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Written by Tracy Garraud (@itstracyg)
There's no day more amazingly judgment-free than March 17th. When else can you throw on a skinned Gumby, chug morning stouts with a sesame bagel and not even be Irish? Only on St. Patrick's Day. To help keep the celebration live, we compiled our 25 favorite alcohol-related rap songs that are fit for pre-gaming, boozing, and tonguing the pub toilet. Let us know in the comments if we forgot your favorite joint, because—full disclosure—we were drunk as fuck when we made this list. Party, party, party let's all get wasted!!!
Snoop Doggy Dogg "Gin & Juice" (1994)
Drunken Quotable: "Now, that, I got me some Seagram's gin/ Everybody got they cups, but they ain't chipped in/ Now this types of shit, happens all the time/ You got to get yours but fool I gotta get mine"
Producer: Dr. Dre
Album: Doggystyle
Label: Death Row Records, Interscope Records, Atlantic Records
This ode to Seagrams and Tanqueray from Doggystyle soundtracked so many house parties that everyone from fiddling rednecks to Chubb Rock recorded their own version. These days, the now 38-year-old might want to leave the liver fuck-ups to young Nipsey.
Tha Alkaholiks "Only When I'm Drunk" (1993)
Drunken Quotable: "Yeah, I get drunk and can't nobody whoop me/I'm trippin, must be the brew that I was sippin."
Producer: E-Swift, Tha Alkaholiks
Album: 21 & Over
Label: Loud Records
The West Coast has its fair share of liquor lovers, but no one does it quite like Tash and J-Ro, as heard on this classic flip of "Seven Minutes Of Funk" from their debut 21 & Over. Listen to hear the Liks spilling more drunken honesty than an inebriated priest. Amen.
Beastie Boys "Brass Monkey" (1987)
Drunken Quotable: "Cause I drink it anytime and anyplace/When it's time to get ill, I pour it on my face"
Producer: Rick Rubin
Album: Licensed to Ill
Label: Def Jam/Columbia Records
Jungle Juice isn't the only liquid that can get you free twos. In 1987, when three genius schmucks danced away from conformity and made their hip-hop debut, not only were we left with a classic album, but a classic bra-peeling drink as well.
Iconz "Get Fucked Up" (2001)
Drunken Quotable: "Yo get fucked up, stay fucked up/Roll to the club in a navigator truck"
Producer: Gorilla Tek, Trak
Album: Street Money
Label: Slip-N-Slide Records
A staple on BET's Uncut (and retitled "Get Crunked Up" for the kids), this balls-out, lo-fi party anthem from three Miami dudes (and a girl!) had the whole country buzzing for a minute. Looks like their career might've passed out shortly after.
NWA "8 Ball"
Drunken Quotable: "Stepped in the park I was drunk as hell/Three bitches already said, "Eric your breath smells!"
Producer: Dr. Dre, Eazy-E
Album: N.W.A. and the Posse
Label: Macola Records
Take it from Eazy-if: you don't want to fuck with a Compton gangster when he's sober, you don't want to fuck with him when he's drunk. Seriously.
Mobb Deep f/ Q-Tip "Drink Away The Pain (Situations)" (1995)
Drunken Quotable: "I used to be in love with this bitch named E&J/ Don't fuck with her anymore now I fuck with Tanqueray"
Producer: The Abstract, Mobb Deep
Album: The Infamous
Label: Loud/RCA/BMG Records
Hav and Prodigy go deep on this joint from The Infamous that struggles with their love of certain beverages. We're still trying to figure out why Q-Tip is rapping about clothes, though. Native Tongues get twisted, too!
Gucci Mane f/ Plies "Wasted" (2009)
Drunken Quotable: "Party, party, party, let's all get wasted/Shake it for me baby girl, do it butt naked/I'm so wasted, she so wasted shout the bartender/Send 20 more cases"
Producer: Fatboi
Album: The State vs. Radric Davis
Label: 1017 Brick Squad, Warner Bros., Asylum
Only a few years after dropping the definitive pill-popping anthem ("Pillz"), Gucci found a new level of success with his bid for alcohol anthem supremacy. But Radric's single wasn't just about getting inanely trashed; it upheld some social dignity as well, uniting goons and binge-drinking white boys everywhere for the love of brimming red cups.
Young Black Teenagers "Tap The Bottle (Twist The Cap)" (1992)
Drunken Quotable: "Tap a cap, have a lot and not a lot not a little/Don't grade upon the label take a guzzle, don't dribble"
Producer: Terminator X
Album: Dead Enz Kidz Doin' Lifetime Bidz
Label: MCA Records
They might be remembered as an ironic joke in hip-hop history, but you can't front on this ode to the 40 ounce from this Long Island crew who were neither black nor teenagers. Their sole national hit jacked Das Efx's style to the fullest, but it's still a great soundtrack when you're trying to get triggity-trashed.
