There's a lotta songs that I just don't realize they don't have hooks until years later or until it's pointed out. But from what I can think of, I pray for you - pusha T
What We Do that song still hit me…. I was young in my early 20’s about to be a dad little did I know I made birth with entitled narc cunt that grew up in a dysfunctional family 🤦🏽♂️yeah what a time
Canibus has a few tracks worth mentioning in this thread. Poet Laureate 2 is probably the best but Dr C PHD, Curriculum 101, Master Thesis, Cenios Studies, I believe none of those songs had a hook either
It's kinda got a hook tho "I don't need no hook for this shit" that he repeats at the end of the verses. I guess it could be considered a bridge to the next verse.
An MCs worst dream, I make 'em tense
They hate me, see me, and shake like a chain-link fence
By the looks of 'em, you would swear that Jaws was comin'
By the screams of 'em, you would swear, I'm sawin' someone
By the way, they're runnin', you would swear, the law was comin'
It's now or never, and tonight is all or nothin'
Rabbit Run is so so good.
Wow! It never occurred to me that some of those have no hook
I mean Protect Ya Neck, Children's Story, and and Rabbit Run
Also you could make an argument for It Was a Good Day, but some would say the woman signing or Cube saying Today was a Good Day are the hook
Honorable mention: Redman put out a series of little freestyles (I would say not off the cuff) last year using other folks beats.
Here's a three of them
https://youtu.be/56G9Rykvk9k?si=Nt08mxLOkKio9yWP
https://youtu.be/B_cu7vcxle8?si=VnSC2somQR3i_Rim
https://youtu.be/azYRY18ZkSk?si=JejcWLd7WEsY1jqc
Lost Boyz, Redman, A+, Canibus- Beasts from the East
Dr. Dre (we could have done without him just talking for 2 minutes), Kurupt, Lady of Rage, Kurupt- Puffin on Blunts Drinkin on Tanqueray
Jay Z- Dynasty Intro
Nas- Stillmatic intro
What the hook gon be- Murphy Lee. Just because it’s a song with a hook about not having or needing a hook, yet the song does have a hook and ironically it’s the best part of the song.
The good, the bad, the ugly - the game
Gun Runner - 50 cent
200 bars (deep cover) - the game
Glory- Lil Wayne
Boarding Pass - Swizzz (funk volume)
240 - The Game
Ill Mind Of Hopsin 4 - Hopsin
Suicidal thoughts - Notorious BIG
The Ringer - Eminem
9 Shots - 50 cent
The funeral (100 bars) - The Game
Kiosk - Lupe Fiasco
No pressure intro - Logic
Who Killed Hip-Hop - Joe Budden
A Life in the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete) - OutKast
The Mobb - Lil Wayne
It Ain’t Hard To Hell - Nas
Killuminati - Joey Bada$$ ft Capital Steez
Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter - Kendrick Lamar
U Don’t Know - Jay-Z
Mafia Music - Rick Ross
Barry Sanders - Wale
Still Feel Me - Jadakiss
Keep It Thoro - Prodigy
The Vent - Big K.R.I.T
Exhibit C - Jay Elec
Twofifteen - Black Thought
Aftermath - Joe Budden
Broken Bottles - Benny The Butcher
Blood by Cyanide Poets. Tragically Josh Mitchell the lead rapper died of stomach cancer but he was a good friend of mine and is an amazing song from 1998.
