Thirty three rap songs that clock-in at under two and a half minutes, from shortest to longest. Make it brief, son, half short and twice strong.
A Salute To Rap Songs Under Two And A Half Minutes Long
Track listing:
01. ‘To Hear R & B Rap’ – Black, Rock & Ron
02. ‘You Still Smokin’ That Shit?’ – Stetsasonic
03. ‘Words From The Nutcracker’ – Gang Starr feat. Melachi The Nutcracker
04. ‘Freak Out’ – E.S.P.
05. ‘What They Hittin’ Foe?’ – Ice Cube
06. ‘U Mean I’m Not’ – Black Sheep
07. ‘Sandwiches’ – The Beatnuts
08. ‘Back In The Days’ – The Legion
09. ‘Biz Interlude’ – Screwball feat. Biz Markie
10. ‘Let Me Hear You Say Hoe’ – The A.T.E.E.M. feat. Chubb Rock
11. ‘Don’t Spoil It’ – Czarface and MF Doom
12. ‘Freedom Or Death’ – Stetsasonic
13. ‘Too Strong’ – Blaq Poet
14. ‘Fall Of The Bronze (New Iron)’ – KA feat. Roc Marciano
15. ‘Dolly And The Rat Trap’ – Ultramagnetic MC’s
16. ‘On Tha Rox’ – King Tee
17. ‘Get Ghost’ – Threat
18. ‘Throwback Rap Attack’ – Percee-P
19. ‘Sugar Ray and Hearns’ – Cormega feat. Large Professor
20. ‘D.J.s Get No Credit’ – Big Daddy Kane feat. Mister Cee
21. ‘Kool Accordin’ 2 A Jungle Brother’- Jungle Brothers
22. ‘One Minute Less’ – Ultramagnetic MC’s
23. ‘American Beauty’ – Cormega
24. ‘Let’s Go’ – Pete Rock feat. Doo Wop
25. ‘The Gas Face’ (Remix) – 3rd Bass
26. ‘Skypager’ – A Tribe Called Quest
27. ‘Get Off My P.P.’ – Action Bronson
28. ‘Trap Door’ – Jake One feat. MF Doom
29. ‘The Do Do’ – Biz Markie
30. ‘Akinyele’ – Large Professor feat. Akinyele
31. ‘Whassup Now Muthafucka?’ – Artifacts
32. ‘The Place Where We Dwell’ – Gang Starr
33. ‘Charlie Brown’ [Original Version] – Ghostface
What They Hittin’ Foe and Sandwiches gotta be the G.O.A.Ts.
Some faves:
MF DOOM – Dead Bent (LP mix)
Run-D.M.C – Son Of Byford
De La Soul – What’s More?
Snoop ft. Lady Of Rage – G Funk Intro
Ice-T – Fried Chicken
Odd Squad – Shit Pit
Scarface – The Diary
Notorious B.I.G – B.I.G Interlude
Mac Dre – The Romp Y’All
AZ – Platinum Bars
Young Bleed – An Offer U Can’t Refuse
Ghostface – Saturday Nite
The Clipse ft. Fam-Lay – Fam-Lay Freestyle
Public Enemy – Show ‘Em Whatcha Got
T.I. – Long Live Da Game
Egyptian Lover – Baddest (Bonus Beats)
Grand Puba ft. Q-Tip – Good To Go
Few more:
Cypress Hill – Something For The Blunted
Show & A.G – Raw As Ever
Gang Starr – The Place We Dwell
Edan ft. Skillz Ferguson – Adrenaline Rush
Sean Price – Brokest Rapper You Know
Dres of Black Sheep – I’m The One
Uncle Murda – Anybody Can Get It
@TM: Looks like I need to do a part 2!
