ARTIST: Night Club+ ALBUM: Scary World + LABEL: Independent + RELEASE DATE: AUG 24, 2018
Simply in terms of words and imagery, “Candy Coated Suicide,” the lead single from Night Club’s new album, is probably the best description for the band itself. You can casually hear a song and think it’s just dance-y, fun, pop music. But, when you start chewing it becomes bitter, dark, and entirely too real. If you want to keep things superficial, you’ll have a great time dancing to the music of Scary World. But, if you’re inclined to something more cerebral, you’ll find depth in the lyrics that is often absent from similar sounding artists.
Sweet. Sugary. Instantly, like-able. Night Club is here to subvert your initial impression. These are songs about identity, relationships gone wrong, and self-empowerment. What’s more, this isn’t disposable music produced by 12 dudes whose names are written in some micro-font on the liner notes of a physical copy you’ll never own. It’s also deceivingly complex and layered.
Night Club released their first album (Requiem for Romance) in 2016, scored the Comedy Central series Moonbeam City and the Paul Rudd and Patton Oswald film Nerdland, all while garnering a rabid fan base and critical acclaim. Most recently, they’ve opened gigs for A Perfect Circle and toured with Combichrist. With Scary World the band is poised to take things to the next level. Comprised of vocalist Emily Kavanaugh and all-things-electronic Mark Brooks, the band is steeped in early Wax Trax! industrial dance with a perverse take on Brittany-like pop music. Just dive into these 10 songs and you’ll know what I’m talking about.
“Let me get under your skin (your skin), you started something you can’t win (can’t win), I am your church these are your sins (your sins),” Kavanaugh sings on the infectious “Your Addiction,” one of the stand-out tracks on the album. Synths, keys, and other electronic instrumentation simmer, with a sinister bent, beneath her melodies. Characteristic of the album as whole, the music bends and twists with Kavanaugh’s lyrics, matching her melodies with a keen sense of mood and ambiance. Likewise, songs like “Blood on Your Blade,” “Schizophrenic,” and “Therapy (Get High)” follow in this vein.
Dense layers of drum machines, synths, keys, et cetera, emerge with each subsequent listen. ‘Imaginary Friend” begins with a catchy groove, but proceeds by adding sheets of subtleties you’d be likely to miss if you’re not wearing headphones. Not that headphones are required. You’re not studying for a test, it’s just that what the band has to offer necessitates further examination. “Vampires” has a synth melody that isn’t far off from Ministry’s “Everyday is Halloween,” and I mean that in a good way. It pulses under the drum track in a way that causes involuntarily hip-shaking. Album closer “Survive” is the leave-you-wanting-more song that every band wants to have closing their album. Taking every element of emotion and desire that came before it and distilling it into 4 minutes and 33 seconds of perfection, it highlights everything the band is capable of.
The songwriting on this album is so fucking good that I wake up in the morning with its melodies running through my mind. I couldn’t possibly give higher praise to any album than that.
– J. Kevin Lynch
This list is not my own.To know the reasons why the following CDs deserve to be in this list, visit : http://hiphopgoldenage.com/list/top-100-hip-hop-albums-of-the-1990s/
1. Nas - Illmatic (1994)
2. N.Y. State Of Mind
4. The World Is Yours
6. Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park)
8. One Time 4 Your Mind
10. It Ain’t Hard To Tell
2. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (1991)
2.- Buggin' Out
4.- Butter
6.- Show Business
8.- The Infamous Date Rape
10.- Everything is Fair
12.- Skypager
14.- Scenario
02: Shame on a Nigga
04: Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber
06: Da Mystery of Chessboxin'
08: C.R.E.A.M.
10: Protect Ya Neck
12: Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - Part II
14: Conclusion
4. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother (1992)
02 - For Pete's Sake
04 - Lots Of Lovin
06 - Straighten It Out
08 - Wig Out
10 - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
12 - It's Like That
14 - The Basement
16 - Skinz
5. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
02. Oodles Of O's
04. Pease Porridge
06. Johnny's Dead Aka Vincent Mason (live from the BK lounge)
08. WRMS' Dedication To The Bitty
10. Skit 2
12. Let, Let Me In
13. Afro Connections At A Hi 5 (In The Eye Of The Hoodlum)
15. Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa
17. Skit 3
19. Pass The Plugs
21. Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
23. Skit 4
25. Fanatic Of The B Word
27. Skit 5
01. The Chronic (Intro) (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
02. Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') (Feat. Snoop Dogg, RBX & Jewell)
03. Let Me Ride (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Ruben & Jewell)
04. The Day The Niggaz Took Over (Feat. Dat Nigga Daz, RBX & Snoop Dogg)
05. Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
06. Deeez Nuuuts (Feat. Dat Nigga Daz, Snoop Dogg, Warren G & Nate Dogg)
07. Lil' Ghetto Boy (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Dat Nigga Daz & Nate Dogg)
08. A Nigga Witta Gun
09. Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat (Feat. Snoop Dogg, BJ & RBX)
10. The $20 Sack Pyramid (Skit) (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Samara, The D.O.C. & Big Tittie Nickie)
11. Lyrical Gangbang (Feat. The Lady Of Rage, Kurupt & RBX)
12. High Powered (Feat. RBX, Lady Of Rage & Dat Nigga Daz)
13. The Doctor's Office (Skit) (Feat. Jewell & The Lady Of Rage)
14. Stranded On Death Row (Feat. Kurupt, RBX, The Lady Of Rage, Snoop Dogg & Bushwick Bill)
15. The Roach (The Chronic Outro) (Feat. RBX, Emmage, Ruben, Dat Nigga Daz, The Lady Of Rage & Jewell)
16. Bitches Ain't Shit (Feat. Dat Nigga Daz, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg & Jewell)
7. OutKast - Aquemini (1998)
2 – Return Of The G
4 – Skew It On The Bar-B feat Raekwon
6 – Synthesizer feat George Clinton
8 – West Savannah
10 – Da Art Of Storytellin’ (Pt.2)
12 – SpottieOttieDopalicious
14 – Chonkyfire
16 – Liberation feat Cee-Lo
8. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die (1994)
2. Things Done Changed
4. Machine Gun Funk
6. Ready To Die
8. #!*@ Me (Interlude)
10. Juicy
12. Me & My Bitch
14. Respect
16. Unbelievable
18. Who Shot Ya
02 - Brothers Gonna Work It Out
04 - Incident At 66.6 FM
06 - Meet The G That Killed Me
08 - Anti-Nigger Machine
10 - Power To The People
12 - Fear Of A Black Planet
14 - Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man
16 - Leave This Off Your Fuckin Charts
18 - War At 33 1-3
19 - Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned
10. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
2. Steve Biko (Stir It Up)
4. 8 Million Stories
6. Midnight - (with Raphael Wiggins)
8. Electric Relaxation
10. Oh My God - (with Busta Rhymes)
12. Chase, The (Part II)
14. God Lives Through
11. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx.. (1995)
02: Knuckleheadz (ft. Ghostface Killah & U-God)
04: Criminology (ft. Ghostface Killah)
06: Rainy Dayz (ft. Ghostface Killah & Blue Raspberry)
07: Guillotine (ft. Inspectah Deck, GZA & Ghostface Killah)
08: Can It Be All So Simple (ft. Ghostface Killah) (Remix)
10: Ice Water (ft. Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna & Big Un)
11: Glaciers Of Ice (ft. Wu-Tang Clan, 60 Second & Blue Raspberry)
12: Verbal Intercourse (ft. Ghostface Killah & Nas)
14: Spot Rusherz
15: Ice Cream (ft. Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna)
17: Heaven & Hell (feat. Ghostface Killah & Blue Raspberry)
12. 2Pac - Me Against The World (1995)
