Is the greatest hip hop song ever composed. Prodigy and Hav distilled the entire rap game post-NWA (advent of hardcore rap) into an incredible package. The beat is simply legendary. There's a reason why Em chose it in 8 Mile. The sample of the prison chains rattling in the background, the sirens, the piano notes, the scratchiness of the sample (no doubt Hav was influenced by the RZA on Enter the Wu-Tang), are truly beautiful. And then the lyrics... absolutely fearless. "Stab your brain with your nosebone... or the next rhyme I write might be about YOU!" Pac had to call out the Mobb in his beef because he knew that this track was an absolute game stopper. I check in with the hip hop game every now and again to see if anyone can match this track... but so far they're coming up short. Bedstuy and QBC in '95 still reigns supreme... change my mind.
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