Try to name two things that go better together than weed and rap music? Go ahead, we will wait. Cannabis and hip hop’s relationship together both boost some of the most iconic smokers of all time. In this article, we’re dissecting the recent history of marijuana and rap music. We’ve gathered the best rap songs about weed to come out in the last few years. Thanks to these songs, these cannabis enthusiasts could find themselves on mount kush more when it’s all said and done.
Well, Canada has legalized marijuana fully last year in October but there hasn’t been some popular rap song from weed capital that could touch the soul of stoners out there in America. But rap songs about weed are always about smoking and puffing Kush. So here are some of the best songs of the last few years about weed and our beloved Mary Jane.
Get Hi – Danny Brown Feat. B-Real
Mr. Blunt after blunt himself, Danny Brown isn’t shy about his love for psilocybin magic mushrooms. To highlight his stoner ID, it was recently revealed that Brown was the one responsible for making Dave Chappelle completely bombed during a show in Detroit after he smoked him out. Brown has cranked out stoner anthems for years. Amidst the many mysterious gems of his most recent release Atrocity Exhibition, we find, “Get High”. This therapeutic love ballad is an ode to smoking your problems away. For added potency, Brown recruited one of the gods of stoner rap, Cypress Hills Be Real to sing a hook that’s smoother than a hit of his.
Broccoli – D.R.A.M. Feat Lil Yachty
It’s incredibly rare for a song about weed to be nominated for a Grammy. However, that’s exactly what D.R.A.M. and Lil Yachty accomplished with their 2016 certified banger Broccoli. Not only where the bubbly newcomers nominated for a Best Rap/Sung Performance Grammy, but Broccoli also went four times platinum. The song has an infectious feel and a catchy hook about rolling up some Broccoli while partying. This one will be knocking for years to come.
PMW – A$Ap Rocky – Ft. SchoolBoy Q
If we have one burning question for ASAP Rocky, it would have to be what he values more extremely cool clothes or cannabis? if you’re guessing where his loyalties may fall, look no further than its 2013 collaborative effort with Schoolboy Q PMW. In case you didn’t know that stands for pussy, money, weed.
Green Suicide – Juicy J Feat Wiz Khalifa & TM88
If weed consumption was an Olympic sport, Taylor Gang would be like the 92 USA Basketball dream team. With Khalifa has his own strain of Khalifa Kush as does the Memphis legend and dedicated smoker Juicy J. Juicy named his strain Green Suicide and of course, he made a song about it. It also featured Wiz on the song because what’s more baller than making a hit about your own weed strain with your friend, who also has his own weed strain.
Smoke Break – Chance the Rapper Feat Future
Chance the rapper’s versatility has earned him tons of fans and accolades like Grammy Awards. Chance loves to make music about his indulgences and narcotics and weed is no exception. But its collaboration with Future – Smoke Breaks from the mixtape “Coloring Book” is one of his best weed centric tracks yet. Smoke Break is like the perfect lullaby to accompany that last joint you light up before catching some jeez.
IRIE – Ty Dolla $sign Feat Wiz Khalifa
It’s tough to find adjectives to describe what it’s truly like to be high. So, Ty Dolla Sign repurposes an old Jamaican term for that reason when he penned the track IRIE. Irie means carefree and this anthem is an upbeat ball of power that was an early highlight of Dolla Sign’s career. It also came around the time he first signs the Taylor Gang and the stoner dream team was formed. The track features were Khalifa, who gets so irrationally high that he can’t leave the crib without his medicine.
Do you feel like we missed out on any of your favorite weed raps? You can sound off your favorite gem in the comment box.
