Quote from 5tag :

That "Player" beat is definately one of the most awesome beats of all time. I watched a video of somebody recreating the "player" sample, thats origin is actually the pitched down refrain of some song named "Claire".^^
JD was a genious.

Here's a good example for how he worked with samples, also recreated by another person: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jbKOiRbWWI

Quote from 5tag :

It does also seem entirely possible that aliens landed on earth without us noticing...

That has nothing to do with logic, though. It is a fallacy to say that one must hate cars if they hate engines, or vice versa. A car does not require an engine to be a car. One does not have to be a part of the hip-hop subculture to make rap music. Also, one does not have to make/enjoy rap music to be a part of the hip-hop subculture. For example, graffiti writing is considered part of the hip-hop culture, but has no required connection to rap music.

Quote from amp88 :

Janet Jackson - Got 'Til It's Gone.

Thanks for this!

Few pics taken from my misc/unsorted music collection (random tracks that I generally don't have the album for). Planning on going through some albums and taking picks from them too. Some of the tracks on the list are pretty questionable but they've got me for some reason.

Mos Def feat Q Tip & Tash - Body Rock
112 - Everyday
2Pac feat Yukmouth & The Outlawz - Still Ballin'
A Tribe Called Quest - Stressed Out
Aaliyah - If Your Girl Only Knew
Abstract Rude & Aceyalone - We Like Breakbeats
Arrested Development - People Everyday
Atmosphere - God's Bathroom Floor
Atmosphere - Guarantees
The Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right (To Party)
Beenie Man - Street Life
Benefit - Exact
Black Moon - Buck 'Em Down
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - First of the Month
Brand Nubian - Slow Down
Brother Ali - Think It Through
Channel Live feat KRS-One - Mad Izm
Company Flow - 8 Steps To Perfection
Craig David feat Mos Def - 7 Days (DJ Premier Remix)
Cypress Hill - Hits From The Bong
Cypress Hill - Lowrider
D.I.T.C. - Day One
D12 - Good Die Young
Da Lench Mob - Guerrilas Ain't Gangsta
Das EFX - Rap Scholar
Das EFX - Real Hip Hop (Pete Rock Remix)
De La Soul - Much More
DFC feat Nate Dogg - Things In Tha Hood (There's a better remix of this I can't find on YouTube atm)
Dilated Peoples - Worst Comes To Worst
Dilated Peoples - Back Again
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
DJ Kool - Let Me Clear My Throat
DJ Quik - Jus Lyke Compton
Drag On - Tell Your Friends
Luniz - I Got 5 On It
EPMD - Da Joint
Erick Sermon feat Marvin Gaye - Music
Faith Evans - Love Like This
Fat Joe feat Ja Rule & Ashanti - What's Luv?
Fredro Starr - What If?
Freestyle Fellowship - Sunshine Men
The Funky 4 + 1 - Rappin' And Rocking The House
The Funky 4 + 1 - That's The Joint
GangStarr - Skillz
Geto Boys - My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me
Geto Boys - Six Feet Deep
Guilty Simpson - Yikes
GZA - Animal Planet
GZA - Fame
GZA - Knock Knock
Hieroglyphics - The Who (A-Plus Remix)
Ice T - Colors
Ice T - You Played Yourself
Janet Jackson - Got 'Til It's Gone
Jay Z - So Ghetto
Jeru The Damaja - Come Clean
Jeru The Damaja - You Can't Stop The Prophet
Jeru The Damaja - 99.9%
Jeru The Damaja - El Presidente
Joe feat Mystical - Stutter
Just Ice - The Original Gangster Of Hip Hop
Consequence feat Kanye West - '03 'Til Infinity
Keith Murray - Get Lifted
Keith Murray - The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World
King Tee - Got It Bad Y'All
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Kurupt - We Can Freak It
Kurupt - Survive Another Day
Large Professor - I Just Wanna Chill
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Limp Bizkit - My Way (DJ Premier Remix)
LL Cool J - Around The Way Girl
Lord Finesse - The Funky Technician
Lord Finesse - Lesson To Be Taught
Lord Finesse - Just A Little Something
The LOX feat Eve - Ride Or Die Chick
Ludacris - Southern Hospitality
Ludacris - Spur Of The Moment
Lumidee - Honestly
Lupe Fiasco - The Instrumental
Mos Def feat Pharaohe Monch & Nate Dogg - Oh No
MC Shan - The Bridge
Memphis Bleek feat M.O.P. - First, Last And Only
Memphis Bleek - Smoke The Pain Away
Memphis Bleek - Understand Me Still
Method Man & Redman - How To Roll A Blunt
MF Doom & Madlib - Figaro
Ms Dynamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee
Missy Elliot feat Jay-Z - Wake Up
Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth (Front Lines)
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Part 2
Morcheeba feat Talib Kweli - L ... eflections Eternal Remix)
Mystikal - Jump
Nate Dogg - Music And Me
Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray
Naughty By Nature - Feels Good
Naughty By Nature - Mourn You 'Til I Join You
O.C. - Burn Me Slow
Pharoahe Monch - Got You
Pharaohe Month - The The Light
Cadillac Tah - POV City Anthem
Prince Paul - MC Hustler
Rakim - Been A Long Time
Rappin' 4Tay - Playaz Club
Redman - Pick It Up
Roni Size & Represent - Brown Paper Bag
Sadat X - Escape From New York
Q-Tip - Breathe And Stop
Sean Price - Boom Bye Yeah
Sean Price - Mess You Made
Showbiz feat A.G. - Soul Clap
Showbiz feat A.G. - Next Level
Skee-Lo - I Wish
Snow - Informer
Special Ed - I'm The Magnificent
Styles P - Leave A Message
Styles P - Switch My Style
Styles P feat Talib KWeli - Testify
The Juice Crew - The Symphony
Tragedy Khadafi - Deja Vu
Tweet Boogie Tonite
Warren G & Rapsody - Prince Igor
Warren G - What's Wrong
Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go
Zion I feat Talib Kweli - Temperature

