250 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All-Time

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By DJ Funktual

Let me guess..this isn't the same order or songs as you would pick right? Don't focus on the order just focus on the diversity of sound that hip-hop can bring. All the personality, lyricism, and flows we've enjoyed through the years. Just enjoy the trip round the block...


It Was All a Dream. I Used to read WORD UP Magazine!

Salt N Pepa N Heavy D up in the limousine!
Salt N Pepa N Heavy D up in the limousine!

AND NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU..I GIVE YOU THE GREATEST MC'S, DJ'S AND SONGWRITER'S WORK IN THE LAST 30 YEARS! ALL THE BEST HIP-HOP / RAP RECORDS EVER PUT ON WAX! NOW TAKE A DEEP BREATH PEOPLE 'CAUSE WE AIN'T STOPPIN' TIL I'M DONE!

1. --Juicy ~~ The Notorious B.I.G.

2. --Keep Ya Head Up ~~ 2pac

3. --La Di Da Di ~~ Doug E. Fresh & MC Ricky D

4. --I Know You Got Soul ~~ Eric B. & Rakim

5. --The Message ~~ Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

6. --You're All I Need To Get By ~~ Mary J. Blige & Method Man

7. --The Bridge Is Over ~~ Boogie Down Productions

8. --Hypnotize ~~ The Notorious B.I.G.

9. --Passing Me By ~~ The Pharcyde

10. --White Lines ~~ Grandmaster Melle Mel

11. --Mind's Playin' Tricks On Me ~~ Geto Boys

12. --Still Not a Player ~~ Big Pun & Joe

13. --It Takes Two ~~ Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock

14. --Shook Ones Part II ~~ Mobb Deep

15. --Rosa Parks ~~ OutKast

16. --Umi Says ~~ Mos Def

17. --Rockit ~~ Herbie Hancock

18. --Ain't No Fun ~~ Snoop Doggy Dogg

19. --Mona Lisa ~~ Slick Rick

20. --Push It ~~ Salt N Pepa

21. --Nothin But A G Thang ~~ Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg

22. --If I Ruled The World ~~ Nas & Lauryn Hill

23. --Reminisce (T.R.O.Y.) ~~ Pete Rock & Cl Smooth

24. --Bonita Applebum ~~ A Tribe Called Quest

25. --Player's Ball ~~ OutKast

26. --Hand On The Pump ~~ cypress hill

27. --It Was A Good Day ~~ Ice Cube

28. --They Want Efx ~~ Das Efx

29. --Last Night a DJ Saved My Life ~~ Indeep

30. --Get By ~~ Talib Kweli

31. --Pump Up the Volume ~~ M/A/R/R/S

32. --Got Your Money ~~ Ol' Dirty Bastard

33. --Big Pimpin ~~ Jay-Z

34. --Planet Rock ~~ Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

35. --The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) ~~ Black Sheep

36. --Don't Believe The Hype ~~ Public Enemy

37. --Top Billin' ~~ Audio Two

38. --I Used to Love H.E.R. ~~ Common

39. --M.E.T.H.O.D. Man ~~ Wu-Tang Clan

40. --Get Em High ~~ Kanye West & Talib Kweli & Common

41. --The Humpty Dance ~~ The Digital Underground

42. --Treat Em Right ~~ Chubb Rock

43. --Award Tour ~~ A Tribe Called Quest

44. --Luv 2 Luv U (rmx) ~~ Timbaland & Magoo

45. --Straight Outta Compton ~~ N.W.A.

