The definition of hip-hop music
According to Guru (RIP): “Streetwise poetry and turntable wizardry.”- from “Flip the Script,” off of Gang Starr’s Daily Operation, 1992
Yo, you don’t think you’re going under?
I got a bullet with your name, your address, and your phone number.
I got a bullet with your name, your address, and your phone number.
- Kool G. Rap, “Death Threat,” from Brand New Heavies’ Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1, 1992
I once caught a bid, I never hit skid,
Never date a girl if the girl got a kid.
Nahhh…papa’s got a brand new bag
And I never hit skinz once they sag.
Never date a girl if the girl got a kid.
Nahhh…papa’s got a brand new bag
And I never hit skinz once they sag.
- Grand Puba, “Who Makes the Loot?” from Brand New Heavies’ Heavy Rhyme Experience Vol. 1, 1992
I call you once…you never dialed back.
Twice…you never dialed back.
Saturday morning, live, I’m on Soul Train, talkin’ to Don Cornelius.
Saturday night, my phone rings…
Saturday night, I won’t answer.
Saturday night, my phone rings again…
Saturday night, I don’t answer.
- Kool Keith, “Stop Jockin Me,” from Ultramagnetic MC’s Funk Your Head Up, 1992. Donald Cortez “Don” Cornelius (September 27, 1936 – February 1, 2012) Rest in peace.
You know the evil that men do, hell is where the men go.
We snatched him by his hands and feet and threw him out the window:
“Up, up, and away cause I don’t play, clown,
Buck, buck, buck, take that with you on the way down.”
I’m hoping you got springs and wings on your shoes,
But you lose, because I got the Ill Street Blues.
We snatched him by his hands and feet and threw him out the window:
“Up, up, and away cause I don’t play, clown,
Buck, buck, buck, take that with you on the way down.”
I’m hoping you got springs and wings on your shoes,
But you lose, because I got the Ill Street Blues.
- Kool G. Rap, “Ill Street Blues,” from Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo’s Live and Let Die, 1992
Don’t get offended, there’s no need for insecurity,
Age is but a number, it’s all about maturity.
Age is but a number, it’s all about maturity.
- Chi-Ali, “Age Ain’t Nothing But a #,” The Fabulous Chi-Ali, 1992
You gotta school these young macks comin’ up today…
I mean to be ‘frank’, they just hot dogs,
The girls are relish, and they need to catchup on they pimpin’.
I mean to be ‘frank’, they just hot dogs,
The girls are relish, and they need to catchup on they pimpin’.
- Big Daddy Kane, “Nightshift,” from Positive K’s The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills, 1992
I like my pockets fat, not flat.
- Showbiz, “Diggin’ in the Crates,” from Showbiz & A.G.’s Soul Clap EP, 1992
I once lost a bill betting on the Red Sox,
…But that’s another topic.
…But that’s another topic.
- Diamond D., “K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid),” Stunts, Blunts & Hip-Hop, 1992
You want ass? The cash is first.
You got dead presidents, baby, I got a hearse in my purse.
You got dead presidents, baby, I got a hearse in my purse.
- Roxanne Shanté, “Trick or Treat,” The Bitch Is Back, 1992
When I went to school I carried lunch in a bag
With an apple for my teacher ‘cause I knew I’d get a kiss.
Always got mad when the class was dismissed.
With an apple for my teacher ‘cause I knew I’d get a kiss.
Always got mad when the class was dismissed.
- Romye, “Passin Me By,” from The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ryde II the Pharcyde, 1992
My experience oughta learn ya:
That if a nigga ain’t trying to smoke ya, a bitch trying to burn ya.
That if a nigga ain’t trying to smoke ya, a bitch trying to burn ya.
- DJ Quik, “Trust No Bitch,” from Penthouse Players Clique’s Paid the Cost, 1992
He doesn’t even suit ya, and he’s surely not your size,
I’m surprised that you slept on a heart that’s worldwide.
I’m surprised that you slept on a heart that’s worldwide.
- Slim Kid Tre, “Otha Fish,” from The Pharcyde’s Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, 1992
And I’m telling you now the frustration
The future’s facing from the anger in the nation.
The future’s facing from the anger in the nation.
- CL Smooth, “Anger in the Nation,” Mecca and the Soul Brother, 1992
Now I got my new girl, or as I say my baby doll,
But I’m still gettin’ crazy calls, my ex-girl’s got balls…
But I’m still gettin’ crazy calls, my ex-girl’s got balls…
- Guru, “Ex Girl to the Next Girl,” Gang Starr’s Daily Operation, 1992
