Another silly list show from VH1 - 100 Best Hip Hop Songs

some weird choices on here

top 5 are totally predictable and lolz how they give respect to Straight Outta Compton but wouldn't play the video back in the day

100 Biz Markie - "Just A Friend"
99 Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz ft/ Ying Yang Twins - "Get Low"
98 Warren G ft. Nate Dogg - "Regulate"
97 Eve - "Who's that Girl"
96 DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - "Parents Just Don't Understand"
95 L'Trimm - "Cars With The Boom"
94 Master P ft. Sikk, Fiend, Mia-x and Mystical - "Make 'Em Say Ugh"
93 N.E.R.D. ft. Lee Harvey and Vida - "Lapdance"
92 Yo-Yo - "Can't Play with my Yo-Yo"
91 Chamillionaire ft. Krayzie Bone - "Ridin'"
90 Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y)"
89 Cam'ron - "Oh Boy"
88 Jungle Brothers - "What U Waitin' 4"
87 Wyclef Jean ft. Refugee All Stars - "We Tryin' to Stay Alive"
86 Heavy D. and the Boyz - "Now That We Found Love"
85 Black Star - "Definition"
84 UTFO - "Roxanne Roxanne"
83 2 Live Crew - "Me So Horny"
82 Chubb Rock - "Treat 'Em Right"
81 PM Dawn - "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss"
80 Three 6 Mafia ft. Paula Campbell- "Hard Out Here For A Pimp"
79 DMX - "Ruff Ryders' Anthem (Stop Drop)"
78 Arrested Development - "Tennessee"
77 Cold Crush Brothers - "Cold Crush Bros. at the Dixie"
76 Big Punisher ft. Joe- "Still Not A Player"
75 Lil' Kim ft. Lil' Cease- "Crush on You"
74 EPMD - "You Gots To Chill"
73 Black Sheep - "The Choice Is Yours"
72 J.J. Fad - "Supersonic"
71 Whodini - "Freaks Come Out at Night"
70 3(rd) Bass - "Pop Goes the Weasel"
69 Common - "I Used to Love H.E.R."
68 T.I. - "What You Know"
67 Mase - "Feel So Good"
66 House Of Pain - "Jump Around"
65 Spoonie Gee and The Treacherous Three - "Love Rap"
64 The Roots - "What they Do"
63 Kid 'n Play - "Rollin' With Kid N Play"
62 Digable Planets - "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"
61 Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
60 L.L. Cool J - "I Need Love"
59 Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Shimmy Shimmy Ya"
58 Ludacris ft. Shawna- "What's Your Fantasy"
57 Big Daddy Kane - "I Get the Job Done"
56 Busta Rhymes - "Woo-Ha! Got You All In Check"
55 Terror Squad ft/ Fat Joe and Remy - "Lean Back"
54 MC Lyte - "Cha Cha Cha"
53 Lox ft. DMX and Lil' Kim - "Money, Power, Respect"
52 Foxy Brown ft. Jay-Z - "I'll Be"
51 Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew - "The Show"
50 Lil' Wayne - "Tha Block Is Hot"
49 Boogie Down Productions - "My Philosophy"
48 Nas - "One Love"
47 Young MC - "Bust A Move"
46 De La Soul - "Me, Myself, And I"
45 Geto Boys - "Mind Playing Tricks On Me"
44 Method Man ft/ Mary J. Blige - "I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need to Get By"
43 Game, The ft. 50 Cent - "Hate It or Love It"
42 Roxanne Shante - "Roxanne's Revenge"
41 Funky 4 + 1 - "That's the Joint"
40 Run-DMC - "It's Like That"
39 Tone-Loc - "Wild Thing"
38 Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise"
37 Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two"
36 Nelly - "Hot In Herre"
35 Queen Latifah ft. Monie Love - "Ladies First"
34 Cypress Hill - "Insane In The Brain"
33 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - "Tha Crossroads"
32 Puff Daddy & The Family ft/ Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim and The Lox - "It's All About The Benjamins"
31 Kool Moe Dee - "How Ya Like Me Now"
30 Tribe Called Quest - "Check the Rhime"
29 Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance"
28 Ice Cube - "It Was A Good Day"
27 Beastie Boys - "Hold it Now, Hit it"
26 MC Hammer - "U Can't Touch This"
25 Fugees - "Killing Me Softly"
24 Eric B and Rakim - "Paid in Full"
23 Outkast - "B.O.B."
22 Naughty By Nature - "OPP"
21 Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force- "Planet Rock"
20 Kanye West ft/ Jamie Foxx - "Gold Digger"
19 Ice T - "Colors"
18 50 Cent - "In Da Club"
17 Sir Mix-A-Lot - "Baby Got Back"
16 Missy Elliott - "Get Ur Freak On"
15 Eminem - "Stan"
14 Tupac - "I Get Around"
13 Wu-Tang Clan - "C.R.E.A.M."
12 L.L. Cool J - "I Can't Live Without My Radio"
11 Jay-Z - "Hard Knock Life"
10 Kurtis Blow - "The Breaks"
09 Salt-N-Pepa - "Push It"
08 Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Gin and Juice"
07 Notorious B.I.G. - "Juicy"
06 N.W.A. - "Straight Outta Compton"
05 Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "The Message"
04 Run-DMC ft/ Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
03 Dr. Dre - "Nuthin But A 'G' Thang"
02 Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight"
01 Public Enemy - "Fight The Power"

I mean, "I Get the Job Done" is the Big Daddy Kane song they pick? really?

