VH1′s at it again, asking readers of their .com to rank music for a televised special. The 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs series will run each night this week and, somehow, does not feature Asher Roth at #1. Pretty hard to argue with the greatness of the majority of artists on this list, although we’re sure it’ll happen anyway. That, and a torrent compiling all of these MP3s:
100 Biz Markie – “Just A Friend”
99 Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz ft/ Ying Yang Twins – “Get Low”
98 Warren G ft. Nate Dogg – “Regulate”
97 Eve – “Who’s that Girl”
96 DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – “Parents Just Don’t Understand”
95 L’Trimm – “Cars With The Boom”
94 Master P ft. Sikk, Fiend, Mia-x and Mystical – “Make ‘Em Say Ugh”
93 N.E.R.D. ft. Lee Harvey and Vida – “Lapdance”
92 Yo-Yo – “Can’t Play with my Yo-Yo”
91 Chamillionaire ft. Krayzie Bone – “Ridin’”
90 Pete Rock & CL Smooth – “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y)”
89 Cam’ron – “Oh Boy”
88 Jungle Brothers – “What U Waitin’ 4″
87 Wyclef Jean ft. Refugee All Stars – “We Tryin’ to Stay Alive”
86 Heavy D. and the Boyz – “Now That We Found Love”
85 Black Star – “Definition”
84 UTFO – “Roxanne Roxanne”
83 2 Live Crew – “Me So Horny”
82 Chubb Rock – “Treat ‘Em Right”
81 PM Dawn – “Set Adrift On Memory Bliss”
80 Three 6 Mafia ft. Paula Campbell- “Hard Out Here For A Pimp”
79 DMX – “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem (Stop Drop)”
78 Arrested Development – “Tennessee”
77 Cold Crush Brothers – “Cold Crush Bros. at the Dixie”
76 Big Punisher ft. Joe- “Still Not A Player”
75 Lil’ Kim ft. Lil’ Cease- “Crush on You”
74 EPMD – “You Gots To Chill”
73 Black Sheep – “The Choice Is Yours”
72 J.J. Fad – “Supersonic”
71 Whodini – “Freaks Come Out at Night”
70 3(rd) Bass – “Pop Goes the Weasel”
69 Common – “I Used to Love H.E.R.”
68 T.I. – “What You Know”
67 Mase – “Feel So Good”
66 House Of Pain – “Jump Around”
65 Spoonie Gee and The Treacherous Three – “Love Rap”
64 The Roots – “What they Do”
63 Kid ‘n Play – “Rollin’ With Kid N Play”
62 Digable Planets – “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”
61 Slick Rick – “Children’s Story”
60 L.L. Cool J – “I Need Love”
59 Ol’ Dirty Bastard – “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”
58 Ludacris ft. Shawna- “What’s Your Fantasy”
57 Big Daddy Kane – “I Get the Job Done”
56 Busta Rhymes – “Woo-Ha! Got You All In Check”
55 Terror Squad ft/ Fat Joe and Remy – “Lean Back”
54 MC Lyte – “Cha Cha Cha”
53 Lox ft. DMX and Lil’ Kim – “Money, Power, Respect”
52 Foxy Brown ft. Jay-Z – “I’ll Be”
51 Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew – “The Show”
50 Lil’ Wayne – “Tha Block Is Hot”
49 Boogie Down Productions – “My Philosophy”
48 Nas – “One Love”
47 Young MC – “Bust A Move”
46 De La Soul – “Me, Myself, And I”
45 Geto Boys – “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”
44 Method Man ft/ Mary J. Blige – “I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need to Get By”
43 Game, The ft. 50 Cent – “Hate It or Love It”
42 Roxanne Shante – “Roxanne’s Revenge”
41 Funky 4 + 1 – “That’s the Joint”
40 Run-DMC – “It’s Like That”
39 Tone-Loc – “Wild Thing”
38 Coolio – “Gangsta’s Paradise”
37 Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – “It Takes Two”
36 Nelly – “Hot In Herre”
35 Queen Latifah ft. Monie Love – “Ladies First”
34 Cypress Hill – “Insane In The Brain”
33 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – “Tha Crossroads”
32 Puff Daddy & The Family ft/ Notorious B.I.G., Lil’ Kim and The Lox – “It’s All About The Benjamins”
31 Kool Moe Dee – “How Ya Like Me Now”
30 Tribe Called Quest – “Check the Rhime”
29 Digital Underground – “The Humpty Dance”
28 Ice Cube – “It Was A Good Day”
27 Beastie Boys – “Hold it Now, Hit it”
26 MC Hammer – “U Can’t Touch This”
25 Fugees – “Killing Me Softly”
24 Eric B and Rakim – “Paid in Full”
23 Outkast – “B.O.B.”
22 Naughty By Nature – “OPP”
21 Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force- “Planet Rock”
20 Kanye West ft/ Jamie Foxx – “Gold Digger”
19 Ice T – “Colors”
18 50 Cent – “In Da Club”
17 Sir Mix-A-Lot – “Baby Got Back”
16 Missy Elliott – “Get Ur Freak On”
15 Eminem – “Stan”
14 Tupac – “I Get Around”
13 Wu-Tang Clan – “C.R.E.A.M.”
12 L.L. Cool J – “I Can’t Live Without My Radio”
11 Jay-Z – “Hard Knock Life”
10 Kurtis Blow – “The Breaks”
09 Salt-N-Pepa – “Push It”
08 Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Gin and Juice”
07 Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”
06 N.W.A. – “Straight Outta Compton”
05 Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five – “The Message”
04 Run-DMC ft/ Aerosmith – “Walk This Way”
03 Dr. Dre – “Nuthin But A ‘G’ Thang”
02 Sugarhill Gang – “Rapper’s Delight”
01 Public Enemy – “Fight The Power”
Wonder if we’re gonna see a Kanye blog post on this one. VH1′s 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs is on at 10PM all week.