01. Intro
02. If I Die 2Nite
03. Me Against The World (feat. Dramacydal)
04. So Many Tears
05. Temptations
06. Young Niggaz
07. Heavy In The Game (feat. Richie Rich)
08. Lord Knows
09. Dear Mama
10. It Ain't Easy
11. Can U Get Away
12. Old School
13. Fuck The World
14. Death Around The Corner
15. Outlaw (feat. Dramacydal)
13. De La Soul - Stakes Is High (1996)
02. Supa Emcees
04. Wonce Again Long Island
06. Brakes
08. Baby Baby Baby Baby Ooh Baby
10. Betta Listen
12. 4 More feat. Zhane
14. Down Syndrome
16. Stakes Is High
02 Two Dope Boyz (In A Cadillac)
04 Wheelz Of Steel
06 Elevators (Me & You)
08 Babylon
10 Mainstream
12 Millennium
14 13th Floor/Growing Old
01. Home Of The Bodybag
02. First Impression
03. Ziplock
04. Mic Contract (Feat. Donald D)
05. Mind Over Matter
06. New Jack Hustler (Feat. DJ Aladdin)
07. Ed
08. Bitches 2 (Feat. Charlie Jam)
09. Straight Up Nigga (Feat. DJ Aladdin)
10. O.G. Original Gangster
11. The House
12. Evil E - What About Sex?
13. Fly By (Feat. Nat the Cat & Donald D)
14. Midnight (Feat. Randy Mac)
15. Fried Chicken (Feat. Prince Whipper Whip)
16. M.V.P.s
17. Lifestyles Of The Rich And Infamous
18. Body Count (Feat. Ernie C, Beatmaster V, Moose Man & D Rock)
19. Prepared To Die
20. Escape From The Killing Fields
21. Street Killer (Feat. Special K)
22. Pulse Of The Rhyme
23. The Tower (Feat. Sean E Sean, Al Patrome & Mello)
24. Ya Shoulda Killed Me Last Year
16. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill (1998)
01. Intro
02. Lost Ones
03. Ex-Factor
04. To Zion
05. Doo Wop (That Thing)
06. Superstar
07. Final Hour
08. When It Hurts So Bad
09. I Used To Love Him
10. Forgive Them Father
11. Every Ghetto, Every City
12. Nothing Even Matters
13. Everything Is Everything
14. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
15. Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
16. Tell Him
17. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKas Most Wanted (1990)
01. Better Off Dead
02. The Nigga Ya Love To Hate
03. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
04. What They Hittin' Foe?
05. You Can't Fade Me
06. Once Upon A Time In The Projects
07. Turn Off The Radio
08. Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside)
09. A Gangsta's Fairytale
10. I'm Only Out For One Thang (feat. Flavor Flav)
11. Get Off My Dick And Tell Yo Bitch To Come Here
12. The Drive-By
13. Rollin' Wit The Lench Mob
14. Who's The Mack?
15. It's A Man's World (feat. Yo-Yo)
16. The Bomb
18. GZA - Liquid Swords (1995)
02 - Duel Of The Iron Mic (Feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck & Masta Killa)
03 - Living In The World Today (Feat. RZA & Method Man)
05 - Cold World (Feat. Inspectah Deck & Life)
07 - 4th Chamber (Feat. Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest & RZA)
09 - Hell's Wind Staff/Killah Hills 10304 (Feat. RZA & Ol' Dirty Bastard)
10 - Investigative Reports (Feat. Raekwon, Ghostface Killah & U-God)
12 - I Gotcha Back (Feat. RZA)
13 - B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth) (Feat. Killah Priest)
19. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
01. Bathtub
02. G Funk Intro (Feat. The Lady Of Rage)
03. Gin And Juice
04. W Balls (Feat. The Queen Of Funk & Ricky Harris) (Interlude)
05. Tha Shiznit
06. Domino (Interlude)
07. Lodi Dodi (Feat. Nancy Fletcher)
08. Murder Was The Case (DeathAfterVisualizingEternity) (Feat. Dat Nigga Daz)
09. Serial Killa (Feat. Tha Dogg Pound, RBX & D.O.C.)
10. Who Am I (What's My Name)?
11. For All My Niggaz & Bitches (Feat. Tha Dogg Pound & The Lady Of Rage)
12. Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None) (Feat. Nate Dogg, Kurupt & Warren G)
13. Chronic Relief (Interlude)
14. Doggy Dogg World (Feat. Tha Dogg Pound & The Dramatics)
15. Class Room (Interlude)
16. Gz And Hustlas
17. Checkin' (Interlude)
18. Pump Pump (Feat. Lil Malik)
19. Gz Up, Hoes Down
20. Gang Starr - Step In The Arena (1991)
2 Step In The Arena
4 Execution Of A Chump (No More Mr. Nice Guy Pt. 2)
6 Beyond Comprehension
8 Love Sick
10 Game Plan
12 What You Want This Time?
14 Just To Get A Rep
16 As I Read My S-A
18 The Meaning Of The Name
21. Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998)
2. Astronomy (8th Light) (Feat. Weldon Irvine)
4. RE:DEFinition
6. Brown Skin Lady
8. K. O. S. (Determination) (Feat. Vinia Mojica)
10. Yo Yeah
12. Thieves In The Night
13. Twice Inna Lifetime (Feat. Jane Doe & Punch & Words)
22. Ice Cube - Death Certificate (1991)
01. The Funeral
02. The Wrong Nigga To Fuck Wit
03. My Summer Vacation
04. Steady Mobbin'
05. Robin Lench
06. Givin Up The Nappy Dug Out
07. Look Who's Burnin'
08. A Bird In The Hand
09. Man's Best Friend
10. Alive On Arrival
11. Death
12. The Birth
13. I Wanna Kill Sam
14. Horny Lil' Devil
15. Black Korea
16. True To The Game
17. Threat, Kam, Wc, Coolio, King Tee & J-Dee , Color Blind
18. Doing Dumb Shit
19. Us
20. No Vaseline
21. How To Survive In South Central
02 - The Infamous Prelude
04 - Eye For A Eye (Your Beef Is Mines) (Feat. NaS & Raekwon)
06 - Give Up The Goods (Just Step) (Feat. Big Noyd)
08 - Up North Trip
10 - Q.U. - Hectic
11 - Right Back At You (Feat. Ghostface Killah, Raekwon & Big Noyd)
13 - Cradle To The Grave
14 - Drink Away The Pain (Situations) (Feat. Q-Tip)
16 - Party Over (Feat. Big Noyd)
24. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife (1996)
02 - Respond/React
04 - Panic!!!!!
06 - Episodes
08 - What They Do
10 - Concerto Of The Desperado
12 - UNIverse At War
14 - Dave vs. US
16 - The Hypnotic
18 - One Shine
20 - Outro
25. Nas - It Was Written (1996)
2 Message
4 I Gave You Power
6 Take It In Blood
8 Affirmative Action
10 Black Girl Lost
12 Shootouts
14 If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)
01. Red Intro
02. How Many Mics
03. Ready or Not
04. Zealots
05. The Beast
06. Fu-Gee-La
07. Family Business
08. Killing Me Softly with His Song
09. The Score
10. The Mask
11. Cowboys
12. No Woman, No Cry
13. Manifest/Outro
14. Fu-Gee-La (Refugee camp remix)
15. Fu-Gee-La (Sly and Robbie mix)
16. Mista Mista
27. OutKast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
02 Myintrotoletuknow
04 Welcome to Atlanta (Interlude)
06 Call of da Wild (feat. Goodie Mob)
08 Claimin’ True
10 Funky Ride
12 Git Up, Git Out (feat. Goodie Mob)
14 Crumblin’ Erb
16 Deep
28. Makaveli - The Don Killuminati The Seven Day Theory (1996)
01. Intro / Bomb First (My Second Reply) (feat. E.D.I. & Young Noble)
02. Hail Mary (feat. Outlawz)
03. Krazy (feat. Bad Ass)
04. Watch Ya Mouth
05. To Live & Die In L.A. (feat. Val Young)
06. Friends
07. Blasphemy (feat. Prince Ital Joe)
08. Hold Ya Head
09. Lost Souls (feat. Outlawz)
10. White Man'z World
11. Niggaz Nature
12. Against All Odds
13. Hidden Track
14. When Thugz Cry
2. Hip Hop
4. Ms. Fat Booty
6. Do It Now (Feat. Busta Rhymes)
8. Umi Says
Night Club Band
10. Rock 'N' Roll
12. Climb (Feat. Vinia Mojica)
14. Habitat
16. Mathematics
2 Robbin Hood Theory
4 Royalty
6 JFK 2 LAX
8 Moment Of Truth
10 The Militia
12 What I'm Here 4
14 New York Strait Talk
16 Make 'Em Pay
18 Betrayal Rap [Featuring] - Scarface
20 In Memory Of..
31. Jay Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996)
02. Politics As Usual
04. Dead Presidents II
06. D'Evils
08. Can I Live
10. Friend Or Foe
12. Cashmere Thoughts
14. Regrets
15. Can't Knock The Hustle (Fools Paradise Remix) (feat. Meli'sa Morgan)
02. Word..Life
04. Born 2 Live
06. Point O Viewz
08. Ga Head
10. Let It Slide (Feat. Pharoahe Monch)
12. Story
14. Born 2 Live (Remix) (Bonus Track)
16. O-Zone (Original Demo Version) (Bonus Track)
18. Word Life (Remix) (Bonus Track)
33. Showbiz & AG - Runaway Slave (1992)
01. Still Diggin’ (feat. Diamond D)
02. Fat Pockets
03. Bounce Ta This (feat. Dres)
04. More Than One Way Out Of The Ghetto
05. Silence Of The Lambs (Remix)
06. 40 Acres & My Props
07. Runaway Slave
08. Hard To Kill
09. Hold Ya Head
10. He Say, She Say
11. Represent (feat. Big L, DeShawn & Lord Finesse)
12. Silence Of The Lambs
13. Party Groove (Bass Mix)
14. Soul Clap (Short Version)
15. Catchin’ Wreck
16. Party Groove (Instrumental)
34. The Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
02 - Table Of Contents (Parts 1 & 2)
04 - Step Into The Realm
06 - Dynamite!