‘Place Where We Dwell’ is here but can’t believe I missed ‘Fried Chicken’…
Count Bass D “Internationally known”
Count Bass D “False or true”
Count Bass D “The Mingus Sextet”
Count Bass D “Drug abusage”
Count Bass D “Low Batteries”
Count Bass D “I can’t tell”
Count Bass D “Show love”
Count Bass D “Sanctuary”
Count Bass D & J Rawls “Ohio Playaz”
Count Bass D “We don’t say”
Count Bass D “Mind what you say”
So you’re saying that Count Bass D has a lot of short songs?
Okay I’ll change my Gang Starr pick to Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. I’ll also switch my Mac Dre pick to My Folks.
@Rob, you should have trolled your readers and put 33 MP3s of Gang Starr’s Hiney in the zipfile.
Good post.
A few more:
Kurupt – Trylogy
Compton’s Most Wanted – Hit The Floor
Ice Cube – A Bird In The Hand
Jeru The Damaja – One Day
PMD – Leave Your Style Cramped
Cormega – Dead Man Walking
Gravediggaz – 2 Cups Of Blood
Ganksta Nip – Reporter From Hell
Boogie Down Productions – The Homeless
LL Cool J – Fast Peg
Prodigy – Three
Keith Murray – Herb Is Pumpin’
Public Enemy – Too Much Posse
Scarface – No Tears
A Tribe Called Quest – Crew
Salute!
percee p “the exclusive”
brand nubian “the beat change”
ultra “traveling at the speed of thought (lp version)”
gang starr “say your prayers”, “so whussup”, “street ministry” & “here today, gone tomorrow”
redman “smoke buddah”, “basically”, “journey throo the darkside” & “redman meets reggie noble”
organized konfusion “9 times outta 10”
ocee “creative control”
pharoahe monch “haile selassie karate” & “scream”
prince po “speak”
percee p “a joy (koushik’s quick remix)”
g rap “one dark night”
showbiz & ag “never less than ill”
freddie foxxx “history”
tame 1 “slick talkin”, “iz it me?” & “concerto”
roc marciano “thugs prayer pt. 2”
q-unique “look up in the sky” & “i seen”
wc & the maad circle “hood rat”
da buze bruvaz “egyptian cotton” w/ driz lo
vic spencer “malice at the palace” & “cranberry”
him-lo “air max 95”
epmd “nobody’s safe chump”
sean price “bar-barian”
da buze bruvaz “kangol kru (giallo point remix)”
powerule “jamaica funk” & “through my exes”
mf grimm “nothing personal”
organized konfusion “coolin one day”
ocee “four play”
raekwon “pyrex vision” & “baggin crack”
bronx slang “married to the game”
eto & v don “influence” w/ willie the kid
raze the ratchet “i’ll show u”
g rap & polo “crime pays”
l the head toucha “sesame street hood”
ghostface “poisonous darts”
g.o.d. pt. 3 & twiz the beat pro “johnny cash”
m.o.p. “nig-gociate”
de la soul “eye patch”
instead of listing a phone book of mediocre songs, I’ll just drop Raekwon – Flawless Crowns
I would put Ice-t’s Ziplock over Fried Chicken
also I have:
Compton’s Most Wanted – Who’s XXX’ing Who
X-Raided – Everybody Killa
Del – Ya Little Crumbsnatchas
Master P – Rich & Dangerous
Redman – Iz He 4 Real
Public Enemy – Rebirth
The irony here is that in 2020 almost all songs are less than 2:30
Dope mix Robbie. Nice to see some ESP on there. Looking forward to the >8mins version…
Afrika Islam was a real beast on that album…
Shaolin What by Method Man
D’Elite by Royce Da 5’9
Sean Price joints:
Peep My Words
Brokest Rapper You Know
Jesus Price intro
Stop
One
Genesis of the omega
Bar-Barian
Title Track
Straight Music
By the Way
Bobby MC Bars
Fei Long
Planet Apes
#4NoReason
Ni**erific
Imperius Rex
Rap Professor
Bryan Song
Fight Club
2pac by the locker
Karate Kid (Random Axe)
Isn’t that the Madlib version of Throwback Rap Attack?
@Krisch: You’re right, I dun goofed.