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I'm definitely on the "400 Degreez is a classic" bandwagon.
the illest open line in a rap?
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this and
I used to %#++ around with this @@@** named e&j, dont %#++ with her no more now I %#++ with tanqueray
Mobb deep - drink away the pain
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Y'all wylin' with "400 degrees" being a classic. But, I can understand it had a definite moment in time and was a definitive movement in Hiphop culture. Do I think it deserves to be quoted? HELL NO. But, that's my just opinion. I don't think it's a lyrical masterpiece. But, I justwanted you to expound on the reasoning of putting it next some of these other quotables. I like to hear both sides of the coin.
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WORD
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C'on O.
A coast on many fronts took over hip-hop.
You gotta credit the albums like made it possible.
And "400 Degreez" is one of them from the South. That joint and Ghetto D are like the Illmatics of the Lou. It's many quotables on 400 Degreez,given its a Southern LP that separated itself from other garbage.
And while I'm on my tangent, Beats By the Pound should get more credit than they get.
*Ques up "At All Times" by Fiend.
A coast on many fronts took over hip-hop.
You gotta credit the albums like made it possible.
And "400 Degreez" is one of them from the South. That joint and Ghetto D are like the Illmatics of the Lou. It's many quotables on 400 Degreez,given its a Southern LP that separated itself from other garbage.
And while I'm on my tangent, Beats By the Pound should get more credit than they get.
*Ques up "At All Times" by Fiend.
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There are different "degrees" to what makes a record classic.
Part of what makes 400 Degreez a classic to me are the memories attached to it (college FTW). But it's also an album that I enjoy 99%. I think there is onesong on there that I skip.
With that said, I personally wouldn't have quoted it in this thread.
Part of what makes 400 Degreez a classic to me are the memories attached to it (college FTW). But it's also an album that I enjoy 99%. I think there is onesong on there that I skip.
With that said, I personally wouldn't have quoted it in this thread.
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The hardest rhyme Pimp C ever spit (C-Murder's Akickdoe!)
This game f-d up
I ain't got no friends
I done spend my last 70,000 dollars on a drop-top benz
Uhh, and I'm a trill figga
Down to put a forty-five to his Hilfiger
Lay it down muthasucka cause I'm bustin' for mine
Take that nine everytime and I ain't try dyin
Figgaz down in Port Arthur still (huh figga what?)
Think that I'm playin? (huh figga what?)
Bust 17 times and let 'em feel what I'm sayin'
UGK and C-Murder
Cadillac and the Tank (Master P)
Bout to fade the platinum
Smoke some dank and some drank
But yo itch luv me when I come to your city
Serve my d--k out her p---y
and bust my nut on her (y)itties
Ugh, it's just a matter of time before I'm up in your house
With my mask on my face and my thang in your mouth
Now get your mind right figga (mind right) and make a pimp rich
and never put trust in a trick a-- itch (trick !!+ +$*!@)
This game f-d up
I ain't got no friends
I done spend my last 70,000 dollars on a drop-top benz
Uhh, and I'm a trill figga
Down to put a forty-five to his Hilfiger
Lay it down muthasucka cause I'm bustin' for mine
Take that nine everytime and I ain't try dyin
Figgaz down in Port Arthur still (huh figga what?)
Think that I'm playin? (huh figga what?)
Bust 17 times and let 'em feel what I'm sayin'
UGK and C-Murder
Cadillac and the Tank (Master P)
Bout to fade the platinum
Smoke some dank and some drank
But yo itch luv me when I come to your city
Serve my d--k out her p---y
and bust my nut on her (y)itties
Ugh, it's just a matter of time before I'm up in your house
With my mask on my face and my thang in your mouth
Now get your mind right figga (mind right) and make a pimp rich
and never put trust in a trick a-- itch (trick !!+ +$*!@)
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back to the illest open lines
how about the hardest beat/instrumental thread?
how about the hardest beat/instrumental thread?
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I gotta compete with you "Scott Scotch".
His rhyme on "Diamonds and Wood" and "Break You Off Something" from Master P's Ghetto D...