46. --Hot Potato ~~ Freestyle Fellowship

47. --Run's House ~~ Run DMC

48. --Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See ~~ Busta Rhymes

49. --Renee ~~ Lost Boyz

50. --B.O.B. ~~ OutKast

51. --Don't Let it Go to Your Head ~~ Brand Nubian

52. --Guantanamera ~~ Wyclef Jean & Lauryn Hill

53. --Oh Shit ~~ The Pharcyde

54. --It Ain't Hard to Tell ~~ Nas

55. --California Love ~~ 2Pac & Dr. Dre

56. --Be Faithful ~~ Fatman Scoop

57. --Doin It ~~ LL Cool J

58. --Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos ~~ Public Enemy

59. --Crazy ~~ Gnarls Barkley

60. --Get It Together ~~ Beastie Boys & Q-Tip

61. --Paid In Full (Coldcut Remix) ~~ Eric B. & Rakim

62. --Regulate ~~ Warren G & Nate Dogg

63. --Callin Out ~~ Lyrics Born

64. --Scenario ~~ A Tribe Called Quest

65. --This is How We Do It ~~ Montell Jordan

66. --Apache ~~ Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band

67. --Da Rockwilder ~~ Method Man & Redman

68. --Check The Rhime ~~ A Tribe Called Quest

69. --Only You (remix) ~~ Puff Daddy w/ 112 & Notorious B.I.G.

70. --I'm A Thug ~~ Trick Daddy

71. --Da Butt ~~ E.U.

72. --Closet Freak ~~ Cee-Lo

73. --360* (What Goes Around) ~~ Grand Puba

74. --How I Could Just Kill A Man ~~ Cypress Hill

75. --Superstarr Part Zero ~~ K-OS

76. --Shut Em Down ~~ Public Enemy (Pete Rock Remix)

77. --Lose Yourself ~~ Eminem

78. --In Da Club ~~ 50 Cent

79. --Ebonics ~~ Big L

80. --The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) ~~ Missy Elliott

81. --Shimmy Shimmy Ya ~~ Ol' Dirty Bastard

82. --Shake Ya Ass ~~ Mystikal

83. --It's Tricky ~~ Run DMC

84. --Just A Friend ~~ Biz Markie

85. --Affirmative Action ~~ Nas & Foxy Brown

86. --Supersonic ~~ J.J. Fad

87. --Back in the Day ~~ Ahmad

88. --The Bridge ~~ MC Shan & Marley Marl

89. --South Bronx ~~ Boogie Down Productions

90. --Sally ~~ Stetsasonic

91. --Friends ~~ Whodini

92. --Re:Definition ~~ Black Star

93. --'93 ‘til Infinity ~~ The Souls of Mischief

94. --C.R.E.A.M. ~~ Wu-Tang Clan

95. --So Whatcha Want ~~ Beastie Boys

96. --Forgot About Dre ~~ Dr. Dre & Eminem

97. --The Light ~~ Common

98. --Killing Me Softly ~~ The Fugees

99. --The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel ~~ Grandmaster Flash

