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.

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]

http://i52.tinypic.com/wjj2w2.jpg

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".

dope

xp

These images are great. I see what's been done with the title there too.

didn't vote for anything as recent as IPA but i can't be mad at that, real pleasant surprise!

i didnt vote, but that wouldve been top-5 for me easy

i know people find it silly as fuck but i love andre's verse so much on that. "i know you ain't a pimp but pimp remember what i taught ya"

it's rmde but still great yeah

this makes me really fearful of "a milli" placing though

Is that the highest Outkast then? Wouldn't rule out Ms Jackson appearing but probably not with Bombs Over Baghdad so low.

Doran should be happy we at least got a song where a rapper refers to his "bum"

Wouldn't it be fun if "Hey Ya" placed? Then we could have a really great argument about what's hip hop and what's not.

Sorry Tuomas. It's wishful thinking. My actual prediction is The Message - Bring Forth The Guillotine - T.R.O.Y. - C.R.E.A.M. - 20 Seconds To Comply - Regulate

Mind Playing Tricks on Me will probably be top 5 Doran

And I still feel the remorse coursing through my veins. If one had to get in touch with Bushwick Bill, Scarface and ?Willie D, how do you reckon one would?

gotcha covered Doran, gave Mind Playing Tricks on Me lots of points; to my shame the only reason I heard & voted for it was bcz of this:

Ladies and gentlemen....the 1990s ILX SINGLES POLL RESULTS

And I still feel the remorse coursing through my veins. If one had to get in touch with Bushwick Bill, Scarface and ?Willie D, how do you reckon one would?

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short bat signal

Had a feeling IPA might place -- still kinda crazy, dope joint of course tho

if a hoy hoy doesn't come back soon i think Spottie should just start posting spoilers

Next one is about a girl.

"Bonita Applebaum"!

Freaks Come Out At Night! (I can wish)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9oBKJq5GWE

i want to say "Roxanne Roxanne" but that's prob wishful thinking

Just A Friend?

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

I voted 'You're Going Down' by JJ Fad, which I believe is about Roxanne Shante but that's probably wishful thinking.

xp wait...was Just a Friend nominated?

yes

wish i'd voted for "Renee"

xp to DJP: oh man...I cannot believe I didn't see it

I saw it.

hell yeah IPA! my #1 - not for any logical reason, mind. it just makes me inexplicably joyful. and even tho the lyrics are often garden-variety pimp & ho bs, the flow is so tight on each verse w/ each MC that the subject matter is basically moot anyway imo.

you know, I think the Outkast track I underrate the most is "ATLiens"

like, it never comes to mind when I think of Outkast tracks I love, but whenever I hear it's the greatest song ever

ATLiens is great; I remember the massive gangsta rap fan I sat next to in HS band not liking Outkast bcz the "fish and grits" line in the chorus & "Ain't no thang but a chicken wang" but I never quite got that

if Rosa Parks makes it, then I'm gonna feel sorry for not nominating "Return of the G"

(I'll bet it's #24)

ATLiens is in my top 10.

i remember the first time i heard of Outkast was reading a review of that album and pronouncing it in my head as "at-lee-ens" for the longest time

Next one is about a girl.

Kurt Cobain, greatest rapper of the 90s

um...

he did smell like Teen Spirit

This has actually been one of my favourite ILM polls ever. At some point in the early 2000s, I lost almost all of my residual ability to connect with hip hop (having followed it very closely from 1985 to 1989 in particular), and so this is providing an ideal re-entry point. I've been streaming every track in full, and there's been a wealth of goodness to discover, or to re-acquaint myself with.

pronouncing it in my head as "at-lee-ens" for the longest time

My brother said this recently. He's a big fan of The-Dream so i'm not sure how he didn't make the connection