Counting Down (In My Humble Opinion) the 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Music Songs Ever Recorded
Here's a few rules used to help compose this list:
-No one artist can have more than four songs featured.
-Song must be at least five
calendar years old.
-Songs are chosen based off of a combination of 1) quality and 2) popularity
-Songs with asterisks and forward slashes indicate songs that had been pushed back from their original date
___________________________Honorable Mentions: ______________________
JJ Fad -
"Supersonic" (1988)
Biz Markie -
"Just a Friend" (1989)
Wycleaf Jean -
"We Tryin' to Stay Alive" (1997)
Da Brat -
"Funkdified" (1994)
House of Pain -
"Jump Around" (1992)
Lords of the Underground -
"Chief Rocka" (1995)
Das EFX -
"They Want EFX" (1992)
Kriss Kross -
"Jump" (1992)
The Perceptionists -
"5 O'Clock (ft. Phonte)" (2005)
Tag Team
"Whoomp! There It Is" (1993)
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100) Jazz Poets Society - "Aboriginals" (1998)
99) Rob Base & DJ Easy Rock - "It Takes Two" (1988)
98) DJ Kool - "Let Me Clear My Throat" (1996)
97) Whoodini - "Freaks Come Out At Night" (1982)
96) Aasim - "Hip Hop 101" (2005)
95) Yo-Yo - "You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo" (1991)
94) Xzibit - "The Foundation" (1996)
93) Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995)
92) Camp Lo - "Luchini AKA This is It" (1995)
91) Warren G. " Regulate (ft. Nate Dogg)" (1994)
___________________________ Honorable Mentions:___________________________
Dialated Peoples -
"Worst Comes to Worst" (2001)
Too Short -
"I'm a Player" (1993)
Big Pooh -
"The Strongest Man" (2005)
Pharoahe Monch -
"Desire" (2007)
Ultramagnetic MC's -
"Ego Trippin'" (1986)
Special Ed -
"I Got it Made" (1989)
Clipse -
"Grindin' (ft. Pharell)" (2002)
Heavy D & the Boyz -
"Now That We've Found Love" (1991)
The Roots
"The Next Movement" (1999)
Ol' Dirty Bastard -
"I Got 'Ya Money (ft. Kelis)" (1999)
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90) The Luniz - "I Got Five On It" (1995)
89) Common - "The Light" (2000)
88) Skee-Lo - "I Wish" (1995)
87) Gang Starr - "Full Clip" (1998)
86) De La Soul - "Me, Myself, and I" (1989)
85) Slick Rick - "Children's Story" (1988)
84) Eminem - "My Name Is.." (1999)
83) DJ Honda - "Travellin' Man" (ft. Mos Def) (1999)
82) Akrobratic - "Remind My Soul" (2003)
81) Slum Village - "Get Dis Money" (2000)
___________________________ Honorable Mentions:______________________________
Boogie Down Productions -
"My Philosophy" (1988)
Tone-Loc -
"Wild Thang" (1989)
Camp Lo -
"Coolie High" (1997)
AZ -
"Gimme Yours (ft. Nas)" (1995)
Young MC -
"Bust a Move" (1989)
Mos Def -
"Oh No (Ft. Pharoahe Monch & Nate Dogg)" (1999)
UGK -
"Ridin' Dirty" (1995)
Queen Latifah -
"Ladies First (ft. Monie Love)" (1989)
EPMD -
"You Gots to Chill" (1988)
Clear Soul Forces -
"Get No Better" (2012)
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80) The Pharcyde - "Drop" (1995)
79) De La Soul "Breakadawn" (1993)
78) Big L - "Put It On" (1995)
77) Run DMC - "Rock Box" (1984)
76) Wu-Tang Clan - "C.R.E.AM." (1993)
75) Craig Mack "Flava in Ya' Ear" (1994)
74) Gang Starr - "Code of the Streets" (1994)
73) MF Doom - "Doomsday" (1999)
72) Digable Planets - "Cool Like That" (1993)
