Greatest hiphop groups of all time

[rogue]

in no particular order...

Wu Tang
NWA
Public Enemy
Run DMC
2 Live Crew
De La Soul
Cypress Hill
Beastie Boys
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Pharcyde...


to get things started!

[grande]

Tribe
Organized Konfusion
DITC (depends on your definition of group)
Main Source

[Benson]

Gang Starr a serious contender too surely?

[rogue]

Gang Starr would make it on the quality of Premier's beats alone!

[Mantmast]

People under the Stairs
Lootpack
EPMD
Ultramagnetic
Slum Village
The Wu
Gangstarr
KMD (purely for Zev Love X and Subroc)
ATCQ
De La
Mobb Deep

To name but a few

[Jibba]

Gravediggaz
Mobb Deep
LOTUG
Run DMC
Public Enemy
Wu
Gunshot
Souls of Mischief
NWA
Westside Connection
Leaders of the New Skool
Gang Starr
A Tribe called Quest

[Kellymysta]

Cypress Hill (old skool) there new shit is whack.........
and House Of Pain........

[Mantmast]

Controversial

[Stumasta]

What about J5?

[rogue]

saw J5 live a few years back and they rocked!

[grande]

I know it all comes down to personal opinion, and whether you're judging based on consistency, quality of output, or commercial/critical/underground acclaim, but most of the ones suggested after the first few posts wouldn't even come close for me.

[Roscoe]

G-Unit
D12

[Jibba]

Salt n Pepa
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

[Roscoe]

Vanilla Ice and the Turtles
Kris Kross

[grande]

Now you're talking boys.

[rogue]

Originally posted by Roscoe
Vanilla Ice and the Turtles
Kris Kross

back in the day i loved these tunes. I'm embarassed to say i still know all the words to Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla, word to your mom) and Turtle Power.


was also a big DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince fan. once again, i still got dem lyrics in me head too...

"yo back up now and give a brother room
coz the fuse is lit and i'm about to go boom!"

:( :o

[grande]

Originally posted by rogue
I'm embarassed to say i still know all the words to Ice Ice Baby

If "Ice, Ice baby" comes on and I've had even the smallest sip of beer (although generally it'll be a bit more than a sip) I will come out with every single word of that song. It's come weird involuntary reaction that I can't control.

[bryn]

pj and duncan. "lets get ready to rumble..."

[rogue]

Originally posted by grande
If "Ice, Ice baby" comes on and I've had even the smallest sip of beer (although generally it'll be a bit more than a sip) I will come out with every single word of that song. It's come weird involuntary reaction that I can't control.

i have inadvertently said 'alright stop' (the opening words) and before you know it, im collaborating and listening... :badteeth:

[Roscoe]

nowt wrong with knowing the words to kris kross. jump was an underground classic but every1 hated on it when it got a general realese and they did that gimick of wearin there clothes backwards. (still hip hop fashions have never been that great).

Jazzy Jeff is a legend.

[Jibba]

Turtle Power.

Standard.

T-U-R-T-L-E Power!
T-U-R-T-L-E Power!
T-U-R-T-L-E Power!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

In a half shell, they're the heroes four.
In this day and age who could ask for more?
The crime wave is high with muggings mysterious.
Our police and detectives are furious,
'Cause they can't find the source,
Of this lethally evil force.
This is serious so give me a quarter.
I was a witness, get me a reporter!
Call April O'Neil in on this case, and
You'd better hurry up, there's no time to waste!
We need help, like quick, on the double.
Have pity on the city, man it's in trouble!
We need heroes like the Lone Ranger
When Tonto came pronto, when there was danger.
They didn't say they'd be there in half an hour,
'Cause they displayed...Turtle Power!

[Refrain]

Now our Miss Reporter was hot on the trail.
Determined to put these crooks in jail.
She spied the bad guys and saw what happened,
But before she knew it, she fell in a trap and caught!
Yeah, she was all alone.
With no friends, and no phone.
Now this was beyond her worst dreams,
'Cause she was cornered by some wayward teens.
Headed by Shredder they were anything but good.
Misguided, unloved, they called them The Foot.
They could terrorize and be angry youths, and
They mugged the people. Who needed proof?
Then from out of the dark came an awesome sound!
Shouted "Cowabunga!" as they hit the ground.
From the field of weeds the heroes rescued the flower
'Cause they possessed...Turtle Power!

Do you stand for what you believe in?
And find the strength to do what's right?
That's TURTLE POWER!

Heroes in half shell, they're on a mission.
When there's a battle got the enemy wishin'
That they stayed at home, instead of fightin'
These ninja masters with moves like lightnin'.
They were once normal, but now they're mutants.
Splinter's the teacher so they are the students.
Leonardo, Michaelangelo, and Donatello,
Make up this group with one other fellow
Raphael. He's the leader of the group
Transformed from the norm by the nuclear goop.
Pizza's the food that's sure to please,
These ninjas are into pepperoni and cheese.
Back to the story, it's not hard to find.
Ninjas not just of the body but of the mind.
These are the words that their master instructed,
But a letter from Shredder has Splinter abducted.
That was the last straw, spring into action.
Step on The Foot, now they're gonna lose traction.
Now this is for real, so you fight for justice,
Your shell is hard so you shout, "They can't bust us four!
Like some old coffee table."
Since you were young you've been willing and able
To defeat the snake, protect the weak,
Fight for rights and the freedom to speak.
Now the villian is showin' so you take a stand.
Back to the wall, put your sword in you hand.
Remember the words of your teacher, your master:
"Evil moves fast, but good moves faster!"
Then light, shining for your illumination:
Good versus Evil equal Confrontation.
So when you're in trouble to give in and go sour,
Try to rely on YOUR...Turtle Power!

[Refrain

[rogue]

Originally posted by Jibba

The crime wave is high with muggings mysterious.
Our police and detectives are furious,



They didn't say they'd be there in half an hour,
'Cause they displayed...Turtle Power!



Yeah, she was all alone.
With no friends, and no phone.
Now this was beyond her worst dreams,
'Cause she was cornered by some wayward teens.


From the field of weeds the heroes rescued the flower

[Refrain



you don't get quality lyrics like these nowadays!!! :funk: :funk: :funk: