Green-Label.com has named “The 15 Best New York Anthems,” a list that highlights Rap’s general obsession with the five boroughs.
Jay Z and Nas were comparably more polished, but what they shared in common with the Wu-Tang Clan was the humblest of starts in New York’s housing projects and a hunger to succeed in music.
“Having no shortage of talent on their roster, ‘Protect Ya Neck’ was their initial breakthrough posse cut as members including Raekwon, RZA and Method Man made their presence loud and clear,” the list says of the Wu-Tang Clan’s “Protect Ya Neck.”
Other examples of anthems to define New York include the rage of Public Enemy’s “Rebel Without A Pause” and the tough bravado behind Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones (Part II).”
To read the list in its entirety, visit Green Label.
Diddy>Jigga>Wu Tang clowns
Good joke. You got that backwards.
How is Gang Starr on the when Guru is from Boston! C’mon Son!
Because they are a New York group.
Di premier is from Houston. But there sound is ny and they recorded there shit in ny.
Just like pac is from New York but represents California.
LISTEN TO GANG STARR TRACK NEW YORK STRAIGHT TALK AND IT EXPLAINS…MOBB DEEPS PRODIGY AINT EVEN FROM QUEENS BUT USED TO GO THERE HE CLAIMS TO HANG OUT WITH HAVOC SO THATS WHY HE REPS QB
real niggas in da hood fucks with Diddy,he dope
said a pasty white boy sitting in his half a million dollar suburban McMansion trying to type like he’s from the block
Gang Starr , Nas….
what about RAKIM’s ‘NEW YORK (YA OUT THERE?)’???
ja rule feat jadakiss & fat joe NEW YORK should be on there that joint is fire