Top 5 Beats of All Time

[manguino]

I searched, there was one thread but it was locked. Feel free to post more than 5 if you want.

But what 5 beats would you rank as your favorites EVER? Tough I know, take your time, try to focus on the beat itself even if the flow could easily be part of the entire experience itself. Here we go:

1. CL Smooth & Pete Rock - T.R.O.Y.
2. Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity (A-Track)
3. Dr. Dre - Deep Cover
4. Jeru - Come Clean (Premo)
5. Pharcyde - Runnin (Jay Dee)

 

[classic]

5. Nas -new york state of mind,illmatic
4. hovi baby, jay-z
3. Running away, pharcyde
2. Fight the power , Public enemey
1. wheels of steal, Outkast, Atliens

 

[skidflow]

1.follow instructions -M.O.P (PREMO)

2. THE BRIDGE IS OVER- BDP- (SCOTTLA ROCK)

3.BATTLE -GANGSTARR (PREMO) ***THIS BEAT IS CRAZY***

4.CREAM-WU-TANG (RZA)

5.THE SYMPHONY -THE JUICE CREW (MARLEY MARL)

 

[LDB]

Memoriesssssssssssss!

5) Make the music with your mouth-Biz ***First instrumental I ever spit to in a talent show***

4) Rock the bells- LL Cool J ***Dj's loved to spin this***

3) Eric B. is President- Eric B & Rakim

2) Peter Piper- Run D-M-C ***another one DJ's kept on the tables and rock'd for hours seemed like***

1) My philosophy-KRS ONE/BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTION

 

[TheMost]

So hard because what was good then what is out riight now shatters it . With that said some classics out there.

Juicy
all about you
affirmative action
whats my name
no half steppin

 

[dacalion]

Not in any particular order but...

SOUL 2 SOUL - Keep On Moving
RUN-DMC - Sucker MC's
Eric B & Rakim - Eric B for President (just to name one of many)
EPMD - So What Ya Sayin
Doug E. Fresh - Childrens Story
Le Chic - GOOD TIMES
Steady B - *can't think of the name of the song but its the one he remixed with KRS-1 - the beat was crazy

I could just go on and on...

-dac-

 

[Da IllFellaz]

there is way too many......

 

[Gene Flo]

I never really listened to hip hop back when and Im a young cat so here are some I love...


Souls of Mischief - '93 til infinity was actually the track that I heard that made me wanna make beats...shit is super iLL...

2pac & Snoops - 2 of Amerikas Most Wanted

Wu - Cream

Jay-Z - Dead Presidents

LL Cool J & Boyz II Men - Hey Lover (THAT BEAT IS ILL)

Im sorry I had to add 1 more...

Outkast - ChokyFire (from Aquimeni) shit is RAW!

 

[dahkter]

I'm gonna hold off on writin my top five, that's a lofty question to me

Regarding this:

Steady B - *can't think of the name of the song but its the one he remixed with KRS-1 - the beat was crazy

That song was "Serious" by Steady B, vinyl 12" only, never on the album. Dope song. I talked to a friend of mine in Philly a few months ago about this track. Steady and KRS had a beef. They were both on Jive Records, so to smooth things out, Jive had them go in the studio and do this track together. And yeah, it's fuckin dope as hell, dope dope song for sure...

 

[Benny BuKu]

here you go.....in no particular order:

Public Enemy- Welcome to the Terrodome
Wu-Tang- Triumph (my favorite song)
Big Pun- 1. Dream Shatterer (also one of my favorite songs lyrically) 2. New York Giants
Jay Z- 1. You Don't Know 2. Black Republicans
Nas- New York State of Mind

honorable mention to Gangstarr- Take it Personal

 

[Ash Holmz]

soo many i cant pick a five but some that stick out in head

gza- liquid swords (rza)
raekwon- rainy dayz (rza)
ghostface - one (i think the beatnuts did this)
pastor troy - are we cuttin (timbo)
outkast - return of the gangsta (organized noise)
nas - black repulicans (l.e.s)
jayz - u dont know (just blaze)
jay,beans, and freeway - 1900 hustler (bink)
kanye - never let me down (kanye)
kanye - 2 words( kanye)
pharcyde - runnin (dilla)
electric relaxation (ali shaheed i think)
50 cent - what up gangsta (rob telow)
50 cent - heat (dre)
2pac - ambitions of a ridah (daz)
souls of mischeif - 93 till (not sure who produced it somebody fill me in)
blackstar - redifinition (part 2) (hi-tek + mos def)
rza - brooklyn babies (rza)

damn i could go on and on and on.

