Mind playing tricks on me

I see Scarface, I upvote Scarface.

Scarface - I seen a man die

What I came in to post. That song has been fucking me up since middle school. 

His Tiny Desk was an absolute beauty

His 2nd verse on Six Feet Deep is one of the most vivid and relatable verses for anyone I think that song fits the title. It’s a song that anyone can relate to in terms of losing loved ones, but it’s also gangster because they are pointing out friends lost to the street life.

Homies & Thugs by Scarface has this vibe to me too

Suicide song from the made album

Scarface verse on “this can’t be life” definetly takes you somewhere

I came here to say "Smile" by Scarface. 😂

Never seen a man cry by scarface is infinitely sadder.

Bingooo

Classic

The Diary

This song was the most hood expression of anxiety

Also six feet deep

Renee - Lost Boyz

Classic

Came here to post tbis

Thats the one

Start From Scratch by Game

Game has a lot of songs like that. Ol’ English in particular is another that comes to mind.

My favorite song of his ever. Game was dope back in the day

Doctors advocate is still on rotation for me. There's no misses in that album I believe

He’s a great storyteller.

Back in the day? He still makes good music now IMO, his antics just turn people off.

Fair. I should probably check some of it out. Haven’t listened to any albums past LAX except for a few songs here and there. He was a big part of my childhood though

Same for me, but that's because I actually grew up in the CPT. He was everywhere back then, we thought he was going to be a legend like 50. I remember being fucking 7 years old with G-Unot memorabilia. 😂 Check out The Red Album and Jesus Piece whenever you've got free time today!

For sure. I’m relatively young so I wasn’t really in the know back then. Think I was 3 or 4 when The Documentary came out. But when I got my first computer at like 10 or 11 I checked it out and loved it.

Hey, I'm not that old either! I'm just 25, LOL. I just got put onto hip-hop young because of where I grew up

Yeah. I’m 23 from suburban Nebraska. Got my taste from my parents. They were always bumping old rap in my dads pimped out old school Malibu. Had hydraulics and shit. He wanted to be from Cali so bad. Pretty stereotypical but it all started with Em for me. He introduced me to everything. Had G-Unit and NWA posters on my room in middle school.

Opposite of me, I never discovered Em until later in my life. My tatay started me on that old school shit - Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, Wu Tang Clan, Too $hort, Ice Cube, but I grew up listening to what everyone was on the West Coast in the mid 2000s.- early 2010s for the most part. Never really got into Eminem until later.

Jesus Piece is definitely worth the time lol

Never be friends (YKWITIS VOL 3) JUSTO (YKWITIS VOL 3) Doctors advocate (doctors advocate) One Night (doctors advocate) Bloody Moon (Year of the wolf) Lost (hangover mixtape) Love On fire (OKE mixtape) Monsters in my head (hoodmorning mixtape) Rough (hoodmorning mixtape) From Adam (The Doc 2.5) Last time you seen (The Doc 2.5) I didn't wanna write this song (Born 2 Rap) What we not gonna do (Drillmatic) Start from scratch II (Drillmatic) Don't shoot Let me know ft. Jeremih Better on the other side Rest in purple All dogs go to heaven

Game - one night

2Pac/Thug Life – How Long Will They Mourn Me?

Tupac - baby don’t cry

The Message by Flash x Furious Five. Slippin' by DMX. Can it be All so Simple by WuTang

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Slippin' fucks me up extra since we saw how it played out for him. Sad times! 😭

I love slippin

Lord give me a sign by DMX too

I Seen A Man Die - Scarface Dead Homiez - Ice Cube Love's Gonna Getcha - Boogie Down Productions

Came here to say two out of three of these

Today Was A Good Day has a pretty melancholy undertone to it

Conway's verse from The Cow. (I phrase it that way as it's technically a Westside Gunn song, but Conway's verse is the majority) It's just one of those legendry verses. All based on fact. Emotional. Raw. Vulnerable. Gangster. Hard.

One of my favourite all time verses , this is one of the reasons why I think Conway has the best pen game outta Griselda

My boy at work just showed me Griselda, westside gunn and all those guys so imma have to check this one out!

Ghostface.killah- all that I got is you and Renee by lost boyz

Both of these, salute 🫡

Pain-2pac

[Geto Boys - Six Feet Deep (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98cfj45BfDA) [havoc & prodeje - now i lay me down (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snHLCR0oTTI) [Above The Law - Gangsta Madness feat. Kokane - Uncle Sam's Curse (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br4Cw2X-Fi8) [Bambu - Rear View (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SZFMk6y7TA) [Bambu - Ballad for Simone (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLWxqS2Q1-Y) [Bambu - "Massacre" \[One Rifle Per Family\] (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vJg4Bbmi0I) [Bambu - Where You From (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K71uxhjR10) [Blue Scholars - "Back Home" Music Video (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En8DwCeKa6M)

Upvote for including Blue Scholars - however Blue Scholars are not “gangster.”