Quote from amp88 :

Alot of pics taken from my misc/unsorted music collection

Fixed!
Nice list tho!
edit: some more jay-z
empire state of mind - feat alicia keys
on to the next one - feat. swiss beatz
Off that - feat Drake

Quote from wheel4hummer :

That has nothing to do with logic, though. It is a fallacy to say that one must hate cars if they hate engines, or vice versa. A car does not require an engine to be a car. One does not have to be a part of the hip-hop subculture to make rap music. Also, one does not have to make/enjoy rap music to be a part of the hip-hop subculture. For example, graffiti writing is considered part of the hip-hop culture, but has no required connection to rap music.

I was just saying: It feels very, very unlikely to me.

Quote from 5tag :

I was just saying: It feels very, very unlikely to me.

It may be uncommon, but surely it does happen. A good example would be pop stars that make rap music, like Lil Wayne or something. Sure, he makes rap music, but he's not at all a part of the hip-hop subculture. It's still a fallacy to claim that one must hate rap music if they hate the hip-hop subculture, or vice versa. One does not depend on the other.

Quote from amp88 :

Few pics taken from my misc/unsorted music collection (random tracks that I generally don't have the album for). Planning on going through some albums and taking picks from them too. Some of the tracks on the list are pretty questionable but they've got me for some reason.

You sir, have good taste.

Quote from jibber :

You sir, have good taste.

You should probably remove all the links from your quote though, please.

OK, a lot more picks up to L in my music collection:

