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.

Tell yo momma to get off my tip, because here it is.

(tie w/ everything between 102 and 98) 100. Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over [5 votes, 125 points, 1986]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Sy4twXSn0

here we go.

I am pulling my pollmaster card with the 5 way tie, as 2 of the records are wack as hell and one of them isn't even hip-hop (rmde ilm) so it is starting at 100 and two of the tied records are just gonna have to rock my jock

im sure to get pissed off once or twice.

i've genuinely just checked the top 100 and LOL

great.

Good start! (i.e. I voted for "The Bridge Is Over")

#99 may have the best video of any record involved btw. or the one that puts the biggest smile on my mug anyway.

(tie w/ everything between 102 - 98) 99. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo [5 votes, 125 points, 1995]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcsEop0NPGM

This song makes me happy, don't know about the video (will check) Just the repetition of "shame on you when you step through to" seems glorious to me.

Well, I voted for the first, and Return in albums. Brooklyn Zoo has such a phenomenal video.

and how he says "crayyyzee" of course

And watch me put the loooooooooooooooooooooooow down.

so curious about the redacted records. dope start so far

albums poll was a nice prelude, but THIS is where it gets weird (& by 'weird' i mean intersting)

(tie w/ everything between 102-98) 98. Big L - Put It On [4 votes, 125 points, 1994]

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

Mac Miller did it better imo.

Can you tell us the ones that didn't make it so those of us who voted for them can know we're wack as hell?

Y'know for future reference

(tie w/ #96) 97. Public Enemy - Night of the Living Baseheads [3 votes, 126 points, 1988]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyR09SP9qdA

Is that ODB one the same song as "Proteck Ya Neck II"? The oen with Shortie Shitstain on it? One of my all time favourite rap tracks.

lol i was p open about my feelings towards one of the artists in the albums poll - and the other, maybe isn't wack but just doesn't make sense and makes endtroducing look like a normal choice

a smooth kid that'll run up in your baby mother! woulda voted put it on if i thought it had any chance of making it on, sweet

Wonder how many different PE tracks will place. I could have voted for about a dozen but restricted myself to two.

HERE IT IS! BAM!! That fucking siren! Oh Boy I love this track.

PE - tune. Didn't vote for any in singles because I voted for four albums.

I love that Big L track.

haha i just listened to the mac miller put it on bcz of you, and will never forgive you

CHALLOPS

Baseheads is too low prob, but the PE votes are bound to be splintered all over the place.

this was the first PE track I ever heard - age 10 or ll. I really did not know what to make of it for a while, but the video was in constant rotation on Yo! MTV Raps for a looong time & the imagery made quite an impression, enough so that, when I heard Black Steel for the first time, I decided to take a chance on buying Nation of Millions, from the Columbia House tape club almost certainly, the first rap album I ever bought. Now Baseheads if prob #2 or #3 on the album for me.

(tie w/ #97) 96. Fat Lip - What's Up Fat Lip [5 votes, 126 points, 2000]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK_WfF6hf2E

YES!!! Great tune!

Hey, I'm surprised at how many of these are right up there for me so far, and I'm only a casual hiphop fan and didn't vote.

Song is so self-deprecating.

Great video!

never seen that amazing baseheads video before. fatlip's the first one i voted for

Spike Jonze directed that video.

95. OutKast – Spottieottiedopalicious [4 votes, 1 #1 vote, 127 points, 1998]

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

damn spottie and his country music :S

:D

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Tuesday, June 7, 2011 12:30 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

all great stuff so far

Nice.

Best track ever and stuff.

That's not rap!;)

man I really miss ODB

My number 1 vote was just enough to place it.

"damn spottie and his country music :S"

"That's not rap!;)"

youz guyz.

