Rashied, The Blast Master and The Abstract!
Yo I had to break the monotony.
Where are the Roger Clemens pictures!?!?!
The side by sides? Baseball’s Barry Bonds devil type scrutiny mysteriously hides.
The release of the Mitchell Report has me bleeding from my pupils.
Baseball has no scruples only loopholes…
Enough of that ’cause I can’t rap so rock this!
Knowledge Reigns Supreme over nearly everyOne!!
Did you hear what Chris Parker spit BET?
Courtesy of Common.
December 14, 2007 at 5:22 am
dope…. all I can say is dope
December 14, 2007 at 5:24 am
You ain’t lyin bruh. I almost put a hole in my ceiling.
December 14, 2007 at 5:27 am
classic!!! 3 artists who’s integrity shines through as they stand the test of time. real … hip … hop!
December 14, 2007 at 6:01 am
Nice to see Tip. For my money, Quest has only one real competitor for greatest old school rap group of all time, and we KNOW it’s PE.
But I do stray from CW as usual, as much as I love Tip, I think Fife was better.
December 14, 2007 at 6:07 am
The didog? Hmmm interesting….
I never thought about that KD. You have a point there.
December 14, 2007 at 6:26 am
Seriously listen to him Bro Miz. Dude was an absolute genius. His intonatin, wordplay, rhythmic sense, and story-telling ability made Tip seem stiff and robotic by comparison.
December 14, 2007 at 6:32 am
Oh I feel you. It’s just something I’ve thought of and I wonder why.
Fife brought the fire, Tip the smoothbonitarelaxation.
December 14, 2007 at 7:43 am
what? phife dog, u must be smokin’. he was a good support man but lets not get carried away. i don’t know about you but i was always waiting for the tip verse, although phife killed it on steve biko. anyway a common/q tip album should be big.
December 14, 2007 at 8:39 am
Ic3
I started out listening for Tip and initially thought him to be the star of the show, but last year, I spent about a month listening to their first three CD’s intensely as I was trying to figure out certain things about the group. At the end of my mistening, it was apparent that Fife was FAr superior to Tip in almost every way as a rapper. I really think Fife is a rap genius.
December 14, 2007 at 8:41 am
Where all the guys were corny but the girls were mad fly
Loungin with the Tipster, Coolin with Sha
Scopin out the honeys – they know who they are
I was the b-ball playin fly rhyme sayin
Fly girl gettin but never was I sweatin
Cause when it came to honeys I would go on a stroll
Until I met my match – her name was Flo
Yeah – I messed around with the one called Flo
All the troopers round the way used to call her a ho
But deep down in my heart I knew that Flo was good to go
Cause I thought it was me – like Bell Biv Devoe
But little did I know that she was playin’ with my mind
The only thing I learned is, good girls are hard to find
I feel like Heavy D I need somebody for me
Not someone who’s mind is blank and tryin’ to juice me for my bank
Swingin’ with my main man Lucky behind my back
What type of crap is that – yo, hows about a smack?
Word life, I can’t front – thought I was all that
But now it seems, I met my match
Was a stone cold lover, you couldn’t tell me jack
Settlin’ down with one girl, wasn’t tryin’ to hear that
I had Tonya, Tamika, Sharon, Karen
Tina, Stacy, Julie, Tracy
Used ta love ‘em, leave ‘em, skeeze ‘em, tease ‘em
Find ‘em, lose ‘em – also abuse ‘em
My whole attitude was new day, next hon
And believe it or not, they all got done
Well here comes Flo, with the crazy whip appeal
And I’m all true man, like Alexander O’Neal
Is this really love, then again, how would I know
After all this time tryin’ to be a superhoe
She finally played me, but yo, I’d find another
Cause I got the crazy game and yo, I’m smooth like butter
December 14, 2007 at 8:53 am
agree to disagree. when did phife have a solo cut as good as “excursions”. matter of fact, who ever heard phifes solo album? not knocking him, just saying.
December 14, 2007 at 10:24 am
Common’s “paying-homage” freestyle gave me tingles…
December 14, 2007 at 10:32 am
I used to bannnnnng that Kev.
