Just to show you how ill mind’s work, I was having a convo with my dude about Mr. Green & Mr. Mouse deciding to release a backwards version of The Odd Couple. Eventually, the discussion led to the question – “What albums do you know word-for-word, front to back?”
I’m not a karoake dude, but if you cued any of the following & gave me a mic, I’d take on any bettors that I can go verbatim on these…
Nas – Illmatic
The default album of choice when I’m singin’ in the shower. I can literally go verbatim with Nasir on this one.
Keith Sweat – Make It Last Forever
It’s sort of how Chris Rock quipped that the best albums come from the most memorable times in your life. Well as a junior high student, touching asses while slow-draggin’ with a bird was a memorable occasion.
Bob Marley – Anything
Don’t ask me how, but I know Bob music. Survival. Kaya. Catch A Fire.
Celly Cel – Heat 4 Yo Azz
I was so high when this first album dropped, so don’t ask me how I still know this shit…But I do.
I’m sure there’s several more that my shabby memory won’t allow me to recall, however I pose the question to you all…
What albums do you know word-for-word, front to back?
Gnarls Barkley – elpuoC ddO ehT
Gnarls Barkley Give Away “The Odd Couple” In Reverse [Rolling Stone]
![[avatar]](http://p.uproxxcdn.com/global/images/default-avatar.jpg){kind=avatar}
![[image]](http://cdn.tss.uproxx.com/TSS/wp-content/thumbnails/130/110/2011/06/cee-lo-475-150x71.jpg)
![[image]](http://cdn.tss.uproxx.com/TSS/wp-content/thumbnails/130/110/2008/08/cee-los-experience-144x150.jpg)
1st
I know every word of Life After Death (adlibs and skits included)
this is interesting. mine would be the chronic, doggstyle (actually probably anything from the death row era) and the infamous. im looking forward to hearing this
doggystyle- this album made me want to be the smoothest mufucka around, cause i don’t give a fuck snoop owned the world in this albums prime.
low end theroy- this album woke me up. made me want to figure out what hip hop was.
any outkast album
any of jay’s 1st 3 albums
muddy waters
ready to die
life after death
this should be old news to summa y’all…but as far as I know, Nas the only dude that did this…peep:
“Rewind” from Stillmatic (2001)
Listen up gangstas and honeys with ya hair done
Pull up a chair hon’ and put it in the air son
Dog, whatever they call you, god, just listen
I spit a story backwards, it starts at the ending
The bullet goes back in the gun
The bullet hole’s closin this chest of a nigga
Now he back to square one
Screamin, “Shoot don’t please”
I put my fifth back on my hip
It’s like a VCR rewindin a hit
He put his hands back on his bitch
My caravan doors open up
I jumped back in the van and closed it shut
Goin reverse, slowly prepared
My nigga Jungle utters out somethin crazy like, “Go he there”
Sittin in back of this chair, we hittin the roach
The smoke goes back in the blunt, the blunt gets bigger in growth
Jungle unrolls it, put his weed back in the jar
The blunt turns back into a cigar
We listen to Stevie, it sounded like heavy metal fans
Spinnin records backwards of AC/DC
I give my niggas dap, jump out the van back first
Back upstairs, took off the black shirt
I’m in the crib with the phone to my ear
Listen up so y’all can figure out the poem real clear
The voice on the phone was like, “Outside right we”
So with my mouth wide, holdin my heat
Bullets I had plenty to squeeze, plenty for ya
‘Cause Jungle said, “Block your on enemies the”
Hung up the phone, then the phone rang
I’m laid in the bed thinkin ’bout this pretty young thing
Who left, she came back, her clothes just fell to the rug
She fell to my bed and gave me a hug
I told her, “No hell”
She talkin ’bout, “Me kiss”
Bobbed her head then spit the nut back in my dick
Started suckin with no hands, a whole lotta spit
Then got up and put her bra back on her tits
Got fully dressed and told me, “Stressed really I’m”
Picked up her Gucci bag and left her nigga behind
Walkin through the door, she rang the bell twice
I vomited Vodka back in my glass with juice and ice
The clock went back from three, to two, to one
And that’s about the time the story begun
That’s when I first heard the voicemail on the cell
It said, “Son we found that nigga we gotta kill”
Ay yo son, ay yo son, you hear me, you hear me?
Listen man, this dude right on the block, right now, man
I found him, right now, I see him right now!
