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.

G Thang

Geto Boys?

The Message & Mind Playing Tricks

More tracks from 1994?

"Rico Suave"

Geto Boys #5 in the ILM 90s tracks poll so...

Proud of you guys for restraining yrselves w/ the Wu.

contenders still available:

cream
message
microphone fiend
aint no half steppin
slow down
baby got back
mind playin tricks
a milli
i get around

Bullshit. There are only two contenders.

Shook Ones is the most bad-to-the-bone track ever.

2. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message [18 votes, 1 first place vote, 619 points, 1982]

http://i51.tinypic.com/viitt3.jpg

1. Fake by Mastgrr - Cookin' By The Book [34 votes, 7 first place votes, 999 points, 2009 meme]

http://i54.tinypic.com/287m1s2.jpg

Punks Jump Up waz robbed.

wait is it possible "Mind Playing Tricks" isn't on the list!?!!

No way!

No Vanilla Ice no credibility.

1. National Fuel Gas Distribution Corporation - Rappin' With Gas[22 votes, 3 first place votes, 799 points, 1988]

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/DP/2007/01/images/012_img_1.jpg

wait is it possible "Mind Playing Tricks" isn't on the list!?!!

Now it's not.

if Mind Playing Tricks on Me gets top billing I will be so srsly psyched

― buhlogna mindstate (Pillbox), Friday, June 10, 2011 2:12 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark

is it okay that i prefer survival of the fittest to shook ones? shook ones is great obv.

Hell yes. I keep refreshing this shit just to see it there.

lol @ Cooking by the Book & Rappin w/ Gas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=751hUX_q0Do

Shook Ones > Hell On Earth > Survival of the Fittest

Drop a Gem on Em

1. Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me [21 votes, 3 first place votes, 816 points, 1992]

http://i55.tinypic.com/eun3bq.jpg

weird

so "Cream" didn't place? shocker

:D

Woah, an almost 200-point jump!

wow at the point difference

respectable number 1

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Mind Playin Tricks was my number 1. My favorite song ever.

these polls are officially ridiculous

Thanks a hoy hoy. Job well done and much appreciated.

that was really the most honestly suspenseful reveal of a #1 in ilx poll history

these polls are officially polls

final 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]

50. T.I. - What You Know [8 votes, 195 points, 2006]
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]
47. Eminem ft. Dido - Stan [7 votes, 201 points, 2000]
46. The Funky 4 + 1 - That's The Joint [7 votes, 203 points, 1981]
45. Kurtis Blow - The Breaks [8 votes, 212 points, 1980]
44. Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check! [7 votes, 214 points, 1996]
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]
41. A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation [8 votes, 232 points, 1993]
40. DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - Summertime [10 votes, 234 points, 1991]
39. Public Enemy - Fight the Power [8 votes, 1 #1 vote, 236 points, 1989]
38. Public Enemy - Bring the Noise [9 votes, 1 #1 vote, 236 points, 1988]
37. Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader [7 votes, 2 #1 votes, 236 points, 1988]
36. Dead Prez - Hip-Hop [9 votes, 238 points, 2000]
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]
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]
31. Luniz - I Got 5 On It (+ Remix) [9 votes, 250 points, 1995]
30. Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want [9 votes, 251 points, 1992]
29. Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock [8 votes, 253 points, 1982]
28. Yung Humma ft. Flynt Flossy - Lemme Smang It [6 votes, 3 #1 votes, 256 points, 2010]
27. Public Enemy - Welcome to the Terrordome [8 votes, 1 #1 vote, 256 points, 1990]
26. A Tribe Called Quest ft. Leaders of the New School - Scenario [8 votes, 257 points, 1991]

25. U.G.K. ft. Outkast - International Players Anthem [9 votes, 1 #1 vote, 267 points, 2007]
24. The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By [9 votes, 1 #1 vote, 261 points, 1992]
23. Audio Two - Top Billin' [7 votes, 1 #1 vote, 268 points, 1988]
22. Three 6 Mafia ft. 8Ball & MJG and Young Buck - Stay Fly 9 votes, 269 points, 2005]
21. OutKast - Ms. Jackson [8 votes, 300 points, 2000]
20. Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos [11 votes, 300 points, 1988]
19. Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck [9 votes, 2 #1 votes, 303 points, 1992]
18. Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day [11 votes, 308 points, 1993]
17. Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick - La Di Da Di [12 votes, 2 #1 votes, 316 points, 1985]
16. Craig Mack - Flavor in Ya Ear [11 votes, 318 points, 1994]
15. Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two [11 votes, 329 points, 1988]
14. Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph [10 votes, 335 points, 1997]
13. LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out [14 votes, 337 points, 1990]
12. Souls of Mischief - '93 Til Infinity [10 votes, 1 #1 vote, 342 points, 1993]
11. Snoop Dogg - Gin and Juice [16 votes, 349 points, 1993]
10. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton [16 votes, 413 points, 1988]
09. Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Nuthin' But a G Thang [15 votes, 446 points, 1992]
08. Pete Rock and CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You) [16 votes, 460 points, 1992]
07. M.O.P. - Ante Up [17 votes, 474 points, 2000]
06. The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy [14 votes, 1 #1 vote, 475 points, 1994]
05. Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance [18 votes, 1 #1 vote, 528 points, 1990]
04. Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II [17 votes, 541 points, 1994]
03. Warren G ft. Nate Dogg - Regulate [19 votes, 558 points, 1994]
02. Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message [18 votes, 1 #1 vote, 619 points, 1982]
01. Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me [21 votes, 3 #1 votes, 816 points, 1992]

Geto Boys didn't even place in the albums poll iirc

Thanks for rockin this, ahh. Definitely one of the most solid lists on ILX.

I know I keep saying this but no 40, no Too $hort, no Brand Nubian, no Biz Markie, no G Rap, on either poll = TEH WRONGNESS

no Kane either!

Sad @ no love for L'Trimm.

Thanking you for your hard work AHH, and Spottie on the images.

no schoolly d

Job well done and much appreciated
Hear, hear. Thanks a.h.h. Great poll.

f'reals...AHH and Spottie are kings of the week!

y'all have apparently forgot how awesome shit like "gucci time" and "saturday night" is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=751hUX_q0Do

vote splitting prob. I voted for WCBS tho, so don't look @ me

Voted:

25. U.G.K. ft. Outkast - International Players Anthem [9 votes, 1 #1 vote, 267 points, 2007]
24. The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By [9 votes, 1 #1 vote, 261 points, 1992]
23. Audio Two - Top Billin' [7 votes, 1 #1 vote, 268 points, 1988]
17. Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick - La Di Da Di [12 votes, 2 #1 votes, 316 points, 1985]
15. Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two [11 votes, 329 points, 1988]
12. Souls of Mischief - '93 Til Infinity [10 votes, 1 #1 vote, 342 points, 1993]
09. Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Nuthin' But a G Thang [15 votes, 446 points, 1992]
08. Pete Rock and CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You) [16 votes, 460 points, 1992]
07. M.O.P. - Ante Up [17 votes, 474 points, 2000]
05. Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance [18 votes, 1 #1 vote, 528 points, 1990]
04. Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II [17 votes, 541 points, 1994]
02. Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message [18 votes, 1 #1 vote, 619 points, 1982]
01. Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me [21 votes, 3 #1 votes, 816 points, 1992]

26/50 made it