Been a lil’ quiet around here lately, eh? Not to worry, I just had to put some work in so that I could bring you this shit right here…
Not sure how much of a secret this is- after all, I’ve only been doin’ this shit for a year and a half- but I’m a big huge gigantic hip-hop head. On here, I usually cover a lot of the more popular artists of the day, but it definitely doesn’t stop there. I’m that kid who stayed up on alllll them new shits, even the ones by the most obscure artists on the most low-profile record labels. My appreciation of rap music started around the mid-’80s, but it hit a fever pitch in the early-’90s and from then on. Once I’d really become immersed in the whole culture, I even went back and got further educated on the older music that was considered to be classic at the time.
It may sound cliche, but Hip-Hop was everything in my life at one point- almost to a fault, in fact. I’ve often cited that my fascination with rhyming, DJing, writing, performing, and listening to the music may have gotten in the way of all the other things life had to offer just a lil’ bit. Would I go back and change that? Prob’ly not. Because of that, I know I lot of great records that I likely wouldn’t have known of had I not been as plugged in as I was.
And so today, on the eve of Thanksgiving and my birthday, I give you another Dirty 30: not my absolute favorites or my official “best of”‘s, but definitely all tracks I ran hard with back when they dropped, and still do. Click, listen, download, enjoy, whatever you want… HERE WE GO!
DA DIRTY 30: STRICTLY HIP-HOP
Nice & Smooth “Funky For You” (1990)
Special Ed “I’m The Magnificent (Remix)” (1990)
Grand Daddy I.U. “Something New” (1990)
The UMCs “One To Grow On” (1991)
De La Soul “Keepin’ The Faith (Remix)” (1991)
Cypress Hill “Hand On The Pump” (1991)
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo “Ill Street Blues” (1992)
Showbiz & AG “Soul Clap” (1992)
Ultramagnetic MCs “Poppa Large (Remix)” (1992)
Kam “Still Got Love 4 ‘Em” (1993)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth “Lots Of Lovin’ (Remix)” (1993)
Tha Alkaholiks “Only When I’m Drunk” (1993)
Organized Konfusion feat. Q-Tip & O.C. “Let’s Organize” (1994)
King Just “Warrior’s Drum” (1994)
Mic Geronimo “Masta I.C.” (1995)
Miilkbone “Keep It Real” (1995)
Jaz feat. Jay-Z & Sauce Money “Foundation” (1996)
Bahamadia “Three The Hard Way” (1996)
Sadat X “The Lump Lump” (1996)
Tragedy feat. Nas & Noreaga “Calm Down” (1997)
Mobb Deep “G.O.D. Pt. III (Remix)” (1997)
Xzibit “What U See Is What U Get” (1998)
Eve feat. Drag-On “Let’s Talk About…” (1999)
Eminem & Royce Da 5’9″ “Scary Movies” (1999)
-D!
Yessssss on that Buckshot… back then (and even now)anything Boot Camp Clik was getting play!
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Some really extra random ass shit, but I still loved it!! Thanks for doing it. Cant wait until the next one. (Im always setting up a schedule for you LOL)
Well you know you have to do shit like that. Cause if not, he’ll fuck around and fall off in love #nshit. Then we’re sitting here looking at a string of love entries with cakin’ ass songs like WTF?
LLS!!! Yeah. You got a point. He really has been on some Mr. Softee type shit here lately. We have to keep him on his toes.
ive only heard exactly 5 of these songs…
“runnin” from 8 mile, “what u see is what u get”, “breathe and stop”(corny ass video), “357″(which movie was that from?), and “let’s talk about”(i need to download this shit asap)
i need to get on my hip hop.
you crazy for this one danj! big up, brrrrap! 1