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WHAT ABOUT CYPRESS HILL?
b.d.kane iget the job done is not even close 2 being 1 of his best joints.this list is a disapointment 2 real hip hop heads.75% of the people who voted this bullshit is probably 23and younger.
u right no muthafuckin kris parker now thats crazy.
dats not even lites greatest song
sorry,
the list is bogus. a lot of these songs are recent and you have to ask yourself in 20 years will this song still be remembered? I don’t think many will be. The Show at number 51?? Please, you can go to any club today and when they play it everyone will get out on the dance floor. It has to be in the the top ten. Where’s five minutes of funk?
Kanye wests diamonds shoulda been on here somewhere. and T.R.O.Y shoulda been way highter on the list. this song is fire, especially back than. shoulda been in the top ten.
This list should be named the “Mainstream Hip Hop Top 100″! At least they have De La and Black Star at the very least. This list is outdated and commercialized, it’s missing so many gems it actually hurts. The very first post was at least on top of things with the lack of Beastie Boys tracks which is pathetic. Let me make the next list and I think we could get something accomplished.
agreed with mike da god as far as gang starr goes…..you cant have anything to do with hip hop without guru and premier. i also see alot of comment about no pharcyde on the list….agree with that too. personally i think CREAM was a weak(er) wu song compared to others (Protect Ya Neck, Da mystery of chessboxin), but i can appreciate that vh1 wasnt ignorant enough to exclude them from the list. lame, shallow ass list, though
i scan and saw no Dear mama by tupac and immadiately saw this list as gargage. No beastie boys? LOL
Dude planet rock should’ve been number 1.
I CANT BELIEVE ” BACK IN THE DAY” BY AHMAD ISNT ON THIS LIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why is Atmosphere not in the list?!
thats fucken wack!
Who ever made this list must have been drunk or somethin’. They got Missy Elliott above Eric & Rakim, Nas, De La Soul, Geto Boys, Queen Latifah, and Big Daddy Kane. That’s fuckin’ bullshit G.
I was really disappointed with the list. T.R.O.Y at 90,that song belongs in the top 5.No Gang Starr, and only one Nas song.I cant believe they put Lil (overrated) Wayne ahead of guys like Slick Rick,Commom and EPMD.But seriously,Lil Jon,Lil Wayne,Chamillionaire,thats what they consider top 100 material.
Eazy-e “Just Tah Let You Know” should be there also wtf why is T.I. and Lil Wayne on there also “Back In The Day” Ahmad should be there.
Wow, this list is a load of utter shit. I mean, if the kinda kid who thinks they’re musically savy becuaes they watch VH1 would assume Hold it Now Hit It is the beasties best song. That song doesn;t even deserve the beasties top 10. Also, the fact that there is no Deltron is a crying shame.
Wait ’til you see my dick. Where the hell is “The Whisper Song” at?
Or the best mashups?
- Collision course (Jay Z + Linkin Park)
- Aerosmith + RunDMC
- Kongcrete + B Real
- System of a Down + Wu Tang Clan
- RATM + Cypress Hill
no UJK r u kiddin me also where is all the NWA i mean F@#k the police changed evrything in hip hop and they need more tupac he is by far the best rapper of all time
RIP TAS
This list is bullshit anytime you got hammer, heavy d, and salt n pepa on a list of best hip hop songs of all time something is wrong. Everybody is gonna have their own opinion on what this list should be especially personal favorites so its gonna be tough to gauge it but lets be real some of the artists on this list are garbage
VH1 gotta get sued, this corney ass network just picked songs out of a hat and made a list……..Where is “Summertime”
Summertime by the FreshPrince
HYPNOTIZE by Biggie
This list is wack
man they got no
shook ones pt 2
all eyez on me
one mic…. which is better than one love i dont know why these idiots put that song on there… nas is the best rapper alive and 2nd best ever… what about ether!!!!!!
these idiots forgot about a lot of songs… maybe they shoulda done a servey for this cause its a whacc list
No Mantronix? Minimal KRS 1? No gangstarr? Little Electro? No Paris? No Scarface (solo)?
The list of missing stuff etc goes on…
Mike
There is no way aint nuthin but a g thang was dre’s best song. um hello The Next Episode. I get around was good but that was not Tupacs best, how about Hit em up, ambtions of a rider, or even thugs mansion. Also, LL Cool J has 2 songs on there which i have no problem with, but how is Momma said knock you out not one of them. JUICY! of all Biggie songs, why not hypnotize or get money or dead wrong. As much as i hate him, lil wayne’s best song is go dj and why the hell is that not on there, plus NO BIG TYMERS. Lastly, on the greatest 90′s songs, my name is my eminem was one of them so how is that not on here. Ugh! Hip Hop just got cock slapped by Vh1
BRUTAL list……
eminem, chingy , lil wayne and T.I on the best 100 hiphop songs??? f that garbage…..
go watch more BET buddy cause you clearly only listen to mainstream BS
some of the best hip hop artists out there arent on the list… like Gangstarr, Talib kweli, Mos Def, J5, Hieroglyphics, blackalicious, digable planets, pharcyde, insight, the roots, zion i, asheru, planet asia,. krs 1………. the list goes on… do your homework or gtfo.