His rhyme on "Diamonds and Wood" and "Break You Off Something" from Master P's Ghetto D...
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How about "One day" and "Pocket full of stones" ?
And the Camel doing the "Ha" Remix is the only Blemish on 400 Degreez
And the Camel doing the "Ha" Remix is the only Blemish on 400 Degreez
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^
at the Camel.
I'll give you one thing, Kev: Ghetto D stamped the South. I have to confess, as much disdain as I have for most of the Southern artists(mostly, becausethey're country as hell, and come off rather '$+%@-#%!'), Ghetto D raised the bar. Cash Money perfected it. I recognize the impact they made on thegame, good sir.
I'll give you one thing, Kev: Ghetto D stamped the South. I have to confess, as much disdain as I have for most of the Southern artists(mostly, becausethey're country as hell, and come off rather '$+%@-#%!'), Ghetto D raised the bar. Cash Money perfected it. I recognize the impact they made on thegame, good sir.
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Originally Posted by eyes of hazel
C'on O.
A coast on many fronts took over hip-hop.
You gotta credit the albums like made it possible.
And "400 Degreez" is one of them from the South. That joint and Ghetto D are like the Illmatics of the Lou. It's many quotables on 400 Degreez,
given its a Southern LP that separated itself from other garbage.
And while I'm on my tangent, Beats By the Pound should get more credit than they get.
*Ques up "At All Times" by Fiend.
DAnG,
You took it back....I actually had forgoten about FIEND...He was the one that stood out in no limit, IMO.
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Fiend was to NO LIMIT as BG was to Cash Money.
Instead, they pushed Silkk and bum $*% Wayne.
Instead, they pushed Silkk and bum $*% Wayne.
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Lets not forget about IMO the true King of the South......
He greets his father with his hands up
Rehabilitated slightly, glad to be the mans child
The world is different since he seen it last
Outta jail been seven years and he's happy that he's free at last
All he had was his mother's letters
Now he's mobile and he's gotta make a changed and make it for the better
But he's black so he's got one strike against him
And he's young plus he came up in the system
But he's smart and he's finally makin' eighteen
And his goal's to get on top and try to stay clean
So he's callin' up his homie who done came up
Livin' lavish now they dealin' wit' the same stuff
And had that attitude that who he was was worth man
And with that F up attitude he killed his first man
Now its different he done did dirt
And realized killin' men meant comin' up
But it still hurt
And can't nobody change this
It's 1994 and we up against the same $*#!
I never understood why
I could never see a man cry
Until I see a man die
FACE...Man cry
2 many to list
He greets his father with his hands up
Rehabilitated slightly, glad to be the mans child
The world is different since he seen it last
Outta jail been seven years and he's happy that he's free at last
All he had was his mother's letters
Now he's mobile and he's gotta make a changed and make it for the better
But he's black so he's got one strike against him
And he's young plus he came up in the system
But he's smart and he's finally makin' eighteen
And his goal's to get on top and try to stay clean
So he's callin' up his homie who done came up
Livin' lavish now they dealin' wit' the same stuff
And had that attitude that who he was was worth man
And with that F up attitude he killed his first man
Now its different he done did dirt
And realized killin' men meant comin' up
But it still hurt
And can't nobody change this
It's 1994 and we up against the same $*#!
I never understood why
I could never see a man cry
Until I see a man die
FACE...Man cry
2 many to list
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^^^ i see your "man cry"
and raise you "no tears"
Now the funeral is over
And all the tears are dried up
*@**%@ hangin deep on the cut gettin fired up
Lookin for the %%*@* who pulled his pistol on my homie
An eye for an eye so now your life is what you owe me
Look deep into the eyes of your motherf**king killa
I want you to witness your motherf**king murda %%*@*
And since you wants to kill then your as* has gots to fry
But ain't no police therefore your as* has gots to die
We play the game for keeps and if you slipped I guess you sleep
You showed no f**kin now your as* is six feet deep
scarface
i swear "the diary" and/or scarface is so underappreciated!!!
and raise you "no tears"
Now the funeral is over
And all the tears are dried up
*@**%@ hangin deep on the cut gettin fired up
Lookin for the %%*@* who pulled his pistol on my homie
An eye for an eye so now your life is what you owe me
Look deep into the eyes of your motherf**king killa
I want you to witness your motherf**king murda %%*@*
And since you wants to kill then your as* has gots to fry
But ain't no police therefore your as* has gots to die
We play the game for keeps and if you slipped I guess you sleep
You showed no f**kin now your as* is six feet deep
scarface
i swear "the diary" and/or scarface is so underappreciated!!!
