Posse cuts
When I was a young rap fan in the mid to late 90s I was all about the posse cuts. There’s something about getting a whole bunch of rappers together on a single track that’s cool to me. I used to go hard taping music videos off of the chart shows, Juice TV and MCM (I grew up in New Plymouth, so we had none of that cool shit Aucklanders had access to like Sirvere & DLT’s show) and for some reason there are a few posse cuts from my tapes that I’ll just never forget. People (of a certain age anyway) always cite Tribe’s Scenario, Juice Crew’s Symphony and Craig Mack’s Flava in Ya Ear Remix, but this blog is a nod to 5 tracks you may have forgotten that are memorable to me. It’s not meant to be a top 5 of all time or an exhaustive list, it’s just a chance to reminisce.
Feel free to comment about your memorable posse cut songs, but remember I’m talking about songs that had videos, feature 4 or more rappers and were before the 2000s. See below for mine.
Boyz II Men feat. Treach, Craig Mack, Busta & Method Man — Vibin Remix
Treach with the killa intro verse
The Luniz feat. Dru Down, Shock G, Richie Rich, E-40 & Spice 1 — I Got 5 On It Remix
Yukmouth & Spice 1 on point
Fat Joe feat. Big Pun, Nas, Jadakiss & Raekwon — John Blaze
Everyone murdering Joe on his own shit
Krs-One feat. Vigilante, Buckshot, Keith Murray, Cam’ron, Bounty Killer, Killah Priest, Prodigy, Redman & Run — 5 Boroughs
Buckshot & P are my picks
Sway & Tech feat. RZA, Eminem, Pharaohe Monch, Xzibit, Tech9ne, Kool G, Jayo Felony, Chino XL & Krs-One — The Anthem
Mean line-up, but this one’s more about the vid than any of the verses for me
January 26th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Sticking to your boundaries, I’d have to say Puff’s “All About The Benjamins (Remix)” is my favourite.
Honorable mentions
Mase, The Lox, Black Rob & DMX – 24 Hrs To Live
Ja Rule, Jay-Z, Memph Bleek, Busta, Murderers & Vita – Holla Holla remix
NORE, Big Pun, Camron, Nature & The Lox – Banned From TV
EPMD, Redman & K-Solo – Headbanger
January 27th, 2009 at 10:06 am
You’s have picked all the mean ones. Couple more
Lost Boyz, Canibus, Kurupt, Daz – Music makes me high remix
Fugees, John Forte, A Tribe Called Quest, Busta – Rumble in the jungle
B-Real, Busta, Coolio, LL Cool J, Methodman – Hit em high (Monstarr Anthem LOL)
LL Cool J, Prodigy, Keith Murray, Fat Joe, Foxy Brown – I Shot Ya Remix
and flava in ya ear remix of course,but that’s obvious
January 27th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
^ its obvious and mentioned in the post.
Bending the rules slightly (it’s only 3 rappers) but here’s another goodie from ‘94:
Brandy – I Wanna Be Down Remix ft. MC Lyte, Yo-Yo & Queen Latifah
January 27th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Man, some of those ^^^ brought out the memories haha. Here’s two more that sprung to mind after reading your guys:
LL — 4,3,2,1 feat. Meth, Redman, Canibus, DMX & Master P (I gotta admit I didn’t realise there was a vid to this or that Master P was on it?? – thanks Youtube)
Group Therapy (B-Real, Nas, Krs-One, RBX) – East Coast/West Coast Killas
January 27th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Run DMC feat. Pete Rock and CL Smooth – Down with the king
January 28th, 2009 at 10:15 am
West Coast All Stars – Were All in the Same Gang
“brothers … killing other brothers…….” schpooof!
January 28th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Dr. Dre feat. Bushwick Bill, Kurupt, RBX, Lady Of Rage and Snoop – Stranded On Death Row
Snoop Dogg feat. Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Warren G – Aint No Fun
West Coast at its finest
January 31st, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Geto Boys & The Rap-A-Lot Family – Bring It On
“Strapped assassin, ghetto gladiator, leaving a path of destruction like the motherfuckin’ Terminator”
July 11th, 2009 at 2:42 am
The Points off the Panther Soundtrack. It did have a video on it (check out youtube). Real underrated song.
July 11th, 2009 at 2:43 am
oh here you go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIr090C38W8&feature=related