Let’s kill him)
“Yo, this Nas, leave it. Peace”
of course, you know I had to do it…
the man of the hour, the clip of the moment…yeah, he’s so last week, but it’s classic…
…and here, without further adieu, we present to you…
Eli backwards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4wb3W2UeNQ
suck it up.
outkast-ATLiens & jay-z-the blueprint.
Add Midnight Marauders to my list as well.
eli is everything and everything is eli.
I shit you not theres a part in the video where marv o looks at the middle dudes ass through the back of his chair.
Im not sure if thats really his bro, some one on another board posted that w no proof.
eli was about to do the bankhead bounce when that beat kicked and also when envy said the cripple line eli looked genuinly hurt for a moment…which later resulted in the homosexual massacare we saw when eli put it down.
The Love Below. Adlibs and all. When the stars align and someone announces that it’s 7:48, I recite the whole “where are my panties” skit.
blueprint- I recite the album in my head to keep me awake in class.
Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections
most of Below The Heavens, and I think I could do it with College Dropout
Reasonable Doubt
Outkast – Aquemini
Badu – Mama’s Gun
D’Angelo – VooDoo
Slum Village – Fantastic Vol. 2
The Beatles – Rubber Soul
…and let me be frank… all New Kids on the Block and Nsync albums. *sigh* That’s just the God’s honest.
Please don’t fire me.
Goodie Mob: Soulfood Pastor Troy: I declare WAR & so I don’t get pigeonholed…how about Jay Z: Reasonable Doubt
That Odd Couple backwards is straight trash. Who the fuck would listen to that shit?
i’m trying to make a Indian samples playlist for my friend but i can’t think of any songs. can someone(s) help please?
Odd Couple backwards – marketing ploy? it was free, after all…and required little to no effort to throw the shit in reverse…what new musical merit might it possess going backwards….?
Definitely Doggystyle…
Did it today now that you mention it…
^^^^
Start with the Timbaland Catalog and work your way through Scott Storch beats from about 3 years ago. Hope that helps.
“Whose Gonna Save My Soul” my song of the 2008 so far.
Album may be copped off that strength alone.
But I may have to save my cash for “Rising Down” tho…cuz who you know buy more than one album a year these days? Not me.
PEACE
Musiq Soulchilds entire catalog, excluding Luvanmusiq
“Whose Gonna Save My Soul” my song of the 2008 so far.
========
Say word. I played that shit 2-3x today.
the chronic
the score
still standing
There we have it, Estelle’s Teef has passed Greums as the most annoying “commenter” on TSS!
Diggahoe, now that you mention it
The Score is one of the best hip-hop ALBUMS that you can actually listen to front to back…it’s got all the elements you could ask for: lyricism, soul, anthems, estrogen & testosterone, quality production, funny-ass skits…
yet, somehow, this album, despite what it achieved, is never mentioned when there’s talk of G.O.A.T. hip-hop albums…I honestly bumped this more than “All Eyez On Me”…if any of you remember, both of them dropped on the same day
Outkast- Aquemini, ATLiens
Ludacris- Word of Mouf
Beastie Boys- Licensed to Ill
Eric B. & Rakim- Paid in Full
and my favorite;
The Foreign Exchange: Connected
Assistance needed,
You should check Bobby Valentino’s first album too. Or “Tim & Bob” produced tracks…
why, thank you, Big Rome…somebody had to fill that void, and you gotta be known for something!
enter the wu
slim shady lp
ready to die
muddy waters (redman)
definitely more but those just came to mind
i used to write out/erase/write out…eazy e lyrics so it seemed like i was takin notes in 7th grade math class
The RapidShare Happy Hours are active right now.
Aye
I know all of L’s lyrics on The Score.
Clef’s – not so much.
Pras – psshhh
ready to die
enter the 36 chambers
midnight marauders
jodeci – diary of a mad band
Any Wu album, Ready to Die, the first 2 Carl Thomas joints, anything R. Kelly, All Citizen Cope’s albums, And some spanish music that y’all woulnd’t know nothin ’bout.
I cosign LC Weber on Fantastic Vol. 2. Any Badu, Jill, Aquemini, and I’ll be damn I believe I know Crunk Juice (don’t ask..it was a time in my life, damnit). Gotta be some more, but this damn Quantitative Methods Master’s class has me shaking…*shakes head*
AWWW shower bear.
Errr. for Moi.
I like to listen to a lil Ol D B, Shimmy Shimmy ya, OR Stevie Wonder…….para la ducha
Ummm Mob Deep for getting dressed and traveling…
I know. I’m weird.
shiiiiiiiiiiit…
i know all of tego’s el abayarde…
who’s gonna save my soul.
