We Are Not 90’s Snobs
We wanna enlighten… and let you live.
After finally getting the chance to sit down and thoroughly listen to this, I realized that there must be so many misguided people like me out there that weren’t living right without this music. Shout to Peter Rosenberg for posting the Radio Rip of the 5 hour set, very appreciative to Funkmaster Flex for enlightening us with his best music from the 90’s. Inspired by OhWord to do something like this, I give you the best of 90’s hip hop, according to Flex. I’m uploading these songs one by one, so walk witt me and check back.
- Eric B. & Rakim - In The Ghetto
- Brand Nubian (Sadat X, Grand Puba & Lord Jamar) - Step To The Rear
- Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
- Tim Dog - Fuck Compton
- Diamond D of D.I.T.C.(Diggin’ In The Crates) - Yo, That’s That Shit Freestyle
- Chubb Rock - Treat ‘Em Right
- Kings of Swing - Nod Your Head to This
- EPMD (Erick Sermon & Parrish Smith) - Give The People
- EPMD feat. The Hit Squad (Redman, K-Solo, & Das EFX) - Head Banger
- LL Cool J - Around The Way Girl
- Main Source (Sir Scratch, K-Cut & Large Professor)- Large Professor
- Gang Starr (Guru & DJ Premier) - Manifest
- LL Cool J - Eat ‘Em Up L Chill
- Black Sheep (Dres & Mista Lawnge) - Flavour of the Month
- Brand Nubian - All For One
- O.C. - Time’s Up
- Main Source - Just Hangin’ Out
- Main Source - Just Hangin’ Out (Video Version)
- Main Source feat. Nas, Fatal & Akinyele - Live at the Barbecue
- Scarface of the Geto Boys - Mr. Scarface
- UMC’s (Fly Guy Kool Kim, Hass G. & DJ Kid Magic) - Blue Cheese
- The Ultramagnetic MC’s (Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love, Moe Love & Tim Dog)- Poppa Large
- Double XX Posse - Not Gonna Be Able To Do It
- Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
- Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.
- Queen Latifah - Just Another Day
- Diamond D and the Psychotic Neurotics - Sally Got A One Track Mind
- Gang Starr - Check The Technique
- A Tribe Called Quest (Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Jarobi White) - Footprints
- KRS-One - Outta Here
- D-Nice - Call Me D-Nice
- A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It
- Brand Nubian - To The Right
- Brand Nubian - Slow Down
- KRS-One - Love’s Gonna Getcha
- Public Enemy - Anti-Nigger Machine
- Public Enemy - Brother’s Gonna Work It Out
- Organized Konfusion (Pharaohe Monch & Prince Po) - Walk Into The Sun (RMX)
- Fat Joe - Flow Joe
- Gang Starr - Now You’re Mine
- Das Efx - Kaught In Da Ak (DJ Premier RMX)
- Apache - Gangsta Bitch
- UMC’s - One To Grow On
- Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain
- Big L - M.V.P.
- Zhigge - Toss It Up
- Zhigge - Rakin’ In The Dough
- The Alkaholiks - Make Room
- Masta Ace - Born to Roll (Jeep Ass Nigguh RMX)
- Gang Starr - Take It Personal
- Da Bushbabies - We Run Things (It’s Like That)
- Common Sense - Resurrection (Extra P RMX/Large Professor RMX)
- Doo Wop - Bouncemaster
- Main Source - Lookin’ At The Front Door
- Main Source - Fakin’ The Funk
- Ice Cube - Amerikkka’s Most Wanted
- Special Ed - Come On, Let’s Move It
- Jeru the Damaja - D Original
- Nas - Halftime
- Nas - The World Is Yours
- Nas - One Love
- Jeru the Damaja - One Day
- Jeru the Damaja - Come Clean
- Black Moon - Who Got Da Props
- Smif-N-Wessun - Bucktown
- Black Moon - Ack Like U Want It
- Black Moon - How Many MC’s
- Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin
- Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin (RMX)
- Boot Camp Clik - Headz Ain’t Ready
- Smif-N-Wessun - Sound Bwoy Bureill
- Redman feat. K-Solo - It’s Like That (My Big Brother)
- Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah, Method Man & Cappadonna - Ice Cream
- Willie Mitchell - Groovin’ (4th Chamber Sample)
- Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck
- Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
- Wu-Tang Clan - Ain’t Nuthing Ta F’ Wit
- Raekwon - Incarcerated Scarfaces
- Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II
- Mobb Deep - Survival of the Fittest
- Mobb Deep - Give Up The Goods
- Mobb Deep - Still Shinin’
- Wu-Tang Clan - It’s Yourz
- Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
- Smoothe Da Hustler - Broken Language
- M.O.P. - How About Some Hardcore
This list is correct and complete to the best of my knowledge, but what the fuck do I know. If you remark anything unusual, if you have one of the missing versions of songs, if you know any better songs by these or other artists, or if you have any of the ill Jazz samples used in any of these songs, let it be known in the comments or hit me up.
