Eazily I approach, the 100 GREATEST RAP (OR HIP HOP OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT) TRACKS OF THE GODS because I ain't no joke.

it's rmde but still great yeah

this makes me really fearful of "a milli" placing though

Is that the highest Outkast then? Wouldn't rule out Ms Jackson appearing but probably not with Bombs Over Baghdad so low.

Doran should be happy we at least got a song where a rapper refers to his "bum"

Wouldn't it be fun if "Hey Ya" placed? Then we could have a really great argument about what's hip hop and what's not.

Sorry Tuomas. It's wishful thinking. My actual prediction is The Message - Bring Forth The Guillotine - T.R.O.Y. - C.R.E.A.M. - 20 Seconds To Comply - Regulate

Mind Playing Tricks on Me will probably be top 5 Doran

And I still feel the remorse coursing through my veins. If one had to get in touch with Bushwick Bill, Scarface and ?Willie D, how do you reckon one would?

gotcha covered Doran, gave Mind Playing Tricks on Me lots of points; to my shame the only reason I heard & voted for it was bcz of this:

Ladies and gentlemen....the 1990s ILX SINGLES POLL RESULTS

And I still feel the remorse coursing through my veins. If one had to get in touch with Bushwick Bill, Scarface and ?Willie D, how do you reckon one would?

― PG Harpy (Doran), Friday, 10 June 2011 13:15 (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

short bat signal

Had a feeling IPA might place -- still kinda crazy, dope joint of course tho

if a hoy hoy doesn't come back soon i think Spottie should just start posting spoilers

Next one is about a girl.

"Bonita Applebaum"!

Freaks Come Out At Night! (I can wish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9oBKJq5GWE

i want to say "Roxanne Roxanne" but that's prob wishful thinking

Just A Friend?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCwMFwvwieo

I voted 'You're Going Down' by JJ Fad, which I believe is about Roxanne Shante but that's probably wishful thinking.

xp wait...was Just a Friend nominated?

yes

wish i'd voted for "Renee"

xp to DJP: oh man...I cannot believe I didn't see it

I saw it.

hell yeah IPA! my #1 - not for any logical reason, mind. it just makes me inexplicably joyful. and even tho the lyrics are often garden-variety pimp & ho bs, the flow is so tight on each verse w/ each MC that the subject matter is basically moot anyway imo.

you know, I think the Outkast track I underrate the most is "ATLiens"

like, it never comes to mind when I think of Outkast tracks I love, but whenever I hear it's the greatest song ever

ATLiens is great; I remember the massive gangsta rap fan I sat next to in HS band not liking Outkast bcz the "fish and grits" line in the chorus & "Ain't no thang but a chicken wang" but I never quite got that

if Rosa Parks makes it, then I'm gonna feel sorry for not nominating "Return of the G"

(I'll bet it's #24)

ATLiens is in my top 10.

i remember the first time i heard of Outkast was reading a review of that album and pronouncing it in my head as "at-lee-ens" for the longest time

Next one is about a girl.

Kurt Cobain, greatest rapper of the 90s

um...

he did smell like Teen Spirit

This has actually been one of my favourite ILM polls ever. At some point in the early 2000s, I lost almost all of my residual ability to connect with hip hop (having followed it very closely from 1985 to 1989 in particular), and so this is providing an ideal re-entry point. I've been streaming every track in full, and there's been a wealth of goodness to discover, or to re-acquaint myself with.

pronouncing it in my head as "at-lee-ens" for the longest time

My brother said this recently. He's a big fan of The-Dream so i'm not sure how he didn't make the connection

gonna be pissed if the Biz gets shut out of both polls btw

Too $hort is the bigger disappointment imo.

How do you pronounce it then? Ay-tee-el-iens?

yup

Agreed xps, this poll's great. Pity ahh had such trouble getting people enthused.

Too $hort is the bigger disappointment imo.

yeah and E-40, and Brand Nubian too (I'm assuming Humpty Dance is gonna place so I'll hold my tongue about Digital Underground - Shock G kinda already placed with that Luniz track anyway at least)

was thinking about the lack of Too $hort and figure it must be down to vote splitting. He doesn't really have an automatic canonical track apart from maybe Freaky Tales... but um, I voted for "Don't Fight the Feeling" in my top 10 iirc

Too $hort is the bigger disappointment imo.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Friday, June 10, 2011 11:30 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

Still holding out for Life Is.. getting high placement

xpost: I nearly didn't vote. Then I thought: no, if it falls to me to REPRESENT for the OLD SCHOOL, so be it, etc etc. So there was almost nothing in my ballot after 1993. I decided not to let this bother me.

(Still managed to underrate The Bridge Is Over and Strictly Business, though. Voted for both, but they should have been much higher in retrospect.)

also where is THE SYMPHONY

re: Too $hort, agree about vote splitting, I put in for The Ghetto.

yeah i voted for "The Symphony" but i gave up a long time ago on it getting more votes than "Mr. Me Too" or whatever the fuck

Guessing Ugly Duckling will beat Jurassic 5 to the top spot today.

us Short Dog fans should've conspired, evidently

Yep, was just thinking that.