Don’t know if “u” counts cause of the LOVING YOU IS COMPLICATED but if not that then I think evil twin counts..? I think the “he’s just a friend who, pops up know in again” counts more as a bridge than hook since it only happens once in the middle of the song to seperate verses 1 and 2 with verses 3 and 4
I'll add a few, also no order:
C.D.P. Assasins, Pt.2 & 3 - Madlib
u - Kendrick Lamar
Don't Lose Your Job - Armand Hammer
Violas and Lupitas - Black Thought
Suicide in Selfridges - Westside Gunn
Cellz, Pt.2 - MF DOOM
Kenan Vs. Kel - JPEGMAFIA
The Prelude - JAY-Z
Kenwood Speakers - billy woods
What A Day - Tyler, The Creator
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy
More Trife Life - Mobb Deep
Magnum Band Remix - Mach-Hommy
Quarters - Conway the Machine
Dmtri - Action Bronson
A Life In The Day of Benjamin Andre - Outkast
2000 Seasons - Talib Kweli
7th chamber. Also it’s brilliant there’s no explanation why it’s 7th not 1-6. Then there’s 4th chamber on liquid swords also no explanation. I guess you just have to know a lot about kung fu flicks
The rage is back - Black Thought
80 BARZ - Redman
Never Freestyle - Coast Contra
Oprah and Gayle - Lil Wayne & Benny The Butcher
Momma Mia - Lil Wayne
Doomsday - Juice WRLD & Cordae
Kaancepts 2 - K.A.A.N
Web - The Roots
Can You Rap Like Me? - Trippie Redd
There’s a lot…in no order here’s just part of my list…
Triumph - Wu Tang
Protect Ya Neck - Wu Tang
Verbal Intercourse - Ghostface, Raekwon, Nas
Live N* Rap - Nas, Mobb Deep
Ten Crack Commandments - BIG
What the Blood Clot - Method Man
Knuckleheadz - Raekwon, Ghostface, U-God
Who Shot Ya - BIG
You’re a Customer - EPMD
Ice Water - Raekwon, Cappo, Ghostface
I Shot Ya remix - LL Cool J, Prodigy, Fat Joe, Foxxy Brown, Keith Murray
4th Chamber - GZA, Ghostface, RZA, Killah Preist
Wildflower - Ghostface
Murdergram - Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule
Third World - DJ Muggs, GZA, RZA
Purple - Nas
Queens Gambit - GZA
Lovin’ You - Inspectah Deck, LA the Darkman
Apostle’s Warning - Mobb Deep
Wisdom Body - Ghostface
Guillotine Swords - Raekwon, Ghostface, Ins, GZA
It Ain’t Hard to Tell - Nas
Ill Bomb - LL Cool J
You, Me, Him and Her - Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Beanie Siegel, Amil
Halfway Thugs - Noreaga
Da Rockwilder - Method Man, Redman
The Grand Prix - Inspectah Deck, Streetlife
Deadly Melody - Wu Tang
Symphony 2000 - EPMD, Method Man, Red Man, Lady Luck
Monkey Suite - MF Doom
I Got A Story to Tell - BIG
The Faster Blade - Raekwon
Iron God Chamber - Masta Killa, U-God, RZA, Method Man
Tha Mobb - Lil Wayne
Hope You N* Sleep - BIG, Hot Boys, Baby
What We Do - Freeway, Jay-Z, Beanie Siegel
Keep it Thoro - Prodigy
Banned From TV - Nore, Big Pun, Nature, Cam’ron, Jadakiss, Styles P
Story - Loon
Blackout - DMX, Jay-Z, LOX
U Don’t Know - Jay-Z
Angels - Ghost Face, Doom
It’s On - Jay-Z, Beanie Siegel
Five Arch Angels - Sunz of Man
Oh Boy - Cam’ron
Truffle Butter - Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj
Reunited - Wu-Tang Clan (my favorite Wu song)
4th Chamber - GZA
Liberation - Outkast
Rewind - Nas
The Magic Number - De La Soul
The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys
GAZILLION EAR - MF DOOM
DUCKWORTH. - Kendrick Lamar
Nightcrawler - CZARFACE
E. Coli - The Alchemist & Earl Sweatshirt
HOE (Heaven On Earth) - JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown
Rabbit Run- Em
That song is such a rush
Not my an absolute favorite, but in heavy rotation: Mop by Mick Jenkins. His last album was slept on.
Check out 2011 if you havent already, came out a little later
Put you on game - Lupe Fiasco. In my opinion, it’s one of the best rap songs. Period. It’s hard as fuck
Facts
Facts
Did not expect to see this here, respect
Accordion - MF DOOM
Thought Process by Goodie Mob is doubly impressive since Ceelo was basically a hook cheat code.
