What up kids...its been a while. Music hall is the only reason I still use this site haha. but I've been searching for hip-hop songs that tell a story....I'll start it off then post em up! big L.....one of the best RIP [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAfhCsdw9Zg]YouTube - big L casualties of a dice game[/ame] kool g rap....the best mc / storyteller of all time (IMO) [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niua9KOzgrA]YouTube - On the Run [1992] - Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo[/ame] all hail king nicky [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IegQcXcSSZ0]YouTube - Andre Nickatina Train With No Love[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW8jRjvlLgE]YouTube - Kool G RAP - A Thugs Love Story (Chapter I,II.III)[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w3dQUkYooE]YouTube - Diabolic - 12 Shots (Feat. Nate Augustus)[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2bbhYRnOFA]YouTube - Tonedeff - Porcelain[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-hPYBVzl7U]YouTube - APATHY - WHAT GOES UP[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyc4aq4Hbp0]YouTube - E-40 - Shut It Down (1991)[/ame] Alright the last one doesn't tell a story but that shits my jam right now
classic [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyr_0_islKI]YouTube - Eminem Ft Dr Dre - Guilty Conscience (Uncensored Music Video)[/ame]
Guru!! [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwSXfocnt48]YouTube - Gang Starr - Ex Girl to Next Girl[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXWkksacWWI]YouTube - The Last Emperor - One Life[/ame] Kinda sad though
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUK4G0AwFLs]YouTube - Slick Rick "Children's Story"[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mBilft7RiE]YouTube - Biggie Smalls - Niggas Bleed[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pqiqrnZE44]YouTube - Immortal Technique - You Never Know Lyrics[/ame]
Royce Da 5'9" [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQyIqTYG72c]YouTube - Royce Da 5'9" - "Part Of Me"[/ame] Louis Logic [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHuFaysi5To]YouTube - Louis Logic - Dust To Dust[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DFR0vdPPM0]YouTube - "The Great Divide" louis logic & J.J. Brown[/ame] 13 Amp [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF5zZhvWDb8]YouTube - 13 Amp - Picked Your Destiny[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UR3lGzbZ88]YouTube - 13 Amp - That's Life[/ame] Brother Ali [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGfbCWY0g5U]YouTube - Dorian-Brother Ali[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXIOS5dq0pM]YouTube - Brother Ali - Faheem[/ame] Atmosphere [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvugcOOUdJc]YouTube - Atmosphere - Always Coming Back Home To You + Say Shh[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jEWV73klvE]YouTube - Atmosphere Who I'll Never Be[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZIzBD1P8PQ]YouTube - Atmosphere - Like Today[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2lfLMeesdY]YouTube - Gang Starr - Just To Get A Rep (lyrics)[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjd7EbUUds8]YouTube - Nas -- One Love[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml5RhkyKXyc]YouTube - Blu & Exile - Dancing In The Rain[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOYm3YkLWQ]YouTube - Wu-Tang Clan-Impossible[/ame] For that last one, skip to 2:35.
This one is a true story about Rugged Man's dad.. his verse (the second one, also one of the better hip-hop verses ever imo) was his dad's story from the Vietnam War [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r0KpWMNxnM]YouTube - Jedi Mind Tricks- Uncommon Valor (A Vietnam Story)[/ame] Story from a stray bullet's perspective.. Nas had a similar concept too [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNcS5Wl2qlo]YouTube - Organized Konfusion - Stray Bullet[/ame] This one is just funny, not a deep story or anything.. two guys standing in line at a grocery store and they begin to fight [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga7qJ4_KdB4]YouTube - Domo Genesis - Super Market[/ame] I didn't wanna post hella Lupe songs, but his concept started on Food & Liquor and went into the Cool, named after a character in the story. This guy listed the songs where the story is mentioned, but ignore the explanations cause some of em are reaches. The Saga of Michael Young History - playlist - Topic
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC2OpFMBReg]YouTube - Snoop Dogg - Murder Was The Case (Original)[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4HjsZqOaQ0]YouTube - Tupac - Hit Em Up(Uncensored)[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWfbGGZE07M]YouTube - Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day (HD)[/ame]
Almost forgot.. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzvL4O3uomg]YouTube - Gimme The Loot - Biggie (Original Version)[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAgXON4CAYc&feature=related]YouTube - 8Ball & MJG - Armed Robbery[/ame]