While you’re here, be sure to check out the rest of my site, or subscribe to my RSS feed.
July 8, 2007 at 11:17 pm
50 dropped Power of a Dollar in 99… why ain’t that shit included?
Hater..smh..
Hate is the New Love
Curtis…09.04.07
July 8, 2007 at 11:18 pm
I give you the best of 90’s hip hop, according to Flex.
^ Flex don’t know shit…
July 8, 2007 at 11:21 pm
And where is Jay-Z….or Biggie..?
July 8, 2007 at 11:23 pm
Shut this new post down… ya dig…
July 8, 2007 at 11:51 pm
good post
July 8, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Nice post nation. Eskay your sever is ass.
July 8, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Correction - excellent post nation.
July 8, 2007 at 11:59 pm
smh @ y’all saying this a good post…..
and EngRep especially you, I thought you liked BIG… There ain’t one fucking BIG song on that list…
July 9, 2007 at 12:35 am
good post nation….lol @ 2x..smh
July 9, 2007 at 12:47 am
and EngRep especially you, I thought you liked BIG… There ain’t one fucking BIG song on that list…
^^Ayo Two that shit up there is classic 90’s hip-hop, whether there’s Big on there or not it does’nt make a difference, good hip-hop is good hip-hop. I suggest you download all those jams and take some time out to appreciate whats really good.
I’ll say it again nation, spiffing post (nhjic)
July 9, 2007 at 12:55 am
EngRep
Answer this one question and quit worrying if I have listened to those songs or not?
Answer this:
How do you make a list of the classic 90’s hip-hop and not include B.I.G.?
Please no need to answer anything else but that…
July 9, 2007 at 12:56 am
Nation
This post/list sucks…
Classic 2000’s hip-hop gonna include Mazi Drop..
July 9, 2007 at 1:04 am
great post nation
July 9, 2007 at 1:07 am
Fat Joe makes the list but no BIG… smh…
July 9, 2007 at 1:09 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUnMQq7BFvI
July 9, 2007 at 1:11 am
Good stuff(nh)
July 9, 2007 at 1:12 am
Wack
July 9, 2007 at 1:19 am
and Nas just keeps winning…
July 9, 2007 at 1:20 am
oh, and die hard > transformers
July 9, 2007 at 1:32 am
Answer this one question and quit worrying if I have listened to those songs or not?
Answer this:
How do you make a list of the classic 90’s hip-hop and not include B.I.G.?
Please no need to answer anything else but that…
^^Its not nation’s list of 90’s hip-hop Two, its Funk Flex’s list. And yep Flex gets a smh for no Biggie, thats still an ill list. You like the Madd Rapper Two, always aggy! lol
July 9, 2007 at 7:32 am
I dont think its a top list you dumb fucks, just what flex pulled out of his box at the time.
July 9, 2007 at 8:00 am
You went in on this post. Good look.
July 9, 2007 at 8:35 am
sick post!
July 9, 2007 at 8:43 am
>>The Ultramagnetic MC’s (Kool Keith, Ced Gee, TR Love, Moe Love & Tim Dog) - Blue Cheese
>>The Ultramagnetic MC’s - One To Grow On
^Nation, you got the wrong group for these two songs. These two songs are by the UMC’s. It’s off their album “Fruits of Nature”. UMC’s and the Ultramagnetic MC’s are two different groups.
July 9, 2007 at 8:48 am
^ say word! ha haa thanks
July 9, 2007 at 9:03 am
lol, yeah. I got the UMC’s album on cassette, 91 style. I youtubed the video for One to Grow On next door at Nah late last week.
July 9, 2007 at 9:11 am
i was gonna post videos, but once i study these tracks and the artists i’m enlargening (nh) my Throw your Back out Youtube section.
that Brand Nubian rocks heavy though… Grand Pu was hurting em back in the day
July 9, 2007 at 9:23 am
Grand Puba, Brand Nubian, Smiff N Wessun, Wu, Black Moon?? Damn great post Nation. I miss 90s Hip Hop. Those were the days.