71) A Tribe Called Quest - "Bonita Applebum" (1990)
________________________ Honorable Mentions:________________________________
Big L -
"Street Struck" (1995)
Eric B. & Rakim -
"The R" (1988)
The Roots -
"You Got Me (ft. Erykah Badu)" (1999)
The Pharcyde -
"Frontline" (2000)
InI -
"Life I Live" (1995/2003)*
DJ Premier -
"Classic (ft. Kanye West, Rakim, KRS-One, & Nas)" (2007)
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth -
"Take You There" (1994)
Big L -
"Ebonics" (1999/2000)*
Cypress Hill -
"Insane in the Brain" (1993)
Main Source -
"Looking At the Front Door" (1991)
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70) MC Lyte - "Poor Georgie" (1991)
69) Kanye West - "Jesus Walks" (2004)
68) Jay-Z - "Dead Presidents" (1996)
67) Wu-Tang Clan - "Protect Your Neck" (1993)
66) Slum Village - "Climax" (2000)
65) Black Sheep - "The Choice is Yours (Revisited)" (1991)
64) Geto Boyz - "Mind Playin' Tricks on Me" (1991)
63) DMX - "Ruff Ryder's Anthem" (1998)
62) Onyx - "Slam" (1993)
61) Busta Rhymes - "Show Me What You Got" (2000)
_________________________ Honorable Mentions:____________________________
Naughty By Nature -
"It's On" (1993)
Slum Village -
"Selfish (ft. Kanye West & John Legend)" (2004)
Dr. Dre -
"Forgot About Dre (ft. Eminem)" (1999)
Busta Rymes -
"Whoo Hah! (Got You All in Check)" (1996)
Missy Elliot -
"Get Ur Freak On" (2001)
50 Cent -
"Many Men (Wish Death)" (2003)
Public Enemy -
"Can't Truss It" (1991)
People Under the Stairs -
"The Breakdown" (2002)
Large Professor -
"For My People" (1996/2009)*
Eminem -
"Lose Yourself" (2002)
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60) The Roots - "What They Do" (1996)
59) A Tribe Called Quest - "Find a Way" (1998)
58) Outkast - "Miss Jackson" (2000)
57) Eric Sermon "Music" (ft. Marvin Gaye) (2001)
56) Big Pun - "I'm Not a Player" (1998)
55) Lupe Fiasco - "Kick, Push" (2006)
54) Dead Prez - "Hip-Hop" (2000)
53) MC Lyte - "Cha Cha Cha" (1989)
52) Madvillan - "Accordion" (2004)
51) Biggie Smalls/Notorious B.I.G. - "Mo' Money Mo' Problems (ft. P. Diddy & Mase)" (1997)
________________________ Honorable Mentions: _______________________________
Geto Boyz -
"Damn, It Feels Good to Be A Gangsta" (1992)
Ice Cube -
"You Know How We Do It" (1993)
Young Buck -
"Get Buck" (2005)
Naughty By Nature -
"Feel Me Flow" (1993)
Black Rob -
"Whoa!" (2000)
DJ Quik -
"Tonite" (1991)
Queen Latifah -
"U.N.I.T.Y." (1993)
P Diddy -
"All About the Benjamins (ft. Lil' Kim, The LOX, & The Notorious B.I.G.)" (1997)
Busta Rhymes -
"Break Ya Neck" (2001)
MC Eiht -
"Streight Up Menace" (1993)
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50) Nas - "One Mic" (2001)
49) Zion I - "Temperature (ft. Talib Kweli)" (2005)
48) Eric B. & Rakim - "Don't Sweat the Technique" (1992)
47) Little Brother - "Lovin' It" (2005)
46) Digital Underground - "Humpty Dance" (1991)
45) Jay-Z - "Big Pimpin' (ft. UGK)" (2000)
44) Ice Cube - "It Was a Good Day" (1993)
43) Deltron 3030 - "Mastermind" (2000)
42) Bone Thugs & Harmony - "Tha Crossroads" (1996)
41) Kendrick Lamar - "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" (2012)
__________________________ Honorable Mentions:______________________________
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40) Little Brother - "The Way You Do It" (2003)
39) Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones, Pt. 2" (1995)
38) Kanye West - "Homecoming" (2007)
37) DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - "Summertime" (1991)
36) Outkast - "Elevators (Me & You)" (1996)
35) Slum Village - "Reunion" (2004)
34) Run DMC - "Down With the King" (1993)
33) Nas - "The World is Yours" (1994)
32) J Dilla - "Won't Do" (2006)
31) Lauryn Hill - "Everything is Everything" (1998)
____________________________ Honorable Mentions:________________________
LL Cool J -
"Around the Way Girl" (1991)
Run DMC -
"It's Tricky" (1986)
LL Cool J -
"Loungin' (ft. Total)" (1995)
Salt n' Peppa -
"Push It" (1986)
Outkast -
"B.O.B" (2000)
Naughty By Nature -
"Hip Hop Hooray" (1993)
Tupac -
"I Get Around" (1993)
Beastie Boys -
"Paul Revere" (1986)
NWA -
"Straight Otta Compton" (1988)
Dr. Dre -
"The Next Episode (ft. Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg)" (1999)
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30) Naughty by Nature - "O.P.P." (1993)
29) Wu Tang Clan - "Triumph" (1997)
28) Big Daddy Kane - "Ain't No Half-Steppin'" (1988)
27) Talib Kweli - "Get By" (2002)
26) A Tribe Called - "Award Tour" (1993)
25) Mos Def - "Mathematics" (1999)
24) DMX - "Slippin'" (1998)
23) Souls of Mischief - "93 til' Infinity" (1993)
22) Scarface - "I Seen a Man Die" (1994)
21) Eminem - "Stan" (2000)
__________________________ Honorable Mentions:____________________________
Deltron 3030 -
"Memory Loss" (2000)
Notorious B.I.G./Biggie Smalls -
"One More Chance" (1994)
Bone Thugs & Harmony -
"Thuggish Ruggish Bone" (1995)
Tupac -
"California Love" (1996)
Onyx -
"Last Dayz" (1995)
Nas -
"Nas is Like" (1999)
Tupac -
"2 of Amerikkka's Most Wanted (ft. Snoop Dogg)" (1996)
Notorious B.I..G./Biggie Smalls -
"Hypnotize" (1997)
A Tribe Called Quest -
"Check the Rhime" (1991)
Lost Boyz -
"Renee" (1995)
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20) De La Soul - "Stakes is High" (1996)
19) A Tribe Called Quest - "Electric Relaxation" (1993)
18) Dr. Dre - "Let Me Ride" (1992)
17) Outkast - "Rosa Parks" (1998)
16) Common - "I Used to Love H.E.R." (1994)
15) The Pharcyde - "Runnin'" (1995)
14) Biggie Smalls/Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy" (1994)
13) Snoop Dogg - "What's My Name?" (1993)
12) Public Enemy - "Fight the Power" (1989)
11) Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight" (1979)
__________________________ Honorable Mentions: ______________________________
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10) Nas - "It Ain't Hard to Tell" (1994)
9) Snoop Dogg - "Gin and Juice" (1993)
8) The Furious Five - "The Message" (1982)
7) Eric B. & Rakim - "Paid in Full" (1987)
6) Biggie Smalls/Notorious B.I.G. - "Sky's the Limit" (1997)
5) Dr. Dre - "Nuthin' But a G Thang" (1992)
4) The Pharcyde - "Passin' Me By" (1992)
3) NWA - "Express Yourself" (1988)
2) Tupac - "Me Against the World" (1995)
And the number one Hip-Hop song of all time is....
****1) Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - "They Reminisce Over You" (T.R.O.Y.) (1992)*******
Were than any songs that you feel were missed? Any ones that you think are out of place? Please comment below.
