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i know the year isn't really over yet, but what do you guyz think?

here's my pick

Lupe Fiasco- The Cool


He came back, in the same suit that he was buried in
Similar to the one his grandfather was married in
Yes, he was still fresh to death
Bling, two earrings, a chain layin on his chest
He still had it 'cause they couldn't find it
And the bullets from his enemies sat like two inches behind it
Smelled the Hennessy from when his niggaz got reminded
And poured out liquor in his memory, he didn't mind it
But he couldn't sip it fast enough
So the liquor was just fillin the casket up
Floatin down by his feet was the letter from his sister
Second grade handwritin simply read "I miss ya"
Suit jacket pocket held his baby daughter's picture
Right next to it, one of his mans stuck a swisher
He had a notion as he laid there soakin
He saw that the latch was broken
He kicked his casket open and he

This life goes passin you by
It might go fast if you like
You born, you lived, and you die, oh oh ohoh
If life goes passin you by
Don't cry
If you're breaking the rules, making your moves, paying your dues
Chasing the cool

Not at all nervous as he dug to the surface
Tarnished gold chain is what he loosened up the earth with
He used his mouth as a shovel to try and hollow it
And when he couldn't dirt-spit, he swallowed it
Workin like a, hmm, reverse archeaologist
Except... his buried treasure was sunshine
So when some shine through a hole that he had drove
It reflected off the gold and almost made son blind
He grabbed onto some grass and climbed
Pulled himself up out of his own grave, and looked at the time
On the watch that had stopped 6 months after the shots
That'd got him in the box, ringin Henny out his socks
Figured it was hours because he wasn't older
Used some flowers to brush the dirt up off his shoulder
So, with a right hand that was all bones
And with no reason to stay he decided to walk home so he

This life goes passin you by
It might go fast if you like
You born, you lived, and you die, oh oh ohoh
If life goes passin you by
Don't cry
If you're breaking the rules, making your moves, paying your dues
Chasing the cool

He begged for some change to get him on the train
"Damn, that nigga stank," is what they complained
Tried to light the blunt, but it burst into flames
Caught the reflection in the window of what he became
A long look, wasn't shook, wasn't ashamed
Matter of fact, only thing on his brain was brains
Yeah, and gettin back in his lane, doin his thang
First he had to find something to slang
Next stop was his block, it had the same cops
Walked right past the same spot where he was shot, shocked
that some little niggaz tried to sell him rocks
It just felt weird, bein on the opposite
They figured that he wasn't from there so they pulled out
And robbed him, with the same gun they shot him with
Put it to his head and said, "You're scared, ain'tcha?"
He said, "Hustler for death, no heaven for a gangsta" and

This life goes passin you by
It might go fast if you like
You born, you lived, and you die, oh oh ohoh
If life goes passin you by
Don't cry
If you're breaking the rules, making your moves, paying your dues
Chasing the cool


Mesmerizing beat, conscious storytelling lyrics, and Lupe has a nice flow.

f@g nigga bullshit


i prefer

too $hort - da hoe dat got away

a depressing, gripping tale of a missed investment opportunity. $hort dawg pours his heart out on this track.

Originally posted by reggie_jax
a depressing...

That part was right...

-AC

Originally posted by reggie_jax
f@g nigga bullshit


i prefer

too $hort - da hoe dat got away

a depressing, gripping tale of a missed investment opportunity. $hort dawg pours his heart out on this track.


can't you stop disrespecting people for like an entire day for once

Originally posted by reggie_jax
f@g nigga bullshit

Jedi Mind Tricks feat R.A. The Rugged Man- Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story


Yeah
I don't know why I'm over here, this job is evil
They sent me here to Vietnam to kill innocent people
My mother wrote me, she said the President, he doesn't care
he's trying to leave the footprints of America here
They say we're trying to stop Chinese expansion
but I ain't seen no Chinese since we landed
Sent my whole entire unit, thinking we could win
against the Việt Cộng guerrillas there in Gia Định
I didn't sign up to kill women or any children
for every enemy soldier, we killing six civilians
Yeah, and that ain't right to me
I ain't got enough of mother ****in' fight in me
It frightens me and I just want to see my son and moms
but, over here they dropping seven million tons of bombs
I spend my days dodging all these booby traps and mines
and at night, praying to God that I get back alive
And I'm forced to sit back and wonder
why I was a part of Operation Rolling Thunder
In a fox hole with nine months left here
jungle like the ****in' harbinger of death here


I don't want to be here. I'm scared, I just want to go home.

You ****ing kidding me? Don't be a pussy. Don't you love your country?

I like being here. (R.A.: True story) I'm ready.


