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.

***boom boom***

(tie w/ #80) 81. Ice Cube - When Will They Shoot? [4 votes, 153 points, 1992]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1lUhfsdeyo

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

'Broken Language' turning up was wonderful for me. Until then it had been a bunch of tracks I loved and was happy to hear again pleased that they placed and then along came something that was new to me and i was like "damn". It is so so good!

So bad ass.

Cube's the first one that has me saying, "Too Low! Too Low!"

Great song.

badass even

Well, Leflaur and Broken Language are both fucking great it seems.

lol wtf is that comp

most lol moment is when Too $hort decides to switch "I Need a Freak" to "I Need a Bitch". altho the Wu-Tang and Cypress Hill versions on there are also both awesome

xp

http://i774.photobucket.com/albums/yy24/ccskiing/funny-ice-cube-first-i-was-like-but-then.jpg

^^^never gets old

best song ever

it turns out that you can hear the next song an infinite amount of times without getting bored of it. :)

also :D love that cube meme

(tie w/ #81) 80. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) [6 votes, 153 points, 1983]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ChjLMbXVrU

FREE BASE!

It's only proper to big up Liquid Liquid right here.

okay that is way too fucking low

Yay for Heltah Skeltah! With that song and album, I've always loved how it's impossible pigeonhole them. They're too hardcore to be backpackers, but also too ironic and self-conscious to be gangsta rappers; it's just a constant flow of all sorts of subjects and signifiers with no discrimination. Such an idiosyncratic, fully-fleshed, well-delivered debut.

Please at the equality with which 80s and 90s is being repped for so far (sorry 00s!).

Please(d)

Tuomas otm.

the next record is another with one of my favourite videos of all time. and the second verse is *PERFECT*

79. Jay-Z ft. U.G.K. – Big Pimpin’ [5 votes, 154 points, 1999]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgoqrgc_0cM

Pretty undeniable.

also if i ever meet timbo i think i will drop at his feet waynes world style for his breaks, incl. big pimpin, on s. carter

next track is the definition of ***TOO FUCKING LOW***

(tie w/ #77) 78. The Notorious B.I.G. - Party and Bullshit [5 votes, 156 points, 1993]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA4DG804VuI

dope!

Made my top ten

So hard to pick a Big track, I went with Everyday Struggle, but I'm sure that wont place.

(tie w/ #78) 77. Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E. [6 votes, 156 points, 1999]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG_qcud1ShM

Sick run

gotta turn this beyonce off for a second and listen to this lol.. one of my fave songs ever

I love big pimpin so fucking much. I prob undervoted it. Could still rap that whole thing.

2001 > Chronic: challops I can get behind

76. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya [8 votes, 158 points, 1995]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ITLNzPoEqs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC5gIBdfIQI

This is, like, legitimately great so far. Even the novelty songs are fairly undeniable.

Should I be waiting for the other shoe to drop?

2nd is the classic remix w/ mc eiht and e40 if you've never heard it

This recap may reflect the poll differently in a couple spots because I applied trad ILM poll tiebreakers.

100. Big L - Put It On [4 votes, 125 points, 1994]
98. Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over [5 votes, 125 points, 1986]
98. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo [5 votes, 125 points, 1995]
97. Public Enemy - Night of the Living Baseheads [3 votes, 126 points, 1988]
96. Fat Lip - What's Up Fat Lip [5 votes, 126 points, 2000]
95. OutKast – Spottieottiedopalicious [4 votes, 1 #1 vote, 127 points, 1998]
94. T.I. - Rubberband Man [5 votes, 128 points, 2003]
93. Skee-Lo - I Wish [6 votes, 128 points, 1995]
92. EPMD - Strictly Business [4 votes, 133 points, 1988]
91. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Tha Crossroads [5 votes, 1 #1 vote, 134 points, 1995]
90. EPMD - You Gots To Chill [4 votes, 139 points, 1988]
89. Jeru The Damaja - Come Clean [5 votes, 140 points, 1993]
88. De La Soul - Eye Know [5 votes, 142 points, 1989]
87. Ludacris - Southern Hospitality [6 votes, 143 points, 2000]
86. Smoothe da Hustler ft. Trigger tha Gambler - Broken Language [4 votes, 146 points, 1996]
85. Nas - The World Is Yours [5 votes, 146 points, 1994]
84. Naughty by Nature – O.P.P. [8 votes, 150 points, 1991]
83. Heltah Skeltah ft. OGC - Lefleuf Leflah Eskoshka [4 votes, 151 points, 1995]
82. The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight [4 votes, 1 #1 vote, 151 points, 1979]
81. Ice Cube - When Will They Shoot? [4 votes, 153 points, 1992]
80. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) [6 votes, 153 points, 1983]
79. Jay-Z ft. U.G.K. – Big Pimpin’ [5 votes, 154 points, 1999]
78. The Notorious B.I.G. - Party and Bullshit [5 votes, 156 points, 1993]
77. Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E. [6 votes, 156 points, 1999]
76. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya [8 votes, 158 points, 1995]

xpost Definitely think Chronic vs. 2001 is a closer call than most would admit.

loving the list so far even though only one song i've voted for has showed up -- guess i predicted the top 49

that is it for today. thx to grillz, johnny and spottie, and of course everyone for voting.

these are 25 great songs, even the one I think is overrated is great

I'm 3/100 so far. Expected such.

Three of mine have showed up - World Is Yours, Rapper's Delight, White Lines. I should've voted for Still Dre too. A lot of the others I don't actually know - Crossroads and SpottieOttie... my favourites so far.

Eye Know, I Wish and Shimmy Shimmy Ya are my three so far. Can't believe I didn't vote for O.P.P. (especially after seeing some of the lesser-liked stuff I actually included on my ballot).

lol I didn't vote in this either

definitely would have voted for these:

97. Public Enemy - Night of the Living Baseheads [3 votes, 126 points, 1988]
89. Jeru The Damaja - Come Clean [5 votes, 140 points, 1993]
84. Naughty by Nature – O.P.P. [8 votes, 150 points, 1991]
81. Ice Cube - When Will They Shoot? [4 votes, 153 points, 1992]

might have voted for these:

93. Skee-Lo - I Wish [6 votes, 128 points, 1995]
87. Ludacris - Southern Hospitality [6 votes, 143 points, 2000]
82. The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight [4 votes, 1 #1 vote, 151 points, 1979]
80. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) [6 votes, 153 points, 1983]
76. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya [8 votes, 158 points, 1995]

I've only got three so far as well, but my albums ballot was so thoroughly intertwined w/ what placed that I would prefer a surprising and random list of things I could just have easily voted for b/c they are great fucking tracks - so far, that seems to be the case.

"O.P.P." is the one i voted for. i don't remember making a deliberate decision not to vote for "Rapper's Delight," definitely would've included it if i'd thought to.

Voted Come Clean, Spottieottiedopalicious, and What's Up Fatlip?

Not mad at anything so far, really. Love a lot of it, esp When Will They Shoot, Broken Language and Eye Know. Heltah Skeltah's the only thing I haven't heard, and it sounds good (though if it's in there over I Got Cha Opin or Who Got Da Props I will be ril ril mad.)