Top Hip-Hop Singles #43

Come Clean- Jeru The Damaja

Top 50 and with some real thought it may make my top 25.

Top 25 song for me. I can't pick which verse i like the most. Love the message of the song and the beat and scratching is insane

Top 75, and with some thought it could make my Top 50.

This song sucks. Neither.

boring ass beat, boring ass lyrics... song sucks... I mean I know this is some of you guys preference so more power to ya... but the song still sucks...

The lyrics are bangin, and the beat is creative as hell so I disagree with you entirely.

while i don't share SRP's sentiments exactly, I do think the song is slightly overrated. However, I don't think there are 100 singles better. Top 100 for me.

Bunny Man wrote:

boring ass beat, boring ass lyrics... song sucks... I mean I know this is some of you guys preference so more power to ya... but the song still sucks...

top 100 easily

T. Myers wrote:

while i don't share SRP's sentiments exactly, I do think the song is slightly overrated. However, I don't think there are 100 singles better. Top 100 for me.

Agreed. I've always thought the beat was overrated, and Premier's my favorite producer.

KJ Styles wrote:

That picture is hilarious.

I love the lyrics to the song personally, and people that criticize the beat need to understand that it goes perfectly with the name of the song (Come Clean) and the video.

There are a couple of Jeru songs I like better, but Come Clean was the song that put Jeru on the map. If it weren't for this song, he wouldn't have become even the minor star that he was.

Some people forget that, up until that point, this was a very, very innovative beat....

Chronologically speaking, Premo hadn't laced anything that creative up until that point. Sure, he had some classics out there, but this one was different.

Kopasetick wrote:

Some people forget that, up until that point, this was a very, very innovative beat....

Chronologically speaking, Premo hadn't laced anything that creative up until that point. Sure, he had some classics out there, but this one was different.

I agree with your first statement, but disagree with your second. Premo has always had a unique sound.

KJ Styles wrote:

Kopasetick wrote:

Some people forget that, up until that point, this was a very, very innovative beat....

Chronologically speaking, Premo hadn't laced anything that creative up until that point. Sure, he had some classics out there, but this one was different.

I agree with your first statement, but disagree with your second. Premo has always had a unique sound.

I never said he wasn't unique, KJ. The guy had a signature sound that was tops in the east for the better part of a decade. That much is pretty much a given.

I'm saying that "Come Clean" was one of his most creative or innovative at that particular point. You won't find 3 beats that sound like that from him before it came out.

Kopasetick wrote:

KJ Styles wrote:

Kopasetick wrote:

Some people forget that, up until that point, this was a very, very innovative beat....

Chronologically speaking, Premo hadn't laced anything that creative up until that point. Sure, he had some classics out there, but this one was different.

I agree with your first statement, but disagree with your second. Premo has always had a unique sound.

I never said he wasn't unique, KJ. The guy had a signature sound that was tops in the east for the better part of a decade. That much is pretty much a given.

I'm saying that "Come Clean" was one of his most creative or innovative at that particular point. You won't find 3 beats that sound like that from him before it came out.

I totally agree, and I feel that the beat is still innovative because it fit perfectly with the name of the song, and the video with the raindrops/leaky pipes. The Onyx sample was the PERFECT touch for the hook too.

On an unrelated note....it was NICE to see Tim Tebow get SERVED!!!

top 75

cosign about Tebow, so happy i dont have to watch that clown in the title game AGAIN

I know you are just trying to make a point KJ - but the beat fits the video perfectly - because they made the fucking video with the fucking beat in mind. It's an innovative beat for its time but it had not aged well IMO.

I'm not a big Jeru fan because his style is rather bland to me, but I'll take Ya Playing Yourself over this track easily...

"I'm not a big Jeru fan because his style is rather bland to me, but I'll take Ya Playing Yourself over this track easily..."

That's probably my favorite Jeru track

Different Strokes for Different Folks I guess, the only Jeru tracks I'd put over this are Can't Stop The Prophet (remix) and Mental Stamina.

KJ Styles wrote:

Different Strokes for Different Folks I guess, the only Jeru tracks I'd put over this are Can't Stop The Prophet (remix) and Mental Stamina.

Ditto

Ah, Mental Stamina. That's some perfection right there