Cipha Sounds Presents: The 75 Greatest Tunnel Bangers
By Complex Magazine | Jul 13, 2010 | 1:22 pm | Permalink
#13. N.O.R.E. feat. Nature, Big Pun, Jadakiss, Styles P & Cam'ron/N.O.R.E. "Banned from TV"/"Superthug"
Producer: Swizz Beatz/The Neptunes
Year: 1998
Cipha says: "I don't know how I can describe how big these records were in the Tunnel. Madman, super-energy, plus the introduction of the Neptunes and Swizz Beatz. These are perfect records. Perfect, perfect. Made the Neptunes. Made Swizz Beatz. Classic Jadakiss and Styles back-and-forth style. Solidified N.O.R.E. as a solo artist. Everybody on the song was hot—Nature was the least hot, but he ripped it. Sidebar: Pun wasn't supposed to be on 'Banned.' Pun was in the studio when N.O.R.E. was making it and he asked for 16 bars. And N.O.R.E. said, no, I got everybody on the record already. Pun wouldn't leave the studio and kept writing and just told the engineer to record him."
Dee Phunk July 13th, 2010 at 11:37 AM
If u look close in the video, in some scenes he's wearing a cast. He tries to hide it in his pocket and uses his left hand instead. Always wondered what that was about.
step one July 13th, 2010 at 11:43 AM
download the original version of 'Benjamins' here (aswell as loads of classic 90s radio, mixtapes and freestyles!) http://djstepone.blogspot.com/2009/12/its-all-about-benjamins-original.html
Dee Phunk July 13th, 2010 at 12:19 PM
ROFL, Ciph LOVES Sheek.
Dee Phunk July 13th, 2010 at 12:28 PM
On another note, I would sometimes have to skip this song in the car if I was on the way to Manhattan from LI on the Northern State / Grand Central Pkwy in the car. It would make me drive fast for no reason.
tony-b July 13th, 2010 at 12:35 PM
anyone else feel like he lifted the hook from the DC Go-Go record with the same theme?
Dee Phunk July 13th, 2010 at 12:42 PM
Awww man, the link to the demo version is finito. Wanted to peep that.
Dee Phunk July 13th, 2010 at 12:55 PM
I'm DYING @ the guy in the wheelchair story. U know a song is crazy when it makes you shoot YOURSELF. I always connect this song w/ the second time I went to Cancun in 2000. They played "Wild Out" in the Baja Beach Club. And of course I'm w/ a bunch of NY cats so we lose our collective minds. Some guy I didn't even know yelled in my ear "FLING THAT SH*T!" I didn't know what he was talking about. He pointed @ my tall ass drink and yelled again "FLING THAT SH*T!" So of course I waited 'til the chorus and just splashed it all over the place and anyone in the vicinity.
david July 13th, 2010 at 01:04 PM
besides the liks yall played some whack music at that club.
JustinTime July 13th, 2010 at 03:55 PM
Yo Dee I got the demo version from when Ciph posted it last year. Shoot me a email. justintime410@vzw.blackberry.net
The Editor July 13th, 2010 at 05:02 PM
The great thing about most of these cuts were that they were album songs, and everybody knew them, crazy