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iNTRO - Duality of man 🎭

Super quick, feel good-rap song.

https://youtu.be/dBgSkwXdywU?si=fAbyZZ3TFpB3g-QT

G’s Incorporated - Stairway to heaven ⛅️ 

https://youtu.be/KWHUeqhf_ok?si=AC-o9wSuA5uyIh_8

Royce Da 5’9 feat June the Great- Wall Street 

https://youtu.be/80HHI8-qza8?si=Ng2cClqCG3hz5zgd

Bar exam 2 made my year in 2009. 

“I slang hope to the world like my name was Obama” - June the Great 

Fort minor feat Styles of Beyond - Feel like home

https://youtu.be/0C7kIGtxzeI?si=6iU-oLdATbvU8s4q

The Rising Tied album got me through a lot in my teenage and college years. 

Chris Webby - Stranger 

https://youtu.be/6czuOoGOGkg?si=yAAhueWfvlF-DHJI

Doors sample from “People are strange”.🔥

“I'm the dopest young buck with this rap shit
Crazy mothafucker in need of a straight jacket
Rap it, grab the track and face bash it
Every instrument in the beat will lay in a casket” 

Dr Dre feat Nipsey Hustle and Ty Dolla $ign - Diamond mind

https://youtu.be/p1ClM4ozGnQ?si=4UtPEI_MWp6A7DUh

💎🧠💡 

¨Put my feet up on the desk? Never!
We just re-up to the next level¨- Nipsey Hustle

Zoro&Buzz - Whiskey bar 🥃

https://youtu.be/ZGVXrpPI0Ng?si=3RppL4jw7_zUyhWg

Greek Hip Hop.🇬🇷

Yuna feat Tyler the Creator - Castaway 

https://youtu.be/aPnnecct9xA?si=7f530Yk-d2XC0lbV

“ Honestly
You didn't see the best in me…” - Yuna 

Beastie Boys - Rock hard 🤘🏻

https://youtu.be/dsVAOjVYQnY?si=xbwUOshHeE2kN978

“We’re real Rock Stars!” 

DJ Danger Mouse and Jay Z - What more can I say?/While my guitar gently weeps

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Eminem feat 50 cent and Obie trice - Love me

Yeh I was a fan of the 8 Mile film🎬 growing up,
and I loved it when guys from the Aftermath,
Shady and G unit crews made songs together back then.

Ill Bill feat Vinnie Paz and Demoz - Brick Wall

https://youtu.be/f9o6oDhlIxI?si=TX-n4nRksddBR75I

“guessing only led to one thing, my mistakes
That's why I cut the grass real low, check for snakes”🐍- Demoz

Chris Webby - Superhuman 

https://youtu.be/rt1FeP1x5hw?si=rMvvagSR1EPHUzPm

This was one of my favourite songs to shoot hoops to.🏀

Demrick x DJ Hoppa ft. Jarren Benton and Madchild - Nobody's Safe

https://youtu.be/NpFjDKVb_NI?si=LTVpmfjFd3X0_iV_

“I’m Alfred Hitchcock on PCP” 💀- Jarren Benton

Wu-Tang Clan - It’s yours

https://youtu.be/ty9nY9b_LUA?si=KI9Gk5x0poIUn_2D

“Baby love the ganja leaf every day of the week” 🍃 - U God

Kano - This is England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

https://youtu.be/uPmNxobIoWI?si=ripeFY5OUFXhrG_V

Tribe Called Quest feat Busta Rhymes - Scenario

https://youtu.be/Q6TLWqn82J4?si=AStv0_AHLIRsHO7W

I first heard this song back in 2003 on 

Fat Man Scoops “Party Breaks” compilation album, 

great mix.. a lot of bangers on there!💿

Reverie - On the road

https://youtu.be/M-Ky3ZcJ66k?si=5kXD5_6GJDGux62p

“Underground Hip Hop is like my fucking bible!” 📖

Ill Bill feat Necro, Q-Unique and Goretex - Canarsie Artie’s Brigade

https://youtu.be/Ophq0QGfdTQ?si=nsLlmOjJl8OoRzXD

💊 🎶 “You like to take drugs and hear music?
My album is engineered like biotechnology attaching to your ear” - Ill Bill

Gavlyn feat Reverie and Vel The Wonder - Looking back

“Yeah, yeah, we Queens in this” 👑- Gavlyn

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Lunch time speax - Ground zero

https://youtu.be/Hcrkbtcjoi4?si=nYJrTlgWnPRs_cS6

🇯🇵 Japanese Hip Hop.