100. --Rappers Delight ~~ Sugar Hill Gang

101. --Ms. Fat Booty ~~ Mos Def

102. --4 My People ~~ Missy Elliott

103. --You Got Me ~~ The Roots & Erykah Badu

104. --Rock On Y'all ~~ African Islam

105. --One Mic ~~ Nas

106. --Just To Get A Rep ~~ Gang Starr

107. --Soul Flower ~~ The Pharcyde

108. --Heart of the City ~~ Jay-Z

109. --Spottieottiedopalicious ~~ OutKast

110. --Children's Story ~~ Slick Rick

111. --Wickedest Man Alive ~~ Naughty By Nature

112. --Nappy Headz (rmx) ~~ The Fugees

113. --Funk You Up ~~ Sequence

114. --Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) ~~ KRS-One

115. --Let Me Clear My Throat ~~ DJ Kool

116. --Ya Mama ~~ The Pharcyde

117. --Lesson One (The Payoff Mix) ~~ Double Dee & Steinski

118. --Breaker's Revenge ~~ Arthur Baker

119. --Horse & Carriage ~~ Cam'ron & Ma$e

120. --Ante Up! ~~ M.O.P. & Busta Rhymes

121. --In Da Wind ~~ Trick Daddy, Big Boi & Cee Lo

122. --What We Do ~~ Freeway, Beanie Sigel, Jay-Z

123. --Straight Out The Jungle ~~ The Jungle Brothers

124. --Bust A Move ~~ Young MC

125. --Sabotage ~~ Beastie Boys

126. --Make You Feel That Way ~~ Blackalicious

127. --Chief Rocka ~~ Lords of the Underground

128. --I Like It ~~ Grand Puba

129. --Jam On It ~~ Newcleus

130. --Rap Superstar ~~ Cypress Hill

131. --99 Problems ~~ Jay-Z

132. --Dead Wrong ~~ The Notorious B.I.G. & Eminem

133. --Crabbuckit ~~ K-OS

134. --Fight the Power ~~ Public Enemy

135. --Real Love ~~ Mary J. Blige

136. --Woo Ha!!! (Got You All In Check) ~~ Busta Rhymes

137. --What They Do ~~ The Roots

138. --Rock The Bells ~~ LL Cool J

139. --Hey Ya! ~~ OutKast

140. --Mass Appeal ~~ Gang Starr

141. --Shake Your Rump ~~ Beastie Boys

142. --Slam! ~~ Onyx

143. --I'll Bee Dat ~~ Redman

144. --Hard Knock Life ~~Jay-Z

145. --That's The Joint ~~ Funky 4+1

146. --Hit It Run ~~ Run DMC

147. --Bring The Noise ~~ Public Enemy

148. --Tonite ~~ DJ Quik

149. --Bring The Pain ~~ Method Man

150. --Flava In Ya Ear ~~ Craig Mack

151. --The Way We Ball ~~ Lil' Flip

152. --Po' Folks ~~ Nappy Roots

153. --Damn, It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta ~~ Geto Boys

154. --I Get Around ~~ 2Pac

155. --(Let Me) Blow Ya Mind ~~ Eve & Gwen Stefani

156. --Big Momma Thang ~~ Lil' Kim & Jay-Z

157. --911 is a Joke ~~ Public Enemy

158. --Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik ~~ OutKast

159. --Potholes In My Lawn ~~ De La Soul

160. --Express Yourself ~~ N.W.A.

161. --Walk This Way ~~ Run DMC & Aerosmith

162. --Sock It 2 Me ~~ Missy Elliott & Da Brat

163. --The World is Yours ~~ Nas

164. --The Rhythm ~~ Kwame "The Boy Genius"

165. --My Philosophy ~~ Boogie Down Productions

166. --Eric B. is President ~~ Eric B. & Rakim

167. --Double Dutch Bus ~~ Frankie Smith

168. --Summertime ~~ DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

169. --I Ain't No Joke ~~ Eric B. & Rakim

170. --Square Dance ~~ Eminem

171. --Keep Their Heads Ringin ~~ Dr.Dre

172. --Outta Here ~~ KRS-One

173. --Poison ~~ Kool G Rap & DJ Polo

174. --Getto Jam ~~ Domino

175. --Hey DJ ~~ World Famous Supreme Team

176. --Fast Car - Wyclef Jean & Paul Simon

177. --O.P.P. ~~ Naughty By Nature

178. --Girls Girls Girls ~~ Jay-Z & Biz Markie

179. --Sugar (Gimme Some) ~~ Trick Daddy, Ludacris & Cee Lo

180. --Gossip Folks ~~ Missy Elliott & Ludacris

181. --Jump Around ~~ House Of Pain

182. --Dirt Off Your Shoulder ~~ Jay-Z

183. --New Jack Hustler ~~ Ice-T

184. --Gucci Time ~~ Schooly D

185. --The New Style ~~ Beastie Boys

186. --Big Poppa ~~ Notorious B.I.G.

