Thanks for the comments, I appreciate it very much! Not that I need to defend the worlds original rap magazine but just so you know...
"...the top 100 was compiled from Hip Hop Connection readers votes, those of Hip-Hop Connection's writing staff and a quick poll of a few valued professionals. One crucial point though...is that all entries from 2001 onwards were disqualified. Why? Because a single's real test is whether it can transcend the place and time it was released in and enjoy a life of it's own. All our top 100 clearly have."
If it was my list maybe Snoop, Biggie and Jay-Z would have been there. Keep your peelers open for posts in the future that include omissions (?!).
If you have an opinion on this please post a comment and let's get a discussion going. I'd like to do a post with all the tracks that you readers wanted to see in the top 100 so let me know!
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Yeah, holmes I saw that eventually.
In my America-centric mind as I was going through the list I kept going "WTF is HHC?"
But man, no offense, if it's truly the worlds 'original' rap magazine, then they committed a miscarriage of justice and sanity when they put FOUR LL Cool J songs in their top 100, and NO Jay Z or Biggie songs.
So much so, that I'd have to say as a publication it's just as worthless as the assorted crap-rags that we have in America (The Source etc.)
Sean
Haha, no offence taken! I personally am a big fan of Hip Hop Connection, it's def better than anything American I've read!
Which tracks would you have had in a top 100 and which ones would you have taken out? If enough people express an opinion I'd like to post tunes that people think should be in there!
Gza - liquid swords, all time classic maybe a bit obscure though. " I flow like the blood on a murder scene " love it. POW
Alright--
I'd get rid of all the Cypress Hill, and all of the LL Cool J except for Mama Said Knock You Out and replace them with:
Biggie: 1 song with a hook ie. Juicy or Hypnotize, and one grittier track like "Gimmie the Loot" or "Ten Crack Commandments"
(all of which were available to the original voters in this contest)
Jay Z: Can't knock the hustle or It's Alright (Yeah! A B-Side! What??)
The Roots: You Got Me (I like to think of it as Rap's Third Way-- you know like New Labour)
And thats just to start. There are too many De La tracks on there (and don't get me wrong, I'm a huge DLS fan) ditto for ATCQ.
Sean
Jay:
Yeah there were a few missing from your list...
Main Source - "Friendly Game of Baseball"
DJ Quik - "Born and Raised in Compton"
Too Short - "Freaky Tales"
Black Sheep - "The Choice is Yours"
Paris - "This is a Test"
Pharcyde - "Passin' Me By"
I woulda liked to see at least one other Pete & CL joint, but that's just me.
Yo man, great list. I just hooked up with some jams I've been looking for for awhile.
Next list:
Biggie "Gimme the loot" & Hypnotize & Big Poppa
Roots "you got me"
Pharcyde "passin' me by"
Outkast "atliens"
Nas "One Mic"
Kanye "Jesus Walks"
How about Missy "Get Ur Freak on"?
I could go on.
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