Help me with a mix- your favorite hip hop/rap songs from 1981, 1983, 1990, 1994?

1991: Summertime is great, but that's also the year "My Mind is Playin Tricks on Me" came out.

And since you already have the Beasties twice, I would replace "Hey Ladies" with "So Watcha Sayin"

1990: Digital Underground - "Doowutchyalike!"
1994: Warren G - "Regulate (Jamming mix)"

And 'G Thang' was Dre featuring Snoop. NWA had broken up by that point.

Also, it is probably mandatory for Jam on It to be jammed on it.

(Newcleus's "Jam On It" was 1984, actually)

* Son Of Bazerk feat. No Self Control & The Band "The Band Gets Swivey On The Wheels" (from Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk)

* Del Tha Funkeé Homosapien "Sleepin' On My Couch" (from I Wish My Brother George Was Here)

* A Tribe Called Quest "Buggin' Out" (from The Low End Theory)

* Heavy D & The Boyz "Now That We Found Love" (from Peaceful Journey)

* Definition Of Sound "Now Is Tomorrow (De La Soul remix)" (from "Now Is Tomorrow" single)

* N.W.A. "Message To B.A./Real Niggaz" (from EFIL4ZAGGIN)

* Ice Cube "No Vaseline" (from Death Certificate)

* Tim Dog "Fuck Compton" (from Penicillin On Wax)

* Public Enemy "By The Time I Get To Arizona" (from Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black)
* Cypress Hill "How I Could Just Kill A Man" (from Cypress Hill)

* Leaders Of The New School "Sound Of The Zeekers @#^**?!" (from A Future Without A Past...)

* 3rd Bass "Pop Goes The Weasel" (from Derelicts Of Dialect)

* Main Source "Large Professor" (from Breaking Atoms)

* K.M.D. "Who Me?" (from Mr. Hood)

* Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs "Feel Like A Nut" (from Life Of A Kid In The Ghetto)

* Black Sheep "Strobelite Honey" (from A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing)

* Nice & Smooth "Sometimes I Rhyme Slow" (from Ain't a Damn Thing Changed)

* Naughty By Nature "O.P.P." (from Naughty By Nature)

* The UMC's "Jive Talk" (from Fruits Of Nature)

* De La Soul "Keepin' The Faith" (from De La Soul Is Dead)

* P.M. Dawn "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" (from Of The Heart, Of The Soul And Of The Cross: The Utopian Experience)

* Biz Markie "Alone Again" (formerly from I Need A Haircut, removed for legal reasons)

So far I've moved 'Rapper's Delight' to 1979, 'Sucker MCs' to 1983, & added 'The Breaks', 'Roxanne Roxanne', 'That's the Joint' (holy Paul's Boutique samples), and '100 Miles and Runnin'...which I hadn't heard in ages, nice catch.

90: A Tribe Called Quest "Description Of A Fool"
Sadly I forgot to note that I'm allerigic to A Tribe Called Quest. I break out in hives or something when I'm forced to listen to them.

1990
Ice Cube: "The Nigga You Love to Hate" & "Dead Homiez"

1994
Organized Konfusion: "Bring It On"
Nas: "New York State of Mind"

1979. Sequence-funk you up.

1980. Spoonie Gee-love rap.

1981. Grandmaster Flash-adventures on the wheels of steel.

1982. Busy Bee-making cash money.

1983. Run Dmc-sucker m.c's.

1984. Furious Five-step off.

1985. Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick-la di da di.

1986. Ultramagnetic M.C's-ego trippin'.

1987. Public Enemy-your gonna get yours.

1988. Eric B. & Rakim-lyrics of fury.

1989. EPMD-so whatcha sayin'.

1990. NWA-real n*ggas.

1991. Geto Boys-mind's playing tricks on me.

1992. ATCQ, Kid Hood, LONS-scenario remix.

1993. Wu-Tang Clan-cream.

1994. Nas-the world is yours.

how stoopid of me

I'll revise mine's based on yours owns (and narrow it down):

1979 Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang
1980 Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
1981 That's the Joint - Funky Four + One
1982 The Message - Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five
1983 It's Like that - Run DMC
1984 Roxanne Roxanne - UTFO
1985 The Show - Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick
1986 My Melody - Eric B & Rakim
1987 Rebel Without a Pause - Public Enemy
1988 Follow the Leader - Eric B & Rakim (1st vid on Yo MTV Raps)
1989 It's Funky Enough - D.O.C.
1990 Humpty Dance - Digital Underground
1991 O.P.P - Naughty by Nature (not 'cause I hate cha)
1992 They Want EFX - Das EFX (that flow affected everyone!)
1993 CREAM - Wu Tang Clan
1994 Flava in Ya Ear - Craig Mack

90/91 really was an off year...

