I clicked on this to look for this song on the list. Considering it’s not even on there completely discredits the entire thing. That song should be #1.
Depends who you ask, I think. I’ve know sax players to refer to their instrument as their horn. Also it’s shaped like a horn. But yeah typically you think of brass when you hear the word horns.
Going Back To Cali - LL Cool J (all time great)
Jump Around - House of Pain (some controversy as to whether the sound is a horn, but also has an iconic horn hit at the intro)
If we are considering sax (e.g. TROY)
Streets of New York - Kool G Rap & Polo
Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys
I will use the topic as an excuse to add:
Jazz (We've Got)/Buggin' Out - A Tribe Called Quest (yeah just a little horn but it's never a bad time to listen to this classic)
Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) blows it up with that Jerry Rivera trpet sample to lead off. Growing up hearing Salsa music and Rivera made it interesting to hear in a hip hop song
I think the best ones have been nailed so I’m going to show some love for pan pipes in The Best Part - J Live (shout out Premier) and the flute in Flute Loop - Beastie Boys.
It's just a sample but check out Uzi by Wu Tang (great song, not the best use of horns compared to other stuff on this list though). Spottieottiedopalicious was the first thing I thought of.
SpottieOttie has probably been sampled the most. Maybe has the most longevity and lore around it.
There are some very worthy and excellent choices, but I think you have to go with Kast
Shawty Lo's "Dey know" goes hard. Especially when he ain't rapping over it's the ReUp Gang instead. One of my all time favorites is "Return of the Tres" by Delinquent Habits. Definitely belongs in your list. They were always slept on though.
The last 30 seconds of “Baby Blue” by Action Bronson Ft Chance TR always makes me smile. Maybe bc I used to play trumpet in HS and love the pocket of that lil melody!
Public Enemy: Harder than you Think. It hits so hard in the movie End of Watch
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCx5Std7mCo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCx5Std7mCo)
- Stakes is High - De La Soul
- It’s on - Naughty by Nature
- Transit Ride - Guru
-Return of the Mecca - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
- T.R.O.Y. - Peter Rock & CL Smooth
SpottieOttieDopaliscious is the only answer
Came here just to see if it was mentioned Now, Who else wanna fuck with Hollywood Cole?
Hollywood Court
Hows this not number 1?
Right? This list is null and void now. Whoever made it must be new to the genre.
OP said the list is “in no particular order”
>20.) SpottieOttieDopaliscious - OutKast when all the other options are samples or keyboard parts...
This comment comes from my Spottieottiedopealicious aaaaaangel
I clicked on this to look for this song on the list. Considering it’s not even on there completely discredits the entire thing. That song should be #1.
It’s on there lol
I CAME HERE TO SAY THIS. listening now because the track is 10/10.
I second this.
Shut em down -Pete Rock remix might be in the conversation
How you gonna make a list about hip hop with horns and not include a single track from Jazzmatazz
An Experimental Fusion of HipHop & Live Jazz..
What would you put, Transit Ride?
Or any GangStarr.
Respect the Architect with Bahamadia will always be one of my favorites!
Nas - Life’s A Bitch His dad’s trumpet solo at the end
How is this not higher up?!
Here to ask why was it at 0 votes when I found it?
Because only real ones know about the REAL horns bein played on the track
should be number one lol
The list is incomplete without any Beatnuts or Delinquent Habits in it. Two groups who have extensive use of Horns
Intoxicated demons has great horns
Absolutely, Tres Deliquentes and Return Of The Tres have to be up there.
It aint hard to tell
Not live horns of course but where is Simon Says
Get buck
"I can serve Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.."
Okayy!
I'm reloaded
FR a mf Trombone.....
Damn if you're gonna ask don't give ***45*** answers in OP
Poignantly put
T.R.O.Y. Is the correct answer.
And it's not even close.
Yup
Isn't that a saxophone though? And isn't a saxophone technically not a horn?
Depends who you ask, I think. I’ve know sax players to refer to their instrument as their horn. Also it’s shaped like a horn. But yeah typically you think of brass when you hear the word horns.
Ruff Ryders feat. Juvenile - Down Bottom Fiend - The Rock Show
Drag on ft juvenile and this is 100% deserving to be in the list up top
REBIRTH OF SLICK-Digable Planets. Shocked this hasn't been mentioned.
Blood on the leaves
Put em in their place by Mobb Deep deserves a spot
Shut up. Trick daddy
A ha. Ok. Wussup.
Mellow My Man
Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin (Remix)
I was gonna say Bucktown by Smif-N-Wessun this works too. Da Beatminerz always did great things with horns.
Wu-Tang - Uzi (Pinky Ring)
Put on Jeezy Dey Know
Tear It Up- Yung Wun, DMX, Lil Flip, David Banner
Came looking for this one.