187. --Ego Trippin ~~ The Ultramagnetic MC's

188. --It's So Hard ~~ Big Punisher

189. --Jazz (We've Got) ~~ A Tribe Called Quest

190. --Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like That) ~~ Digable Planets

191. --Black Superman ~~ Above the Law

192. --The Bubble Bunch ~~ Jimmy Spicer

193. --The Rain ~~ Oran "Juice" Jones

194. --I'll Be Around ~~ Cee Lo & Timbaland

195. --King Of Rock ~~ Run DMC

196. --Gin & Juice ~~ Snoop Doggy Dogg

197. --Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down ~~ Brand Nubian

198. --Funky Child ~~ Lords of the Underground

199. --Everything's Gonna Be Alright ~~ Naughty By Nature

200. --U.N.I.T.Y. ~~ Queen Latifah

201. --Creep ~~ TLC

202. --Drug Ballad ~~ Eminem

203. --Notorious Thugz ~~ Notorious B.I.G. & Bone Thugz n Harmony

204. --Play That Beat Mr. DJ ~~ G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid

205. --Roc The Mic ~~ Freeway & Beanie Sigel

206. --The Show ~~ Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew

207. --Southern Fried Intro ~~ Ludacris

208. --ATLiens ~~ OutKast

209. --Roun' The Globe ~~ Nappy Roots

210. --Music ~~ Erick Sermon & Marvin Gaye

211. --Daydreamin' ~~ Lupe Fiasco

212. --Sometimes I Rhyme Slow ~~ Nice n Smooth

213. --It's Like That / Sucker MC's ~~ Run DMC

214. --Feelin' It ~~ Jay-Z & Mecca

215. --Hip Hop ~~ Dead Prez

216. --Punk Rock Rap ~~ Cold Crush Brothers

217. --This Way - Dilated Peoples with Kanye West

218. --Family Affair ~~ Mary J. Blige & Jadakiss

219. --The Art of Noise ~~ Cee-Lo & Pharrell

220. --One for the Treble ~~ Davy DMX

221. --Seed 2.0 ~~ The Roots & Cody Chestnutt

222. --Ms. Jackson ~~ OutKast

223. --I Got a Story To Tell ~~ Notorious B.I.G.

224. --The Roof Is On Fire ~~ Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three

225. --Baby Got Back ~~ Sir Mix-A-Lot

226. --Funk Box Party ~~ Masterdon Committee

227. --Ain't No Half Steppin ~~ Big Daddy Kane

228. --It's A Demo ~~ Kool G Rap & DJ Polo

229. --Poppa Large (East Coast Rmx) ~~ The Ultramagnetic MC's

230. --The Originators ~~ The Jaz & Jay-Z

231. --It's OK ~~ Slimm Calhoun & Andre 3000

232. --What's My Name? ~~ Snoop Dogg

233. --Mo $ Mo' Problems ~~ Notorious B.I.G., Puffy & Ma$e

234. --What's Golden ~~ Jurassic 5

235. --Rock Dis Funky Joint - Poor Righteous Teachers

236. --Mistadobalina ~~ Del Tha Funkee Homosapien

237. --Put it in Ya Mouth ~~ Akinyele

238. --G.H.E.T.T.O. Musick ~~ OutKast

239. --The 900 Number ~~ The 45 King

240. --Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimas & Benz ~~ Lost Boys

241. --Can't Knock The Hustle ~~ Jay-Z & Mary J. Blige

242. --I Got 5 On It ~~ Luniz

243. --Protect Ya Neck - Wu-Tang Clan

244. --Paul Revere ~~ Beastie Boys

245. --Hip-Hop ~~ Royce Da 5'9"

246. --La La La (excuse me miss again) - Jay-Z

247. --Live at the Barbecue - Main Source feat. Nas

248. --Pee Wee's Dance ~~ Joeski Love

249. --You Know My Steez - Gang Starr

250. --Buddy (Native Tongue Decision) ~~ De La Soul, Jungle Bros., ATC Quest, & Monie Love

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rmr profile image

rmr  says:
2 months ago

I haven't done hip hop for many years, but your knowledge always amazes me. Another great list!

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Woody Marx  says:
2 months ago

thanks for compiling such a long, detailed list! Good resource for hip fans! :)

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FreeMusic  says:
2 months ago

The list sure is long...