08 - Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New
10 - Act Too (The Love Of My Life)
12 - Diedre vs. Dice
14 - 3rd Acts: ? vs. Scratch 2.. Electric Boogaloo
16 - Don't See Us
35. The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (1992)
02. Oh Shit
04. 4 Better Or 4 Worse
06. If I Were President
08. On The DL
10. Officer
12. Passing Me By
14. Quinton's On the Way
16. Return Of The B-Boy
36. MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday (1999)
02. Doomsday
04. The Finest
06. Go with the Flow
08. Red and Gold
10. Who You Think I Am?
12. Hey!
14. The Mic
16. Dead Bent
18. I Hear Voices, Pt. 1
37. Jeru The Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East (1994)
2. Hey Girl (Version)
4. I Got Ya Back
6. I And I
8. Human Bonding
10. Rainbow
02 3000
04 Earth People
06 Technical Difficulties
08 Blue Flowers
10 Bear Witness
12 Girl Let Me Touch You
14 Wild And Crazy
16 On Production feat Sir Menelik
18 Earth People (Earth Planet Mix)
39. De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
02. Eye Patch
04. Patti Dooke
06. Long Island Wildin'
08. Paul's Revenge
10. Area
12. In The Woods
14. Dave Has A Problem..Seriously
40. A Tribe Called Quest - Peoples Instinctive Travels On The Paths Of Rhythm (1990)
2 Luck of Lucien
4 Footprints
6 Public Enemy
8 Can I Kick It?
10 Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts)
12 Ham 'n' Eggs
14 Description of a Fool
41. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Main Ingredient (1994)
02 - Carmel City
04 - Sun Won't Come out
06 - Escape
08 - Worldwide
10 - Tell Me
12 - Searching
14 - In The Flesh
16 - Get On The Mic
42. Goodie Mob - Soul Food (1995)
1. Free
2. Thought Process (featuring André 3000 of OutKast)
3. Red Dog (skit)
4. Dirty South (featuring Big Boi of OutKast & Cool Breeze)
5. Cell Therapy
6. Sesame Street
7. Guess Who
8. Serenity Prayer (skit)
9. Fighting (featuring Joi)
10. Blood (skit)
11. Live at the O.M.N.I.
12. Goodie Bag
13. Soul Food (featuring Sleepy Brown)
14. Funeral (skit)
15. I Didn't Ask to Come
16. Rico (skit)
17. The Coming (featuring Witchdoctor)
18. Cee-Lo (skit)
19. The Day After (featuring Roni)
43. KRS One - Return Of The Boom Bap (1993)
02. Outta Here
04. Mortal Thought
06. Slap Them Up
08. Mad Crew
10. Brown Skin Woman
12. ‘P’ Is Still Free
14. Higher Level
44. Main Source - Breaking Atoms (1991)
01 - Snake Eyes
02 - Just Hangin Out
03 - Looking at the Front Door
04 - Large Professor
05 - Just a Friendly Game of Baseball
06 - Scratch & Kut
07 - Peace Is Not the Word to Play
08 - Vamos a Rapiar
09 - He Got So Much Soul (He Don't Need No Music)
10 - Live at the Barbeque (feat. Akinyele, Fatal & Nas)
11 - Watch Roger Do His Thing
12 - Just a Friendly Game of Baseball (Remix)
45. Wu Tang Clan - Wu Tang Forever (1997)
01: Wu-Revolution (feat. Blue Raspberry, Popa Wu & Uncle Pete)
03: For Heavens Sake (feat. Cappadonna)
04: Cash Still Rules/Scary Hours (Still Don't Nothing Move But the Money) (feat. La the Darkman)
06: As High as Wu-Tang Get
08: Older Gods
10: A Better Tomorrow
Scary Nights Download
01: Intro
03: Impossible (feat. Tekitha)
05: Deadly Melody (feat. Streetlife)
07: The Projects
09: The M.G.M.
11: Duck Seazon
13: Heaterz (feat. Cappadonna)
15: Second Coming (feat. Tekitha)
00: Sunshower
46. Paris - The Devil Made Me Do It (1990)
01 - Intro
02 - Scarface Groove
03 - This Is A Test
04 - Panther Power
05 - Break The Grip Of Shame
06 - Warning
07 - Ebony
08 - Brutal
09 - On The Prowl
10 - The Devil Made Me Do It
11 - The Hate That Hate Made
12 - Mellow Madness
13 - I Call Him Mad
14 - Escape From Babylon
15 - Wretched
16 - Break The Grip Of Shame (The Final Call)
17 - The Devil Made Me Do It (Poach A Pig Mix)
47. Common - Ressurection (1994)
2. I Used To Love H.E.R.
4. Book Of Life
5. In My Own World (Check The Method) (Feat. No I.D.)
7. Nuthin' To Do
9. WMOE (Feat. Mohammed Ali)
11. Orange Pineapple Juice
12. Chapter 13 (Rich Man Vs. Poor Man) (Feat. Ynot)
14. Sum Shit I Wrote
01. Intro
02. Best Kept Secret
03. Sally Got A One-Track Mind
04. Step To Me
05. Shut The Fuck Up
06. Fuck What U Heard
07. I'm Outta Here
08. A Day In The Life
09. Last Car On The 2 Train
10. Red Light, Green Light
11. I Went For Mine
12. Comments From Big L And Showbiz
13. Check One, Two
14. What You Seek
15. Lunchroom Chatter
16. Confused
17. Pass Dat Shit
18. Freestyle (Yo, That's That Shit)
19. K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid)
20. Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop
21. Wuffman Stressed Out
22. Feel The Vibe
23. A View From The Underground
49. Big Pun - Capital Punishment (1998)
02. Beware
04. Taster's Choice (skit)
06. Intermission
08. Punish Me
10. You Ain't A Killer
12. Caribbean Connection
14. Captial Punishment
16. I'm Not A Player
18. The Rain & The Sun
20. You Came Up
22. Charlie Rock Shout (skit)
24. Parental Discretion
CD 1:
01. Ambitionz Az A Ridah
02. All Bout U (featuring Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg & Dru Down)
03. Skandalouz (featuring Nate Dogg)
04. Got My Mind Made Up (featuring Dat Nigga Daz, Kurupt, Redman & Method Man)
05. How Do U Want It (featuring K-Ci & JoJo)
06. 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted (featuring Snoop Dogg)
07. No More Pain
08. Heartz Of Men
09. Life Goes On
10. Only God Can Judge Me (featuring Rappin’ 4-Tay)
11. Tradin War Stories (featuring Dramacydal, C-Bo, Storm)
12. California Love (Remix) (featuring Dr Dre, Roger Troutman)
13. I Ain’t Mad At Cha (featuring Danny Boy)
14. What’z Ya Phone # (featuring Danny Boy)
CD 2:
1. Can’t C Me (featuring George Clinton)
2. Shorty Wanna Be A Thug
3. Holla At Me
4. Wonda Why They Call U Bytch
5. When We Ride (featuring Outlaw Immortalz)
6. Thug Passion (featuring Jewell, Dramacydal, Storm)
7. Picture Me Rollin’ (featuring Danny Boy, Big Syke, CPO)
8. Check Out Time (featuring Kurupt, Big Syke)
9. Ratha Be Ya Nigga (featuring Richie Rich)
10. All Eyez On Me (featuring Big Syke)
11. Run Tha Streetz (featuring Michel’le, Milah & Storm)
12. Ain’t Hard 2 Find (featuring E-40, B-Legit, C-Bo & Richie Rich)
13. Heaven Ain’t Hard 2 Find
51. Gang Starr – Daily Operation (1992)
2 The Place Where We Dwell
4 Ex Girl To Next Girl
6 I'm The Man Featuring - Jeru The Damaja , Lil' Dap
8 Take It Personal
10 24-7/365
12 Conspiracy
14 Hardcore Composer
16 Much Too Much (Mack A Mil)
18 Stay Tuned
52. Black Sheep – A Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing (1991)
01 - Intro
02 - U Mean I'm Not
03 - Butt in the Meantime
04 - Have U.N.E. Pull
05 - Strobelite Honey
06 - Are You Mad?
07 - The The Choice Is Yours
08 - To Whom It May Concern
09 - Similak Child
10 - Try Counting Sheep
11 - Flavor of the Month
12 - La La Menage
13 - L.A.S.M.
14 - Gimme The Finga
15 - Hoes We Knows
16 - Go To Hail
17 - Black With N.V. (No Vision)
18 - Pass the 40
19 - Blunted 10
20 - For Doz That Slept
21 - The The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) (Bonus Track)
22 - Yes (Bonus Track)
53. Aceyalone – A Book Of Human Language (1998)
02 - The Guidelines
04 - The Balance
06 - The Hurt
08 - The Walls & Windows
10 - The Grandfather Clock
12 - The March
14 - The Faces
16 - The Hunt
18 - The Thief In The Night
20 - Afterward
54. Eminem – The Slim Shady LP (1999)
01 – Public Service Announcement (feat. Jeff Bass)
02 – My Name Is
03 – Guilty Conscience (feat. Dr. Dre)
04 – Brain Damage
05 – Paul
06 – If I Had
07 – ’97 Bonnie & Clyde
08 – Bitch
09 – Role Model
10 – Lounge
11 – My Fault
12 – Ken Kaniff
13 – Cum On Everybody
14 – Rock Bottom
15 – Just Don’t Give A Fuck
16 – Soap
17 – As The World Turns
18 – I’m Shady
19 – Bad Meets Evil (feat. Royce Da 5’9”)
20 – Still Don’t Give A Fuck
55. Hieroglyphics – 3rd Eye Vision (1998)
01. Intro
02. You Never Knew
03. All Things
04. Casual
05. The Who
06. Dune Methane
07. Phesto
08. At The Helm
09. The Last One
10. Tajai
11. Oakland Blackouts
12. Mics Of The Roundtable
13. See Delight
14. Pep Love
15. Off The Record
16. A-Plus
17. After Dark
18. Opio
19. No Nuts
20. Del
21. One Life One Love
22. Miles To The Sun
2. Invocation
4. Retrospect For Life (Feat. Lauryn Hill)
5. Gettin' Down At The Amphitheater (Feat. Posdnuos & Trugoy)
7. G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition) (Feat. Cee-Lo Green)
9. Hungry
11. Stolen Moments (Part 1)
13. 1'2 Many..
