Best Hip Hop Record Label

Def Jam btw

issues here with like roc/def jam type stuff no?

i.e. if the blueprint is my favorite cd in the history of the world (it's not) and i want to vote based on that which do i pick?

voted rap-a-lot

Delicious Vinyl

(compiling this list was a bitch btw - sorry J0rdan, yeah I don't have a good answer)

Dame Dash Music Group

^^^^ no. 1 comedy answer

although i'm sure that unreleased Rell album is the shit.

think i got zinged for bringing it up once (lol omg 80s i guess), but b-boy records needs a shout. voted cold chillin.

looking at this list i have to admit i dont hate any of these & every single one has released dope records

like man i was gonna zing for including ninja tune and mo wax and def jux but fuck it, theyve dropped some classic listenable shit and i dont wanna be the flip of some hater whining about no limit & cash money on the list.... i would gladly jam nothing but the output of these labels for the rest of my life no lie

voted priority cuz it looked lonely

ruthless

Cold Chillin'

voted priority cuz it looked lonely

-- deej, Friday, March 14, 2008 3:07 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

lol this is my chance to repost my fav priority comp

http://www.cdvelocity.com/Pictures/Albums/pop/cov200/dre800/e833/e83329h6var.jpg
1. Who Am I (What's My Name)? - Snoop Dogg
2. Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Part 2) - Snoop Dogg
3. Hello - Ice Cube/Dr. Dre/M.C. Ren
4. Nuthin' But A "G" Thang - Dr. Dre/Snoop Dogg
5. Got Ta Hustle - TWDY/M.C. Ren
6. I Love Cali (In The Summertime) - Roscoe (G Party remix)
7. From The Streetz - Mack 10
8. Who Ride Wit' Us - Kurupt
9. G'd Up - East Sidaz/Snoop Dogg
10. If It Ain't Broke - Suga Free/Mausberg
11. Make It Happen - Tone Toven/Kurupt
12. 4 Days In Cali - RA The Rugged Man
13. No More Questionz - Mausberg/DJ Quik
14. Oh Boy - Don Ciscone/Roscoe
15. Down For My N...'s - C Murder/Snoop Dogg/Magic
16. Got 'Em Fiending - Silkk The Shocker/Master P
17. If U Stay Ready - Suga Free
18. Funky Song - Low Profile
19. Never Leave Me Alone - Nate Dogg/Snoop Dogg

M.I.A.: Enjoy

Intro: RZA

Lot of people, you know what I'm sayin, they be gettin misinformed
thinkin everything is everything, that you could just get yourself
a little deal, whatever, youknowhatI'msayin you gonna get on you
gonna get rich. And all these labels be trying to lure us in like
spiders, into the web, knowhatI'msaying. So sometimes people gotta
come out and speak up, and let people understand, that you know you
gotta read the label you gotta read the label if you don't read the
label you might get poisoned...

Lyrics: GZA

TOMMY ain't my motherfuckin' BOY
When he fake moves on a nigga you employ
Well I'll EMIRGE off ya set, now ya know God damn
I show LIVIN LARGE niggaz how to flip a DEF JAM
And RUFF up the motherfuckin' HOUSE
Cause I smother you COLD CHILLIN' mother fuckers are still WARNER BROTHERS
I'm RUTHLESS my clan don't have to act wild
That shit is JIVE, an old SLEEPING BAG/PROFILE
This soft comedian rap shit ain't the rough witty
On the reel to reel it wasn't from a TUFF CITY
Niggas be game, thinking that they lyrical surgeons
They know their mics are formed at VIRGIN
And if you ain't boned a mic you couldn't hurt a bee
That's like going to Venus driving a MERCURY
The CAPITOL of this rugged slang, is WU-TANG
Witty Unpredictable Talent And Natural Game
I DEATH ROW an MC with mic cables
The EPIC is at a RUSH ASSOCIATED LABELS
From EASTWEST to ATCO, I bring it to a NEXT PLATEAU
But I keep it phat though
Yo, I'm hittin' batters up with the WILD PITCH style
I even show an UPTOWN/MCA style
Who thought he saw me on 4TH & BROADWAY
But I was out on the ISLAND, bombing MC's all day
My PRIORITY is that I'm FIRST PRIORITY
I bone the secret out a bitch in a sorority
So look out for A&M, the abbot and the master
Breakin' down your PENDULUM
As I fiend MC's out with a blow that'll numb the
a-ppendix, I'm holdin more more weight than COLUMBIA
Index INTERSCOPE, we RCA. clan
That's comin' with a plan to free a
slave of a mental death MC don't panic
Throw that A&R nigga off the boat in the ATLANTIC
Now who's the BAD BOY character, not from ARISTA
But firin' weapons released on GEFFEN
So duck as I struck with the soul of MOTOWN
While CENTRAL BROADCASTING SYSTEMS are slowed down
You're Dirty, like that Bastard
It's gettin drastic