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DJ Funktual  says:
2 months ago

Thanks FreeMusic. You're really deep.

35&LUVIN IT  says:
2 months ago

THE LIST IS THE ALL THAT, IVE HEARD EVERYTHING ON IT

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DJ Funktual  says:
2 months ago

Okay, I think that was a compliment.

kc  says:
2 months ago

YEAH

ay  says:
2 months ago

nice but i dnt know about the trick daddy shit

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DJ Funktual  says:
2 months ago

I didn't either til I moved to Florida.

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lady luck  says:
6 weeks ago

no spoken word shit, no sage francis, no immortal technique, nothing off of rhymesayers, (SIGH).

ugh

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DJ Funktual  says:
6 weeks ago

I like all that stuff but that ain't this. When I do underground, I'll cover all that!

I love Matisyahu and The Streets and Dizzee Rascal too.

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Tater2tot  says:
6 weeks ago

Good choices here. But I wouldn't call Crazy by Gnarls Barkley a hip-hop song. And I might have passed it because I was just skimming but you don't have any T-Pain? And you only had one song by Wyclef? Your missing Sweetest Girl by Wyclef. And a couple other songs. (You Know What It Is by T.I and Stronger by Kanye West, and Last Night by Diddy)

Tayler!

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Tater2tot  says:
6 weeks ago

and Lean Like A Cholo by Down ! That's also a great song.

Tayler!

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DJ Funktual  says:
6 weeks ago

Yeah, well.  I don't want to be rude but uh....yeah.  That crap is exactly why i put out a list.  So people will know it's proper place.   Not even close.  Stronger by Kanye is a complete rip-off and is not good on a dancefloor trust me i know. 

The New Gnarls isn't as good but it's close.  Cee-Lo + Danger Mouse = Hip-Hop's Future!

It's actually funny how many young people can go through a list like this and they don't know half the songs, so they criticize. This list is a gift from heaven. Follow it to the letter and say no more. LOL! j/k

Seriously though, with all this talent I've assembled, you have nothing to say about what I DID write.

Instead ya reppin Cholo music. bah!

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DJ Funktual  says:
6 weeks ago

Where is the respect for the talent in the room?

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Tater2tot  says:
6 weeks ago

Haha HEYY NOW I said good list! The first thing I said was good choices! I am younger and don't know some of these songs but I know most. But I forgot to say Laffy Taffy by D4L and Switch by Will Smith. Those are also great songs. Haha.

Lean Like A Cholo is an awesome song.
Tayler!

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DJ Funktual  says:
6 weeks ago

You're making me smile wide but I ain't sayin another thing about it. :D

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Tater2tot  says:
6 weeks ago

That's cuz you know I'm right! Isn't it? :p

Tayler!

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DJ Funktual  says:
6 weeks ago

Give it ten years and you won't like them much.

1 4 Madness  says:
6 weeks ago

Great list. Top notch choices. One song I didn't see on there and is good in it's own right is Jack Of Spades by Boogie Down Productions. First heard it off the I'm Gonna Git You Sucka soundtrack.

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bobdominguez  says:
5 weeks ago

damn.

fuckin on point list.

Id probly put protect ya kneck before M.E.T.H.O.D man but thats just me respectin the gods, but the fact that you got the first conscious song ever in the top five with the message let me know whats good.

therealroxanne  says:
5 weeks ago

Thanks for putting this together! You hit all the greats. Even tho you said not to pay attention to the order, it's hard to do that! You could give more credit to the trailblazers. we wouldnt have hip hop if it wasnt for Kool Herc, The Last Poets, Grandmaster Caz (I know you put Cold Crush Brothers). I'm just an old school fan, all those guys should go ahead of Snoop.

therealroxanne  says:
5 weeks ago

man i'm old....