15. Making A Name For Ourselves (Feat. Canibus)
17. Pop's Rap (Part 2) (Fatherhood) (Feat. Pops)
2 Alongwaytogo
4 Brainstorm
6 The Planet
8 Speak Ya Clout Featuring - Jeru The Damaja , Lil' Dap
10 Words From The Nutcracker Featuring - Melachi The Nutcracker
12 Blowin' Up The Spot
14 Now You're Mine
16 F.A.L.A. Featuring - Big Shug
02. No Omega
04. Step Back
06. Run For Cover
08. Mahogany
10. Set 'Em Straight
11. Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (12' Vocal Version Remix)
59. Black Moon – Enta Da Stage (1993)
2. Niguz Talk Shit
4. Ack Like U Want It
6. Black Smif-N-Wessun
8. Make Munne
11. Shit Iz Real
13. How Many Mc's..
01. Intro
02. The White Sheet
03. No Tears
04. Jesse James
05. G’s
06. I Seen A Man Die
07. One
08. Goin’ Down
09. One Time
10. Hand Of The Dead Body (feat. Ice Cube & Devin ‘The Dude’)
11. Mind Playin’ Tricks 94
12. The Diary
13. Outro
02. Bring The Noise
04. Cold Lampin
06. Mind Terrorist
08. Caught,Can We Get A Witness
10. She Watch Channel Zero!
12. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
14. Rebel Without A Pause
16. Party For Your Right To Fight
62. Blackalicious – Nia (1999)
02. Fabulous Ones
04. Deception
06. Hanger, Cliff
08. Ego Trip by Nikki Giovanni
10. If I May
12. Trouble (Eve of Destruction)
14. As the World Turns
16. Beyonder
18. Sleep
63. Big L – Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous (1995)
02 M.V.P.
04 8 Iz Enuff (Feat. Terra, Herb McGruff, Buddah Bless, Twan, Killa Cam, Trooper J & Mike Boogie)
06 Danger Zone
08 Da Graveyard (Feat. Y.U., Lord Finesse, Microphone Nut, Party Arty, & Jay-Z)
10 I Don’t Understand It
12 Let ‘Em Have It “L”
64. Smif N Wessun – Dah Shinin (1995)
02. Wrektime
04. Wrekonize
06. K.I.M.
08. Stand Strong
10. Cession At Da Doghillee
12. Home Sweet Home
14. Let's Git It On
16. P.N.C.
65. Lord Finesse – Funky Technician (1990)
01. Lord Finesse's Theme Song Intro (feat. Grandpa Finesse)
03. Funky Technician
05. Here I Come
07. I Keep The Crowd Listening (feat. Grandpa Finesse)
09. Keep It Flowing (feat. Andre The Giant)
11. Just A Little Something
13. Track The Movement
66. Ghostface Killah – Iron Man (1996)
2. Wildflower
4. 260 (Feat. Raekwon)
5. Assassination Day (Feat. Inspectah Deck, RZA, Raekwon & Masta Killa)
7. Winter Warz (Feat. Raekwon, U-God, Masta Killa & Cappadonna)
8. Box In Hand (Feat. Force M.D.'s, Raekwon & Method Man)
10. Camay (Feat. Raekwon & Cappadonna)
11. Daytona 500 (Feat. Force M.D.'s, Raekwon & Cappadonna)
13. Black Jesus (Feat. Popa Wu, Raekwon & U-God)
14. After The Smoke Is Clear (Feat. The Delfonics, Raekwon & RZA)
15. All That I Got Is You (Feat. Mary J. Blige & Popa Wu)
17. Marvel (Feat. RZA)
67. Ras Kass – Soul On Ice (1996)
01. On Earth As It Is..
02. Anything Goes
03. Marinatin'
04. Reelishymn
05. Nature Of The Threat
06. Etc.
07. Sonset
08. Drama (Feat. Coolio)
09. The Evil That Men Do
10. If/Then
11. Miami Life
12. Soul On Ice
13. Ordo Abchao (Order Out Of Chaos)
68. Boogie Down Productions – Edutainment (1990)01. On Earth As It Is..
02. Anything Goes
03. Marinatin'
04. Reelishymn
05. Nature Of The Threat
06. Etc.
07. Sonset
08. Drama (Feat. Coolio)
09. The Evil That Men Do
10. If/Then
11. Miami Life
12. Soul On Ice
13. Ordo Abchao (Order Out Of Chaos)
2. Black Man In Effect
4. Exhibit B
6. Exhibit C
8. Love Is Gonna Get Ya
10. Ya Strugglin' - (featuring Kwame Toure)
12. Exhibit D
14. Homeless, The
16. Kenny Parker Show
18. Racist, The
20. 30 Cops Or More
69. Pharoahe Monch – Internal Affairs (1999)
Night Club Scary World Lyrics
02. Behind Closed Doors
04. Rape
06. Official
08. No Mercy (Feat. M.O.P.)
10. The Next Shit (Feat. Busta Rhymes)
12. The Light
14. The Truth (Feat. Common & Talib Kweli)
15. Simon Says (Remix) (Feat. Lady Luck, Redman, Method Man, Shabaam Sahdeeq & Busta Rhymes)
70. LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out (1990)
02. Around The Way Girl
04. Mr. GoodBar
06. Cheesy Rat Blues
08. Mama Said Knock You Out
10. Jingling Baby (Remixed But Still Jingling)
12. 6 Minutes Of Pleasure
14. The Power Of God
71. Freestyle Fellowship – Innercity Griots (1993)
01. Blood/Bullies Of The Block
02. Everthing's Everything
03. Shammy's/Heat Mizer
04. Six Tray
05. Danger
06. Inner City Boundaries/Bomb Zombies
07. Cornbread
08. Way Cool
09. Hot Potato
10. Mary
11. Park Bench People
12. Heavyweights/Tolerate
13. Respect Due
14. Pure Thought (Bonus Track)
72. Redman – Muddy Waters (1996)01. Blood/Bullies Of The Block
02. Everthing's Everything
03. Shammy's/Heat Mizer
04. Six Tray
05. Danger
06. Inner City Boundaries/Bomb Zombies
07. Cornbread
08. Way Cool
09. Hot Potato
10. Mary
11. Park Bench People
12. Heavyweights/Tolerate
13. Respect Due
14. Pure Thought (Bonus Track)
02. Iz He 4 Real
04. Welcome (Interlude)
06. Pick It Up
08. Smoke Buddah
10. Chicken Head Convention (Skit)
12. Do What Ya Feel
14. Creepin'
16. Da Bump
18. Yesh Yesh Ya'll
20. Soopaman Luva 3 Interview (Skit)
22. Rollin'
73. Eric B & Rakim – Don’t Sweat The Technique (1992)
02. Teach The Children
04. Casualties of War
06. The Punisher
08. Keep the Beat
10. Know the Ledge
12. Kick Along
74. Dr Dre – 2001 (1999)
01. Lolo (Intro) (Feat. Xzibit & Tray Dee)
02. The Watcher (Feat. Eminem & Knoc-Turn'al)
03. Fuck You (Feat. Devin The Dude & Snoop Dogg)
04. Still D.R.E. (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
05. Big Ego's (Feat. Hittman)
06. Xxplosive (Feat. Hittman, Kurupt, Nate Dogg & Six-Two)
07. What's The Difference (Feat. Eminem & Xzibit)
08. Bar One (Skit) (Feat. Traci Nelson, Ms. Roq & Eddie Griffin)
09. Light Speed (Feat. Hittman)
10. Forgot About Dre (Feat. Eminem)
11. The Next Episode (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Kurupt & Nate Dogg)
12. Let's Get High (Feat. Hittman, Kurupt & Ms. Roq)
13. Bitch Niggaz (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Hittman & Six-Two)
14. The Car Bomb (Skit) (Feat. Mel-Man & Charis Henry)
15. Murder Ink (Feat. Hittman & Ms. Roq)
16. Ed-Ucation (Skit) (Feat. Eddie Griffin)
17. Some L.A. Niggaz (Feat. DeFari, Xzibit, Knoc-Turn'al, Time Bomb, King T, MC Ren & Kokane)
18. Pause 4 Porno (Skit) (Feat. Jake Steed)
19. Housewife (Feat. Kurupt & Hittman)
20. Ackrite (Feat. Hittman)
21. Bang Bang (Feat. Knoc-Turn'al & Hittman)
22. The Message (Feat. Mary J. Blige & Rell)
75. Ultramagetic MCs – The Four Horsemen (1993)01. Lolo (Intro) (Feat. Xzibit & Tray Dee)
02. The Watcher (Feat. Eminem & Knoc-Turn'al)
03. Fuck You (Feat. Devin The Dude & Snoop Dogg)
04. Still D.R.E. (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
05. Big Ego's (Feat. Hittman)
06. Xxplosive (Feat. Hittman, Kurupt, Nate Dogg & Six-Two)
07. What's The Difference (Feat. Eminem & Xzibit)
08. Bar One (Skit) (Feat. Traci Nelson, Ms. Roq & Eddie Griffin)
09. Light Speed (Feat. Hittman)
10. Forgot About Dre (Feat. Eminem)