Ice Cube – “It Was A Good Day” at 28 makes me sick to my stomach. That song is easliy top 10, if not top 5.
this is the biggest B.S. I just have ever seen!!!!
if you are tellin me that Tupac isnt number 1, I might think its a matter of taste or whatever! but he is not even on the top 10!!! biggest joke ever!!!
none of the other top ten (except Biggi) is as famous as Tupac worldwide!! they are the most respectful most talented most sold (even up to now) EVER in history!!!!
PLZ DONT JUST POST B.S. next time!!!
this list is a joke
wtf are lil wayne and 50 cent and all those other recent artists doin here
wat about Mobb Deep, ODB, organized konfusion, the pharcyde, the roots, souls of mischief, ?
fuck vh1
where is mobb deep? SHOOK ONES WAS CRAZY and the game got on the list because of 50
Eminem or Tupac are 15 and 14…They should be 2 and 1 Because they are the 2 highest selling rappers ever. And They have way catcher and Better songs then the two shown
my top 100, check that 72. at least it’s still better than vh1s.
1 dre snoop ain’t nothing but a g thang
2 tupac hail mary
3 getto boys my mind is playing tricks on me
4 mobb deep shook ones pt II
5 nas hate me now
6 biggie juicy
7 notorious thugz crossroads
8 public enemy fight the power
9 naughty by nature opp
10 method man all I need to get by
11 tupac dre california love
12 souls of mischief 93 til infinity
13 the firm phone tap
14 jay z izzo hova
15 gangstar moment of truth
16 snoop gin and juice
17 luniz I got five on it
18 biggie hypnotize
19 bone thugz notorious thugz
20 outkasts players ball
21 puff I’ll be missing you
22 kanye west Jesus walks
23 dre em forgot about dre
24 eric b eric b. is president
25 digital underground humpty dumpty dance
26 wu tang triumph
27 ice cube it was a good day
28 cypress hill insane in the membrane
29 tupac dear mama
30 run dmc it’s tricky
31 deltron 3030 3030
32 wu tang cream
33 jay z big pimpin
34 naughty by nature feel me flow
35 run dmc walk this way
36 a tribe called quest can I kick it
37 coolio gangstas paradise
38 wu tang method man
39 snoop who am i
40 n.w.a. straight out of compton
41 outkasts ms. Jackson
42 warren g regulate
43 ll cool j mama said knock you out
44 tupac my block remix
45 scarface guess who’s back
46 nas nas is like
47 slick rick children’s story
48 jurasic 5 concrete schoolyard
49 naughty by nature hiphop huray
50 tupac I get around
51 the roots the seed
52 eminem the real slim shady
53 public enemy don’t believe the hype
54 biggie big popa
55 ll cool j doin it
56 Afrika Bambaataa planet rock
57 dre still dre
58 mos def ms. Fat new booty
59 bone thugz thuggish ruggish bone
60 scarface tupac smile
61 nas new york state of mind
62 nas tupac thugz mansion acustic
63 whoomp! tag team
64 beastie boys fight for your right
65 t.i. what you know
66 lupe fiasco hiphop saved my life
67 puff all about the benjamins
68 biggie em dead wrong
69 petey pablo raise up
70 coolie fantastic voyage
71 slow jamz twista
72 the roots comin to break you off
This list is horrible. i couldnt beleive that big L,gangstarr, and many more didnt make the list. The list also needed more of the WU!
NO LA DI DA DI–Doug E. Fresh/Slick Rick
NO I GOT IT MADE–Special Ed
NO CRIMINAL MINDED–BDP
NO DA BRIDGE–MC Shan
NO THE BRIDGE IS OVER–BDP
NO FUCK THE POLICE–NWA
NO THE WORLD IS YOURS–Nas
NO MILK IS CHILLIN–Audio 2
NO IF I RULED THE WORLD–Kurtis Blow
NO IF I RULED THE WORLD–Nas f. Lauren Hill
NO I AIN’T NO JOKE–Eric B. & Rakim
NO MY ADIDAS–Run DMC
NO MOVE–Ludacris
NO POCKET FULL OF STONES–UGK
NO FREAKY TALES–Too Short
NO REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE–Public Enemy
NO THE MOST BEAUTIFULEST THING IN THIS WORLD–Keith Murray
NO BOUT IT BOUT IT–Master P
NO BRASS MONKEY–Beastie Boys
NO BUCKTOWN–Smif-N-Wessun
NO 93 TIL INFINITY–Souls of Mischief
NO SCENARIO–Tribe Called Quest
NO BUDDY–Native Tongue
NO PETER PIPER–Run DMC
NO ROCK THE BELLS–LL Cool J
NO DRE DAY–Dr. Dre
NO WHO GOT THE PROPS–Black Moon
NO DOPE BOYZ IN THE TRAP–TI
NO SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY–Ludacris
NO DEEP COVER–Dr. Dre f. Snoop
I could go on for days…with a half ass list like this VH-1 BS, no wonder “Hip-hop is Dead”!!!!
