May 27, 2016 Contrary to popular belief, all of Swizz Beatz beats do not sound the same. Hopefully this list gets the attention it should, will have separate posts for my top 15. 25. Stuntin (Lloyd Banks) 24. Fancy (Drake Feat. Swizz Beatz & T.I.) 23. Sweet Serenade (Pusha T Feat. Chris Brown) 22. Scream On Em (The Game) 21. Y'all Don't Really Know (DMX Feat. Busta Rhymes) 20. Kiss Is Spittin (Jadakiss Feat. Nate Dogg) 19. Get It (T.I.) 18. Upgrade U (Beyonce song that lead to a GOAT Lil Wayne Freestyle) 17. Touch It (Remix) (Busta Rhymes Feat. everybody & their mom) 16. Time To Get Paid (DMX) 15. Twilight (Bravehearts Feat. NaS) 14. When The Thugs Come Out (Bone Thugs-N- Harmony) 13. Bigger Business (Swizz Beatz) 12. Love Is Blind (Eve Feat. Faith Evans) 11. Untouchables (Swizz Beatz Remix) (2Pac Feat. Krayzie Bone) 10. One More Road To Cross (DMX) 9. I'm A Hustla (Cassidy) 8. Banned From T.V. (N.O.R.E. Feat. Big Pun, Nature & The L.O.X.) 7. Bring 'Em Out (T.I.) 6. Party Up (Up In Here) 5. Dr. Carter (Lil Wayne) 4. Good Times (Remix) (Styles P Feat. Redman & Method Man) 3. Top Down OG (NaS Feat. Swizz Beatz) 2. Ultralight Beam (Kanye West) 1.
May 29, 2016 15. Twilight (Bravehearts Feat. NaS) I bet not too many of you NaS stans know about this. This beat is perfect for NaS & he flows effortlessly all over this. If this was a solo NaS song, it might be higher but the Bravehearts slightly ruined that with basic gun raps. "Yo I talk like a champion, walk like a champion Body like a god and I promise that Nas a hit you off" 14. When The Thugs Come Out (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) A cut from Bone Thugs's Strength & Loyalty album (where we got blessed with I Tried), Swizz Beatz gives Bone Thugs a pretty laid back beat while they spit fire all over this s---, hook's no 1st Of Tha Month but this song's still the best out of their work with Swizz Beatz, which isn't saying too much, though Candy Paint is a guilty pleasure of mine. 13. Bigger Business (Swizz Beatz Feat. Birdman, Jadakiss, Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Cassidy, Ron Isley & TQ) Ah the days when Swizz Beatz didn't talk on his own songs... Snoop bodied this & it's probably the first song I heard Cassidy on. This is quite an all star cast though & Birdman would eventually be rollin 20 deep on Charlamagne lmao. "Mami so fly and I matched her car Matchin' mink with the matchin' dog We flew G4 so you know how we ball We came twenty deep, just me and my dogs" @Boyz N The Suburbs @rapmusik @Volt Papii @Fire Squad @King V
Jun 23, 2016 12. Love Is Blind (Eve Feat. Faith Evans) (Dr. Dre add. Production***) I'm not big on Eve, but I can't deny that this is one of the best female rapper songs of all time. Swizz Beatz was starting to have a consistent roll producing for the Ruff Ryders & was showing diversity in his sound, which showed on this. The song is dedicated to a friend of hers that had an abusive boyfriend that ended up having a daughter with her. She didn't meet the boyfriend irl but heard about and despised him, as you can tell by the lyrical content. "I don't even know you and I'd k--- you myself You played with her like a doll and put her back on the shelf Wouldn't let her go to school and better herself She had a baby by your a--- and you ain't giving no help Uh-huh big time hustler, snake MFer One's born everyday and everyday she was your sucker How could you beat the mother of your kids How could you tell her that you love her Don't give a f--- if she lives" All f----- up. 11. Untouchable (Swizz Beatz Remix) (2Pac Feat. Krayzie Bone) f--- everybody who was doing all these posthumous 2Pac songs/albums with s-----y production, Swizz Beatz made Untouchables w/ Krayzie Bone one of Pac's best posthumous songs worked on by somebody who never met him. The beat goes hard & Krayzie Bone's simple addition to the hook is sick erupts with a rapid fire verse. Can't go wrong with a Pac/Bone Thugs collab. s--- still bangs "Whenever y'all n----s try to roll up Thinking I'm a ho, well, come and let me show ya I'm a light up the rhythm like dosia Dumping so potent, n----- don't choke up Flow up Makaveli The Don, got n----s strapped and ready to bomb As soon as I send the alarm, and when we're done We've committed a red rum, leaving the enemies dead and gone Leaving 'em n----s head's blown, cause they know they dead wrong" 10. One More Road To Cross (DMX) DMX songs should be no surprise on this list & One More Road To Cross is one of his highlights with Swizz & a classic from And Then There Was X. We got X talking about the the