Unkut.com Presents: The 50 Greatest Queensbridge Rap Songs
By Complex Magazine | Sep 30, 2010 | 12:41 pm | Permalink
#27. Big Noyd feat. Prodigy "Recognize & Realize Pt. 1"
Year: 1995
Produced By: Havoc
Album: Episodes of A Hustla
Label: Tommy Boy Music
"Shook Ones, Pt. 2" might have made the ultimate case for the ability of a remix to transform a good song into a classic, but here we have an example of the "less is more" philosophy at work. While Part 2 of Rapper Noyd's first single essentially relegated him to a supporting role on his own track, the original recipe proved to be a far more effective portrait of menace. Over sparse percussion and the haunting wails of disembodied banshees, Noyd and Prodigy trade tales of Winter Warz while threatening to leave you "paralyzed from your feet up."
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