No 3rd Bass?
well, to be honest i feel this list it horrendous. 50 cents in the club ranked top 25? No thank you. Blackstarrs song definition was ranked way to high as well. There are many better songs and artists that deserved to be on the list. I was glad to see C.R.E.A.M ranked 13th at least and Notorius BIG juicy was ranked pretty well too but overall this top 100 list BLOWS.
there is 3rd bass im just sad that tech n9ne didnt get on…he doesnt have to be high up, i just think he’s good….PE should not be #1 they arent that good
Where was Top Billin’ by Audio Two? That is one of the most timeless jams.
Eric B. & Rakim’s had two distinct type of songs, lyrically insane laid back and lyrically insane battlerap. There should have been two songs by Eric B. and Rakim: “As The Rhyme Goes On” for laid back and “Lyrics of Fury” for battlerap.
And one more thing: “You Gots To Chill” is NOT EPMD’s best song. Their best song is and always will be “So What Cha Sayin’”. Their Unfinished Business album was the debut of DJ Scratch, one of the best DJs ever.
Are you serious? I can’t believe 2pac – Changes is not on this list. It has to be at least top 5.
where the hell is changes and dear mama by 2pac. they should be top 10. they are actually relevant to struggles that blacks go through that define hip hop in the first place. WTF?? BABY GOT BACK AND SALT N PEPA ON TOP 20 IS BS. THAT AINT EVEN HIP HOP.
and what about brenda’s got a baby by 2pac?
this list is bullshit and is the very reason hiphop is dead.
ppl don know what to believe.
thanks for killin it
might as well put a milli at number one
I think “Reasonable Doubt” is one of the best Albums of all time, and that isn’t being hip-hop restrictive, and it doesn’t get a song on the top 100? And Fugees “Killing Me Softly”? That isn’t a hip-hop song. It’s an amazing R&B cover, but doesn’t belong on this list. How about “Ready or Not” instead? Also, I’m really enjoying all the posts reminding me about songs I’ve forgotten!
Fuck you Vh1
This list has songs that had a significant stand at the time of the release of the song which is why you see Hammer on this list. The songs that had an impact and or influence on a rapper or kids. Beatie Boys had better songs than Hold it now, hit it. That sing is weak compared to other Beastie songs. And fyi, Beastie Boys are better than any other Black Rapper.
I think the is bullshit they need by 2pac wat they have there is not hip-hop
Heavy D is a legend first of all and should be respected as such. Second of all, KRS-One and Scott La Rock are the two members of Boogie Down Productions (#49). Granted, i can think of a dozen KRS/BPD songs better than My Philosophy and most of this awful list. No Onyx? Jurassic 5? STAN!? At least pick a good Eminem Song ffs. No Das EFX. No De La Soul. And I’m sorry, it doesnt matter how influential it was; ‘The Message’ does not deserve to be in the top 50. Chuck D is good, but not better than Nas, Big, Pac and Jay. Overrall, this list looks like several of the “music specialists” at VH1 sat down over a beer and some Billboard Chart data and came up with a half-assed list of songs they liked/were popular or infulential. Booo!
I think many of you are posting about “THE 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs”…. NOT “VH1′s 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs”
…Though “Cant Touch This” and “Get Low” ,as well as many many others on the list, are not great Hip-Hop songs, they were very influencial to the main stream and bringing Hip-Hop out to anybody who wanted to like it. These songs may not represent “Great Hip-Hop” but they did have a major impact on music history in the name of Hip-Hop. If hearing Mc Hammer or YinYang Twins on VH1 will somehow lead youth to discovering Gang Starr or Eric B. & Rakim…. well then, Thank you Hammer, YingYang Twins, and VH1!…. They should have called it “100 Biggest Hip-Hop Songs” or “100 Most Jiggy Jamz” …whatever….oh well.
This is a pretty comprehensive list for popular hip hop that made an impact – if you want an more underground list, go @#$%ing underground, you dumb dingle-berries. Also, I liked Snow a lot more than most people, but I am not at all bummed that he did not make the list because I know that my personal preferences do not dictate the lists of VH1.
I was just wondering if there was a soundtrack out that I could buy? If anyone knows please let me know thanks!
everbody think house of pain are jump around and that it bullshit they some fine records back in the day with thank of dj muggs ok
best rap song ever who cares vh1 100 is bullshit fair play but who cares i like rap music not stupid list full crap like evrlist is so get over it u stupid muthafucker
All i have to say is WTF no M.O.P. How ABout Some Hardcore definitely deserved to be on the list. That track was (and forever will be) a classic
This is such a crappy list. no gang starr not enough wu tang not enough nas or atcq
I cannot belive The Bridge by MC Shan wasnt on it…i mean these are songs that have stood the test of time..you cant play Camrons “oh boy” ten years from now, more less next year..That is a pathetic list
no 2pac on the top 3 w.t.f this list socks.
no hurricane chris or soulja boy?! lol jk
where cee-lo?!?!?
Aight so what i dont get is how Use to love h.e.r. got in the 60′s??
in my opinion that is the greatest hip-hop song ever..
and how the hell could they forget 2pac Dear Mama??
damn this list blows..
for the best list of the greatest ip-hop songs ever go to http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs_10.htm
VH1 fucks up royally again,
Jesus Christ
Triumph by Wu Tang and Mass Appeal by Gangstarr are two of the best Hip Hop Songs of all time. AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN ON THE LIST WHAT THE FUCK???
VH1 prooves once again how stupid they are.
To have songs like Goldgger, Lapdance, Hot In Here, 50 Cent on their twice and Lean Bsck on the countdown.
