Top 5 rap instrumentals

[GoSu]

What do you guys think the best rap/hip-hop instrumentals are?

1. Mobb Deep - Hell on earth
2. Mobb Deep - Shook ones II
3. Canibus - Poet Laureate
4. Mobb Deep - Air it out
5. Wu-Tang - C.R.E.A.M.

not in order

[sparrky]

isn't rap instrumental an oxymoron?

[a7x1337]

isn't rap instrumental an oxymoron?
this is the exact quote that popped into my head

[PsiRedEye22]

Oh yeah? Well Crossroads by Cream has a great guitar solo.

[britishbulldog]

Could you give us an example of a rap instrumental, I'm confused.

[DrFrasierCrane]

I guess he was just talking about the best 5 instrumental versions of rap songs, which in any case would go like this:

1. Nas - The World Is Yours
2. Company Flow - 8 Steps To Perfection
3. GZA - B.I.B.L.E
4. Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy
5. Dr. Dre - Fuck Wit Dre DAy

[johnnycupcakes]

Could you give us an example of a rap instrumental, I'm confused.

the instrumentals in rap.

[Travmire]

Rap instrumental? I'll say Peaches En Regalia- Frank Zappa

[NastyNas99]

Instrumental isnt necessarily a good term for rap beats. AN instrumental usually consists of a composition of instruments. Aside from The Roots and a few other rap groups, their are no instrumentals as sythesizers are the main instrument along with snare drums, guitar riffs, etc.

I would have to say though:

1. Shook Ones, Pt. 2 - Mobb Deep
2. Lose Yourself- Eminem
3. Back 2 The Way It Was - Xzibit
4. Paparazzi - Xzibit
5. Black Dialogue - The Perceptionists

Honorable Metnions: The Seed (2.0) - The Roots, Gz And Hustlaz - Snoop Doggy Dogg, Purple - NaS, Rock Da Spot - Redman, Saliva - Viktor Vaughan aka MF Doom, Many More that I can't think of

[taste_u]

Best beats is what he means, I assume....

Gz & Hustlaz - Snoop Doggy Dogg
Survival Of The Fittest - Mobb Deep
Love Song - K-Otix
Fuck Wit Dre Day - Dr. Dre
Gold - GZA (RZA)

Whole of \'Funcrusher Plus\' by Company Flow is worthy of mention...

[Wu-tang]

What do you guys think the best rap/hip-hop instrumentals are?

1. Mobb Deep - Hell on earth
2. Mobb Deep - Shook ones II
3. Canibus - Poet Laureate
4. Mobb Deep - Air it out
5. Wu-Tang - C.R.E.A.M.

not in order
You're not a Mob Deep fan by any chance, are you? :rolleyes:

[el_real_madrazo]

In no particular order, here are the beats that have a little extra in my opinion. I can think of many more, but we're only limited to 5.

Starin Through My Rearview - 2Pac

It Was a Good Day - Ice Cube

Ain't Nothin but a G Thang - Snoop Doggy Dog & Dr. Dre

Ambitions As a Ridah - 2Pac

To Live and Die in LA - 2Pac

[firepiss]

Bitch Please - Snoop Dog/X-zibit
White America - Eminem
Rock Superstar - Cypress Hill
Badboys - Shyne
Time for some action - Redman

[britishbulldog]

the instrumentals in rap.

Its called a hook which is why I was confused. Instrumentals are sections within a peice were there are no vocals and the instruments have the melody, like a guitar solo.

The Next Episode- Dr Dre

[Shorty|*|RocK89]

Any Dr.Dre song has the best instrumentals.

[DJ_critikaL]

Dre is overrated.

