Your personal all-time Top Ten Songs
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KISS?
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Here are my 10 greatest hip hop/rap songs ever:
- OPP
- Can't Touch This
- 2 Legit
- Push It
- Poison
- Keep Ya Head Up
- Regulate
- Mind Playin' Tricks On Me
- Nuthin But A G Thang
- Straight Outta Compton
HM: Crossroads, Ms. Jackson, Juicy, Gin 'n Juice, How I Could Just Kill A Man, It Was A Good Day
Greatest Hip Hop Album EVer: The Score, Fugees
- OPP
- Can't Touch This
- 2 Legit
- Push It
- Poison
- Keep Ya Head Up
- Regulate
- Mind Playin' Tricks On Me
- Nuthin But A G Thang
- Straight Outta Compton
HM: Crossroads, Ms. Jackson, Juicy, Gin 'n Juice, How I Could Just Kill A Man, It Was A Good Day
Greatest Hip Hop Album EVer: The Score, Fugees
Sunshine Music
Deep Music
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Deep Music
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Hip-hop and rap are two pretty different things, and BBD was neither.
You can't have a top-10 hip-hop/rap list without Run DMC, Public Enemy, or Digital Underground.
And the greatest hip-hop album of all time is either Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions..." or "Fear of a Black Planet".
You can't have a top-10 hip-hop/rap list without Run DMC, Public Enemy, or Digital Underground.
And the greatest hip-hop album of all time is either Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions..." or "Fear of a Black Planet".
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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My first musical love and what got me hooked on rock when I was 7. Iit was Alive II back then - I saw that cover and instantly wanted to hear the music and it was like KABOOOOSH - addicted.Cail wrote:KISS?
PLUS can I make my list 11? In that case I need to add something Ministry - either Just One Fix or The Fall.
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For the most part they are...but then you have songs like Iesha which is technically rap, but is also hip hop, or Scrubs.Cail wrote:Hip-hop and rap are two pretty different things, and BBD was neither.
You can't have a top-10 hip-hop/rap list without Run DMC, Public Enemy, or Digital Underground.
And the greatest hip-hop album of all time is either Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions..." or "Fear of a Black Planet".
My list doesn't include RunDMC cause 'sides Down With The King their stuff was before my time. And despite PE's nearly unequivecle influence on rap, they were never a fav of mine. Humpty Dance is top 30 in my book but not top 10.
Sunshine Music
Deep Music
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Deep Music
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
BBD, Boyz II Men, New Edition, and all the various offshoots of them are R&B, with a few rap influences. None of them are hip-hop.
Hip-hop is an offshoot of rap, but with swing and a message. Put simply....
Rap - "The cat in the hat."
Hip-hop - "The feline in the chapeau."
And then there's gangsta rap, which is basically, "I f*cked that b*tch with her cat, then I stole the b*tch's hat."
NWA and Ice-T were gangsta rap, Public Enemy took all that angst and anger and directed it. "Fight the Power" is all the aggression and frustration of hardcore thrash without the guitars. It's amazing how well it's produced, and it's just hard as nails.
"Sex Packets" from DU doesn't hit as hard as "Fear of a Black Planet", but DU got their message across through absurdity and humor. They also launched the career of one Tupac Shakur, which (as far as this white boy is concerned) gives them all the street cred they need.
Run DMC brought hip-hop to the masses, but calling any of their stuff prior to "Raising Hell" hip-hop is arguably a stretch.
MC Hammer, Heavy D, and that group are like the Matchbox 20 of rap.....sort of the background stuff you hear at the gym. Nothing really special or meaningful about them.
Of course, if you really want to get down to it, Ted Nugent accidentally invented rap with his song "Wango Tango".....
Hip-hop is an offshoot of rap, but with swing and a message. Put simply....
Rap - "The cat in the hat."
Hip-hop - "The feline in the chapeau."
And then there's gangsta rap, which is basically, "I f*cked that b*tch with her cat, then I stole the b*tch's hat."
NWA and Ice-T were gangsta rap, Public Enemy took all that angst and anger and directed it. "Fight the Power" is all the aggression and frustration of hardcore thrash without the guitars. It's amazing how well it's produced, and it's just hard as nails.
"Sex Packets" from DU doesn't hit as hard as "Fear of a Black Planet", but DU got their message across through absurdity and humor. They also launched the career of one Tupac Shakur, which (as far as this white boy is concerned) gives them all the street cred they need.
Run DMC brought hip-hop to the masses, but calling any of their stuff prior to "Raising Hell" hip-hop is arguably a stretch.
