For you rap/hip-hop fans out there...i am trying to compile a list of about 20 great hip hop hits. I hope i havent missed out on a thread like this one in the past. If not, then go ahead and list your all time favorite hip hop jams...
Some of my fave old school'ish... Hypnotize - Notorious BIG They Reminisce Over You - Pete Rock and CL Smooth Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J Hit 'em Up - 2Pac All Eyez On Me - 2Pac So Many Tears - 2Pac Mind Playin Tricks on Me - Geto Boys Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta - Geto Boys Ever So Clear - Bushwick Bill Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince Born and Raised in Compton - DJ Quik Steady Mobbin - Ice Cube Still DRE - Dr. Dre No Sunshine - Kid Frost Ain't No Future in Yo Frontin - MC Breed Fight the Power - Public Enemy Back to the Hotel - N2Deep Children's Story - Slick Rick You Gots to Chill - EPMD Freaks of the Industry - Digital Underground
I didn't start listening to rap until the early 90's, so I'll give a few from that period to date: At least 3 Tupac songs should be required (California Love, Dear Mama, Hail Mary, How Do U Want It, I Ain't Mad At Cha, Brenda's Got A Baby, Toss It Up, etc.) Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa / One More Chance / Hypnotize / Sky's The Limit Luniz - I Got 5 On It Do Or Die (Ft. Twista) - Po' Pimp Bone - Tha Crossroads Master P - Make Em Say... Puff Daddy/P Diddy/Puffy/Weirdo/Catchysongmaker - Missing You Eminem - Stan / Without Me / The Real Slim Shady / My Name Is Outkast - Rosa Parks / Ms. Jackson / B.O.B. / Hey Ya Jay Z - Big Pimpin' (ft. UGK) / Izzo (H.O.V.A.) / Hard Knock Life I guess I'll stop there. I'd just like to mention, though, that you were looking for some big hits and that's all I've listed. These same artists have a bunch of other, better songs available for download at your favorite online piracy site.
Runnin- Pharcyde Pretty much anything by A Tribe Called Quest Let Me Ride- Dr.Dre Playas Ball- Outkast Nuthin but a "G" thing- Snoop I used to love H.E.R- Common Freaks come out at night- Whodini 93 till infinity- Souls of Mischief C.R.E.A.M- Wu-Tang Clan
Old School MEOWGI Mix The 7a3 - Mad Mad World Biz Markie - Vapors Ghetto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks Stetsasonic - Sally Jungle Brothers - Straight out the Jungle Eazy E - Eazy Duz It Big Daddy Kane - Raw Trouble Funk- Don't Touch That Stereo Eric B. and Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique Funky Four Plus One - Its The Joint Ultramagnetic MC - Give the Drummer Some De La Soul - Buddy Mantronix - Get Stupid 'fresh' Part 1 Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide
Ok here is my list of great hip hop songs.... Eazy-E - Boyz in the Hood Ice Cube - Today was a Good Day Outkast - Players Ball Digital Underground - Freaks of the Industry Public Enemy - Fight the Power Tupac - Hit em up Mc Breed - Aint no future in your frontin Bust Down - Nasty b**** Juvinile - Back that ass up Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full Eminim - Stan Notorious BIG - The Warning Run DMC - Walk this way Slick Rick - Children's Story Doug E Fresh - The Show AMG -b**** Betta have my money Wutang Clan- C.R.E.A.M Beastie Boys - Paul Revere Too $hort - Freaky Tales Ghetto Boys - Mind playing tricks on me LL Cool J - Radio Jay Z - Big Pimpin