11. The Next Episode (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Kurupt & Nate Dogg)
12. Let's Get High (Feat. Hittman, Kurupt & Ms. Roq)
13. Bitch Niggaz (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Hittman & Six-Two)
14. The Car Bomb (Skit) (Feat. Mel-Man & Charis Henry)
15. Murder Ink (Feat. Hittman & Ms. Roq)
16. Ed-Ucation (Skit) (Feat. Eddie Griffin)
17. Some L.A. Niggaz (Feat. DeFari, Xzibit, Knoc-Turn'al, Time Bomb, King T, MC Ren & Kokane)
18. Pause 4 Porno (Skit) (Feat. Jake Steed)
19. Housewife (Feat. Kurupt & Hittman)
20. Ackrite (Feat. Hittman)
21. Bang Bang (Feat. Knoc-Turn'al & Hittman)
22. The Message (Feat. Mary J. Blige & Rell)
02 Checkin My Style
04 Raise It Up (feat. Godfather Don)
06 Delta Force II
08 See The Man On The Street
10 Don’t Be Scared
12 Time To Catch A Body
14 Big Booty
76. Organized Konfusion – Stress… (1994)
02. Stress
04. Thirteen
06. Drop Bombs
08. Why
10. 3-2-1
12. Stray Bullet
77. Above The Law – Livin Like Hustlers (1990)
01. Murder Rap
02. Untouchable
03. Livin’ Like Hustlers
04. Another Execution
05. Menace to Society
06. Just Kickin’ Lyrics
07. Ballin’
08. Freedom of Speech
09. Flow On (Move Me No Mountain)
10. The Last Song
01. Murder Rap
02. Untouchable
03. Livin’ Like Hustlers
04. Another Execution
05. Menace to Society
06. Just Kickin’ Lyrics
07. Ballin’
08. Freedom of Speech
09. Flow On (Move Me No Mountain)
10. The Last Song
78. Digable Planets – Blowout Comb (1994)
01. The May 4th Movement Starring Doodlebug
02. Black Ego
03. Dog It
04. Jettin'
05. Borough Check (feat. Guru)
06. Highing Fly / Agent 7 Creamy Spy Theme
07. Dial 7 (Axioms Of Creamy Spies) / NY 21 Theme (feat. Sarah Anne Webb)
08. The Art Of Easing
09. K.B.'s Alley (Mood Dudes Groove)
10. Graffiti (feat. Jeru The Damaja)
11. Blowing Down
12. 9th Wonder (Blackitolism) (feat. Jazzy Joyce)
13. For Corners (feat. Monica Payne)
79. Brand Nubian – All For One (1990)01. The May 4th Movement Starring Doodlebug
02. Black Ego
03. Dog It
04. Jettin'
05. Borough Check (feat. Guru)
06. Highing Fly / Agent 7 Creamy Spy Theme
07. Dial 7 (Axioms Of Creamy Spies) / NY 21 Theme (feat. Sarah Anne Webb)
08. The Art Of Easing
09. K.B.'s Alley (Mood Dudes Groove)
10. Graffiti (feat. Jeru The Damaja)
11. Blowing Down
12. 9th Wonder (Blackitolism) (feat. Jazzy Joyce)
13. For Corners (feat. Monica Payne)
02 - Feels So Good
04 - Ragtime
06 - Dance To My Ministry
08 - Wake Up (Stimulated Dummies Mix)
10 - Slow Down
12 - Who Can Get Busy Like This Man ..
14 - Brand Nubian
16 - Dedication
80. Camp Lo – Uptown Saturday Night (1997)
01. Krystal Karrington
02. Luchini aka This Is It
03. Park Joint
04. B-side To Hollywood (feat. Trugoy The Dove of De La Soul)
05. Killin' Em Softly
06. Sparkle
07. Black Connection
08. Swing (feat. Ish aka Butterfly)
09. Rockin' It aka Spanish Harlem
10. Say Word (feat. Jungle Brown)
11. Negro League (feat. Bones & Karachi R.A.W.)
12. Nicky Barnes aka It's Alright (feat. Jungle Brown)
13. Black Nostaljack aka Come On
14. Coolie High
15. Sparkle (Mr. Midnight Mix)
01. Krystal Karrington
02. Luchini aka This Is It
03. Park Joint
04. B-side To Hollywood (feat. Trugoy The Dove of De La Soul)
05. Killin' Em Softly
06. Sparkle
07. Black Connection
08. Swing (feat. Ish aka Butterfly)
09. Rockin' It aka Spanish Harlem
10. Say Word (feat. Jungle Brown)
11. Negro League (feat. Bones & Karachi R.A.W.)
12. Nicky Barnes aka It's Alright (feat. Jungle Brown)
13. Black Nostaljack aka Come On
14. Coolie High
15. Sparkle (Mr. Midnight Mix)
81. UGK – Ridin’ Dirty (1996)
01 Intro
02 One Day
03 Murder
04 Pinky Ring
05 Diamonds & Wood
06 3 In The Mornin’
07 Touched
08 Fuck My Car
09 Thats Why I Carry
10 High Life
11 Good Stuff
12 Ridin’ Dirty
13 Outro
82. The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death (1997)01 Intro
02 One Day
03 Murder
04 Pinky Ring
05 Diamonds & Wood
06 3 In The Mornin’
07 Touched
08 Fuck My Car
09 Thats Why I Carry
10 High Life
11 Good Stuff
12 Ridin’ Dirty
13 Outro
2. Somebody's Gotta Die
4. Kick In The Door
6. Last Day - (featuring The Lox)
7. I Love The Dough - (featuring Jay-Z/Angela Winbush)
9. B.I.G. Interlude
10. Mo Money Mo Problems - (featuring Mase/Puff Daddy)
12. I Got A Story To Tell
CD2:
1. Notorious Thugs
3. Another - (featuring Lil' Kim)
5. Ten Crack Commandments
7. Nasty Boy
9. World Is Filled.., The - (featuring Too Short/Puff Daddy)
11. Long Kiss Goodnight
83. Prince Paul – A Prince Among Thieves (1999)
01. Tariq's Dilemma (Intro)
02. Pain feat. Sha & Breeze
03. How It All Started
04. Steady Slobbin' feat. Breeze
05. Just Another Day
06. What U Got (The Demo) feat. Breeze
07. The Hustle's On
08. MC Hustler feat. Horror City
09. The Call
10. The Other Line feat. Breeze & Heroine
11. Crazy Lou's Hideout
12. Weapon World feat. Kool Keith
13. My Big Chance
14. War Party feat. Horror City
15. Count Macula
16. Macula's Theory feat. Big Daddy Kane
17. Mr. Large feat. Chubb Rock & Biz Markie
18. Can You Handle It
19. I Was In
20. Put the Next Man On feat. Sha, Breeze & Superstar
21. My First Day feat. Chris Rock
22. More Than U Know feat. De La Soul
23. Room 69 feat. Sweet Dee
24. Mood for Love feat. Newkirk
25. The Bust
26. The Men in Blue feat. Everlast
27. Central Booking
28. Handle Your Time feat. Sadat X, Xzibit & Kid Creole
29. The Rev
30. Sermon
31. Showdown
32. You Got Shot feat. Breeze & Sha
33. Every Beginning Must Have an Ending
34. The New Joint (DJ's Delite)
35. A Prince Among Thieves feat. Sha
84. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Wanted Dead Or Alive (1990)01. Tariq's Dilemma (Intro)
02. Pain feat. Sha & Breeze
03. How It All Started
04. Steady Slobbin' feat. Breeze
05. Just Another Day
06. What U Got (The Demo) feat. Breeze
07. The Hustle's On
08. MC Hustler feat. Horror City
09. The Call
10. The Other Line feat. Breeze & Heroine
11. Crazy Lou's Hideout
12. Weapon World feat. Kool Keith
13. My Big Chance
14. War Party feat. Horror City
15. Count Macula
16. Macula's Theory feat. Big Daddy Kane
17. Mr. Large feat. Chubb Rock & Biz Markie
18. Can You Handle It
19. I Was In
20. Put the Next Man On feat. Sha, Breeze & Superstar
21. My First Day feat. Chris Rock
22. More Than U Know feat. De La Soul
23. Room 69 feat. Sweet Dee
24. Mood for Love feat. Newkirk
25. The Bust
26. The Men in Blue feat. Everlast
27. Central Booking
28. Handle Your Time feat. Sadat X, Xzibit & Kid Creole
29. The Rev
30. Sermon
31. Showdown
32. You Got Shot feat. Breeze & Sha
33. Every Beginning Must Have an Ending
34. The New Joint (DJ's Delite)
35. A Prince Among Thieves feat. Sha
01. Streets Of New York
03. Money In The Bank (Feat. Large Professor, Freddie Foxxx & Ant Live)
05. Talk Like Sex
07. Erase Racism (Feat. Big Daddy Kane & Biz Markie)
09. Play It Kool
11. Jive Talk
13. Rikers Island
CD 2:
02. Bad To The Bone (Street Remix)
04. Wanted: Dead Or Alive (Remix)
06. Bad To The Bone (Radio Remix)
08. Bad To The Bone (Street Remix Instrumental)
10. Wanted: Dead Or Alive (Remix Dub)
12. Death Wish (Instrumental)
13. Bad To The Bone (Instrumental)
85. The Pharcyde – Labcabincalifornia (1995)
02. Pharcyde
04. Runnin'
06. Splattitorium
08. All Live
10. Hey You
12. It's All Good!
14. The Hustle
16. Devil Music
86. Goodie Mob – Still Standing (1998)
1. The Experience
2. Black Ice (featuring OutKast)
3. Fly Away
4. The Damm (featuring Cool Breeze)
5. They Don't Dance No Mo'
6. Beautiful Skin
7. Gutta Butta
8. Ghetto-ology (featuring Chiefton)
9. Distant Wilderness
10. Greeny Green (featuring Witchdoctor)
11. I Refuse Limitation (featuring Backbone)
12. See You When I See You
13. Inshallah
14. Just About Over
15. Still Standing
87. Souls Of Mischief – 93 Til Infinity (1993)1. The Experience
2. Black Ice (featuring OutKast)
3. Fly Away
4. The Damm (featuring Cool Breeze)
5. They Don't Dance No Mo'
6. Beautiful Skin
7. Gutta Butta
8. Ghetto-ology (featuring Chiefton)
9. Distant Wilderness
10. Greeny Green (featuring Witchdoctor)
11. I Refuse Limitation (featuring Backbone)
12. See You When I See You
13. Inshallah
14. Just About Over
15. Still Standing
02. Live and Let Live
04. A Name I Call Myself
06. What a Way to Go Out
08. 93 'til Infinity
10. Anything Can Happen
12. Batting Practice
14. Outro
88. Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Return To The 36 Chambers (1995)
02: Shimmy Shimmy Ya
04: Brooklyn Zoo
06: Raw Hide (feat. Method Man & Raekwon)
08: Don't U Know (feat. Killah Priest)
10: Goin' Down
12: Snakes (feat. RZA, Masta Killa, Killah Priest & Buddha Monk)
13: Brooklyn Zoo II (Tiger Crane) (feat. Ghostface Killah)
14: Proteck Ya Neck II the Zoo (feat. Brooklyn Zu & Sunz of Man)
16: Dirty Dancin' (feat. Method Man)
89. Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5 (1998)
02 - Quality Control Part II
04 - Lesson 6 The Lecture
06 - Setup
08 - Sausage Gut
10 - Blacktop Beat
12 - Lesson 6 (Reprise)
90. Digable Planets – Reachin’ (1993)
01. It's Good To Be Here
02. Pacifics
03. Where I'm From
04. What Cool Breezes Do
05. Time & Space (A New Refutation Of)
06. Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like That)
07. Last Of The Spiddyocks
08. Jimmi Diggin' Cats
09. La Femme Fétal
10. Escapism (Gettin' Free)
11. Appointment At The Fat Clinic
12. Nickel Bags
13. Swoon Units
14. Examination Of What
91. People Under The Stairs – The Next Step (1998)01. It's Good To Be Here
02. Pacifics
03. Where I'm From
04. What Cool Breezes Do
05. Time & Space (A New Refutation Of)
06. Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like That)
07. Last Of The Spiddyocks
08. Jimmi Diggin' Cats
09. La Femme Fétal
10. Escapism (Gettin' Free)
11. Appointment At The Fat Clinic
12. Nickel Bags
13. Swoon Units
14. Examination Of What
02. Death of a Salesman
04. Wannabes
06. Mid-City Fiesta
08. San Francisco Knights
10. Time to Rock Our Shit
11. The Tamburo 5 (Feat. Naimad, Assault & Shine 5)
13. The Next Step II
15. Asshole (Feat. Assault)
92. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Live And Let Die (1992)
CD 1:
02. On The Run
04. Crime Pays
06. Train Robbery
08. Operation CB
10. Ill Street Blues
12. Letters
14. Edge Of Sanity
16. Still Wanted Dead Or Alive
02. Ill Street Blues (A Cappella Version)
04. Fuck U Man (Original 12 Version)
06. On The Run (Instrumental Al Capone)
08. On The Run (Clean Al Capone)
10. On The Run (Instrumental Untouchable)
12. Straight Jacket (Original 12 Version)
02 - Hardcore
04 - Manslaughter
06 - For My People
08 - Gold Digger
10 - Rap Is Outta Control
12 - Underground
14 - Funky Piano
94. Compton’s Most Wanted – Music To Driveby (1992)
01 Intro
02 Hit the Floor
03 Hood Took Me Under
04 Jack Mode
05 Compton 4 Life
06 8 Iz Enough
07 Duck Sick II
08 Dead Nigga Tell No Lies
09 N 2 Deep (feat. Scarface)
10 Who’s Fucking Who?
11 This Is a Gang
12 Hoodrat
13 Niggaz Strugglin’
14 I Gots to Get Over
15 U’s a Bitch
16 Another Victim
17 Def Wish II
18 Music to Driveby
95. AZ – Doe Or Die (1995)01 Intro
02 Hit the Floor
03 Hood Took Me Under
04 Jack Mode
05 Compton 4 Life
06 8 Iz Enough
07 Duck Sick II
08 Dead Nigga Tell No Lies
09 N 2 Deep (feat. Scarface)
10 Who’s Fucking Who?
11 This Is a Gang
12 Hoodrat
13 Niggaz Strugglin’
14 I Gots to Get Over
15 U’s a Bitch
16 Another Victim
17 Def Wish II
18 Music to Driveby
1. Intro
3. Gimme Your’s
5. Rather Unique
7. Sugar Hill
9. Born Alone Die Alone
11. We Can’t Win
13. Sugar Hill (Remix)
96. Beastie Boys – Check Your Head (1992)
1 Jimmy James
2 Funky Boss
3 Pass The Mic
4 Gratitude
5 Lighten Up
6 Finger Lickin’ Good
7 So What’cha Want
8 The Biz Vs The Nuge
9 Time For Livin’
10 Something’s Got To Give
11 The Blue Nun
12 Stand Together
13 Pow
14 The Maestro
15 Groove Holmes
16 Live At P.J.’s
17 Mark On The Bus
18 Professor Booty
19 In 3’s
20 Namaste
97. Bone Thugs N Harmony – E.1999 Eternal (1995)1 Jimmy James
2 Funky Boss
3 Pass The Mic
4 Gratitude
5 Lighten Up
6 Finger Lickin’ Good
7 So What’cha Want
8 The Biz Vs The Nuge
9 Time For Livin’
10 Something’s Got To Give
11 The Blue Nun
12 Stand Together
13 Pow
14 The Maestro
15 Groove Holmes
16 Live At P.J.’s
17 Mark On The Bus
18 Professor Booty
19 In 3’s
20 Namaste
2. East 1999
4. Crept And We Came
6. Mr. Bill Collector
8. Crossroad
10. Land Of Tha Heartless
12. 1st Of Tha Month
14. Die Die Die
16. Mo' Murda
98. Redman – Whut Thee Album (1992)
02. Time 4 Sum Aksion
04. News Break
06. Rated 'R'
08. Psycho Dub
10. Blow Your Mind
12. Funky Uncles
14. Tonight's Da Night
16. I'm A Bad
18. How To Roll A Blunt
20. A Day Of Sooperman Lover
99. N.W.A. – Efil4ziggan (1991)
02. Real Niggaz Don’t Die
04. Protest
06. Don’t Drink That Wine
08. Message To B.A.
10. To Kill A Hooker
12. Findum, Fuckum & Flee
14. She Swallowed It
16. Approach To Danger
18. The Dayz Of Wayback
100. Master Ace – Take A Look Around (1990)
2. I Got Ta
4. Me And The Biz
6. Ace Iz Wild
8. Can't Stop The Bumrush
10. Brooklyn Battles
12. Postin' High
14. Take A Look Around
2. Music Man (Extended Version)
4. Letter To The Better (Original 12' Version)
6. Music Man (Mic Master Mix)
8. Music Man (Dub Version)
10. Letter To The Better (Instrumental)
12. Movin' On (Remix) (Instrumental)
Every time we pause to look at the last however many years of music, things seem stranger and harder to pin down. Not the music itself, necessarily, but rather how it reaches us and finds its way into our lives. In 2010, Pitchfork had been regularly using Twitter for just over a year. Streaming music was around but was a minor concern. Smart phones weren't something you took for granted. All of these changes and many more have altered how we experience music, but one thing is certain: great songs never stop coming. Five years on, to mark the half-decade, here are 200 of our staff's favorites.
