My friend Chris and I spent this last week creating a new, very important Wikipedia page from whole cloth:
List of films with associated hip hop songs
On some level this is an experiment with the absurdities of Wikipedia, and on another it’s a sincere interest in seeing the history of writing hip hop songs for movies. It was an amazing amount of work, so I hope you check it out (and perhaps share it?) before it inevitably gets deleted or edited down.
Man, Davy’s the coolest.
“Cali Diseaz (Muzik)” by Shade Sheist & Nate Dogg
Nate Dogg died of a stroke yesterday. Nate Dogg helped to create the “West Coast sound” just as much as Warren G and Snoop Dogg. When everyone else was doing gangsta rap, they weren’t afraid to pay homage to the soulful, fun music they grew up on and loved.
This is my favorite Nate Dogg song. Even though he was known more for singing the hook than his own songs, I only listen to this song for his voice. So mellow and cool.
— In depth analysis concludes no one knows what the fuck Redman is saying on Da Rockwilder.
Dr. Dre ft Snoop - The Next Episode (Jay Robinson Remix)
I love the musical stylings of Biz Markie. Here he is on The Chris Rock Show performing Bennie & the Jets.
