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The Absolute BEST Opening Track In The History Of Hip Hop (Vol. No Need To Debate)
- Thread in 'Music' Thread starter Started by harlem on the rise,
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50,s in My hood gotta be considered too
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Dudes really posting Gucci and Wayne in "greatest hip hop intros ever" huh?
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Looks like Ghostface passed a few of his cocaine blunts to a couple NTers...
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Best intro of the 2000's so farOriginally Posted by awwsome
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Some of you are just posting your own personal favorites. Not going with the point of the thread.
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C'mon mayne don't even sit there and front like Tha Mobb ain't one of the hardest intros ever.Originally Posted by Mez 0ne
Dudes really posting Gucci and Wayne in "greatest hip hop intros ever" huh?
- Preciate it.
black leg
formerly shaqtus92
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inspektahdeck wrote:
So we just gon act like this intro dont exist huh?
Not the best, but definetely my favorite. And that Clipse intro is a problem
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Co-sign on Ambitionz Az A Ridah being the best opening track
to the dude who posted every Ludacris intro
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Yeah. So Bomb First wins for me.
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LOX-We are the streets has my favorite opening track of all time.
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VegasOner wrote:
Track , Not the greatest though.
Damn what happened to Wayne
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Agreed.
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If it is isn't NYSOM then it's wrong. Once that beat started picking up, you knew you were in some +#+# and then this dude murders the beat like its nothing.
I know this crackhead, who said she gotta smoke nice rock
And if it's good she'll bring ya customers in measuring pots, but yo
You gotta slide on a vacation
Inside information keeps large @%***+ erasin and they wives basin
It drops deep as it does in my breath
I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death
Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined
I think of crime when I'm in a New York state of mind
Come on lets get serious here.
I know this crackhead, who said she gotta smoke nice rock
And if it's good she'll bring ya customers in measuring pots, but yo
You gotta slide on a vacation
Inside information keeps large @%***+ erasin and they wives basin
It drops deep as it does in my breath
I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death
Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined
I think of crime when I'm in a New York state of mind
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There was WAAAY more anticipation for AEOM & "Ambitionz Of A Ridah" then their was for NYSOM... So if we count impact, there was atleast half a million MORE people that sat next to their stereo and heard...
"I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah"
In 96...
Plus the beat is better, NaS has a better lyrical performance, but "Ambitionz" is much more UNIVERSAL, that song could be spun @ almost ANY event and get a huge response no matter the age group, you'd have to be with hardcore hip hop fans (OVER 25) for NYSOM to do that (and prolly east of the Miss. River)
A lot of yall are OVER thinking it and just posting songs you personally think are better, but as with MOST of Pac's work, its WAAAY more than a song, its a moment in history, the intangibles by far outweigh ANY song mentioned in this thread... (Stillmatic Intro is up there too), but NYSOM isn't even track #1...
"I won't deny it, I'm a straight ridah"
In 96...
Plus the beat is better, NaS has a better lyrical performance, but "Ambitionz" is much more UNIVERSAL, that song could be spun @ almost ANY event and get a huge response no matter the age group, you'd have to be with hardcore hip hop fans (OVER 25) for NYSOM to do that (and prolly east of the Miss. River)
A lot of yall are OVER thinking it and just posting songs you personally think are better, but as with MOST of Pac's work, its WAAAY more than a song, its a moment in history, the intangibles by far outweigh ANY song mentioned in this thread... (Stillmatic Intro is up there too), but NYSOM isn't even track #1...
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Yea I agree. I remember being in like 7th grade, during summer school at the local highschool and N's was going nuts over the tape. The intro really set the tone for the rest of the 90s and even for cats like 50cent. Its such a fierce opening track. Out the pen, its like a mission statement. State of the Union for death row, and even more for the West Coast and hip hop. Cuz with all Eyez on Me he took the spot light of rap and almost popular music period.
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I'm not sure if this was mentioned but I wiuld put this track up there:
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Originally Posted by Kingtre
basically....we'll see if they still bumping that Gucci man intro/or any gucci man for that matter in 14 years
i know yall remember when Tyson came out to this joint....knocked ol boy out in like a minute....then said "my back is broken.....spinal..." in the post fight interview
Definitely remember that.. Was that Mike;s first fight out the pen?
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The intro to BE.
22 rather unique 22
Banned
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I'm going to add one of my personal faves too:
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NY State of Mind is my pick..no intro up until 1994 had me hooked on the grimy, street prowlin beats and lyrics..I was amazed..still am actually..
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Originally Posted by VegasHustla
Co-sign on Ambitionz Az A Ridah being the best opening track
to the dude who posted every Ludacris intro
It's not like I'm making it up, Luda is known for his intros dude.
