Shout out to Buck Tarbrush, we in the building like Sing Sing! Even bigger shout out to Martorialist commenter Fred too since he suggested I do a list of Rap songs about doing time. Not sure whether this top 25 of my favourite prison Rap songs is what Fred had in mind, but much like Norman Stanley Fletcher, I’m not a stickler for other people’s rules. As ever, free Max B until it’s backwards.
Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo – Riker’s Island (1986)
Public Enemy – Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos (1988)
Ice-T – The Tower (1991)
Convicts ft. Lil J – Penitentiary Blues (1991)
Da Lench Mob – Lost In Tha System (1992)
Intelligent Hoodlum – Death Row (1993)
Slick Rick ft. Warren G – Behind Bars (Dum Ditty Dum remix) (1994)
2Pac – Out On Bail (original) (1994)
Snoop Dogg – Murder Was The Case (remix) (1994)
Nate Dogg – One More Day (1994)
5th Ward Boyz – Concrete Hell (1995)
Rappin 4-Tay – 25-2-Life (1996)
Noreaga ft. Kool G. Rap & Musolini – 40 Island (1998)
Mac Dre – I’ve Been Down (1999)
Beanie Sigel – What Ya Life Like (2000)
MF Grimm – Voices Pt. 0 (2002)
Capone-N-Noreaga – Phone Time (2002)
Akon ft. Styles P – Locked Up (2004)
Project Pat – I Ain’t Going Back To Jail (2006)
Max B – Never Wanna Go Back (2009)
Lil’ Boosie – Free At Last (2010)
Black Rob – Up North (2010)
Mysonne – In Jail (2011)
Casanova – Jail Call (2019)
