THE RUB history of rap (1979-1998)

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below are mixes made by 'the rub' to represent the history of hip hop radio (uncensored). there's one mix track per year spanning from 1979 to 1998. it downloads as one long track consisting of dozens of the best songs from each year.

1998 - http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1998.mp3
1997 - http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1997.mp3
1996 - http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1996.mp3
1995 - http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1995.mp3
1994 - http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1994.mp3
1993 - http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1993.mp3
1992 - http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1992.mp3
1991 - http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1991.mp3
1990 - http://therub.crewcial.org/history/TheRub1990.mp3
1989 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/26371580346edf/
1988 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/26367347ef14d3/
1987 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/2636476d6f552b/
1986 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/26361725de8a52/
1985 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/2635848a21996e/
1984 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/263567290cedf8/
1983 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/26355145ad8908/
1982 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/2635325984203f/
1981 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/2635202c275bf7/
1980 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/2635052edde6b7/
1979 - http://www.zshare.net/audio/2634952ef701f7/

to see the track listings peep the thread from which i snaked this shit. http://board.rapmusic.com/showthread.php?t=1095315

downloaded the 96 version. bunch of tracks i forgot all about on there. shits pretty cool.

[Tupac4Life]

im listenin to 98 rite now this shit is fire!!!!

[Ernie Shiester]

You got to be crazy, you gotta have a real need
You gotta sleep on your toes and when you're on the street
You got to be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed
And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight
You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking

And after a while, you can work on points for style
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake
A certain look in the eye and an easy smile
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
So that when they turn their backs on you
You'll get the chance to put the knife in

You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
You know, it's going to get harder, and harder, and harder
As you get older
Yeah, and in the end you'll pack up and fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer

And when you lose control, you'll reap the harvest you have sewn
And as the fear grows, the bad blood slows and turns to stone
And it's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around
So have a good drown, as you go down all alone
Dragged down by the stone

Gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused
Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used
Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze

Deaf, dumb and blind, you just keep on pretending
That everyone's expendable, and no one has a real friend
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
Everything's done under the sun
But you believe at heart everyone's a killer

Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a pat on the back
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
Who was dragged down by the stone
Who was dragged down by the stone

R. Waters

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Here we are. The four of us...
In total shock... Me and her.
I closed my mouth and swallowed spit,
And I'm thinking to myself, "This is some deep shit!"
And I said "So you're gonna tell me he's the one he's been talking to?"
He says, "Yes", I say, "No", he says, "Yes", I say, "No", he says, "It's the truth!"

I said, "All of ya'll ass is crazy, let me up out this door,
Because this is way more than I bargained for"
She says, "Wait, I'm sure we can all fix this"
Then I said, "I'm late, plus I ain't gotta damn thing to do with this!"
But then she said, "Wouldn't you just like to know how it all began?"
Then I thought to myself, and said, 'Quick, you got three minutes'
Then it got real quiet, I said, "Somebody start talking"

She said, "My God, Rufus! I've got just one question,
how could you do something like this? I'm so hurt!"
He looked at her and said, "Bitch please, you've got your nerves
With all your club hoppin', lyin' when you said you was shoppin'.
And now here you are in our home, and you're callin' me wrong."

"Okay you busted me! And that much I agree, you caught me cheatinggg!
But this is a little extreme!"

He said, "You are my wife sleeping behind my back.
And now I come home and you got him in the closet, how extreme is that?!"
And she said, "But she's a he!"
And he said, "Please, you can't judge me"
She said, "But this is crazy!"
And I said, "Stop arguing!
I did not stay here to hear you chew each other out,
So get to the point, or I swear I'm out!"

"Excuse me, please, but I think I can explain what's going on in here.
My name is Chuck and I been knowing Rufus about a year,
At midnight creeping around there not staying around to standing living in hell, sleepin in and out of hotels..."
I said, "Brother, spare the details!"
Then Rufus said, "Chuck, please! Don't say nothing else!"
Then she screams, "Rufus you son of a bitch,"
He says, "Cathy, go to hell!"
I said, "I thought you said your name was Mary, that what you said at the party.
Man this is gettin scary imma shoot somebody!"
Then Rufus start yelling and screaming saying, "Cathy, this is all your fault!"
She throws a pillow at him and says, "You were creeping too, the only difference is you didn't get caught!"
Chuck screamed out, "We're in love!"
Cathy says, "Love my ass!"
Rufus said thei're getting married then I shoot one in the air!

I said, "Not annother one of you sons of bitches say a word!
Cuz all this shit I'm goin thru is unheard!"
I grabbed my cellular
I said, "This is so wrong,"
I call up my home,
And a man picks up the phone phone phone phone.....

[maunakea]

for the great post man!!! This is awesome:D