That and Find a Way:
Chorus:
Now you caught my heart for the evening
Kissed my cheek, moved in, you confuse things
Should I just sit out or come harder?
Help me find my way
Q-Tip:
Messing me up, my whole head
Teasing me, just like Tisha, did Martin
Now look at what you’re starting
Schoolboy’s crush and it ain’t on the hush
The whole world sees it but you can’t (uh)
My peoples they complain, sit and rave and rant (come on)
Your name is out my mouth like an ancient chant (say what?)
Got me like a dog as I pause and pant…
Phife:
Speaking of which, got a leash and I wish just to rock you miss (come on)
Make a militant move, peep my strategy (what?)
End of the day you’re not mad at me (uh)
Not dealing with nobody, now that’s what you told me (what?)
I said: “hey yo, it’s cool, we can just be friendly” (come on)
‘Cause yo, picture me messing it up
Her mind not corrupt with the ill C-Cups
Shit, I’m on my J.O. (come on)
Bullshitting, hoping that the day goes slow (what?)
Got me like a friend, what confuses me though
Is kisses when we greet, tell me what’s the dill yo? (dill yo, yo, yo…)
Chorus (2x)
Q-Tip:
Now why you wanna go and do that, love, huh?
Making things for me towards you harder
Killing me, just when I think we’re there
You got the whole vibe and the flows in the air
Telling me ’bout next man
But next man ain’t the nigga with the plan
Who got your heart in mind?
It’s about time that you just unwind (come on)
Phife:
And let it just happen, make it front-free (uh)
Just sweat me like Moneypenny (uh)
Digging you, getting inside of your stee (what?)
It’s the Quest that keeping you company
Forever, or however you want it
Q-Tip:
Word word, now wait a minute now before you jet it to the curb (yeah, yeah)
Start to make affections, which is good not the hurt
But it, it aint me, and I, I ain’t blurred (uh)
I’ma still just chill with you
Maybe things could change if you change your view (come on)
If not then I guess it is cool (yeah)
just, to keep to yourself and adbide by the rules, right
check it out now…
check it out now…
like that now…
check it out now…
wha wha now…
check it out now…
yeah yeah now…
check it out now…
check it out now…
it’s like that now…
check it out now…
yeah yeah now…
check it out now…
what you say, what? what?
Chorus till fade out
December 14, 2007 at 10:34 am
ic3. I wish primo was doing the beats.
That would be siiiiick!
December 14, 2007 at 10:35 am
common’s “paying homage” freestyle gave me tingles…
December 14, 2007 at 12:11 pm
I always liked this track from Phife:
Baby Phife’s Return —
Phife:
The mad man malik makes mcs run for milk of magnesia
Maybe thatll ease ya
Master of this microphone mackin, master as in great
Ill have your brain goin in circles as my style tends to ovulate
Im makin moves, never movies, thats why yall mcs lose me
Retrace, wont, so your stubborn like groupies
Kid, you know my flava, tear this whole jam apart
Fuck around and have your heart, like jordan had starks
While you playin hokey pokey, theres no time to be dokey
Cuz I come out to play every night like charles oakley
Dissin around with wack rhymin
You lose your grip from chalk climbin
Let me take this time to say r.i.p. to phyllis hyman
Who never got the props that she damn well deserved
But see me, you dont wanna see me, cuz all mcs are gettin served
The nerve, for you to even step to the phifer
Ill bumrush your set and crush your whole cypher
Reserve, a spot for me in hip hops hall of fame
Cuz rappin aint no game, big up your head and maintain
Yeah, queens forever in this piece crushin any beef
Aint nuthin sweet, the bakerys across the fuckin street
Phife dawg, swingin it back and forth just like aaliyah
Makin moves on your heart like that trick tamia
No doubt about it, I love hip hop to death
But yo tip, bring in the chorus cuz Im losin my breath
Consequence:
A, yo, you know the deal when the diggy dawg is on the scene
We got the fiend bumpin straight from the borough queens
You know the deal when the diggy dawg is on the scene
We got the fiend bumpin straight from the borough queens
You know the deal when the diggy dawg is on the scene
You know the deal, ha, you know the deal
Phife:
Big up pop duke, thats where I caught my athleticism
My mama, no doubt, thats where I got my lyricism
My nana, thats where I got my spiritualism
As for tip and shah, they made me stop from smokin izm