- Sub Pop
- Bella Union
'Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings'
Despite J. Tillman's creative proclivity (both as a one-time member of Fleet Foxes, and as a solo artist) over the past decade, it took a fake name for him to hit it big. 'Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings' is a disarmingly catchy ballad hewn from decades of downcast Laurel Canyon rock and dressed up in the finest imitation-Parsons jacket a Sub Pop advance could buy; it views the world through the conflictory lenses of libido and loss, sobriety and drug binges. At its core, it's an elegy for a love tainted by the reaper's touch. 'Someone's gotta help me dig,' Tillman moans to his lady, but is he referring to his deceased relative or someone—or something—further into the void, just beyond his grasp? Heard next to the clattering backbeat, it's that very barfly philosophizing that makes this Fear Fun cut so lovable. —Zoe Camp
Father John Misty: 'Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings' (via SoundCloud)
- Smalltown Supersound
- Lindstrøm & Christabelle
'Lovesick'
In early 2010, the producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm took a break from disco to release a low-lit electro-pop album with the Norwegian-Mauritian singer Isabelle Sandoo. I say Sandoo is a singer, but what she does is more like pillow talk set to a beat, which she follows with the casual interest of a cat batting at a toy. She sighs, she feints, she commands attention with little to no effort at all—an approach that reaches back through a history of pilled-out disco divas all the way to the torch singers of the ‘50s, who managed the uncanny trick of making cold feel hot. “Are you gonna be there?” she wheezes on “Lovesick”—“are you sure you’re gonna call back?” Grammatically, it’s a question, but it doesn’t sound like she cares much about the answer. —Mike Powell
Lindstrøm & Christabelle: 'Lovesick'
- Quality Control
- Migos
'Versace'
Rap purists hate Migos. Haaaate them. From the jump, the 'empirical lyrical miracle' crowd have taken this young Atlanta trio—who've adopted Gucci Mane as their God MC and spit triplets about Norbit and Takis instead of, I dunno, their Adidas—as the three brand-loyal horsemen of the rap apocalypse. But when's the last time anybody in the backpacker crowd coughed up a hook as indelible as 'Versace', these dudes' brain-sticking tribute to Gianni and them? Or snuck quite so many internal rhymes into a verse without leeching all the joy out of it? The impossibly catchy, sneakily hilarious 'Versace' always reminds me of a lesson from another Southern spitter, once reviled, now revered: 'If we too simple, then y'all don't get the basics.' —Paul Thompson
- Last Gang
- 4AD
'Fineshrine'
Despite her sing-song vocal patterns, Megan James' lyrics focus on darker, harsher subject matter than you might expect. Free midnight club pc game. Take 'Fineshrine', a song about loving someone so much you want to disappear into their guts: 'Get a little closer, let fold/ Cut open my sternum, and pull/ My little ribs around you/ The rungs of me be under, under you.' When you pair words like that with Corin Roddick's ebullient, gently dark instrumentation, it's part Grimms' fairy tale, part moving meditation on never being close enough, of not being able to save someone when it's their time to disappear. —Brandon Stosuy
- Sacred Bones
- The Men
'Bataille'
The Men—aka NYC’s most inscrutable band—are currently five albums deep into a career that has zigzagged between scorched-earth punk rock to cacophonous hardcore guitar squalls a la Sonic Youth to jangly folk vibes and Grand Funk-style American classic rock (sometimes all on the same record). “Bataille”—from the band’s 2011 album Leave Home—is a blast of exquisitely blown out r-a-w-k that inexplicably takes its name from that of a famous French intellectual. Despite an opening riff that could almost trick you into thinking you were about to hear a druggier version of Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades”—and the fact that the song sounds as if it might have been recorded inside an echo-filled cave lined with steel—“Bataille” is a kind of glorious post-punk explosion that manages to cram about 50 different musical ideas into four short screamy minutes. At a time when the Men were at their most wonderfully schizophrenic, “Bataille” manages to harness all of the band's conflicting ambitions—doom, drone, punk, pop, and abject noise—and squeeze them into one track. It’s totally possible to listen to this song a thousand or so times and never really make out a single clear vocal, but it hardly matters. “Bataille” isn’t about words; it’s all about pure release. —T. Cole Rachel
- Roc Nation
- Def Jam
'Only Girl (In the World)'
“Only Girl (In the World)” represents the pinnacle of bright red-haired, Loud-era Rihanna—brassy, carefree, sexual, and maybe just a little bit selfish—complete with club-thumping production from hitmakers Stargate and a pitch-perfect extended selfie of a video (which, for what it’s worth, premiered one week after the initial release of Instagram). Coming from someone like Katy Perry or Beyoncé, the demand to “make me feel like I’m the only girl in the world” would have felt coy, maybe even inappropriate. But from Rihanna, whose career at the time was plagued with accusations of raunchiness and exhibitionism, it sounds like an honest request. As a career-defining single for a pop starlet, “Only Girl” is perfect because it’s grounded in the idea that egomania can be orgasmic. The video’s wish-fulfillment quality only adds thrust to the rush of empowerment: If the song demands fireworks, give the woman fireworks! How could you deny her? —Abby Garnett
Rihanna: 'Only Girl (In the World)'
Rihanna: 'Only Girl (In the World)'
- White Label
- Blawan
'Getting Me Down'
Something of a locus for the turn towards house (and away from dubstep) that UK dance music underwent around the turn of the decade, 'Getting Me Down' had been lighting up dancefloors almost a year before it was officially released. But even that couldn't soften its landing when it finally hit like a meteor strike in 2011. The R&B edit to end all R&B edits, 'Getting Me Down' took an overused Brandy vocal and gave it a giddy, hopped-up backing track, full of the growling basslines and sledgehammer percussion that would come to define the much harder techno material Blawan would produce later. It’s now an outlier in the catalog of one of this decade’s most uncompromising techno producers, but then how could it not be—'Getting Me Down' would stand out in any context you put it in. —Andrew Ryce
Blawan: 'Getting Me Down'
- The Dogon Society / Decon
- Jay Electronica
'Exhibit C'
Eventually, Jay Electronica will release a full-length album. It's difficult to say what level of interest or excitement will attend it—truly powerful, charismatic artists tend to have the ability to organize the pop-culture narrative around their movements, however erratic or infrequent. Jay Electronica, however, seems bent on riding this theory all the way out—the news feed for his career in the last three years resembles a basement refrigerator containing only baking soda. It may create a capital-M moment, or it might drop uselessly like a pod from a rotted tree.
What is certain, however, is that it will happen safely outside the corona of excitement and possibility that surrounded the release of 'Exhibit C', released in final days of 2009. That moment arrived perfect and already preserved in amber--as Just Blaze, keeper of the East Coast flame, pushed a Billy Stewart sample beneath a filter, Jay Electronica told the most coherent and compelling story he's ever bothered with, painting a vision of himself as homeless, sleeping in the rain, fighting off hunger pangs, receiving visitations from angels. The irony, of course, is that despite all the agonizing waiting, he knocked the song out in 15 minutes. —Jayson Greene
Jay Electronica: 'Exhibit C'
- Swamp 81
- Addison Groove
'Footcrab'
The British producer Addison Groove—Antony Williams, better known as the dubstep artist Headhunter—discovered Chicago juke and footwork the way most non-Chicagoans did back in the late '00s: by watching videos of dancers on YouTube. He made 'Footcrab' as a way of folding juke tracks into his own DJ sets; the song is paced according to dubstep's conventional tempo, but the stuttering vocal loops and syncopated toms are more in keeping with footwork's hyperkinetic flutter. While 'Footcrab' isn't really a footwork track, it helped whet European palates for the form, hitting shelves shortly before Planet Mu brought out actual footwork records from DJ Nate and DJ Rashad, and finding its way into the boxes of DJs from Ricardo Villalobos to Mr. Scruff; a B-side remix from DJ Rashad and DJ Spinn, meanwhile, closed the circle. —Philip Sherburne
Addison Groove: 'Footcrab'
- National Anthem
- Chvrches
'The Mother We Share'
Chvrches achieved maximum likability with 'The Mother We Share', and you can prove it with the following: 'likable' became the desperate, last line of defense for people trying to find reasons to dislike it. They'd have a point if Chvrches were really trying to be an indie rock band, but the Scottish trio are done with that part of their lives; two of the members did stints in miserablist post-rock bands while Lauren Mayberry has the double indignity of a law degree and a failed career in music journalism. After years of trying to appeal to various groups of stock-still, grimacing dudes, Chvrches crowd-please with equal and opposite force with a single so brilliant and on-target, they put a damn neon bullseye on the album cover.
