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.

ya idk about that kev -- tho now that you bring it up I might be unable to resist

it was either that or catchphrase comedian Goran "Funky Boy" Bogdan (xpost)

and by unable to resist I mean zipping "lemme smang it" 100 times but renaming 99 of them w/ the tracks on this list

lol

would unzip & listen to that

smang rolled again

It would be pretty tragic if "My Philosophy" didn't make it. Dramatical, even.

This poll is going better for me than the metal poll...

man if top billin doesnt place i will regret not voting. this is really great, hats off

Just want to say, as a low-information reader this rollout has been great to follow! I've heard a bunch of songs I'd never encountered before.

I forgot about Top Billin :( my bad

I think right now the biggest disappointment for me is if Hand on the Pump didn't place...

HOTP was not even nominated! (for shame..)

I agree & voted for HICJKAM in its stead, but that "Duke of Earl" loop is a thing of genius imo

I had about 10 LL singles on my first draft, can’t remember how many I cut it down to

A+ on the images, Spottie suddenly became VNP

yeah I would've been okay with Parents Just Don't Understand tbh

I would have been happy with five or so other FP/JJ singles

Summertime is in my bottom three, I think. Tho still a great radio jam obv

The first night I had an E that blew my head off, the DJ played 'Soul Power 74' by The J.B.s and 'You're Gonna Get Yours'. I can't hear either tune without going a bit funny.

cool story bro

Who is fronting on "So What'cha Want"?

Ha ha.

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

Yo yo yo yo baby pop, yeah you, come here, gimme a kiss

and by unable to resist I mean zipping "lemme smang it" 100 times but renaming 99 of them w/ the tracks on this list

Wish j0rdan had done this and not talked about it

pretty sure hand on the pump was on the nom list

yeah, it was on the egotrip list I posted in the noms thread, these were all fair game

Polls weak like clock radio speakers - VOTING THREAD for the ALL TIME RAP MUSIC POLL OF THE GODS (poll ends 25 May 2011)

whoops - OK dunno how I missed it. DAM, if it does not place, my apologies to you sir

cant believe ppl were harshing on 'summertime'

I had about 10 LL singles on my first draft, can’t remember how many I cut it down to

Likewise.

Its all good, Pillbox; there's a few songs that made it that I'd given up on, so I won't stress too much over HOTP.

Gave a good amount of points to "Made You Look"; would love to see that place...

holy crap, never knew there was a Scenario video, this is hilarious

btw guys some of the songs you mentioned made it. some didn't.

oooooooooooooh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

This list is killer so far.. I have high expectations for top 25.

Would be amazed if Push It didn't place

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

There's some rapping in it, though less than in other Salt-n-Pepa singles. But "Push It" is electro, and old-school electro is quite obviously part of hip hop, so it certainly deserves to be in the top 100.

50-25 looks pretty awesome, the only tunes among those I don't care about are Eminem and Beastie Boys. Was surprised to see how low "I Got 5 on It" and "California Love" placed, I thought the former was a lock for the top 20 and the latter for the top 10. "California Love" is certainly one of those tunes I never get bored of, no matter how ubiquitous it is. Does anyone know why they put the inferior remix on All on Eyez on Me instead of the original version?

I'd be shocked if "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)" and "Drop It Like It's Hot" didn't make it to the top 100, so Snoop must have two singles in the top 25. As much as I love Wu-Tang, I do hope they won't win this poll as well, that'd be boring. Especially since their best single ("I Can't Go to Sleep") placed so low.

'Triumph' is their best though I don't think it'll win. 'Protect Ya Neck' might. I'd be surprised if either doesn't place.

triumph blows imo

CONFLICT

so few actual good verses

I've always wondered about "Protect Ya Neck": it sounds so much like a Muggs beat that it can't be a coincidence... I know RZA collaborated with Muggs later on, but has he ever mentioned how much his initial sound owed to him?

"Triumph" is pretty great, but I agree that not all of the verses are that good... Though Deck's, GZA's & Masta Killah's are ones for the ages.

I am pulling my pollmaster card with the 5 way tie, as 2 of the records are wack as hell and one of them isn't even hip-hop (rmde ilm)

I'm guessing the record in question is 'I Luv U' which is a shame because I was rather looking forward to the explosion of butthurt that would be provoked by that placing in the top 20.

My guess is that the wack record is something by Dizzee Rascal and the non-hip hop tune is "Rapture".

even the inspectah deck verse is whatever to me now, used to love it tho

ha it isn't dizzee or blondie.

Baz Luhrmann?

The Outhere Brothers?

Just seen Spottie's pics 25-10 and this dude has put a big honking smile on my sick chops.

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

― some dude, Thursday, 9 June 2011 18:18 (Yesterday) Bookmark

This would parallel Dio winning the all-time metal trax poll nicely too.

I'd be shocked if "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)" and "Drop It Like It's Hot" didn't make it to the top 100, so Snoop must have two singles in the top 25. As much as I love Wu-Tang, I do hope they won't win this poll as well, that'd be boring. Especially since their best single ("I Can't Go to Sleep") placed so low.

― Tuomas, Friday, June 10, 2011 3:09 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

he'll have 2 songs in the top 25, but not those 2. noone in their right mind like "Who Am I?" more than "Gin & Juice" or "G Thang."

also heeeey a hoy hoy i'm awake throw out 25 for me pleeeeease

ok but #25 and then i need to pop into town

'hit the streets', dude

Isn't the problem with Rapture, not that it doesn't contain rapping but the exact opposite - that it contains the worst rapping ever committed to tape?

Top Five prediction (unranked): The Message - Tunes Splits The Atom - C.R.E.A.M. - T.R.O.Y. - Regulate - The Only Rhyme That Bites

Six sorry.

he'll have 2 songs in the top 25, but not those 2. noone in their right mind like "Who Am I?" more than "Gin & Juice" or "G Thang."

I didn't mention "G Thang" because it's a Dr. Dre song, not Snoop song. Obviously that one'll be in the top 20 too. Not sure about "Gin & Juice" though... In Finland at least, "Who am I?" was clearly the biggest hit from Doggystyle, and it's the tune from his debut that still gets played the most. Maybe it's different in the US, though?

Top Five prediction (unranked): The Message - Tunes Splits The Atom - C.R.E.A.M. - T.R.O.Y. - Regulate - The Only Rhyme That Bites

What the heck are your second and sixth predictions, I've never even heard of those?

yeah Doggystyle singles are definitely perceived differently in the US than in Finland

hope Mama Said Knock You Out and It Was A Good Day made it. slim chances for New Jacks Hustler unfortunately.

25. U.G.K. ft. Outkast - International Players Anthem [9 votes, 1 first place vote, 267 points, 2007]

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xxp MC Tunes, no-mark Mancunian baggy MC who rapped (badly) over samples of Stone Roses and 808 State records- I think Doran is, in the vernacular, "having a laugh".