life of crime with people f---ing up the money as only he can: "I'm up at like 6 AM, to check this n----- He work the nightshift, and I gots to check them figures Knock on his door, peoples talkin bout, "He ain't there, " but the house is packed, s--- I know he here somewhere See money get high, I don't knock what a n----- do to get by Just make sure you gettin by don't f--- with you gettin mine Ain't the first time he ran off, shoulda split his s--- then Hate to think of what he's did and if I catch him slippin won't be an a----whippin, I can tell you that" "Aight b----, put on the ski mask, make sure that when we ask for the dough they know that we takin all three bags Now see that? You gotta hero, s---t that n----- Matter of fact, you hit the back, I'll put two in that n----- Hardhead MFers always get it I told him what would happen if he moved the n----- moved so I did it Did you get it? I asked my man as he was comin from the back n----- opened his mouth said nothin and fell out flat This cat come out spittin, hittin my mans, his mans Couldn't control what was in his hands I'm hit, d---! I bust back, and got the f--- up out of there Didn't get a dime, but at least I got up out of there" "We all gots to go but who wants to be forgotten? I'ma leave a mark, and it won't be the mark of the devil Throw dirt and may your hands burn when you touch the shovel" Ya I wouldn't want to f--- up with DMX in any situation lmao @Boyz N The Suburbs @rapmusik @Volt Papii @Fire Squad @King V @Runzhouse @mattagascar
Jun 30, 2016 9. I'm a Hustla (Cassidy) Jay-Z's "You made it a hot line, I made it a hot song" line would eventually become a concept Cassidy, T.I. & other rappers would use on Hov's music & I'mma Hustla is one of the best songs to come out of that. With the hook sampling Jay-Z from "Dirt off Your Shoulder," Cassidy makes himself at home rapping through this beat effortlessly & this was a major change in sound from Swizz Beatz's norm at the time, arguable Cassidy's best song in his career imo (which isn't saying THAT much) "You spend a couple of bucks I'll stay in touch with you, homey I get money I get 20 a K, I got 20 strips all doing 20 a day - ay! I get cake from buds and haze: I'm making dubs They hating cause I'm on the grind like I'm making love With cops, got the block hot like a Jamaican clubs Cop weight, wait for a drought and then make it flood Try to take my cake you gonna take a slug But you can take my information if you taking drugs' Cause I could sell Raid to a bug I'm a hustler: I can sell salt to a slug" "More money, more problems" is true Because the more money I make, the more problems for you Yeah, I used dude's voice: props to the boy Shawn He made it a hot line, I made a hot song So, stop drawing, man, you got to respect it I'm the best: Swizz got to perfect it, don't mess with C-A-double-S-I-D-Y Cause I became the best when B-I-G died The Kid do it big like P-U-N Cause I'm nice P-A-C with the P-E-N" 8. Banned From T.V. (N.O.R.E. Feat. Big Pun, Cam'Ron, The L.O.X. & Nature) My favorite Swizz Beatz produced posse cut. Everybody's got quotable & the back & forth bars by Jada & Styles P are "I gotta call it like i see it, talk it like i be it walkin my walk, thugged out orthopedic cause i'm soon to be up, give me room watch me heat up n----s try to stick me like abdul lerima, follow the leader make me go extra hard, yo nore should i hold back or show the repirtore quit at 16 or throw in extra bars just for the non-believers i show them why its so hard to reach us i get p---- with my fathers features" Big Pun & The LOX bodied this s---: "Champagne on the rocks, sporting a Fort Knox Lazarus Shark salad with carrots, pork chops and applesauce Twin connection,disrespect watch your body cave in Pump the shotty guaging, hit the shorty while he potty training I ain't playing, I'm truly the worst You'll be the first to get his whole body fully reversed Uzi ya hearse, leave you double-dead, I'm a bubble-head I never listen to nothing my mother said I hold n----s ransom for money like Johnny Handsome Been soning n----s for so long, I think I got a grandson" "Ain't no n----s in the world more thorough than this Bust off and sit the hot barrel dead on your lips Like two thirds of a brick, (Paniero) and 'Kiss The kiss the crystal white fluffy part that'll (come back quick (See the plan is to stash all) and cash y'all (The weed so strong), they gotta put it glass jars n----s try to smoke me out the (moke me out) Cause the rims on my new joint be poking out (I'm about to have no feelings, s--- is deep) Do they