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DJ Funktual  says:
5 weeks ago

Thanks for writing therealroxanne. Yeah, you touched on it right there. I DO have The Last Poets on my Funk List. Caz & Herc are like the stilts that held the tent together at the very first Hip-Hop revival meeting.

Bob. you're Right, Protect your neck is fierce! I was prob'ly letting the DJ in me get the better of me on some of these. Like with Snoop & the Mary J. Method Track too. Those songs kill on the dancefloor.

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billyblogthornton  says:
4 weeks ago

sick songs. think rock the bells by LL is on there twice. can i get an atmosphere song or maybe what's on your mind by rakim? tight list, though. now i know what i'm gonna do for the next few hours on isohunt.

tater - kanye west sucks balls! he is just barely a better rapper than puffy doodie or whatever the f his name is now. is kanye comin out w/ a new vodka too?

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DJ Funktual  says:
4 weeks ago

whoa! BillyBlog hookin in up. Both of those joints should be on here and thanks for the geads up on LL. I changed it to Protect Ya Neck, another oversight on my part.

NAVDEEP  says:
4 weeks ago

HELLO

AustinOutofTEXAS  says:
4 weeks ago

thank you for not putting lil wayne on there...

even though hit em up off the carter2 is the shit!

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DJ Funktual  says:
4 weeks ago

Yer Welcome but I really dig his new song KUSH. Dope song of the summer.

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kerouazy21  says:
3 weeks ago

you have just 10% of you picks coming from the West Coast (and that is including the one track by Sir-Mix-A-Lot)! How can this be? The West Coast is more to Hip-Hop than a handfull of Snoop Dogg tracks. There is only something like 1 Ice Cube Track! What is that about!

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DJ Funktual  says:
3 weeks ago

Mmm.  Ya know I didn't realize it but your right.   I wasn't raised on Too $hort like so many others.  Please understand that we New Yorkers had so many other rappers around from here that we barely realized anyone else could do it before The Chronic, ya know besides Ice-T.  Granted we had hits from you guys but not consistent groups. 

In my adult Hip-Hop life I have come to know and revere both The Freestyle Fellowship and Above the Law.  But they were not part of MY history.  This list certainly has NY bias b/c I'm from NY but not because I don't like it. 

Domino, Del Tha Funkeee Homosapien, The Pharcyde, I thought I touched on quite a few but if you have any other groups you'd like to add, I'll respond honestly about my knowledge of them.  

Honestly http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Most-Fun-Hip-Hop-Song- I just made this like 2 days ago. 

and I gave the title to the West Coast!

ALSO KNOW:
I am a Funk 1st, Hip-Hop 2nd Guy! My knowledge and interest in Hip-Hop stens from it's roots in funk. I'm not a Hip-Hop expert. Just an enthusiast. It's an on-going process too.

I'm just now realizing that Lil' Wayne isn't as bad as I thought. The new album has some delicious cuts on it.

tommychill1974  says:
3 weeks ago

Great list. I've gone through it trying to figure out what's missing, and really there isn't anything missing, except for "Hey Young World" by Slick Rick. I would have definitely found room for that one.

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DJ Funktual  says:
3 weeks ago

I love Slick Rick but that one is just okay for me.

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kerouazy21  says:
3 weeks ago

thank you for responding as you did. I love east coast hip hop, but a child of the west understands that while hip hop started in the east, the west funkdified it and added an element that is still discussed today: Gangsta rap. As a funk fan, the tendancy would be to recognize The Chronic as a ground breaker, which i will not dispute; but there is Warren G and Nate Doggs REGULATE to contend with, as well as WC and the MAAD Circle. DJ Quik enfussed hip hop with its funk and jazz roots on his album Safe and Sound. Today there are still proponents of the Gangsta way of life like the Game. In the Bay, there is E40 and the Click, Too $hort, of course- but let us not forget about the all-mighty Souls of Mischief or the Dialated Peoples. On the Brown front there is, of course, Cypress Hill, whose stoner-hop music was quite pervasive throughout the '90s and Kid Frost reppin' La Raza.

