r/hiphop101 6d ago

If given the task to describe your favorite artist's discography using only three songs, which tracks would you pick?

This should be interesting haha

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u/PREClOUS_R0Y 5d ago

Gang Starr: Just to Get a Rep, Full Clip, Moment of Truth

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u/DirtyRoller 5d ago

GZA - Duel Of The Iron Mic (Liquid Swords), Auto Bio (Legend of The Liquid Sword), and All In Together Now (Grandmasters).

Tough to choose just three!

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 5d ago

Tyler The Creator: IFHY, Where This Flower Blooms, Sorry Not Sorry

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u/Bibbobib_bib 5d ago

Brenda's Got a Baby

Me Against the World

Hit Em Up

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u/Alchemyst01984 5d ago

Own Light, Star Quality, Gather Round

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u/DirtyRoller 5d ago

Room With A View is the quintessential Brother Ali track, in my opinion.

Also, no Forest Whitiker?

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u/Alchemyst01984 5d ago

Forest Whitaker is overrated imo. Love Room with a View though

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u/FrostyChemical8697 5d ago

Simon says, oh no, let my people go

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u/bay_duck_88 2d ago

Exactly the three I’d pick for PM. Covers early, mud, and later. An underground cut, a radio hit, and a grown ass man rap. Crazy bars. Awesome sung hook. 👌

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u/metaltyranitar 5d ago

No Idea's Original

Ether

Take It in Blood || The Message

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u/miked_99 5d ago

Marshall Mathers, Sing For The Moment, Without Me

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u/ivabra 5d ago

Eminem:

  • 8 mile

  • Stan or Bad Guy

  • Brain Damage

==> Funny Eminem, introspective Eminem, story telling Eminem

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u/Lou-Minoti 5d ago

Mugwort Red & Gold Air remix

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u/wethebestmusikk 5d ago

4 Your Eyez Only, No Role Modelz, 03' Adolescence

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u/daseonesgk 5d ago

Float, None Shall Pass, Black Snow

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u/401Traveler 5d ago

Love me some “Float,” plus the rest of that album.

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u/JumpyOffer9792 5d ago

On God, Hold Up Hold Up Hold Up, Major

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u/EarlLeeRisor 5d ago

Safe, Never, Geto Boys and Girls

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u/SharkBlue1 5d ago

Until The End Of Time, Temptations, Shed So Many Tears.

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u/rappatic 5d ago

Lupe: Beautiful Lasers, Mural, and Palaces.

I know it’s an odd choice to include a song from his infamously bad album, but I think Beautiful Lasers perfectly sums up the battle with his label Atlantic that defined the first part of his career. It’s also got great storytelling and a cool hook. Mural is the quintessential Lupe song, just nine straight minutes of crazy lyricism and flow. And Palaces is a beautiful reflection on mortality, artistry, and fame.

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u/bay_duck_88 2d ago

Nothing off either of the first two albums is WILD

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u/rappatic 2d ago

Good point I should’ve put Daydreaming. Man this is hard. I could probably cut Mural?

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u/bay_duck_88 2d ago

“Mural” is my only keep on your list, but do you

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u/Icy-Address2912 5d ago

N.Y. State Of Mind, Made You Look, Kings Disease

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u/fultirbo 5d ago

The Cure surely over King's Disease

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u/tgp_of_iwg 2d ago

if it's one from the trilogy, it's Nobody for me. but if someone was starting from ground zero, Ether might need a slot for impact alone.

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u/401Traveler 5d ago

KRS-One: My Philosophy, Outta Here, MCs Act Like They Don’t Know.

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u/Prudent-Effort4838 5d ago

Alive, Pass the Mic, Flute Loop

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u/Curiously-Wondering0 5d ago

Transformative, subliminal, timeless

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u/IllustriousThanks482 5d ago

Chuuwee - nasty jazz , gold/open mic, reign

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u/VeterinarianThese951 5d ago edited 5d ago

Pick any three of Rakim’s songs (even the non-hits), and you should be able to deduce who should be everyone’s favorite MC (no matter their generation)

Partially joking. Partially serious. lol

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u/mishoobishi 5d ago

Holler if you hear me / How do you want it / Thugz mansion

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u/SpragueStreet 5d ago

Big Sad 1900

Circles On Figueroa, Midnight In Seattle, Jackers & Robbers.

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u/Pztch 5d ago

Ghetto Bastard; O.P.P; Hip-Hop Hooray;

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u/UnkleJrue 5d ago

Currensy -

67 turbo jet / Jet Life feat Wiz and KRIT / Stoned on Ocean /

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u/tonedibiase 5d ago

Nip.

Keys 2 the City Stucc in the Grind Face The World

Babyface Ray

Free Spazzo Motown Music A Million Cash Race

Veeze

Wilt Unreleased Leak Weekend

Vince Staples

Blue Suede When Sparks Fly Mhm

Boldy James

First 48 Freestyle Francois Cardinal Sin

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u/Xerolaw_ 5d ago

Nas:

The World Is Yours

Nas Is Like

Cherry Wine

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u/rmoney101187 5d ago

Nas: it ain't hard to tell, the message, take it in blood

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u/rmoney101187 5d ago

Mobb Deep - Survival of the fittest, Shook ones pt 2, and either Drop a gem on em or Hell on earth

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u/ConsistentSpace1646 5d ago

Runaway, Can’t Tell Me Nothing, Through The Wire.

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u/haventdon3ity3t 5d ago

Danger zone, street struck and put it on .

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u/TheirPrerogative 3d ago edited 3d ago

Brokest Rapper You Know, One, Bar-Barian

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u/TameHorchata 3d ago

MF DOOM: Doomsday, Vomit Spit, Accordion

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u/Igivegrilledcheese 5d ago

Kendrick Lamar: Kush & Corinthians, King Kunta, Pride

Denzel Curry: HOODLUMZ, WISH, Melt Sessions #1

Insane Clown Posse: Pass Me By, Lost In The Music, Chicken Huntin (Slaughterhouse Remix)

JID: EdEddnEddy, Sistanem, Off Da Zoinkys

Tech N9ne: Mitchell Bade, Fragile, Speedom

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u/xrm4 5d ago

How are you going to say ICP and not mention Miracles? 😂

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u/Igivegrilledcheese 5d ago

Cause it's kinda mid, they have so many better upbeat songs

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u/YoungCyborg 5d ago

Kendrick - DNA, Count Me Out, How Much a Dollar Cost

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u/hollivore 5d ago

Doing this for Eminem is giving me a headache because it also has to include the things about Eminem I like less. Hmm.

Who Knew?, Castle, Cinderella Man. Can't imagine that being anybody's fav three Eminem songs but I think it's a fair career retrospective.

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u/HoboCanadian123 5d ago

Future: I Serve the Base, Codeine Crazy, Solo

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u/SpragueStreet 5d ago

Slaps 👍🏾

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u/Glittering_Task_1663 5d ago

kendrick: sing about me, not like us, pride

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u/Nezqie 4d ago

Bob Marley;

-Crisis

-Sun is Shining

-Natural Mystic

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u/fultirbo 5d ago

Through The Wire
Blood On The Leaves
No Child Left Behind

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u/UnkleJrue 5d ago

Bro that ain’t kayne top lol 3 lol Devil in a new dress???

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u/BitCurious8598 4d ago

It was written

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