Artist	Song
50 Cent	I Get Money
from Curtis (2007)
Run-DMC	Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1)
from Run-DMC (2005)
Audio Two	Top Billin (Acapella)
from What More Can I Say (2005)
Eric B. & Rakim	Microphone Fiend
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric B. & Rakim (2001)
Lil Mama	Lip Gloss
from Lip Gloss - Single (2007)
Schoolly D	Parkside 5-2
from Best of Schoolly D (1990)
Just-Ice	Gangster of Hip Hop
from Back to the Old School (2005)

Comment:

Taken from his new album [i]Curtis[/i], “I Get Money” is 50 Cent’s return to lyrical dominance but his bold proclamation “I run New York” wouldn’t be realized without the foundation set by rap’s original renegades. Just-Ice and Schoolly D were originators of the gangsta rap style. Rakim set the high watermark for lyrical complexity back in the ‘80s. The Blastmaster KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions escalated beef to fine form on “South Bronx.” Brooklyn’s Lil Mama (“Lip Gloss”) represents the future while the golden era classic “Top Billin’” by the Audio Two is more than just the sample source for “I Get Money”; Milk and Gizmo Dee sum up a semester of street economics in one line: “I get the papers so I don’t care.”

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