Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg - Snoop UK live debut.

Crowd was bananas, show was over sold, security got rushed multiple times, police abandoned the area, chaos for hours, fights inside the venue everywhere, open weed and crack smoking, coke sniffing, displays of weaponry, dudes getting properly jacked up for their whole shit right in the crowd inside and outside...I got robbed at knifepoint myself...lost a few quid, kept all my blood lol...

Venue was Brixton Academy, about 90/91 I reckon, whatever year it was that 'The Mirror' put Snoops picture on the front page and called him an evil bastard in the headline lol....think it was to do with him being on bail for murder at the time...

Dre and Snoop opened with 'Deep Cover' in pretty much pitch black....crowd went fucking super nuts...no word of a lie, in the first minute and a half of that song about another half dozen serious fights broke out all over the place, people running through swinging shit like woah....fucking mad shit, dre and snoop only stayed on about 45 minutes as the whole shit was out of control so they pretty much fled...crowd went even fucking nuttier...

Took fucking hours to get out of Brixton, full on road block grid lock chaos madness...

But. That 45 minutes they were on stage was honestly one of the most electrifying things I have ever seen...Dre was already a seasoned performer and Snoop was still a kid and was completely fucking amped up and rocking this huge afro that made him look kind of crazy and he was completely into stoking the fuck out of the crowd which didn't help the situation lol....

I been to a lot of hip hop shows over the years but this was on some other fucking level of mad...

Notable mentions go to KRS One, Cypress Hill and Public Enemy - seen all of them multiple times and they are some of the best live performers around, their shows never disappoint and they know how to move the crowd...

man thanks so much for sharing, I only wish I could have experienced this. I no doubt would have been robbed but alas happy... xD

Dude, I shit a brick lol....yeah...I heard a song years later by Troy Scalpels, call 'It happened' and it's his story of a night out at hip hop club gone wrong and it's got this line;

'I wish I wasn't here, but the hop hop led me, the snare drum fed me, now I'm tripping, on upturned furniture'

...lol...everytime I hear it I think of that night...get the cold chill down the back... oooooh....

awesome read

wow makes me wanna grab a time machine

Damn, that gig sounds intense. Awesome story dude ??
Jealous you got too see All the 90’s golden era on stage..

I been lucky man, seen so many amazing shows, Redman, Keith Murry, Das Efx, The Fugees, Onyx, Public Enemy, KRS, Funkdoobiest, Cypress Hill, half of Wu Tang (lol...)etc etc....pissed I never saw Pac or BIG though....I am biased but the 90s hip hop scene is the golden age for me man...give anything to go back and do it all again....

Has anybody seen ALL of the Wu in one place? I saw them in 2003 and it was only RZA and GZA plus a load of ransoms (and that UK guy they said was part of WTC)

Lol...I had three fucking goes at the Wu and still not seen all of them!...still never seen Inspectah Deck...the most under-rated of team but actually a killer mc...

Yes!!! Really is isn't he! Always loved Meth but have to admit Inspectah Deck is the most natural lyricist of them all

that's a great question

Yo this threads my jam. Who's sparking the blunt!?

My most notable concert. Rock the bells NYC can't remember what year. maybe 2016

Nas headling. DJ Premier and Pete Rock had a live beat battle. Cypress Hill on beforehand fucking smashed it, Mos Def and Talib Kwali are Blakstar before that.. Wu - Tang stage, got to see all the members apart from ODB. Mobb Deep were on their stage too. Lauren Hill played and brought out Pras and Wyclef to do some Fugees tracks. Can't remember who else but there were more.

Blunts, Stunts and Hip Hop man lol...

Daaammmnnn.....would love to have seen a Rock The Bells...they do quite a few of those full on 'mega tours' in the States...The 'Up In Smoke' tour would have been fucking awesome to see... Nas is one I never caught and would love too, Mobb Deep too...that must have been an awesome experience man.

Ha, the Fugees! Man they rock a live show. I actually saw the Fugees before they were big, they were actually playing as support for Das Efx lol!!! And first support at that, at like 9pm, real early, think it was K-Solo and Redman as 2nd support before Das on that one.

