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I can't think of this song and it's driving me nuts. I was probably more late 80's. Possibly early 90's but older than that most likely. It wasn't any of the really famous rappers at the time like LL Cool J, or KRS One. It also wasn't a super popular one hit wonder but may have been a one hit wonder. But was more real hip hop/rap Gave off New York vibes so probably from New York. THe closest I can come up with are MC Shan or Gang Starr or one of those but I don't think it was them. I can't find the song under any of them. Not special Ed either. It wasn't a super popular song. But had a really good beat to it that gave off NYC vibes like i was saying. Wasn't Ghetto Boys either. Kind of a very obscure song but was popular at the time.

that's not really much to go off

at least try to record what it sounds like or something

I also think it was on one of the GTA soundtracks. Possibly GTA IV. I'll have to check that.

I got Naughty by Nature and then you can sod off to my other topix.

Heavy D and tha Boyzzz

Boogie Downnnn

https://youtu.be/h1vKOchATXs?si=JDL2GSDTN97Ns-E7

Could be some Royce da 5'9 track. He had a few songs on GTA 3

Nope nothing yet. Also wasn't the D.O.C. IT wasn't that mainstream even back then.

https://youtu.be/E7t8eoA_1jQ?si=w8_c3z78Ft0ZP_Wy

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that's not really much to go off

it's nothing to go off, this has nothing to do with knowing hip hop well

Stop whatcha doin,
cause Im about to ruin...
The image and the style that youre used to.

Mobb Deep?

Lol what? This is just a massive stab in the dark. Literally nothing to go off of.

Can you remember any of the lyrics at all? A huge amount of hip hop in the 80s/90s had a NY vibe to it.

Nope that's the problem. If I could I'd just google it. I can remember the beat and would know it if I saw it. I swear it was in one of the GTA games too but I just went down the list and couldn't find it. I might be confusing it with Special Ed I got it made that way. But it wasn't that. It was not really a pop song. It was more oldschool rap.

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It's vanished from existence apparently. I was checking top 100 lists and it's not ont here. It used to show up on my youtube way back when i would search old hip hop but it's gone now. It may have been Special Ed I got it made but that doesn't feel right. Kool Moe Dee has songs like that too where Big Daddy Kane is more what I'm going for.

It was a pretty obscure song but was well known enough. It's most defining trait was it just gave off that vibe of driving around NYC in the late 80's early 90's. I'm pretty sure it was even in GTA game because of that.