Jun 23, 2016

12. Love Is Blind (Eve Feat. Faith Evans) (Dr. Dre add. Production***)


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I'm not big on Eve, but I can't deny that this is one of the best female rapper songs of all time. Swizz Beatz was starting to have a consistent roll producing for the Ruff Ryders & was showing diversity in his sound, which showed on this. The song is dedicated to a friend of hers that had an abusive boyfriend that ended up having a daughter with her. She didn't meet the boyfriend irl but heard about and despised him, as you can tell by the lyrical content.

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"I don't even know you and I'd k--- you myself
You played with her like a doll and put her back on the shelf
Wouldn't let her go to school and better herself
She had a baby by your a--- and you ain't giving no help
Uh-huh big time hustler, snake MFer
One's born everyday and everyday she was your sucker
How could you beat the mother of your kids
How could you tell her that you love her
Don't give a f--- if she lives"

All f----- up.

11. Untouchable (Swizz Beatz Remix) (2Pac Feat. Krayzie Bone)​

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f--- everybody who was doing all these posthumous 2Pac songs/albums with s-----y production, Swizz Beatz made Untouchables w/ Krayzie Bone one of Pac's best posthumous songs worked on by somebody who never met him. The beat goes hard & Krayzie Bone's simple addition to the hook is sick erupts with a rapid fire verse. Can't go wrong with a Pac/Bone Thugs collab. s--- still bangs

"Whenever y'all n----s try to roll up
Thinking I'm a ho, well, come and let me show ya
I'm a light up the rhythm like dosia
Dumping so potent, n----- don't choke up
Flow up
Makaveli The Don, got n----s strapped and ready to bomb
As soon as I send the alarm, and when we're done
We've committed a red rum, leaving the enemies dead and gone
Leaving 'em n----s head's blown, cause they know they dead wrong"

10. One More Road To Cross (DMX)


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DMX songs should be no surprise on this list & One More Road To Cross is one of his highlights with Swizz & a classic from And Then There Was X. We got X talking about the the life of crime with people f---ing up the money as only he can:

"I'm up at like 6 AM, to check this n-----
He work the nightshift, and I gots to check them figures
Knock on his door, peoples talkin bout, "He ain't there, "
but the house is packed, s--- I know he here somewhere
See money get high, I don't knock what a n----- do to get by
Just make sure you gettin by don't f--- with you gettin mine
Ain't the first time he ran off, shoulda split his s--- then
Hate to think of what he's did and if I catch him slippin
won't be an a----whippin, I can tell you that"

"Aight b----, put on the ski mask, make sure that when we ask
for the dough they know that we takin all three bags
Now see that? You gotta hero, s---t that n-----
Matter of fact, you hit the back, I'll put two in that n-----
Hardhead MFers always get it
I told him what would happen if he moved the n----- moved so I did it
Did you get it? I asked my man as he was comin from the back
n----- opened his mouth said nothin and fell out flat
This cat come out spittin, hittin my mans, his mans
Couldn't control what was in his hands
I'm hit, d---! I bust back, and got the f--- up out of there
Didn't get a dime, but at least I got up out of there"

"We all gots to go but who wants to be forgotten?
I'ma leave a mark, and it won't be the mark of the devil
Throw dirt and may your hands burn when you touch the shovel"

Ya I wouldn't want to f--- up with DMX in any situation lmao

@Boyz N The Suburbs @rapmusik @Volt Papii @Fire Squad @King V @Runzhouse @mattagascar

 

Jun 30, 2016

9. I'm a Hustla (Cassidy)


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Jay-Z's "You made it a hot line, I made it a hot song" line would eventually become a concept Cassidy, T.I. & other rappers would use on Hov's music & I'mma Hustla is one of the best songs to come out of that. With the hook sampling Jay-Z from "Dirt off Your Shoulder," Cassidy makes himself at home rapping through this beat effortlessly & this was a major change in sound from Swizz Beatz's norm at the time, arguable Cassidy's best song in his career imo (which isn't saying THAT much)

"You spend a couple of bucks I'll stay in touch with you, homey
I get money I get 20 a K, I got 20 strips all doing 20 a day - ay!
I get cake from buds and haze: I'm making dubs
They hating cause I'm on the grind like I'm making love
With cops, got the block hot like a Jamaican clubs
Cop weight, wait for a drought and then make it flood
Try to take my cake you gonna take a slug
But you can take my information if you taking drugs'
Cause I could sell Raid to a bug
I'm a hustler: I can sell salt to a slug"

"More money, more problems" is true
Because the more money I make, the more problems for you
Yeah, I used dude's voice: props to the boy Shawn
He made it a hot line, I made a hot song
So, stop drawing, man, you got to respect it
I'm the best: Swizz got to perfect it, don't mess with
C-A-double-S-I-D-Y
Cause I became the best when B-I-G died
The Kid do it big like P-U-N
Cause I'm nice P-A-C with the P-E-N"

8. Banned From T.V. (N.O.R.E. Feat. Big Pun, Cam'Ron, The L.O.X. & Nature)


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My favorite Swizz Beatz produced posse cut. Everybody's got quotable & the back & forth bars by Jada & Styles P are