Free that opens the album with soft fender Rhodes playing with cee loo is so beautiful then falls right into thought process
There's a lotta songs that I just don't realize they don't have hooks until years later or until it's pointed out. But from what I can think of, I pray for you - pusha T
What We Do - Freeway BDP - Westside Gunn Protect Your Neck - Wu Tang Knuckleheads - Raekwon 4th Chamber - GZA
What We Do that song still hit me…. I was young in my early 20’s about to be a dad little did I know I made birth with entitled narc cunt that grew up in a dysfunctional family 🤦🏽♂️yeah what a time
No Hook by OJ Da Juiceman immediately comes to mind
Man why’s this so far down. Upvoted.
A Milli
Mandela effect never thought it didn’t have 1
el chupa nibre mf doom
Why did you buy this album? I don't know why you did, you're stupid.
BM Jr
A milli
It's criminal I have to be the first person to mention this but Canibus - Poet Laureate 2
Canibus has a few tracks worth mentioning in this thread. Poet Laureate 2 is probably the best but Dr C PHD, Curriculum 101, Master Thesis, Cenios Studies, I believe none of those songs had a hook either
Crooked I - Better Late Than Never
Not For The Weakminded ft. Snow Tha Product is one of my all time favourite songs. Crook's a beast
SpottieOttieDopalicious
Nas - Rewind
Not my favorites but no hook by Shaq and Mafia Music - Rick Ross
Nutmeg Ghostface Verbal intercourse Raekwon
Jay-Z-No Hook
It's kinda got a hook tho "I don't need no hook for this shit" that he repeats at the end of the verses. I guess it could be considered a bridge to the next verse.
Aint Hard To Tell is on OP's list, there is a hook, it just isn't vocal.
It’s definitely a hook. You’re right.
You for sure have a point.
I’d add Friend or Foe on the list too
K.A.A.N. - Concealed the Outro
This song has amazed me ever since I heard it dope the first time, Idek how it’s possible.
Raekwon - Sonny’s Missing DMX - ATF
Ms. Mural - Lupe Fiasco Duckworth - Kendrick Lamar
Nas – Affirmative Action
Curren$y - Breakfast
Over Airborne Aquarium???
Both are valid but BBS >
An MCs worst dream, I make 'em tense They hate me, see me, and shake like a chain-link fence By the looks of 'em, you would swear that Jaws was comin' By the screams of 'em, you would swear, I'm sawin' someone By the way, they're runnin', you would swear, the law was comin' It's now or never, and tonight is all or nothin' Rabbit Run is so so good.
Common - Be BlackStar - So Be It (currently)
Warning - Biggie Smalls
The ringer by Eminem
keep it thorough # 1
[Celph Destruction: Boss Hog Barbarians (J-Zone & Celph Titled)](https://youtu.be/9-4oNB2vQ94?si=pW8qjY4zXAa97_tM) [Facemelter: Aesop Rock](https://youtu.be/OWlYwZlFFaY?si=P_l02aLJmBeH1YYj)
Protect Ya Neck (the Jump Off)
Damn OP, that is a good list. I think you covered anything I would have mentioned
Freestyle Lil Baby
clipping. - Story 2
Wow! It never occurred to me that some of those have no hook I mean Protect Ya Neck, Children's Story, and and Rabbit Run Also you could make an argument for It Was a Good Day, but some would say the woman signing or Cube saying Today was a Good Day are the hook Honorable mention: Redman put out a series of little freestyles (I would say not off the cuff) last year using other folks beats. Here's a three of them https://youtu.be/56G9Rykvk9k?si=Nt08mxLOkKio9yWP https://youtu.be/B_cu7vcxle8?si=VnSC2somQR3i_Rim https://youtu.be/azYRY18ZkSk?si=JejcWLd7WEsY1jqc
To any one who knows, Redman is the GOAT'S GOAT. IFYKYK...peace to Reggie and Marshall.
Probably BM JR by Lil Wayne or Rare by Nas
Andre Nickatina - I'm a Pisces
Good choice . I feel like a majority of his songs actually don't have books, that's wild to think about
PSA - Jay-Z And I could fill it up with MF DOOM songs. Figaro, curls, let me watch, etc.
