225 Shuffle #3

RAS KASS - GOLDYN CHYLD

Unreleased
2002
Producer: DJ Premier

One of the most slept-on MCs ever, accompanied by my favorite producer of all time. You won't see another Ras Kass joint on here again, but there will be plenty of DJ Premier productions.

225 Shuffle #2

BEANIE SIGEL - I CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR

2005
The B. Coming
Producer: Heavy D.  


Honestly, I'm hard-pressed to think of another rapper who's albums' first track seem to always suck you in every time. From "The Truth" off his debut album to "Nothing Like It" from his second album to this track off his third, dude always, at least in his first three albums, had a way to make you stop what you were doing and listen.
"Feel it in the Air" might be the best track about paranoia since Geto Boys' "Mind Playing Tricks on Me", which dude pays homage to on this track.

*BONUS
SAMPLED RAPHAEL RAVENSCROFT'S "WHOLE LOTTA SOMETHING GOIN ON"

225 Shuffle #1

What's the 225 Shuffle? Basically, I put 225 of my favorite rap songs on a playlist in itunes, put it on shuffle, first song that comes up I post on the blog, and we go down the list till all the songs are on here.
What's the point? Well, perhaps it'll give you a chance to hear something new, or something you haven't heard in a while. Perhaps it'll give me something to post about until I get over this damn writer's block that's been plaguing my dome.
This is not a top 225 songs of all time type list, like I said above, I just took some of my favorite songs and put them on shuffle. So let's go to it, here is number 1.

NOTORIOUS BIG - MACHINE GUN FUNK

Ready to Die
1994
Producer: Easy Mo Bee


Simple enough, one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums by one of my favorite rappers.