The original version was good, the one on The Bones of What You Believe was a charm offensive, an already-sharp song given diamond-cutting production. So there's nothing 'edgy' about the lazer-guided melodies, bombastic synth-drums, and heat-seeking timeliness: it's ca. 2013 electro-pop performed like rock, while Mayberry's sisterly cadence turns her vague lyrics into something familiar and comforting, dropping an f-bomb in the perfect place, so you could fool yourself into thinking this was indie rock rather than pop made by former indie rockers. As we speak, major labels are blowing a lot of money in search of bands who can sound anything like this and Chvrches nailed it on the first try in their basement. If you have to dislike 'The Mother We Share' for any reason, make it that. —Ian Cohen
Chvrches: 'The Mother We Share' (via SoundCloud)
- In the Red
'I Bought My Eyes'
Ty Segall is capable of writing more good songs in one year than many of his peers manage in an entire decade. In 2012, he let loose with three full-length albums while fidgeting with a variety of genres (psych-folk? garage-glam?). But it was Slaughterhouse—the only one recorded under the moniker of “band”—that showed Segall’s true prowess when it comes to fusing fury with melody. “I Bought My Eyes” is four minutes of stoner rock euphoria—a track that builds from a simple guitar line into a boiling fuzzed out monster of Stooges-worthy riffs and Neanderthal drums. In a perfect fantasy scenario, this is the song you’d be blasting if you found yourself driving a flaming Trans Am as it zoomed skyward off the side of a cliff. At a time when the very term “garage rock” has become nearly meaningless (or, in many cases, a total pejorative), Ty Segall’s messy and masterful take on the genre kicks every conceivable kind of ass, making goofy songs filled with breakneck guitar lines, hooks seeming made for hair-tossing, and lots of “ooh ooh oohs” sound like the best and most necessary thing in the world. —T. Cole Rachel
- Mexican Summer
- Best Coast
'When I'm With You'
If she's too simple, her detractors don't get the basics. Yes, it's a song about how when Bethany Cosentino's narrator is with someone, she has fun. Yes, it's one of at least three Best Coast songs that rhyme 'lazy' with 'crazy,' a statistic that seems both lazy and crazy. But Cosentino and bandmate Bobb Bruno's success in capturing the lazy, the crazy, and especially the fun, fun, fun of new love's dumbstruck swoon is what helped them survive chillwave's 2009 beach-bum deadbeat summer. Southern California's proudest indie ambassadors have kept maturing and thriving, but they've never made a better postcard for paradise than this bit of surf-flecked fuzz-pop. And anyway, it was at least two-dimensional all along: When Cosentino howls that 'I hate sleeping alone,' she lays bare the loneliness that makes the rest of the track's joy so much sweeter. When it's playing, which isn't often enough considering this single isn't even on the vinyl edition of 2010's Crazy for You, I have fun. Don't we all hate sleeping alone? —Marc Hogan
Best Coast: 'When I'm With You'
- Polydor
- Seven Four
- Innovative Leisure
'The Fall'
Following an indie-R&B trend of dank themes and abstract sonics, a once-anonymous L.A. duo countered with minimal soul music of delectable sweetness and immaculate clarity. On a record done up in the plush upholstery of '80s soft rock and smooth jazz, the acoustic disco of “The Fall” stands out, as Robin Hannibal spins a glittering web of strings, horns, and pattering snares. Against its forward motion, serene piano chords softly pound at the backs of the bars, lingering as if trying to freeze time, like romance does. The lyrics are similarly caught between propulsion and drag, alternately addressing a lover who is about to leave and one who has gone. Milosh’s creamy contralto has equivocal zones of temperature, often so hot or cold you can’t tell which. His voice sounds feminine less because it’s high than because it’s soft, cleansed of aggressive effects. Though sultry, the song feels refreshingly virtuous, even chaste. Behind Rhye’s temporary anonymity was something so ordinary that, weighed against the twisted drives of the Weeknd, it felt rare: a gentle guy singing to his wife. —Brian Howe
- Universal Republic
- Island
'Shake It Out'
Throughout the Big Music boom of the early part of the decade, no voice boomed bigger than Florence Welch’s. That five-alarm howl would go on to propel her to dizzying heights of dancefloor domination and Hollywood glamour, but nowhere did Welch sound more gloriously skyscraping, more monumentally huge, than on “Shake It Out”. This song is release, an embodiment of the ultimate in pop catharsis. Lyrics about casting off the devils of the past, blown heavenward by church organ and a backing choir (featuring a then-unknown Jessie Ware). A chorus that feels like coming up for air after nearly drowning. A 10-second-long, sinus-clearing high note. “Shake It Out” is truly one of the great sonic exhales of this decade. —Amy Phillips
Florence and the Machine: 'Shake It Out'
Florence and the Machine: 'Shake It Out'
- Big Beat / Mau5trap
- Skrillex
'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'
An American Warped Tour upstart adopts a burbling dance underground and drags it screaming into the mainstream. Derided and championed with colorful analogies typically involving dial-up modems and Autobot intimacy, Skrillex's take on dubstep lit a match under the feet of young folks hunting for ever more aggressive sounds and infuriated purists with its redline perversion. Without 'Scary Monsters' tracks like Taylor Swift's 'I Knew You Were Trouble', Britney's 'Hold It Against Me', and even Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's 'Invader Invader' would sound radically different. Bass drops and wobbles have become another de rigueur influence on pop music along with EDM at large, and while those sounds might have found such a prominent spot in the Top 40 eventually, the jarring, alien ferocity of 'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites' gave them a shove. —Jake Cleland
Skrillex: 'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'
Skrillex: 'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'
- Jagjaguwar / 4AD
- Bon Iver
'Perth'
The tracklist of Bon Iver's second LP is equally split amongst real places, specific landmarks, and real-sounding places that Justin Vernon made up. Fitting that its opener entirely conflates the physical and imaginary aspects of a geographical location: there's Perth, Australia, 'the most remote city on Earth', and 'Perth', which presents it as the literal edge of civilization. A heraldic, ascending introductory reverie, the clatter of field snares, an avalanche of muddy, gritty distortion triggering resounding tremors of double kick drums—these all feel like echoes from a violent and costly military strike, as reverb surveys the eerie detente like a hovering cloud of gunsmoke and last breaths. But what exactly happened in 'Perth'? Tough to say, as with most songs on Bon Iver, memory is incapacitated by both photographic recall and total blank spots. Perhaps 'Perth' is just the rummy, revisionist war story of Justin Vernon laying waste to the Myth of Bon Iver; convincing himself he actually went out to that cabin in the woods because he could convalesce by making as much noise as he wants. —Ian Cohen
Bon Iver: 'Perth'
- What's Your Rupture?
'Stoned and Starving'
There comes a time in a rock singer's life when the dream is just not what you thought it was going to be. The cyclical nature of touring grows tiring; planes lose their romance; and weed, somehow, is no longer a vehicle to cerebral possibility. The jokers in Parquet Courts have killed their best song, 'Stoned and Starving'—a flawless go at smoked-out guitar squall and droning New York street poetry. Or they have, at least, retired it. 'I was reading ingredients/ Asking myself should I eat this,' Andrew Savage spoke-sang, rejecting the status quo with subtlety and humor. The song captures the essence of Parquet Courts, a breed of intellectual slackerdom that is all too rare nowadays. Less than two years since it entered our collective consciousness, 'Stoned and Starving' is already a myth. Thurston must be proud. —Jenn Pelly
- Matador
'Ohm'
When Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew sing “Lose no more time resisting the flow”—softly repeating the latter half in delicate, three-part harmony—they’re giving us an unscientific but wholly valid life lesson: Things fall apart, so don’t waste your time kicking against the goads. “Sometimes the bad guys come out on top; sometimes the good guys lose,” they sing. People change. People die. Cry, but don’t lose your mind. “Ohm” conveys musically exactly what’s being instructed lyrically. The annular guitar and hypnotic chanting offers a fugue state—a way to find that flow and ride it for seven minutes. At the same time, the song’s own beauty and brilliance is the flip side of the coin, because Yo La Tengo are the good guys. And it’s comforting to know that sometimes the good guys win. —Joel Oliphint
Yo La Tengo: 'Ohm'
- Record Makers
- Kavinsky
'Nightcall' [ft. Lovefoxxx]
Vincent Belorgey is a Parisian producer whose career output has gravitated to a specific story, an alter-ego soundtrack for something that only exists in the orbit of his serrated, intense electro-house. But his own mise en scene, a blurry neo-noir/VHS slasher flick pastiche of post-mortem restlessness and gleaming sports cars, could still thrive when grafted to somebody else's vision. And whatever separates the undead-in-a-Ferrari backstory of Kavinsky from Ryan Gosling's enigmatically violent wheelman in Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive is overcome by mutual influence. A sleepwalking dirge compared to the uptempo precedent set by earlier cuts like 'Testarossa Autodrive' and 'Wayfarer', 'Nightcall' lives and dies (and un-lives) by its tension—and not just the tension of the music's gothic synthpop, like a Depeche Mode 45 flipped down to 33 ⅓. It's really in the exchange between Kavinsky's robotic wraith of a voice, promising unnerving revelations on the border of rekindled romance and transformative horror, and Lovefoxxx's ambivalence, a confused longing that knows she's talking to a phantom but doesn't entirely believe it. —Nate Patrin
Kavinsky: 'Nightcall' [ft. Lovefoxxx]
- Top Dawg
- Schoolboy Q
'There He Go'
Status and opulence have always been a virtue in hip-hop. “There He Go”, making incredible use of a Menomena sample, illustrates what success looks like during the initial come-up. Q doesn’t have bodyguards with him just yet when he takes a trip to the mall, but when he gets there, people recognize him. (“They be like ‘there he go!’”) He might not be famous enough to have his CD stocked in the FYE just yet, but he’s still got money. (“Got my daughter swaggin’ like her mothafuckin’ daddy, though!”) He lives in a house with a patio. (“What a motherfuckin’ view.”) Oh, and obviously, he has tons of sex. It’s a song by a man who isn’t quite acquainted with A-list decadence, but with his wild-eyed delivery, you can tell he’s loving this, and you’d love it, too. —Evan Minsker
Schoolboy Q: 'There He Go'