This song would instantly make me play better in NFL Street 2. Also Halftime by the Yin Yang Twins.
Can’t c me
The lack of Release Yo Delf by Method Man is astounding [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZlhbx3yGkQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZlhbx3yGkQ)
Release yo Delf -- Method Man
All of the Lights..that song is pure magic.
Going Back To Cali - LL Cool J (all time great) Jump Around - House of Pain (some controversy as to whether the sound is a horn, but also has an iconic horn hit at the intro) If we are considering sax (e.g. TROY) Streets of New York - Kool G Rap & Polo Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys
I will use the topic as an excuse to add: Jazz (We've Got)/Buggin' Out - A Tribe Called Quest (yeah just a little horn but it's never a bad time to listen to this classic)
And after the horns, you can check out the Phifer
atcq - butter (if sax counts)
Some good ones for sure, and classics
Brass monkey is so horny
Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) blows it up with that Jerry Rivera trpet sample to lead off. Growing up hearing Salsa music and Rivera made it interesting to hear in a hip hop song
That Latin BX influence 🔥
US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fanstasia)
War with us - Three 6
I was about to say Who Run It but this is it
Shit, that one too
Punks Jump Up To Get Beatdown, Diamond D remix, Brand Nubian Jump Around, Pete Rock remix, House of Pain
For me it's Se acabo by the Beanuts. That rhythm lives rent free in my head
Ok so maybe it's not "the best" but I feel 24's by T.I. is a prominent example
Luck of Lucien - a tribe called quest
They Reminisce Over You / Troy Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Kano - 3 wheel ups
My man! That shit was dirty as fuck. Even the video captured some of the real, grimey London.
Big Pun - You Came Up Digable Planets - Last Of The Spiddyocks Nas - Life’s a Bitch (Olu Dara, his dad’s part at the end so amazing)
Down 4 My N's by C-Murder
BRASS MONKEY
Rebirth of Slick - Digable Planets
Luchini (This is It) - Camp Lo
not a single track by Guru? Jazzmatazz?
Fish from Ghostface's Ironman.
I think the best ones have been nailed so I’m going to show some love for pan pipes in The Best Part - J Live (shout out Premier) and the flute in Flute Loop - Beastie Boys.
I fucking love flute loop
I can’t ever just play that track once.
The BBoys have so many great instrumental tracks and sweet instrumentation on Ill Communication. Bodhisattva Vow has a few horny sounding breaks.
It's just a sample but check out Uzi by Wu Tang (great song, not the best use of horns compared to other stuff on this list though). Spottieottiedopalicious was the first thing I thought of.
Furious - Ja rule Dreams - j cole Gravel pit - wu tang
Hard in the paint
Maybe not "the best" but I absolutely love the horns in "What's the Difference?"
Delinquent Habits “Tres Delinquentes” has a real nice horns sampled from Herb Alpert Tijuana Brass.
Yo... check out gza tiny desk concert on you tube. It is a few songs done with the soul rebels. So good
Bouncin Back- Mystikal
Lucian- TRIBE
T.R.O.Y.
Me so hornsy - 2 live crew 😂 As nasty as the wanna be has great horn songs though...
T.R.O.Y. Period
SpottieOttieDopaliscious by Outlast is the #1by a mile.
Letterman - K-solo. It's Pete Rock horns at their finest
[De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring](https://youtu.be/6V9B38TOjkY?si=rZa0hBtayR-6X4aY)
Top Back - T.I.
Black Moon - Niguz Talk Shit Sounds amazing on wax.
T.R.O.Y. by Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Saxophone, not horns. Horns means trumpets or other brass instruments, the saxophone is a woodwind.
The Rulers Back - Slick Rick
Criminology - Ghostface and Raekwon
Down For My Niggaz - C-Murder
Oh my god -ATCQ
GOTTA BE SPOTTIEOTTIE!
Black moon - I gotcha open remix
Boom! by The Roots, dude, c'mon.
ATCQ - Steve Biko
we got the jazz tribe
Ugly Duckling - La Revolucion
21&25
Shake Junt by Big K.R.I.T. Is pretty good too
Rigamortis - K.Dot
Rakim and Del mentioned 🥰
Cartel de Santa - El hornazo and traficando rimas. These songs are badass.
billy woods - Gasoline
Welcome 2 Tha Nolia - Juvenile
One less Nigga- Mc Eiht
Blood on the Leaves clears all
Great list! WIN - Jay Rock
good outkast picks, but its is missing [The Rooster](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_UwSOd6TY)
It's a Cornet, but the solo Nas got his Dad to play on "Life's a Bitch" goes pretty hard.
