100 Greatest Rap songs

[dvious]

Just added my new playlist to my phatnoise in my car. And befor you start whining about "Where is this and that song...", This is a list that spans the whole rap genre and from beginning to end. Sorry, but Lil Jon's Crunk Juice didn't make the list. Also, it wasn't my list to begin with but I did modify it.

What you think:


01: The Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight"
02: Run-D.M.C. & Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
03: Nas - "One Mic"
04: Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones Part. II"
05: Grandmaster Flash - "The Message"
06: Beastie Boys - "Paul Revere"
07: Public Enemy - "Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos"
08: Digable Planets - "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"
09: The Notorious B.I.G. - "Big Poppa"
10: LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out"
11: Public Enemy - "Fight The Power"
12: Salt-N-Pepa - "Push It"
13: Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang"
14: Naughty By Nature - "O.P.P."
15: Run D.M.C. - "It's Tricky"
16: Luniz - "I Got 5 On It"
17: A Tribe Called Quest - "Scenario"
18: N.W.A. - "F*** Tha Police"
19: MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This"
20: Boogie Down Productions - "The Bridge Is Over"
21: The Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"
22: Arrested Development - "People Everyday"
23: Big Daddy Kane - "Raw"
24: Beastie Boys - "Fight for Your Right (To Party)"
25: The Fugees - "Killing Me Softly"
26: 2 Live Crew - "Me So Horny"
27: Eric B. & Rakim - "I Know You Got Soul"
28: Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise"
29: Wu-Tang Clan - "C.R.E.A.M."
30: Puff Daddy - "I'll Be Missin' You"
31: 2Pac - "Dear Mama"
32: Public Enemy - "Rebel Without A Pause"
33: Mary J. Blige - "Real Love"
34: Run-D.M.C. - "Rock Box"
35: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - "Crossroads"
36: Sir Mix-A-Lot - "Baby Got Back"
37: Common - "I Used To Love H.E.R."
38: Young MC - "Bust A Move"
39: The Notorious B.I.G. - "Hypnotize"
40: A Tribe Called Quest - "Bonita Applebum"
41: Biz Markie - "Just A Friend"
42: Geto Boys - "Mind Playin' Tricks On Me"
43: Ice-T - "Cop Killa"
44: LL Cool J - "I Need Love"
45: Tone Loc - "Wild Thing"
46: Afrika Bambatta - "Planet Rock"
47: Missy Elliott - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
48: The Notorious B.I.G. - "One More Chance"
49: Eric B. & Rakim - "Don't Sweat The Technique"
50: Grandmaster Flash - "White Lines"
51: Ice Cube - "It Was A Good Day"
52: N.W.A. - "Straight Outta Compton"
53: Run-D.M.C. - "My Adidas"
54: OutKast - "Elevators (Me & You)"
55: 2Pac - "Keep Ya Head Up"
56: Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
57: MC Hammer - "2 Legit 2 Quit"
58: Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance"
59: Queen Latifah - "U.N.I.T.Y."
60: Tone Loc - "Funky Cold Medina"
61: Eminem - "Stan"
62: Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Gin & Juice"
63: The Fugees - "Ready or Not"
64: Salt-N-Pepa - "Whatta Man"
65: The Notorious B.I.G. - "Mo Money, Mo Problems"
66: A Tribe Called Quest - "Excursion"
67: De La Soul - "Me, Myself & I"
68: Mobb Deep - "Hell on Earth (Front Lines)"
69: Skee-Lo - "I Wish"
70: Jay-Z - "Hard Knock Life"
71: Nas - "Street Dreams"
72: OutKast - "Ms. Jackson"
73: N.W.A. - "Natural Born Killaz"
74: 2Pac - "Changes"
75: The Fugees - "Fu-Gee-La"
76: Busta Rhymes - "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
77: Eminem - "Lose Yourself"
78: OutKast - "ATLiens"
79: Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
80: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - "Summertime"
81: Big Punisher - "Still Not A Player"
82: Eminem - "The Way I Am"
83: Ice-T - "New Jack Hustler"
84: Nas - "Ether"
85: Puff Daddy - "It's All About The Benjamins"
86: Busta Rhymes - "Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check"
87: Twista - "Adrenaline Rush"
88: Jay-Z - "Big Pimpin"
89: Missy Elliott - "One Minute Man"
90: Nas - "These Are Our Heroes (Coon Picnic)"
91: Naughty By Nature - "Feel Me Flow"
92: OutKast - "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik"
93: Cam'ron - "Welcome To New York City"
94: Juvenile - "Ha"
95: DMX - "Ruff Ryders' Anthem"
96: Nelly - "Country Grammar"
97: Styles P. - "Good Times (I Get High)"
98: Missy Elliott - "Work It"
99: Goodie Mob - "Cell Therapy"
100: Ludacris - "Southern Hospitality"

[FineExampl]

Even my white suburban ass could chill to most of that. A few i would have to skip. I just don't like some of them. However, you do have things i've never heard of. Might have heard it, but don't know the name.