Read the label and say it loud
Another Wu banger
Thirty-six chambers, to your area
Yeah, the RZA, phat tracks on a disc
Rza razor rza razor sharp
Another Wu-Tang production kid, comin at ya

Gym Class Heroes need to do a version with all indie rock labels

yes, thats what needs to happen

man stfu whiney

have you ever had a good idea

I know I'll get sonned into oblivion for saying this, but I always wanted to hear a backpack MC like Slug flip a version of this where it's all self-loathing.

"the ball-dropper, the Paxil-popper, the first-week sales belly-flopper, the 5 am Amazon one-click web shopper"

-- Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, December 15, 2007 2:11 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link

Yeah I was really serious about that Gym Class Heroes comment, guys.

It was a joke because they have a song like that with all emo band names that's fucking terrible.

took cutie for a ride in my deathcab
she tipped me with a kiss I dropped her off at the meth lab
before she left she made a dashboard confessional
and spilled her guts in cursive but what's worse is
I could still see her bright eyes like sunny day real estate
oh my and in a funny way this irritates
so high but no chance
my little chemical romance left a bad taste in my mouth
but I imposed her like hey mercedes why the long face
why you cryin? no need
just put on this coheed and fall out
boy meets girl jimmy eat world
but Schlep eats pills till he's all out
not once not twice she was thrice times a lady
mackin' on brand new, but I had to
bounce over to the postal service is to
pick up these pills that take care of my nervousness
and on the way I saw planes that were mistooken for stars
she played games but she took 'em too far
at the drive in
watching soft porn and you can tell
by the trail of the dead, that there was somethin' in the popcorn
hop in my cab destination midtown
just to get up with some kids that like to get down
I made my rounds and that was that
In between the frowns and scraps and heart attacks
and I remember I seen her ass in early november
on a thursday takin' back sunday for a refund
she shot a wink like no hard feelin's
then she jetted to brazil man them pills had me spun

this is the story of the year right here
this is hot water music
put ya ramen into it

ethan and deej in not picking up on a joke about a gym class heros album track shocker

hahaha

omg emo

I confess I don't really have any idea who will win this

The fans

Also Gym Class Heroes

i wanted to get clever, but i've been pumping the def jam 10th anniversary box set lately and just the sheer volume of stuff they've put out is kinda crazy.

Hate to be all firstest is the bestest but it's Sugar Hill. Those early singles are amongst the greatest creations of humankind.

get them votes in y'all

Marley Marl vs. Rick Rubin

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

i forget if i voted rap-a-lot or def jam

Tons of really great labels here, I probably own the most from Def Jux so I picked that one.

you misspelled 'jam'

Tommy Boy Records = Jock Jamz!!

voting Jive on gutfeel

yeah on the basis of tribe love - jive for me too

Tribe, UGK, E-40, Too Short, lots of other shit I'm not thinking of off the top of my head...

No Rhymesayers among the indies?

Not that I'd vote them over Def Jam or Tommy Boy, but def over Quannum and Def Jux.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Definitive Jux 4

lawl

Dame Dash Music Group 1

lol ninja tune

i voted for cash money.

(for some reason i don't pay attention to the label on a lot of rap stuff)