What do you think is the quintessential hip hop track?
What's a song that you think you could show somebody that's never heard of hip hop to explain what the genre is? I think my pick is Mathematics by Mos Def
I would have to start somewhere near the Donuts album by J Dilla, if not with that album.
If only for the rosetta stone effect of being able to recognize J Dilla samples and loops used all over the place/when hip hop production is directly referencing J Dilla in its style.
Good question. For some reason the first song that I think of is Knuckleheadz by Raekwon. But I feel like that says more about me than hip hop. There's so many times and genres that it's hard to pick just one.
I would have to start somewhere near the Donuts album by J Dilla, if not with that album.
If only for the rosetta stone effect of being able to recognize J Dilla samples and loops used all over the place/when hip hop production is directly referencing J Dilla in its style.
Woke Up by KRS-One
https://youtu.be/zvZxE-hUbjQ
Good question. For some reason the first song that I think of is Knuckleheadz by Raekwon. But I feel like that says more about me than hip hop. There's so many times and genres that it's hard to pick just one.
Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn including the video intro etc :)