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.

shit meant RZA not rae

i make this mistake constantly

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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"

best black album mashup was "99 problems" with "99 luft balloons." i grew much more accustomed to it than the original.

99 problems was huge over here, so maybe blame britishers. but jay's hardest breaks have always been big here (can i get a >>> hard knock life for example) and add in the dizzee jack, it was bound to happen

Just Chuck's voice with his "YES" to start, and more fucking sirens. God I love that album.

I'm just glad "rebel" placed, I kinda feel like that one gets lost in the shuffle of all the great stuff they did at the time

when that thing hit in summer of '87 it was another oh wow game has changed moment, today's results are memory lane up in here

(tie w/ #64) 65. The Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize [6 votes, 180 points, 1997]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytH5R4EG-Hw

i definitely heard a couple rap stations blasting "99 Problems" the weekend the album dropped. but yeah the stature it has compared to Jay's other singles among critics etc. is ridic.

"rebel" was #3 on my ballot

my turn for challops: "Hypnotize" is my least favorite Biggie single

Hating on run dmc is corny

99 problems is corny

hypnotize is probably my favorite big single after maybe "one more chance" remix

i also feel that way about hypnotize

Hypnotize is dope but "least favorite biggie single" is like ultimate narc of small diffs right?

"99 problems" is not even in the top 99 jigga songs

"Poppa been smooth since days of Underroos" makes me smile ALWAYS

mtv sort of tried to turn the vid for 99 problems into a controversy thing by having serious-face kurt loder introduce it as being controversial

didn't work/was not controversial

I had no idea 'I Can't Go To Sleep' was a single. I like it better as part of the album I think, it's a bit too emotional to stand on its own. Payoff is still killer though.

yeah I love that they had the brass balls to release it as a single tho

i don't think alive-biggie ever put out anything that wasn't 100% perfect ('miss u' maybe) so yeah its a case of arguing over some petty difference shit.

Hypnotize is dope but "least favorite biggie single" is like ultimate narc of small diffs right?

― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 1:43 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

not really a correct usage of the term -- but yeah saying it's the weakest of like half a dozen classic songs is not a strong diss

(tie w/ #65) 64. Run DMC - Peter Piper 6 votes, 180 points, 1986]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLWznkxEEN4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfY5s8SXcg0

really anyone can use that track on 2 turntables and sound dope, its the turntablist canon track

Peter Piper's beat is A+++

damn wish i voted for that

^

better track than "rock box" tbrr but I went with groundbreaking and/or sentimentality in that case take yr pick

and I really tried to hew to a one track per artist rule except in the most specialest of cases

63. Kanye West - Gold Digger [6 votes, 182 points, 2005]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwNcNOTVzY

great track but I just can't bring myself to vote for that guy

amazing list so far. not a single dud

I would vote for his "george bush doesn't care about black ppl" line tho

^^^otm

I didn't vote for any Kanye tracks gimme a fucking break and no way is Golddigger better than anything Run DMC did

er... really?

also happy birthday Kanye

Never cared for Hypnotize either. Love that Wu/Isaac Hayes joint. Run DMC singles are class. Gold Digger is ok, Drive Slow is my Kanye jam tho.