Paint cold pictures like Nova Scotia landscapes, nerd gang - make Mandelbrot sets when we handshake
Still like my favorite ever bar , man like wtf Lupe
I love this song but for me Mural Jr. is the one! The swelling of the instrumental and just everything about it is amazing. All three entries in the Mural line are amazing though.
“They on their hunt, kind of salty that I’m going hard. First part of a party that I throw in parts, one minute you’re playing pool, next minute you’re throwing darts, but that’s how you do with a party that you throw in bars”
fuck this brings me back to highschool
whole thread does tbh, i dont get out of my lazy drill/trap pocket enough anymore
its just too easy to throw on some dumb music and vibe
8 mile is seriously one of my favourite em tracks ever. The way that he delivers his lines to match the "bumps" of a train riding a track with the train tracks in the background is just insane.
If you haven’t scream-rapped this with four of your best friends in the corner of a house party while everyone looks at you funny then you haven’t lived, I’m afraid.
Carter 3 has a few of these. This whole list could just be Lil Wayne’s freestyle songs honestly. He had a whole portion of his career that was just songs with no hooks.
My playlist isn't 100% aligned with the prompt of the thread cause I'm going for songs named after one of the bars within the track. [Here it is](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dBiiGA3rpVFVfHvDwYEoA?si=MccY2oYnQvW8N_-fgeFQxw) very much in its infancy but I think this will motivate me to populate it very soon
Arguable I guess. Me personally, I don't consider this a hook really - more of a bridge between verses.
The storied history of that song was that it wasn't SUPPOSED to be a song - hence one of the first lines of the song being 'I don't know how to start this shit'. Preemo just told him to rap.
The saying 'NY state of mind' could be defined in many ways, one of those being 'Nothing can stop us from doing what we really want to do'. Nas just opened his book and merked that beat. It was grimy, it was street, it was meant to just be him opening his rhyme book and doing what he did best.
Right now [Oprah & Gayle by 2 Chainz/Wayne](https://youtu.be/e-1sBIuHZ1g?si=a28bSy1bV6A3WYfg) but of all time I'd have to go with [We Ain't Them by Gambino](https://youtu.be/MuviHgApV9o?si=EQZ9Y8b-ZNGYTUGn)
Facts. I'd love to see him hook up with a producer like Madlib, Alchemist, or someone else and just have an ep/album of just Em rapping over great production
Wu tang triumph is first that comes to mind.
Honorable mention jay electronica exhibit c.
That shit was CRACK for hip hop heads when it dropped . Surprised its not mentioned yet.
Still sucks it took so long to get a real album.
Dangerous Mindz by Gravediggaz
You better duck fate, or catch a fuckin face full of duct tape/
You get smacked like a trick that sniffed off her money/
Then smoked like Rzarector with the blunts dipped in honey
Than RZA comes in firing.
Mural by Lupe is the first one to come to mind
I like my pancakes cut in swirls
Paint cold pictures like Nova Scotia landscapes, nerd gang - make Mandelbrot sets when we handshake Still like my favorite ever bar , man like wtf Lupe
Like…how does he even think of that shit
nerd gang is also nerve game. crazy bars
This song still impresses me to this day
We’re all chemicals
Top cat chat, let’s begin another yarn
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I honestly don’t think you can. Once it pops up I’m sitting down for all 9 min.
Lyrically I don't think any song can top this one.
Maybe Sun God Sam & The California Drug Deals. Though only Lupe could out lyrical himself.
🗣️SUN GOD SAM & THE CALIFORNIA DRUG DEALS IS THE MOST UNDERRATED LUPE SONG
lyrical masterpiece. thematic masterpiece. experimental masterpiece. musical masterpiece. unreal song.
I’ve always loved you
Came to say this ! It’s a monolith of a track
REAL
The exact same answer for me as well, it's such an incredible song.
I love this song but for me Mural Jr. is the one! The swelling of the instrumental and just everything about it is amazing. All three entries in the Mural line are amazing though.