Yeah...it was at Subterania in West London, was funny actually....place is all hip hopped out, all carhart hoodies, tims and oversized jeans and bad attitudes lol then the fucking Fugees rock on to the stage and broke out the instruments and you can literally hear the 'what the fucks' all over lol...but shit....they started with Temple and it banged the fuck out the place...

Was very cool being such a small venue, at one point Lauren Hill was literally 4ft from my face on stage when she did that tune with the chorus 'some forget harlem' (I forget the name, very cool song) and I could actually hear her singing straight out her mouth kind of thing, (If that makes sense!?.. But like I could hear it before it hit the mic sort of thing..) and damn...raw, raw talent and soul and well....stunning woman visually you know...fried my weeded brain at the time, I was just like dazed out for 5 minutes, like ahhhhh, damn....lol...Saw her again at a sold out Wembley arena 10 years later...couldn't barely even see her on stage from my pauper seats lol...watched the whole thing on the side monitors...not the same...fuck the fame lol...

Jealous mate

Jay Z at Hammersmith. Warm up act was Lupe Fiasco but Nas made an unannounced appearance as they’d just squashed the beef.

Even my ex was happy as Beyoncé also made an appearance.

Beastie Boys - Wembley Stadium 1999
Supported by the Jungle Bros

Was my first proper Hip-hop gig

However...

Glastonbury the same year (I think). Jurassic 5, The Roots, Everlast and Cypress Hill (pre-beef), Scratchperverts, DOOM, Slum Village, Black Twang (with Rodney P, Skinnyman and some of Mudfam), and I've a vague recollection of seeing either Cash Money or Prodigy but can't be certain.

One hell of a weekend for Hip-hop!!

Blak Twaaaang....the lost album Dettwork South East, fucking classic, copies did change hands back in the day

Fucking Sir Rodney P!! How can I forget... I am off the play 'The Future' LP like now...and the neighbours are about to learn about 'The Nice Up'...

Busta rhymes, nas, snoop dogg, jay-z, lil Wayne and skepta.

Busta was the best for hype, crowd was nuts.

Snoop was best for getting high, I was high as a motherfucker.

Nas was raw.

Eminem @slane castle was fire! ?

Cypress Hill @ Nokia Theater NYC

Public Enemy at Homelands Festival. It was a greatest hits set and Chuck D killed it.

I've also seen the Wu Tang Clan three times, but not once have I ever seen the full line up.

Man some of those lists are insane man.

Went to see Cypress Hill at Barrowlands Glasgow last year and it was immense! Two of my favourite tapes ever Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill and Black Sunday!

Also last year went to the Blastoff Tour Gig which was great fun although a bit commercial with the likes of Shaggy (who was shit haha)

Nelly, Salt N Pepa (They were soo good man! lol), Shaggy, Mya and Blu Cantrell.

Hosted by Fatman Scoop and included exclusive appearances from UK garage stars So Solid members Lisa Maffia and MC Romeo, scene pioneer MC DT and the British duos Oxide & Neutrino, DJ Luck & MC Neat and Sweet Female Attitude.

The best rap show I never made was Tribe Called Quest ?

Only ever been to one, and it wasn't strictly rap. Ice T and his metal group, Body Count, at the Octagon in Sheffield. Must have been around '94 - '95. Loads of white middle-class students going mental to the anti-establishment sentiments of a black dude from LA. It was a good night.

Ha. I remember Body Count! ‘Cop Killer’ and all that! 😂

Insane Clown Posse put on a crazy show. Tech n9nes first show in London was crazy but I'd say Flatbush Zombies at the Ritznin Manny. Ever felt that floor bounce like that

of everything ive read in this thread i think icp is the act id most like to have seen

Went to see snoop in Manchester years ago and cypress hill was the surprise opening act was amazing, snoop flicked his blunt into the crowd n that thing got attacked people fighting to get it🤣🤣😮‍💨😮‍💨🔥

DJ Premier - I've seen him in many cities across the world but the show he made in Paris in 2010 right after Guru's death was legendary. He arrived late but we didn't leave the venue before 4am after screaming "Fuck Solar" for hours. Primo is really a legend

De La Soul on the beach down in Newquay, good times!

