Top ten posse cuts of all time:

What up:

    I hope this blog finds you in good health and spirits.  It seems like every song of the last 8 years is a posse cut.  does anyone make songs with just themselves on them anymore (Kudos to the underground).  When did artist get so insecure with their own skills that they needed to bring on every hot rapper in the scene to make themselves, I don't know, more credible?

    Back in the day we did posse cuts because guys were our friends.  We were bugging in the studio and one thing led to another and BAMB!, we had a song.  So in honor or those who need others,  I present the list of best posse cuts of all time.  How do you get on this list you might ask, well here are the qualifiers:

1-Beat had to be bananas

2-Emcee had to be bananas

3-Lyrics had to be B.A.N.A.N.A.S

Here is my list and in order

1-The Symphony-Juice Crew All Stars: Not only was this one of Marly Marls greatest tracks, but look at the line up: A rookie in Craig G, Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.  Not only was this a killer line up but the lyrics were crazy

2-Buddy-Native Tongues-What do you get when you put Queen Latifah, Monie Love, The Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, in a room and mix it with a nuts tracks.  A classic.

3-Live at the BBQ-Main Source: Of the Classic "Breaking Atoms" LP, The song, produced by Large Professor, featured the first time the World heard Nas, Akynele, Joe Fatal, and Extra P.  THe lyrics on this still ring in my mind like I heard them yesterday and the song is almost 20 years old.  If you are not up on it then SHAME ON YOU Y.G. COP IT

4-Scenerio-A Tribe Called Quest: Tribe love putting their friends on tracks but this was not just a friendly come up.  The Leaders of The New School, with Busta Rhyme, Charlie Brown and Dinco Dee were on fire at the time with "Just Another Case of That Old P.T.A".  It was also when Busta really showed the world he was ready to be dolo.  The track, Produced by Ali Shaheed and TIP was just bugnannies. "RRRARRR RRRARR LIKE A DUNGEON DRAGON".  The remix with it's dedication and rhyme with HOOD on it was the icing on an already great cake.

5-Brooklyn's Finest-Jay Z:  the concept the Jigga and Bigga, how you figga would form a group called "The Commission" was cemented when these two emcee's first showed the world what a song with both of them on it would sound like.  Now an argument can be made that this is not a posse cut but a duet, but honestly these was no one else (MAYBE KANE) who would be able to come on that track and do the damaged they did.  "IF Faith had twins, she'd probably have two pac's, get it, Tu-Pac's"  A gem.

6-Swagger Like Us-T.I.: SO I jumped a few years ahead but this song is still going to be years ahead of it's time.  Here is the line up that ten years, no twenty years, from now we will still be shaking our mic's at: T.I., Lil Wayne, Kanye West, and oh yea, JAY Z.  It was four emcee's just trying to out do each other.  It was an ode to back in the day.  Who had the most skills and the biggest ego, and it was tested by the best rhymes.  it also showed what Lil Wayne is made of.  You can make your assumptions right there LOL

7-What's the difference Between Me and You-Dr. Dre: Off the Chronic 2001 this banger came equipped with lyrics from Dre, Em, X to the Z, and Snoop.  banging track, lyrics and emcee's.  not much more you could ask for right there.

8-All about the Benjamins's: Puff Daddy:  I know what you are thinking, and most of you are probably right, but you can't knock that record.  It still bangs and is one of the few times in history that a female held her own on a posse cut (Kudos the Lil Kim).  Plus I am a lox fan for life so Sheik Louch will always get love from me.  This is one of my favorite songs of all time, I don't care what anybody thinks

9-Triumph-Wu Tang: Many thought that after the succes that they all had as solo artists that the Wu Klan would never re-assemble.  It took almost two years but when this came out it gave everyone what they were looking for.  Killer beat by Rza, and lyrics to go from the brothers of Staten Island.  They were never the same after this track

10-I leave it up to you.  fill in the blank

Serch