Unkut.com Presents: The 50 Greatest Queensbridge Rap Songs
By Complex Magazine | Sep 30, 2010 | 12:41 pm | Permalink
#17. Iron Skeiks (Tragedy & Imam THUG) "Allumaniti"
Year: 1997
Produced By: G-Money
Album: Iron Sheiks EP
Label: 25 To Life
Noreaga had originally used this beat for a song called "Noreminati," before Khadafi decided to grab it for himself. Good thing, too, since his version turned out to be a conspiracy rap masterpiece. Trag warned us that in "1999, numb refined/Internet web controls your whole mind," but did we listen? Not to mention Imam THUG cautions, "They got some type of shit they put up in your fuckin' drawers!," which we still haven't really figured out. Just to be safe, though, we've been running our boxers through a metal detector since 1997.
swordfish October 6th, 2010 at 12:49 PM
large!props robbie.
swordfish October 6th, 2010 at 01:29 PM
top notch selection.salute unkut!
Eddie Arkadian October 6th, 2010 at 03:12 PM
Nice list... but I would replace "Testament (Original)" with "Killaz Theme".
thefatkidthatlovescake October 6th, 2010 at 06:15 PM
This whole top 50 queens shit is TUFF!!!!!!!
The Funkologist October 6th, 2010 at 10:51 PM
Come On isn't even close to beeing Large Pro's best beat of the decade. It's not even the best beat he gave to Sha.
The Funkologist October 6th, 2010 at 10:57 PM
Wrong cover tho. This was only released as a testpressing, so there wasn't even one. Also this wasn't actually the remix, but the original version.
paulg October 7th, 2010 at 05:45 AM
wasn't this also on the e-money bags album?
L.F.C October 7th, 2010 at 06:54 AM
my geography mite be way off here but isnt 50 cent from queensbridge or is that jus queens
FoeCion October 7th, 2010 at 09:01 AM
Love the list, but if you were really running down the top 50, you would've included More tracks from Illmatic (NY State of Mind, Represent) and The Infamous (Give Up the Goods, Survival of the Fittest). You could even argue for me from these 2 albums alone. Cool that you included some white label stuff that is def dop, but we all know what deserves to be top 50.
Bjorn October 7th, 2010 at 01:53 PM
The closing line is a classic