Das EFX, Lost Boyz, Onyx, Lords of the Underground. I need to round up my 90s music I have on tapes..lol. You should make all this available on CD
July 9, 2007 at 9:25 am
yeah, this post is definitely official. I’m gonna have to link up this joint on Duepayer. Lotta dope joints people need to be reminded of. I was just listening to that UMCs joint, Blue Cheese last night. That was a great era but we need to big up the new cats doin it too.
July 9, 2007 at 9:29 am
the 90’s were lovely(n/h), back when everything wasn’t so corporate like it is today
July 9, 2007 at 9:48 am
once people realized how much money could be made off this rap thing, instead of giving people a little voice to say a lot, they decide to give them a big voice to say nothing at all
old white men is runnin’ this rap shit,
corporate forces runnin’ this rap shit,
some tall Israeli is runnin’ this rap shit,
we poke out our asses for a chance to cash in.
July 9, 2007 at 11:57 am
Yo Nation, this is a ill post, I’m feelin the music for real son.. Or as we said back in the 90’s ‘On The Strength’.. ((C) Al B Sure…
July 9, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Man I am blasting this music here at work. Nation once again props on the post. Shit is taking me back. Wow.
July 9, 2007 at 3:11 pm
FLEX IS A PIECE OF SHIT PAYOLA FAGGET ASS NIGGA WHO CANT MIX WORTH SHIT. ONE 5 HOUR MIX OF OLD SHIT AND YOU GUYS THINK HE’S A LEGEND. PLEASE STFU AND GET OFF HIS NUTS CUZ HE AINT SHIT AND HE GREEDY ASS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY HIP HOP IS DEAD.
July 9, 2007 at 6:59 pm
^co-sign… although I’ve heard Flex DID put in work back in the day, 5 hours of music that he should still be supporting on the daily doesn’t make up for the fact that later tonight he will drop bombs for 30 mins while replaying the new Uncle Murda track…
and props for including links… that’s the truth right there…
July 9, 2007 at 7:00 pm
late pass: I’m not feelin’ the black villany as much as the Grey Album… although there are one or two in there that are kinda tough… (nhjic)
July 9, 2007 at 8:02 pm
[...] We Are Not 90’s Snobs [image] We wanna enlighten… and let you live. After finally getting the chance to sit down and thoroughly […] [...]
July 9, 2007 at 8:17 pm
damn man
man ignorance up in here
jelousy, envy
chill the fuck out all y’all fuckers who think their opinion constitutes fact
July 10, 2007 at 1:14 am
ill post nation. shame that flex and not stretch inspired you. smh @ anyone who hasn’t visited http://www.konstantkontakt.blogspot.com/
smh @ sunday nights not being the same no mo
July 10, 2007 at 2:11 am
Phat shout out for this post. Good ish.
July 10, 2007 at 2:37 am
you just mad that he won’t play your garbage ass tracks.
at least he’s doing something. and where he came from and when he first started he was a voice for a lot of people. every dj from the 90s still rockin it now in radio has had to conform or jump ship, I can’t blame him for doing what he did
July 10, 2007 at 3:08 am
40/40
July 10, 2007 at 11:39 am
Props for the tracklist!
Toss it up is by a group called Zhigge
“It’s like that” is We run things by da bushbabies
July 10, 2007 at 12:03 pm
^ props… i’ll upload em when i get home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29jRWS7y7bA
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1xf8c_da-bush-babies-we-run-things
July 10, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Where’s 2pac? Or Jay-Z or Big? SMH
July 10, 2007 at 1:25 pm
i noticed there was no pac,jay,or BIG, BUT the music was so DOPE I didn’t really care
July 10, 2007 at 1:33 pm
I admit I was a bit surprised that biggie wasn’t on the show but as someone put it before me: it’s NOT a top 40 nineties rap chart. It’s a tribute show and the man pulls out whatever felt right at that moment. Either way respect to the man for puttin that 90ies vibe on the air!
If we show some love instead he might just be back with another show that will include all the other classics
Now I’ll go dig out my old hot*97 flex tapes from 1994 and keep my head noddin.
thestrom, sweden
July 10, 2007 at 1:48 pm
you guys act like biggie didn’t get a whole day of love on hot 97, plus regular spins. mister cee holds biggie down like no other
these songs and the mind state that accompanies it are pretty much forgotten. thestrom… do you know how to convert that shit to mp3? a la stretch armstrong
July 10, 2007 at 2:31 pm
y’all faggots crying no biggie or pac or jay are fucking brainwashed. this is the 90’s shit that NO ONE PLAYS ANY MORE. i hear tribute sets of all those dudes every other fucking day and no one’s playing these joints. FALL THE FUCK BACK FOR ONE DAY.
for a dude like flex to put it out there on a platform like hot 97 is huge. he’s schooling new heads and reminiscing with the old heads.
fucking crybabies.
dudes like pac and big are already gods in this. lemme get my blue cheese on.
