On their own records and on famous collaborations with Snoop Dogg and other West Coast stars, the pair mixed hard, violent, lowrider gangsta rhymes with slow and low P-funk grooves. Tha Dogg Pound’s name is synonymous with their debut record label, Death Row Records. Tha Dogg PoundĬatalogue: Dogg Food (1995), Dillinger & Young Gotti (2001), Dillinger & Young Gotti II: Tha Saga Continuez… (2005), Cali Iz Active (2006), Dogg Chit (2007), That Was Then, This Is Now (2009), 100 Wayz (2010), DPG 4 Life (2021), Dogg Food 2 (2022) Part of New York’s Native Tongues collective, along with legendary hippie hip-hop groups like De La Soul and A Tribe called Quest, Black Sheep are still best known for their 1991 smash crossover hit “The Choice is Yours.” They matched a street smart sound with socially conscious lyrics, a dose of humor and some mad skills on the mic 23. Black SheepĬatalogue: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing (1991), Non-Fiction (1994), 8WM/Novakane (2006), From the Black Pool of Genius (2010), Tortured Soul (2018) In the time since their 1997 debut, Camp Lo’s genre-bending NYC jazz-infused vibe has both influenced and been influenced by three decades of hip-hop. The experimental Bronx-born alt/hip-hop duo of Geechi Suede and Sonny Cheeba have been pioneering new sounds and styles for over a quarter century. Camp LoĬatalogue: Uptown Saturday Night (1997), Let’s Do It Again (2002), Black Hollywood (2007), Stone and Rob: Caught On Tape (2009), Another Heist (2009), 80 Blocks from Tiffany’s (with Pete Rock) (2011), 80 Blocks From Tiffany’s 2 (with Pete Rock) (2013), Ragtime Hightimes (2015), Pinky Ring Espresso (with DJ DOOWOP) (2021) ![]() Join our community of over 100,000 monthly hip hop heads, sign up to our newsletter. On this list, we’re going to take a look at some of the greatest official hip hop duos throughout history.įrom Queenbridge’s The Infamous to the South’s very own ATLiens to the undisputed Underground Kingz, here are the 25 best rap duos of all time. Think Jay-Z and Kanye, Drake and Future, Offset and 21 Savage, Lil Baby and Gunna, Future and Juice Wrld, the list goes on.īut as dope as some of these albums may have been, they were mainly projects created out of opportunity, not created by rap duos who had been down with each other since day one and had undeniable chemistry together on the mic, no doubt honed by years of working with each other. In recent years, there’s been a ongoing trend for big-name hip hop artists putting out a one-off collaborative album.
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