Call me Thorburn, John H., Staff Sergeant, Marksman
Skill in killing, illing, I'm able and willing
Kill a village elephant, rape and pillage your village
Illegitimate killers, US military guerrillas
This ain't no real war. Vietnam?
Shit, World War II, that's a war
This is just a military conflict

Soothing, drug-abusing, Vietnamese women screwing
Sex, gambling and boozing, all this shit is amusing
Bitches and guns, this is every man's dream
I don't want to go home, where I'm just a ordinary human being
Special OP, Huey chopper gun shit, run shit
gook run when the mini-gun spit, won't miss, kill shit.
Spit four-thousand bullets a minute.
Victor Charlie, hit trigger, hit it, I'm in it to win it, get it.
The lieutenant hinted the villain, I've ended up killing
I did it, cripple, did it, pictures I painted is vivid, live it,
A wizard with weapons, a secret mission we about to begin it
Government funded, behind enemy lines bullets is spraying.
It's heating up, a hundred degrees
The enemy's the North Vietnamese, ***** please
Ain't no sweat, I'm told "be at ease"
Until I see the pilot got hit, and we about to hit some trees
Tail rotor broke, crash land, American man
Cambodia, right in the enemy hand
Take a swig of the whiskey to calm us
Them yellow men wearing black pajamas, they want to harm us
They all up on us.
Bang, bang, bullet hit my chest, feel no pain.
To my left, the captain caught a bullet right in his brain.
Body parts flying, loss of limbs, explosions
Bad intentions, I see my best friend's intestines
Pray to the one above, It's raining, I'm covered in mud
I think I'm dying, I feel dizzy, I'm losing blood
I see my childhood, I'm back in the arms of my mother
I see my whole life, I see Christ, I see bright lights
I see Israelites, Muslims and Christians at peace, no fights
Blacks, Whites, Asians, people of all types
I must have died, then I woke up, surprised I'm alive
I'm in a hospital bed, they rescued me, I survived
I escaped the war, came back
But ain't escape Agent Orange, two of my kids born handicapped
Spastic, quadriplegic, microcephalic
Cerebral palsy, cortical blindness, name it they had it
My son died he ain't live, but I still try to think positive
Cause in life, God take, God give

Rugged Man absolutely killed it. The beat is great too. It's simple like DWTD, but it captures the mood perfectly.

Originally posted by -hh-


No, no, he's right. Stop listening to *** ****** bullshit already.

Originally posted by Bardock42
No, no, he's right. Stop listening to *** ****** bullshit already. oh, my apologizes

Originally posted by Dr. Strangelove
Jedi Mind Tricks feat R.A. The Rugged Man- Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story


Yeah
I don't know why I'm over here, this job is evil
They sent me here to Vietnam to kill innocent people
My mother wrote me, she said the President, he doesn't care
he's trying to leave the footprints of America here
They say we're trying to stop Chinese expansion
but I ain't seen no Chinese since we landed
Sent my whole entire unit, thinking we could win
against the Việt Cộng guerrillas there in Gia Định
I didn't sign up to kill women or any children
for every enemy soldier, we killing six civilians
Yeah, and that ain't right to me
I ain't got enough of mother ****in' fight in me
It frightens me and I just want to see my son and moms
but, over here they dropping seven million tons of bombs
I spend my days dodging all these booby traps and mines
and at night, praying to God that I get back alive
And I'm forced to sit back and wonder
why I was a part of Operation Rolling Thunder
In a fox hole with nine months left here
jungle like the ****in' harbinger of death here


I don't want to be here. I'm scared, I just want to go home.

You ****ing kidding me? Don't be a pussy. Don't you love your country?

I like being here. (R.A.: True story) I'm ready.


Call me Thorburn, John H., Staff Sergeant, Marksman
Skill in killing, illing, I'm able and willing
Kill a village elephant, rape and pillage your village
Illegitimate killers, US military guerrillas
This ain't no real war. Vietnam?
Shit, World War II, that's a war
This is just a military conflict

Soothing, drug-abusing, Vietnamese women screwing
Sex, gambling and boozing, all this shit is amusing
Bitches and guns, this is every man's dream
I don't want to go home, where I'm just a ordinary human being
Special OP, Huey chopper gun shit, run shit
gook run when the mini-gun spit, won't miss, kill shit.
Spit four-thousand bullets a minute.
Victor Charlie, hit trigger, hit it, I'm in it to win it, get it.
The lieutenant hinted the villain, I've ended up killing
I did it, cripple, did it, pictures I painted is vivid, live it,
A wizard with weapons, a secret mission we about to begin it
Government funded, behind enemy lines bullets is spraying.
It's heating up, a hundred degrees
The enemy's the North Vietnamese, ***** please
Ain't no sweat, I'm told "be at ease"
Until I see the pilot got hit, and we about to hit some trees
Tail rotor broke, crash land, American man
Cambodia, right in the enemy hand
Take a swig of the whiskey to calm us
Them yellow men wearing black pajamas, they want to harm us
They all up on us.
Bang, bang, bullet hit my chest, feel no pain.
To my left, the captain caught a bullet right in his brain.
Body parts flying, loss of limbs, explosions
Bad intentions, I see my best friend's intestines
Pray to the one above, It's raining, I'm covered in mud
I think I'm dying, I feel dizzy, I'm losing blood
I see my childhood, I'm back in the arms of my mother
I see my whole life, I see Christ, I see bright lights
I see Israelites, Muslims and Christians at peace, no fights
Blacks, Whites, Asians, people of all types
I must have died, then I woke up, surprised I'm alive
I'm in a hospital bed, they rescued me, I survived
I escaped the war, came back
But ain't escape Agent Orange, two of my kids born handicapped
Spastic, quadriplegic, microcephalic
Cerebral palsy, cortical blindness, name it they had it
My son died he ain't live, but I still try to think positive
Cause in life, God take, God give

Rugged Man absolutely killed it. The beat is great too. It's simple like DWTD, but it captures the mood perfectly. great song

Originally posted by -hh-
oh, my apologizes

Couldn't you have replied with something funny?

