Maybe I've missed this on search, but I'm looking for great crime narratives in rap. I tend to think of Ghostface as the best I've heard at it, but I'm totally willing to be surprised. Extra points if any appropriate the Stagger Lee narrative to a good beat.
― Where you been '90s reference? (I eat cannibals), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 03:05 (fourteen years ago)
yeah, that would be great.
― dylannn, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 04:11 (fourteen years ago)
http://hiphop.hypeeater.com/wp-content/uploads/HLIC/slickrickv.jpg
― what's a goon to garbus (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 04:53 (fourteen years ago)
"Ill Street Blues" is pretty masterful.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 05:11 (fourteen years ago)
i'm a sucker for the east coast mafia-themed stuff myself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lku28XWMHNY
― chilli, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 07:56 (fourteen years ago)
AUNT DOT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAAZwm-Lge0
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 11:20 (fourteen years ago)
Something recent
Meek Mill-Tony Story
http://youtu.be/Q93zi8RKJ0w
― pandemic, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:08 (fourteen years ago)
whoa lex i have never heard that, it's amazing
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:12 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah Ghostface was my first thought. Maxine's even better than Shakey Dog imo. So cinematic. Love the way he moves so fast and adopts the different voices like someone who's been given five minutes to pitch a screenplay and doesn't want to leave out a single detail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqQvEv9lDvM
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:16 (fourteen years ago)
"Nobody Move" by Eazy E made a huge impression on me when it came out. I still know all the lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHWHEtoqTF4
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:18 (fourteen years ago)
nas - blaze a 50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBBaI6WahbA
― art dealin' thru the west coast (tpp), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:22 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbSm6HsX_ek&ob=av2ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLj1fHfWjUc
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:35 (fourteen years ago)
that's warning and somebody gotta die by biggie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfV602zA-Pg
knuckleheadz by raekwon but really, all of cuban linx 1 is catnip here.
― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 13:38 (fourteen years ago)
Ice Cube "Ghetto Bird"Ice T "6 in the Morning"Kool G Rap "On the Run", "Train Robbery"loads of Mobb Deep songs
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 17:57 (fourteen years ago)
E-40 "Da Art of Storytellin"
Digital Underground "It's a Good Thing That We're Rappin"
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 17:58 (fourteen years ago)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ioyHZ%2BGsL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
This whole thing, if not for the execution, at least for the concept
― Playoff Starts Here (san lazaro), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:33 (fourteen years ago)
Kool Keith's "Weapon World" as a standout from the album.
that album's the pinnacle of Prince Paul's career imho
would totally watch a stage adaptation lol
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:38 (fourteen years ago)
Everything that's been posted so far is awesome, wow, hadn't heard any of these before except Knuckleheadz. "On The Run" approaches epic status.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 19:27 (fourteen years ago)
that whole album is dope
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 19:37 (fourteen years ago)
"On the Run" is like a Sopranos episode. I like how G Rap, unlike a lot of other rappers, always seems to have an "old lady" to stick by his side.
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 19:38 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EARTNYVpWHA
― sisilafami, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 23:22 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiQCLl7EUQw
― ennui soundsystem, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 23:38 (fourteen years ago)
8Ball & MJG - Armed Robberyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAgXON4CAY
LEP & Yukmouth - 211https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJDef09QTOg
Nas - Undying Lovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YSpG8yi4hI
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 00:13 (fourteen years ago)
"Bad Dreams" by Chill Rob G, tho I prefer the Tricky version.
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 00:48 (fourteen years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/Slick_Rick_-_Children%27s_Story.jpg
― onlydarkness.com, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 03:35 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaUs4AR_bn4
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 03:40 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtrNj47u1D8
boogie down productions - loves gonna getcha (material love)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIkgI6HSBhc
gucci mane - timothy (lol at how it is tagged 'official video' for a blurry screen shot)
― a hoy hoy, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 03:44 (fourteen years ago)
feelin this thread. 'aunt dot' is sick. never heard that one before.
anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTbpxOLtW7k
― original bgm, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 15:49 (fourteen years ago)
I love Aunt Dot. Was it ever continued? She says something about that at the end of the song..
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 15:54 (fourteen years ago)
http://youtu.be/_gb4mPZjmLE
― Kickboyface, Saturday, 26 May 2012 18:23 (fourteen years ago)