outsidaz: "State to State"
x. Ikonz: "Get Crunked Up" (Lil Kim Remix)

CD3 UK Style:
i. Roots Manuva f. Charlie 2NA: "Join the Dots"
ii. Rae & Chrsitian f. The Jungle Brothers: "Play On"
iii. King Bee: "Back by Dope Demand"
iv. The Nexymen f. Soulson: "Amongst the Madness"
v. MC Duke: "I', Riffin'" (1990 Remix)
vi. SL Troopers: "Movement"
vii. Big Kwam: "Verbalize" (DJ Spinna Remix)
viii. Skitz f. Wildflower, Tempa & Estelle: "Domestic Science"
ix. Ty: "The Tale"
x. Godson: "I Can"

cocoa brovas = smif n wessun = boot camp = pretty typical nyc style, i'd say

but anyways, i'm curious about the uk disc and what someone who knows those groups thinks of it. (my reaction to the track selection of the first two is similar to that other comp - some ok songs but a lot of "huh"??)

Dr.Dre "Nuthin' But a "G" Thing"...........'one, two, three and fo'....first snoop track ever!! that BEAT!! sadly its probably the only song on the original chronic that i still love, christ what an anthem, ohhh and the nice lil break after dre goes 'chill for the next episode' (though 'the next episode' is better sorry)
Snoop Doggy Dogg f. Dat Nigga Daz: "Murder Was the Case".........the atomospherics of this are incredible, the intro with 'angela sanders' and the 'now i lay me down to sleep...i pray the lord my soul to taaaaake' sung part, remember snoop was actually under heat in a murder trial when this song came out!!
2pac: "Me Against the World" ......... 'whats the use unless we shootin no one notice the youth', i like this song but the girl singin is annoying and makes the production sound weak
Ice Cube: "No Vaseline"........ mark it took me like five minutes searchin for this shit to find it but check this!!
Alkaholiks f. Ol' Dirty Bastard: "Hip Hop Drunkies"............this is marls last great beat and delicious guest verse by odb 'breaker breaker breaker one NOIIIINE / i bust this bitch in the beHOIIIIND with the silver SHOINNE / cuz i thought she was FWOINNNNE!!!'
Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Who Am I (What's My Name)?".......i could kinda live without this beat but the vocals are good
2pac: "How Do You Want It?".......... this song has kci and jojo on it!!! i like the chorus but i dont get where pac says their positions are 'erotic and ironic cuz im psychotic' or something like that, i mean it sound crazy kinky but WHAT DOES IT MEAN

KRS-One: "MC's Act Like They Don't Know".........omg!!! this is in my top five premo beats of all time and def fav krs song ever, love love love love love it, played the fuck out of it in high school, still know all the words, seach ilm for other posts where i talk more
A Tribe Called Quest: "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo".........ugh i used to hate this song and i still do sorta but the beat on the verses before the chorus is ill, id like to get an instrumental and drop the flamenco shit and use that beat for a freestyle
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: "The Message" ..........i dont really connect this with hiphop but i like it
The Sugarhill Gang: "Apache".........search the fresh prince where will and carlton go to vegas and dance to this
Outsidaz: "State to State"..........detroit isnt east coast!! its weird cuz they have jay dee on the west coast disc and hes from there too... anyway this is a scary red-colored beat, i cant remember but i think rockwilder produced it? i got back into outsidaz after i loved the young zee track on 8mile so i relistened to all their shit just for his verses and hes a very pleasurable mc, its like having your scalp massaged
Ikonz: "Get Crunked Up" (Lil Kim Remix).......i love this song!!! i havent heard the lil kim remix but i imagine its just the song w a kim verse tacked on so im putting it on the list, remember the breast implant thing on mtv where the girl used her new boobies to get in this video!!

But New Jersey (where the outsidaz originate) is east coast. Kinda odd they would chose this as one of the hip hop's 30 steps though. A lot of the choices are wierd. Is that really the best Pete Rock song that could find? And Afu Ra is pretty mediocore, and that isn't even his best song. Maybe instead of including non-west coast artists like Cocoa Brovaz, Rae, and Jay Dilla, they could've put up a Bay Area artist other than 2 Pac. Digitial Underground, E-40, Too Short, someone from Quanumn, ISP...anyone else...

And...Godson: "I Can." This is the Nas song, right? Unlike almost everyone else i know, I kinda like this song. But Nas' best? And U.K. style? I guess he bites Slick Rick a little...