YET NO GANGSTAR MASS APPEAL, No Wu Tang Clan Triumph, No The Roots don’t Say Nuthin, or Nas one Mic,
what a horrible horrible list
oh my goodness worst list ever the ten tracks on illmatic alone is a better top 10 than this slob list
I want to know how Big L got forgotten in this list… Ebonics is a classic.
and nas my god only one love on the list wut about the world is yours, represent, memory lane, ny state of mind, ether, one mic, etc…. and also mobb deep shook ones pt 2
and nas my god only one love on the list wut about the world is yours, represent, memory lane, ny state of mind, one mic, etc…. and also mobb deep shook ones pt 2
and nas my god only one love on the list wut about the world is yours, represent, memory lane, ny state of mind, ether, one mic, etc…. and also mobb deep shook ones pt 2
” WHOOMP THERE IT IS!!” “WHOOMP THERE IT IS!!!”
Haha only one song by tupac this thing is rigged
let’s all just realize that this list, for some reason, only focuses on each group/artists most popular or influencial songs and is in no way an actual list of the best of hip hop. these songs are all by the greatest hip hop artists of all time the rest is up to you. but yeah some shit coulda been left off. but just to join in….some of the best missins are everythings gonna be alright naughty by nature, vocab fugees, and wu-tang protect ya neck
100 Best Hip Hop Songs I Have Ever Heard Until The End of 2008
(In No Particular Order)
This List Is Based On What I Feel To Be Classic Material That I Will Never Get Tired Of Listening To. Put This Playlist On Repeat.
If I Did Not Add A Song, It Must Not Have Been That Memorable To Me, Or Another Song Outweighed It
1. Nas ?Nas Is Like?
2. Notorious Big feat. Faith Evans ?One More Chance? (Remix)
3. Tupac ?Shed So Many Tears?
4. Eminem ?Stan?
5. Jay-Z ?A Million and One Questions?
6. MC Lyte ?Paper Thin?
7. Audio Two ?Top Billin?
8. Method Man feat. Mary J. Blige ?You?re All I Need?
9. Wutang Clan ?C.R.E.A.M.?
10. Gang Starr ?Mass Appeal?
11. Busta Rhymes ?Dangerous?
12. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth ?T.R.O.Y.?
13. Big Daddy Kane ?Smooth Operator?
14. Public Enemy ?Fight The Power?
15. Eric B. & Rakim ?Paid In Full?
16. 50 Cent ?Many Men?
17. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth ?Take You There? (9th Wonder Remix)
18. Dr. Dre ?Still Dre?
19. Snoop Doggy Dogg ?Tha Shiznit?
20. Ice Cube ?It Was A Good Day?
21. Fabolous ?Breathe?
22. Ice ?T ?I?m Your Pusher?
23. Mase ?Feel So Good?
24. Common feat. Erykah Badu ?The Light?
25. Slick Rick ?Hey Young World?
26. KRS-One ?My Philosophy?
27. Afrika Bambataa ?Planet Rock?
28. Outkast ?Crumblin Erb?
29. T.I. ?I?m Illy?
30. Beastie Boys ?Paul Revere?
31. Foxxy Brown feat. Spragga Benz ?Oh Yeah?
32. Junior Mafia feat. Faith Evans ?I Need You Tonight?
33. Ol Dirty Bastard ?Brooklyn Zoo? (Lord Digga Remix)
34. Jadakiss feat. Mariah Carey ?U Make Me Wanna?
35. Nas ?Got Ur Self A Gun?
36. Das EFX ?Jussummen? (Pete Rock Remix)
37. Tupac ?To Live and Die In LA?
38. LOX feat. Lil Kim and DMX ?Money, Power, Respect?
39. EPMD ?You?re A Customer?
40. M.O.P. ?Ante Up? (Original and Remix)
41. Ludacris feat. Common ?Do The Right Thang?
42. Notorious Big ?Who Shot Ya??
43. Craig Mack ?Flava In Ya Ear? (Original and Remix)
44. Notorious Big ?Unbelievable?
45. Keith Murray ?The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World?
46. Red Man ?Tonights Da Night?
47. Snoop Dogg and Pharrell ?Beautiful?
48. Snoop Dogg and Pharrell ?Drop It Like It?s Hot?
49. UGK feat. Outkast ?International Players Anthem?
50. Marley Marl ?The Symphony?
51. DJ Khaled ?I?m So Hood? (Original and Remix)
52. Cassidy ?I?m A Hustler?
53. Eve feat. Gwen Stefani ?Let Me Blow Ya Mind?
54. Mos Def ?Miss Fat Booty?
55. The Fugees ?Fu-Gee-la?
56. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ?Crossroads?