Canibus - Poet Laureate II (2nd beat) (Prod by Stoupe The Enemy of Mankind)
Kanye West - Diamonds of Sierra Leone (Prod by Kanye West & Jon Bryon)
Scarface - Never Seen A Man Cry (Prod by Scarface & Mike Dean)
Nas - One Mic (Prod by Chucky Thompson & Nas)
2pac - Starin' Through My Rearview (Prod by 2pac & Hurt-M-Badd)
Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious Thugs (Prod by P. Diddy & Stevie J)
Jay-Z - A Dream (Prod by Kanye West)
2pac - Hellrazor (Prod by QD3)
Guerilla Maab - Fondren & Main (Remix) (Prod by Mike Dean)
Nate Dogg - Crazy, Dangerous (Prod by Johnny J)
Richie Rich - Do G's Go To Heaven (Prod by Mike Mosley)
Supervision - Music Makes Me High (Prod by DJ U-Neek)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Points (Prod by DJ U-Neek)
Cam'Ron - Prophecy (Prod by Armando Colon)
DMX - I Can Feel It (Prod by Dame Grease)
Fat Joe - Bust At You (Prod by Alchemist)
Fabolous - Breathe (Prod by Just Blaze)
Everlast - Shook Ones Part II (Prod by Amy Finnerty & Michael Cirelli)
Krayzie Bone - Thug Mentality (Prod by Michael Seifert)
Bizzy Bone - Nobody Can Stop Me (Prod by Johnny J)
Big Syke - To Pac (Prod by Thug Law)
Jay-Z - Blueprint 2 (Prod by Charlemagne)
2pac - Words To My Firstborn (Original Version) (Prod by DJ Quik)
Cuban Link - Letter To Pun (Prod by Fallen Down & Ken Lewis)
Talib Kweli - Get By (Prod by Kanye West)

2pac - I Ain't Mad At Cha (Video Version) (Prod by Daz Dillinger)

[La Revolution]

modern mans hustle-atmosphere
kept-eyedea and abilities
proper propoganda-dilated peoples
triumph-wu taug
blah blah blah- brother ali ft slug
driving song-atmosphere
smoke and mirrors-RJD2
ghostwriter-RjD2
freak these tales-murs
G'd up sound- warren g
paint by numbers-murs
morris day-felt
three day journey- brother ali
rocketship-onebelo
reality check-binary star
meeehhh

[Sc(+)pe]

Its called a hook which is why I was confused. Instrumentals are sections within a peice were there are no vocals and the instruments have the melody, like a guitar solo.

The Next Episode- Dr Dre

Correct me if i'm wrong but isnt a "hook" the chorus, not the beat.

EDIT: Yes i was correct... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_(music)

[britishbulldog]

A hook is the part that makes the song catchy, trust me I learnt that as part of my GCSE and A level music courses.

[taste_u]

no, in rap context the \'hook\' is the vocal line, same as in rap context beat refers to musical backdrop and not just drum beat - rap bends the rules

[SyDias]

Correct me if i'm wrong but isnt a "hook" the chorus, not the beat.

EDIT: Yes i was correct... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook_(music)

You are correct.

Bulldog you're wrong, sorry. This is hip-hop and with that said; the, "hook" is the chorus of the song.

For further proof download, "What the hook gon be" by Murphy Lee! This song is a perfect example.

Now for other genres of music you'd be right, however, this thread is about hip-hop. :)

[Spike Lee]

Hail Mary by 2Pac. Great melody.

[MegaSuperdude]

G'd Up - G-Unit
Prices on my Head - Young Buck
Black Gloves - Young Buck
Trill Recognize Trill - Bun B
In The Trunk - Chamillionaire
Taking Hits - Young Buck
Run Rabbit Run - Eminem

[drfool]

my favourite rap song has to be the theme song for Aqua Teen Hunger Force. My next favourite rap song is probably anything done by the average home boy

[Sc(+)pe]

my favourite rap song has to be the theme song for Aqua Teen Hunger Force. My next favourite rap song is probably anything done by the average home boy

I hope you are not serious.

[rvdVit]

man

no one mentiones Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs working that shit?

seriously, best DJ work in any of their songs, beats all this stupid 50 cent shit

[Sc(+)pe]

man

no one mentiones Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs working that shit?

seriously, best DJ work in any of their songs, beats all this stupid 50 cent shit

Yeah or DJ Butterfingers (Eminems old DJ)