Real Hip Hop Classics I'm currently pumping...

[HellboyOne]

I don't really consider Criminal Minded to be "gangsta rap". It has the gun imagery but it's wrapped in that intellectual KRS-One stuff.

Most would consider Schooly D (from Philly) to be the proto-gangsta rapper. (Check out his songs "P.S.K." and "Gangster Boogie"...both are from '85, I think.)

Ice-T released "6 in the Mornin'", considered the first, true gangsta rap song, in '86. I'm betting this was recorded independent of what was happening in Philly. If the west coast didn't invent it, they certainly popularized it and did it best.

Criminal Minded was released after both of these

I would recommend Paul's Boutique along with Licensed to Ill. Paul's Boutique is one of the best albums, ever, period.

[drugmassacre]

sick new mixtape from THE HUNDREDS faeturing a ton of old school tracks mixed with newer tracks. I'm downloading it now...

http://missingtoof.com/index.php?s=the+hundreds

tracklist:
1. Intro (feat. Bun B, Scotty iLL and Ben Hundreds)
2. Eazy E & Ron De Vu - LA is the Place
3. World Class Wreckin Cru - The Cabbage Patch
4. Eazy-E - Imma Break It Down
5. N.W.A. - 100 Miles and Runnin?
6. N.W.A. - Alwayz Into Somethin?
7. The D.O.C. - Funky Enough
8. Eazy-E - Eazy Duz it
9. Ice Cube - A Bitch Iz A Bitch
10. Dr. Dre - Pimpin? (feat. Royce da 5′9″)
11. Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride (feat Snoop & Parliament) (Remix)
12. Warren G - This DJ
13. Warren G ? Regulate (feat. Nate Dogg)
14. Snoop Dogg - Buck ?Em
15. Silk - Pop Lockin? (feat. Snoop Dogg)
16. Tha Eastsidaz - Eastiside Ridaz (feat. Nate Dogg)
17. DJ Fashen interlude - On The BLVD
18. LA Confidential - Let?s All Roll
19. Anotha Level - Whats That Ya Say
20. Murs ? LA
21. The Nonce - Mix Tapes
22. Freestyle Felowship ? Cornbread
23. The Pharcyde - Oh Shit!
24. The Pharcyde - Ya Mama
25. The Pharcyde - Drop (Beatminerz Remix)
26. The Pharcyde - Runnin (Jay Dee Remix)
27. The Pharcyde - Quinton?s On His Way
28. Quinton - I?m Not An MC
29. Peyote Cody interlude
30. Ras Kass - Understandable Smooth
31. Ras Kass - Anything Goes
32. Beastie Boys - So Whatcha Want (feat. B-Real) (Soul Assassins Remix)
33. Cypress Hill - Hand On The Glock
34. Funkdoobiest ? Wopbabalubop (feat. B-Real)
35. Funkdoobiest - I?m Shittin? On Em
36. House of Pain - Who?s The Man
37. House of Pain - Put Ya Head Out
38. Whooliganz - Put Your Hands Up
39. House of Pain - Shamrocks & Shenanigans (DJ Muggs Remix)
40. Everlast - Never Missing a Beat
41. Bobby Hundreds Interlude/Rodney O & Joe Cooley - Humps For The Boulevard
42. Rodney O & Joe Cooley - U Don?t Hear Me Tho
43. Rodney O & Joe Cooley - Everlasting Bass
44. Ice-T interlude
45. Ice-T - Home of the Bodybag
46. Ice-T - OG Original Gangsta
47. Ice-T - 6 ?n tha Morning
48. Ice-T ? Colors
49. Ice-T - High Rollers
50. Ice-T - 99 Problems
51. Above The Law ? VSOP
52. Above The Law - The Last Song (feat. Dr. Dre, MC Ren, Eazy E & The D.O.C.)
53. Scotty & Ben Outro

[HellboyOne]

Awesome. Although I'm not a fan of the one giant mp3 mix thing. Wish it was separated out even if it's supposed to be a mix.

[zak29]

Here's a pretty sweet site for Big L fans, lots of real rarities and freestyles tucked in here, I can't recommend it enough! Just download all 4 Tommy Gibbs Collection playlists.

http://biglrarities.blogspot.com/

Cheers for the links guys, much appreciated!

[Lester Toil]

sick new mixtape from THE HUNDREDS faeturing a ton of old school tracks mixed with newer tracks

Lots of great West Coast gangsta shit in that one, some of it I've never heard and some of it I got rid of a long time ago and am glad to hear it again (ala Easy E and Rodney O).

Thanks Drugs for pointing this great blog out again.

[HellboyOne]

Ladies of hip hop mixtape.

http://djzita.com/djZita-WhereMyLadiesA ... HipHop.mp3

[Lester Toil]

Sorry. Just had to post this cover.

[HellboyOne]

Holy shit.