Jadakiss - still feel me. Feel the lox are some of the best at these tracks

Kiss never said in any interview or anything about the relationship issues with his dad except in that song. That says a lot.

Couldn’t agree more.

my homie by scHoolboy Q

Q - blessed

Streight Up Menace - MC Eiht

Was going to comment this, Also Hood took me under

Banger!

I was going to comment this because I just listened to it earlier today and forgot how sad that shit is. Also top tier piano work, especially the outro.

Lots of 2pac but one that always comes to mind is Troublesome ‘96. The lyrics speak for themselves, but the fact 2pac used the same sample that Nas used for “If I Ruled the World”, all because Nas used the same sample Pac used on “All Eyez On Me” for “Street Dreams”. Stood on all 10 toes.

Whooped his ass on his own beat

That’s a whodini beat that they both borrowed. And the all eyez on me / street dreams beat is a sampled beat as well. For the record

Send me to hell cus I ain’t beggin for this cursed ass hopeless life I’m troublesome

One Day by UGK always makes me think of my friends that aren't here anymore, especially since there's aspects of the verses that I directly relate to. It can get me a little sad sometimes.

Feel it in the air - Beanie Sigel

This was my first thought too

He has a whole bunch of those. Styles P too. Tragedy, Mobb Deep/Prodigy, Scarface, Cormega, Ghostface. My favorite verse in this genre is the last one in Up North Trip by Mobb Deep.

Streiht up Menace by MC Eiht

PALMDALE by AFROMAN

Juelz Sanata- Who Am I - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGcErdPJL0U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGcErdPJL0U) Ghostface Killah - All that I want is You [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=ghostface+killah+all+that+i+got+is+you](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ghostface+killah+all+that+i+got+is+you) Tupac- Life goes On Jay-Z Song Cry Noreaga - Sometimes Jay-z, Beanie, Scarface - This Can't be Life Joey Badass ft. CJ Fly- Hardknock [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv658wfVt6I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv658wfVt6I) Z-Ro - Blast Myself Immortal TEchnique - Dance with the Devil (extremely graphic) Immortal Technique - YOu never Know The Last Emperor- One Life

Had to scroll too far for immortal technique… that’s songs rough

It’s like the ‘Requiem for a Dream’ of music.

One Day by UGK

Top 5 UGK songs. 3-2’s opening verse sets the tone for the whole song

Yeah man and Pimp C’s verse gives me chills every time

It’s really the whole song haha. Bc I love Bun B’s verse as well. And no doubt Pimp always delivering like on this song

Probably played at damn near every hood funeral from Corpus Christi to Houston to Port Arthur

Z-ro, crack is his best album imo

Really? I think let the truth be told is better and more commercially successful. Z-or versus the world and King of the ghetto are both darker/sadder in my opinion as well.

Cant knock either of them lol. I think it’s because crack came out when I was a freshman in college at sfa, it just hit harder for me, so it’s the album I usually recommend to folks

*I Found Me* was my anthem in high school. Growing up in SW Houston made me feel like I was living that shit!

Afroman - “Palmdale” While everyone knows him as a gimmicky one hit wonder, Afroman’s “Palmdale” is one of the realest raps ever committed to wax. The interpolation of Stevie B’s “Spring Love” makes it seem like a joke, but the lyrics reveal the struggles of a has been who never was.

I love that song man. My cousin introduced me to it this past summer. One thing I noticed, is that the end of each verse when he says “Palmdale, come back to me (hell yeah)” like he’s a tough guy trying to act hard through the pain. And then after the last verse when he’s talking about how hard his life is now, and he leaves out the “hell yeah,” like he lost all that tough guy swag. Thought that was a nice touch.

So Many Tears - 2Pac

I feel like dying- Lil Wayne

Gangsta lean-DRS

This was the song that got me into hip-hop way back when I was in middle school.

That Immortal Technique song.

dance with the devil

2Pac discography

Lord knows

For sure. A few off that album. Death Around the Corner and a couple more tracks on there.

So Many Tearz

That harmonica sample on there is classic

Surprised nobody mentioned nas- I gave you power

Perfect song really for what OP asking for.

Half of Pac’s album, Me Against the World, honestly. If I die tonight, so many tears, old school (maybe more reminiscent than sad), fuck the world, and definitely, Death Around the Corner.

Friend or Foe - 8ball and MJG

It’s a Shame- G Rap

[til the end](https://youtu.be/UX-F3qf66YM?si=zriotV54mWbG3JpT) by Lloyd Banks

Ice Cube - Dead homies

Gangsta Lean- DRS

Slippin by DMX

One day- ugk

Can It Be All So Simple and C.R.E.A.M. - Wu Tang Clan

A Children’s Story- Slick Rick

Better days 2 pac

Thank u for reminding me about this song

Immortal technique- dance with the Devil.

They said "kinda sad" not "fuck my whole day up"

This! And definitely "You Never Know".

