Favorite Concept Songs?

by **Slim Fiasco** » Apr 29th, '11, 08:55

List some of your favorite concept/storytelling songs. Try to keep it not more than 2 per artist:

Eminem - As The World Turns
Eminem - Stan
Big L - The Heist
Big L - Casualties Of A Dice Game
Lupe Fiasco - The Cool
Lupe Fiasco - Hip-Hop Saved My Life
NaS - Undying Love
NaS - I Gave You Power
Mos Def - Mathematics
Biggie - Warning

by **ILLMATIC1992** » Apr 29th, '11, 11:23

Jedi Mind Tricks Feat. R.A The Rugged Man - Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story
Tonedeff - Porcelain
CunninLynguists Feat. Tonedeff - The Gates
Eminem - Rock Bottom
Eminem - Stay Wide Awake
Diabolic - 12 Shots
Hopsin - Heather Nicole
Immortal Technique - Dance With The Devil
Q-Unique - Mr. Lopez
7L & Esoteric - Word Association
Vinnie Paz - Keep Movin' On
Kool G Rap - A Thugs Love Story (Chapter 1, 2 & 3)
ILL Bill - My Uncle
ILL Bill - Anatomy Of A School Shooting
Nas - Rewind

by **_Steven_** » Apr 29th, '11, 13:02

Nas
Rewind - Story told backwards
If I Ruled The World - How he would change the world
What Goes Around - A list of things he deems "poison" to our society
I Can - A song about young people's aspirations and miniature stories
Rhyme Book - Flipping through an old rhyme book
I Gave You Power - Metaphor how he's a gun (hard to explain)

Apathy
Chemicals - Summarizes all the chemicals and medications in our lives
Checkmate - Personifies a chess match
Winter - A song about winter...better than it sounds
All About Crime - The title sums it up
The Buck Stops Here - A song describing the exchange of money
One Of Those Days (Remix) - About women and their problems

I'll just limit it to 2 artists.

by **FreeSpeech** » Apr 29th, '11, 16:22

I feel like most of you think concept song=any song with an identifiable topic :whistle:

by **OMEGA** » Apr 29th, '11, 16:40

Out of the top of my head:

Em - Stay Wide Awake
Nas - Book of Rhymes
Kanye West - Homecoming

by **Slim Fiasco** » Apr 29th, '11, 16:57

C.R.E.A.M wrote:Eminem - Brain Damage
Common - I Used To Love H.E.R
Slick Rick - La Di Da Di
Will Smith - Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble
Warren G - Regulate
Immortal Technique - Dance With The Devil
Lupe Fiasco - Hip Hop Saved My Life
Lupe Fiasco - The Coolest
Canibus - You Didn't Care
Jedi Mind Tricks - Uncommon Valur : A Vietnam Story
Eminem - White America (Concept song)
Hopsin - Sexy Cyber

Off the top of my head.

Nice list, and I had to add I Used To Love H.E.R. to mine as well.

by **Slim Fiasco** » Apr 29th, '11, 16:58

FreeSpeech wrote:I feel like most of you think concept song=any song with an identifiable topic

Yeah, that's why I put concept slash storytelling songs so that we have more tracks to pick from.

by **WakeUpShow** » Apr 29th, '11, 20:43

Lupe Fiasco- The Cool
Eminem- Stan

by **Drug.Ballad** » Apr 30th, '11, 00:56

Story telling:

Eminem - Drug Ballad
Giggs - Dont go there
T.I - A Better Day
Kanye - Drug Dealing
Game - My Life
50 Cent - Many Men

by **Raids-God** » Apr 30th, '11, 01:21

Tyler The Creator - Sarah
:worship:

And @ TheEminemShow
Giggs has no concept's
He used the words, Dont .. go and there, the rest is random slur about nothing and a B.o.b hook

by **Drug.Ballad** » Apr 30th, '11, 01:23

Raids-God wrote:Tyler The Creator - Sarah

And @ TheEminemShow
Giggs has no concept's
He used the words, Dont .. go and there, the rest is random slur about nothing and a B.o.b hook

Yes but he tells a story in it kinda. But i take it you dont like Giggs?

by **Raids-God** » Apr 30th, '11, 01:28

TheEminemShow wrote:
Raids-God wrote:Tyler The Creator - Sarah

And @ TheEminemShow
Giggs has no concept's
He used the words, Dont .. go and there, the rest is random slur about nothing and a B.o.b hook

Yes but he tells a story in it kinda. But i take it you dont like Giggs?

I Hate Giggs yes, thats becuase hes opisiate anything a thread like this whould involve,
Conecept,Story,
Hes an idoit also saying in an interview that he zones out like Hiro from Heroes when he writes,
Oj the Fucking Juiceman proablly zones out more than fucking giggs, Dare i quote

You don’t know where my people coming from cos you don’t go there! Yeahh!
Were jus tryna make doe here feds on our case so we moving mad low here! Yeahh!

You Know its powerfull when you pull a jim jones, droping in your own shit to shout yeah !... Every sentance :coffee:

by **Drug.Ballad** » Apr 30th, '11, 01:33

lol so he does have some bad lines, but i really like that song.
and i dont know who Hiro is, but i know Giggs aint that good at writting lyrics. I heard his latest mixtape and it wasnt worth downloading except one song.

by **Raids-God** » Apr 30th, '11, 01:37

TheEminemShow wrote:lol so he does have some bad lines, but i really like that song.
and i dont know who Hiro is, but i know Giggs aint that good at writting lyrics. I heard his latest mixtape and it wasnt worth downloading except one song.

Yeah I Enjoy the Beat, and B.o.B's Hook is doep !
Its just him i hate, Like Dj Khaled Albums :y:

by **Drug.Ballad** » Apr 30th, '11, 21:29

C.R.E.A.M wrote:
TheEminemShow wrote:Story telling:

Eminem - Drug Ballad
Giggs - Dont go there
T.I - A Better Day
Kanye - Drug Dealing
Game - My Life
50 Cent - Many Men

Is it me or every single one of that list is Drug-related ?

I hadnt noticed.

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