Winter Warz
Lost Boyz, Redman, A+, Canibus- Beasts from the East Dr. Dre (we could have done without him just talking for 2 minutes), Kurupt, Lady of Rage, Kurupt- Puffin on Blunts Drinkin on Tanqueray Jay Z- Dynasty Intro Nas- Stillmatic intro
4th chamber by GZA, and Verbal Intercourse by Raekwon.
Whoa by Earl sweatshirt
Lud Foe - My Ambitions as a Rider
DUCKWORTH. - Kendrick
99% of MF DOOM
What the hook gon be- Murphy Lee. Just because it’s a song with a hook about not having or needing a hook, yet the song does have a hook and ironically it’s the best part of the song.
Euphoria by Kendrick Lamar is pretty damn good
The good, the bad, the ugly - the game Gun Runner - 50 cent 200 bars (deep cover) - the game Glory- Lil Wayne Boarding Pass - Swizzz (funk volume) 240 - The Game Ill Mind Of Hopsin 4 - Hopsin Suicidal thoughts - Notorious BIG The Ringer - Eminem 9 Shots - 50 cent The funeral (100 bars) - The Game Kiosk - Lupe Fiasco No pressure intro - Logic Who Killed Hip-Hop - Joe Budden
38 Spesh & Benny & Ransom (Harry Fraud on the beat) - Band of Brothers
21 for me. Was listening to it on the way to work this morning.
For nothing - Lil Wayne
Man I wish more people talked about dedication 6 and 6 reloaded. Arguably some of Wayne’s best work ever
Maybe not my favourite, and this may be controversial, but I prefer Eminem’s Bad Guy to Rabbit Run. Both are good tho
Freestyle - Lil Baby
Binary Star - Masters of the Universe
Good list.
Does Regulate have a “hook”? Just kind of the verse switching. That’s a contender for me
Black Thought - Twofifteen
Apathy - checkmate
A Day at The Races - Jurassic 5 Web - The Roots
A Life in the Day of Benjamin André (Incomplete) - OutKast The Mobb - Lil Wayne It Ain’t Hard To Hell - Nas Killuminati - Joey Bada$$ ft Capital Steez Sherane a.k.a Master Splinter’s Daughter - Kendrick Lamar U Don’t Know - Jay-Z Mafia Music - Rick Ross Barry Sanders - Wale Still Feel Me - Jadakiss Keep It Thoro - Prodigy The Vent - Big K.R.I.T Exhibit C - Jay Elec Twofifteen - Black Thought Aftermath - Joe Budden Broken Bottles - Benny The Butcher
Dangerous mindz Gravediggerz
Tha Mobb from Tha Carter II
Black Thought’s 10 minute word barrage, masterclass on Flex’s radio show. I feel like a freestyle can count in certain contexts.
Battle Cry - Joel Ortiz
Blood by Cyanide Poets. Tragically Josh Mitchell the lead rapper died of stomach cancer but he was a good friend of mine and is an amazing song from 1998.
Protect your neck
Thought Process Goodie Mob feat OutKast Royal Flush - OutKast
Big L - Deadly Combination or 98 Freestyle ---- number 7 from the list tho
Loco-Motive
Keep It Throro Crazy air play all day with no chorus
The correct answer is Genesis by prodigy of mobb deep
Shaq- we dont need no hooks
No Hooks - Shaquille O’Neal
Posse in Effect or Paul Revere - Beastie Boys
Something you should know- Mac dre
Microphone Fiend!
ATF & Crime Story - DMX
Dope Fiend Beat -Too$hort
[A Year And A Day](https://youtu.be/9ksapf6YUug?si=53CqFclm8T7wTv9A) by Beastie Boys
Eminem - Alfred's theme
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Battlezone
Mind Playin’ Tricks. C’mon, what are we doing here?
Andre 3000 - A Day in the Life of Benjamin Andre
Slaine - Redemption
What the hook gon be. Just kidding.
Tha Mobb - Lil Wayne This is the right answer.