———-
fire.
made the legends proud w/ that one.
* low end theory
* life after death-
“I neeed anoootherrr biiiitch”
* straight outta compton
* baduizm
* 36 Chambers
* illmatic
* enta da stage
Nas – Illmatic
RZA – Birth of a Prince
Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die
Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
Nas – It Was Written
Raekwon – Only Built For Cuban Linx
Mobb Deep – Hell On Earth
Mobb Deep – The Infamous
La The Darkman – Heist of the Century
I can pretty much memorize any song or album as long as it’s dope; plus killing the repeat function on my system or mp3 helps!!!
Main Source – Breaking Atoms
I wish I remembered other sh*t the way I do hip-hop, but:
Criminal Minded
By All Means Necessary
yo Teef,
Congrats on your award!
You brought the title back to the states, dunny.
Madonna ft. Kanye West-Beat Goes On
(Produced By The Neptunes)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/108564748652ca80/
^
01 Freestyle
02 D-Bloc
03 Paper Touchin
04 Try Your Luck
05 Do You Feel Me
06 On the Block
07 Under the Bus
08 The Predator is Back
09 Wipe Me Down
10 Poppin
11 This Is Shit I Need
12 Mornings Was Hashbrown
13 Gettin Stronger
14 Solution
15 Blow Your Mind
16 Walk With Me
17 Thug It Out
18 Roc Boys
19 Fall in Love
20 Fire
21 A Bay Bay
22 We’re Back
23 Gangster Gangster
24 Monty Can’t Change Me
25 Feel It In The Air
26 Survival in the City
27 Smile
28 Go Getta
29 I Get Money
30 Gangsta Shit
31 It’s Me Bitches
32 Hip Hop
33 Show Me
34 Wall to Wall
35 NYC Is Back
36 Throw Your Set Up
37 Down South
38 Last Dayz
39 I’m From the Ghetto
40 The Biz
dead prez – lets get free
400 degreez – juvenile
d’angelo – voodoo
3000 – the love below
kris kross – young rich and dangerous
jay z – in my lifetime vol 1
jill scott – beautifully human
@ OED – thanks!
i think the prerequisite for having the title that Jerome has given to me is…uh, having a “unique” personality…? some people don’t have that
speaking of romey rome…how’s your little Big L fan club coming along, homey?
All of Nas. All Jay. All Pac. All Big. All….
*realizes how pointless this is*
I have a jukebox in my mind.
Cosign Bob Marley. I find myself going off with some quote from the collection. Gotty knows.
But lately, it’s been Royce’s Bar Exam spillin out the mouth.
Blueprint & Doggystyle
I can recite every like most songs on every 2pac Album, I know all of 2pacs Greatest Hits songs by word.. Plus Most Outlawz. All of Nas’ Albums, like literally lol.. minus Hip-Hop Is Dead, since I didn’t like it the first 3 listens and gave it to a friend. Ughh, I can also recite Ras Kass’ Soul on Ice. The Pharcyde’s first 2 CDs.. And some other Albums. Plus a whole slew of single tracks.
i got every line from the movie Friday down
lol me too…
Blockhead – Downtown Science durr
The Documentary
Doctors Advocate
All Eyez On Me
As Cruel As School Children
You guys ever catch yourself hearing a song on the radio or a mix or something, and when it ends you start saying the words to the next track even though it aint the album..
Wow.
I can tell you now… Every OutKast album; every song from Player’s Ball to Royal Flush; I know forwards and backwards…. skits and all. (B!%$#, stay off that blow! Break!)
I can spit Reasonable Doubt and Ready To Die in my sleep.
I could probably recite The Chronic word for word in a coma.
Not ashamed to admit it, but I can recite Crazy, Sexy, Cool all the way through, too.
It’s other albums too, if I get my mind right, I could probably do forwards and backwards, such as Black On Both Sides and The Slim Shady LP. Actually, I can do the Slim Shady LP, and even do the two songs that was in the background of Guilty Conscience.
Ten points if you know what they are.
@ARon
And here I was thinking it was just me.
Yeah, I do that a lot.
@ Aron
Yes.