 

[Da IllFellaz]

saigon - da letter p (just blaze)
gza - aminal planet (j. garfield)
camron - i really mean it (just blaze)
gangstarr - above the clounds (dj premier)
jadakiss - we gon make it (alchemist - FIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!)
jay z- u dont know, u me him n her, what we do (just blaze)
jay z - 900 hustler (bink)
pharoe monch - my life (ayatollah)
mos def - ms. fat booty (ayatollah)
ghostface - one (juju from da beatnuts)


man, i can go on n on n on n on n on .......

 

[open mind]

nobody had "breath" from jus blaze on their list? are u fuckin crazy? lol maybe its because fabo fucked up the track (i would like to hear the old dmx on that joint that would be sick.)

but the beat was fiya tho.jus blaze at his finest.

 

[dj ShorTbuS]

Respiration- Black Star (Hi-Tek)
They Say- Common (Kanye West)
Elevators- Outkast (Organized Noise?)
D'evils- Jay-Z (DJ Premiere)
Make You Feel That Way- Blackalicious (Chief Exel)

That's just 5 out of probably a hundred of my favorites.

 

[dacalion]

That song was "Serious" by Steady B, vinyl 12" only, never on the album. Dope song. I talked to a friend of mine in Philly a few months ago about this track. Steady and KRS had a beef. They were both on Jive Records, so to smooth things out, Jive had them go in the studio and do this track together. And yeah, it's fuckin dope as hell, dope dope song for sure...

Yeah thats it, Tat Money killed the scratching on it too. I had heard that they had beef but I never knew that the song was to reconcile it. They rocked it though. I gotta look on Lime for that joint.

-dac-

 

[2GooD Productions]

Some memorable tracks for me..

Ultramagnetic MC's - Delta Force 2
Diamond D - Stunts Blunts And Hiphop(Whole Album)
Lords Of the Underground - Sleep For Dinner.
Onyx - Bakdafukup.
Ras Kass - Soul On Ice.
Pete Rock & CL - The Creator.
King T 7 The Alkaholiks - Only When Im Drunk.
Alkaholiks - (the track with the Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon Flip)
Das Fx - Mic Checker.
Beatnuts - Se Acabo.
Cypress Hill - I Could Just Kill A Man, When The Shit Goes Down. And many others.
EPMD. Check the Demo, and the track with the monks in the video.
Organized Confusion. Stray Bullet.
Dre - The Chronic. Whole Album.
De La Soul & Chaka Khan. It Aint No Good.
There are far too many to name but thats a small selection of my favorites, many I cant remember the names of or have just temporarily forgotten about..

 

[Icemanbeats]

some of my favez

gza liquid swords, gz and hustlas snoop dogg, busta rhymes - been thru the storm, gravediggaz - 1800 suicide, big l - put it on, lupe fiasco - hustlaz song, nwa - bitch please, ill bill - unstoppable, jedi mind tricks - heavenly divine, beatnuts - watch out now, lord finesse - s.k.i.t.z, mf doom - vaudeville villain, necro - keep on driving, prince paul - what u got, nas - new york stake of mind/the message most of them off illmatic

 

[Ominous]

Apathy - Crime

Biggie - Unbelievable

Das EFX - They Want EFX

ODB - Brooklyn Zoo

Group Home - Supa Starr

 

[Ominous]

Some memorable tracks for me..

EPMD. Check the Demo, and the track with the monks in the video.

So whatchu Say'n

Also in Dacalion's list. This song should have also been on my top five but it gets hard to pick. Sometimes you have to role the dice or just close your eyes and point. There are a bunch of dope songs out there. What I would like to see is a thread with songs that are slept on. Tracks we should know about but because of the saturation of the market, we don't get to hear.

 

[Streetwize]

no1 even mentioned Still Dre! haha