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.

I know! It's full of it. It's full of other stuff too though, it kind of transcends genre for me so didn't sit easy for me in a genre poll.

lol yeah a guitar! it can't be in a hiphop poll!

ok that rakim vid is some bullshit here is the proper version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnNkaO1EMyQ

Is Kanye's line about hating paparazzi worse than the Nazis the worst lyric in the poll so far? Love the music on that song but his MCing is even slacker than I remember it.

Never heard Ha but it's great - weirder than I expected Juvenile to be.

xp I think it's fair to say that BOB seems to transcend genre, just like Get Ur Freak On.

Is Kanye's line about hating paparazzi worse than the Nazis the worst lyric in the poll so far? Love the music on that song but his MCing is even slacker than I remember it.

both polls

56. A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? [7 votes, 186 points, 1990]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbDFS6cg1AI

yes!

You can!

video version is different to the og btw, which can be heard here with the pic of the rong album cover:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ubKHzujy8&feature=related

both are dope.

This was #10 on my ballot, highest of my votes to place so far.

Don't know why they cut the Lou Reed sample out of the single version (probz some backroom business), but that's what really makes the track.

I spent all weekend listening to People's... such a dope dope DOPE album

Used to know someone who would steal car stereos to order - we'd joke that his theme song should be 'Can I Nick It?'

yeah he wasn't exactly happy about it. although this is a dude who could have unhappy orgasms.

next up is a song i've not seen much said about it but i think is secretly goon crew canon iykwim?

55. O.C. – Time’s Up [6 votes, 188 points, 1994]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvfQXVo7lQo

can't find the equally great buckwild remix on youtube so far

My number 2.

Bare bones (dusty drum, simple bass line) beat with pure complex lyricism. So great.

wait the dream dropped songs yesterday? damn this poll i've now got to scout that huge thread to just find a link between the homo popist love in

Even the video is as stripped back as you can get.
http://youtu.be/EWFC2PEbwCk

Yeah, didn't vote for this, but I certainly like it being here.

54. Clipse - Grindin' [8 votes, 189 points, 2004]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laOZ7HPu9yU

the dream trks are up on his webpage Sam.

I love the beat to "Grindin'". I don't even have the full track in my music library, just the instrumental.

yeah also wth at that webpage. these are kinda shitty so im gonna rock grindin to get me going again

huh never heard this OC track before - good stuff

"grindin" is still the shit -- such a sick beat, I remember kids in high school pounding that out incessantly

53. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel [7 votes, 190 points, 1981]

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

i remember locking and unlocking the automatic locks on my car in time to the beat (xpost)

hey spottie my email is working again btw if you are still thinking of doing graphics for the top 50

Yes! Love Wheels of Steel.

Along with spoken word vocals from the movie Flash Gordon, some of the primary records utilized to create the mix included:

* Chic - "Good Times"
* Blondie - "Rapture"
* Queen - "Another One Bites the Dust"
* Sugarhill Gang - "8th Wonder"
* The Furious Five - "Birthday Party"
* Spoonie Gee - "Monster Jam"
* Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band - "Apache"
* Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - "Freedom"
* Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper’s Delight"
* The Hellers - "Life Story"

indisputable classic, was in my top 10 iirc

Cool, I webmailed you last night. Im working on the top 50, will deliver before tomorrow. xp hoy hoy

I did the one track per artist thing, so as much as I've loved lots of today's picks, the Grandmaster is the first of mine to show up in this portion of the countdown.

I had The Message as well, which is entirely different artists strictly speaking.

(tie w/ #51) 52. Missy Elliott - Work It [6 votes, 191 points, 2002]

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

Tune.

the wiki for under construction is surprisingly shitty. wish it had a 33 1/3 or someone wrote a book about records made of ridiculous amounts of samples

YES! Wasn't sure this would make it.

more "Flashing Lights"-level new jack challops imo

hope it's not the highest missy, but dope obv

here's a challop: "Gossip Folks" > "Work It"

Under Construction is far and away my favorite Missy album and I was bummed it didn't place in the albums poll

man she just disappeared didn't she

lol I don't think anything will be as ridiculous as "flashing lights" placing

xp: well IMO it's not so much that she disappeared as much as ppl don't care as much about her shit these days (plus presumably she has a bunch of production $$$ and therefore doesn't need to spend as much time recording her own shit)

here's a challop: "Gossip Folks" > "Work It"

― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Wednesday, June 8, 2011 3:41 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

total cosign

Under Construction is my favorite too. Was likewise bummed.

lol I don't think anything will be as ridiculous as "flashing lights" placing

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 8 June 2011 20:41 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

just remember you said this fyi

missy #18 on my ballot, such a fun + funny song