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WHY is this song sexy to me? Is that wrong?!! #confused
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damn

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@MrMixdin shit smoke and ride lol
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This is the shit to bang when u ridin through the hood at 2am...it shows u got ur pimp on...
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This what you smoke to
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hey spottie did you get my webmail? my gmail still ain't working

I think ODB was the first time when one of "my" artists died unexpectedly. Certainly I'd never been quite as shocked to hear about a musician's death before; suddenly I could understand how those Nirvana fan friends of mine had felt in 1994.

i couldn't decide whether to vote for SOD or ..Storytellin, so I went w/ an Atliens track & put Aquemini way up on my albums ballot.

Eh I think ilx no longer likes odd future

So itll just be a bunch of wu affiliate tracks and de la soul skits then.

Wonder how many countdowns it would take for my #1 to place

Simon Says was fucking ROBBED fyi

― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 11 June 2011 05:07 (4 hours ago)

yeah, you me and 1 other voted for it?

― Edward III, Saturday, 11 June 2011 05:09 (4 hours ago)

that was me, I think?

AFAIR all of my strategic or troll voting got shut out ;_;

Heroic work a hoy hoy and Spottie, even though now I look at the full list it looks like my ballot wasn't counted in the end because there are no votes at all for some of my picks. But hey, a great top 100 anyway (including roughly half my list) and a total pleasure to follow the rollout.

Especially grateful because my wife was expecting a baby all week and this was a great distraction from the nerves. She gave birth today. Only hitch: throughout the long labour I had the bassline to Black Moon's I Got Cha Opin running through my exhausted head.

Congratulations Dorian! Hip Hop Hooray!

Congrats to you and your wife!

congrats DL! there's a googleproof parenthood thread on 77 you're always welcome to post on: http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=74957

Some of the supposed locks for top 20 (What's My Name, Drop It Like It's Hot) didn't even make top 200.

Kids are the best, we have number 2 due in 7 weeks. Congrats DL

i think we already established that Finland is the only place where those songs are more popular than "Gin & Juice"

congrats DL, I hope you named the baby RAP TRACKS OF THE GODS

name the baby rakim

Scarface Lynsk3y

Osiris

big baby jesus

"ha" placing is awesome! hopefully it won't be the only non-wayne cash money

― positive rapper (k3vin k.), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 4:43 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

well i mean Wayne is on "Back That Azz Up" and "Bling Bling" -- it's not like a Big Tymers single is gonna place or anything

― Letters From Iwhiney Gima (some dude), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 6:06 PM (2 days ago)

no more juvie, no "what happened to that boy", no "bling bling", aw

not that i'm complaining i'm just saying

^funniest thing bout that is Wayne not placing at all (outside of c2)

no real classic singles

surprised a milli didnt make it. its not rlly one of my favorites but i can see it being an official rap canon pick 4 all time etc

i voted for "the block is hot"

only one vote for "so fresh, so clean" !

me! :(

thanks a hoy hoy for all ur hard efforts. pls can we have a uk goon fap at some point.

had to go out tonight but great poll. love mind playing tricks on me - great #1. with hindsight i kind of wish i'd put 'shook ones pt. 2' as my #1. honestly think that is the best rap song ever. i'm drunk btw

OK WHO ELSE VOTED FOR AKINYELE I LOVE U 4EVA

GIVE URSELF TPP PROPS IF U VOTED FOR:

(some of these are just tpp but wateva)

134. lauryn hill - doo wop (that thing) 4 102
147. 50 Cent - In Da Club 4 92
179. Special Ed - I Got It Made 3 77
201. Jay-Z – Heart of the City (Ain’t No Love) 4 69
241. puff daddy - it's all about the benjamins (remix) 2 57
261. akinyele - put it in your mouth 2 50
283. Lil B - I'm God 1 48
297. Kanye West ft. Twista + Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz 1 46
314. jay-z - a million and one questions 1 44
372. master p ft. mia x - bout it bout it pt 2 1 35
377. freeway - what we do 1 34
380. Notorious BIG - Mo' Money Mo' Problems 2 34
386. eric b & rakim - i ain't no joke 1 33
408. big daddy kane - smooth operator 1 30
419. Domino - Getto Jam 1 29
431. david banner ft. lil flip - like a pimp 1 28
471. devin the dude - doobie ashtray 1 25
482. esg - swangin and bangin 1 25
534. Three 6 Mafia – Ridin’ Spinners 1 25
557. das efx - real hip hop (pete rock remix) 1 20
566. lil keke - southside 1 19
613. Cam’ron – Oh Boy 3 12
623. Onyx - Slam 1 10
655. crime mob - rock yo hips 1 4
674. scarface ft. too $hort, tela & devin the dude - fuck faces 1 3
678. lil kim ft. lil cease - crush on you 1 2

