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 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

ok the last for today

She's been working on Block Party since 2007, and it's turning into Chinese Democracy. A couple songs have been let out during the process, but then she keeps going back in to do more.

i would love Missy to come back in a big way but honestly that would probably only happen if she did something really bland and trendy or reverse swagger jacked Nicki

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

― Letters From Iwhiney Gima (some dude),

yep.

(tie w/ #52) 51. Slick Rick - Children's Story [7 votes, 191 points, 1988]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNTu8jdukA

Missy's album's not on the shelf because she's a reticent perfectionist, it's because she can't get a release date without a hit single

lol never seen that vid before, looks crazy.

^^^this

and the longer she waits, the less likely it is to come out at all

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hheeeeeeere we go

Rick is the greatest

lol at missy not having a hit single. missy is 96% hit singles, 2% hanging out with shitty no name female singers 2% hanging out with name female singers

also Cookbook was 2005. It's been SIX YEARS

england's finest

I think he was referring to the fact that the couple tracks she's dribbled out since '05 were not huge hits...?

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Children's Story has so much bounce to it.

yeah...if "Ching-A-LLing" or "Best Best" or blah blah was as big as "Work It" that album would've been out a long time ago.

it was a long time before I noticed that RZA nicked the Children's Story bassline for Ghost's Daytona 500

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Children's Story is so damn good. Happy to see other's love it too.

would have voted "Children's Story"

Recap

100. Big L - Put It On [4 votes, 125 points, 1994]
98. Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over [5 votes, 125 points, 1986]
98. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo [5 votes, 125 points, 1995]
97. Public Enemy - Night of the Living Baseheads [3 votes, 126 points, 1988]
96. Fat Lip - What's Up Fat Lip [5 votes, 126 points, 2000]
95. OutKast – Spottieottiedopalicious [4 votes, 1 #1 vote, 127 points, 1998]
94. T.I. - Rubberband Man [5 votes, 128 points, 2003]
93. Skee-Lo - I Wish [6 votes, 128 points, 1995]
92. EPMD - Strictly Business [4 votes, 133 points, 1988]
91. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Tha Crossroads [5 votes, 1 #1 vote, 134 points, 1995]
90. EPMD - You Gots To Chill [4 votes, 139 points, 1988]
89. Jeru The Damaja - Come Clean [5 votes, 140 points, 1993]
88. De La Soul - Eye Know [5 votes, 142 points, 1989]
87. Ludacris - Southern Hospitality [6 votes, 143 points, 2000]
86. Smoothe da Hustler ft. Trigger tha Gambler - Broken Language [4 votes, 146 points, 1996]
85. Nas - The World Is Yours [5 votes, 146 points, 1994]
84. Naughty by Nature – O.P.P. [8 votes, 150 points, 1991]
83. Heltah Skeltah ft. OGC - Lefleuf Leflah Eskoshka [4 votes, 151 points, 1995]
82. The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight [4 votes, 1 #1 vote, 151 points, 1979]
81. Ice Cube - When Will They Shoot? [4 votes, 153 points, 1992]
80. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) [6 votes, 153 points, 1983]
79. Jay-Z ft. U.G.K. – Big Pimpin' [5 votes, 154 points, 1999]
78. The Notorious B.I.G. - Party and Bullshit [5 votes, 156 points, 1993]
77. Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E. [6 votes, 156 points, 1999]
76. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya [8 votes, 158 points, 1995]
75. Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew - The Show [4 votes, 1 #1 vote, 168 points, 1985]
74. The Coup – Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Grenada Last Night [5 votes, 168 points, 1998]
73. LL Cool J - Rock the Bells [6 votes, 172 points, 1985]
72. The Notorious B.I.G. - Gimme The Loot [4 votes, 1 #1 vote, 173 points, 1994]
71. The Crooklyn Dodgers - The Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers [5 votes, 1 #1 vote, 174 points, 1995]
70. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full [6 votes, 174 points, 1987]
69. RUN DMC - Rock Box [5 votes, 175 points, 1984]
68. Wu-Tang Clan ft. Isaac Hayes - I Can't Go to Sleep [6 votes, 176 points, 2000]
67. Public Enemy – Rebel Without a Pause [6 votes, 1 #1vote, 176 points, 1987]
66. Jay-Z - 99 Problems [7 votes, 176 points, 2004]
64. The Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize [6 votes, 180 points, 1997]
64. RUN DMC - Peter Piper [6 votes, 180 points, 1986]
63. Kanye West - Gold Digger [6 votes, 182 points, 2005]
62. Kanye West - Flashing Lights [7 votes, 183 points, 2007]
61. De La Soul - The Magic Number [5 votes, 1 #1 vote, 184 points, 1989]
60. Juvenile - Ha [6 votes, 185 points, 1999]
59. N.W.A - Express Yourself [5 votes, 186 points, 1988]
57. OutKast - Bombs Over Baghdad [6 votes, 186 points, 1999]
57. Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul [6 votes, 186 points, 1987]
56. A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? [7 votes, 186 points, 1990]
55. O.C. – Time's Up [6 votes, 188 points, 1994]
54. Clipse - Grindin' [8 votes, 189 points, 2004]
53. Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel [7 votes, 190 points, 1981]
52. Missy Elliott - Work It [6 votes, 191 points, 2002]
51. Slick Rick - Children's Story [7 votes, 191 points, 1988]

awesome run today. I voted for "The Show," "Rock The Bells," "Rebel," "Ha," I Know You Got Soul" and "Children's Story"

Also doesn't seem like missy is all that committed to her career -- can't even remember the last time I saw her (vh1 honors?) let alone to promote new music

less than 25 points between that 25 btw

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

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

My people.

yeah I just get the impression that she's done, more or less.

kinda like Andre 3000

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Shakey that's "nautilus"

684 songs voted for. 41 voters.

I know what it is. they just both use it so differently

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684! I feared a top hundred was pushing it, but in fact that's admirable restraint there.

Not to bring up old shit, but...

Kanye is only a weak rapper if you have a myopic definition of what constitutes a great rapper. He presents complex thoughts in concise statements that pay off over time. He's also charismatic and funny. To me, that makes him the definition of a great rapper. I can't think of many better lyrics than "I had a dream I could buy my way to Heaven/ When I awoke I spent that on a necklace." And he's dropping lines like that *all the time*. I will rep for Kanye getting even better over time.

That being said, "Gold Digger" is probably my least favorite track on this list so far.

cleverness is not a good indicator of rapping ability

I mean, Kanye can speak in rhythm but he can't actually rhyme to save his life, and for every clever couplet he drops there are approximately 500 banal and/or horrifying ones

"ha" placing is awesome! hopefully it won't be the only non-wayne cash money

I'm starting to think Ultramagnetics are gonna get shut out of this list... am I wrong?

gonna be interesting to see who placed on the albums poll but not on the tracks poll, I think

The tracks poll is such a random crap-shoot, kinda hard to be mad it. I have no expectations really. Flashing Lights is the only surprise to me so far.

There's a huge difference between being a great rapper and a great technical rapper. Kanye's a great rapper but not a great technical rapper. I'd still rather listen to MBDTF than, like, W.A.R.

Or Relapse

I just think content is so much more interesting than technique.

eh it's best when the one is married to the other ennit