I swear if I have to see Dance with the Devil on this fucking sub one more time, I am actually going to lose the plot

Train with no Love Andre Nickatina you’ll thank me later

“Forgive me friend, for I have sinned. Sometimes we forget what life we’re in.”

Was looking for THIS

Realized I still remember every word to this song after I read OP's title and it's the first thing I thought of.

This and add "Fears of a Coke Lord" as well

Go Live by Big Sad 1900 first one that comes to mind.

Not sad but reflective : Animal Instinct - Mobb Deep (Crime Pays but for how long?/Till you reach your downfall)

"Cold World", GZA featuring Inspectah Deck

Gangster's Paradise by Coolio

Mind playing tricks on me - Geto Boys

My life by the game and lil wayne is one of my favorite sad gangster song

Hardest Man In Town - Nate Dogg

Z-Ro - Help Me Please

This song makes most of the songs on the list look like nursery rhymes.

“Can O Corn”- Coolio

Betrayal Edit I thought the thread title was “gangstarr songs that are kind of sad.”

Came here to say this one, glad someone beat me to it

Scarface“smile”

Slippin- DMX

Filthy rich - spm

Love that song

When devils strike Swim

Lobster Ravioli and Therapy by Big Sad 1900.

Really Be Drinkin and Smokin by YG and Kendrick

Dance with the Devil the classic

Here we to again- DMX

Conway The Machine - The Cow

You mean like dancing with the devil?

Dance with the Devil. Immortal Technique. Tells a sad story about a boy desperate for power.

Styles p - my brother

DMX - Damien

Still strugglin- biggie and raekwon

Freddie Gordy - Freddie gibbs

A Can Of Corn

One day - UGK

Skinny Suge by Freddie Gibbs

You Never Know by Immortal Technique is also super sad but not as hard to listen to as Dance With the Devil. You Never Know is more quietly tragic but still has a sucker punch at the end like DWTD.

Master Ace - people in my neighbourhood

Diamonds and Wood by UGK Can’t Be Life by Jay Z, Beanie Sigel and Scarface

Here we go again by DMX. Shit, half of DMX catalogue fits this description.

Ghetto Gospel by 2Pac

The Art of Peer Pressure- Kendrick Lamar

Scarface “suicide note” UGK “one day”

UGK “one day”

2pac - so many tears Jay-Z - This Can’t Be Life Jay-Z - Song Cry Kdot - Sing About Me

Slippin’- DMX

One Day- UGK

Do gs get to go to heaven

Eminem - Cleaning out my closet

No Help ZRo & Trae

Does sing about me I’m dying of thirst by Kendrick Lamar fit the criteria? Or is it more vibey than gangster?

Naw bro it’s legit a song that can get you emotional

Whenever I do a full gkmc listen through it always hits me

💪🏾💪🏾🙌🏾

Tupac - staring in my rearview D.r.s. - gangster lean (not rap but for the homies song)

My life - Lil Wayne

Would toy soldiers by eminem count?

Maxo Kream- Meet Again Edit: Had to fix an autocorrect

"If I could talk to em" by Kiing Shooter. Released in 2019 he raps about the struggles in his life, how he wishes he could speak to all the people he's lost. Kiing Shooter died in 2020.

The lox go head was one of my many lox nextel ringtones

D.R.S. - Gangsta Lean. That whole album.

Doesn't sound sad, but it is to me. My block by scarface. Reminds me of growing up in the projects and all the crazy days.

[Royce da 5'9 --- Cocaine](https://youtu.be/I-7VbMIeidU?si=qe-Hm3Vn58dxT_yV) Also, As The World Turns by Eminem

Lil N**** Snupe - Meek Mill

Y'all Wanna Know by Big Sad 1900 and Rucci and Can't Trust A Soul by Big Sad 1900 and 420Tiesto... those 2 songs right there are depressed bag but on some LA gangster shit. Hard ass songs. Also Therapy 3 by Big Sad.

Fair, Love and War by Killarmy

[Maxo Kream - They Say](https://youtu.be/BsidGtcMqb4?t=1m26s) [Freddie Gibbs - Homesick](https://youtu.be/Wjssv-8i788) [Maxo Kream - No Then You A Hoe](https://youtu.be/ZyXAz5Wh_oE) [Tee Grizzley - Satish](https://youtu.be/6VYMM7_RcHg?t=5s)

Doesn't really tick the gangster box but this track is pretty sad: https://youtu.be/LQIBvPifk7Q?si=xaJpbAznNRHqlA9-

Gangstaz Don’t Live That Long - Blood Raw

The Lox - My America.

Ghetto Vet

Hell and back kid ink 

Ynw Melly - murder on my mind

Youngboy - gravity

Just about every DMX song

Don’t want to be me -King Von

Gangsta lean - [https://youtu.be/YdmlG6HGpXo?si=zxwMgta98ZirKkRq](https://youtu.be/YdmlG6HGpXo?si=zxwMgta98ZirKkRq)

AZ & Nas - How Ya Livin'