Thursday 23 August 2018

Generic list post: What That Mouth Do?


Remember dem dayz when beatboxing wasn't just noise pollution made by busking white lads in peaked beanies or the fifth element of Hip Hop for German #trueskool truthers? Let's cast our minds back to when beatboxing was the backbone of tracks wot banged with a capital B. The 20 best Make The Music With Your Mouth Rap songs of all time as according to ya author Blog E. Fresh.

Fat Boys - Stick 'Em (1984)
Doug E. Fresh & MC Ricky D - La Di Da Di (1985)
Bad Boys ft. K-Love - Veronica (1985)
Run-DMC - Son Of Byford (1986)
Roxanne Shante ft. Biz Markie - Def Fresh Crew (1986)
Biz Markie - A One Two (1986)
Just-Ice ft. Human DMX - Gangster Of Hip Hop (1986)
Stetsasonic - Faye (1986)
The Skinny Boys - Get Funky (1986)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince ft. Ready Rock C - Rock The House (1987)
Slick Rick ft. Doug E. Fresh - Treat Her Like A Prostitute (Movie Version) (1988)
MC EZ & Troup - Get Retarded (1988)
Beastie Boys - Get On The Mic (1989)
Vicious ft. Doug E. Fresh - Freaks (1994)
Rahzel - All I Know (1999)
Prince Paul ft. Chubb Rock & Biz Markie - Mr. Large (1999)
Snoop Dogg ft. Lil' Skateboard P - Drop It Like It's Hot (2004)
MF DOOM - Hoe Cakes (2004)
Nas ft. Doug E. Fresh & Ludacris - Virgo (2004)
Husalah - Stupid Dumb (2007)

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11 comments:

  1. Virgo really should of had Slick Rick & or AZ instead of a hack job like Ludacris.

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    1. Neither AZ nor Slick Rick are Virgos, though!

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  2. Sittin' in My Car?

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  3. One song per lead artist rule innit.

    I do love that song, though, obviously.

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  4. Never heard Veronica before it goes, I hope I never catch a dick tumour. didn't Krs have a good one of these?

    It's not the most prominent in the beat but I like King Tees Squeeze Yo Ballz.

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  5. Technically the Krs song is good, but I just can't listen to his voice anymore without being irritated.

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  6. https://rufbeats.bandcamp.com/track/seducer

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  7. I was at a funeral a few months ago and spotted Dave The Ruf.

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  8. But you already have two songs by the Ruler, why not three?

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  9. Because one is Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick, while the other is Slick Rick featuring Doug E. Fresh.

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