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What do you think is the quintessential hip hop track? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 week ago by ayyo@sh.itjust.works to c/hiphopheads@sopuli.xyz
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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

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[–] freezy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 days ago

Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn including the video intro etc :)

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

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.

[–] zewm@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Woke Up by KRS-One

https://youtu.be/zvZxE-hUbjQ

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.