57. Kanye West ?Diamonds From Sierra Leone?
58. Kanye West ?Can?t Tell Me Nothing?
59. Cypress Hill ?How I Could Just Kill A Man?
60. The Game ?Dreams?
61. Young Jeezy feat. Keisha Cole ?Dreamin?
62. Jay-Z feat. Jaz and Amil ?Nigga What, Nigga Who?
63. MC Eiht ?Straight Up Menace?
64. Outkast ?13th Floor/Growing Old?
65. Outkast ?SpottieOttieDopaliscious?
66. Jay-Z feat. Eminem ?Renegade?
67. Tupac ?My Block? (Original)
68. Tupac ?Life Goes On (Heaven For A G)?
69. Busta Rhymes ?Gimme Some More?
70. L.L. Cool J. feat. Pharrell ?Luv U Better?
71. EPMD ?Strictly Business?
72. Young Dro feat. T.I. ?Shoulder Lean?
73. Nas ?Ether?
74. The Clipse ?Grindin?
75. GZA ?Fame?
76. A Tribe Called Quest ?Electric Relaxation?
77. Q-Tip ?Vivrant Thing?
78. Black Moon ?I Gotcha Opin? (Remix)
79. Onyx ?Slam?
80. DMX ?Slippin?
81. Ice Cube ?You Know How We Do It?
82. Lil Wayne ?Fireman?
83. Notorious Big ?Every Day Struggle?
84. The Firm feat. Dr. Dre ?Phone Tap?
85. Mobb Deep ?Throw Ya Hands (In The Air)?
86. Mike Jones, Paul Wall, and Slim Thug ?Still Tippin?
87. Geto Boys ?Mind Playin Tricks On Me?
88. Scarface feat. Tupac ?Smile?
89. T.I. ?Top Back? (Original and Remix)
90. Raekwon feat. Ghostface and Nas ?Verbal Intercourse?
91. Jay-Z feat. Beanie Sigel and Scarface ?Some How, Some Way?
92. Raekwon and Ghostface ?Can It Be All So Simple?
93. Busta Rhymes ?Cocaina?
94. Run DMC ?Rock Box?
95. L.L. Cool J. ?Mama Said Knock You Out?
96. Young Jeezy ?Don?t You Know?
97. Nice N Smooth ?Funky For You?
98. N.W.A. ?Straight Outta Compton?
99. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ?The Message?
100. Prodigy ?Keep It Thoro? (9th Wonder Remix)
Honorable Mention: Those I Wanted To Add
(In No Particular Order)
1. Naughty By Nature ?Hip Hop Hooray?
2. Eazy E ?Boys In The Hood?
3. T.I. ?No Matter What?
4. Nas ?One Mic?
5. Common ?I Used To Love H.E.R.?
6. Mobb Deep ?Shook Ones Pt. 2?
7. Eminem ?Superman?
8. Public Enemy ?Rebel Without A Pause?
9. Terror Squad feat. Fat Joe and Remy Ma ?Lean Back?
10. Biz Markie ?Nobody Beats The Biz?
11. Biz Markie ?Vapors?
12. B.D.P. ?The Bridge Is Over?
13. Krs-One ?Step Into Our World?
14. Roxanne Shante ?Have A Nice Day?
15. The Roots ?What They Do?
16. Notorious Big feat. Swizz Beats, Krayzie Bone, and Twista ?Spit Your Game?
17. Nas feat. AZ ?Life?s A Bitch?
18. Special Ed ?I Got It Made?
19. Smif-N-Wesson ?Bucktown?
20. Black Moon ?How Many Emcees?
21. Black Moon ?Who Got The Props?
22. Queen Latifah ?U.N.I.T.Y.?
23. Das EFX ?They Want EFX? (Original and Remix)
24. Brand Nubians ?All For One?
25. Notorious Big feat. Method Man ?The What?
26. Method Man ?Bring The Pain?
27. Notorious Big ?Warning?
28. Junior Mafia feat. Notorious Big ?Get Money?
29. Puff Daddy ?It?s All About The Benjamins?
30. Pharrell feat. Snoop Dogg ?That Girl?
31. GZA ?Liquid Swords?
32. GZA ?Cold World?
33. Kool G. Rap ?Ill Street Blues?
34. Eric B. and Rakim ?Know The Ledge?
35. Pharcyde ?Passin Me By?
36. The Alkaholiks ?Make Room?
37. King Tee ?At Your Own Risk?
38. Ludacris ?What?s Your Fantasy? (Original and Remix)
39. Jay-Z ?Dead Presidents?
40. Jay-Z ?Anything?
41. Jay-Z ?Politics As Usual?
42. Nas ?The World Is Yours? (Original and Remix)
43. Jay-Z ?Hard Knock Life?
44. Notorious Big ?Kick In The Door?
45. 3rd Bass ?Gas Face?
46. Black Sheep ?The Choice Is Yours?
47. Jungle Brothers ?Straight Out The Jungle?
48. Do or Die ?Po Pimp?
49. Heavy D. and The Boyz ?Girls They Love Me?
50. Pete Rock and C.L. ?Straighten Out?
51. Lil Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino ?Mrs. Officer?
52. AZ feat. Raekwon and Ghostface ?N.Y.?
53. M.O.P. ?Cold As Ice?
54. Public Enemy ?Don?t Believe The Hype?
55. Public Enemy ?Welcome To The Terrordome?
56. A Tribe Called Quest ?Can I Kick It?
57. Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick ?La Di Da Di?
58. Outkast ?B.O.B.?
59. Outkast ?Ms. Jackson?
60. Jadakiss and Styles P ?Sorry Ms. Jackson? (50 Cent Dis)
61. Fugees ?Ready Or Not?
62. Luniz ?I Got 5 On It?
63. Fugees ?How Many Mics?
64. Lauren Hill ?Doo Wop (That Thing)?
65. Fugees ?Nappy Heads?
66. Chubb Rock ?Treat Em Right?
67. Big Daddy Kane ?Lean On Me?
68. Ludacris ?MVP?
69. Cypress Hill ?Insane In The Membrane?
70. Ice Cube ?True To The Game?
71. Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg ?Deep Cover?