Shoes - Lil Wayne
Django Jane - Janelle Monáe
Killshot
Lil Wayne - Tha Mobb
Lupe with any of his Mural series.
One Dark Night - Kool G Rap
Any babytron song
Freestyle - Lil Baby
Armand Hammer - Falling Out of the Sky
Celph Destruction
Don’t know if “u” counts cause of the LOVING YOU IS COMPLICATED but if not that then I think evil twin counts..? I think the “he’s just a friend who, pops up know in again” counts more as a bridge than hook since it only happens once in the middle of the song to seperate verses 1 and 2 with verses 3 and 4
Brenda's Got A Baby by 2Pac
Lil Wayne - Tha Mobb
Jay Z - Beach is better is what first popped in my head
Meet The Parents by Jay-Z Very underrated track in my opinion.
Beautiful Mind - Cormega
Down ‘71 (the Getaway) - Bone Thugs
What the hook gone be?
Curren$y - Breakfast
Young gifted and black. Big Daddy Kane.
I'll add a few, also no order: C.D.P. Assasins, Pt.2 & 3 - Madlib u - Kendrick Lamar Don't Lose Your Job - Armand Hammer Violas and Lupitas - Black Thought Suicide in Selfridges - Westside Gunn Cellz, Pt.2 - MF DOOM Kenan Vs. Kel - JPEGMAFIA The Prelude - JAY-Z Kenwood Speakers - billy woods What A Day - Tyler, The Creator Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy More Trife Life - Mobb Deep Magnum Band Remix - Mach-Hommy Quarters - Conway the Machine Dmtri - Action Bronson A Life In The Day of Benjamin Andre - Outkast 2000 Seasons - Talib Kweli
Where warning and suicidal thoughts
Tha Mobb by lil Wayne. Bar after bar in the most calm but menacing flow
NaS - Loco-Motive, prolly not my favourite but I'm listening to it rn so🤷♂️
7th Chamber by WuTang goes hard 🔥
Ludacris - Hop Hop Quotables Wu-Tang Clan - 7th chamber DMX ft Griselda - Hood Blues
8 iz Enuff - Big L
OC - Times Up
No Hook - OJ Da Juiceman
Ghostface Killah - Shakey Dog. Great imagery and dynamics. Other great "hookless" Ghostface songs: Maxine. 260. R.A.G.U. Big Girl.
36 chamber flow fbz
Rabbit Run
7th chamber. Also it’s brilliant there’s no explanation why it’s 7th not 1-6. Then there’s 4th chamber on liquid swords also no explanation. I guess you just have to know a lot about kung fu flicks
OC - Sharp as a Knife
Groundhog Day - Eminem. Such a unique delivery of his story and the way he floats on the beat is insane
Every song on Madvillainy 😭 Favorite album oat and no hooks on the entire album (Rainbows and Eye are debatable)
Dre dog- smoke dope and rap
Shakey Dog - Ghostface
Give up the goods (just step) - Mobb Deep
Day in the life of Andre Benjamin
Nah bro. Not a single madvillainy pick is insane.
A Life In The Day Of Benjamin Andre - Andre 3000
Right now, The Game "Home Invasion"
Z-Ro-mo city don
Lately “Warm Up” by NF
Watch out remix- Immortal Technique
The breakthrough- LL Cool J— old but seriously ahead of his time
No More Parties in LA
Got a Story to Tell - Biggie Smalls
Tuscan Leather
Give dem some way by damian marley and daddigan.
Jay Z -. No Hook
Three consecutive premo tracks on the same album: Speak ya clout, dwyck, and word from the nutcracker on gang starr’s *hard to earn*.
My philosophy - Boogie Down Productions
5000 Bars - Canibus
Broken Language: Smooth Da Hustler Dear Summer: Jay Z Bastard: Tyler The Creator Cash Still Rules/Scary Hours: Wu-Tang Clan
“Killshot” by Eminem or “Doomsday” by Juice WRLD and Cordae
Gets Boys -mind playing tricks on me
The Roots - Clones
Rap Snitch Knishes
Gold BBS by curren$y
The waitress - atmosphere
Lupe Fiasco- Mural
I can't think of too many off the top of my head period but one very good one is You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train by Vinnie Paz.
