great hip-hop singles from '96-'99?

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i'm making a mix of '96-'99 tracks and i need more hip-hop/r&b in there. for some reason it seems to die off for a few years before the resurgence of eminem/outkast/missy around 2000. apart from timbaland (ie missy, ginuwine, aaliyah), aquemini, destinys child and slim shady, what were the best rap tracks from this period?

― Beagle Boy (Beagle Boy), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 12:12 (twenty years ago)

dmx - slippin'

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 12:15 (twenty years ago)

bone thugs - tha crossroads

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 12:15 (twenty years ago)

pharcyde - runnin' (rae & christian mix)

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 12:21 (twenty years ago)

busta - put your hands where my eyes can see

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 12:22 (twenty years ago)

jeru the damaja -- 'me against the papes' (dillinja remix)

― Miles Finch, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 12:23 (twenty years ago)

black star - definition

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 12:27 (twenty years ago)

Wu Tang - Reunited
Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth
Redman - Whateva Man (was this one a single??)
Juvenile - U Understand

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

wow, maybe this thread explains jurassic 5 and the 'back to the old skool' feel of the times.

― Miles Finch, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

big pun - still not a player

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

nas - street dreams

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 12:55 (twenty years ago)

biggie - mo money mo problems & hypnotize

― pete b. (pete b.), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 13:08 (twenty years ago)

california love!!!

― pete b. (pete b.), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 13:09 (twenty years ago)

noreaga - superthug
lauryn hill - doo wop (that thing)

― pete b. (pete b.), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 13:09 (twenty years ago)

Mekon and Schoolly D - "Skool's Out"

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

1996
A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again
Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check
De La Soul - Stakes is High
Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers
Fugees - Fu-Gee-La
Genius/GZA featuring Inspektah Deck - Cold World
Jeru The Damaja - Ya Playin' Yaself
The Pharcyde - Runnin'
Tricky - Tricky Kid

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

1997
B Real, Busta Rhymes, Coolio, LL Cool J & Method Man - Hit ’Em High
Blackstreet & Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Fix
Coldcut - More Beats & Pieces
DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat
DJ Shadow - High Noon
Goldie f/ KRS One - Digital
KRS One - Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight)
LL Cool J - Phenomenon
Massive Attack - Risingson
The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
Wu-Tang Clan - Reunited
Wyclef Jean - Guantanamera

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

1998
A Tribe Called Quest - Find A Way
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
Black Star - Definition
Busta Rhymes - Turn It Up
Canibus - 2nd Round K.O.
Flipmode Squad - Cha Cha Cha
Gang Starr - You Know My Steez
Jurassic-5 - Jayou
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
Mike Zoot - Urban Harvest
Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - Sock It To Me
Mos Def f/ Q-Tip & Tash - Body Rock
Noreaga - Superthug
Pras f/ Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Mya - Ghetto Supasta
Rza As Bobby Digital - B.O.B.B.Y.
Wyclef Jean - Gone Till November

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 13:26 (twenty years ago)

1999
Beastie Boys - Three Mc's And One DJ
Blackalicious - Don't Let Money Change Ya
Busta Rhymes - Gimme Some More
Eminem - My Name Is
Foxy Brown - Hotspot
Gang Starr - Full Clip
Lyrics Born - I Changed My Mind
Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - She's A Bitch
Mos Def - Ms Fat Booty
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money
Pharoache Monch - Simon Says
Q-Tip - Vivrant Thing
Roots f/ Erykah Badu - You Got Me
Timbaland & Magoo - Here We Come
Tricky - For Real

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 13:31 (twenty years ago)

Common - Sixth Sense

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 13:32 (twenty years ago)

Jay-Z - Sunshine
Roots Manuva - Juggle Tings Proper
Rakim - Guess Who's Back
Camp Lo - Lucini
Tricky - Bombin' Bastards
Public Enemy - Do You Wanna Go Our Way?

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 13:37 (twenty years ago)

wow, maybe this thread explains jurassic 5 and the 'back to the old skool' feel of the times.

trudat. only truly great songs on this thread so far:

wu-tang: 'reunited'
noreaga: 'superthug'
lauryn hill: 'doo wop' (and 'everything is everything')
nas: 'street dreams'
2pac: 'california love'

this was not such a great time for hip hop, partly of course because of the shootings.

we must not forget, though:

odb: 'got your money'
outkast: 'aquemini'
tlc: 'no scrubs'

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 14:23 (twenty years ago)

refugee camp allstars ft. pras - "elecric avenue"
juvenile - "ha"
akinyele - "put it in your mouth"
crooked lettaz ft. ugk - "get crunk"
mystikal and outkast - "neck uv da woodz"

echo love for:
"you got me"
"got your money"
"let me clear my throat"
"superthug"

― Crunk with Christ, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 14:26 (twenty years ago)

Master P - "Make 'Em Say 'Uhh!'"

― Matt Chesnut, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 14:37 (twenty years ago)

Ghostface Killah - Daytona 500
Mobb Deep - Quiet Storm
Juvenile - HA
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
Cam'Ron - Horse & Carriage (ft. Mase)
Nas - If I Ruled the World
Q-Tip - Breathe and Stop
Makeveli - To Live and Die in L.A.

― Gregory T (tubesocks), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)

so true. how could i forget that one.

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

'street dreams' is rubbish. what's the appeal?

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:04 (twenty years ago)

it's just glossy as fuck. it is a precursor of bling bling. puffy, mase, lox, all that nouveau riche overmuch stuf that followed. it's one of the first instances of the bling we got to know so well later on.