dance with the Devil when they sleep (I wake up gripping the air, wishing to hear) s--- that they kick in your ear when your soul drift in the air (My gift is half-rotten when I'm spitting some tears That s---'ll drop down my eye, I'm too tired to cry) And I ain't never seen a n----- that too live to die (They say you get what you ask for) So get it cause you asked for it (If a n----- ain't a thief) then he better have the cash for it" N.O.R.E. was the weakest on this imo but he didn't damage this classic regardless 7. Bring Em Out (T.I.) Swizz Beatz was the king of making beats to hype you up in the late 90s/ early 2000s. Bring Em Out is no exception with another Jay-Z line getting sampled for part of the chorus (T.I. did it first tho). Before the KING album this was T.I.'s biggest song & both the clubs & every other football & basketball practice/game had this song playing nonstop. Nothing lyrically amazing on this but for the type of record T.I. was trying to get it doesn't need to be. Top 10 entrance rap songs of all time right here. "TIP comin live from the VIP, heard the night life lost life when I leave Both the Feds and the State wanna see my need The whole city got bizzerk he got treat Anotha n----- got a hit but shawty he not me Who set the city on fire as soon as he got freed Da king back now hoes don't even know how to act now Hit the club stippers gettin naked 'fore I sat down Still ballin money stack taller than Shaq now Still push a button to let the roof on the 'Lac down I'm on the road doin shows puttin my mack down Mississippi to Philly Albuquerque to Chatt Town" "Mic check 1-2 1-2, you wanna beef wit the king what is you gon do Will you show up on the scene wit 2 guns drew Or you and ya friend and play a little two on two If you knew half of what I knew then you'll be hittin the deck Got a tool and a vest I can get some respect I'ma make it hard for a sucka n----- to flex Sho 'em this ain't the squad for a n----- to test p---- my nutz too large and we way too fresh Work well wit Nines AK's and Techs And quick to check a lame like a game of chess You want beef you can bring ya best and we'll be standin.. In ya front yard yellin" @Boyz N The Suburbs @rapmusik @Volt Papii @Fire Squad @King V @Runzhouse @mattagascar @YaBoyTr
Sep 8, 2016 Ok I've been putting this off, I might surprise you guys 6. Party Up (Up In Here) (DMX) One of Hip Hop's most well known party anthems at the turn of the century, Party Up (Up In Here) is another DMX b-----r that will never lose plays at the club or house party anytime soon. If you don't know the lyrics to this by now, then I pity you & I still love reading comments that Eminem got dissed on this. "Y'all n----s remind me of a strip club, cause every time You come around, it's like (what) I just gotta get my d-ck s----d And I don't know who the f--- you think you talking to But I'm not him, aight Slim? So watch what you do Or you gon' find yourself, buried next to someone else And we all thought you loved yourself But that couldn't have been the issue, or maybe They just saying that, now cause they miss you s--- a n----- tried to diss you That's why you laying on your back, looking at the roof of the church Preacher telling the truth and it hurts" 5. Dr. Carter (Lil Wayne) This is one of the best songs on Tha Carter III, Wayne's lyricism is on point & this beat... my God. Any East Coast rapper would be at home with this boom gap beat but Wayne slaughtered it so much I don't wanna hear anyone else on it. "I come to fix whatever you shall break Where is your originality? You are so fake So picture me like a gallery, capture what I say All I need is one mic,all I need is one take Like hey! Brighter than a Sun ray Got a pistol on a playground, watch the gun-play Like; no kidding, no kids in the way But the kids do watch, gotta watch what we say Gotta work everyday Gotta not be cliché Gotta stand out like Andre 3K Gotta kick it, kick it like a sensei" "Swagger tighter than a yeast infection Fly, go hard, like geese erection Fashion patrol police detection Eyes stay tight like Chinese Connection I stay tight like p---- at night Baby don't get me wrong I could do that p---- right But I'm too wrong to write Too fresh to fight Too paid to freestyle, too paid to freestyle Had to say it twice Swagger so nice And don't ask me s--- unless it concern a price And I don't rap fast, I rap slow Cause I mean every letter In the words In the sentence Of my quotes Swagger just flows sweeter than honey oats That swagger, I got it, I wear it like a coat Wait, as I put the light down his throat I can only see flow His blood starting to flow His lungs starting to grow This one's starting to show Strong signs of life Where's the stitches, here's the knife Smack his face, his eyes open, I reply "What a night" "Welcome back, hip-hop -- I saved your life" 4. Good Times (Remix) (Styles P Feat. Redman & Method Man) My reason for putting this so high on the list is pretty simple... @Boyz N The Suburbs @rapmusik @Volt Papii @Fire Squad @King V @Runzhouse @mattagascar @YaBoyTr
