The Intro

Name some of the best hip hop album intros ever.

You May Die from ATLiens and Hold On, Be Strong from Aquemini are standouts.

Cise Starr wrote:

You May Die from ATLiens and Hold On, Be Strong from Aquemini are standouts.

Great choices.

The intro from Heltah Skeltah's Nocturnal.

I also have to throw in the intro from Jay-Z's "In My Lifetime Vol. 1". A Million & 1 Questions, followed by Rhyme No More. Classic stuff.

Liquid Swords, if that counts.

Or the intro to Helter Skelter by D.O.C.

Bring Da Ruckus.

Another great choice

Ice T - O.G. Original Gangster - I like the way this starts off
Devin - Just Tryin Ta Live - Zeldar always been funny to me
The Chronic Intro- Snoop dissing everybody
The Demigodz Must Be Crazy- Apathy's imitation of snoop
I like the intro's with just a beat and scratching like both Artifacts records
Spark Another Owl off Temples Of Boom

BDP's My Philosophy from By All Means Necessary is the greatest intro of all time IMO.

To me the following intros were perfect set up's for the themes of these albums:

Wolves- Let's Get Free
Larry Hoover Intro- Resurrection
The Rulers Back- Jay-Z
The Shot- Lethal Injection
Stillmatic (intro)- Stilllmatic
Intro- Its Dark And Hell Is Hot

KRob86 wrote:

To me the following intros were perfect set up's for the themes of these albums:

Wolves- Let's Get Free
Larry Hoover Intro- Resurrection
The Rulers Back- Jay-Z
The Shot- Lethal Injection
Stillmatic (intro)- Stilllmatic
Intro- Its Dark And Hell Is Hot

Cosign on Stillmatic, Ruler's Back, Lethal Injection, and It's Dark And Hell Is Hot.

KRob86 wrote:

To me the following intros were perfect set up's for the themes of these albums:

Wolves- Let's Get Free
Larry Hoover Intro- Resurrection
The Rulers Back- Jay-Z
The Shot- Lethal Injection
Stillmatic (intro)- Stilllmatic
Intro- Its Dark And Hell Is Hot

good choice

Yeah Kev that intro on Stillmatic is very dope

the intro on Illmatic is very dope too IMO

all of the musical intros throughtout Mecca And The Soul Brother are dope to me

the intro for Little Brother-The Minstrel Show is kinda funny

the intros for Biggie-Life After Death and Ready To Die are two dope intros IMO

the intro for Diddy-No Way Out is pretty dope and then it leads right into Victory


the intro for Triumph when RZA is breakin down his opinion on the music game is pretty truthful


the intro for Run-D.M.C.-Together Forever IMO might be the GOAT intro of all-time....."Party People Your Dreams Have Now Been Fulfilled Get Out Your Seats And Let's Get Ill, That's Right Ya'll We're Not Just Rough We're More Than Tough, AND WHEN IT COMES TO RHYMEEEESSSSSS! We Got ENOUGH!" and then it leads right into Run and Dee breakin' shit down even more....just a very dope intro IMO!

Yeah Powell the Minstrel Show's intro is pretty funny.

Some dope picks above, but I still say My Philosophy is the best intro ever.

Other great intros include....

Nas-Genesis (Illmatic)
Run DMC- Peter Piper (Raising Hell)
Beastie Boys- Rhymin & Stealin (Licensed To Ill)
Black Sheep- U Mean I'm Not (A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing)
Ice Cube- The N**** You Love To Hate (Amerikkka's Most Wanted)
A Tribe Called Quest- Excursions (The Low End Theory)
2Pac- Holla If You Hear Me (Strictly For My N*****)
Cypress Hill- I Wanna Get High (Black Sunday)
Jay Z- Hova Song (Vol 3. The Life & Times of S.Carter)
Souls Of Mischief- Let Em Know (93 Til Infinity)

D.Powell wrote:

Yeah Kev that intro on Stillmatic is very dope

the intro on Illmatic is very dope too IMO

all of the musical intros throughtout Mecca And The Soul Brother are dope to me

the intro for Little Brother-The Minstrel Show is kinda funny

the intros for Biggie-Life After Death and Ready To Die are two dope intros IMO

the intro for Diddy-No Way Out is pretty dope and then it leads right into Victory


the intro for Triumph when RZA is breakin down his opinion on the music game is pretty truthful


the intro for Run-D.M.C.-Together Forever IMO might be the GOAT intro of all-time....."Party People Your Dreams Have Now Been Fulfilled Get Out Your Seats And Let's Get Ill, That's Right Ya'll We're Not Just Rough We're More Than Tough, AND WHEN IT COMES TO RHYMEEEESSSSSS! We Got ENOUGH!" and then it leads right into Run and Dee breakin' shit down even more....just a very dope intro IMO!

I cosign on Illmatic, Mecca & The Soul Brother, both Biggie joints, No Way Out, and Triumph, as well as the Run DMC one.