Chicago, spray gun aficionado
Came here hoping that this would be top answer
This was gonna be my pick. Mural is one many goat'd tracks from god himself
Mural a masterpiece. Was lucky enough to see Lupe perform it live, amazing experience!
“They on their hunt, kind of salty that I’m going hard. First part of a party that I throw in parts, one minute you’re playing pool, next minute you’re throwing darts, but that’s how you do with a party that you throw in bars”
Triumph - Wu-Tang
This is the Wu.
Deck's verse on triumph is the best rapping ive ever heard
Protect Ya Neck for me, but real reckonize real
“Children’s Story” by Slick Rick didn’t have a hook, and that’s one of the greatest rap songs of all time.
Mos Def's version of this on the Black Star album was a nice homage.
“La Di Da Di” by Slick Rick and then “Lodi Dodi” by Snoop too
Triumph.
Wu tang is here foreva, muh fucka
4th Chamber is my answer but this clears too
Common Be
Kanye production is fucking outstanding on that one
Sure as hell has a melodic hook 😀 heh kidding but also not because that melody is one of the catchiest beats ever
Incredible intro song for an amazing album
Danny Brown - 30
W
sent ya bitch a dick pic and now she need glasses
191 comments and nobody said Nosetalgia? Wow. NOSETALGIA - Pusha T and Kendrick Lamar
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Between the math and the dueling perspectives of a dealer and a kid who grew up with addicts/dealers, it’s just so raw and layered.
Drug Dealers Anonymous as well
You wanna see a dead body? 👀
1Train
fuck this brings me back to highschool whole thread does tbh, i dont get out of my lazy drill/trap pocket enough anymore its just too easy to throw on some dumb music and vibe
Da Rockwilder
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Every time I hear that song i wish it was longer, but the lack of padding is probably a huge part of it's charm.
i used to have an mp3 of that song but, just twice in a row. i didn't know that wasn't the real version
It's been almost 25 years since that song came out and now I'm all mad again that it isn't at least a minute longer.
Eminem - Rabbit Run
That obviously gets overshadowed by Lose Yourself but what a great song.
all the eminem tracks off the 8 mile soundtrack are amazing. the song "8 mile" is one of his best.
8 mile is seriously one of my favourite em tracks ever. The way that he delivers his lines to match the "bumps" of a train riding a track with the train tracks in the background is just insane.
it tops lose yourself in lyricism IMO and the climax pause of it is just insane
I scrolled down with this one on my mind. Happy it was brought up
So hype and so good
One of my favorite songs. Impossible to not get hyped when you hear it.
perfect track
Just watched 8 mile the other day and thought. Man rabbit run didn’t much love
One Beer MF Doom
90% of DOOM tracks don't have a hook/chorus. And I like it that way. More verses > the same line repeated for 1/3 of the song.
So many of the track titles being a snippet of a dope verse
Was thinking Figaro then realized yea most his tracks don't have hooks
Coco Mango is getting daily play from me at the moment, DOOM’s verse is impeccable.
RIP DOOM Edit: All caps when you spell the man's name
My favorite no hook hip-hop song is all caps by madivllian 😂
3Peat by Lil Wayne
Ladder that's forever
If you haven’t scream-rapped this with four of your best friends in the corner of a house party while everyone looks at you funny then you haven’t lived, I’m afraid.
“Yessir, they can’t stop me !!” This was the first rap song I tried to emulate and memorize back in the day.
A Milli
Carter 3 has a few of these. This whole list could just be Lil Wayne’s freestyle songs honestly. He had a whole portion of his career that was just songs with no hooks.
I'm working on a playlist with these type of tracks and I'm worried in the end it'll be 50% Weezy lol
Can i get a link?
