Best Beat Of All Time Tournament

[On The Edge of Insanity]

After seeing how many replies the thread about what people considered to be the best beat ever received, I thought it would be cool if we had a tournament to find out what the board considers to be the best beat ever. So, to start with everyone list the five beats you consider to be the best in order of 1 to 5. List the artist, the song title and then the producer in brackets. In two days (20th) at 6pm UK time, I will tally the number of nominations each beat has received (weighted with number 1 choices receiving ten points, number 2, 8 points, etc), and I will put the top 16 beats into groups for the next stage of voting. So get voting.

[On The Edge of Insanity]

My votes

1. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - TROY (Pete Rock)
2. Gangstarr - Code of the Streets (DJ Premier)
3. Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek feat Vinia Mojica - The Blast (Hi-Tek)
4. Xzibit - The Foundation (DJ Muggs)
5. Little Brother - Speed (9th Wonder)

[Dj Eskimo]

Pete Rock and CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y (Pete Rock)
Dr Dre - Chronic Intro (Dr Dre)
Nas - Nas Is Like
Nas - NY State Of Mind (Dj Premier)
Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek feat Vinia Mojica - The Blast (Hi-Tek)

[SGV]

"Why Ya Bullshittin'"(Quik)
"Deep Cover"(Dre)
"Mass Appeal"(Premier)
"Bout It, Bout It"(Beats By The Pound)
"How I Could Just Kill A Man"(Muggs)

[West C. Connected]

A lot of beats I see here are very dope but.. They're old. And every beat becomes outdated at some time, so why don't any of you choose new sounding beats?

[Ras Kass' Toothpick]

1. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - "They Reminesce Over You"
Produced by Pete Rock, Co-Produced by C.L. Smooth

2. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - "Streets Of New York"
Produced by Large Professor

3. Pete Rock - "The Game"
Produced by Pete Rock

4. EPMD - "You Gots Too Chill"
Produced by EPMD

5. Eric B. & Rakim - "Eric B. Is President"
Produced by Marley Marl



This is difficult, I could probably think of twenty more that could be up there.

[SGV]

A lot of beats I see here are very dope but.. They're old. And every beat becomes outdated at some time, so why don't any of you choose new sounding beats?

Um....Why should we choose new sounding beats when these beats we're choosing are ALL better than anything new? They're outdated to you. Go bump some Swizz Beats.

[Nightfall]

im not sure, there are beats that i like just as much as the ones i mentioned, but these are the first that popped into my head

1) Tha Alkaholiks ft. Threat - Who Dem Niggas (E-Swift)

2) Ras Kass - Van Gogh (Khalil)

3) Deltron 3030 - 3030 (Dan The Automator)

4) The Lootpack ft. Medaphoar - Wanne Test Remix (Madlib)

5) Polyrhythm Addicts - Big Phat Boom (DJ Spinna)

[Dj Eskimo]

A lot of beats I see here are very dope but.. They're old. And every beat becomes outdated at some time, so why don't any of you choose new sounding beats?

everytime i hear Nas Is Like or T.R.O.Y they sound fresh, all the beats i chose to me are timeless.

[Kill]

hella difficult. On another day I'd list em in a different order but right now

1. Shook Ones Pt. II (Mobb Deep /produced by Havoc)
2. Nuthin But A G Thang (Dre & Snoop / produced by Dr. Dre)
3. New York State Of Mind (Nas / produced by DJ Premier)
4. Just Step (Mobb Deep / produced by The Abstract)
5. C.R.E.A.M. (Wu-Tang Clan / produced by the RZA)

but fa real

This is difficult, I could probably think of twenty more that could be up there

[West C. Connected]

A lot of beats I see here are very dope but.. They're old. And every beat becomes outdated at some time, so why don't any of you choose new sounding beats?

Um....Why should we choose new sounding beats when these beats we're choosing are ALL better than anything new? They're outdated to you. Go bump some Swizz Beats.

Right now, I would choose a Kanye West beat over Deep Cover.
I love Deep Cover and the melody is still great but if we're talking about beats I wouldn't choose Deep Cover. It's like with cars, if you would ask a person what he would rather drive, a car that was the best in '92 or a car that's the best right now, he would probaly choose the last.

[SGV]

Right now, I would choose a Kanye West beat over Deep Cover.
I love Deep Cover and the melody is still great but if we're talking about beats I wouldn't choose Deep Cover. It's like with cars, if you would ask a person what he would rather drive, a car that was the best in '92 or a car that's the best right now, he would probaly choose the last.

Well, thats you. All this new shit fizzles out after a while. The shit I listed is timeless. Still bumps like it's new. And, cars are a different story. That was a shitty comparison. But, if you want to take it that way. Plenty people would choose a Classic car over some new car. They were made better back in the day.

[West C. Connected]

Right now, I would choose a Kanye West beat over Deep Cover.
I love Deep Cover and the melody is still great but if we're talking about beats I wouldn't choose Deep Cover. It's like with cars, if you would ask a person what he would rather drive, a car that was the best in '92 or a car that's the best right now, he would probaly choose the last.

Well, thats you. All this new shit fizzles out after a while. The shit I listed is timeless. Still bumps like it's new. And, cars are a different story. That was a shitty comparison. But, if you want to take it that way. Plenty people would choose a Classic car over some new car. They were made better back in the day.

OK, then you have a different opinion then me.






(Duhhh)

[Bramsterdam (see ya)]

1. Still D.R.E.
2. Nuthin But a G Thang
3. Forgot about Dre
4. Tha Formula
5. If It Aint Ruff


bleh.. thats all i can think of right now which are my favourites..

[pappy]

mobb deep - shook ones pt 2 - havoc
mc shan - the bridge - marley marl
dre - with dre day - dre
ice cube - ghetto bird - qd3
raekwon -  criminology - the rza
smiff n wessun - bucktown - da beatminerz
god pt 3 - mobb deep - havoc