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.

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

After 6 on which time zone?

In

it is 6:10 here and i'm back w/ beer.

69. Run D.M.C. - Rock Box [5 votes, 175 points, 1984]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GND7sPNwWko

Nice one i voted for

early Run DMC live clips are some of the greatest things ever

my experience of rap was changed forever when I saw "rock box" on a video jukebox at an amusement park in NJ in '84, kinda crazy to think there are *4 years* between that and straight outta compton, in 4 years that shit went from the most groundbreakingest of shit to sounding old + tired #hiphoplife

#19 on my ballot

ok now we enter into the land of ties, as if 100-75 wasn't bad enough. conscensus!

(tie w/ #67 and #66) 68. Wu-Tang Clan feat. Isaac Hayes - I Can't Go to Sleep [6 votes, 176 points, 2000]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upy3ZkVEdjQ

CHALLOPS ALERT but I find Run DMC unbearably corny

^^^best two non rae verses on The W. And fucking amazing. Almost enough to make The W's filler disappear.

Love Wu-Tang, love Isaac Hayes, but I've always found this overrated. If I want lachyrmose Ghostface I go for All That I Got Is You. If I want a Walk on By sample I go for Hood Took Me Under.

i LOVE rae's verse in this though. might start a thread called "rappers getting so emotional it kicks them off their flow"

(tie w/ #68 and #66) 67. Jay-Z - 99 Problems [7 votes, 176 points, 2004]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwoM5fLITfk

CHALLOPS ALERT but I find Run DMC unbearably corny

Run DMC were corny. I mean, they wore Adidas without the laces and made a big deal about it. And their cadence was clunky even by 80s standards. BUT they were loveable little scamps.

zach that track is just ghost & rza. no rae.

shit meant RZA not rae

i make this mistake constantly

xp
xp xp xp

glad it's not top 20

btw can I just say KUDOS for this thread title

BOO 99 PROBLEMS

I'd forgotten that Rubin makes a cameo in the 99 Problems video. lol

smh that better not be the highest jigga

next one is going to get a whole fucking load of TOO LOWs. Get 'em ready.

Challop (?): In 1984, 99 Problems would've been a rap song but in 2004 it was a pop song. Maybe. I don't know. I didn't think about this very long before posting it.

nice little rock-rap run

Was "99 Problems" a big pop hit or something? It only seems to have this weird cult around it on the internet tbh

can I just say how happy it makes me that the first post in the thread is in my top 10

prefer this version tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQk0GkzePE0

(tie w/ #68 and #67) 66. Public Enemy – Rebel Without a Pause [6 votes, 1 first place vote, 176 points, 1987]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0b0jIaCEHU

I MEAN WTF HOW ISN'T THAT TOP FIVE?

like I don't remember "99 Problems" being so ubiquitous when The Black Album dropped, it was all about "Dirt On Your Shoulder"