Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Top 100 hip-hop songs

I made this list pretty quickly for a topic on a film forum.  I kept it to just one song per album, which obviously doesn't mean much for someone like Lil B but I tried not to go crazy.  I'm kind of embarrassed by how modern it skews.

Rapper's Delight (The Sugarhill Gang, 1979)
Planet Rock (Afrikaa Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force, 1982)
White Lines (Don't Do It) (Grandmaster Melle Mel, 1983)
You Can't Dance (LL Cool J, 1985)
9mm Goes Bang (Boogie Down Productions, 1986)
Raising Hell (Run-DMC, 1986)
Freaky Tales (Too Short, 1987)
Paid in Full (Eric B. and Rakim, 1987)
Push It (Salt-N-Pepa, 1987)
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (Public Enemy, 1988)
Children's Story (Slick Rick, 1988)
Follow the Leader (Eric B. and Rakim, 1988)
Get Off the Bandwagon (EPMD, 1988)
I Am Woman (MC Lyte, 1988)
Raw (Remix) (Big Daddy Kane, 1988)
Straight Outta Compton (NWA, 1988)
Fight the Power (Public Enemy, 1989)
Get the Bozack (EPMD, 1989)
Road to the Riches (Kool G Rap and DJ Polo, 1989)
7th Seal (Freestyle Fellowship, 1991)
Black with NV (No Vision) (Black Sheep, 1991)
Live at the Barbecue (Main Source, 1991)
Givin' Up the Nappy Dugout (Ice Cube, 1991)
The Wacky World of Rapid Transit (Del tha Funkee Homosapien, 1991)
Don't Gimme No Bammer Weed (RBL, 1992)
Jus Lyke Compton (DJ Quik, 1992)
Passing Me By (The Pharcyde, 1992)
Soliloquy of Chaos (Gang Starr, 1992)
CREAM (Wu-Tang Clan, 1993)
Murder Was the Case (Snoop Doggy Dogg, 1993)
Call of the Wild (OutKast, 1994)
Diary of a Madman (Gravediggaz, 1994)
Fat Cats, Bigga Fish (The Coup, 1994)
Gimme the Loot (The Notorious BIG, 1994)
NY State of Mind (Nas, 1994)
Release Yo Delf (Method Man, 1994)
Shook Ones Pt. II (Mobb Deep, 1994)
Brooklyn Zoo (Old Dirty Bastard, 1995)
Glaciers of Ice (Raekwon, 1995)
Liquid Swords (GZA, 1995)
Mo Money Mo Murder (Homicide) (AZ, 1995)
Fish (Ghostface Killah, 1996)
Friend or Foe (Jay-Z, 1996)
Killing Me Softly with His Song (Fugees, 1996)
The Message (Nas, 1996)
Stem/Long Stem (DJ Shadow, 1996)
Impossible (Wu-Tang Clan, 1997)
Niggas Bleed (The Notorious BIG, 1997)
Above the Clouds (Gang Starr, 1998)
Capital Punishment (Big Pun, 1998)
NYC Everything (RZA, 1998)
Return of the 'G' (OutKast, 1998)
Ruff Ryders' Anthem (DMX, 1998)
Run (Cappadonna, 1998)
To Zion (Lauryn Hill, 1998)
Hey! (MF Doom, 1999)
Miss Fat Booty (Mos Def, 1999)
Nas Is Like (Nas, 1999)
Rape (Pharoahe Monch, 1999)
Xxplosive (Dr. Dre, 1999)
Animal in Man (dead prez, 2000)
Down for the Count (Reflection Eternal, 2000)
Malcolm (Ghostface Killah, 2000)
Get Dis Money (Slum Village, 2000)
Stan (Eminem, 2000)
5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO (The Coup, 2001)
Got Ur Self A... (Nas, 2001)
Honest Expression (Binary Star, 2001)
Takeover (Jay-Z, 2001)
No Doubt (Jean Grae, 2002)
Krazy World (King Geedorah, 2003)
Let Me Watch (Viktor Vaughn, 2003)
Figaro (Madvillain, 2004)
Jesus Walks (Kanye West, 2004)
Somebody's Gotta Do It (The Roots, 2004)
Anti-American Graffiti (J Dilla, 2006)
Deep Space (Lord Jamar, 2006)
Shakey Dog (Ghostface Killah, 2006)
We Got It for Cheap (Clipse, 2006)
Flashing Lights (Kanye West, 2007)
Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (Das Racist, 2008)
Hard in da Paint (Waka Flocka Flame, 2008)
BOR (Birth of Rap) (Lil B, 2009)
Cream N Ya Panties (DJ Quik and Kurupt, 2009)
New Wu (Raekwon, 2009)
Outerspace Flow (SOD Money Gang, 2009)
Cocaine (Lil B, 2010)
Devil in a New Dress (Kanye West, 2010)
DOR (Death of Rap) (Lil B, 2010)
Purified Thoughts (Ghostface Killah, 2010)
The Movie (Gucci Mane, 2010)
Turn My Swag On (Soulja Boy, 2010)
212 (Azealia Banks, 2012)
Cleaning Out My Closet (Angel Haze, 2012)
m.A.A.d city (Kendrick Lamar, 2012)
Tropics (Lil B, 2012)
Blood on the Leaves (Kanye West, 2013)
Control (Big Sean, 2013)
I Am About My Green Tea (Deke Monopoly, 2013)
Lafcadio (Anonymoose and Young Cookie, 2013)


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