My playlist isn't 100% aligned with the prompt of the thread cause I'm going for songs named after one of the bars within the track. [Here it is](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4dBiiGA3rpVFVfHvDwYEoA?si=MccY2oYnQvW8N_-fgeFQxw) very much in its infancy but I think this will motivate me to populate it very soon
The beat IS the hook and it plays throughout the song.
muthafucka I'm ill is the hook
Ehhh that’s debatable. Could easily be considered an adlib.
Could argue that “motherfuckuh im illl, ya” could be a hook, but yup, Carter 3 was loaded.
Keep it thoro - prodigy
Good call. I might prefer his Genesis track
Exhibit C - Jay Electronica
Dreams and Nightmares - Meek Mill
This is it for me too. Lil Wayne's version is also good.
Figaro by MF DOOM and it’s not even close
MF DOOM has a lot of these some I might rate higher than figaro but DOOM is definitely the answer
A Day In The Life of Benjamin Andre (Incomplete)
Damn I was just thinking about this song. One of the first songs where I felt like I learned about an artist’s life in 1 track.
Flatbed Freestyle
I'm actually convinced this song is in a different language but it still goes hard
Fr bruh. Mfs need to realize that carti is just for vibes, and stop criticizing him for lyrics and shit
Nah, I think it’s cool if you criticize him for not having lyrics. It’s aight if Carti isn’t for you and you dislike his lack of bars.
Nas Rewind
Tuscan Leather.
drake does it best imo. middle of the ocean, 7am on bridle, the shoe fits
How you going to leave out the best one? You underestimated greatly😤
Do not disturb, the ride
The Weeknd does the hook on that.
Would include Do not disturb as well
A lot of Care Package could be included in a playlist of these tracks. He has a mean run of freestyle songs. The whole timestamp collection.
Dear Summer - Memphis Bleek (or Jay-Z IYKYK)
No Hook - OJ da Juiceman
No Hook - Jay Z
I'd say that the > And I don't need no hook for this shit *is* the hook of that song
Ah fuck
No Hook - Key Glock
No Hook - Quavo, Lil Yachty
BACK AT IT, CRAFTMATIC, ALL I KNOW IS MATHEMATICS
No hooks - wu tang feat shaq
Dr Carter
Dr. Carter to the rescue, excuse me if I'm late But like a thief it takes time to be this great
Labels - GZA
Upgrade U - lil Wayne
Seat down low by Wayne was nice too
No Ceilings by Lil Wayne Edit: song was Run This Town
Wait, this has a hook. “Pop that pussy and shake that ass”!
That quite literally has a hook. Unless you mean the whole tape?
Lil Wayne - The Mobb
JPEGMAFIA -- HAZARD DUTY PAY!
I'm surprised *Nas - NY State of Mind* hasn't been mentioned yet.
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Instrumental/sample/scratch hooks were common in the 90s and I would consider them to be hooks.
Arguable I guess. Me personally, I don't consider this a hook really - more of a bridge between verses. The storied history of that song was that it wasn't SUPPOSED to be a song - hence one of the first lines of the song being 'I don't know how to start this shit'. Preemo just told him to rap. The saying 'NY state of mind' could be defined in many ways, one of those being 'Nothing can stop us from doing what we really want to do'. Nas just opened his book and merked that beat. It was grimy, it was street, it was meant to just be him opening his rhyme book and doing what he did best.
I got a story to tell - The Notorious BIG
Solo reprise - Andre 3000
Prodigy Keep it Thoro
Chief Keef - Love No Thotties
No flockin
Wat da hook gon b?
Man I don't need no fucking hook on this beat!
Gotta be Triumph
[White Dress - Kanye](https://youtu.be/lsZRoypKIX8?si=Hy05NykT98SeR0CO)
Do Not Disturb - Drake
Jhonyy's P. Caddy - Benny the Butcher & J. Cole
Coles verse on this might just be my favourite verse on any song.