1985 "It's Yours" T La Rock

Rick Rubin and Jazzy Jay recorded and released this soley as Def Jam in 1983, which was picked up and rereleased by Arthur Baker on Partytime in 1984. This is the first bass record ever (proto-bass).

Rick followed this with other proto-bass tracks, infuencing the genre to form:

Run DMC - Together Forever (live '84)
Beastie Boys - Slow & Low (1985)
LL Cool J - Dear Yvette (1985)
LL Cool J - You'll Rock (1985)
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells (remix)(1985)

Mantronix had a few proto-bass records in 85 too.

Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang - 1979 - 5:03
The Breaks - Kurtis Blow - 1980 - 7:39
That's the Joint - Funky Four Plus One - 1981 - 9:23
Making Cash Money - Busy Bee - 1982 - 6:30
The Message - Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five - 1982 - 7:02
Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1) - Run-DMC - 1983 - 3:09
Roxanne, Roxanne - UTFO - 1984 - 5:11
Rock the Bells - LL Cool J - 1985 - 4:01
Slow and Low - Beastie Boys - 1986 - 3:38
Rebel Without a Pause - Public Enemy - 1987 - 5:02
Dedication to all the B-Boys - Schoolly D - 1987 - 3:53
Microphone Fiend - Eric B. & Rakim - 1988 - 5:14
Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys - 1989 - 3:47
100 Miles and Runnin' - N.W.A. - 1990 - 4:35
Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - 1991 - 4:31
O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature - 1991 - 4:29
Nuthin' but a "G" Thang - Dre & Snoop Dogg - 1992 - 4:09
Who Am I? (Whats My Name) - Snoop Dogg - 1993 - 4:06
C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan - 1993 - 4:10

Making Cash Money - Busy Bee
I'd never heard this before- that's a really good one. Nice.

Nuthin' but a "G" Thang - Dre & Snoop Dogg - 1992 - 4:09
The general consensus was that this isn't NWA, so I updated it.

Walk This Way is gone- cute song, but between that & the other 1986 song I had, Slow & Low, it was no contest. I'm not averse to more than one song per year, but that's where I'm looking first to shorten it. I'm putting this on my ipod & I'll listen to it today & see what I think of all of them tonight.

perhaps you should stop at 1993? '94 was a whole new ball game post 36 Chambers

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I still have to insist (nitpick) that this was 1985...it was the b-side to 'She's On It' (from the Krush Groove sdtk). It was also originally a Run DMC track that they threw away, so Beastie's just walked in and redid the vocals.

AMEN!

and pretty much all of m coleman's list.

1979 - 1989
Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang - 1979
The Breaks - Kurtis Blow - 1980
That's the Joint - Funky Four Plus One - 1981
Making Cash Money - Busy Bee - 1982
The Message Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five - 1982
Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1) - Run-DMC - 1983
Boogie Down Bronx - Man Parrish - 1984
Roxanne, Roxanne - UTFO - 1984
Rock the Bells - LL Cool J - 1985
Slow and Low - Beastie Boys - 1986
Rebel Without a Pause - Public Enemy - 1987
Dedication to all the B-Boys - Schoolly D - 1987
Microphone Fiend - Eric B. & Rakim - 1988
Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun - Beastie Boys - 1989
75 minutes

1990 - 1999
100 Miles and Runnin' - N.W.A. - 1990
O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature - 1991
It Was a Good Day - Ice Cube - 1992
C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan - 1993
Who Am I? (Whats My Name) - Snoop Dogg - 1993
Fantastic Voyage - Coolio - 1994
NY State of Mind - Nas -1994
Protect Ya Neck - Wu-Tang Clan - 1994
Survival of the Fittest - Mobb Deep - 1995
Real Hip-Hop - Das Efx - 1995
California Love - TuPac & Dr. Dre - 1996
Pony - Ginuwine - 1996
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See - Busta Rhymes - 1997
Los Angeles Times - Endo, Xzibit - 1997
Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99) - Jay-Z - 1998
Still D.R.E. - Dr. Dre - 1999
68 minutes

Thank you.