U SUCK IF U VOTED FOR

671. Jay Z - Empire State Of Mind 1 3

SRSLY FUCK U

i love rap music. good night

I voted for Domino - Sweet Potato Pie, but Ghetto Jam is still class.

I was busy when all this was happening but this is a strong list. G Boys at number one and Mobb Deep at 4- v good. Def weird no Schooly D... did someone say no Big Daddy Kane? I would have put Biz Markie - Pickin Boogers up high too. I like that song.

DORIAN! OMG! BABIES ARE AWESOME!

287. David Banner – Cadillacs on 22’s 1 47
596. david banner - cadillacs on 22s 1 14

well propers to whoever else voted this

I voted for Domino - Sweet Potato Pie, but Ghetto Jam is still class.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Saturday, June 11, 2011 3:00 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha ftw u are inside my head

25 of my Old School 50 made it to the 100, so I'm happy. My "criminally overlooked" list is topped by:

Stetsasonic - Talking All That Jazz
Big Daddy Kane - Raw
Young MC - Know How

Congrats on the birth of Lil Dee Ell!

can't believe I'm the only vote for this, is this like some forgotten dre joint

Above The Law - 'Murder Rap'

― Edward III, Friday, 10 June 2011 20:18 (Yesterday)

I'd go for the flip ('Another Execution').

"haha ftw u are inside my head"

Ha. Such a great tune.

"another execution" is a jam but the ironside sample in "murder rap" rules my world

mike otm abt "raw" and "talking all that jazz"

I can see bdk suffering from vote splitting but this one shoulda been low hanging fruit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgmfyFm30OE

"Mind's Playing Tricks" is a great #1. Geto Boys (or at least that single) have really grown in stature over the years. If people on a message board in 1996 were constructing a top 100, you'd have been flamed stenuously for suggesting that MPT was better than "My Philosophy" "Ain't No Half Steppin'" or "Bring the Noise". They were a notch or two above ICP or whatever at that point. In fact, I remember just saying that Scarface was a great MC on rec.hip-hop and get tons of shit for it.

The rise of the South (and Texas) and the respect for Scarface's solo career, as well as the internet fetishism over Rap-a-Lot, have made Geto Boys acceptable.

Right on; "Mind Playing Tracks on Me" is one of the most--if not THE most--forlorn-sounding songs I've ever heard in my entire life...

like a lot of these, i prefer the song it samples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SSHba-I6PA

Great sample, also used on this 2nd II None track which was on my nominations short list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBg7jJyNtzM

107. Nas - It Ain't Hard to Tell 4 120

I guess this album has so many great songs that there was some forced vote-splitting, but if you had asked me prior to the results "Will 'It Aint Hard To Tell' make the top 100 rap tracks of the gods results?" I would have responded "Without question."

was just watching a bit of VH1's 100 greatest hip hop songs list and they ranked "Mind Playing Tricks" at #45, if you want any proof of how our list is better than theirs

Where did Lemme Smang It end up then?

at #17, between "Smang The Bells" and "Nothin But A G Smang"

Good work.

did someone already do a 'smang a gong (get it on)' dn

the floodgates opening for "rhymes with smang" display names would be worse than that month of a billion based god pun dns

And you can New Jack Smang from my nuts

P sure smang a gong has been done. Lemme Smang it was 28, 27...?

Camp Lo were fun Saturday night opening for Digable Planets at a free show in Brooklyn

Camp Lo downtown on a Saturday night? Things done changed.

Prospect Park