Yelawolf feat Joshua Hedley - Shadows 👻 ☠️ 

https://youtu.be/nQ9lEH042pA?si=7RmxGwBFBBLiDbFf

“Things that used to terrify me are the things that I’ve become” - Joshua Hedley

G-Unit - Changes

“I don't owe you nothing, they busting, you ain't bang back
You never fronted me nothing I couldn't bring back
They gave dap, now they saying you never gave back
You never gave me nothing I couldn't pay back” - Kidd Kidd

Watching the music video feels like I’m watching a class reunion.

Nas - NY state of mind part 3🌃 

Guru feat Vivian Green - Fine and free

https://youtu.be/uqnvpH9fl-A?si=omkt2HTWp697n_w5

Young Buck - I’m not ok

https://youtu.be/A4zRl2Z_cwY?si=leR24nQ2Rw1juY2W

“Mamma always told me there’d be days like this”

Bugzy Malone - M.E.N 3

https://youtu.be/mUN-tS7Y9iA?si=2QS_FC8GF3GeNsus

“Believe in God or not, there’s no denying a blessing”

Stetsasonic - Talkin’ all that jazz

https://youtu.be/2kdQ4soLcac?si=WUi-SDgZ6BV7L1fj

“We wanna make this perfectly clear
We’re talented and strong and have no fear
Of those who just choose to judge but lack pizazz
Talkin’ all that jazz”

“Stetsasonic the Hip Hop band
And like Sly and the Family Stone we will stand
Up for the music we live and play
And for the song we sing today”

Sa-roc - Forever

https://youtu.be/NZ8YYjSwrNc?si=m5kZFJhRQKCrCz5L

Empowering!

Queen Latifa - Just another day

Funny, intelligent and she can rap🔥.

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Bonbero & Tade Dust - Back and forth

🇯🇵Japanese Hip Hop. 🎤 

Domo Genesis - coming back

https://youtu.be/UQ8uuAnaXlw?si=QMA6JTF7GrW7ZQKR

“Pain is part of the riddle
Somewhere between my art and the dark,
I'm parked in the middle” - Domo Genesis 

Dub P feat Corryna - Somebody loves you 

https://youtu.be/VDe-laeqrNc?si=TxaOF87h2ts7c5vA

One I’d listen to when playing PGR 4.🚗🎮

Wu Tang Clan feat Redman - People say

https://youtu.be/iBViC-fEdm0?si=JfqkVjVeguaBmdAL

“Smile like Pacquiao, but under the leather
Hold a MAC 1-O” - Raekwon 

Ama - Northside 

https://youtu.be/wiAD_9A60Ys?si=4QuRtXAYIUraa9wZ

Apathy  - The grass ain’t greener 

“I could almost scream it's a fucked up dream
Real shit ain't dropped since I was like 19
If I smoked I would smoke till my brain cells broke
But I don't so I wrote down how I cope” 

Monie Love - It’s a shame 

https://youtu.be/gTLJSokfDvI?si=-Awy5fHk-DvSRcgH

I first heard this when I was a teenager
from an Old school Hip Hop compilation album 💿
that my friend used to put on.

Enny - Champagne problems 🍾 

https://youtu.be/dQfGaKGMgQI?si=flvBaAbf9j786J9E

Big Daddy Kane - Open ya eyes 👀 

https://youtu.be/kHCQ4VOB-lw?si=7WT1picTN0X5_hPJ

“You need knowledge, well hey, I’m droppin it”

Bravehearts feat Nas - Bravehearted 

https://youtu.be/1YZmEw3G15o?si=6RoATeqJUisdlNFd

I first heard this in 2003 or 2004
on a promo compilation CD💿 of songs
from newly released albums,
it was a freebie I got when CD shopping at HMV. 