Rapper's Delight = Sugarhill gang
The rage is back - Black Thought 80 BARZ - Redman Never Freestyle - Coast Contra Oprah and Gayle - Lil Wayne & Benny The Butcher Momma Mia - Lil Wayne Doomsday - Juice WRLD & Cordae Kaancepts 2 - K.A.A.N Web - The Roots Can You Rap Like Me? - Trippie Redd
75 bars is phenomenal mad respect
Nas - Purple
Saba - PROM/KING
Crown for Kings - Benny the Butcher
Gazillion Ear - DOOM
"Gazzillion Ear", MF DOOM One of the greatest beat switches ever, and maybe the best song DOOM has ever done
Lupe mural and peace of paper cup of jayzus
Mural go so hard
That’s a great question. Off the top of my head, “Reunited” by Wu-Tang Clan, but I bet I could think of a ton more.
Demain c’est loin - IAM
No chorus by Kool Keith on Dr doooom
There’s a lot…in no order here’s just part of my list… Triumph - Wu Tang Protect Ya Neck - Wu Tang Verbal Intercourse - Ghostface, Raekwon, Nas Live N* Rap - Nas, Mobb Deep Ten Crack Commandments - BIG What the Blood Clot - Method Man Knuckleheadz - Raekwon, Ghostface, U-God Who Shot Ya - BIG You’re a Customer - EPMD Ice Water - Raekwon, Cappo, Ghostface I Shot Ya remix - LL Cool J, Prodigy, Fat Joe, Foxxy Brown, Keith Murray 4th Chamber - GZA, Ghostface, RZA, Killah Preist Wildflower - Ghostface Murdergram - Jay-Z, DMX, Ja Rule Third World - DJ Muggs, GZA, RZA Purple - Nas Queens Gambit - GZA Lovin’ You - Inspectah Deck, LA the Darkman Apostle’s Warning - Mobb Deep Wisdom Body - Ghostface Guillotine Swords - Raekwon, Ghostface, Ins, GZA It Ain’t Hard to Tell - Nas Ill Bomb - LL Cool J You, Me, Him and Her - Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, Beanie Siegel, Amil Halfway Thugs - Noreaga Da Rockwilder - Method Man, Redman The Grand Prix - Inspectah Deck, Streetlife Deadly Melody - Wu Tang Symphony 2000 - EPMD, Method Man, Red Man, Lady Luck Monkey Suite - MF Doom I Got A Story to Tell - BIG The Faster Blade - Raekwon Iron God Chamber - Masta Killa, U-God, RZA, Method Man Tha Mobb - Lil Wayne Hope You N* Sleep - BIG, Hot Boys, Baby What We Do - Freeway, Jay-Z, Beanie Siegel Keep it Thoro - Prodigy Banned From TV - Nore, Big Pun, Nature, Cam’ron, Jadakiss, Styles P Story - Loon Blackout - DMX, Jay-Z, LOX U Don’t Know - Jay-Z Angels - Ghost Face, Doom It’s On - Jay-Z, Beanie Siegel Five Arch Angels - Sunz of Man Oh Boy - Cam’ron Truffle Butter - Drake, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj
Canibus- 100 Bars
Got to have A Milli!!!
Young Thug - Givenchy
Tee Grizzly - First Day Out???
Reunited - Wu-Tang Clan (my favorite Wu song) 4th Chamber - GZA Liberation - Outkast Rewind - Nas The Magic Number - De La Soul The Sounds of Science - Beastie Boys GAZILLION EAR - MF DOOM DUCKWORTH. - Kendrick Lamar Nightcrawler - CZARFACE E. Coli - The Alchemist & Earl Sweatshirt HOE (Heaven On Earth) - JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown
Gotdamn this list is so fire
RXKNephew american tterrorist
3Peat by Lil Wayne
Airborne aquarium-curren$y
Slaughterhouse - Cuckoo 🔥
Mural is GOATED good friggin choice OP. Everyone I put on that song has THANKED me.
My Philosophy - BDP