There are certain joints that made me realize how much I love hip-hop! Again, I don't consider myself a connoisseur but I have learned a lot about it in the last couple of years. Here are the seven reasons why I fell in love with hip-hop.
7. Big Pimpin - Seriously this is my guilty pleasure joint....I can party to this song anytime...nothing interesting about the lyrical content, it just brings the party animal out of me. Don't judge me. http://youtu.be/Cgoqrgc_0cM
6. You Got me - I love the Roots and Erykah on this joint...maybe because he starts talking about an Ethiopian girl. http://youtu.be/MJCHeEQV454
5. Dear Mama - Tupac was a poet. This song makes me cry when I hear it but that is what poetry does to you. It moves you. http://youtu.be/Mb1ZvUDvLDY
4. Hip-Hop saved my life - Lupe did an amazing job talking about Slim Thug's life and how music saved him. http://youtu.be/vPiKKfcjI-4
3. They Reminisce over you (T.R.O.Y) - Pete Rock and CL Smooth....wonder when they are going to get back together and make another classic. http://youtu.be/FiOcVWQY2bc
2. Aquemini - I fell in love with this song when I heard it on the soundtrack for the movie "O". I was young and didn't know much about Outkast; I would definitely say that this song introduced me to them. http://youtu.be/2pjHlizcXI8
1. I used to love H.E.R - I don't I need to give an explanation for this one. Common goes off on it! http://youtu.be/C99iG4HoO1c
I'm sure some people will look at my list and say that I know nothing about hip-hop but I say "To each his own". What we have on the radio nowadays does not compare to the 7 songs I have listed. Music, in general, has changed. I'm willing to change with it but I will always remember the seven reasons why I fell in love with Hip-Hop!
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