Best Uses Of Piano In Rap

Personally, I'd but "The World Is Yours" at the top....subtle, jazzy; perfect. "Still Dope" off the new DOOM record is also great.

What do y'all think?

"My Fav Things" Outkast

Stetsasonics, adjust for the hip-hop fans,
And since we're not your average everyday rap band,
Yo, Pianoman, playhowyalike
{piano solo}

forgot: "Parental Discretion Iz Advised"....live piano, I believe. (also, ice cube's verse is actually one of the best flows i've ever heard)

2nd the Nas but also springing to mind:

Dre & Snoop - Still DRE
De La Soul - Tread Water (also the Chopsticks lift on Jenifa Taught Me)
Buckshit Lefonque - Breakfast At Denny's (instrumental)
Us3 3 - Cantaloop

har, that's BuckshOt btw

Stetsasonics, adjust for the hip-hop fans,
And since we're not your average everyday rap band,
Yo, Pianoman, playhowyalike
{piano solo}

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came in to say this

on my block & dance with the devil are some piano hits

Above the Law - Freedom of Speech
(best use of Message From the Soul Sisters, at least)

I cannot believe that "Just A Friend" didn't start this thread off.

Dre is the king of this:
"California Love"
"No Diggity"
"Still D.R.E."

Also, "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" FTW

i aint mad at cha

Isn't "No Diggity" strictly a Teddy Riley production with Dre doing the rap? Life-changing I agree.

scarface - "my block" is just so anthemic, i love that piano loop. anyone know where the sample is from?

Ron B - Stitch by Stitch

GHETTO GOSPEL

"The Bridge is Over."

Oh, "The Symphony" for the win, duh!

best use of supertramp in rap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9GjOnOn4qA

Retirement home scene in CB4.

Lost Ones - Jay-z

Also, "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" FTW

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, June 3, 2009 8:42 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

adrenaline - the roots

"Dowhatchyalike" (sp?) by Digital Underground

Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.

Ill Street Blues, Kool G Rap
Brooklyn Took It, Jeru the Damaja

seconding Symphony and Bridge is Over

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uWwLX4j970

Clan in Da Front

the final 1.5 mins of "style crew flows beats" by pb wolf

The Hurt by Mr Len

"Axis" by One Be Lo
"Bless and Destroy" by Swollen Members

"B.Y.S." by GangStarr
"The Truth" by Handsome Boy Modelling School
"Gas Face" by 3rd Bass

"Glen Close" by Binary Star
"Execution of a Chump" by Gang Starr (live piano, not sampled)

scarface - "my block" is just so anthemic, i love that piano loop. anyone know where the sample is from?

― messiahwannabe, Wednesday, June 3, 2009 9:03 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

roberta flack& donny hathaway

(Primo puts his elbows into it)

Jeru The Damaja - D. Original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usy19A1Yo60&feature=related

nice to see some love for Digital Underground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi8qnGMhvKo

black steel in the hour of chaos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmuFlaFYdgE

"D Original", that's what I meant! Now I can't remember if "Brooklyn Took It" even has piano...

seconding the DU material as well.

Fatlip "What's Up Fatlip?"

ODB - "Cuttin' Headz"

^^^ OTM

"Work the Angles" by Dilated Peoples

"Right Where You Stand" by GangStarr

this thread is rza vs evidence vs premo for me

"Question" by Danja Mowf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nJoefWJY_c

best beat evar

I wanna be a motherfuckin hustler, you best aks somebody.

"Clear Blue Skies" remix by The Juggaknots

got some love for the use of piano on naughty by nature's debut, surprised they haven't been mentioned yet

"One" and "Malcolm" by Ghostface

"I Am I Be" by De La

xposts. OPP youtube is upthread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_y2WcBHymo
"Dungeons to Rooftops" by Vakill/Molemen

oh aight ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIIQg0rArzE
"Plumskinnz" by KMD

that 2-note bit at the end of the measures of OPP is so simple and fits so perfectly, cherry on the top of a great beat

Reflection Eternal - 2000 Seasons

Kool G Rap - the Billy Joel sample in "Road To The Riches" is probably my favorite.

But I also dig Nas' "NY State Of Mind"

Craig G. - Droppin Science

KMD - Gasface Refill

J Dilla - So Far To Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdZK0HeYkwM

da grassroots - black dove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmmodUo8I_E

Diamond D - when it pours it rains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_9RlFMAtJ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reSJCkEcr70

Ice Cube, "Now I Gotta Wet 'Cha"

good call.i edited cd to put all skits together and all songs together. i bought another 3ft high and rising two weks ago which will remainsealed.
De La Soul - Tread Water (also the Chopsticks lift on Jenifa Taught Me)
isn't there a turtles " happy together"sample in "eye know" ?