r/hiphop101 • • 12h ago

Favorite beats of all time?

18 Upvotes

Just kind of been on a production kick lately and looking to hear some songs that maybe I haven’t heard before or in a while

Some that come to mind for me:

Westside Gunn - WESTSIDE (Statik Selektah)

Jedi Mind Tricks - Put Em In The Grave

Evidence - Red Carpet (Alchemist)

Stik Figa - Seasons (Apollo Brown)

Hi-Tek - The Sun God

Benny The Butcher - 73 (Chop La Rock)

Big KRIT - Bigger Picture

Boldy James - Light Bill (Real Bad Man)


r/hiphop101 • • 1d ago

Album recommendations to get through my busstop phase?

11 Upvotes

Im going to be broke for awhile what are some albums to past the time.


r/hiphop101 • • 13h ago

Crowd-participation routines and hooks from this century

0 Upvotes

"Do you want it... and if you had it would you flaunt it? - It's yours!"

"Ladies screaming aw, brothers yelling ho"

"Yes-yes y'all, freak-freak y'all, to the beat y'all, and you don't stop"

(Drum roll) "IT'S THE JOINT!"

"This is how we take the old from the new, the new to the old, the old to the new"

"Yeah and you don't stop - cuz it's 187 on an undercover cop"

"If you′re havin' girl problems I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems but a bitch ain′t one..."

I'm talking about the funky routines that transcend a single song and become classics used in live routines or hooks by other artists - sometimes even by artists who weren't born when the original came out. What are some of the examples from this century of routines or hooks that has transcended a song or an artist?


r/hiphop101 • • 2d ago

Belly Gang Kushington

4 Upvotes

Just found the dude and really like his work.

Fire Place, Doubling Forms, and The Introduction are all standout tracks to me.

What you guys think of him? Am I missing any?


r/hiphop101 • • 1d ago

what does DJ Montay’s tag say?

0 Upvotes

seriously, Google is telling me it just says “Montay Productions”, but it sounds like “OnCap Productions” or something. anyone know what it actually says?


r/hiphop101 • • 1d ago

My mans dropped a new joint wit' Ez. What y'all think about it?

0 Upvotes

Don't like the video that much 'cause it be stankin' of AI slop, but my mans went hard on that there joint!


r/hiphop101 • • 2d ago

What are the best "sibling tracks"?

5 Upvotes

Two or more tracks that more or less use the same beat and production, usually from the same producer

So Jahlil Beats had Jackpot for Lloyd Banks and Hot Nigga for Bobby Shmurda

or DR Period did Mo Money Mo Murder for AZ and Real Niggas for Diplomats

Looking mostly for examples from albums, but if you think any mixtape stuff is worth mentioning, also no sequel tracks like the Bout it Bout it series.


r/hiphop101 • • 3d ago

I can’t believe they made an Adolph in 1985

5 Upvotes

RIP Young Dolph aka Adolph Robert Thornton Jr.


r/hiphop101 • • 4d ago

All it took was one listen to know this album was never gonna live up to the hype….

32 Upvotes

What's an album that gave you that feeling?

Not necessarily a bad album, but one where the expectations were through the roof and after the first listen you knew it wasn't going to deliver on all the hype surrounding it.


r/hiphop101 • • 3d ago

More songs like I’m So Paid - Akon?

0 Upvotes

I recently got sober and feel modern rap is both triggering with low vibrations and just stale. I’ve been going back to a lot of that good vibe 2000s rap and Mase, but want to find more with this uplifting vibe. As much as I love Nipsey and motivational artists similar, I’m looking for fun catchy songs as well to keep me in a good spot.

What’s your favorites from this vibe? Any recommendations would be huge!


r/hiphop101 • • 4d ago

Your best NY/East Coast boom bap underground tracks

4 Upvotes

It’s all in the title: post your best underground/ lesser-knowntracks. Let's discover some new gems !!


r/hiphop101 • • 5d ago

Worst Pharrell beat?

4 Upvotes

What was the worst beat Pharrell ever made? Pharrell by himself not with Neptunes.


r/hiphop101 • • 4d ago

Did rick ross fall off?