The Click "Hurricane" (1995)
Drunken Quotable: "Hurricane, but you can call me slurricane/ Slurricane, strong enough to start a engine mayne"
Producer: Studio Ton
Album: Game Related
Label: Sick Wid It, Jive Records
Way before E-40 went dumb, his Click got stupid drunk off their favorite malt liquor with this classic ode to the ol' Slurricane that's half celebration and half cautionary tale.
Tha Alkaholiks f/ 'Ol Dirty Bastard "Hip-Hop Drunkies" (1997)
Drunken Quotable: "I divide square MC's like math/ Bend you in half and drink a Genuine Draft"
Producer: E-Swift, Marley Marl
Album: Likwidation
Label: Loud Records
Most artists would have a hard time going to-to-toe with The Alkaholiks on a song about alcohol, but Big Baby Jesus ain't most artists. Wu-Tang's wild child took the party to the next level on this classic single from the crew's star-studded album Likwidation. Stop drinking all that muthafuckin' water!
Busta Rhymes f/ P. Diddy & Pharrell "Pass The Courvoisier Part II" (2002)
Drunken Quotable: "I said Busta/ You leave them girl rollin... and it look like/They asses is swollen/ But if your man babysittin/ Then what you gon' say... "
Producer: The Neptunes
Album: Genesis
Label: Flipmode Records, J Records
Though this might as well have been called "Yo, Courvoisier (Endorse Ya Man!)," we're not mad at Busta's liquor cosign. After its silly video featured pre-Oscar Mo'Nique getting her toe stomped out ("I'll do it again!"), Napolean's supposed cognac of choice stopped looking so much like counterfeit Henny.
N.O.R.E "Drink Champ" (2007)
Drunken Quotable: "But I don't drink that Hypnotiq bullshit/That ain't a man's drink/That Alize is bullshit/Ask my nigga Prodigy how I go out/He was drinking in my studio and nearly fell out"
Producer: Alchemist
Album: Noreality
Label: Babygrande Records
If Noreaga's warning you that he packs an "iron liver," prevent incoming embarrassment and drop that shot glass, son. Dude makes beer pong look like child's play.
Jim Jones f/ Juelz Santana & Ron Browz "Pop Champagne" (2008)
Drunken Quotable: "Only Patron and a couple of lemons/Ten thousand dollars stuffed up in the denims"
Producer: Ron Browz
Album: Pray IV Reign
Label: Columbia Records, Universal Motown, Koch Records, Ether Boy
Before the R&B alchies caught heavy rotation, Jimmy, Juelz, and a whole lotta Auto-Tune were busing making their drinking habits seem classy. We leavin' with the models.
Eminem f/ 50 Cent & Dr. Dre "Crack A Bottle" (2009)
Drunken Quotable: "So crack a bottle, let your body waddle/Don't act like a snobby model/You just hit the lotto"
Producer: Dr. Dre
Album: Relapse
Label: Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records
After all the soul-breaking shit Em went through during his hiatus, this cork-popper felt just like the good ol' days. Who knew sober Marshall could sound so good!
Body Head Bangerz f/ YoungBloodz "I Smoke, I Drank (Remix)" (2004)
Drunken Quotable: "I smoke, I drank and wanna stop but I cant/ So I guess it's smoking, drankin all the way to the bank"
Producer: Awood Johnson, Roy Jones, Jr., Sean Paul, Jeff Grigsby
Album: Body Head Bangerz: Volume One
Label: Body Head Entertainment, Universal Music Group
A drinking song countdown wouldn't be complete without the Drankin' Patnaz, but J-Bo and Sean Paul's most memorable intoxication anthem is actually this collabo that became an underground smash for Roy Jones, Jr.'s label. Ya'll must've forgot!
Birdman f/ Lil Wayne "Pop Bottles" (2007)
Drunken Quotable: "Okay start with straight shots and then pop bottles/ Pour it on the models, shut up bitch swallow/ If you cant swallow, shut up bitch gargle"
Producer: Steve Morales, Sarom
Album: 5 * Stunna
Label: Cash Money, Universal Records
Birdman's winning single may not promote sloppy Saturdays at the pub, but the Jadakiss sample on the hook provides the perfect instructions on how to mark that special occasion while throwing money around in the club. Plus, it could help you finally get a model wet.