2Pac - White Manz World
2Pac feat Outlawz - Life Of An Outlaw
2Pac - Picture Me Rollin'
2Pac - To Live And Die In L.A.
2Pac - Dear Mama
2Pac - Hold Ya Head
S.A. Smash - Devil In The Hole
Aesop Rock - No Jumper Cables
Big Pun feat Noreaga, Cam'Ron & The LOX - Banned From TV
Noreaga - Superthug
One Be Lo - Back On The Scene
One Be Lo - Axis
One Be Lo - Unparalleled
Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
Gang Starr - Take a Rest
Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
The Roots feat Cody Chestnutt - Seed 2.0
Public Enemy - Terminator X
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario
Common - I Used To Love H.E.R.
Main Source - Looking At The Front Door
A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour
Run DMC - Peter Piper
Run DMC - It's Tricky
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Lords Of The Underground - Chief Rocka
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
Big Daddy Kane - Set It Off
Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin'
2Pac - When My Homies Call
2Pac - Old School
2Pac - L'il Homies
Median - M.A.D.
Phonte feat Poohbear - Speed
A Tribe Called Quest - Luck Of Lucien
A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
A Tribe Called Quest - Like It Like That
Aesop Rock - Big Bang
Aesop Rock - Daylight
Aesop Rock - No Regrets
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Amp Fiddler - Ridin'
Arrested Development - Mama's Always On Stage
Arrested Development - Mr Wendel
Arrested Development - Tennessee
Big L - Ebonics
Big L - '98 Freestyle
Big Pun feat Joe - Still Not A Player
Big Pun - You Ain't A Killer
Big Fun & Fat Joe - Twinz
Big Pun & Beatnuts - Off The Books
Big Shut feat GURU - Counterpunch
Bilal - Fast Lane
Binary Star - Slang Blade
Black Star - Astronomy
Black Star - Re-Definition
Black Star feat Common - Respiration
KRS-One - The Bridge Is Over
KRS-One - Beef
KRS-One - Love's Gonna Get You
Bubba Sparxxx - Ugly
Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance
Busta Rhymes feat Ol' Dirty Bastard - Woo Ha!
Busta Rhymes - Match The Name With The Voice
Common - Breaker 1/9
Common - This Is Me
Common feat Lauryn Hill - Retrospect For Life
Common - Reminding Me Of Sef
Common - Heat
Common - The Light
Common feat Bilal - 6th Sense
Common - A Song For Assata
Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
Das EFX - Dedicated
De La Soul - Much More
De La Soul - The Magic Number
De La Soul - Potholes In My Lawn
De La Soul - My, Myself And I
Dead Prez - They Schools
Dead Prez - Hip Hop
Dead Prez - Animal In Man
Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Wrong Place
Diamond D - I Went For Mine
Digable Planets - Pacifics
Digable Planets - 9th Wonder
Dilated Peoples feat Talib Kweli - Kindness For Weakness
DJ Honda - What You Expected
DJ Honda feat Mos Def - Travellin' Man
DMX - Slippin'
DMX - Who We Be
Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride
Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But A G Thang
Dwele - Sho Ya Right
Dwele - Money Don't Mean A Thing
Funkdoobiest - What The Deal
Funkdoobiest - Dedicated
GangStarr - DJ Premier Is In Deep Concentation
GangStarr - Step In The Arena
GangStarr - Just To Get A Rep
GangStarr - Mass Appeal
GangStarr feat Jadakiss - Rite Where You Stand
Hi-Tek feat Common - The Sun God
Hi-Tek feat Dion, Bun B, Devin The Dude & Pretty Ugly
Hi-Tek feat J Dilla, Nas, Comm ... s & Marsha Of Floetry
Hieroglyphics - You Never Knew
Hieroglyphics - Fantasy Island
Hieroglyphics - Powers That Be
Hieroglyphics - Make Your Move
House Of Pain - Jump Around
Ice Cube feat Das EFX - Check Yourself
Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It
Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
Ice Cube - Bop Gun (One Nation)
Ice Cube - Jackin' For Beats
Ice Cube - Really Doe
Ice Cube feat Jayo Felony - The Gutter Shit
Ice Cube - Record Company Pimpin'
Jadakiss feat Anthony Hamilton - Why?
Jadakiss feat Snoop Dogg - Cruisin'
Jadakiss feat DMX - Un-Hunh!
Jamiroquai - Manifest Destiny
J Dilla - Waves
J Dilla - Workinonit
J Dilla - Airworks
J Dilla - Two Can Win
N'dea Davenport - Whatever You Want (Remix By J Dilla)
J Dilla - Won't Do
Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life
Jay-Z - Can't Knock The Hustle
Jay-Z - A Million And One Questions
Jay-Z - IZZO
Jay-Z - I Just Wanna Love You
Jay-Z feat Beanie Siegel & Scarface - This Can't Be Life
Jaylib - The Red
Jaylib feat Talib Kweli - Raw Shit
Jedi Mind Tricks - Tug Of War
Jedi Mind Tricks - Get This Low
Jedi Mind Tricks feat Rugged M ... n Valor (A Vietnam Story)
Jedi Mind Tricks - Serenity In Murder
Jedi Mind Tricks - Shadow Business
Jedi Mind Tricks - Razorblade Salvation
Jeru The Damaja - Brooklyn Took It
Jeru The Damaja - Whatever
Jeru The Damaja - Me Or The Papes
Jurassic 5 - Radio
Jurassic 5 - Gotta Understand
Jurassic 5 feat Mos Def - Where We At
Jurassic 5 - End Up Like This
Jurassic 5 - Lesson 6: The Lecture
Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard
Jurassic 5 feat Nelly Furtado - Thin Line
Kanye West - We Don't Care
Kanye West - All Falls Down
Linkin Park - Cure For The Itch
Living Legends feat Madchild, Moka Only - Different
Living Legends - Good Fun
Living Legends - Even Though

Quote from amp88 :

Totally agree. Jay Dee / J Dilla was one of the best rap producers of all time. Along with Dre, Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Timbaland and Prince Paul he's one of my favourite producers.

Something missing from the video jibber linked to above (the top 20 dilla beats) is one of my favourite tracks of all time: Janet Jackson - Got 'Til It's Gone.

Don`t forget Scott Storch He made alot of great beats.
Scott making beat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2vTMj3SLFg

Quote from Vugl@ :

Scott making beat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2vTMj3SLFg

Maaad. dat is sicck!
edit: again this is really cool.

hi people , this is my first post on this forum , well like this is an rap post , im going to post here a link , of a song made by me , subscribe


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqSz-Z66uqM

Bump for an amazing video.