Sep 8, 2016 Oh s--- I had forgotten about this list! Solid list so far Party up is one of my all time favorites
Sep 8, 2016 3. Top Down OG (NaS Feat. Swizz Beatz) You probably remember this song as a Swizz Beatz solo on GTAIV & on his album if you actually thought it was worth stealing on Limewire. NaS was originally on the song but for reasons I don't know, he was left off until Swizz Beat released this for free in 2010. This beat definitely has that vintage East Coast sound & NaS murders it, it's a crime that this isn't on am album. It also makes me wonder why Swizz Beatz dropped his east coast sound when he has the potential to produce songs like this so clean "It’s the late night greasy spoon patron Poolhall making Big bets, midsection got the 8 in Dior Christian pimpin’ Got that penal system diction Riffing, you don’t want it you snitchin’ Spit a few at a traitor with that new AR Try to k--- me I’m the leader, that’s coup d’etat Streetsweepers in that Coupé all black b------s want my chipped tooth back Steel mac, so my kufi never gets smacked" "The chain’s offensive Brain on airplanes,Gucci frames are vintage The two Tec Don in Yukon’s and Benzes Chicks who s--- other chicks t-ts like infants The Apprentice but not Trump I’m the n----- with Glocks and pumps That you don’t see much Sucker free from chumps Homes with cobblestones in front of ‘em He’s got guns in cummerbunds, so understand you under son Don’t make me have you running from a hundred guns Don’t make me grab your only son I’m coming from A place Tanqueray and weed’s the only escape From phonies who hate When you rolling with papes That’s why the God party with juicy models" 2. Ultralight Beam (The Final Mix I Hope) (Kanye West Feat. The-Dream, Kelly Price & Chance The Rapper) When Kanye put on that Chance The Rapper verse, this song became perfect. I love the atmospheric vibe that has, I know Swizz Beatz has production credits on this but I couldn't tell you exactly when they start & stop. But this song's not only a highlight on the Life Of Pablo, it's one of Kanye's greatest songs with an added bonus of one of Chance's greatest verses. "When they come for you, I will shield your name I will field their questions, I will feel your pain No one can judge They don't, they don't know They don't know Foot on the Devil's neck 'til it drifted Pangaea I'm moving all my family from Chatham to Zambia Treat the demons just like Pam I mean I f--- with your friends, but d---, Gina I been this way since Arthur was anteater Now they wanna hit me with the woo wap, the bam Tryna snap photos of familia My daughter look just like Sia, you can't see her You can feel the lyrics, the spirit coming in braille Tubman of the underground, come and follow the trail I made Sunday Candy, I'm never going to h--- I met Kanye West, I'm never going to fail He said let's do a good a--- job with Chance three I hear you gotta sell it to snatch the Grammy Let's make it so free and the bars so hard That there ain't one gosh darn part you can't tweet This is my part, nobody else speak This is my part, nobody else speak This little light of mine Glory be to God, yeah I'mma make sure that they go where they can't go If they don't wanna ride I'mma still give them raincoats Know what God said when he made the first rainbow Just throw this at the end if I'm too late for the intro Ugh, I'm just having fun with it You know that a n----- was lost I laugh in my head Cause I bet that my ex looking back like a pillar of salt Ugh, cause they'll flip the script on your a--- like Wesley and Spike You cannot mess with the light Look at lil Chano from 79th" Flawless, word to Ty @Boyz N The Suburbs @rapmusik @Volt Papii @Fire Squad @King V @Runzhouse @mattagascar @YaBoyTr @TrxggerShot
Sep 9, 2016 There are some key Ruff Ryders songs missing from this list. The Lox- f--- You (probably my favorite Swizz beat of all time) The Lox- Wild Out The Lox- We Are The Streets Drag-On- Down Bottom DMX- Ruff Ryder's Anthem Also the joints he did on Jay's Vol. 2 (If I Should Die, Money Cash Hoes, Coming Of Age Da Sequel), Jigga My n-----.