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04 Run-DMC ft/ Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"

>:o(

that said, i watched this stretch the other night

74 EPMD - "You Gots To Chill"
73 Black Sheep - "The Choice Is Yours"
72 J.J. Fad - "Supersonic"
71 Whodini - "Freaks Come Out at Night"
70 3(rd) Bass - "Pop Goes the Weasel"
69 Common - "I Used to Love H.E.R."
68 T.I. - "What You Know"
67 Mase - "Feel So Good"
66 House Of Pain - "Jump Around"
65 Spoonie Gee and The Treacherous Three - "Love Rap"
64 The Roots - "What they Do"
63 Kid 'n Play - "Rollin' With Kid N Play"
62 Digable Planets - "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"
61 Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
60 L.L. Cool J - "I Need Love"
59 Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Shimmy Shimmy Ya"
58 Ludacris ft. Shawna- "What's Your Fantasy"

and was geeking out

for all time

yeah some of the bits were really nice, they rounded up a good cross-section of talking heads and there was the occasional killer bit of footage I'd never seen before (Doug E and Slick Rick doing the Show on TV in 1985?!?)

81 PM Dawn - "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss"

okay, I like this song but what the hell is it doing on any top 100 hip-hop list... oh right, VH-1

and lolz I totally thought they'd give Walk This Way number 1.

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VH1 already did this. we tried to watch it at a wedding reception one time but some old dears kept turning it off. top selections don't look familiar tho.

was funny to see Prince Be performing while sitting down tho. wtf kinda live show is that

was thinking the same thing about the Big Daddy pick. Whole list is pretty yawnworthy.

props for including Love Rap, though

yeah the actual tv show of this is pretty great

let's marinate on this one though

37 Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two"
36 Nelly - "Hot In Herre"

I saw a little and it has lots of good info about classic rap songs so who cares about this list. I'ma tivo this shit over the weekend

Arguin about the list is stupid

Though, no "Top Billin" is come on.

my favorite bit so far was the "what you know" one cuz preceding it was like 30 mins worth of old joints

74 EPMD - "You Gots To Chill"
73 Black Sheep - "The Choice Is Yours"
72 J.J. Fad - "Supersonic"
71 Whodini - "Freaks Come Out at Night"
70 3(rd) Bass - "Pop Goes the Weasel"
69 Common - "I Used to Love H.E.R."

and then out of nowhere those HORNS

not that those old songs aren't classics or anything just that it was jarring in an awesome way when the "what you know" beat started playing out of nowhere

this show is awwwwfffuuulllllllllll. every entry turns into a mini "where are they now"....sorry I didn't want to know that one of the chicks from JJ Fad is a receptionist, I would have much rather watched and/or listened to "supersonic" and heard some more commentary from some people that know stuff about the SONG.

producers should be shipped off to E!

don't really care about the lsit but shocked that "The Message" isn't number one and that CREAM isn't in the top 5....i guess I'm just a purist!!!

yeah where's the cool kids

xpost ^1000X yes to your initial post. Not saying I didn't enjoy watching the bits I've seen so far, but typical VH1 Best of retrospective mediocrity.

lots of good info

for real??

i was actually 100% serious about the message and cream

I think a "Fight The Power" vs. "The Message" poll is in order.

FTP isn't even in my top 10 PE songs, so Message would win.

I'm trying to think of 10 PE songs I like more than "Fight The Power"; I can come up with maybe 3 ("Brothers Gonna Work It Out", "Night Of The Living Baseheads", "Bring The Noise").

To those, I'd add "Can't Truss It", "Hazy Shade of Criminal", "Don't Believe The Hype", "Fear Of A Black Planet", "Rebel Without A Pause", "You're Gonna Get Yours", and "Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos". "Fight The Power" is a good song, but it doesn't stand out as a song. As a cultural event, maybe.

^co-sign. this list (and these lists in general) are heavy on "cultural event" and light on groovy tunes.

I mean I most definitely was changed for ever the first time I heard "Now That We Found Love", and I assume we all were.

Okay yeah, "Rebel Without A Pause".

I do like "Fight The Power" more than the others you listed, though.

I mean I most definitely was changed for ever the first time I heard "Now That We Found Love", and I assume we all were.

Do you remember in middle school when we could bring in tapes to gym class and Mr Coverdill or Mr Gehrke or whoever would play them in the locker room? I brought in a tape of songs that I'd taped off the radio, and "Now That We Found Love" was totally on there.

Dude I have a vague recollection of you playing a tape there! The gym teachers had some weird bat cave type set up that I didn't dare venture into.

I think Marky Mark might've been on that tape, too.

If it was that MTV dance mix album, "Now That We Found Love" segued into "Good Vibrations".

Nah, it was a homemade deal: whatever was being played on the radio in late summer 1991.

upcoming show: VH1 100 Best Songs on Jaymc's Middle School Mixtapes

Mr. Coverdill always reminded me of Jimmy Stewart. Wonder if he kicked the bucket yet.
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