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12 Underrated Rap Songs That Need to Finally Be Released on Streaming
Noisey selects twelve underrated hip-hop records that still haven’t made their way onto streaming services.
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Streaming has made us all extremely spoiled. Imagine getting the choice to listen to almost any song that’s ever been released. There’s arguably too much to choose from, and it’s made a lot of people ungrateful as a result. As legendary producer Terry Lewis once told us, “You used to have to invest. But now you just pay $9.99, and you get every song that ever existed. You have every flavor lollipop, and you get to lick ‘em all, so you don’t even have a taste for what the really good ones are.”
However, there are still some records that are lost in time, never finding a home on streaming services like Spotify or Apple Music. So, in the spirit of preserving history, Noisey has picked out 12 songs that should make it to streaming. Or at the very least, it’ll encourage you to go out and download songs that you’re missing on your phone.
Twelve Rap Songs That Are Long Overdue to Be Released on Streaming Services
“Nate” by Vince Staples
Quietly one of Vince Staples’ best songs that has gone a little lost to time. “Nate” is a devastating record about how troubled parenthood manifests in our children.
“Contemporary Man” by Action Bronson
Copyright law makes a song like “Contemporary Man” almost impossible to stream. It would cost Action Bronson copious amounts money to clear all the records he rapped over. Consequently, if you want to hear Phil Collins or........