“My name is beloved, I come from the past
With insects crawlin on me like I'm dead
I don't eat I just fast
I don't beef I just blast” - Nas

The Survival of the fittest (Rap)

Dedicated to Nelson Mandela 
Poetic Rap - ¨The Survival of the fittest¨
Written by F.A.T
Performed by Intoxikie

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N.W.A - Hello 

I first heard of N.W.A in the early 2000s on MTV Base📺
from Dr Dre’s “Forget about Dre” music video.
I bought their “Greatest Hits” album soon after and studied. 📀

“I started this gangsta shit 

And this the mother fucking thanks I get” 

Mondo Marcio - Legganda Urbana

https://youtu.be/sRa6xudPshI?si=cfzx1o-Hso3Dh7jo

Italian hip hop. 🇮🇹

2pac - Str8 ballin 

https://youtu.be/Qp4tfjyc_MM?si=oy_3aoKgB7sXj2tN

“I'm in a bucket, but I'm ridin' it like it's a Benz”

J Savvy - Almost there 

https://youtu.be/FLZBdA8uPog?si=9NmMwXNGn0u9Z8Tz

I first heard J Savvy on Grind Mode Cypher Los Angeles Vol 5, and Florida Vol 2,
great flow and lyrics. 

“I don´t mean to sound cocky but damn
You know I am when I get up in Rocky mode
Try to box me, stop it, you look a little sloppy Joe”

Snoop Dogg feat MC Ren, Ice Cube, Lady of Rage and Nate Dogg - Set if off 

Legedary cypher.🔥

Master P Feat Silkk The Shocker Mo B. Dick and Lil' Gotti Gambino- Bourbon and Lacs 

https://youtu.be/hWAB0GQRh-4?si=NeRIZfmiCTLvzc12

“Playa play on 

I can’t hate you homie”

Fugees - The mask

“(Well, did you shoot him?)

Nah, kid, I didn't have the balls

That's when I realized I'm bumpin' too much Biggie Smalls” - Pras 

Dr Dre feat Mary J Blige and Rell - The message 

I first heard this song in the early 2000s🖥️
on a games and forums website that no longer exists.
The site had a lot of sections like jokes,
funny stories and pictures as well as the forums and games on there.
One section let you open up a playlist,
I also heard some Cypress Hill and Everlast on there.

Ocean Wisdom feat Rodney P and Roots Manuva - Righteous

https://youtu.be/N9jBsgC2zQQ?si=-QMpphs12cxKpTm_

The Hustled - We got this 

I met J Woo back in the 2010s
when we were working at the same place for a little while. Good guy. 

Psychotic (Rap)

Disclaimer: None of the actions described 

or comments made in this rap are aimed 

at any real people.

 

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Rakim - Flow forever

https://youtu.be/596rdEwCbpE?si=ZZxHuxycQM3U-XPH

Rakim is another one of the greats that I first heard
on the “Music from and Inspired By 8 Mile” compilation album.💿 🎬

China Mac - First day home 🏠 

https://youtu.be/H3kZ28agj0U?si=VSF9XhvNlxqQVBPL

Vivid storytelling.

Clipse - Freedom 

“I seen the error of my ways over time
Never to return, Malicious has been refined
Like Wine with time, I get better” - Malice 

Dumbfoundead - Cafe bleu theme ☕️ 

https://youtu.be/B-S8FYqKj4o?si=LMBTWNWanlK8C7VN

Kube - 100

https://youtu.be/7YXRqiZiBSo?si=0Z9rV51XYkqIk0QE

Hip Hop from Finland. Great flow.🇫🇮

Rakim - Dedicated 🎙️ 

https://youtu.be/lqoTU5cLS2I?si=6agoFzTcltNdKAph

Tyler, the Creator feat Lil Wayne and Kanye West - Smuckers 

“Fuck us, maybe we should team up
Anti-Golf boys 'cause I don't fuck with me either
I'm a liar, I'm a faggot, uhh..” - Tyler the Creator 
“…Son, you need Jesus” - Lil Wayne 

Gang Starr - Moment of truth 

https://youtu.be/Rr46FS7tkk4?si=rRNP9ThYEhy6agcu

“Actions have reactions 
Don't be quick to judge
You may not know the hardships people don't speak of 
Its best to stay back and observe with couth
For we all must meet our moment of truth

Sometimes you gotta dig deep when problems come near 
Don't fear things get severe for everybody, everywhere”

- Guru

The Grouch & Eli feat Slightly Stoopid - People of the sun
  
https://youtu.be/cLRNJvq4fII?si=6Vs0dZCbgs8IOlwy

Legendary collab!🔆 

Beastie Boys - Sureshot 

As a teenager I had a Beastie Boys DVD
with their music videos on, I used to watch it with my cousins.