72. EPMD ?So Whatcha Sayin?
73. Slick Rick ?Children?s Story?
74. DMX ?Get At Me Dog?
75. Goodie Mob ?Dirty South?
76. Ice T ?Colors?
77. Goodie Mob ?Cell Therapy?
78. The Roots ?Star?
79. Juvenile ?Back That A** Up?
80. House of Pain ?Jump Around? (Pete Rock Remix)
81. Kid-N-Play ?Gittin Funky?
82. L.L. Cool J ?Pink Cookies In A Plastic Bag?
83. Digable Planet ?Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)?
84. De la Soul ?Me, Myself, and I?
85. Jean Grae ?Don?t Rush Me?
86. Nas ?Street Dreams? (Original and Remix)
87. The Game ?Higher?
88. The Game feat. Lil Wayne ?My Life?
89. Shyne feat. Barrington Levy ?Bad Boyz?
90. B.D.P. ?Criminal Minded?
91. B.D.P. ?South Bronx?
92. MC Shan ?The Bridge?
93. MC Lyte ?Lyte As A Rock?
94. Nas feat. Hip Hop Allstars ?Where Are They Now? (80?s, 90?s, and West Coast Remix)
95. Snoop Dogg ?Gin and Juice?
96. And Cassidy ?My Drink My Two Step?
97. Cassidy feat. Lil Wayne and Fabolous ?6 Minutes of Death?
98. Fabolous ?Supa Nigga?
99. Beanie Sigel feat. Memphis Bleek ?1000 Bars?
100. Beanie Sigel ?Feel It In The Air?
101. Stack Bundles ?Bundles Hot Now?
102. MIA ?Paper Planes?
not gonna get into my own personal opinions about the list or who is on it just gonna say the one snub who sold be on any great hip-hop list that never is is “Back in the Day” by Ahmad…top 10 hip hop song f all time and never mentioned by non rappers…try making a list by rappers not justgiving them your list and letting them talk bout it
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MIA paper planes? are u on crack? good to see some westside artist on tehre
iam so not happy about this list !!!!!! iam sorry but are you serious ? 50 cent in da club ? lil jon get low ? like WTF is that ? common i used to love her is number 69 ????WTF he is one of the greatest lyrical genius out there he number 69 ? even tupac was more greater songs than i get around such as like brendas gotta baby , keep your head up , last ones left , where those ???? biggie like come on . he has so many amzing songs , ..this list is horrible and just sad really it is …even the better hip hop songs you do have are not even where they desver to be ..like the fugees number 25 try top ten !!!! the roots like come on top 10 , i must say it again common i used to love her is top 5 , it one of the greatest songs ever and its about hip hop and how much it chnged in that time …iam just saying do some reserch and re do the list !!! heres some advice for next time lil jon , 50 cent dont even belong on there period !!!
You know who I blame, the basterds who voted for this so called “list” in the first place!
IF U AIN’T KNOW HIP-HOP THEN DON’T VOTE, THEY PROBABLY VOTED FOR THE MOST RESENT SHYT AND NEVER ONCE THAUGHT ABOUT THE PAST!
Lets not forget this was a list the public voted for – so its not VH1′s fault!
However, I agree with most of the points – there is a lean towards some commercial stuff and some crazy stuff left out;
Gangstarr
Group Home
Nine
Other Wu Tang tracks (Triumph, Protect your Neck, etc…)
KRS 1 solo stuff
However, overall the spread of artists is pretty good – it just seems the wrong songs were picked!
im so glad JUICY IS ON THERE ! best song ever .
Insane in the Brain also . && Got you all in Check .
i think First of the Month by BTNH shoulda been on the list though .
What about Aesop Rock, Zion I, The Grouch… Underground HipHop is better than Lil Wayne…. Considering hes not hiphop but Rap which there is a difference…
SORRY ASS LIST!!!!!!!
BUT WHY IS EVERYONE HATING ON 50s “IN DA CLUB” AND “HATE IT OR LOVE IT”
WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IS 50 CENT IS THE REASON HIP-HOP STILL HAS A CHANCE TO LIVE. EVERYONE LOVED “IN DA CLUB” WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT, EVEN YOU…SO DONT FRONT. “HATE IT OR LOVE IT” IS A CLASSIC JOINT.
Eric B & Rakim could and should have 3 or 4 of the top 10. Paid in Full at #24?!?? What??? And Stan is not even Eminem’s best record. And Pac deserves a few more tracks on the list.
Yo VH1 needs to get 100 MC’s, DJ’s, and around the way Hip Hop Junkies from all over and various eras and let them hand in their personal favorites, tally them all up and by rounding them up, figure out which songs should make the list. That list by True is pretty dope by the way, both of them. I would swap some in the bottom list though.
Ya’ll Missin The point. The List is songs that had huge success on either 1 level, or several. Sure there was songs that were flat out better, but did they have the meaning that those songs had? by meaning im talkin did it mean something FOR hip hop, not just to the people who listen to hip hop. Baby got back was a not a lyrical song at all..but if you walk into ANY big city club full of young white people, it will be playing loud ass hell at some point that night. LOL. And Get Low had the whole world listening, not just the states! They said SKEET on the radio..
Sorry I didn’t mean to post twice^^^^^^^^^^^. Oh yeah by the way, I remember back in the days VH1 never even played rap music… they were all White all day every day so what happened? Now they are the experts?????
