the new Jay-Z song about NYC (Empire State of Mind) has really grown on me. smooth raps by Z and that hook by Miss Keys just flow to make a really great song about the best city in the world. to sit and wonder what it must be like to have the city in the palm of my hands like Jay...damn. so i started to think about some of the other NYC songs that i have liked and i can only think of a couple. maybe if some day traffic to this site increases (why it would, i have no idea) then if you have a personal fav throw it into the comments and i'll put it front and center in some "updates". here's the Jay-Z video:
the next song i love about NYC was on Big Pun's album "Yeeeah Baby". track #5 New York Giants. i have just an ok stock Honda system in my car but this song sounds unbelieveable in it, i can only guess how mind blowing it must sound in a major system. on top of it the song is a great team song (unlike the lame ass Vikings fight song by Prince. love the Prince, but sometimes i'm not on the same page. oh, and lets not even talk about The Super Bowl Suffle). give it a try and buy it and pump it in the car, a must.
the last, but not least, is the Beastie Boys on their album "To the 5 Boroughs". it is track #12 An Open Letter to NYC. New York City, the Beasie Boys....that's all you need to know.
so there you go. no damn "new york state of mind" Sinatra bullshit. NYC and hip hop. East coast.
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