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.

oh that was towards 50 cent discussion.

em heard a demo, sampled it. she got signed from it. thank you was the third single from her first album. white flag was the first single from her second album. i don't even like her and i can remember this shit - i wonder what was pushed out for that to stay there.

8 mile soundtrack came out months after grodt. Wasn't the wanksta video out ahead of grodt?

I believe so (irt Wanksta)

Actually, IIRC Thank You was used as a theme in some tv series that became really popular in here, and that's why it was well known before Stan.

8 Mile was the year before GRoDT.

"Dear Dido, I know you probably hear this everyday but I'm your biggest fan. I even got the underground shit that you did on the Sliding Doors soundtrack. Anyways, I hope you get this, hit me back,
just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan. This is a hoy hoy."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_discography

Aw jeez I've got 'Thank You' on a loop in my head now (not even the bit in Stan either) - really not what I was hoping for from this poll tbh.

oh my bad i don't remember it properly sorry i have shamed you ilx

"stan" is a really great song in its own right and the fact that he attempted and pulled of a song like that (thematically, in terms of point of view, etc) at the time he was becoming enormous is really remarkable imo - who else has made a move like that since? plus that thing is like 7 minutes long and it was all over the radio!

45. Kurtis Blow - The Breaks [8 votes, 212 points, 1980]

http://i55.tinypic.com/34i687c.jpg

More funky four plus one chat, less of these guys please. Did you know the Funky Four Jazzy Jeff isn't *that* Jazzy Jeff?

that dido album had decent success in the US prior to "stan", singles were on the radio, my wife had a copy, it got rereleased after em sampled and it had a second life

if only there were somewhere on the internet where we could get information on this

Cheeky Records, to which Dido was signed, was sold to BMG records in 1999. This delayed the release of No Angel in the United Kingdom, but also allowed her to concentrate on promoting the album No Angel in the United States, including a slot on Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair tour. Through touring, both before and after the album was available, Dido's music began to receive more exposure. The first official single chosen by Dido and her label, "Here with Me", was used as the theme music for the television programme Roswell. Arguably it was this, as well as the airplay on MTV throughout Europe of the single's video, which brought her mass attention.

In 1998, the music producer for the film Sliding Doors picked her track "Thank You" for the soundtrack. No Angel was first released in 1999, and Dido toured extensively to promote the record.

Eminem helped introduce Dido to the US audience in 2000 when he sampled the first verse of "Thank You" in his UK number-one single "Stan", after seeking permission from Dido herself; she also appeared in the music video as Stan's long-suffering girlfriend.

Aw jeez I've got 'Thank You' on a loop in my head now (not even the bit in Stan either)

ha ha otm

He robs a pregnant lady at gun point and then has a shoot out with a cop?

pfft, Ice-T and Schooly D were shooting at cops ten years before, and You Can't Fade Me is at least 100x more :0 than genially bragging about robbing ppl

Kurtis Blow! Another classic. Well done ILM.

The Breaks! Yes!

liking the old school theme today

me too!

a hoy hoy plz make all the Youtube links go to Dido and Faithless songs from here on out

or to the Wanksta wikipedia page.

but then your never hear planet rock, miracles, lemme smang it and lazy sunday

spoiler tags

fyi deej and i called an emergency meeting last night and decided to argue about the 50 Cent singles chronology to make this thread more entertaining for flopson

lol

I can't wait for the reaction to "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" at #1.

44. Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check! [7 votes, 214 points, 1996]

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not too low

put your hands >>> woo ha

Inhad put your hands in my top 10

I had

word

might be still to come

think woo hah was the one which was big in britain, may be remembering that wrong. anyway, love woo hah, busta in scenario mode still the best tho.

great images Spottie, very nice

Stan is a lumpen turd, agreed

I voted for That's the Joint, glad it placed so high. didn't vote for Whoo Hah but don't mind it showing up

had "woo hah" at #37, I'm assuming "scenario" is going to show higher

a quarter of my ballot has placed so far

43. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man [9 votes, 216 points, 1991]

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http://www.drugs-plaza.com/pictures/funny/jointgal3th.gif

not my favorite Cypress track but whatever, it was their break through.

will lol if Jump Around beats it

Really enjoying today's runout.

42. Camp-Lo - Luchini (This Is It) [7 votes, 226 points, 1997]

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nice

damn another one i forgot to vote for

yessss

Camp Lo - top 5 for me.

41. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders [8 votes, 232 points, 1993]

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camp lo my #7

nice tribe song, wasn't sure if it was going to make it

"luchini" will never not be fun to listen to

lol you mean "Electric Relaxation"

which btw is awesome