Hard Knock Life is one of the nicest tracks of all time

[Ashtrey]

same producer that made the beat for dj kool let me clear my throat

 

[LucaBrasi]

Man, this track and Runnin' by Pharcyde got me into Hip-Hop forever a classic to me

 

[JulesWinfield]

Man, this track and Runnin' by Pharcyde got me into Hip-Hop forever a classic to me

great songs to get introduced to hip hop. i knew passin me by but i never actually got into the pharcyde till high school.

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Has not aged well.

I just played it on my Bose and that base line hade my head nodding something serious. Beat is crazy, Jigga flow is flawless and it's catchy w/ out being corny.

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

I just thought it was some catchy shyt when I was a kid but I actually bump it a lot more now that I'm grown, Jigga was spittin some real shyt and this was back when he could just effortlessly snap on a verse

I went from lukewarm to hot, sleepin on futons and cots
to king size green machines the green 5s
seen pies let the thing between my eyes
analyze life's ills, then I put it down tight real

 

[CourtesyFlusher]

Corniest song of all time. I hadda stop listening to hip hop for a good year cause of this travesty. Austin Powers Ethered this song something fierce

 

[DaveyDave]

Same producer that made stan

he had a mini comeback around that time but i can't think of anything else he did

 

[phatphuck]

Corniest song of all time. I hadda stop listening to hip hop for a good year cause of this travesty. Austin Powers Ethered this song something fierce

word i be getting the mental picture of mini me sometimes when i hear this

 

[LucaBrasi]

great songs to get introduced to hip hop. i knew passin me by but i never actually got into the pharcyde till high school.

Funny thing is, I couldn't remember the songs name years later and when I finally found it again in High School I was like

 

[yesiambowling]

Best track on that album. I don't think Vol. 2 is outstanding, though.

 

[phatphuck]

Best track on that album. I don't think Vol. 2 is outstanding, though.

vol 2 is the kinda pop record that you could bump for the first few months, then wont give a fukk about for the rest of your life

 

[yesiambowling]

vol 2 is the kinda pop record that you could bump for the first few months, then wont give a fukk about for the rest of your life

Come to think of it, HKL fits better on Vol. 1 than it does on Vol. 2.

*Replaces "I Know What Girls Like"*

 

[HoLLaBaCK]

When I first heard this joint I was on some :ohh:

After a couple of week

It's aged horribly bc it was run into the ground, I can barely listen to it these days.

Classic track though...The broadway sample w/ the hood/underdog lyrics, Hov's flow was perfection (didn't Michael Jackson tell Hov his flow was "in the pocket" )

It's funny cuz I was talking to my lil bro a few months ago and I told him "u hate J bc he's been your whole life" "u weren't around for underdog J...nikkas used to love J, I've literally seen nikkas about to knuckle up over defending him (Hov v Nas and WAAAY b4 they battle too)" "it's like Scarface, nikkas love Tony bc he came from the bottom got to the top and then got murked. If Scarface was just him collecting tigers marrying hot chicks and caking up...then riding into the sunset, nikkas would feel totally different about him"

This nikka crossed over...yeah he watered the lyrics down but he stayed who he was at the core. I say all that to say it's ironic that his most "underdog" song lead to him

 

[Breh Obama]

'When my situation aint improvin, im tryna murda everything movin"







FEEL MEH!!!

 

[BIGDENNIS10UK]

Same producer that made stan

Must be a millionaire off just them two beats.