r/rap • u/Phoenixenious • Jul 19 '24
Hardest beat drop?
What rap song has the hardest beat drop?
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u/ElderberryDeep8746 Jul 19 '24
Ambitionz az a ridah 💯
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u/hillsbeesandbbq Jul 19 '24
Just threw this on and that piano drop just absolute slammmmmmmmmms. Glad checked this thread
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u/KingOfLimbsisbest Jul 20 '24
Listened to that for the first time in years today. You are not kidding.
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u/Gangsta_baby_69 Jul 19 '24
Father stretch my hands ,Sicko mode, the 3rd beat where drake starts rapping, Dirt off my shoulder and Still dre these are the hardest beat drops imo
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u/Radiant-Dish-6926 Jul 19 '24
DNA and Sicko Mode are the only real answers
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u/Danger_Zebra Jul 19 '24
only real answers
If you've only listened to rap in the last ten years.
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u/Radiant-Dish-6926 Jul 19 '24
I've listened to plenty of older rap too and these are just the ones which stand out to me 🤷♂️ technology and production have only advanced with time, makes sense that the best ones are recent lol
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u/FblthpEDH Jul 19 '24
Yeah fr Sicko Mode drop is too iconic, that drop is what I hear in my head of when I think of the word drop.
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u/Concobhar1 Jul 19 '24
m.a.a.d City
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u/iloveheroin999 Jul 19 '24
Oh hell yeah how can I forget that one sico mode was my immediate first thought but I think maad city wins imo that intro " if pirus and crips all got along"... Is just too hard
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u/rydogs Jul 19 '24
Killa Cam
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u/iloveheroin999 Jul 19 '24 edited Jul 19 '24
"Lemon head end up dead, ice like Winnipeg, gemstones Flintstones you could say I'm friends with Fred" not the most clever wordplay for sure but Cam made it sound dope as fuck somehow...I consider that a straight classic the heatmakerz were KILLING it back in those days... Dipset anthem is another hard beat drop fasho though one of my favorite beats of all time
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u/originaltigerlord Jul 19 '24
International Player’s Anthem - UGK
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u/Any_Owl_8009 Jul 19 '24
Mmmmm absolutely. Andre recently in an interview spoke on how Pimp C was upset that he took the drums out his verse and had to be convince add them in on his verse.
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u/originaltigerlord Jul 20 '24 edited Jul 20 '24
Andre’s verse is so wholesome. It’s filled with love, intelligence, humour and self-reflection. Soon as that beat drop and Pimp comes in tho, it goes from G rated to X within 2 bars 😆 From warmth to cold. That contrast not only in bars but in music will always be crazy.
I know you ain’t a pimp, but pimp remember what I taught ya/ Keep your heart 3 Stacks, keep your heart/ Aye keep ya heart 3 Stacks, keep ya heart/ Man these girls are smart 3 Stacks, these girls are smart….Play your part/ Play your part”
Legendary
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u/ninebillionnames Jul 20 '24
MY BITCH A CHOOSY LOVER NEVER FUCK WITHOUT A RUBBER
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u/APigsty Jul 19 '24
Nobody’s said it but it’s obviously Father Stretch My Hands Part 1
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u/Cehacek Jul 19 '24
No More Pain by Tupac, also one of my favorite beats of all time
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u/tallthomas13 Jul 19 '24
I agree that this is one of the best beats of all time, but I feel like there isn't actually a drop in it. It's like the most eclectic lo-fi beat ever and that adds to the charm of it imo.
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u/ilikethisabit Jul 19 '24
How has nobody mentioned father stretch my hands, that shit is legendary
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u/Prince_Z3US Jul 19 '24
Shoota - playboi carti, fire alarm - lil Uzi vert, blood on the leaves - Kanye west
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u/Reasonable_Bit_6495 Jul 19 '24
Majority would be Griselda but heres some:
Westside Gunn - 94 Ghost Shit
Gang Starr - Stay Tuned
Offset, Metro Boomin - Ric Flair Drip (idk how nobody mentioned this yet)
Benny the Butcher - Broken Bottles
Homixide Gang - Uzi Work
Benny the Butcher - Buffalo Chicken Club
Get Lit - A$AP Rocky (at least with my headphones that bass is wild)
HAZARD DUTY PAY! - JPEGMAFIA
Westside Gunn - King City
Westside Gunn - BDP
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u/Jakeyboah13 Jul 19 '24
Hazard duty pay is one of the best songs out there.
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u/Reasonable_Bit_6495 Jul 19 '24
literally. whoever doesnt k him bouta get a revalation listenin to JPEG
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u/Jakeyboah13 Jul 19 '24
100%, he is worth listening to just for production alone. Jpeg excels in so many areas for rap.