Great, great idea. Now, unlike some of the posters above, my list is gonna consist of songs that have (what I think to be) are the tightest beats - not songs that are considered to have great lyrics. I didn't really start listening to rap heavily until around '00/'01, so I like the newer kind of mainstream rap that most posters on here don't seem to like. I love the club bangers, the songs that get you goin'. Some of the Best All-Time 2Pac - California Love 2Pac - Still Ballin' 50 Cent - In Da Club 50 Cent - Just a Little Bit 50 Cent - Position of Power 50 Cent - Patiently Waiting Big Tymers - Still Fly Busta Rhymes - Break Ya Neck Bravehearts - Quick To Back Down Chris Brown - Run It! Ciara - Goodies Clipse - When the Last Time David Banner - Play DMX - Party Up (In Here) Dr. Dre - Forgot About Dre Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E. Dr. Dre - The Next Episode Eazy E - Gimme Dat Nut Eminem - My Name Is Eminem - The Real Slim Shady The Game - How We Do The Game - Put You On the Game Geto Boys - Yes, Yes Ya'll House of Pain - Jump Around Ice Cube - You Can Do It J-Kwon - Tipsy Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulders Jay-Z - Big Pimpin' Juelz Santana - There It Go (The Whistle Song) Juvenile - In My Life Kanye West - Gold Digger Lil' Flip - Game Over (Flip) Lil' Scrappy - No Problem Lil' Wayne - Go DJ Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - What You Gon' Do Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Real N**** Roll Call Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - In Da Club Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - I Don't Give a F*** LL Cool J - Headsprung Lloyd Banks - Work Magic Ludacris - Move B**** Ludacris - Blueberry Yum Yum Mike Jones - Back Then Mike Jones - Still Tippin' Mobb Deep - Have a Party Nelly - Air Force Ones Nelly - Na-Nana-Na Nelly - Grillz Nick Cannon - Gigolo Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa Outkast - Ms. Jackson P$C - I'm A King Petey Pablo - Freek-A-Leek Roy Jones Jr. - I Smoke, I Drank (Remix) Slim Thug - Like a Boss Snoop Dogg - Who Am I (What's My Name)? T.I. - U Don't Know Me Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly Three 6 Mafia - P**** Got Ya Hooked Trick Daddy - In da Wind Trick Daddy - Let's Go Trillville - Some Cut Twista - Overnight Celebrity Usher - Yeah! Webbie - Gimme That Westside Connection - Gangsta Nation Ying Yang Twins - Say I Yi Yi Ying Yang Twins - Salt Shaker Ying Yang Twins - Badd Young Buck - Shorty Wanna Ride Young MC - Bust A Move Young Jeezy - And Then What Young Jeezy - Soul Survivor Youngbloodz - Damn! Youngbloodz - Presidential Yung Wun - Tear It Up Uhhhh.... instead of a hits CD, I just went ahead and made a 4 disc compilation (or however many CD's all of that would take). I could have truncated a bit more, but I also already cut a lot of stuff out. If you like the new school of rap, you should have every one of these songs.
heheh... i just got the "ll" greatest hits album from soundwaves a few days ago (went to cactus first, but their rap section was non-existent, though it was really non-existent before they started the shutdown process). bad arse cd. since you mentioned "mama..." already i'll go with ll cool j- i'm bad nas- it's yours (who's world is it)... actually any song on that first album will do. biggie- juicy pharcyde- runnin' jeru da damaja (sp?)- come clean fugees- nappyheads wu tang clean- can it be that it was all so simple gza- i gotcha back (which is number 12, but i'm too lazy to look up number eleven. probably the best song on the album.) boss- deeper (not too many people remember this chick. only had one album, but hit source in the early 90's and got five mics i think. best female rap artist of all time even though she had only one album.) here ya go! boss info artifacts- wrong side of the tracks keith murray- the beautifullest thing in the world (also "get lifted") man... there's way too many and i've had a few drinks. sorry... not too much love for west or stuff from the south.
Eazy-E - Automobile 2pac- My Block, until the end of time, I aint mad at cha Biggie-Juicy, I'm %#%#^%#^ you tonight Geto boys- nothing to show, i tried Kanye West- Celebration, Gone, DMX- Slippin Nas- Ether, Oochie Wallie, Trick Daddy- Im a thug Jay-Z- hardkock life, my first song, december 4th Shaq- Biological Father
i'm sorry. Lil Flip is not the best of all time. Did you put Lil Flip in there for affirmative action reasons?