MC Hammer, Heavy D, and that group are like the Matchbox 20 of rap.....sort of the background stuff you hear at the gym. Nothing really special or meaningful about them.
Of course, if you really want to get down to it, Ted Nugent accidentally invented rap with his song "Wango Tango".....
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Can't Touch This is the Titanic of rap.
Sunshine Music
Deep Music
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Deep Music
"I'm gonna eat your brains and gain your knowledge." - Tony Block, Planet Terror
Time - Pink Floyd
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream (prefer 24 Nights version by Eric Clapton)
Flirting with disaster - Molly Hatchett
One of these nights - Eagles
That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Blue Sky - Allman Brothers Band
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes (prefer any live version by Eric Clapton)
Mr Crowley - Ozzy Osborne
Photograph - Def Leppard
Big City Nights - Scorpions
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream (prefer 24 Nights version by Eric Clapton)
Flirting with disaster - Molly Hatchett
One of these nights - Eagles
That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Blue Sky - Allman Brothers Band
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes (prefer any live version by Eric Clapton)
Mr Crowley - Ozzy Osborne
Photograph - Def Leppard
Big City Nights - Scorpions
Damn you're a product of our time. Hard to criticize this list, and I'd be a happy guy sitting in a tiki bar listening to this stuff with you, but....dlbpharmd wrote:Time - Pink Floyd
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream (prefer 24 Nights version by Eric Clapton)
Flirting with disaster - Molly Hatchett
One of these nights - Eagles
That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Blue Sky - Allman Brothers Band
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes (prefer any live version by Eric Clapton)
Mr Crowley - Ozzy Osborne
Photograph - Def Leppard
Big City Nights - Scorpions
For the Eagles I'd have to go with "Victim of Love" or "Life in the Fast Lane", and as much as I love "Layla", "Bell Bottom Blues" just speaks to me more.
Anyone who includes a Scorpions song in their top 10 is OK with me (but I'd pick "The Zoo").
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Well, I put some thought into this list. It's so hard to come up with just 10, so I came up with some basic criteria:1) Songs that make me say "HELL YEAH! Turn that UP!"
2) Songs that I would give my left nut to be able to play on guitar (Flirting with disaster, Blue Sky.)
3) Songs with great lyrics that speak to me, like:
I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself
I've been searching for an angel in white
or
And then one day you'll find
10 years have got behind you
4) Songs from influential albums:
Pyromania - Def Leppard's best
World Wide Live - Scorpions, has never gotten old for me
24 Nights - opened my world to the sublime Clapton
Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy at the height of his powers
Thus, my Top 10. BTW, you'll never get me to sit in a bar and listen to Public Enemy with you.
I won't sit in a bar and listen to Public Enemy.
Still, good choices, and great criteria.
Still, good choices, and great criteria.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Man, six years changes a lot.
- Demon Cleaner, Kyuss
- Soapmakers, Clutch
- No One Knows, QOTSA
- Sober, Tool
- Don't Follow, AiC
- Kickdown, Truckfighters
- Backslider, Toadies
- March to the Sea, Pelican
- Thirty Four - Karma to Burn
- Demon Cleaner, Kyuss
- Soapmakers, Clutch
- No One Knows, QOTSA
- Sober, Tool
- Don't Follow, AiC
- Kickdown, Truckfighters
- Backslider, Toadies
- March to the Sea, Pelican
- Thirty Four - Karma to Burn
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Really? I always thought that honor belonged to Ice Ice Baby. I'd put Can't Touch This as the Hindenburg though. Although both inspire me to say, "Oh, the humanity!"jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:Can't Touch This is the Titanic of rap.
Life is a waste of time
Time is a waste of life
So get wasted all of the time
And you'll have the time of your life
"Ice Ice Baby" is the WKRP Thanksgiving promotion of rap.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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And "Brass Monkey" is the Real People episode with Herb.Cail wrote:"Ice Ice Baby" is the WKRP Thanksgiving promotion of rap.
Wait...I don't think that works as well as this one.
And "Brass Monkey" is the Dale's Stereo and Sound promotion of rap.
Life is a waste of time
Time is a waste of life
So get wasted all of the time
And you'll have the time of your life
Yes, exactly.
Actually, both Hammer and Ice could well be the Herbert R. Tarleks of rap. Their belts may match their shoes, but their souls are empty.
Actually, both Hammer and Ice could well be the Herbert R. Tarleks of rap. Their belts may match their shoes, but their souls are empty.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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