100 90s Rap Songs You’d Play to an Alien and Mailbag | Ep. 100
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We made it to 100 episodes! 😱 To celebrate the landmark, we finally bring Ray’s list of 90s Rap Songs You’d Play to an Alien if you were teaching them hip hop…disclaimer, it needs WORK 😂 We also dip into the listener mailbag and look back at our pod highlights, including Westside Gunn crashing our Boldy James interview, DJ Muggs talking about Halloween, Black Thought being slightly scared of Kam, Hip Hop Connection and knowing Andy Cole loved Wu, our Monch trilogy, real talk with Jarobi White and much more.   We’ll be building out this series of 100 Songs on our upcoming Patreon channel, so here’s the current list (which Ray built up during each of our debates, hence there’s numerous artists and albums that we haven’t tackled yet).   Crate 808’s Alien Songs List (So Far…)   Ebonics (Big L) Shook Ones Part 2 (Mobb Deep) Let Me Ride (Dr. Dre) They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) (Pete Rock and CL Smooth) Simon Says (Pharoahe Monch) Sound of the Police (KRS-One) Deep Cover (Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg) Kick in the Door (Notorious BIG) Unbelievable (Notorious BIG) Drop (Pharcyde) Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan) All I Need (Remix) (Method Man ft. Mary J Blige) Mass Appeal (Gang Starr) Excursions (ATCQ) Banned from TV (Noreaga ft. Nature, Big Pun, Cam'ron, Jadakiss & Styles P) At the Speed of Life (Xzibit) Paparazzi (Xzibit) Carry the Weight (Xzibit) The Foundation (Xzibit) Can I Kick It? (ATCQ) It Was a Good Day (Ice Cube) Twinz (Big Pun) Beware (Big Pun) You Ain’t a Killer (Big Pun) Boomerang (Big Pun) Ms. Fat Booty (Mos Def) Speed Law (Mos Def) Mathematics (Mos Def) Second Round Knockout (Canibus) Who Am I? (What’s My Name) (Snoop Dogg) Pump Pump (Snoop Dogg) Gz and Hustlas (Snoop Dogg) Doggy Dogg World (Snoop Dogg) Gin and Juice (Snoop Dogg) Tha Shiznit (Snoop Dogg) Ain’t No Fun (Snoop Dogg) N.Y. State of Mind (Nas) Represent (Nas) It Ain’t Hard to Tell (Nas) Brain Damage (Eminem) Just Don’t Give a F—k (Eminem) Shame on a N—a (Wu-Tang Clan) Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta F' Wit (Wu-Tang Clan) C.R.E.A.M. (Wu-Tang Clan) Protect Ya Neck (Wu-Tang Clan) It’s All Good (DMX) Ruff Ryders Anthem (DMX) Machine Gun Funk (Notorious BIG) Everyday Struggle (Notorious BIG) Sky’s the Limit (Notorious BIG) 10 Crack Commandments (Notorious BIG) Hypnotize (Notorious BIG) Ready or Not (Fugees) Fu-Gee-La (Fugees) Electric Relaxation (ATCQ) Incarcerated Scarfaces (Raekwon) Bring the Pain (Method Man) All Eyez on Me (2Pac) Can’t C Me (2Pac) It’s Been a Long Time (Rakim) Know the Ledge (Rakim) Can’t Knock the Hustle (Jay-Z) Brooklyn’s Finest (Jay-Z) Dead Presidents 2 (Jay-Z) D’evils (Jay-Z) Insane in the Brain (Cypress Hill) Hits from the Bong (Cypress Hill) 4th Chamber (GZA) Shadow Boxing (GZA) Rosa Parks (Outkast) Skew It on the Bar-B (Outkast) Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 2) (Outkast) Stil D.R.E. (Dr. Dre ft. Snoop) Summertime (DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince) The Message (Nas) Intergalactic (Beastie Boys) Jump Around (House of Pain)   Show Notes Least hip hop thing in the last 24 hours? (05:15) Crate 808 Mailbag: A strange dream about Conway the Machine (from Ninja Rose) (11:38) Mailbag: Dreaming about Erick Sermon as Colonel Kurtz in ‘Heart of Darkness’ (from Koaste) (14:43) Mailbag: Who wins in a Verzuz -  Inspectah Deck or GZA? (From Garry Bacon, Kirk Simons, Sankofafw, Soles of Mischief) (17:06) Mailbag: Being in a mosh pit with Freeway and meeting Kurupt (from Matt Moore, Novar Flip and Snail Flip) (19:50) Mailbag: Biggest 90s disappointments - ft. Doggfather and Canibus (from Tynan DeLong) (23:08) Mailbag: Who could have replaced Prodigy on ‘LA, LA’ (26:05) 100 90s rap songs you’d play to an alien ft. Big L, Pharcyde, Pete Rock, Gang Starr, Noreaga, Biggie, Tribe, Method Man and Canibus (28:20) Crate 808’s most memorable moments ft. Westside Gunn, DJ Muggs, DJ Premier, Hi
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