Rock the Bells in Amsterdam, think it was 2009 or 10. What a line-up De La Soul, Pharcyde, Nas, EPMD. Incredible show!

This is very hard.... but Skepta in Dublin 1 year ago... man Shutdown the place. A close second is Joey Badass in Dublin 3 years ago at the Olympia Theatre.... never forget he told this small blonde girl that things were about to get heavy.. so move to the back... she didn't... she got crushed..had to be carried out. Good Times, good times.

Mark .Morrison

Return of the GT 👊

Eminem stade de france was a madness still not managed to see him in the uk

What I know, i know because of Krs-One

Definitely

Chuck D

Front row welcome to the terrordome

Fist pumped chuck and flav

Think we invented it right there 1990 👊

2pac, pick any of his top 20 tracks. (Untill the end of time, hell razor, never had a friend like me, picture me rolling etc.)

2pac was an inspirational leader i think he could have helped around now.

that's easy, charlie 2na

ROOF

I absolutely live and breathe 90s hiphop, so if I could start from the top, I'd probably go with GZA from the Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep and Pete Rock.

SOTL

Some whackerey going on in these replies, LOL.
Here’s a few…
Rakim
Chuck D
Mos Def
Large Professor (Main Source)

RIP

Guru

First jazzamatazz album, but step up into the arena under his gangster name with premier is one of my favs

Freddy fox n….

Inspirational - The mighty Mos Def.
For a lift - Anderson .Paak,
but this thread is young.

Big Daddy Kane. Absolute genius. Was your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper. ...but now probably your favourite rapper’s favourite rapper’s favourite rapper. 😂

life started with GENESIS wigga

Just saying Jadakiss “why” is such a banger 😎

Rakim

Schooly D as well

Macka B

A Tribe Called Quest

When I need to be hyped anything from Wu-Tang or it's many members

mos def, crew- tribe called quest

laugh all you want but this da mac

Someone already said Eminem

old school vibez
Eric b and rakim - follow the leader
Ice T - soul on ice

Wu tang for the beats

"Got more soul, than a sock with a hole"

MF DOOM

The wall by Scarface.

In my personal opinion he's the best to do it

Something from the Native Tongues collective. Always sets me straight.

marshal mathers EMINEM FOR ME. HIS FILM 8MILE! INSPIRATIONAL FOR ME

Just diving in because it's a music thread and I'm crazy about music. That said I love all kinds from blues to classical, from jazz to opera, and of course hard rock, synth, pop, soul and everything else - apart from rap. The one music genre that does absolutely nothing for me. Bought the 12" of "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash when it was released and still have it. And that's pretty much where it started and then ended for me...apart from the Fugees doing "Killing Me Softly", but that's all about Lauryn Hill, which is another story.

Cher

citation please

I'd like to add edubble
Idk if anyone knows of him but he was a absolutely great rapper. Shit always added a kick to my step
Sadly passed away from cancer a good few years ago now. Rest in peace 🙏

Drake or lil durk if I hit the roads

Wu tang forever and ever.

Such a shame Method Man wasn't a part of the last tour. Still was epic

Meth seems to be aging like a fine wine, his verse on the latest Czarface track is flames!

When I saw them in Brixton a few years back Meth wasn’t there because he was shooting an episode of CSI 🙄. I’ve seen them live a bunch of times but only saw the full line up once.

(31/1/25)

Its the 31st anniversary of this being released so it's getting added to Wu Corner👐🏻

Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.

GZA ft. Ghostface Killah, Killah Priest & RZA - 4th Chamber

Second album wasn't as critically acclaimed as 36 Chambers but it's aging well 👐🏻


Wu-Tang Clan - As High as Wu-Tang Get

Wu-Tang Clan - Tearz

Might be my all time favourite hip hop album. It's certainly in my top 3.