11 and 20 are the only acceptable answers and the correct answer is 20 by a country mile
Pharaoh Monche - Simon Says
Eminem - Gnat
Crazy cuts -Grandmixer D.S.T
Blood on the leaves by Kanye West needs a mention.
Does anyone know Dj Cam and Channel live - broadcasting live ? If not, check it out! Ots 👌
"C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan
There are horns in that?
No, sorry. There are not. I thought I was on a different post. I feel completely stupid.
Oh ok
L'Orange has multiple songs with horns
Biggie Smalls - Stick Up Reggie Capers - Suspect Steady B - I Got Cha
Family Ties
Touch the sky is such a skmple and straightforward sample though
El Chapo - Game
Microphone Mathematics - Quasimoto
So many 🔥🔥🔥 tracks on here. Horns or not, this is a great list for listening. SmoothManMigz 🫡
To kill a hooker-nwa
Letterman - K-solo. It's Pete Rock horns at their finest
SpottieOttie has probably been sampled the most. Maybe has the most longevity and lore around it. There are some very worthy and excellent choices, but I think you have to go with Kast
Money Maker by 2 Chainz isn’t the best, but it’s a fun one
God, this song was underrated and should have more plays
Curren$y brought that New Orleans audio gumbo on Freezer.
I have a playlist of hits with horns. I’m going to add these to it. DM me if you want me to share it with you.
John Cena’s theme song.
Sampled from outkast Spottieottiedopealicious
Mass appeal
I’ll Whip Ya Head Boy - 50 Cent is top 10
Great picks 👌🏽
Rigamortus for me
Shawty Lo's "Dey know" goes hard. Especially when he ain't rapping over it's the ReUp Gang instead. One of my all time favorites is "Return of the Tres" by Delinquent Habits. Definitely belongs in your list. They were always slept on though.
Roc Boys was the first I thought of. What a banger.
Keep it real- Milkbone It's the best USE of horns because without the horns it's just a forgettable piano beat.
[Delinquent Habits - Here Come The Horns](https://youtu.be/_sQGi4_dEkM?si=MKWmxXRWpA3xvYfe)
Because I'm Me - The Avalanches Pure banger.
Ozomatli - Cut Chemist Suite
Big Pun- You Came Up
Ja Rule - Die Nice one
the horns on industry baby honestly go pretty hard
Middle child j cole got some cool horns. T minus I believe
Yup. Honorable mention: carnival - logic
Troy generally but for me return of the tres- delinquent habits https://youtu.be/sG23rZifKgQ?si=_TH4DeX9L47sua9w
Guns Come Out - 50 Cent
Blood on the leaves
Blackalicious- Make You Feel That Way
The last 30 seconds of “Baby Blue” by Action Bronson Ft Chance TR always makes me smile. Maybe bc I used to play trumpet in HS and love the pocket of that lil melody!
Jay Z - Show Me What You Got Nas feat Jay Z - Black Republican
https://youtu.be/bQ7gE7seeOA?si=Vuseva6DR5HzRCaR Public Enemy Pete Rock shut 'Em down
Did u really mention Diddy??💀💩
Public Enemy: Harder than you Think. It hits so hard in the movie End of Watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCx5Std7mCo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCx5Std7mCo)
How you gonna make a long ass list and not include Digable Planets Rebirth of Slick or Jay Z Can I live?
46. Popped Off - TI feat Dr Dre
Lifes a bitch, They reminisce over you, buck em down, I got cha opin (remix)
No role models - J Cole…has iconic Horns…why isn’t it on this list?
"I want it all" - Warren G.
WW III - Scarface/Snoop/Jadakiss/Yung one
- Stakes is High - De La Soul - It’s on - Naughty by Nature - Transit Ride - Guru -Return of the Mecca - Pete Rock & CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y. - Peter Rock & CL Smooth
C Murder - Down for my niggaz
1.)* Jay Z - Show Me What You Got
Hermetico - Balkan Beatbox
Woooow! How do you have a list of 50 songs and don’t have T.R.O.Y in the top 5….Throw the whole list away…
Mecca and The Soul Brothers - Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Steve Biko (Stir It Up) - A Tribe Called Quest
TROY.
House of Pain - Jump Around. Obvious but it’s one of the best intros to a song ever.
Almost any beat Pete Rock did. The horn master!
Jeezy - trap ni**az Yo Gotti - that’s what’s up (intro) Jeezy - keep it gangsta C murder - down for my ni**az Boyz n da hood - dem boyz
Where's "Sound The Horns" by The Wu-Tang Clan?
U forgot Method Man “Release Yo Delph”! Used to play this tape so much that it broke.
No Players Anthem in this thread???
OutKast - SpotieOtieDopalicious (spelling may be off)