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2.Snoop Dogg - 126
3.Dilated Peoples - 120
4.The Game - 89
5.Dr.Dre - 56
6.N.W.A. - 35
7.O.S.T.R. - 32
8.Zipera - 31
9.1z2 - 31
10.Das EFX - 30

From producer Omer Saar comes The Green Album, a mixtape that mixes classic hip hop acapellas over original beats produced using only Al Green samples.
I just havent been able to turn this off over the last day or so. It is the perfect summer hip hop album from start to finnish. And the best thing is, it's available for free! Download here









Al Green
AZ
Big L
Busta Rhymes
Common
Das EFX
De La Soul
DJ Haircut
Finale
The Fugees
Ghostface Killah
Jay-Z
Method Man
MF DOOM
Mos Def
Nas
Notorious B.I.G.
Pharcyde
Pharoahe Monch
Royce Da 5'9''

the greatest album ive heard in 10 years at LEAST is out, and its FREE to download

http://universoulproductions. wordpress. com/2008/05/28/omer-saar-the-green-album-free-download/#comment-2850

its produced by Omer Saar, and comprised of, in my opinion some of the greatest hiphop acapellas, over classic al green tracks

seriously if you like classic hiphop, and classic soul / funk, you are REQUIRED to listen to this immediately

featuring the late great Al Green
Das EFX
Jay-Z
The Fugees
T. MONEY GREEN from The Dramatics, Parliament Funkadelic, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg and many others
Royce da 5'9"
Method Man
MF DOOM
Ghostface Killah
Common
Pharcyde
Notorious B.I.G.
De La Soul
Busta Rhymes
Big L
Nas
AZ
Supreme NTM
Pharoahe Monch
Mos Def

once again this album is free to download, and if you want to remain my friend you are required to listen to it because its some of the greatest songs ive heard in the last 10 years

http://universoulproductions. wordpress. com/2008/05/28/omer-saar-the-green-album-free-download/#comment-2850

DOWNLOAD IT!!!

I was wondering the other day, what's the best hook in rap? Came up with a couple of ideas off the top of my head, but I'm sure I missed some classics. So, what's your favourite hip hop chorus?

Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
Cash Rules Everything Around Me
C.R.E.A.M.
Get the money
Dollar, dollar bill y'all
OutKast - ATLiens
Now throw your hands in the air
And wave 'em like you just don't care
And if you like fish and grits and all that pimp shit
Then everybody say O-Yea-yer
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II
Son, they shook
cause aint no such things as halfway crooks
Scared to death, scared to look
They shook
cause aint no such things as halfway crooks
Scared to death, scared to look
Das EFX - Mic Checka
Microphone check
Mic-microphone checka
Microphone check
Mic-microphone checka
Microphone check
A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario
Here we go yo, here we go yo
So what so what so what's the scenario
Here we go yo, here we go yo
So what so what so what's the scenario
Nas - Life's A Bitch
Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high
Cause you never know when you're gonna go
Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we puff lye
Cause you never know when you're gonna go
Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we get high
Cause you never know when you're gonna go
Life's a bitch and then you die, that's why we puff lye


Artist connections:
Naughty by Nature, Notorius B.I.G., Spice 1, 11/5, 2Pac, Gravediggaz, Ice Cube, Craig Mack, Black Star, Cormega, Aesop Rock, Jurassic 5, Binary Star, Necro, dead prez, Klemen Klemen, Raekwon, Zion I, Jedi Mind Tricks, Hieroglyphics, Immortal Technique, Masta Ace

Four times in my pre-Internet life was I inspired to decipher and hand transcribe hip hop songs. Song one of four (collect 'em all!) was Das EFX's "Mic Checka", a song out of the camp of the rulers of hip hop circa 1992, the Hit Squad.

Riggidy-raow, giggidy gadzooks, here I go. Along with "They Want EFX", "Mic Checka" put Das EFX's rapid-fire, free association, cultural reference, iggity iggity style on full display. The stuff packed into this song is truly amazing.



For example, you've got popular catch phrases -- "geronimo", "burn rubber", "hock-too spit" -- plus references to The Human Torch, Wonder Twins, The Flintstones, Gladys Knight, Little Orphan Annie, the Copacabana, and banana splits, all linked together with hip hop slang. And that's just the first few bars.

Besides Books and Krazy Drazyz's insatiable appetites for pop culture, I think the key was their breadth of experience. I remember an old school Teen Summit interview where the fellas admitted to completing three years at Virginia State University. So here you have college educated guys putting out what seems to most people to be nonsense, but is actually some kind of postmodern masterpiece that could only be created by kids from a generation raised by cathode ray tubes. And... at the same time, it still is utter nonsense! That's genius!!!

