"Who wants to be the one to get struck first/
I bury they body on any planet except the earth/
I rip up, swell your lip up, it's a stick up/
Make put your hands up on your head like you was doin sit-ups"

Man this was a dream come true. Lost Boyz and Tha Dogg Pound were my favorite groups then. Then you had this young, unknown rapper named Canibus to absolutely blaze his verse (which he made a habit of everytime he did a guest spot). I was already a huge fan of the original version and then came. I don't drink or smoke so I really identified with the song's title. The fact this dropped during the so-called East/West beef while Pac was alive made it even more special because it showed unity. Everyone was in their prime and ripped it. One of the best collabos ever. RIP Freaky Tah.

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Was on my way to bein a thug til you showed me love!

This is a dope but forgotten single from New York teen rapper A+ about a new, promising relationship.  They always played this instrumental on Yo! MTV Raps back in the day.Ya'll ain't even peep how much Polo gear they sporting in this video.  And the hand movement are classic 90s hip-hop.

I still jam this on the regular.  Nate also sang this song on Vibe's talk show as a Tupac Tribute on the anniversary of Pac's death in 1997.  I also have him and Snoop performing this on Soul Train (uploads coming soon to my YouTube channel http://YouTube.com/DJCottonHere ).  This song had me so amped for Nate & Danny Boy's Death Row albums (too bad they took 2 and 14 years to come out respectively). 

"Rockabye baby"

I'm still trying to figure out how they were able to shoot the video backwards and it come out this dope lol.

I, made my money on the DL
Closed shop in the Pontiac we bail
To the mall to ball
Cause a brother gonna floss in front of these females

This the Country$ide Playaz anthem right here.  This what you play when you sportin' a fresh fit, fresh hair cut, car beamed up and you just ridin' around at night with ya ladyfriend. 

I have this episode on VHS and the crowd was really hesitant to give them love but they couldn't deny that they were rocking it.  This is right when Erykah's influence was starting to show on Dre because he came out when they did "Elevators" with an incense lol.

"Girl would you love me for free?"

I'm still asking females that question.  Another case of the radio/video version sounding better than the album version.

Remember when music videos actually had good plots that didn't even have to be releated to the song? The best whiner in the game had everybody singing this and "Nobody."  I still think those black and white shoes he has on are hideous.

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"She told me what she went to school for/She wants to be lawyer, in other words shorty studies law"

This is that grimey 90s East Coast sound I love and miss.  I break out songs like this every year when it starts getting cold around this season.  This song is classic in every sense of the word.  The fact that you can already visualize this song even without the video is amazing.