Medina Green - Crosstown Beef (ft Mos Def)

[mcgenetics]

I have this on vinyl

[monkadelic13]

great shit

[REALHIPHOP562]

fucken good hiphop vibe, no doubt!!!

[serge2cool]

sounds like a bit like prodigy in the beginning.

[maikkcoppo]

Posdnuos prod ?

[LostAngel723]

I use to cipher with the Gods to this joint..classic.

[odemata87]

a+

[skasev]

Don Ray sent me here

[maxtap1]

I remember when this was brand new. stretch and bob played this a lot.

[ILUVjuggie]

2 FACTOIDS about this song 1. Most People dont know that Posdnous aka Plug 1 od De La Soul made the beat & 2. Most people dont recognize The Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam sample in the beat when Mos Defs verse starts.

[bdis89]

And they sampled alittle bit outt this song. As funny as it is. This bit of the sample was made for the song "Swang", texas Rap song.

[sheriffrosco]

@ILUVjuggie also, wasn't DCQ of medina green Mos' real life brother?

[WhiteLabelRoor]

@sheriffrosco Yes. Mos has a sister too named Ces (forgot her real name). Mos, dcq, and ces made a group back in the day called Urban Thermo Dynamics. AND he has another brother who is his fulltime DJ. I guess creating dope hiphop tracks runs in the family, god damn. Haha.

[daconmiked]

This isn't real hip hop , this is true hip hop . Peace .

[bkmiz]

Loved this Soundbombing Vol.

[chucklesmcphee]

Bought this 12" at Fat Beats in Manhattan back in 99 or 00. Heard the store's not around anymore. Dwindling vinyl sales. Can't sell Hip Hop vinyl in NYC? Times is tough. Seems like the only vinyl shops left are Amoeba out on the West Coast.

[toneriggz]

@chucklesmcphee

The store closed down on Saturday, 9/4/10. I recorded some videos from that final week, they're on my channel, peep them...

as for this song, it's a classic...Soundbombing compilations were always dope...

[KingVirmire]

Mighty Mos Def! Nasty verse

[HybridDragons]

This track got that NYC feel. Love it, wish I was born in the 90's.

Peace to all my fellow Hip Hop Heads!

[resital84]

yo yo yo :D

[blastonik]

That's what real Hip Hop is all about!! Love it!

[g1churchboy]

Tight joint. Real talk.

[Knobbingham]

Soundbombing II is one of the best compilations I can remember. The way Mos Def and Medina Green flows on this beat? It's a wrap before the beat juggling stops!

DAMN, brothers was on some real shit.

[sasquatchops]

Brings me back to high school.

[RXLINSTRUMENTALS]

yeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaah!

that was the best track on soundbmbing 2... best shit ever

[jojorockin]

One of the best intro verses ever spit.

[joshmusicbox]

heard this track on this 2-hour mix of 1998 hip hop. this one stands OUT. check it this blog, they got 2 hour mixes for each year 1979-2009. google: its the rub. click and keeep scrollin down. (this ain't spam, that ain't my blog!)

[theJremedy]

scratching at first is so tight . keep running!

[juma4]

@theJremedy the sample in the intro is from 'Risin to the top' by Keni Burke, you can find it on Youtube.

[lazyafternoon1]

DOPE

[shahizo]

"playas polishing their game coz the shorties be out"

[d0tax2]

Classic material, back when you had to write lyrics and tell a story.

[Blackdemo]

I NEED the intrumental PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

[LegitMos]

This song still banging yo!!!!

[kidgrebo1]

This is when Rawkus had that ill vinyl catalog!

[Mrheadcrak]

gay

[169king]

mos def rock this shit

[dramaticaliber]

fantastic jam, i still play this song at parties, hip-hop classic.

[amasesbud]

Firreee!!! Hip-hop needs Mos!!

[kenjimizokami]

sick baseline!

[flyeli]

takes a nigga back

[odemata87]

man this is a classic right here. flash backs of hearing this the first time on Bobbito's show late night with the tape on pause catching it. good post. the comp, is also good too bad rawkus folded, a lot of hottness came out that record co.

[Ginga]

@odemata87

When did Rawkus fold? I know they're probably struggling but they haven't gone under just yet.

[Pieperson277]

;D.

[6angelo9]

all the real heads had this on tape..the cassette single..pure hiphop!

[nemesis700]

mos def had such a ill type flow back then

[Drowzy805Nomics]

Supastition did a dope ass freestyle over this instrumental

[shamberlynn]

soundbombing 2!

[strictlyriddim]

i still have this on tape...man what the hell was rawkus on back then? This shit is still as hot as it was when I first heard it eleven years ago. What happened to DCQ? Dude was one of the reasons underground hip-hop back in the late nineties was just a great fresh of air from the mainstream...

[DrQuash]

ROFL, on tape!!

[papsworth]

Had the tape too..

[tmat1973]

Sounds like some Mobb Deep shit. If ya ask me, they are having a lil fun with the shit the QB was kickin'! Just my opinion.

[papsworth]

You're kind of right..

[Ginga]

@tmat1973

I didn't realize that but you might be right. Still, this track is pretty damn good.

[mi777ke777]

loved this beat...

[nonphixional1]

every man gets scared and prepares for confrontation

[Rhythmatic91]

Damn, love this track. The atmosphere the beat gives is just sick.

[MrDnix]

lo mejor del hip hop un saludo desde españa!!

[mmariotti11]

best song I've heard hands down!!

[zulu26]

"it was a friday in the month of may. around the time when everybody put their game on play"

perfect song to listen to right now

[LAlingo]

the opening cuts so brutal..ill ass track..

[ijunor]

mighty mos

[winter36aa]

Represent like i'm G.O.D.

[andediz]

Holler at ya boooyy ;))

[avery639]

yea lil ato iz my dad this is my friend user name ... my name is Jaivaun-Riaud Ato

[potsknon]

I remember hearing it on Sound Bombing 2 I Use to had it on cassette tape. Ya Know J-Roc And Babu The Beat Junkies!

[JosephO75]

So now hes trapped off and he's calling on me

To come and represent like I'm G.O.D.

ill

[Division1985]

Mad shit that she want / Mad shit that she need..

[deadsailorian]

finally this song is up. one of the tightest hiphop songs.

[MurvMuzik]

my nigga jeff bought this cd(soundbombing)like 6 years ago. used to blast this in the whip everyday!!

[latincannibus]

latincannibus must be my cousin im on his mac n its a wack ass name alright yall.

[latincannibus]

was fuckin with this like in 97 there was a college park, md. student radio station n recorded it on tape. everybody was listenin to no limit shit. nobody knew who the fuck mos def was xcept me n my boys we was fuckin with all underground and real niggas like nas, wu, lot of qb. takes me back.

[LoadedForBear]

Nice ya'll reminds me of chillin back in the day.

[steeltownbrown52]

There's an actual video for this but Rawkus was too stingy to put it out. Look-up Return to the BoomBox Radio D.C.Q. interview.

[DPrism]

good post!