EP
Joined: Mar '09
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Just curious as to what was the first song you ever heard from them and your reaction.
Mine was "The Next Step II from a Tony Hawks Video Game and another one from a skateboarding jam around my neighborhood when I was a kid which I believe was "Double K Show" 
Hopefully this wasn't a thread or topic already.
new cat
Joined: Mar '13
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I believe the first song I heard by the P was "Days Like These" from "Stepfather." It must've been several years ago at this point; I was really touched by the song when I first listened to it and I've been a fan ever since.
new cat
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By the way, I like this thread idea, Ol' School! I'm not aware of a prior discussion already being created, although there are more veteran forum members than myself around these parts.
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We'll Be There. Was at my work desk streaming some radio service Yahoo provifed at the time. This was back in like 2005. I remember seeing the cover for QITFOAA and found it intriguing. Took some time to grow on me but after I really paid attention to the song I was hooked
EP
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AGroPDX said:
By the way, I like this thread idea, Ol' School! I'm not aware of a prior discussion already being created, although there are more veteran forum members than myself around these parts.
Thanks AGroPDx! I hope people share their experiences and get to know you guys better. Thats really interesting. When I first heard it I was going through personal family problems. It really helped me out.
EP
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Hey ri067953 thats really cool. What a way to find them I guess somewhere a great fan passed it through the radio. You must have been lucky. 
or should I say happy.
LP
Joined: Oct '06
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Same as you Ol' School, The Next Step II on the THUG soundtrack.
P fan #1
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I think I'd downloaded (errrrrkkkk... don't do that so much anymore) a bunch of PUTS in college just after Stepfather came out, but I was being really lazy about having an open mind, so I was a little "nah... not for me."... I mean, I'd probably literally only heard a minute or two of Question (I think... I think it might've been Stay Home or We'll Be There or something).
Later, I heard "Shoot Your Shot" by Ugly Duckling (who I was really diggin'), and I really liked the homies' rap, so I gave them a second try. When I heard "Hang Loose" (which is probably their most accessible early song... I'm such a d*mn lightweight... still like it tho, haha), I got hooked, and then "The Dig" and "The Outrage" were like a one-two punch combo on my soul. After that, I went back and listened to everything, and it sorta blossomed outward from there.
Long story short, I don't remember the FIRST song I heard, but "The Hang Loose" was my first joint.
I'd also fallen on some hard times at one point shortly thereafter, and I remember "More Than You Know" being another really really strong favorite of mine (hence, the title of my lyrics site).
LP
Joined: Apr '14
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San Francisco Knights was the first song I heard, and I was immediately hooked. This was around the time Carried Away came out, and I was living in Dallas. I'm from SF originally and was back home when my little brother played it for me. I downloaded a bunch of sh!t (sorry PUTS, but I went back and bought everything later) and fell in love with tracks like Montego Slay, LA9X, Code Check, We'll Be There, and Suite For Beaver pt 2.
ATCQ is my favorite group ever, and when I heard The P it felt like they had picked up where Tribe left off. I'm also a big punk fan (Rancid and NOFX are my favorites, and actually Tim Armstrong is my favorite musician/lyricists/singer/artist ever) so I really dig The P's DIY attitude and never-sell-out sensibility.
And for the last 5 years or so PUTS has easily been my most listened to group. I've still never seen them live though, living in TX and NC, but I'm moving back to the Bay shortly, so I'm making it my mission to see them this summer.
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OceanMan said:
i was introduced to the P years ago on my first date with the girl who is now my wife,she said "hey, can we put on my favorite rap album?" and that was it, i was in love.
i thought *she* was pretty awesome too.
the album was Stepfather
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esomedina said:
I bought QFA off the strength of an URB magazine review, so the first PUTS song I ever heard was Crazy Live.
Snap.
As I said in the 10 year box set booklet - still not sure to this day why I bought QITFOAA on vinyl back in 2000...but f***ing glad I did.
LP
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San Francisco Knights was the first track i heard too. Not at the time of release either, it made me sit up and get all of the albums pretty quick.
I live in a barron part of the world, hip hop wise. Puts were a drop of fresh air amongst a world of samey samey hip hop, grime and wannabee rap
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A La Carte said:
I live in a barron part of the world, hip hop wise. Puts were a drop of fresh air amongst a world of samey samey hip hop, grime and wannabee rap
Barron...maybe the biggest understatement ever! We were lucky as sh!t to stumble across the P. Picked up my QITFOAA LP from the Left Legged Pineapple...I assume you were familiar with them?
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