The energy that Busta Rhymes had on the groundbreaking Tribe posse cut “Scenario” as part of Leaders of the New School, he carried all the way into his solo career and then some. Hardest line: “While you feelin’ that I know you be feelin’ so glorious / Then I blaze and reminisce on my nigga Notorious” Producer: Shamello, Buddah, Epitome (co.) Busta Rhymes – “Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See” Side note: you know what’s not hard? The stupid album artwork. Aubrey’s verses almost seem excessive on here. One of those gems was “Knife Talk,” which features a perfect Project Pat sample, Metro Boomin’s brooding production and 21 Savage in top form. While the 21 track listing and 86 minute runtime was way too long – a Drake album trend since 2016 – there were plenty of gems scattered along the way. Hardest line: “I’m mister body catcher, Slaughter Gang soul snatcher”Ĭertified Lover Boy was a great album trapped inside the body of a bloated project. Producer: Metro Boomin, Peter Lee Johnson Those two months really paid off because Marshall comes back with one of his most iconic and devastating lines ever. In an interview with RapReview, Sticky Fingaz said that Eminem took two months to write his verse because Sticky’s verse was so dope. This was such a random collaboration when you look back at it 20 years later, but goddamn it worked. Hardest line: “Six sick dreams of picnic scenes / Two kids, sixteen, with M-16’s and ten clips each / And them shits reach through six kids each” The beat for this track is just insane and would later set the blueprint for future Neptunes classics, especially on their work with The Clipse. With the one-two punch of Mase’s “Lookin’ at Me” and Noreaga’s “Superthug,” the Virginia Beach production duo were suddenly the hottest thing in demand. The Neptunes emerged on the scene during the mid-90s, but it wasn’t until 1998 that they really started making a name of themselves. to Queens / The I-95, now we hit the Philippines” Hardest line: “Yo from New Orleans, L.A., V.A. The haunting trap beat by Mario Beats is just the cherry on top of this track. In terms of lyrical performance and hard bars, nothing on the tape beats “Cross the Country” which is just 6 and a half minutes of straight spitting. “Man y’all who hating really need to hear the mixtape them boys got bars,” Tip wrote in one of his many tweets talking about the Atlanta trio. When Rich Nigga Timeline dropped back in 2014, Tribe frontman and legendary hip hop producer Q-Tip took to Twitter to gush about how dope the mixtape was. Hardest line: “No shame in the game, I’m a bull with the nine / Like Luol Deng, finna bang with the thing”
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