Mine too mate, I've been listening to the extended Wu family a lot this week and figured LB needed the Wu section.

You and the Biggas should add a few of your faves too, share the love.

Wu is for the children after all💜💚

Worst top 3 for me

One from RZAs side project with Frukwan, Poetic and Prince Paul, casually pioneering genres in his spare time.

Gravediggaz ft. Shabazz & Killah Priest - Diary Of A Madman

RIP ODB 🙏❤️

👐🏻💜💚👐🏻


Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo

GZA - Pro Tools - 0% Finance

Great album. Pencil & Paper Plate 2 of my favourites by the Genius.

𝐒𝐎𝐓𝐋

There's a reason he's called the Genius

Ol' Dirty Bastard - Hippa to da Hoppa

This might be my favourite Rza beat of all time.

I think Raekwons Cuban Linx and GZAs Liquid Swords are two of my favourite albums in the Wu catalogue, some of RZAs best work on show.

Completely agree mate - Liquid Swords and Cuban Linx are 👌

RZA is maybe the very greatest producer.

"The nigga don't get mad, I got mad styles of my own
And it's shown when my hands grip the chrome microphone
Verbally, I catch bodies with cordless shotties
Intriguin' MCs, I keep 'em trained like potties
I bomb facts, my sword is an ax to split backs
Visible, like dope fiend tracks
Sky's the limit, niggas are timid
And nobody knows how we move like wolves in sheep clothes
Producin' data, microchips of software
Underground and off-air, the land of the lost
Notorious henchman from the North
Strikin' niggas where the Mason-Dixon line cross" 🔥🔥

GZA's only verse on Linx!

8 Diagrams is another album I love. Keep coming back to it. So my contribution is 'Life Changes' (the absence of Ghostface on the track speaks of the deep divisions within the crew).

It is a shame and it's still going on, Ghostface and Raekwon are both unhappy with the tv show for example, the way they were unhappy with RZA and the artistic choices he made on 8 Diagrams, luckily Wu is forever.

It's a great choice of track🤌🏻

Also had to add this - the energy of the track!

And finally.

Finally, someone even deGrasse Tyson won't interupt😆

haha yeah.

Oh and adding this track as a coda. Not Wu Tang but produced by and featuring RZA. This thread made me go back to it.

"99 problems all gone in that one joint."

Quality add mate, there's a few tunes on that Earl album I really like.

No contest for me but understand if people got into him later. Slip Shady and Marshall Mathers LPs got me through some tough times! Low down and dirty on slim shady EP is one of my all time favourites. Really liked Relapse but nothing else had really grabbed me in last 15 years I’d say. Personal opinion!

old eminem and d12 are my all time favourites

Yeah the actual rapping gets better at times and the production stays awesome even without Dre the thing that surprised me was the videos got worse.

Old! Undoubtedly

Old Em was on tape. Can't compare. That era was the twilight too.

old Eminem was edgy and cool for the time. plus he was white so he had that going for him. nowadays he just comes across as too whiny and political. even though I don't disagree with much of what he has to say. when I listen to music I like to chill and be entertained. not have political messages lazily thrown at me.

“Infinite” says old Eminem is not new Eminem

Old Eminem, but Kamikaze is an epic album

Great album.

Love it 💜💚

Edit: Video seems to have disappeared🤷🏻‍♂️

.. slipped away

Where have I heard this before... oh yeah Gorillaz

Absolutely superb live. The venue didn't give a fuck about smoking a live resin cart instead either.

They brought the squad in for this one...

Queen Vics verse though 🔥😆

shame it’s not their voices or bars. but i respect the brand

Yeah I think their grandkids are the writers but they are up performing at the live shows, watching a clip now, can't really tell if they are lip syncing to be honest as everyone sings along with them but Bas is literally gasping for air at points, not sure they are leaving mics on just to pick that up.

yeah their ghost writers are Nine & Dex - make some bangers tbf, Pecan Pie is a tune and u can tell they do Pete & Bas https://youtu.be/OLW5rQe4ziA

More telling hearing them as themselves to be fair.

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