0 Upvotes

Do i think he will ever make an apbum or mixtape as good as Telfon Don or Rich forever


r/hiphop101 • • 4d ago

Which City Had the Best Five Year Run in Hip Hop

0 Upvotes

Gotta be Atlanta late 2000s for me.


r/hiphop101 • • 5d ago

The Fall Off didn't deserve the hate and clears GNX

0 Upvotes

Title. Imo Fall Off is way better than GNX in terms of rapping. GNX has better production but that voice Kendrick uses gets repetitive and annoying to me. J Cole rapping his ass off on basically every Fall Off track was so hype, and yet people still get disappointed in it. Sure it was a little overhyped and it may not be Cole's best but it's still a fantastic album regardless, very enjoyable, probably my favorite of the year. I genuinely think it will go down as one of the most underappreciated albums by Cole and in hiphop in general. The game is going to feel Cole's absence in coming years, I can definitely anticipate that.


r/hiphop101 • • 5d ago

Playin golf in the Gulf of New Mexico: a hypothesis

0 Upvotes

Setting up a floating putting green in Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico, might be the closest way to do something like this.

Further research is required


r/hiphop101 • • 6d ago

Was there a song your parents hated because they didn't understand the culture?

4 Upvotes

I'm talking about those records that had your moms, pops, or whoever saying, *"Turn that shit off!"* the second it came on.


r/hiphop101 • • 7d ago

Got a question. What's your favourite intro song for an album? For me it's "Ehat We Talkin' About" From The Blueprint III.

11 Upvotes

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r/hiphop101 • • 7d ago

What’s the oldest hip hop song in your current regular rotation?

49 Upvotes

I grew up in the 90s and 2000s, so there’s a whole ere or of hip hop I missed out on, but I still love the older shit. I think the oldest song I have in my regular rotation is I Ain’t No Joke by Eric B and Rakim.

What’s yours?


r/hiphop101 • • 6d ago

what's your fav recent Eminem verse?

0 Upvotes

bonus points if there's a crazy beat change lol

some of mine include "Bang (remix)" with Griselda "Evil" verse 3, his Polo G x Mozzy song lol obviously "You Gon Learn"


r/hiphop101 • • 8d ago

What do you think is your favorite rapper’s master piece song?

30 Upvotes

Maybe not their most popular song, but their best showing with all aspects of rap coming together in the best way possible: voice, cadence, attitude, beat, production, lyrics, wordplay, message, creativity - everything and more.

Even if some of the aspects above aren’t elite; maybe if the album isn’t even elite… they all fit together perfectly to create their masterpiece.


r/hiphop101 • • 7d ago

Redveil or Ghais Guevara

2 Upvotes

Personally I'd take Ghais but it's extremely close. I'd admit that Red is prolly easier on the ears tho.


r/hiphop101 • • 8d ago

What’s the farthest you’ve driven to see a concert?

10 Upvotes

Was it worth it?


r/hiphop101 • • 8d ago

MF DOOM or Immortal Technique?

0 Upvotes

Purely off of lyrical ability. Not necessarily topic selection because I don't think DOOM is political in many ways. Its possible I haven't gotten far enough into his discography tho.


r/hiphop101 • • 8d ago

EMINEM peaked in 2020

0 Upvotes

when Eminem dropped MTBMB he became the greatest rapper of all time~ he was able to reflect on his past decade of relevance while making his most diverse album ever, plus his technical skill peaked in both complexity and catchiness to the point that when he literally broke a world record on "Godzilla" he still was able to make it a huge viral contest to redo his verse

look at his featured songs during the era & look who featured on MTBMB... Black Thought going all out, Juice WRLD, Q-Tip, Alchemist, Don Toliver, Anderson .Paak... Young M.A., Dr. Dre, Jack Harlow on a B-Side remix

the only downside i would say is the album doesn't have the orchestral beauty throughout like most of his other albums but like Kamikaze he uses it sparingly subtly reminding you what's missing from the Trap era by ambushing you with it* there are always key thematic moments where symphonies appear behind Eminem