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Hip Hop
- Used to bump the old school shit, you know the classics,
- Black Star's debut album, RD Jay, and Illmatic,
- the Marshall Mathers LP and we had Straight Outta Compton,
- way before I knew addition had the new edition copy,
- the Wu Tang Clan's 36 Chambers, that was a dream,
- 'cause we bumped that Method Man, Chessboxin', and C.R.E.A.M.,
- and Mobb Deep was runnin' shook ones, they was meant for this
- you all know my homies, they were runnin', coppin' Infamous,
- that Rakim, AZ, Nas, and Kool G Rap multis was changin' us,
- Big Pun and Big L's Lifestylez ov Da Poor and Dangerous,
- Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Paid In Full, and Liquor Swords,
- it takes A Nation of Millions, Public Enemy would spit it raw,
- Low End Theory, Beats, Rhymes, and Life, Midnight Marauders,
- Electric Relaxation, People's Travel started the slaughter,
- De La Soul, 5 Feet High and Rising, brought if back dawg,
- The Roots, Things Fall Apart, my favorite was Black Thought,
- kickin' shit, deeper meaning expressed, R.A. The Rugged Man,
- lyrics, couldn't understand, still didn't pop rubber bands
- Cypress Hill, Insane in the Brain, changed the game,
- became the greatest group ever, never will remain the same,
- Jeru the Damaja and Naughty by Nature had a name,
- The Fugees, Lauryn Hill rocked the mic and Big Daddy Kane,
- took us through that shit with the straight fire, plus LL,
- released the classics and would later go on to rock the bells,
- OutKast, Andre and Big Boi gave a name to the South,
- released Aquemini, Stankonia, since they opened their mouth,
- there was a flood of emcees tryna hop on and bite the style,
- that shit was way ahead of time, had emcees runnin' miles,
- on The Road to Riches, KRS and BDP, and Ready to Die,
- and listened to Doggystyle when Snoop Dogg was puffin' lye,
- the West Coast too, E 40 and them made the hardest music,
- fuck the police, Ice Cube and gangsta rap made me do it,
- of course we can't forget the greatest of all time,
- Tupac Shakur gave voice to all the masses with his rhymes,
- Doctor Dre and them gave birth to gangsta rap, and it flourished,
- and Common made this shit too, back then hip hop was nourished
- Around the same time people opened tapes to dub shit,
- and rappers started selling out to make a few club hits,
- the underground conscious scene began, you can't doubt it,
- that they kept us fully alive and the others knew nothin' 'bout it,
- that was a blessing in disguise like Jamaicans getting high,
- speaking of which I'm just now bumpin that new Masterminds,
- and Ricky took it through, The Devil Is A Lie,
- and Weezy's gonna drop Tha Carter 5, We Alright, Thug Cry,
- and Sanctified, niggas got they pockets fat, overweight,
- they sayin' "fuck the mainstream" this era is a golden age,
- we still got emcees who spread hip hop and I thank 'em,
- but in no specific order, man, here is how I rank 'em,
- we got Joey Bada$$ and man, he'll soon be a star,
- A$AP Rocky, Drake, Big K.R.I.T., and we got Kendrick Lamar,
- Big Sean, Kanye West, Meek Mill, and we got Diabolic,
- Jay Electronica and Earl Sweatshirt still have got it,
- hip hop changed the world forever, and it brought a new light,
- and we'll keep goin' back to Kool Herc, turntables and mic
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