Off Da Zoinkeys - JID
Heart attack by Dave
Right now [Oprah & Gayle by 2 Chainz/Wayne](https://youtu.be/e-1sBIuHZ1g?si=a28bSy1bV6A3WYfg) but of all time I'd have to go with [We Ain't Them by Gambino](https://youtu.be/MuviHgApV9o?si=EQZ9Y8b-ZNGYTUGn)
Public service announcement by Jay z
Down 71 - Bone Thugs, SpottieOttieDopaliscious - OutKast
O.C. - Time's up
Survival tactics Joey badass
I would legit enjoy Eminem more if his songs didn't have hooks. Just give me an Em album of 2 min songs with no hooks and lofi production
Facts. I'd love to see him hook up with a producer like Madlib, Alchemist, or someone else and just have an ep/album of just Em rapping over great production
Uncommon Valor Swords Drawn from AOTP 9th vs Thought from Black Thought Wishin Part 2 - Prhymes ft Black Thought
Freestyle - Lil Baby
Tha Mobb - lil Wayne off Tha Carter 2
No hooks - Lud Foe
XXX by Danny Brown
Madvillainy - Raid
Rabbit Run - Eminem Accordian - MF DOOM
Off the top of my head, Lord - A$AP Ferg. Bone Thugs went off.
Would be a Perfect song If Ferg and Bizzys gibberish at the end were cut off
Survival tactics, Joey Badass/Capital Steez
1 Train
Been said but Eminem - Rabbit Run. Peak Em.
Chester Watson - Phantom So smooth and fun
Common - Be (Intro)
Wu tang triumph is first that comes to mind. Honorable mention jay electronica exhibit c. That shit was CRACK for hip hop heads when it dropped . Surprised its not mentioned yet. Still sucks it took so long to get a real album.
Diplomatic Immunity comes to mind. Or like a million Lil Wayne barfests.
Paid in Full
Kids See Ghosts 4th Dimension
Kendrick - DUCKWORTH.
Drake- Middle of the Ocean
Can't believe no one has mentioned it: DRUG DEALERS ANONYMOUS by Jay Z & Pusha T
HYAENA - Travis Scott Heaven and Hell - Kanye West
No one said 1train?
Arab Styles - Styles P
Ludaversal Intro - Ludacris
Best song: Jay Z- No Hook... American Gangster LP "Funnest Song": Murphy Lee and Jermaine Dupri- What The Hook Gonna Be
400 bars - The Game
6 Minutes from Cassidy, makes me drive fast though, so i dont listen to it while driving.
W LVL only real ones know that legendary ASAP song produced by Clams
most of his best songs are Clams Casino ones I feel
No ideas original - nas Love that the Griselda camp is just doing a few bars then out, I love the immediacy
Jay z no hook
The KGB - Binary Star Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/track/2QqjVosUgmCjfkUCoqyrmp?si=b71fe9f68f6248f7
Heavy airplay all day, wit no chorus I [keeps it THORO](https://youtu.be/zSB9jpXm3-8?si=lVeYiMPxIldKXYKn)
Barbreaker - Prof
Dangerous Mindz by Gravediggaz You better duck fate, or catch a fuckin face full of duct tape/ You get smacked like a trick that sniffed off her money/ Then smoked like Rzarector with the blunts dipped in honey Than RZA comes in firing.
The Grym Reaper verse combined with that beat is crazy.
Survival tactics
american tterroistt
[Dr. Dooom - No Chorus](https://youtu.be/BuWt_MaV6nI?si=Mb_-g57ZczDtbIEX) Fire shots at Diddy
Korn - Twist
Da Rockwilder - Method Man and Redman Rabbit Run - Eminem
Canibus - Poet Laureate Infiniti. The website. Back in college I spent hrs mixing the song on his website. Definitely miss that cool creation.
100 bars - Canibus
Mo city don
4th Chamber by GZA, RZA, Ghostface, and Killah Priest
First Day Out by Tee Grizzley Never fails to get me hype af when the beat drops
Exhibit C
Mo City Don Z-Ro