Rap City has been a major staple in Hip Hop. While many of you became familiar with the show after it's 2005 reboot and new host Tigger, Rap City has been around as long as the genre itself.
Here's A quick rundown of the show's history snatched from Wikipedia.
Among notable previous hosts of the show are Chris Thomas, (The first host of the show from 1989-1991). Throughout his run, Thomas was also known as "THE MAYOR OF RAP CITY", or The Mayor. Other hosts: Hans Dobson (1989-1991), Prince Dejour (1991-1994), Joe Clair (1994-1999), and Leslie Segar (a.k.a. Big Lez) (1994-1999).
On September 13, 1999, the show was re-titled Rap City: Tha Basement and newly hosted by Big Tigger (a.k.a. Tigger), who succeeded Joe Clair and Big Lez. On August 28, 2000, BET moved the show to a new time slot at 4 p.m.
On January 21, 2005, the show was repackaged and host Big Tigger was replaced by Mad Linx, a DJ and radio personality. The transition was explained that Tigger's "mother" sold the basement and forced Big Tig out to live with his father.
On October 3, 2005, Mad Linx went on hiatus to host BET Road Show. For several weeks, the show was hosted by J-Nicks, a native of St. Louis. Occasionally, special guests (such as a hip hop star) would host Rap City. The network also shortened the shows run time from two to one hour.
On December 28, 2005, BET returned the show to its original 5 p.m. time slot. Mad Linx returned to his weekday routine on February 2, 2006. J-Nicks left to work as a weekday radio DJ for WHTA Hot 107.9 FM in Atlanta. On August 24, 2006, Q45 replaced Mad Linx on the show. On September 25, 2006, the time slot for Rap City changed to 4 p.m., and then flipped back to 5 p.m. in October 2006. From that moment on, Q45 hosted the show on Weekdays. Mad Linx hosted Rap City Top 10 on Saturdays and Big Tigger hosted the show as Rap City Presents... specials.
On September 17, 2007, BET changed the timeslot of Rap City to 1 a.m. Eastern Time. A timeslot previously held by re-runs of The Parkers and other syndicated shows. In the timeslot that Rap City previously occupied, random music videos are now being shown. In October 2007, due to drop of ratings Rap City returned to its previous time slot at 5 p.m.
Amongst the obvious Top 10 countdown, Rap City also featured everyones favorite segment, the booth freestyles. Here are a couple of my favorite rap city freestyles in no particular order.
D12:
G-Unit:
Dipset:
Nelly, Murphy Lee: Who knew Nelly had it in him??
Anyways what are your favorites?
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COMMENTS
fuck this shyt i dnt give a fuck i stop watchin videos as a whole a long tyme since all they play is snap bullshyt and rb shyt so fuck dat shyt i dnt watch videos onli listen underground pathetic bet is the new mtv shame on us as fans allowing these wack niggas to make ppl finally almost gettin rid of hip hop for ever this just the beginning ppl trust me
I liked when chamillionaire freestyle when he went with no beat.
Arent they going cancel 106 & park too?
O YEA JOKESTA TO ANSWER UR Q MINES GOTTA BE WHEN TIGGER RIP THE BOOTH AT ANY TIME
If They Woulda Brought Tig Back It Wouldnt've Lost Ratings
GOOD POINT PRODUCTIONS CUZ PPL DONT CARE BOUT VIDS NO MORE AND ITS ALL THE SAME SHYT LOOK AT THAT FREE WAY BEANIE HOV VIDEO JUST A SIMPLE VIDEO WHERE NIGGAS AT THE PIER RAPPING BUT THAT SHYT WAS DIFF THAN EVERYTHING ELSE NIGGAS IS FOLLOWERS NOWADAYS NOT LEADERS
I think its safe to say BET is falling off, first 106&Park changed the hosts( I still miss AJ and Free dont ya'll? lol) and they took off freestyle friday (what the hell is that song shit lol, not really feeling it)..........now they taking off Rap City (I knew rap city was in decline when dey replaced tigger lol)...........damn, and anyone notice how "BET NOW" plays 2 year old songs and shit now, nothing new? wtf?..........dey just making a bunch of reality shows now lol, black mtv? lol
this is a sad day for real. this isn't as big a deal as when Yo MTV raps was over, but right now, it's the closest thing we have to it. Nowadays the internet gives us up to the minute reports of everything anyway, but it was still nice to see your favorite rappers on tv.
my favorite booths:
Eminem & Proof
Beat: "Say What You Say"
Why?: Proof was crazy and it was back when Em would really say anything he wanted, plus it was shot at his house.