WU TANG CLAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN NUMBER ONE! wu tang forever! they fu**king slaughter. they have such a deep, complex, martial art killing style no one can ever top. WU TANG CLAN AINT NOTHIN TO FUCK WIT!
… and lil wayne sucks ass. he has potential for sure, but is a sissy ass little corporate BITCH.
This is is mediocre at best.
Add: Anything from Eminem, DMX, Ludacris, B.I.G, Wu-Tang Clan, Run-DMC, Eric B/Rakim, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Biggie, Tupac, Gangstarr, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Jay-Z, and….well a lot more I guess.
Remove: L’Trimm, “Get Low”, J.J Fad, Roxanne, Missy Elliot, “The Humpty Dance”, “Hot in Herre”, “The Block Is Hot”
Put “Juicy” at #1! The other 99….pull them out of a hat and place em wherever.
in reply to all who said ” white,rich,old people voted,” i dont think they’d vote fight the power as number one
This list was flawed but amusing. I also agree that certain artist should not have made the list and sometimes they didnt select the best song for an artist. This is why I found such list and awards shows as well to be meaningless. Since the people voting dont know anything the whole process is void. Last year I heard a count down that had Chingy listed above Rakim as best MC ever. I guess to many people under 25 voted.
How the hell is PM Dawn on the list…
Where was Gang Starr on this list? Wow.
this is the biggest pile of dog shit I’ve ever seen.. what an insult to hip-hop
Ok I have problems with this list from the get go and I have a couple of them I’d like to share…There’s a HUGE problem with Big Pun getting snubbed because ‘Twinz’ on Deep Cover with Fat Joe is one of the sickest songs lyrically I’ve ever heard, and I’m not just saying that cause I’m Puerto Rican…Secondly, ‘killing me softly’ by The Fugees is barely even a rap song…Thirdly, ‘Nas Is Like’ is a classic, also a huge snub…Fourthly, ‘Big Poppa’ by BIGGIE is an amazing song on the same album as ‘Juicy’ and should be on this list and last but not least, why isn’t ‘Don’t Sweat The Technique on the list?? Great song by Rakim
Man I don’t care what anybody says, In Da Club was hot, everybody heard that song and it gave hip hop a revival boost when it neede it the most, nobody was paying attention to it until 50 came out with that album, and as far as the southern hip hop music, thank Ludacris and Get low for getting you on the map at all
Holla at me if you think Stack Bundles looks like Carmelo Anthony, and while we’re at it, don’t Murphy Lee and Manny Ramirez look like the same person… I’m just saying
If you read the fucking paragraph befor the list you’ll see that it sats vh1 asked its internet readers to select the songs. so make sure you fucking read befor you fucking complain. so as you see it was the mojority of the population that listens to hip-hop and accesses the vh1 web site that selected the songs so read shit befor you go shooting your fucking mouths off about rich, white, buisness men that selecting the songs.
lmao @ this hip-hop thread still going. apparently stereogum is like the okayplayer.com of the indie blog circuit
When I saw this on TV, I was amazed that no Tupac song had been mentioned from 100-61. Crazy.
Songs I thought 2Pac would get him in easy:
Hail Mary
Unconditional Love
Changes
Trapped
Brendas Got A Baby
Keep Ya Head Up
I Get Around
So Many Tears
Dear Mama
California Love
How Do You Want It
Life Goes On
To Live and Die In LA
Until The End of Time
Thugz Mansion
How the fuck did only I Get Around get on the list?
This is bullshit. I like I Get Around, but I assumed at least California Love would have had to been on the list or Hail Mary, Changes, or Unconditonal Love.
Stupid list.
yo vh1 why diden’t you guys put shook ones part 2 by mobb depp that’s a classic right there. also why wasen’t young jeezy on the list he’s way better than biz markie and kurtis blow. and oh,yeah i don’t think nas’ one love is his best song if you ask me i think his best song is hate me now featuring diddy crazy beat,video,lyrics everything. 1 last thing tupac only one video on countdown c’mon vh1 tupac is a legend!!!!! n.w.a’s straight outta compton should’ve been number 1, vh1 ya’ll don’t know hip-hop!!!!!
where’s the symphony by the juice crew
Where is Dreams by The Game???????!!?!?!?!?!?!?
And number 99?? CMON, this list is maybe a 5/10
Dude, where’s Death Cab? And Duran Duran? And that remix of Lazytown? I can’t believe VH1 still has “list” shows Seems like all they ever do anymore is play music videos.
WTF?! Do you even know what Hip-Hop is???? And “all they do is play music videos”??? They RARELY play music videos, even though this is what the station was created for….It’s all that reality show crap now, just like MTV…..
I dont understand y biggy, tupac, eric b and rakim and other niggas like them dont have more than one up there and fucking WU TANG CLAN HAS NOTHING its pretty ridiculous, i guess these guys were going more for the popularity at the time and less the true raw undergound hip hop that we all know and love yanadadamean, get 50 off of there get dre up there,, get lil jon off of there and put up some niggas like BIG PUN,
BIG L, EAZY E, J DILLA, RAS KASS, DIABOLIC, IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE, JEDI MIND TRICKS, ROYCE DA 5’9″, PRODIGY, AZ, M.O.P, DMX, GANG STARR, HEIROGLYPHICS, MURS, MASE, MOBB DEEP, MOS DEF, TALIB KWELI, STYLES P, SCARFACE nigga the list goes on and on…