Originally posted by reggie_jax
f@g nigga bullshit
man i saw that one coming

Originally posted by Bardock42
Couldn't you have replied with something funny?

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
That part was right...

-AC WITTEE

Jay-Z - Beach Chair

only song worth mentioning off that album.

Can't have a thread like this without mentioning Lupe, American Terrorist has to be another contender. Honestly though, I gotta go with The Torture Papers by AOTP. Ear-bloodying satisfaction.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Couldn't you have replied with something funny? felt too lazy

i just listened a new Ras Kass track.

Ras Kass- It Had To Happen

http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=4091

sicknessssss

reason why Ras is best lyricist in the west

"I'm that national geographic animal planet
comedy central, ni***, laughin with rabbits
Sorry, meant to say my diamond "carrots" is lavish"

they told Einstein, he was wasting his time
haters told the wright brothers, they couldnt fly
tried to tell Galielo, the earth was flat...
now try to tell Rassy Kazzy that I wont go plat

"sport the Blue Cheese Evisus and Thousands of Islands,
and my gun kinda pussy but the talons is violent,
haircut Ceaser, phatom is tannish,
cause having green aint good without the Dressing,
like having a salad"

im Spartacus
whip starter talamus

"we run it, y'all run around in it
like the hamster amsterdam the redlight tarantula"



Even Kanye lust diamonds,
so one reason I'm rhymin,
so my ice game nicer than Gretzky,
and I'm really quite sick don't let the pretty face fool you,
even Pam Anderson got Hep C,

talamas*
phantom*

Everyday I'm Hustling Remix - Jay-Z

Hold up
Who you haters think you talkin' to, I'm the ****in' boss
White on white, G4, hater get lost
I'm in the air I don't hear niggaz corny raps
Yeah nigga Hov is back, that nigga Hov is back
I got a honey bun, no not a chick
I got a honey bun, millions nigga I got couple hundred 'em
Ninety-nine problems prick, don't become the hundreth one
'Less you got a hundred lives murder bout a hundred, uh
We don't resort to violence, we on resorts and islands
With linen shorts and shades, case they thought you was lyin'
My Louis slippers, Polo top
Linen shorts so my balls don't get hot, ha ha
Yeah I balls a lot, nah I owns the team
Ricky Ross, Roc-A-Fella, I owns the scene
Stop playin' with me lames y'all not my equal
It ain't no coincidence that my age is a kilo
Which means that I'm pordo, which means that I'm gordo
Which means that I use a G4, like in auto
I'm a walkin' memorial
I'm legendary for whippin' whippin' that boss
So nigga just let that cause go

Actually, I'd like to give my vote to New Friend Request by Gym Class Heroes. Excellent single, still hands down my favorite track on the album. I also recommend everyone to go watch the video on youtube or something right now, it's fantastic. Taking geekiness in hip-hop to a new level.

Originally posted by Deathblow
Actually, I'd like to give my vote to New Friend Request by Gym Class Heroes. Excellent single, still hands down my favorite track on the album. I also recommend everyone to go watch the video on youtube or something right now, it's fantastic. Taking geekiness in hip-hop to a new level. heard it, enjoyed it, wouldn't consider it best song.

i like the album 'For the Kids'

great stuff

I'm all about that Beach Chair, and most of the tracks off of Lupe's album... I'm going for Nas' Hip-Hop is dead, though. Sooooooooo hot!! Go listen to that ishhh on AOL if you haven't already!

"Peace, Love, and GAP"-Common

^lmao!!! Is that actually a real song? Like... is there a non gap commercial version of that available for download?

prodigy - mac 10 handle

Originally posted by B dot Rob
Jay-Z - Beach Chair

only song worth mentioning off that album.

Good tune, but not the only one from Kingdom Come.

The title track is great, so is Prelude and Lost One. There's also some other good tracks.

Kingdom Come has ILLLLLLLLLLLLLLL lyrics!! He floats over those comic references! Love dat!! Lost one is ill too, but I don't really like Prelude... BeachChair is sexy, but I wish Chris Martin was more prevelant in the hook... meh
Lupe's album is def. either classis or close to it. Check out The Cool and Daydream!!!
But once again: Nas' HipHop is dead. I was annoyed at first that they re-cycled the Theif's Theme beat... but listen to the lyrics and Kung POW!!!