Line: i would rock Kelly, but i'm not Nelly/ rather get beyonce's jelly, put something in her pot belly/
LL Cool J in 1999 sitting on the toilet in the booth
beat: "The Way I Am"
Why?: Dude sat on the toilet in the booth and spit like 60 Bars, it was cocky as shit.(eventhough it was the intro off of the G.O.A.T)
Line: e pluribis unum is the album i'm gon' drop/ it'll make you're girls nipples as hard as rocks
Cam'ron right after Come Home With me dropped
beat: "Guess Who's Back"
Why?: dude was in a pink Coogi outfit counting a stack of hundreds
Line: catch me in the streets that's when the tech is soarin/ two mill from Def Jam and i ain't sell a record for 'em/
Shaheed the Postaboy
Beat: "Knock Yourself Out"
Why?: Cause it was the first time BET showed love to a cat that was up and coming. plus at the time everybody was watching him
Line: BET put me out for real/ first nigga to rip the basement without a deal/
Canibus
Beat: ?????
Why?: Canibus... freestyle... back then.... nuff said
Line: the Source gave me three and a half mic/ i should take three and a half lifes from the staff for hiring that ass wipe/
Ludacris
Beat: "Dipset (Santana's town)"
Why?: cause Luda ALWAYS killed the booth
Line: don't look now but your girls coming to get me/ i'm not a commador but i look like lionel richie/
RIP Rap City. Gave a lot of young black men a reason to set their VCR's in the afternoon.
WUT DA FUCC???? That's Sum Bullshyt.I'm Gettin Tired Of All These Maja Music Stations Havin To Water Shyt Down Or Even Go As Far As Cancelling Shows Because They Fucced Up From Tha Start By Changing Shyt Up Bruh..U Can't Even Watch A Whole Video Now A Days Without Having To Hear Sum Wacc As VJ Interupt It...It's Fuccin Sad That Such A Good Show And Favorite Of Mines Has To Be Put Down Like Tha Rest Of These Shows To Probably Be Replaced Wit Sum Old Azz Or New Non Entertaining Bullshyt Show..Oh Well Couldn't Nobody Hold Down "RAP CITY" Like Tha Homie Bigg Tigger...I Know That Much Ha Ha..Scream At Me,1..
Fuck BET fro doin dis. Dis wuz one of da realest hip hop shows out there.
kinda sucks....but i dnt really watch videos on t.v. like that anyway...but it still sucks cuz its been around since i was born....oh well...
MAN THE WHOLE BET NETWORK IS FUCKED UP WITH ALL THE B.S THAT IS SHOWN ON THERE NOW(COMMERCIAL MUSIC),AND JOEKSTA WHAT HAPPEN TO THE WU-TANG CLAN WHEN THEY KILLED THE BOOTH THAT HAD TO BE TOP TEN AND LUDACRIS WAS THE KING OF KILLING THE BOOTH ON RAP CITY.
Honestly, Rap City was cancelled unofficially when they got rid of Tigger & got all of those temp guest hosts...
First, TRL... now Rap City. I'm sure there will be a spin off of some sort... hopefully.
My favorite is when LL Cool J was in the Bassment w/ Tigg and murdered the booth on the toilet, LOL! Look it up!
Rap City died once Big Tigger left.
THIS IS SOME OL BULL SHIT ....HOW THE HELL THEY JUST GON DO THAT AND WAT THE HELL THEY GON DO TO REPLACE THAT SHIT WE SHOULD ALL DO A MILLION MAN MARCH UP TO B.E.T. STUDIOS OR A BOYCOTT OR SOMTHIN TILL THEY TURN IT BACK ON
welp, looks like i wont be tuning in to BET anymore
106 is trash, everything else is wack, fuck it
IF U JUST WANNA WATCH MUSIC VIDEOS THEN WATCH MTV JAMS GET COMCAST BUT IMA MISS RAP CITY CUZ THEY TALK ABOUT ARTIST AND HOST SHOW AND SUM OTHER SHIT LIKE DAT
wow this fucked up, they need to get rid of all that other bullshit college hill, baldwin hills, hell date......naw keep hell date that shit funny, but that other shit got to go. bring joe claire and big lez and let joe buss a lil ass in da booth, and it could work again.
Thats a real ass comment! I dont think I've sat down and watched a whole video show since about 2001 maybe 2000! Niggas is getting wack videos are not creative anymore............BET know what they doing! At the end of the day video's are terrible now and have no meaning! Im not gone knock the whole snappin fingers idea because that made another black man rich............but real talk at the rate HIP HOP is going we be lucky to hear or see it in the next 20 years!
WTF why get rid of Rap City. Y'ALL SHOULD INSTEAD GET RID OF 106 & PARK BECAUSE THAT SHOW SUCKS!!! Rap City was good.
i cant believe im gettin tht old (19) to whr theres gonna b no more rap city.......but we all know rap city was in its prime wen tigga was the host.....shit i was still watchin music videos back in 1999 haha
i dont even watch rap city anymore. mainstream crap...
listen to the Recession!!!!