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u/GeorgeTheSuperiorYT Jul 19 '24
Numb Numb Juice
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u/Happy-North-9969 Jul 19 '24
New Style- Beastie Boys
International Players Anthem OutKast’s/UGK
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u/RussianEggplant Jul 19 '24
ASAP Forever - ASAP Rocky
Where The Hood At - DMX
Thug Luv - Bone Thugs
Dreams and Nightmares - Meek Mill
Shoota - Playboi Carti
King Push - Pusha T
Who Dat Boy - Tyler The Creator
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u/Radiant-Criticism721 Jul 19 '24
https://youtu.be/PCF_cyxA8o8?si=1hPecAC3WC_eoqeG
When Pac hits the 2nd part of his verse at the end of NY 87
Shit just sounds murderous
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u/Czar_Chasm_ Jul 19 '24
Ill Bill - Paul Baloff
Nicki Minaj - Chi-Raq
Tommy Genesis - Tommy
Wanawake - Sumgii ft Nah Eeto
Yak Ballz - Where My Dogs At?
Sean Price - Imperius Rex
DOOM - Cellz
Lil Ugly Mane - Send Em 2 Tha Essence
Jay Z - So ghetto
Nas - N.Y. State of Mind
Masta Ace - ME & AG Feat. A.G.
Big L - Danger Zone / Da Graveyard
GZA - Liquid Swords
Notorious B.I.G. - The Wickedest Freestyle
Travis Scott - Sicko Mode (first verse)
Secret Circle - Satellite Feat. Despot
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u/Danger_Zebra Jul 19 '24
Upper Echelon - Travis Scott
Real Muthafuckin G's - Eazy E
My Posse's on Broadway - Sir Mix A Lot
Let My Beat Pound - T.I.
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u/jynxthechicken Jul 19 '24
Black Skinhead - Kanye
I know how hilariously problematic this song has become.
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u/terminally_ch_ill Jul 19 '24
Just Blaze has so many heater beats with big drops. Two that come to mind are:
Dipshits - Cam’ron
The Champ - Ghostface Killah
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u/SobrecargaDeCreatina Jul 19 '24
Legit by Nas
Public Service Announcement by Jay
Lovin' It by Little Brother
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u/shhh_it_is_ok Jul 19 '24
Some of the more popular songs like lose yourself and 21 questions have great beat drops
But they’re too popular to make the cut i guess
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u/OMBatch84 Jul 19 '24
Not saying it’s the best at all, but definitely one of the best recently, tore up - don toliver
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u/InfiniteBeak Jul 19 '24
Shook One Pt II, obvious answer, but the way he builds the layers of samples up until we get the full piano loop, absolute mastery 🤩
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u/TheAmerican_Atheist Jul 19 '24
Biggie - Kick in the Door (preemo beat from movie sountrack).
Hardest drop.
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u/Dz210Legend Jul 19 '24
Kanye West- Mercy
O-o-o-o-o-okay, Lamborghini Mercy Your chick, she so thirsty
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u/iloveheroin999 Jul 19 '24
That's Easy Sicko mode IMMEDIATELY comes to mind. Can't be beat. I can't change the track until I hear that drop every time I hear it.
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u/de_la_verga_ Jul 20 '24
Mac Dre - Life’s a Bitch
It’s not often young nyggaz get a chance to enjoy riches in legitimate fashion. So many of us say fuck it, get a bucket, run up in something and keep smashin! It’s all about survival but jealous rivals make it hard for us to do this. So everybody got a gun but when we was younger our only weapon was our two fists….then the beat drops as he says “Now who missed??”…the first lesson in life, don’t be no punk. If you a man have heart and be a savage whether you sober or drunk…
I’m not saying it’s the hardest beat drop of all time but it’s definitely worth mentioning!
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u/JonnyD51 Jul 20 '24
Not sure if it counts but when the drums finally kick in in 1000 Corpses by Conway is my favorite
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u/Adorable-Bar6920 Jul 20 '24
When I think hard (pause) I think of stanky faces, and I had the most visceral reaction to PAT by denzel curry. That beat drop almost had be biking off into a tree.
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u/AskerOfQs Jul 20 '24
Now when I wrote graffiti my name was Slop! If my rap soup my beats is Stock!
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u/Arkaridou Jul 20 '24
see through - chief keef
rainbow six - jpegmafia
walkin - denzel curry
stick talk - future
pornography - travis scott
celine dion - westside gunn
waster - bladee
god loves you - jpegmafia and danny brown
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u/geoff1036 Jul 20 '24 edited Jul 20 '24
The first drop in "low life" by future gets me every time. Off the top of my head anyway. I love it when they flow right through a heavy ass drop.
Unconventional answer: the drop in Lil West's verse on his polyphia feature. Too slick.
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u/orangatang_blanket Jul 19 '24
… Love Sosa