The College Dropout-Kanye West
The Eminem Show-Eminem
Getback-Little Brother (On repeat for months…fell out of rotation now, but i know it front to back)
God’s Son-Nas
Graduation-Kanye West
Guilty By Affiliation-WC
In My Own Words-Ne-Yo
Straight Outta Ca$hville-Young Buck
Trauma-DJ Quik
Odd choices, I know….oh well
TLC crazysexycool
Prince 1999, controversy, dirty mind, prince
Janet Jackson control
Sheila E in the glamourous life
Brand New Heavies
Salt N Pepa hot cool & vicious
Salt N Pepa ft Spinderella a salt with a deadly pepa
Debarge in a special way
Faith Evans faith
Usher 8701 & confessions
Prince & The Revolution purple rain, around the world in a day
Just to name a few
UB40 Labour of Love
All Bob Marley
Jay-Z The Blueprint
Nas Stillmatic
Notorious B.I.G. Ready To Die
Usher 8701
TLC Crazysexycool
2pac Makaveli
yo gotty im the same way with that celly cell album
especially heat 4 yo azz pipms playas and hustlas and bailin thru the hood
quite possibly the best b-legit verse ever on bailin thru the hood and defintely the best mac shawn on pimps playas and hustlas….
still to this day
That might be the only B-Legit verse I know lol.
I played “Ballin Thru My Hood” the other day in the car. My girl looked @ me like “why are we listening to this elementary school as rappin?” lol
D’angelo brown sugar
Jacksons destinys triumph
Eddie Murphy boogie in your mouth
New Jack City soundtrack
New Edition heartbreak
Cypress Hill: Black Sunday
DMX: Blood From My Blood…
Kool Keith: Sex Style
IAM: L’ecole Du Micro D’argent
De Puta Madre: Une Balle Dans La Tete
probably only two i know fully front to back are:
mos def and talib kweli are blackstar
viktor vaughn – vaudeville villain
yo Teef,
Congrats on your award!
You brought the title back to the states, dunny.
==========
LOL, please don’t feed the Greums.
Yo Gotty , what about a link for that Celly Cell?
Thanks in advance.
Peace.
Outkast- Aquemini, ATLiens
Ludacris- Word of Mouf
Beastie Boys- Licensed to Ill
Eric B. & Rakim- Paid in Full
Will Smith- Willenium
and my favorite;
The Foreign Exchange: Connected
first 2 BDP albums
first 2 Public Enemy albums
Ready to Die
The Chronic
Doggystyle
DMC’s – Raising Hell
Licensed to Ill
Illmatic
every weezer album before 2005
All of musiq’s soul child’s music in cluding Luvanmusiq
Lil Wayne The Carter
His first three squad mixtapes
Kanye West- College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation
Every Jodeci album
D’Angelo’s Brown Sugar
Mary J – My Life, What’s The 411
Maxwell – Embrya
Tha Dogg Pound – Dogg Food
I like a mix…
NaS – Illmatic
Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die & Live After Death
Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt & The Blueprint
Mobb Deep – The Infamous
Wu-Tang – 36 Chambers
ATCQ – Low End Theory & Midnight Marauders
Common – Resurrection & Be
BDP – Criminal Minded & My Philosophy
Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
Snoop – Doggystyle
LL Cool J – Bigger & Deffer
Murs – Murs 3:16 9th Edition
Outkast – Aquemini
Goodie M.O.B. – Soulfood
Black Sheep – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Mobb Deep – The Infamous
Mobb Deep –
Alkaholics – 21 and Over
Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Links
Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
Wu Tang Clan – Forever
Jay Z – Reasonable Doubt
Jay Z – The Blueprint
Jay Z – The Black Album
Outkast – Aquemini
Outkast – ATLiens
CNN – The War Report
Kwame – The Boy Genius
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper
Kanye West – Graduation
b-legit always is to me dope on other peoples songs and has trash albums i dl’d tryin to get a buck on some nostalgia and had to delete that shit so quick
The record execs definitely did not agree to press this up did they? Complete buffoonery.
Common – Be & Finding Forever
All Kanye
36 Chambers
Supreme Clientele
Shimmy Shimmy Ya
Fantastic Vol 2
Lord Willin’ & Hell Hath No Fury
greums is wack
redman dare is a darkside
LIKS-Liquidation
Outkast-Atlians
Nas-Illmatic
ATCQ-Low End Theory
Biggie-Ready to Die
Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
Ras Kass- Soul on Ice
Sublime- Sublime
Lyrcist Lounge- Lyricist Lounge Vol 1
Coco Brovas- Rude Awakening
Ras Kass- Rassasination
2Pac- Me Aganist the World
Nirvana- 2nd Album
All of these influenced my musical taste til this day
blueprint, reasonable doubt, black album