One Rap Song That Defined the 90's For You

Ash · December 30, 2008, 09:09:44 PM

In the early 90's, I was heavy into rap.
I tricked out the stereo in my car (spent hundreds of dollars on subs and amps) to produce deep bass that you could feel in your teeth and chest. To say that I was an audiophile was an understatement.

If God asked me to blast my all-time favorite rap song that, in my opinion, defined the 90's, it'd be this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gK1e2TCFAA
NOT SAFE FOR WORK!!!

What would you blast?

HappyGilmore · December 30, 2008, 09:29:43 PM

"I Wish" by Skee-Lo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icr0eW1fRSs

Honestly, there's a whole selection of songs I could choose from. This one just popped up in my head though.

Psycho Circus · December 31, 2008, 12:48:47 PM

I don't like rap except Run DMC and NWA but....

2-Pac "California Love"

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FWOsbGP5Ox4

Doggett · December 31, 2008, 01:13:31 PM

Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MxN_pbMOFk0

Doggett · December 31, 2008, 01:14:37 PM

Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N6voHeEa3ig

Doggett · December 31, 2008, 01:15:55 PM

Opposites Attract, Paula Abdul.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FbknGnZXHUk

Rev. Powell · December 31, 2008, 03:59:01 PM

I don't like rap, but I did like this one. Nice protest song instead of that gangsta posturing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ-ldcnhsLY

I was fascinated with Flava Flave for a short period after this came out because, as I was quick to point out to anyone who asked, "he wears a big mother****in' CLOCK!"

CheezeFlixz · December 31, 2008, 10:07:09 PM

JJ80 · January 01, 2009, 02:48:54 AM

I'm not much of a rap fan but "U can't touch this" by MC Hammer was probably the first rap song that I actually found listenable.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DcNUx0-XEfw

Mr. DS · January 01, 2009, 08:46:36 AM

Quotedon't like rap except Run DMC and NWA but....

I love "F-Da-Police" but I won't post it here. Heres another one...of course this is very much...

NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkPb4s0-QcI
I seriously think Ice Cube had one of the most fierce voices in rap. Watching him in family comedies now just doesn't seem right. MC Ren was a bad ass too...aw hell they were all bad asses.

Mr. DS · January 01, 2009, 08:00:12 PM

Another one I thought of...NSFW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbaFM_CA4mw

HappyGilmore · January 01, 2009, 09:03:50 PM

Quote from: doggett on December 31, 2008, 01:14:37 PM
Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N6voHeEa3ig

I just had to counter with this:
Amish Paradise by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsfVw9xxoNY

What's not entertaining about a rap song talking up the utter boring lives of the Amish?

Mofo Rising · January 02, 2009, 03:00:26 AM

Funny, I like rap, but I hate most mainstream rap. I really do not care about how much money so-and-so makes. I sure as hell don't care enough to listen to a whole song about it. I was glad when I discovered alternative hip-hop, where they sing about things other than bankrolls and what a bad ass the fake gangster "rhyming" is.

I do like that Mos Def, though.

'90s rap? This song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfth8-TOTL8

You're lucky. I could have posted that Rumpshaker video. Oh wait, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKKONgfNONU

lester1/2jr · January 02, 2009, 01:25:39 PM

without question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yor-H6Fndjk

DWYCK- gang starr w/ nice n smooth. I heard this song about 10,000 times when I was in college

HappyGilmore · January 02, 2009, 08:56:25 PM

"Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix A Lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41APzy5kqBU

Sorry, but this song defined me in the '90s. Granted, I was like, 8 when it came out. But it helped me form a love for a certain thing.