July 10, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Yeah, i thought about that but the quality is really crappy. tapes decay… I only pull them out when i have a serious craving for that old school flex cut-ups of beware of the rampsack, the what, loud hangover, that nuttin but love original etc
July 10, 2007 at 4:36 pm
51st!
July 11, 2007 at 6:16 am
Since I’m holding the late pass I won’t even say nuthin’ about the scenario remix.
Flex ain’t been good since the Daddy’s House days back at the Red Zone.
That was the 90’s.
Good shit on the heavy lifting(research).
That makes this drop pop.
July 11, 2007 at 11:43 am
fashionably late > first
speak up
July 12, 2007 at 10:38 pm
WHATS GOOD - HERE’S THE REMIX TO THAT DAS EFX JOINT IF ANYONE NEEDS IT
KAUGHT IN DA AK -PRIMO REMIX
http://www.yousendit.com/download/OGhmaUNPcTJVVGswTVE9PQ
NICE DIGGIN HERE TOO!!!!
July 12, 2007 at 10:41 pm
^ fucking props. DJ Premier was on his grind
July 12, 2007 at 11:55 pm
56. Special Ed - Let’s Move It
July 13, 2007 at 2:45 am
thanks
July 13, 2007 at 7:31 am
Your file for the Boot Camp Clik song “Headz Aint Ready” is the wrong version. If you have the right version, it would be much appreciated
July 13, 2007 at 9:39 pm
[...] I’ve been carrying this around for the last few days. [...]
July 14, 2007 at 8:54 am
What’s that last instrumental track after “how about some hardcore”? I know it so well but just can’t get it…
July 14, 2007 at 10:53 am
i think it’s the Common joint that flex was looping all night
it must be the DJ Premier remix of Resurrection, because the second he threw it on, Rosenberg said shout to Large Pro but flex said i know Premier is feeling me (pause). i don’t know, if anyone has it… send it over
July 14, 2007 at 11:20 am
Ah great tnx! It’s the extra p remix of ressurection by large pro. I’d love to find that ep…
http://www.discogs.com/release/297068
July 15, 2007 at 12:02 am
i loved this radio mix.
…but flex dubbed himself the king of the 90’s. but i think kid capri takes that title.
July 15, 2007 at 1:24 am
i think this‘ll do for the moment
July 15, 2007 at 3:57 am
Here is the Redman K- Solo song
http://www.zshare.net/audio/2696790cf778b8/
July 17, 2007 at 1:22 pm
props
July 18, 2007 at 10:59 am
[...] J’ai reussi a retrouvé la set list assez impréssionnante d’ailleurs (85 morceaux) et Ho! surprise ont peut télécharger chaque titre original grâce à un petit lien à coté du titre  : ici [...]
July 18, 2007 at 11:24 am
Pure Hiphop : Funkmaster Flex Spins the 90s
Quelques liens pour faire honneur aux anciens, DJ, remixers hiphop qui ont fait le son des 90s.
Funkmaster Flex a réalisé un mix de 5 heures pour …. Rosenberg Radio …
Tracklist complet : 85 morceaux disponibles chez Wmdeez !
July 18, 2007 at 1:08 pm
[...] Big ups to the nation for the original post We Are Not 90’s Snobs [...]
July 18, 2007 at 1:45 pm
[...] und zwar dort. [...]
July 23, 2007 at 3:09 am
“Danger” by Blahzay Blahzay.
July 23, 2007 at 11:21 am
where?
July 23, 2007 at 3:57 pm
This is exactly what I’ve been lookin for for a minute, but I do agree that this list is missing:
a) Biggie
b) Snoop or a Dre joint (hello??) WTF is up with the west coast? I reps for NY of course, but I can’t forget Gin N Juice baby!
Also, I want to see a Flex vs. Mr. Cee all time 90’s best. I MUST have that for history’s sake!! Get it poppin!
July 24, 2007 at 3:10 pm
[...] Big ups to the nation for the original post We Are Not 90’s Snobs [...]
July 25, 2007 at 8:09 pm
This is exactly what I expected to find out after reading the title o.us poetry. Thanks for informative article
July 30, 2007 at 1:45 pm
[...] Premo week starts now. My bad for the Youtube vids, but you’ll have the MP3’s of dudes best songs by the end of the week. Here’s a little something curtsy of the homie Belize. More Premo over here. [...]
