Sir Mix-a-Lot
And to the number of you all who are lamenting the absence of Sir Mix-a-Lot and a number of other songs that are considered classics, I feel you, I understand 100% and I thought about it when I did it. But my only criteria was "how much do I want to bump it." I've got these lists on MusicMatch, so I want to be able to pull up the WA State playlist and then have absolutely zero desire to ever hit the skip button, I just want to let these slumps bump for days, all 181 of them (or 500 of them on the 500 list, which Mix had several cuts and Drop Top was on there too).
Mix's songs didn't make it for me b/c to me, his sound is outdated. I just would have a slight urge to hit the skip button if Baby Got Back, or SWASS, or Mack Daddy or Seattle Ain't Bullshittin came on. That was grounds for automatic elimination.
The Classic status, I do understand for sure. These are songs that are nostalgic for a lot of people, that possibly paved the way for a lot of artists etc. Like I said though, only criteria was how much I want to listen to it at the moment, and I just wasn't feelin that w/ Posse on Broadway or Drop Top. Also, I am a lot younger than a lot of you guys, for me when I really started getting into the local rap scene, it was albums like F.T.S. "Money Motivated" and No Good's first album that are really "classics" for me. It was not until I got more serious about collecting it and learned more, met more people that I discovered some of the older truly classic material, so I went back and got them afterwards.
