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 mean there's gotta be some LL in the top 25, might as well be that

Agree about too much PE.

Lack of Snoop is the most surprising thing so far.

Also, Lemme Smang it beating Bring The Noise, Planet Rock, Follow The Leader, California Love and Get Ur Freak On is pretty much the funniest thing in the history of ILM.

I mean there's gotta be some LL in the top 25, might as well be that

Well, I'd prefer Going Back to Cali, but I figure Mama Said has a better shot (voted for both).

Is Mama Said Knock You Out a pipedream at this point?

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i realized i should've mentioned that too right after hitting 'submit' (i was mainly listing stuff from my ballot and "Rock The Bells" was my LL pick)

non-wu top 25 essentials: Mind Playing Tricks, Juicy, TROY, The Message, Top Billin', Gin & Juice, G Thang, Ain't No Half Steppin, It Takes Two, Flava In Ya Ear, Regulate, Shook Ones, La Di Da Di

Passing Me By? The Choice is Yours? 93 to Infinity? The motherfucking Humpty Dance? I Get Around?

Not with this crowd?

Ante Up fo sho.

Snoop might have the best chance of any non-Wu artist of appearing twice in the top 10

Would be amazed if Push It didn't place. Are we too high up for It Was A Good Day now? Probably.

I worry about LL, BDK and Top Billin.

tbh at this point I am expecting #1 to be "Purple Pills"

where the fuck is special ed

lol @ dan

It Was a Good Day prolly has as good a shot as anything. It definitely falls on the Summertime/G-Funk matrix that ILX loves. Hell, it could be #1.

no

Top Ten?

A Milli
Mind Playing Tricks On Me
The Message
Straight Outta Compton

What else?

#1 will be The Message and you know it

gotta make room for Hard in da Paint amirite

#1 will be The MessageLa Di Da Di and you know it

Would be amazed if Push It didn't place

this more of a club/dance song to me, is there even rapping on it?

tho I voted for "planet rock" so I don't have much room to talk

will go on an SB spree if "A Milli" is top 25

lol

great work ppl. these rollouts just keep getting better - so psyched for tomorrow! new JPEGs are really dope & have vastly improved my enjoyment of this, which is saying quite a lot, actually. high fives all around!

trax I voted for from today's lot:

49. Three 6 Mafia ft. U.G.K. and Project Pat - Sippin' on Some Syrup [6 votes, 196 points, 2000]
48. GZA ft. Ghostface Killah, RZA and Killah Priest - 4th Chamber [6 votes, 201 points, 1995]
46. The Funky 4 + 1 - That's The Joint [7 votes, 203 points, 1981]
45. Kurtis Blow - The Breaks [8 votes, 212 points, 1980]
43. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man [9 votes, 216 points, 1991]
40. DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - Summertime [10 votes, 234 points, 1991]
35. 2Pac ft. Dr. Dre - California Love [9 votes, 1 #1 vote, 242 points, 1996]
34. OutKast - Elevators (Me & U) [7 votes, 1 #1 vote, 245 points, 1996]
29. Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock [8 votes, 253 points, 1982]

Yeah, three cheers for S_O_D and the images he made! Awesomeness.

things i voted for:
49. Three 6 Mafia ft. U.G.K. and Project Pat - Sippin' on Some Syrup [6 votes, 196 points, 2000]
41. A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation [8 votes, 232 points, 1993]
39. Public Enemy - Fight the Power [8 votes, 1 #1 vote, 236 points, 1989]
34. OutKast - Elevators (Me & U) [7 votes, 1 #1 vote, 245 points, 1996]
26. A Tribe Called Quest ft. Leaders of the New School - Scenario [8 votes, 257 points, 1991]

things i should have voted for
50. T.I. - What You Know [8 votes, 195 points, 2006]
43. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man [9 votes, 216 points, 1991]
42. Camp-Lo - Luchini (This Is It) [7 votes, 226 points, 1997]
31. Luniz - I Got 5 On It (+ Remix) [9 votes, 250 points, 1995]

is "La Di Da Di" the most sampled hip-hop track ever?

Whether it qualifies or not is irrelevant, but I'd be surprised if it didn't place given that a big pop song like Summertime is also here.

Wouldn't want to bet on anything making number one but, if pressed, would probably go for Regulate.

i voted for

42. Camp-Lo - Luchini (This Is It) [7 votes, 226 points, 1997]
40. DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - Summertime [10 votes, 234 points, 1991]
31. Luniz - I Got 5 On It (+ Remix) [9 votes, 250 points, 1995]
26. A Tribe Called Quest ft. Leaders of the New School - Scenario [8 votes, 257 points, 1991]

it would be kind of heartwarming if "Regulate" was #1 so soon after Nate's passing

voted 'elevators' as my #1 mostly for personal reasons. obvs it's a great song + reminds me of summertime smoking weed in the park with my best friend when we were kids..basically the best time ever. has a vivid memory of the first time i heard it when the video came on mtv base late one night and i was just O_o woah this is amazing

Nate having just died is what's making me think Regulate. Everyone will have listened to that song in the last couple of months.

Love that, xp.

Glad you're all enjoying the imagery too.

The images are sick, Spottie. Such a great addition.

14/50 of mine placed so far. But I could see a lot of my votes landing top 25.

Today:
46. The Funky 4 + 1 - That's The Joint [7 votes, 203 points, 1981]
37. Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader [7 votes, 2 #1 votes, 236 points, 1988]
33. Ol' Dirty Bastard ft. Kelis - Got Your Money [9 votes, 246 points, 1999]
31. Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On [9 votes, 250 points, 2001]
30. Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want [9 votes, 251 points, 1992]
26. A Tribe Called Quest ft. Leaders of the New School - Scenario [8 votes, 257 points, 1991]

Yesterday:
74. The Coup – Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Grenada Last Night [5 votes, 168 points, 1998]
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]
64. The Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize [6 votes, 180 points, 1997]
55. O.C. – Time's Up [6 votes, 188 points, 1994]

Oh wait, I didn't vote Missy. Kinda happy about that, actually.

Any Nas going to end up Top 25?

NYSOM, right?

I'm hoping It Ain't Hard to Tell

i wouldn't be surprised if "The World Is Yours" ends up being the only Nas on this list. there's stronger consensus about his post-Illmatic singles but none of them were going to get to the top 25.

That makes sense to me.

How big a deal was Made You Look? I always thought that was possibly the strongest single he released.

everyone knows "Made You Look" is the shit but it's not going to place ahead of other stuff from its era like "Get Ur Freak On" or "Grindin'" no matter how much it deserves to

hopefully someone whose name rhymes with gordon blargent will zip these up like he did with the al ship countdowns

maybe i'll drop 120 minutes host lewis largent an e-mail and ask him about it

"al ship countdowns"

You got a link to these?

all the threads about them are titled "al ship's top 50" etc. so they're pretty easy to find in the thread search fyi

search "al ship's" in the ilx search or i'm sure al could link you to the lists directly - he listed his favorite songs of the past decade from each genre and we polled them all

xp

Thanks.

Gotta read up on what my cuz is all about.

At the start I would have banked on Seen a Man Die, 93 Til Infinity, Supa Dupa Fly, Slow Down, The Choice Is Yours and another Nas but apparently not.