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.

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.

Golddigger probably better than most 90s RUN DMC tracks. Still, I've grown to hate Jamie Foxx and his hokey soul-singing ass can leave now thank you.

okay maybe I should've specified pre-Back From Hell Run DMC

Still, I've grown to hate Jamie Foxx and his hokey soul-singing ass can leave now thank you.

^^^ugh yes

gold digger is pretty great but... no -- kanye used to be a great mc

kanye was never a great mc come on

I think people are just tired of his face showing up anywhere. Understandably.

Kanye West isn't fit to untie their shell toes.

yeah, great producer, great w/ a pop hook, mc? eh idk

kanye was never a great mc come on

THIS x 1,000,000

maybe you can point me to a jam where he turned it out

yeah kanye's face being everywhere is...

lol a hoy hoy took the words out of my mouth

Kanye has always been terrible; his great songs are not due to his lyrical skills

62. Kanye West - Flashing Lights [7 votes, 183 points, 2007]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ila-hAUXR5U

ahhhhhhh

you bastards

There is hilarious, great & unique rapping all over his first two albums

Never got all the love for Flashing Lights

i will rep for Kanye's rapping on Late Registration especially but i will not say he was a "great mc"

this is the shit a hoy hoy has been chuckling about while we go about our day in ignorance

Flashing Lights love all about the track itself, for me at least. Probably counter to the spirit of a rap poll, but I voted for it anyway.

You guys are crazy -- he stopped being great when his success allowed him to become douchier and douchier -- his "complexities" became routine and grating -- still putting out dope albums cuz he's supremely talented, but

He noticeably dropped off as a rapper around 'graduation' which we all know is the birthplace of the grocery bag

i have hope that "gone" will place

Kanye rankings are some bullshit sorry guys

kanye was a dece mc once upon a time but 'great' smh. top ten ever producer tho.

like I could've accepted Jesus Walks or Workout Plan somewhere in the bottom 25 but fuck this beating out the Show and Run DMC and EPMD and what have you

61. De La Soul - The Magic Number [5 votes, 1 #1 vote, 184 points, 1989]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0irL1M15DH8

ahhh. That's more like it.

a hoy hoy applying balm to our wounds

Shakey Mo otm

Pretty twee de la choices

My vote was for Saturday, which I guess isn't any less twee, but I love it.

Too low! My #1

Newsflash: De La are pretty twee

hate to tell you but de la's little known "suck my gat n***az" is prolly not gonna place

xp

Love all de la tho, don't get me wrong. Voted for ego trippin, which I'm sure will not place...flashing lights is the first song on the whole list I dislike

I also voted for Ego Trippin

Lol e3

Yah I voted Ego Trippin as well.

I can't remember, is Ego Trippin the one that's all quotes from other songs...?

Yup

I change my pitch up, smack my bitch up, I never did it.