August 9, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Well I’ve read all the comments… and damn sure been playing all the tracks in regular rotation since they originally dropped in the 90’s. I gotta give props where props are due. Flex really put in some work on the mix. And since it was never said to be the top 100 of the 90’s I gotta say, though I STILL feel like he talks way too much and has become the Frankie Crocker of Rap… He has to get mad props for being able to pull off a 5 hour 90’s mix WITHOUT resorting to the majority of the joints that would be found on the top 100 list.
Think about it this way… He pulled of a 5 hour Mix that is STILL getting mad props from around the world WITHOUT leaning on BIG, The Entire BAD BOY camp, JAY-Z, Snoop, Dre & The West Coast. Hell there was no Luke or even the Classic Funk Flex, DJ Kool, Fatman Scoop Party Drops and Breaks (C’mon baby, etc…
that helped set off EVERY Party in the 90’s.
For those of you who REALLY remember those times and have been partying and/or spinning since the 90’s or even before… You’ll have noticed that while he did play a lot of the hot artists from the time… he didn’t even try to stay in the top ten or favorite hits from them. Think about it… Gang Starr but no DWYCK. KRS-One but no Step into a World. The Alkaholiks but no Likwit. C’mon if you were paying attention and not looking for something to complain about or hate on you’d have picked up on that.
This mix was primarily underground classics… stuff that you may have heard at Daddy’s House, Kilamanjaro, Union Square, The Tunnel, or even the Palladium. This is the stuff that WAS getting some radio play but heard mostly in clubs or on Boom Boxes around the hood. Flex reminded a lot of us real DJ’s that… unlike today, .a lot more creativity & diversity were appreciated.
Now I will say that Flex is one of the reasons I stopped listening to radio. As a DJ I have difficulty hearing bombs dropped continuously on commercialized garbage. Being cosigned by someone who should know better. But fortunately because of the internet, i-Pods, the never ending open mics, showcases and cat’s rhyming to beat boxes on a lunchroom table… I know that real hip-hop will perservere. And that in 10 years… another set of DJ’s and music enthusiasts will be having this same discussion all over again.
Flex It’s nice to see you haven’t forgotten the basics and your foundation. Nation thank YOU for doing the heavy lifting and allowing some of these younger cats a chance to download some classics. For those of you who forgot… or maybe never knew… When this all started you had to carry a 50lbs of vinyl or more to achieve the mix and flow Flex pulled off. And that doesn’t include the OTHER hits that we KNOW had to be carried!!!
It wasn’t about downloads or ripping and burning CD’s. And though the game has changed… EVERY DJ should do some “heavy lifting” if you are ever going to be appreciated and respected in this biz. Let’s see if YOU can pull off a 5 hour mix that keeps everybody jumping and reminiscing without relying on your “Heavy Rotation” crate!
One Love,
Mischief
18 yrs strong as a DJ and still going!
September 3, 2007 at 6:56 pm
[...] may remember Funkmaster Flex blessing the airwaves on Independence day with nothing but gems from the 90’s. Well, they did it again. This time Hot 97’s rookie Peter Rosenberg got his first chance at [...]
September 7, 2007 at 11:56 pm
thanks for the postings of the songs. I am even bumpin’ the songs and mixes on the west coast!! good shit
October 17, 2007 at 3:45 pm
[...] Premo is feeling me right now! [...]
October 17, 2007 at 11:48 pm
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THESE SONGS ONE BY ONE. i’m young so i don’t know/remember much of these songs, i just remember my older cousins got me into hip-hop at a young age and i remember how it felt to hear this real hip-hop. i am going to upload every song, thank you.
November 9, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Damn i miss the 90’s
November 28, 2007 at 4:10 pm
quit fucking complaining. this shit is free you stupid mothafuckas. most of you fools wasn’t even born when these songs came out so quit acting like yo know hip hop.
here’s my top ten list of best emcee’s.
rakim
krs one
big daddy kane
kool g rap
big L
supernatural
canibus
pharoah monch
A-butta
and m.c. hammer or vanilla ice or tone-loc funky cold medina.
April 27, 2008 at 12:49 am
So when is someone gonna come with that Doo Wop joint… otherwise I’ll have to lift the piano break off the Flex radio rip….
June 12, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Whoa!! Flex gets ridiculous props for this set. Unbelievable!!!
I don’t understand the hate. Jay-Z, Biggie, Tupac and 50 deserve their respect, but there’s a lot more to hip hop then those 4 artists.
The funny thing is that I don’t remember flex playing any of this stuff back in the 90’s. I only remember him playing MaryJ, Biggie, Zulu War Chant, DMX and stuff like that. So, I have a new found respect for flex.