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

i think 'Lucini' is a much better example of that, plus Biggie in general maybe. 'Nas Is Like' is great tho, was that 2000?

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

Xzibit 'Paparazzi'
Jeru Tha Damaja 'Ya Playin' Yaself' (not sure if this was a proper single)

― DJ Mencap0))), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:17 (twenty years ago)

I just made an mp3 CD of rap and r&b from 1995 - 1998 like 3 days ago. Here's from my 1997 CD's (in chronological order, to the best of my memory)..

97 RAP:
01 Da Dip - Freak Nasty
02 I'll Be - Foxy Brown
03 Whateva Man - Redman
04 Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G.
05 Crush On You - Lil' Kim
06 Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - Puff Daddy
07 We Trying To Stay Alive - Wyclef Jean
08 Cold Rock A Party - MC Lyte
09 Phone Tap - Nas
10 It's All About The Benjamins - Puff Daddy
11 The Rain - Missy Elliot
12 Mo Money Mo Problems - The Notorious B.I.G.
13 Up Jumps The Boogie - Timbaland And Magoo
14 Guantanamera - Wyclef Jean
15 Triumph - Wu-Tang Clan
16 Street Dreams - Nas
17 Feels So Good - Mase
18 Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See - Busta Rhymes
19 I Got A Story To Tell - The Notorious B.I.G.

97 R&B
01 Pony - Ginuwine
02 One In A Million - Aaliyah
03 Don't Let Go - En Vogue
04 Nobody - Keith Sweat
05 Cupid - 112
06 On And On - Erykah Badu
07 Don't Leave Me - BlackSTREET
08 In My Bed - Dru Hill
09 Return Of The Mack - Mark Morrison
10 Hard To Say I'm Sorry - As Yet
11 Changing Faces - G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.
12 Can We - SWV
13 All Cried Out - AZ
14 What About Us - Total
15 Never Make A Promise - Dru Hill
16 Got Til It's Gone - Janet Jackson
17 You Make Me Wanna - Usher

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:48 (twenty years ago)

'got 'till it's gone' and 'the rain'.
of course.

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 15:51 (twenty years ago)

Roots - What They Do
Dead Prez - Hip-Hop
Common - Retrospect for Life (ft. Lauryn Hill)
Mos Def - Universal Magnetic
Juvenile - Run For It (ft. Lil' Wayne)
Juvenile - Back That Azz Up
LL Cool J - 4,3,2,1 (ft. DMX, Master P, Method Man, Redman & Canibus)

― Gregory T (tubesocks), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:08 (twenty years ago)

No "Dangerous" or "What's It Gonna Be"?

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

Mystikal - Shake Ya Ass

― Snappy (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:29 (twenty years ago)

B.G. - Bling Bling
Big Tymers - Get Your Roll On

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

INOJ - Love You Down

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

96 RAP
01 Drop - The Pharcyde
02 Fu-Gee-La - The Fugees
03 Doin' It - LL Cool J
04 Ain't No Nigga - Jay-Z
05 Get Money (remix) - Junior MAFIA
06 Paparazzi - Xhibit
07 No Time - Lil' Kim
08 Woo-Ha - Busta Rhymes
09 Daytona 500 - Ghostface Killah
10 Player's Anthem - Junior MAFIA
11 Shadowboxing - GZA
12 If I Ruled The World - Nas
13 Elevators - Outkast
14 4th Chamber - GZA
15 Dead Presidents - Jay-Z
16 Get Me Home - Foxy Brown
17 I Need You Tonight - Junior MAFIA

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 17:04 (twenty years ago)

Jay-Z - You Belong to the City
Jay-Z - Can I Get A...
Lil Wayne - Shine

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 17:16 (twenty years ago)

Bone Thugs N Harmony - Crossroads

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 22:24 (twenty years ago)

cnn - illegal life

― jake b. (cerybut), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 22:33 (twenty years ago)

coolio -i'll c u (when u get there)
en vogue -whatever
dr. dre -been there done that
timbaland & magoo -luv 2 luv u

thanks for remembering mc lyte, billstevejim !!

― reo, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

Oh, wasn't Timbaland & Magoo's "Up Jump Da Boogie" a single?? That was a great one. I can't remember which ones were singles a lot of the time. "Clock Strikes" should have been one too.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:47 (twenty years ago)

the singles/videos off Welcome To Our World were "Up Jumps Da Boogie", "Luv 2 Luv U" (remix) and "Clock Strikes" (remix), in that order.

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:52 (twenty years ago)

Lil Wayne - Shine

-- djdee2005 (ddrak...), February 1st, 2005.

that was 2000. it's going on my '00-'04 list!

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:52 (twenty years ago)

Get Your Roll On was later than that wasn't it?? It is a great one though, don't get me wrong.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:53 (twenty years ago)

oh, the good ol' days..

― reo, Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:54 (twenty years ago)

yeah, "Get Your Roll On" was 2000 too.

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 00:01 (twenty years ago)

I'm'onna go dig out the Cash Money Platinum Hits album. Cash Money Is An Army, Tha Block Is Hot - those should be mentioned too.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 00:07 (twenty years ago)

When was Youngbloodz - "85"?? Thats a great one.

― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 00:15 (twenty years ago)

1999. And it IS a really good song.
This is a nice thread.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:12 (twenty years ago)

E 40 - "Rapper's Ball"
Outkast - "Elevators"
Goodie Mob - "Dirty South" (or was this '95?)
Eightball MJG - "We Started This"
Do or Die - "Po Pimp"
Crucial Conflict - "Hay"

― Will(iam), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 01:19 (twenty years ago)

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