Now, when Im with some cheese, I be lettin off gism
Writin rhymes since daddy kane and biz mark was on prism
I gotta brave heart like the one named shirley chisholm
As for my late twin, boy, I wish I was with him
Got the lightro in the back talkin bout (come on, get him)
And when it comes to rhymes, no doubt, I flip em
Sucka mc in my path, hey main, I say we ship him
Money please, your rhymes are wack, say word, this geek is trippin
Just because my name is phife, my man, Im never slippin
I got the type of flave to have your ass straight bitchin
For those who act cute, see I got them on mute
Have you walkin through your projects in your birthday suit
Cuz your style is off loot, so I played him like a flute
If youse a sucka mc, then its you I rebuke
My style is, everday all day, similar to water
Crushin mcs as if my name was sargent slaughter
Keep shit hotter…than a sauna
Or better yet, the hormones on your christian daughter
Hey, I tried to warn her
My sounds the type to kill, like the grill on lauryn hill
So all ya sucka mcs, yall best go chill
Bout to go to union square so I can see my care bear
Singin good stuff in my ear, runnin fingers through my hair
Represent the zulu nation with illy rap creations
Just keep shit hotter than death row-bad boy confrontations
Chillin with fudge love because he represents the haitians
Ya nawmean
December 14, 2007 at 12:14 pm
and this was good too:
You see you, your career is done like johnny carsons
Get me vexed, I do like left eye startin’ arson
Now that I got that out my system
Watch me stab up the track as if my name was oj simpson
I packs it in like van halen
I work for mine, you, youre freeloading like kato kaelin
Im representing wit my crew
Mess around, bite my rhymes, I beat that ass wit my shoes
Cmon, you know Im crazy nice (nice, nice)
Brothers cant deal wit this shorty named phife
You must be mad in the head
I bust his ass and leave em bloodclot for dead
Niggaz sound like das efx
If it aint das efx, then they sounding like meth
You might as well do megadeth
Yo, punk mcs better save your freaking breath
Youse a corny muthafuka
You must be high smoking dust wit chris tucker
You ——asses dont want this
I pull more beeps than the beep at the premier of pocohantas
Word is born, I am the baddest
And all you honies out there, word is born, you know my status
So come and pull your panties down
This aint no barnum and bailey show, I dont get down wit the clowns
So why dont you and your friends, get wit me and my friends
But dont bring your ass buying you aint got no ends
Word is born, it dont stop(stop,stop,stop…)
Just ease your mind, come along and do the hop
—————-
Phife goes in the HipHopHOF just for the OJ line on this track…every thing else is gravy.
December 14, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Man, what a way to start the day. I’ll always remember finding the ” Criminal Minded ” CD in Philly’s 30th street station record store, then going to Clark Atlanta University in 1993 to visit my sister and watch him perform at homecoming. Common learned his lessions well from the Blastmaster and Tip, rocks the mike AND speaks clearly, unlike some of the garbage that passes for hip hop these days. Common isn’t ignorant enough for BET.
December 14, 2007 at 5:26 pm
You know how we do it Des. That ish rocks ya morning senses. Wow, I’ve been to that store many times and lucked up on a cd I’ve been searching forever and couldn’t find.
Like Modi said, his homage freestyle was on point. It’s crazy that this was the first year Common has won any major awards.
What’s that about?
December 14, 2007 at 5:36 pm
KevDog,
With all due respect, I gotta agree to disagree as well. I’m with ic3 when s/he said that Phife played the support role. For me, it was all about Tip. He was Jordan and Phife was Pippen. Now don’t get me wrong, Phife had his moments but lyrically it wasn’t even close.
@MODI
Yeah, that Common freestyle is classic. I’ve always maintained that Common spits some of the tightest freestyles ever. Just in case yall aint seen it, check out this one with him and Rakim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH0EAIQqKi4
Htpw
December 16, 2007 at 12:31 am
Nice convo folks, thanks for the time machine joint and all.
December 20, 2007 at 6:35 am
People peep this remix. Goodness.
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