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^Nobody can paint a picture like Face...
He got alot of tracks that could compete with the 'illest open line' category..
'Man Cry', 'No Tears', 'Mind Playin Trick's on Me', and 'MaryJane' all have dope opening verses with no hook first..
One of my personal favorites from him..
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He got alot of tracks that could compete with the 'illest open line' category..
'Man Cry', 'No Tears', 'Mind Playin Trick's on Me', and 'MaryJane' all have dope opening verses with no hook first..
One of my personal favorites from him..
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Originally Posted by 2Guard
Originally Posted by eyes of hazel
- Wu Tang, "Triumph"... When I first heard the first 16 bars of the opening, I memorized it immediately... This was pre-internet "google" searching too, straight on repeat until I got it...
"I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies
and hypothesis can't define how I be droppin these
mockeries, lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
Battle-scarred shogun, explosion when my pen hits
tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind forensics..."
yea..the line is just not fair to other rappers...
Wu Tang Forver
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I slept on this
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I definitely think Deck on Triumph wins. That opening is undeniable. If there was ever a list of top hip hop verses, that has to be near the top. Is there aperson who listens to (good) rap who can't quote it verbatim?
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I'll see your "no tears" and raise you " Straight Gangsterism" Faces' part...
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i forgot one of the HARDEST opening lines on a song...my man Styles P on D-X-L (hard white) off the "...and then there was X" album by DMX:
Holiday Styles
B itch, I get you shot in the head or shot in the neck
if I ain't gettin proper respect
I don't care if you rap, I still spit in your grill
I don't give a f uck, never have, never will
If it ain't on your hip, then you're lookin to die
I ain't tryin to be the n +%+! that's gonna look at the sky
Ask God why I'm broke, b itch, I'm cooking the pie
We all gon' die, sooner or later, matter of time
My n iggaz sell crack, with a package of dimes
Hundred or more, in front of the store, waitin to bubble
Brand new nine, and an eight in a bubble
I put sixteen above ya neck, I love my set
N iggaz think they a thug, then thug to death
Cause the P gonna squeeze 'til no slugs is left
You know I'm good with a hundred of 'dro, gun and an O
You think your s hit butter? Hop in front of this toast
Holiday Styles
B itch, I get you shot in the head or shot in the neck
if I ain't gettin proper respect
I don't care if you rap, I still spit in your grill
I don't give a f uck, never have, never will
If it ain't on your hip, then you're lookin to die
I ain't tryin to be the n +%+! that's gonna look at the sky
Ask God why I'm broke, b itch, I'm cooking the pie
We all gon' die, sooner or later, matter of time
My n iggaz sell crack, with a package of dimes
Hundred or more, in front of the store, waitin to bubble
Brand new nine, and an eight in a bubble
I put sixteen above ya neck, I love my set
N iggaz think they a thug, then thug to death
Cause the P gonna squeeze 'til no slugs is left
You know I'm good with a hundred of 'dro, gun and an O
You think your s hit butter? Hop in front of this toast
410fresh
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I was born with a d1ck in my brain, yea ****3d in the head, my stepfather said that i sucked in the bed. Till one night he snuck in and said, were goin outback i want my d1ck sucked in the shed
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immortal tech, Diabolic
You $*%@@%!%%%%++ are nothing, you cannot harm me
I'll resurrect every aborted baby and start an army
Storm the planet, hunting you down, 'cause I'm on a mission
To split your body into a billion one-celled organisms
You $*%@@%!%%%%++ are nothing, you cannot harm me
I'll resurrect every aborted baby and start an army
Storm the planet, hunting you down, 'cause I'm on a mission
To split your body into a billion one-celled organisms
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