“I want to say a little something that's long overdue
The disrespect to women has got to be through
To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends
I want to offer my love and respect to the end” - MCA

Monster (Rap)

Poetic Rap - ¨Monster¨
Written by F.A.T
Performed by Intoxikie

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Redman -Let da monkey out 🐵

https://youtu.be/TslsEBa3lCk?si=uC0u7GHs4sW8vsRY

2pac - Words of wisdom 🧠💡🎙️

https://youtu.be/NhvwbnB5WTo?si=ZBfQrH_gfo8pF2B4

The 2pacalypse now album was one of the best 🎂 🎁
birthday presents I got as a teenager, I listened to this song a lot.
I was fascinated by hearing 2pac put America on trial.

Public Enemy - Fight the power 👊🏿

Another banger that I heard playing Def Jam Vendetta. 🎮👊🏿👊🏿

Busta Rhymes feat Rah Digga - Together

https://youtu.be/80_Lo8DVPN0?si=oYAyi01oAmygqOxp

Gavlyn - Survive

¨I try to meditate without smoking weed,
need to find a place, alone, so I can fill my needs...¨

https://youtu.be/lUdACSS-2OM?si=QwpzObz0YHq8TchE

This song got me through a lot of shit
and a break up or two 💔 in 2013 and 2014.

Reverie - Real recognize real 🤘🏻

¨How many people love your music so much
that they cannot live without it?
Not so they could party, get drunk, fuck and throw up
My lyrics saving lives, helping youngsters as they grow up...¨ 

https://youtu.be/oaUQN3OeTnQ?si=zSxlzHiych2KKxXZ

This song also got me through a lot of shit in 2013 and 2014.

Lethal Junkie - Lies, twists and turns

https://youtu.be/rZT1ApH9ntA?si=d4q9MGfwnoRSh8XI

College dropout me was vibing to his music in 2008.

Nas feat Tre Williams - Let there be light 💡🎤☀️ 

¨Let there be light,🌙

no gang bangin' in New York tonight,✌🏻☮️
just murals of Biggie Smalls, bigger than life...¨🎨 🖼️-Nas

https://youtu.be/DM5PmB7Dd98?si=BvbbhhxFG3SwQrjD

Non phixion - It’s us

https://youtu.be/0TzY1mkbrJU?si=4MlKd_mpQsUDcLzt

“Sticking up delis for quick chips and starving again” - Goretex

2pac feat Outlaws - Staring at the world through my rear view

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Notorious B.I.G - Everyday struggle

“I know how it feel to wake up fucked up”

I was listening to this when I was struggling to find a job.

Redman feat Ready Roc and Method Man - Blow treez

https://youtu.be/leGXmbKeW6Q?si=PGIGXWHJttYR--NV

Dizzee Rascal - Fix up look sharp 🧐

Teenage me was rapping this and rapping to this with my friends. 🎤

Roll Deep - The Avenue 

Another song that made my year in 2005.

Wu Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M 

Classic story telling that ages like a fine wine.🍷 

Uncle Murda - A good man is gone ⛪️ 

https://youtu.be/rZJKsOHaWQk?si=N3RxkjQtAW2mPb6j

Distinctive voice, soulful song, “Back on my bullshit” mixtape made my year back in 2009.

Broke N English - This is our life

https://youtu.be/AazaW0I7BVk?si=8GzQk5f5cWnInDWG

I met Strategy a life time ago, really nice guy.

Nightwalker - Cloudy skies

https://youtu.be/FFIWvmiqSSM?si=-I73VzeNNiMVeVXg

This song made my year in 2007, a MySpace gem.💎

Ghost face Killah feat U-God, Raekwon and Cappadonna - Winter warz

“Ghost face in Maddison square is on your poster”

Notorious B.I.G - Long kiss goodnight

“I pull out fo'-fo's, and go up in they clothes”

I loved listening to this at college 

when I was discovering old school James Cagney gangster films.🎬🎭