If you are a funk fan, or simply an ecclectic fan of music, period, may i suggest OZOMATLI: a mix of jazz and soul and hip hop and latin music. They are like WAR, but for hip hop

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kpfingaz  says:
3 weeks ago

I'm mad! You aint got no DMX on there (RR Anthem, I Can Feel It, How's It Going Down) but you got some songs thats not worthy of this list like:

Luv 2 Luv U (Rmx) (Magoo is hardly a good rapper)

Crazy - Gnarls (Good song but...this list?)

This is How We Do It - Montell (Pop/R&B)

I'm A Thug - TDD (Why???????)

Closet Freak - Ceelo (You Cant Be Serious)

The Way We Ball - Lil Flip (GTFOH!)

Horse and Carriage - Camron/Mase (Blatant misstep...come on...only in '99. An even better Camron would be Hey Ma.)

(some others)

I mean all good songs but these and no DMX!?

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DJ Funktual  says:
3 weeks ago

kerouazy21 a lot of those artists you mention are on there. Regulate is # 62 Tonite is at 148. Souls of Mischeif, Cypress Hill, Dilated are on there too.

kpfingaz the very fact that you dissed Cee-Lo leaves me worried for you. DMX, eh? Make your list and we'll compare.

My only problem is that most people see a list like this and they don't take the time to give props to the work that is done, they only want to point out their personal omissions. Oh well. I prob'ly do the same thing.

Magoo may suck but that is a rediculous beat for Hip-Hop.

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kpfingaz  says:
3 weeks ago

Yeah the beat is sick but this list is about songs aint it? I wasn't really dissing Ceelo. Crazy was crazy...I have it on my media player. Didn't really pay too much attention to the other song.

I won't bother making a list. It would probably look like yours except it would have DMX on it and exclude some of the ______ songs you have on here.

Lol..somebody said Lean like a Cholo by Down? I don't even know who Down is.

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DJ Funktual  says:
3 weeks ago

Yeah, but she's just a kid, she don't know.

Closet Freak is AMAZING. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQAHMj2qFxE

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kpfingaz  says:
3 weeks ago

She's cool...I like her spirit.

Yeah...checked it out again...nothing special :-/

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DJ Funktual  says:
3 weeks ago

I will say this.  I made this list a long time ago and I haven't really checked it in a while.

Songs like Horse & Carriage (which I used to hate) grew on me through the years and years of hot ladies asking for it and then shakin' they asses to it.

Hey Ma is better.  Re: In Da Club by 50 cent, again i think I was blinded by how useful the song is to a DJ as opposed to it's true value. 

Wanksta is a much better track. 

I also agree about Montell Jordan being R&B.

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DJ Funktual  says:
3 weeks ago

This thing has a lot of holes b/c it isn't long enough. It doesn't have enough artists. Ras Kass, Pharaohe Monch, Obie Trice, Masta Ace, Marley Marl, Smif N Wessum?

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kpfingaz  says:
3 weeks ago

Yep agreed...the Bootcamp Clik is one of my favorite clicks and a lot of these rappers that you mentioned don't get enough due recognition.

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DJ Funktual  says:
3 weeks ago

keep it real fingaz!

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talented_ink  says:
2 weeks ago

I give you props for the fact because you picked some of the best songs that really define hip-hop. I won't lie...I like "Fire man" by Lil' Wayne, but most of his music is trash to me, but I respect any artist that is able to make a record especially one that sells well. People get too judgmental on music because they don't take the time to see that every genre of music has their black sheep. Just like rock has Rick Astley, country music has Toby keith and rap has people like MC Hammer. You know at one time these were big names, but sooner or later, you just want them swept under a rug.

LOVERDUCK  says:
2 weeks ago

U sure do have a long list of songs y so many i mean seriosly!!!!!!!

mfl  says:
3 days ago

look's like this is the s...!!!All one need's 2 know's right hear doog

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