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That's why I watch Sucka Free on MTV2. They actually play people on the come up videos like Cool Kids and them.
wat homiie? u dont make sense
@skizz all that shit you mentioned they are trying to censor in hip hop is what is wrong with hip hop in the first place. to many references to guns and drugs and other bullshit.
106 sucks
rap city was better jus cuz of the booth dey had
Fuck BET
HAHA Str8 2 tha point.... good call lol.
With the quality of the game so shitty the show got shitty and now they have to cancel it.
I saw this comming a mile away. Lets just see if a new good hip hop show comes out either on BET or MTV.
man rap city was the one show i watched on bet. I hope this is just a rumor.
Cassidy !!!!! Nas !!!!!! Redman !!!!!! Game and Busta were nice too
the fucked it up by taking tigger off,thats they dumb ass fault like homie said.Fuck it watch mtvjams they show more videos anyway plus bet goin down hill all they do is take mtv shows anyway
u aint lyin bout mtv jams...they show more shit...and less commercials...ya dig...
for real dude, im always chilling at my friends house and we watch that shit.. i dont get mtv jams on my tv..
Rap City was commercial and outdated. Maybe they will come up with something new. And who really knew Nelly had that in him! You gotta respect that kind of ability.
what is the world comming to ....?
real talk seriously like wat other option is there like wat do they expect ppl to do
i think this is a way to try to force more ppl to watch 106 th real "hip hop heads" dat dont watch 106 no more cuz i mean y da hell wud u do this yea the shyt wasnt the same witout tigger but shyt u mean i gotta watch dat get silly nigga do dat wack wobble bullshyt i dont even know wat else they got on that shyt.. i guest theres always on demand lol
Chamillionaire and Ludacris (All of Luda's flows) were too raw...
This kinda sucks we need a show that features these millionaire rappers doing freestyles. That nelly one was my favorite him and Murphy Lee made me proud to be form the midwest.
damn...what is music coming to..first goes trl and then rap city...
i guarantee that 106 is next..haha..even though acts like wayne and rick ross are keeping it alive..but seriously..
this is random as fuck, real strange..its a shame what a tv station will do to a show if it aint makin them enough money..
yeahh... key word "acts" real talk
THATS SOME FUCKED UP SHIT TO HEAR.....BUT I SAW THAT COMIN..... THEY DIDNT EVEN HAVE THE BOOTH THAT MUCH......THEY WOULD DO THAT BULLSHIT "BOOTH FLASHBACK"..... THE BEST TO EVER TOUCH THE BOOTH WAS LUDA, CASSIDY, OBIE TRICE (NOBODY SAID IT BUT I WILL), BUSTA, FIELD MOBB (OFF THE KICK, PUSH INSTRUMENTAL).....OH AND RICK ROSS JUST FOR HAVING THAT FUCKIN STACK OF MONEY THAT WAS LIKE 12 INCHES TALL
LUDA LINE: THEY ASK ME WHY THE SKULL HEAD/ITS CAUSE I LOVE GETTIN BRAIN (U HAVE TO SEE IT TO CATCH IT)...
CASSIDY: HIS WHOLE DAMN SONG WAS NASTY......I ONLY REMEBER BITS THO......-----> "I CAN WRITE THE BEST VERSE YOU EVER HEARD IN YO LIFE/AND THEN RIP IT UP/YO GREATEST HITS LIKE MIXTAPE SHIT TO US/STAY WIT A SPLIFF AND A CUP/STAY LIQUORED UP/OFF THE ....... UP/ AND MY WRIST MAN I LIT UP/ .......GOT SO MANY PEBBLES BAM BAM COULDNT LIFT IT UP/......2ND----> ....... I HAD EM IN THE FRENZY BABY.... NOW IM GETTIN CHECKS AND ITS ALL ABOUT THE BENJIES BABY/IM IN THE PRESIDENTIAL GETTIN LEWINSKY BABY/....... POWDER, POWER,MONEY,RESPECT/ YOU IN DEBT I GET TWENTY A CHECK/THATS WHY IM JUST LAUGHIN/I BLOW DOUGH FORGET STACKIN/AS LONG AS I KNOW WHAT I KNOW/IMA GET CASH IN/I GOT PILLS FOR SELL AND THEY NOT ASPIRIN........
So although a well-known hip hop show is going off the air,how does this even relate to the end of the world? Yeah it sucks that Rap City's done, but BET is changing with the times; almost all media outlets depend on the internet. It's the Information Age.
