Music To Drink To

Retrieved from http://www.egotripland.com/gallery/irish-st-patricks-rap-album-covers/8-u2pac-all-irish-eyez-on-me/

St. Patrick’s Day is finally here…March 17^th is to drinkers what 4/20 is to smokers or what Halloween is to kids.  It’s that one day that people can indulge in their vices without fear of being judged or reprimanded.  While green beer and Irish whiskey may not be for everyone, if you choose to participate in the drinking festivities, I encourage you to get in touch with your inner Irish-ness and drink one of the two.  At the very least, you could at least wear something green.  While you’re enjoying the day, I’ve compiled a list of hip-hop songs for you to drink to so that you can properly enjoy your day.  Sláinte!

2Pac – Thug Passion

One part Alize, one part Cristal.  Pac wasn’t trying to turn y’all into alcohols...alcoholics…just into thugs.

Gucci Mane featuring Plies – Wasted

This is the guilty pleasure song.  I don’t want to admit that it’s kind of catchy and might be somewhat likable, but after you’re a few drinks in, you don’t worry about the judgment of the hip-hop elite.

Mobb Deep featuring Q-Tip – Drink Away the Pain

This song is actually kind of sobering.  Prodigy saying he loves her (liquor) her more than living.  Q-Tip’s verse was dope as hell though.

Busta Rhymes featuring Puff Daddy and Pharrell – Pass the Courvoiser Part II

If Drink Away the Pain sobered you up, this joint will get you back to being um…as the kids say these days…TURNT UP!!!!!

DJ Quik – Tonite

Don’t sleep on this ode to drinking from Quik’s debut album.  By the end of St. Patty’s most of you will be feeling like Quik, “To the man up above to whom thanks I give, I’ll never drink again if you just let me live.”

D12 – 40 oz.

I’m not a beer drinker and if 40s get you in this much trouble, that’s probably a good thing.

NaS – Drunk By Myself

This falls in the same category as Drink Away the Pain.  Hopefully you’re not by yourself on St. Patty’s.

Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank)

I get this is supposed to be an anti-drinking song, but the chorus makes you think otherwise.

The Click – Hurricane

“Hurricane, but you can call it Slurricane.”

Tha Alkaholiks – Only When I’m Drunk

I mean the title says it all.  Just a bunch of things you’re prone to due when you’re inebriated.

Snoop Doggy Dogg – Gin & Juice

Possibly the greatest ode to drinking.

House of Pain – Jump Around

This isn’t a song about drinking, but it is St. Patty’s Day’s and they were Irish.

Since this is dedicated to drinking, as a bonus, I've included this YouTube clip featuring a promo tape of St. Ides commercials.  If you were watching Yo! MTV Raps or Rap City in the mid-90s, I don't even have to tell you about the St. Ides commercials.  If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you need to go to YouTube and search St. Ides commercials.