Above The Law "V.S.O.P" (1993)
Drunken Quotable: "If you wanna feel fine/ free your mind to the mega shots of V.S.O.P./Now you gotta get hype/ And you'll turn into G with a little bit of V.S.O.P"
Producer: Eazy-E, Cold 187um, Above The Law
Album: Black Mafia Life
Label: Ruthless Records, Giant Records
Famous for working with both Dr. Dre and Eazy-E, this slept-on Cali crew swore that a sip of something special could flip even the most pussy-whipped gent to a G on this feel-good liquor tribute from their third album Black Mafia Life.
J-Kwon "Tipsy" (2004)
Drunken Quotable: "Liquor wasted on me man, son of a bitch/Brush it off now I'm back to getting lit/Wit some orange juice man, this some good ish"
Producer: Trackboyz
Album: Hood Hop
Label: So So Def, Arista
Before J-Kwon was lost (at the bottom of the 99-cent bargain bin) and found (at the bottom of the 99-cent bargain bin), his fizzy 2004 hit got burn at every sloshy teen's parental-free night of hurling 151. Oh wait, those kids were us.
Cassidy "My Drink N My 2 Step" (2007)
Drunken Quotable: "I do my 2 step/And let the link swing/hold the drink with the left hand and show the pink ring"
Producer: Swizz Beatz, Antwann Frost
Album: B.A.R.S. (The Barry Adrian Reese Story)
Label: J Records
Cass returned (again!) in '07 from an eight-month jail stint with some new jigs and a swill. His new album might be M.I.A., but word was that Cass was close to getting an endorsement deal from Patron, thanks to this song. Fuck rap!
Nas "Drunk By Myself" (1999)
Drunken Quotable: "Only if I could take care of everybody, intoxicated/Windows up blastin A.C. going wherever instinct takes me/I hate it when I'm like this/The bottle's my accomplice"
Producer: Al West, Poke & Tone
Album: The Lost Tapes
Label: Ill Will Records, Columbia Records
Not every drink's a toast to the good life. Nasir spins the bottle solo on this dark narrative from his 2002 grab bag project, The Lost Tapes. Guess it's easy to resort to alcoholism when Uncle Sam's patting your pockets every month like a gold digger.
Asher Roth "I Love College" (2009)
Drunken Quotable
Producer: Mike Caren, Ben H. Allen III
Album: Asleep in the Bread Aisle
Label: Universal Records, Schoolboy Entertainment, Street Records Corporation
Who better to reflect on fried and wild college nights than hip-hop's friendliest white boy. Brings us back to that one time we convinced shorty with the huge areolas to do a keg stand in our pants.
Kanye West f/ Mos Def "Drunk And Hot Girls" (2007)
Drunken Quotable: "Stop talking about your boyfriend since he is not me/ Stop running up my tab cause these drinks is not free."
Producer: Kanye West, Jon Brion
Album: Graduation
Label: Roc-A-Fella Records
This slurred song from Graduation was definitely the weakest link on a classic album, but who can't relate to the sentiment? Just be sure to keep a bedside bucket for sloppy Sue.
The Game f/ Kokane "Hard Liquor" (2008)
Drunken Quotable: "You know me I turn them 40 bottles upside down/Like niggas with dead homies till it's empty like my four pound/Niggas thinkin' I'm drunk/ Reach for my N.W.A chain and get your ass beat wit da pump."
Producer: Ervin Pope
Album: LAX
Label: Geffen Records
Game may look like a dating show vet with a butterfly on his cheek, but after gulping some bitter beverage he's fucking girls with a pistol to their head. Whoa! Well, at least he's not crying on this one.
Jim Jones f/ Diddy, Paul Wall & Jha Jha "What You Been Drankin' On?" (2005)
Drunken Quotable: "Cause you ain't drunk, nigga!/ You ain't drunk, nigga!/ 'Til that sizzurp and Henny is in your cup, nigga!"
Producer: Hannon Lane, Magoo, P. Diddy
Album: Harlem: Diary of a Summer
Label: Koch Records
For a second and a half, sizzurp wasn't just a Southern thang. Jimmy used this twinkle and bounce cut to promote his own purple punch, which jacked its name from the infamous codeine concoction. But capitalism aside, anyone who can go shot-for-shot with Puffy must be able to hold their liquor. We're lookin' at you, Jha Jha.
Ludacris f/ Shawnna "Everybody Drunk" (2009)
Drunken Quotable: "Tell 'em I'm far from sober/Cause if the po po happen to pull me over/I'ma just tell 'em everybody wit me drunk as fuck!"
Producer: DJ Monay
Album: Battle of the Sexes
Label: Disturbing the Peace, Def Jam Recordings
Luda's had a clump of spirited songs-he even dropped a mixtape shamelessly promoting his new cognac, Conjure-but this is by the far the most blitzed. Though the song has three versions flowing through the Internets, we toast to the original featuring Shawnna.