Best beat of 2003?

[West C. Connected]

Threat is a nice beat but I really don't see how it's the best one of the year.

[Trauma-san]

It easily comes straight down to 2 beats.  

I'm gonna say "In da Club" is #2, and the best beat of 2003 was "Like a Pimp"... that shit was WILD.  You could listen to a loop of that for a fucking year and never get tired of it.  I could watch T.V. with that playing in the background.  I could listen to that in the bathroom.  

[Lord Funk]

In Da Club, gotta be.

Yup. Not because it's a better beat than many others in terms of hip-hop, but because no other beat penetrated every corner of popular culture as much as this one did. Only one that came close was Beyonce's 'Crazy In Love'. Both those beats were EVERYWHERE.

[white Boy]

yea, crazy in love, forgot bout that 1, that shit was sick

[GangstaBoogy]

50 Cent - In Da Club

[Trauma-san]

Yeah, Crazy In Love was good.  The video reminded me of Diana Ross, because the whole vibe is that Beyonce is a superstar on a stage with everybody staring at her, and there's all this energy flowing around.  The little breakdown in the beat where she does the "uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, eh oh" part is nice too.

[teecee]

Hey WATCHER, you do realize tat all 9th wonder did was speed up an r kelly beat for Threat, right? Still dope though........

Id say Encore, with its updated Pete Rockesque production by Kanye is the beat of the year, and then i would have to go with In Da CLub.  I am NOT a big 50 fan, but you KNOW that beat would have GUARANTEED and rapper or R&B singer a number 1 hit, it is that good.

And ya, Crazy in Love DID ave a tight beat, that is true.

[Hatesrats™]

I love Kelis...
sorry homie'z..
SO dope I can watch the video on mute..

I'm going with my baby Kelis "Milkshake"
The Neptunes did a grip this year tho...
(Nas u lucky FUCK)

"Frontin"
"Light Your Ass On Fire"
"It Wasn't Us"
"Flyest Angel" (Fuck it i'll admit it..Dope song)
Nas sounded dope on it....
ect.

Hatesrats 2oooIV

[Jome]

Personal favorites:

1. G-Unit - Poppin' Them Thangs
2. 50 Cent - In the Club
3. Obie Trice feat. Busta - Oh!
4. G-Unit - G'd up
5. Obie Trice - The Set Up feat. Nate Dogg


D.R.E. still got it!

[Don Breezio]

yeah you guys are right...in da club did hit every corner of hip hop...you had people from beyonce to immortal technique to jin tha mc doing shit over this beat. then you turn around and you got 1000 rappers doin the crazy in love beat...fuck even AZ did a freestyle over that beat.

[KVB]

"I Really Mean It" off of Diplomatic Immunity, produced by Just Blaze.


But the hardest beat of the year is, undoubtedly, David Banner's "Like A Pimp". If you got a system with big speakers that shit KNOCKS.

[Suga Foot]

1. 50 Cent "In Da Club"
2. Big Black Lincoln "Pimpin Life"

[Young Dan Iza]

In no order heres my top 10:
In the Club (Dr. Dre)
It Blows My Mind (Neptunes)
What We Do (Just Blaze)
Runnin (Dyin' to Live) (Eminem)
Encore (Kanye West)
Ignition RMX (R.Kelly)
Let Me Know (DJ Quik)
Backwardz (Alchemist)
Rock Your Body (Neptunes)

Sleeper Beat of the Year
Killah Priest- Black August (Daylight) Produced by ?

[The Watcher]

Hey WATCHER, you do realize tat all 9th wonder did was speed up an r kelly beat for Threat, right? Still dope though........

yeah? which R Kelly beat did he speed up?

[white Boy]

^^^ thats wat i was wondering, i never heard that, and it does seem to be a beat that was "sped up"