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.

Hazarding a guess at the top 20: Juicy, Follow the Leader, Paid in Full, Shook Ones Part II, Gin & Juice, CREAM, TROY, It Was a Good Day, Mind Playing Tricks on Me, How I Could Just Kill a Man, Triumph, Flava in Ya Ear, The Message, Straight Outta Compton, Passing Me By, something else from Dre, something from Tribe, something from Jay-Z, and a couple of PE tracks. Based on my album predictions I'm probably wrong but I'm going to throw it out there anyway.

― Strictly vote-splitting (DL), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 5:01 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

"Scenario" and "It Takes Two" and "Children's Story" and "Top Billin'" should place pretty high too

don't think "How I Could Just Kill A Man" will be that high up but maybe i'm underestimating it. i think Jay-Z will suffer from vote-splitting and nothing of his will be very high. "Big Pimpin'" might even be it for him on this list.

gonna do a couple now and then some more after 6.

75. Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew - The Show [4 votes, 168 points, 1985]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDkqz5C62SM

wait shit i forgot to write in 1 first place vote but the points were still right.

my #1! TOO FUCKING LOW!

74. The Coup – Me and Jesus the Pimp in a ’79 Grenada Last Night [5 votes, 168 points, 1998]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbiot-mH0EQ

Nice contrast

72. LL Cool J - Rock the Bells [6 votes, 172 points, 1985]

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

72 or 73?

I'm glad at least one tune by The Coup made it, even though my favourite is "Fat Cats, Bigga Fish". But "Me and Jesus..." is hella chilling too, storytelling rap at its best.

Whoa, apparently there is a novel based on the lyrics "Me and Jesus the Pimp..."!!!

http://www.amazon.com/Too-Beautiful-Words-Monique-Morris/dp/0066211050

"Rock The Bells" also comically low

73 sorry. 72 is...

72. The Notorious B.I.G. - Gimme The Loot [4 votes, 1 first place vote, 173 points, 1994]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzvL4O3uomg

i personally like these things more when the emphasis is on singles over album tracks but "Gimme The Loot" is pretty unfuckwithable

Gimme The Loot is still p much the most shocking thing hiphop has done

(tie w/ #70) 71. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full [6 votes, 174 points, 1987]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7t8eoA_1jQ

also this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4O0OTcey1g

and one more before i leave. this placing makes me so happy.

70. The Crooklyn Dodgers - The Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers [5 votes, 1 first place vote, 174 points, 1995]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opWYnUpNtG8

Surprised at 'Paid In Full' being so low, it's always had an aura of untouchable genius about it (possibly cos of the Coldcut remix, ironically enough)

Speaking of that, did the votes for "Paid in Full" include the ones for the Coldcut remix? Or did no one vote for that?

Paid in Full too low (though not one of my two Eric B & Rakim picks so there you go)

I thought I had 'The Show' as my number #1, but I was obviously mistaken lol It was definitely either that or 'Shook Ones Part II' I think.

Rakim definitely will suffer from vote-splitting -- i voted for "I Know You Got Soul" but it could've been any nymber of other songs and i'm never totally clear on where the consensus lies with his big singles

71 my ass. 7 minutes of madness should be #1. im biased.

I always thought Follow The Leader was the one rated the highest.

I saw Rakim live a few weeks ago. Was surprised that he opted for the Coldcut mix of "Paid In Full", given that Eric B hated it. He encored with an acapella "Follow The Leader", which was just stunning.

if he cared what Eric thinks wouldn't he still be with Eric?

I just assumed that they'd have been on the same page Coldcut-wise, back in the day. Maybe they were. Maybe he's changed.

The legacy of "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers" was probably hurt by it only appearing on a soundtrack album--but IMO it has the best Premier beat, a great Chubb Rock verse, solid OC verse, and Jeru's greatest verse.

The Show and Paid in Full placing way too low imho

never heard that Crooklyn Dodgers track before, weird

I guess fatback's "king tim III" won't be placing ;_;

There's another one too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LLN553cFFE xp

Masta Ace, Buckshot, Special Ed

Special Ed! wtf

Both recorded for Spike Lee movie soundtracks iirc

damn, I am hitting like gangbusters today! Voted for jesus, bells, loot & crooklyn.

Wasn't my vote for Eric B & Rakim (Juice) or Coldcut (More Beats + Pieces) although I voted for the album. Talking of which, aren't all these laughably low placings actually down to simple old fashioned vote splitting rather than voter imbecility? Just a thought...

yeah vote splitting is gonna hurt ppl w/ lotsa good singles I think

So happy Jesus the Pimp made it--one of my original noms I wasn't sure would get any support.

Not a wack song so far. If we keep this up this might be the ILX poll GOAT. (Though a hoy hoy saying "i've genuinely just checked the top 100 and LOL" at the top makes me nervous.)

Also, it's impossible to say whether or not something's too low until the rest of the list goes up. "The Show" and "Rock the Bells" are classics, but there's still plenty of classics out there.

(And it's not like poll results ever really make sense anyway.)

I guess high placings for crossover singles like '99 Problems', 'Hip Hop' (Dead Prez), 'Get Yr Freak On' and some arguably 'cheese' platters like 'Push It', 'Jump Around' and 'It Takes Two' may be on the cards.

FWIW I like all of the above songs and voted for all of them bar House Of Pain and Salt n'Peppa.

It just reflects there being 69 more awesome rap tracks, I'm hoping.

I have real regrets in not voting for "It Takes Two"

it's ok I got ya covered

What happened to a hoy hoy

and one more before i leave. this placing makes me so happy.

― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 8:44 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

gonna do a couple now and then some more after 6.

― WHO THE FUCK READS THE (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 7:47 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark