Friday 12 August 2022

Still gettin' mine in the 1-9-9-9

I walked into the supermarket last night Prince's pre-millenium party anthem was playing. I took this as a sign of divine inspiration that I should make a post about some 1999 Rap songs which are personal classic choonz. I'm a blogger not an entertainer, my brain is a receiver not a generator.

Problem Child - When She Hears This Tape
(From The Khayree Sessions Volume 1 compilation; 1999)



As a Khayree protégé who liked to talk supreme shit about the fairer sex, Problem Child was like The Mac reincarnated. I've only heard snippets from Problem Child's one and only album, but it doesn't sound like there's anything on there which mollywhops as hard as this song. Soak Some Dope levels of Vallejo molasses mob music with an expertly used Mac Mall vocal sample.

Missin' Linx - What It Is
(From Exhibit A EP; 1999)



The second Missin' Linx track with Necro behind the boards also happens to be the only Necro production you can hum along to. Sometimes all you need is some New York M.C shit over a beat which has you playing air-bass like you're the fella from Level 42. Shit is off the Rick James and me & this song go back like dookie thick chains since the age of 15.

Jiggs & Cheeks - Hustle Till I Die
(From The Don album; 1999)



The best song from Chicago's Jiggs & Cheeks' only album had legit hit potential and was begging for a remix with Twista. Pretty unique sound on this one: double-tracked Midwestern street jiggy shit which is best described as Do Or Diddy. Love it when they let the beat ride out at the end.

(Full disclosure: this was supposed to be another Quinary Of Quality playlist, but Audiomack wouldn't let me upload Slick Rick's I Sparkle and Ugly Duckling's Fresh Mode. Marty was outgunned, what is the outcome? The DMCA did me like Malcolm.)

18 comments:

  1. A personal fave deep cut from '99 was The Beatnuts feat. Dead Prez - Look Around.

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  2. Good song. My deep cut of choice from that album would be Muchachacha. Some peak Juju nastiness on that.

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  3. supremeblaqsquare []r.i.p. t.a. loc[]13 August 2022 at 13:09

    hey

    https://audiomack.com/classic410/album/dalton-vol-2-2002-baltimore

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  4. Audiomack redeeming itself after hampering my playlist ideas.

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  5. supremeblaqsquare []r.i.p. t.a. loc[]13 August 2022 at 13:40

    also this

    [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGe-eNQC7sw
    [2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fznanm8i2I

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  6. That first beat is a proper stomper.

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  7. Missin Linx song is so so good.

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  8. Missin' Linx top 5:

    1. Verbal Attack
    2. M.I.A
    3. What It Is
    4. Can't Be Stop
    5. Lock'd

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  9. Always enjoy this Missin Linx track
    https://youtu.be/Kcu3AYGxszA

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  10. Yeah that one really should have been on their EP.

    Problemz' Kill The Noize from DJ Honda's 2nd compilation should have been a single.

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  11. jiggs & cheeks the don hive

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  12. Mr. Mike "It's A Shame" (Prod by Battlecat)

    https://youtu.be/Yq7wlImX9r4

    Freshly booted from Suave House and scooped up by Priority, who spent $0 on promoting or marketing the album, but somehow got Battlecat to produce most of it

    The screwed version might even be better...That last year of Screw where he got even slower and more dream-like

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A_SFaGkgLg

    Shout out to Jiggs & Cheek though... Dave Drake fave.

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  13. Game Recognize Game by Twista & Ms Kane gotta be on any '99 deep cuts list.

    "I'm in there like booty hair and that's my duty there!"

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  14. The best Chicago rap song most have never heard also dropped in 1999

    Triple Darkness "Chop Up That Paper"

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boi_EXfdli0

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