i want to say "Roxanne Roxanne" but that's prob wishful thinking
― some dude, Friday, 10 June 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Just A Friend?
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 10 June 2011 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCwMFwvwieo
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 June 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted 'You're Going Down' by JJ Fad, which I believe is about Roxanne Shante but that's probably wishful thinking.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Friday, 10 June 2011 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
xp wait...was Just a Friend nominated?
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 June 2011 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
yes
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Friday, 10 June 2011 14:23 (thirteen years ago) link
wish i'd voted for "Renee"
― some dude, Friday, 10 June 2011 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
xp to DJP: oh man...I cannot believe I didn't see it
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 June 2011 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw it.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 10 June 2011 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
hell yeah IPA! my #1 - not for any logical reason, mind. it just makes me inexplicably joyful. and even tho the lyrics are often garden-variety pimp & ho bs, the flow is so tight on each verse w/ each MC that the subject matter is basically moot anyway imo.
― buhlogna mindstate (Pillbox), Friday, 10 June 2011 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
you know, I think the Outkast track I underrate the most is "ATLiens"
like, it never comes to mind when I think of Outkast tracks I love, but whenever I hear it's the greatest song ever
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
ATLiens is great; I remember the massive gangsta rap fan I sat next to in HS band not liking Outkast bcz the "fish and grits" line in the chorus & "Ain't no thang but a chicken wang" but I never quite got that
if Rosa Parks makes it, then I'm gonna feel sorry for not nominating "Return of the G"
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
(I'll bet it's #24)
― brodie_odie_dope (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
ATLiens is in my top 10.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i remember the first time i heard of Outkast was reading a review of that album and pronouncing it in my head as "at-lee-ens" for the longest time
― some dude, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Next one is about a girl.
Kurt Cobain, greatest rapper of the 90s
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
um...
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
he did smell like Teen Spirit
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
This has actually been one of my favourite ILM polls ever. At some point in the early 2000s, I lost almost all of my residual ability to connect with hip hop (having followed it very closely from 1985 to 1989 in particular), and so this is providing an ideal re-entry point. I've been streaming every track in full, and there's been a wealth of goodness to discover, or to re-acquaint myself with.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
pronouncing it in my head as "at-lee-ens" for the longest time
My brother said this recently. He's a big fan of The-Dream so i'm not sure how he didn't make the connection
― Number None, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
gonna be pissed if the Biz gets shut out of both polls btw
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Too $hort is the bigger disappointment imo.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
How do you pronounce it then? Ay-tee-el-iens?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
yup
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Agreed xps, this poll's great. Pity ahh had such trouble getting people enthused.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah and E-40, and Brand Nubian too (I'm assuming Humpty Dance is gonna place so I'll hold my tongue about Digital Underground - Shock G kinda already placed with that Luniz track anyway at least)
was thinking about the lack of Too $hort and figure it must be down to vote splitting. He doesn't really have an automatic canonical track apart from maybe Freaky Tales... but um, I voted for "Don't Fight the Feeling" in my top 10 iirc
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Too $hort is the bigger disappointment imo.― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, June 10, 2011 11:30 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, June 10, 2011 11:30 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
Still holding out for Life Is.. getting high placement
― buhlogna mindstate (Pillbox), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost: I nearly didn't vote. Then I thought: no, if it falls to me to REPRESENT for the OLD SCHOOL, so be it, etc etc. So there was almost nothing in my ballot after 1993. I decided not to let this bother me.
(Still managed to underrate The Bridge Is Over and Strictly Business, though. Voted for both, but they should have been much higher in retrospect.)
― mike t-diva, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
also where is THE SYMPHONY
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
re: Too $hort, agree about vote splitting, I put in for The Ghetto.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i voted for "The Symphony" but i gave up a long time ago on it getting more votes than "Mr. Me Too" or whatever the fuck
― some dude, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Guessing Ugly Duckling will beat Jurassic 5 to the top spot today.
― hipsters gonna hip (seandalai), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
us Short Dog fans should've conspired, evidently
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep, was just thinking that.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
hey guys
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
too short wasn't on the albums list either, was he? that seems like more of a surprise/injustice
― some dude, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Thats my issue, not showing up on either. Always overlooked, that guy.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
criminal
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm more troubled by the lack of Kool G Rap
but I didn't vote so I can't complain I guess
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
just becausehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzfLlYObfkY&feature=related
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
go ahead and show us that #24 is "Cupid's Chokehold," a hoy hoy
― some dude, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
24. The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By [9 votes, 1 first place vote, 261 points, 1992]
http://i51.tinypic.com/s458v9.jpg
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
dope dope song
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Freshman year in high school. Damn I'm a lucky bastard!!78donjon 1 month ago 60
― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
"I'm more troubled by the lack of Kool G Rap"
This is shameful but more understandable imo. Too $hort had the charisma and even some mainstream success, he's more of a household name.
Love Dont FIght The Feelin, was just listening to Top Down which is one of my favorite slaps.
― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Passin' Me By is great but that is WAY too high
― minor domestic strife coping with death dinosaur harrassment (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah
― some dude, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
shameful challop: i prefer the Joe/Mystikal song that jacks the beat
― some dude, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link