"I gotta call it like i see it, talk it like i be it
walkin my walk, thugged out orthopedic
cause i'm soon to be up, give me room watch me heat up
n----s try to stick me like abdul lerima, follow the leader
make me go extra hard, yo nore should i hold back or show the repirtore
quit at 16 or throw in extra bars just for the non-believers
i show them why its so hard to reach us
i get p---- with my fathers features"

Big Pun & The LOX bodied this s---:

"Champagne on the rocks, sporting a Fort Knox Lazarus
Shark salad with carrots, pork chops and applesauce
Twin connection,disrespect watch your body cave in
Pump the shotty guaging, hit the shorty while he potty training
I ain't playing, I'm truly the worst
You'll be the first to get his whole body fully reversed
Uzi ya hearse, leave you double-dead, I'm a bubble-head
I never listen to nothing my mother said
I hold n----s ransom for money like Johnny Handsome
Been soning n----s for so long, I think I got a grandson"

"Ain't no n----s in the world more thorough than this
Bust off and sit the hot barrel dead on your lips
Like two thirds of a brick, (Paniero) and 'Kiss
The kiss the crystal white fluffy part that'll (come back quick
(See the plan is to stash all) and cash y'all
(The weed so strong), they gotta put it glass jars
n----s try to smoke me out the (moke me out)
Cause the rims on my new joint be poking out
(I'm about to have no feelings, s--- is deep)
Do they dance with the Devil when they sleep
(I wake up gripping the air, wishing to hear)
s--- that they kick in your ear when your soul drift in the air
(My gift is half-rotten when I'm spitting some tears
That s---'ll drop down my eye, I'm too tired to cry)
And I ain't never seen a n----- that too live to die
(They say you get what you ask for) So get it cause you asked for it
(If a n----- ain't a thief) then he better have the cash for it"

N.O.R.E. was the weakest on this imo but he didn't damage this classic regardless

7. Bring Em Out (T.I.)


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Swizz Beatz was the king of making beats to hype you up in the late 90s/ early 2000s. Bring Em Out is no exception with another Jay-Z line getting sampled for part of the chorus (T.I. did it first tho). Before the KING album this was T.I.'s biggest song & both the clubs & every other football & basketball practice/game had this song playing nonstop. Nothing lyrically amazing on this but for the type of record T.I. was trying to get it doesn't need to be. Top 10 entrance rap songs of all time right here.

"TIP comin live from the VIP, heard the night life lost life when I leave
Both the Feds and the State wanna see my need
The whole city got bizzerk he got treat
Anotha n----- got a hit but shawty he not me
Who set the city on fire as soon as he got freed
Da king back now hoes don't even know how to act now
Hit the club stippers gettin naked 'fore I sat down
Still ballin money stack taller than Shaq now
Still push a button to let the roof on the 'Lac down
I'm on the road doin shows puttin my mack down
Mississippi to Philly Albuquerque to Chatt Town"

"Mic check 1-2 1-2, you wanna beef wit the king what is you gon do
Will you show up on the scene wit 2 guns drew
Or you and ya friend and play a little two on two
If you knew half of what I knew then you'll be hittin the deck
Got a tool and a vest I can get some respect
I'ma make it hard for a sucka n----- to flex
Sho 'em this ain't the squad for a n----- to test
p---- my nutz too large and we way too fresh
Work well wit Nines AK's and Techs
And quick to check a lame like a game of chess
You want beef you can bring ya best and we'll be standin..
In ya front yard yellin"

@Boyz N The Suburbs @rapmusik @Volt Papii @Fire Squad @King V @Runzhouse @mattagascar
@YaBoyTr

 

May 27, 2016

Contrary to popular belief, all of Swizz Beatz beats do not sound the same. Hopefully this list gets the attention it should, will have separate posts for my top 15.

25. Stuntin (Lloyd Banks)
24. Fancy (Drake Feat. Swizz Beatz & T.I.)
23. Sweet Serenade (Pusha T Feat. Chris Brown)
22. Scream On Em (The Game)
21. Y'all Don't Really Know (DMX Feat. Busta Rhymes)
20. Kiss Is Spittin (Jadakiss Feat. Nate Dogg)
19. Get It (T.I.)
18. Upgrade U (Beyonce song that lead to a GOAT Lil Wayne Freestyle)
17. Touch It (Remix) (Busta Rhymes Feat. everybody & their mom)
16. Time To Get Paid (DMX)
15. Twilight (Bravehearts Feat. NaS)
14. When The Thugs Come Out (Bone Thugs-N- Harmony)
13. Bigger Business (Swizz Beatz)
12. Love Is Blind (Eve Feat. Faith Evans)
11. Untouchables (Swizz Beatz Remix) (2Pac Feat. Krayzie Bone)
10. One More Road To Cross (DMX)
9. I'm A Hustla (Cassidy)
8. Banned From T.V. (N.O.R.E. Feat. Big Pun, Nature & The L.O.X.)
7. Bring 'Em Out (T.I.)
6. Party Up (Up In Here)
5. Dr. Carter (Lil Wayne)
4. Good Times (Remix) (Styles P Feat. Redman & Method Man)
3. Top Down OG (NaS Feat. Swizz Beatz)
2. Ultralight Beam (Kanye West)
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