For my part, the transcription of their masterpiece seemed to be a great beach project while on vacation in 1992. Hitting the problem spots, I remember being like, what the hell is "The Captain and Tennille" and who is Peggy Fleming, though I was able to follow the references to Archie Bunker, Uncle Fester, "A Streetcar Named Desire," and Reebok Pumps.

Seriously, we haven't scratched the surface here. This song needs to be put in all time capsules. It is probably already indecipherable if you were not a culture consumer coming of age in the 70s or 80s. And someone needs to do an in depth analysis of their references to commercials before the knowledge is lost forever.

Originally posted in 2006 at Nate On The Mic.

I usually feel that you only have one shot at producing the perfect song, and remixing it is an easy way to 'perfect' it after a final version has already been released.

More realistically, though, there are remixes I love, sometimes even more than the original version. Let's list them!

50 Cent - Outta Control (Remix- Album Version (Explicit))

Arrested Development - People Everyday (Metamorphosis Mix)

Erykah Badu - Bag Lady (Cheeba Sac radio edit)

Björk - Hyperballad (Brodsky Quartet version)

Blackstreet - Fix (Main Mix Version)

Brand Nubian - Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down (Remix featuring Diamond D.)

Bobby Brown - Roni (Remix)

Bush - In a Lonely Place [Tricky Mix]

Busta Rhymes - Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up

Ciara - Get Up (Polow Da Don Remix)

Common f/ Macy Gray - Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I.

Cornershop - Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook remix)

Da Brat - Give It 2 You (Remix)

De La Soul - Eye Know (The Know It All Mix)

Destiny's Child - Emotion (The Neptunes Remix)

Missy Elliott - Hit 'Em With Da Hee (Remix)

Everything but the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix)

Fall Out Boy - This Ain't A Scene It's An Arms Race (Kanye West Remix)

Feist - I Feel It All (Britt from Spoon Remix)

Fugees - Nappy Heads (remix)

Goldfrapp - A&E (Hercules and Love Affair Remix)

Greyboy f/ Quantic & Sharon Jones - Got To Be A Love (Paul Nice Remix)

Groove Armada - I See You Baby (Fatboy Slim remix)

Lauryn Hill - Ex-Factor (A Simple mix)

Ice Cube feat. Das EFX - Check Yo Self (Remix)

Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day (remix)

Janet Jackson - Son Of A Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You) (The Original Flyte Tyme Remix) (Explicit)

Janet Jackson - Together Again (DJ Premier 100 in a 50 remix)

Syleena Johnson - Guess What (Guess Again Remix)

Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Benny Blanco Remix)

R. Kelly - Ignition (remix)

R. Kelly - I'm A Flirt Remix (Pop Radio Edit)

Johnny Kemp - Just Got Paid (Teddy Riley Remix)

Lady Saw f/ Remy Ma - i've got your man (remix)

Lil' Kim - The Jump Off (7 Gemini Remix)

Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear (remix)

Lisa Maffia - All Over (Jiggy Joint remix)

Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face (Larry Levan Remix)

M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)

Madonna - Frozen (Stereo MC's remix)

Madonna - Hollywood (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duck mix)

Notorious B.I.G. - One More Chance/Stay With Me (Remix)

Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (Long Dutch Mix)

Ol' Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money (Dre Skull Remix)

Ce Ce Peniston - Finally (12" Choice mix)

Public Enemy - Shut 'Em Down (Pete Rock remix)

The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (Neptunes Radio Edit)

Diana Ross - Love Hangover (Extended Alternate Mix)

Sade - By Your Side (The Neptunes Remix)

Shawty Lo - Dey Know (Remix)

Snoop Dogg - Sexual Eruption (Fyre Department Remix)

Britney Spears - Boys (Co-Ed Remix)

SWV - Anything (Old School Remix)

SWV - Right Here (Human Nature Remix)

The Temptations - Treat Her Like A Lady (12" Mix)

Tracey Thorn - It's All True (Escort Extended Remix)

Justin Timberlake - My Love (DFA Remix)

Usher - Confessions Part II Remix (Main)

The Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage (Fred Falke remix)

Yo-Yo - You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo (Hip Hop Remix)

So two weekends ago, as astute readers might have noticed, I was a the Monolith Music Festival held at the ever-beautiful Red Rocks amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado. Aside from being denied taking decent pictures because my freaking camera was "too professional," I had quite the time.

I have decided, therefore to hand out my own awards in various categories to the bands who I had the honor to witness. I was considering boring you all with a narrative of the trip, but that just seems a bit too self-indulgent. I will, therefore, leave it with appropriate awards and commentary.

Most fun

==Matt & Kim

These kids knew how to rock. Kim had cranked the drums and enjoyed every minute of their set. A smile never left her face. Matt was the most amusing yet competent musician I've seen in awhile.

Favorite line: "What the fuck is that?" said while looking at the giant red rock reef in hovering over his upper-deck stage. "I'm from New England and we don't have anything like that!"