Now i will use this to stea....i mean download LEGALLY (yeah, that's the ticket) and make some stuff to put onto my cel phone.

[dvious]

Originally Posted by FineExampl

you do have things i've never heard of. Might have heard it, but don't know the name.

Yeah for only being 20 I listen to alot of old school stuff.

[iScott]

There is no such thing as a great rap song. Rap sucks. Always has, always will.

[Käfer]

Negatively generalising an entire genre of music sucks too.

[GINA]

Hey, some people just don't like the genre. Can't help that.

[dvious]

Originally Posted by Käfer

Negatively generalising an entire genre of music sucks too.

HAHAHAH, people have opinions. I listen to everything though mostly trance and rock, then rap. System of the Down is my favorite band.

[GINA]

Originally Posted by dvious

HAHAHAH, people have opinions. I listen to everything though mostly trance and rock, then rap. System of the Down is my favorite band.

They rock Ever seen them live?

[dvious]

Originally Posted by GINA

Hey, some people just don't like the genre. Can't help that.

True, but this thread isn't about what people like. Most people though think of rap and think of "Gangsta Rap" or only the new stuff. Rap has survived almost 30 years. I don't think it is going to go anywhere. This list has songs that most people don't know is considered rap.

[dvious]

Originally Posted by GINA

They rock Ever seen them live?

Twice actually. They are awesome. My favorite album is Toxicity (most people prefer it) but I could literally never stop listening to them.

[Severecaraddict]

Dvious, you've got some classic rap songs on there. A few I have never heard of that I need to check out, but overall, I give it a big


I might add Eminem's "Kim" to the list. Its a twisted song, but its good. Also, I'd try to squeeze in Luduacris's "Move [explative]!" That's a great traffic song!

[dvious]

Originally Posted by Severecaraddict

I might add Eminem's "Kim" to the list. Its a twisted song, but its good. Also, I'd try to squeeze in Luduacris's "Move [explative]!" That's a great traffic song!

HAHA, now lets not start debating over which songs should be on the list....

Kim is an awesome song though. I would definitely nominate "Marshal Mathers LP" for one of the greatest rap CD's ever. As far as Ludacris's song, I tried not to add songs that only had an awesome chorus. I tried for for the lyrics and rhyming than actual chorus (notice there is no Cypress Hill.)

[Oyveychris]

That is one PHRESH playlist dawg! Awwww yeah!

[Käfer]

Originally Posted by GINA

Hey, some people just don't like the genre. Can't help that.

You're right. You can't. I just don't see the sense in chiming in with negativity about something that was posted. I don't like rap at all, but I don't feel the need to go on to a thread obviously titled for the subject and crap all over it.

[dnyed]

Well, I generally hate rap. I am a gal, over 40, and I have two rap songs on my "faves" mp3 CD.....

Beastie Boys "Whatcho whatcho want" (?)
House of Pain "Jump"


Maybe neither are "hard core", but I have fun with them nonetheless.

(BTW, Public Enemys "Fight the Power" is a classic! Do you remember Spike Lees "Do the Right Thing"? )

[dvious]

Originally Posted by dnyed

Do you remember Spike Lees "Do the Right Thing"? )

No. But remember I was born in 1985.

[Herbie3Rivers]

I don't see any Digital Underground on there. "Same Song" is awesome, and so is "Tie the knot" and the "Humpty Hunp".

[jcroft]

That's a nice list. I'd definitely second the addition of a Digital Underground track or two.

On the topic of "rap" in genera: do you really consider rap a genre? I don't. Rap, to me, is a vocal style. You can use the rap vocal style in all sorts of music. Turn on the raide and you'll hear pop songs with rap (for example, Maraih Carey), you'll hear R&b songs with rapping in them (see R. Kelly, T-Pain, etc.), and you'll even hear country songs with rapping (Big and Rich).

To me, this is a list of 100 great hip-hop songs. Hip-hop is a musical genre that usually features rap vocals.

That's my take.

[dvious]

Originally Posted by jcroft

To me, this is a list of 100 great hip-hop songs. Hip-hop is a musical genre that usually features rap vocals.

That's my take.

Yeah, that is a better way of explaining it. I just tried to say it spanned all the rap genres. People on other boards aern't getting it. I am gonna post what you said.

[FineExampl]

Originally Posted by UFC_Champ_Scott

There is no such thing as a great rap song. Rap sucks. Always has, always will.

Kinda unfair my friend. I'm with you on loving the rock, but everybody has their taste.

Me? I like music. If it's music, it's just a matter of whether i like it or not.