Feel My Pain

Leanin' On a Switch

Yes, yes, yes. Most famously, this is the one that started with Keke and Pokey freestyling-to-pieces Goodie MOB's "Peepin' In My Window" beat and Dre's "Nuthin' But A G Thang" beat, then ended with D'Angelo's "Brown Sugar" as the last song on the second disc.

Side Note: There is a brilliant, unintentionally funny line delivered about two minutes into the track, with Keke jabbing, "And when I come through gots to stay paid, never had AIDS." Never had AIDS. Not that he doesn't have AIDS, that he never had them. You can't write that kind of stuff, and that's sort of the point.

It's All Good

Off the Head:The first half of this set had, among others, 2Def, Too Short, MJG, Dangerous Crew, Mac Mall, and goddamn Mary J. Blige. MARY J. BLIGE. How many guys ever in the history of the world said to themselves, "You know what would compliment this 'Hard Times' track that 8 Ball & MJG did just perfectly? Mary J. Blige's 'I Can Love U,' of course."

One, that's how many. Remember when everyone went all apeshit when Z-Trip mashed together Phil Collins and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien on Uneasy Listening? How was an MJG-to-Mary J. Blige move any less innovative?

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There are nearly 250 official Screw tapes now, so it gets to a point where These Are Vital Picks blends into These Are Vital Picks To Me, although that can probably be said of all music. When we put this question to Twitter, Bun B replied with the Ridin' Dirty tape (duh), while OG Ron C, who has become a demigod of sorts behind his F-Action R&B slow-mos series, went the way of Late Night Fuckin' Yo' Bitch.

There's a reason Screw's legacy - and the Screw Shop, really - have crystallized into Legendary status.

Other Recommended Titles: Blue Over Grey; Southside Still Holding; Yellowstone vs. The Nation; Duck Sick; Headed To Da Classics