Most surly

==Brian Jonestown Massacre

His age is showing. Get an enema. Your band is not the center of the universe and you put on a lackluster, insulting show. Your pointless attempts to become political didn't save you nor did your ho-hum cheer leading for the upcoming bands. Your excuses about making some hot shit in Iceland and giving it away for free redeem you either.

You're washed up Brian Jonestown Massacre. Face it and come out with something better. Clue one: get rid of Mr. Denim Mutton Chops for a starter and love your music again. You are not cool, and you never were: you are just fucking rude. I was so tempted to shout out "Dandy Warhols" but didn't fearing your have a hissy fit and run of stage (again) and drag our your boring-ass chord-fest even more.

Okay, okay, the music was tight, but still lacked anything that would draw any in but the most dis-affected. Bringing out a liter of Popov is still not going to make your music appealing. It just makes you pathetic, like the vagrant at the bus stop who still thinks booze makes him cool.

Favorite line: "Shut the fuck up while we tune! We're doing this for you!" I half-expected him at this point to tell us all to get off his lawn. Keep music evil? Uhuh. Eat me.

Most fun to dance to

==Flosstradamus

I lost my phone because I was grooving so much. (No worries it came back the next day after a night of debauchery.)

Favorite line: "This is what you get with one turntable!" (One of their turntables failed to function. They were still grooving.)

Most hot

==Kid Sister

She was pretty much on with Flostradamus and busted out the rhyme like there was no tomorrow. The crowd had thinned stupidly by the time she was getting into it. Their loss. She was on target and stunning.

Favorite line: (pointing to a kid in the audience who had glasses on) "I like guys in glasses! Guys in glasses are hot!"

Most reason to like hip hop live

==Das EFX

They had it down. Hip hop recordings can never catch what the artists can do live.

Favorite line: "Don't be smokin' that shit, kids!" or "When I say Das, you say EFX!"

Most sad to have missed

==Ghostland Observatory

You have to hear the singers talking voice to understand why.

Favorite line: (from their live performance in Austin) "I'm so glad every body is having fun tonight!"

Most likely to make an English major happy

==The Decemberists

Their drummer looks like a philosophy professor and probably is. Overall they had a very tight set and they engaged the audience. Interestingly enough they announced that they had an EP coming out with their song "Perfect Crime" which appeared on The Crane Wife. Does this mean that The Crane Wife did not sell?

Favorite line: "Man...Red Rocks." (Stated as the feedback from Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club was raining down on them. They pulled it back together and overwhelmed the crowd with their last song.)

Most interesting British band to bring back talk-singing since David Niven

==Art Brut

Art Brut put on a tight, driven set with songs that lasted no more than two and a half minutes.

Favorite line: "Art Bruts, are you ready?!"

Most fantastic show on the face of the planet Earth (and Mars)

==The Flaming Lips

Despite rumors to the contrary, Wayne came out in his gerbil ball to crowd surf (even though it was momentary.) The Lips stage set for their concert-venues is difficult to be beat these days. They were solid and weird, as is to be expected complete with giant and little Santas and giant and little aliens. I save some confetti.

Favorite line: "Thank you!"

Best in show

The Flaming Lips

Second-best in show

Matt & Kim

Third-best in show

The Decemberists

Like the opposite of a 'Friends List' - like Richard Nixon had. You would request for somebody to become your enemy and then add them and have them on a little list on the side. Now that I think about it, it's such an obvious feature I'm surprised that it hasn't been included already.

One of the great things about a diverse community like Last.fm is that it gives you the opportunity to be angry about ideas and people that you'd ordinarily never come into contact with. I despise indie rock and everyone who listens to it, but how often do I actually encounter avid indie rock fans in my day-to-day affairs? Perhaps you have a problem with metalheads – but when was the last time you actually bumped into one?

Even though the site doesn't formally support it, I hope there's a chance that you and I could be become bitter enemies. If you like indie rock, I'd like to think that we're informal enemies already, but I'm brimming with hatred so I'm sure we can find something that we disagree about regardless of what you listen to.

If you like metal, I guess we have that in common, but if we set aside our commonalities for a moment I'm sure you'll see that we have countless more differences. For the record, I am an insufferable elitist true metalhead and hate the following: Job for a Cowboy, Agalloch, Dimmu Borgir, Children of Bodom, Paradise Lost, Alcest, new In Flames, old In Flames, middle-period In Flames, melodic death metal, melodic black metal, all black metal released in the past decade, any band signed to The End Records, anything that gets played on Headbanger's Ball, and pretty much every other band you've ever heard of on account of the fact that pretty much everyone who listens to metal on this whole site is a poseur with no taste.

If you listen to nothing but classical music, I don't like you either; you're too pompous. Lighten up a bit, would you?

If you've got a problem with any of that, good. I've got a problem with you, too.