![]() There’s just a certain feeling that I got from ‘Supreme Clientele’ that I’ve never been able to duplicate. … I don’t even get that same feeling from ‘Enta da Stage,’ even though that’s my favorite album of all time. It’s just that album right there for some reason, gave me this specific feeling that went through my bones and my body and my muscles and my hands and my veins and whatever that I’ve never been able to duplicate ever again. And I’ve never had that feeling about an album since, not even my own albums. I’ve got to lay right here on the grass.’ Literally laid right there in the grass, at 1 o’clock in the morning, and listened to this album. As soon as ‘Nutmeg’ came on, we were like, ‘Yo, I can’t even finish walking back to my dorm room. This album is going to be crazy.’ Got the album. We both grabbed ‘Supreme Clientele.’ And this was after hearing ‘Apollo Kids’ and ‘One.’ We’re like, ‘We’ve got to get this album. “We used to go every Monday to go get whatever we were going to get and get it before everybody else. to sell the new releases that came out on Tuesdays. ![]() Too $hort also picked “I’m Your Pusher” by Ice-T.Īpollo Brown recalls how, when he was in college at Michigan State with friend and fellow producer Bronze Nazareth, music store Sam Goody would open from midnight to 1 a.m. And I wanted people to see Oakland, so it gave me that direction. Like I actually could see New York listening to that song. ‘The Message’ made me feel like it was my first time going to New York City. I remember thinking to myself, I’ve never been in New York City. “But when ‘The Message’ came out, I started writing songs about Oakland. Before hearing the song, Too $hort said he was “mimicking” other music. As a rapper from that point on, I knew what I wanted to rap about,” he says. It changed the way I thought about hip-hop, the way I thought about doing hip-hop. And everything about that song changed me. “I was a rapper before ‘The Message’ came out. ![]() But it was Too $hort whose praise of the song captured our attention. Big Daddy Kane, Daddy-O of Stetsasonic and longtime hip-hop promoter Charlie Mack each told The Washington Post that the song - recorded in 1980 by Furious Five MC Melle Mel and Sugar Hill Records session musician Duke Bootee, and rereleased in 1982, when it became a huge hit, with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five on the label - is one of the best ever recorded. “The Message” is often credited with stretching what hip-hop could be - not just party music but also social commentary. 11, telling hip-hop’s story through new interviews with Rakim, Yo-Yo and Drumma Boy, among others. Lastly, you won’t want to miss a special episode of “ Post Reports” on Aug. And, in a reminder that music is universal, take our quiz on the unexpected songs loved by artists such as Ice-T, Uncle Luke and Masta Ace. In a separate essay, Post music critic Chris Richards reminds us not to forget the past 20 years as we celebrate hip-hop’s 50th. You might, of course, encounter explicit lyrics. Listen to the 50 songs as you scroll, by toggling the sound on and off, or enjoy them as a Spotify playlist here. By having artists share what they love about hip-hop - its beauty, its insight, its unapologetic nature - we hope they’ll remind you of what you love too, or introduce you to songs you’d overlooked. In short, we passed the mic to hip-hop and let it freestyle. We talked to hip-hop figures from various eras and regions, including a few non-artists, looking for anything but standard answers. With that in mind, we asked people who made the music we love to tell us about songs they love - the ones that still make them feel the way they first did, or those that inspired, impacted or influenced them. But no top 50 can encompass all that this form of cultural expression has become, or include everyone who has played a part in it. in the Bronx, widely regarded as the birth of hip-hop - we could have made a ranked list you’d argue about. 11 approaches - 50 years from the day DJ Kool Herc threw a 1973 back-to-school party for his sister Cindy at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. Ip-hop is an art form that rewards style and originality yet constantly pays homage - through samples, shout-outs and collaborations - to the artists on whose shoulders it stands.
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