The reason why rap city was canceled is because rappers dont want to rap anymore thanks to the almighty vocoder. No rappers no rap city and the Hip Hop awards are next.
man aint nothing shit on BEt they show the same ass movies like a million times especially baby boy
haha man.. me an my sis was jus sayin the same shit the other day
Fuck that take off 106 and park.
man fuckkkkkkk
hell ya take 106 off
wack shit
BET is hurtin right now. They're trying to turn into MTV3 with nothing but reality shows and old bullshit.
xibit killed it, so did bizzy bones and ny time by snoop it was toooo sickkkkk
how is it you can have a BET anyway? honestly, how would ya'll feel if their was WET, don't lie, you know it would hurt your feelings and be rascist
the reason is because all the stations are WET . well they were.. times are changing now
White entertainment television?
or
Wack Entertainment Television?
IF YOU FUCKING HATE HIP HOP THAN WHY ARE YOU ON A HIP HOP BLOG SITE YOU DUMBASS EUROPEAN SKUM BAG, FUCK OFF AND STOP POSTING DUMBSHIT YOU BITCH. AMERICA DONT CARE FOR YOU, GO DIE ON YOUR PLANE!!!!!
BET been garbage after Tigger left. Its just full of garbage sitcoms from the UPN. Videos were better when they were simple like Juveniles Ha video, DMX ruff ryder anthem
Thank God it got cancelled fuckin horrible rap videos were being aired
My favorite booths
Any
T.I.
Chamillionaire
Cassidy
Redman
Busta Rhymes
They all held it down in the booth
RIP Rap City...its a gotdamn shame we came 2 dis....bet is mtv 4 niggaz now....reality show and game show and bullshit like dat
Dont care BET been lame since like 05/06 when they starting cooning with those ignorant rap songs
i Dont really care about rap city, got weak when they sign that new host on, 106 & Park n hell date are probably the best thing BET got
I dont think I've watched 106 & Park since AJ & Free was there! That's how sad that show is now! Both Terrence and Rocsi are lame.............106 & Park is lame because they tell you what to do when to clap when to talk when to laugh thats wack and phony.................I think everybody need to get on there Apollo shit again take the talent back to the streets and let us judge!
are u serious AJ & Free were lame, them nigga could not host, the only thing good about them was Free, cuz she was fine n had a big ass, im telling you Terrance and rocsi are way better, Terrance is hilarious is n rosci is just fine
I Will miss the show, just sad.
Yo iwas juss searchin this shit on my directtv earlier this is some bullshit iknew this was comin cuz it came on at 5 and recently its been coming on at 4 now tha shit is gone Its tha only show that looked out for new rappers but my favorites was when dipset went in and juelz solo rap and when fab and tigger rocced tha mic tigger went hard as hell
I still think BET is really hurtin right now. I know a lot of people used to watch BET like crazy about 3 years ago, and hardly anyone watches that shit anymore. I miss Uncut.
Niggas Hatin on Tiggah need to Stop it Nigga big Tiggah Was one of Da Reasons i Watched Rap City.... Da Show Prolly Gettin Cancelled Cus of Q45 Herb Lookin ass Weird Ass Lookiin Ass nigga Maann But Rap City Will be Missed At Least From Me
UNCLE RICKY GOT A MONTH AND SOME CHANGE dipset freestyle too nasty... show used to b tha shit wen they got on and spit of tha top wit big tig but it died down r.i.p rap city
Shout out 2 everyone who went in the booth and actually FREESTYLED OFF THE TOP
shit is gay cant belive they took it off i hope they bring it back 4real kuz rap city was 1 of the ways we know da shit bout hip hop now its like everything bout hip hop is leaving us u know now its not goin 2 da store and buying da cd and tell ur friends yo i got da new cd of whoever now its yo i jus downloaded this du's cd man wtf this shit is being done by some1 on purpose
man Rap City had a lot of memorial moments man with all da beefs, to the freestyles fuck BET for being stupid motherfuckers
Killa Cam had to be one of my favorites when he went in the both....from talking on the celly to counting his paper that was my shit! of course i haven't watched that shit in maaaaaad years!
yo somebody tell me whats up that kid Shae Dvis aka Punch he was pop'n on the dvd's before i left the states but since i been overseas i haven't heard anything...
i watch it only for the freestyle an when big tigger was hostin an other artists i fuck with plus the interviews....
Im not watching bet until they put UNCUT back on. Dats when bet start going down hill
I liked the episodes with Keith Murray, Ice Cube & WC, and the only with Nelly, Murphy Lee, and Consequence. Goodbye Rap City.
THIS JUST MEAN THAT THE MEDIA KNOW HIP-HOP IS DEAD SO WHY NOT DISCONTINUE RAP CITY SINCE NOWDAYS THERE IS NO RAP SONGS
dam they really needa just get some rapper like styles p to host that shit........... my favourtes have to be santana killin the jeezy beat g unit when they went at ashanti lol dipset on the my block beat and styles p over the make me bettter beat
i fuck wit rap city hard
fuck vicom
rap city gone what the fuck!
if they cancel 106 then BET might as well just hang it the fuck up!
Seriously!