# Yout top 10 favorite hip-hop songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580 "2012-03-12T19:38:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/21 "2012-03-13T01:10:35Z")
> [@GovernmentMan](#): > > man this list is white as hell Black people scare me. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/22 "2012-03-13T02:13:10Z")
> [@Ephemera](#): > > Black people scare me. Me too! That’s why I revere them anonymously over the internet and not publicly. My neighbors wouldn’t approve. Oh, and sorry about the “up yours, nigger”. Here’s a pie I baked as a means of apology. I trust you’ll have the good sense not to mention this to anyone. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/23 "2012-03-13T02:17:12Z")
Wasn’t Your Fault - Snoop Dogg Changes - 2 Pac Shadrach - Beastie Boys Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest All Of The Lights (feat Rihanna) - Kanye West Mama Said Knock You Out - L L Cool J Shake That (feat Nate Dogg) - Eminem Release Yo’ Delf [Prodigy Remix] - Method Man Ten Crack Commandments - The Notorious BIG Shimmy Shimmy Ya - Old Dirty Bastard Runner up Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/24 "2012-03-13T02:18:35Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > What’s your favorite PR & CLS song? Weirdly, since I like that song so much, it’s the only one of theirs I currently own. I like that song, too. But my favorite by them is Basement. Man, this thread got me diggin’ in the crates again! I must be getting old. I return to the ‘crates’ more and more often these days. ETA: Whooooo! msmith537 got me pulling out the classic Johnny Blaze! ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/25 "2012-03-13T02:36:30Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I like that song, too. But my favorite by them is Basement. > > Man, this thread got me diggin’ in the crates again! I must be getting old. I return to the ‘crates’ more and more often these days. > > ETA: Whooooo! msmith537 got me pulling out the classic Johnny Blaze! You forgot to mention Snow’s “Informer”…Republicans dance to it all the time. Are you a racist or something? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/26 "2012-03-13T03:55:58Z")
[Tuh-Tuh-Tennessee](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VCdJyOAQYM&ob=av2e) Actually, I don’t know what hip-hop really is. When this song came out, I loved it, and thought it was hip-hop. I’m sure the definition’s changed over time. I also heard Snow’s ‘Informer’ for the first time about 3 years ago, loved it, have it on my mp3 player. So, um…well, that’s two songs I guess I can name. Wait, wait…I love the Gorillaz, just never thought of Feel Good Inc as being hip-hop. Really? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/27 "2012-03-13T04:21:20Z")
Oh, I suppose I should also say that I was a big fan of the jazz/hip hop scene in the early 90’s. Lots of really skillful rappers and great loop production and musicianship. [Cantaloop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwBjhBL9G6U&feature=relmfu) by US3 is a silly little number, but god almighty, it’s still catchy. I also loved Digable Planets, especially the picture-perfect _Blowout Comb_ [The Art of Easing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKNYtsCli2w&feature=related) I don’t know if I’m alone in this, but I really miss this style of hip hop. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/28 "2012-03-13T04:23:15Z")
I don’t have a list but if I did Rakim would be heavily featured. For example: Eric B. & Rakim - [Know The Ledge](http://youtu.be/OPkWYTUiPTo) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/29 "2012-03-13T04:27:31Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Oh, I suppose I should also say that I was a big fan of the jazz/hip hop scene in the early 90’s. Lots of really skillful rappers and great loop production and musicianship. > > [Cantaloop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwBjhBL9G6U&feature=relmfu) by US3 is a silly little number, but god almighty, it’s still catchy. > > I also loved Digable Planets, especially the picture-perfect _Blowout Comb_ > > [The Art of Easing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKNYtsCli2w&feature=related) > > I don’t know if I’m alone in this, but I really miss this style of hip hop. I was going to mention Cantaloop as well, 'cause I love it, but had no idea if it qualified. Now I’ll have to check out The Art of Easing 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/30 "2012-03-13T04:47:57Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I was going to mention Cantaloop as well, 'cause I love it, but had no idea if it qualified. Now I’ll have to check out The Art of Easing 🙂 Hope you like it. I thought that whole album was utter genius. [9th Wonder (Blackitolism)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJKIPz1c0Gw&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/31 "2012-03-13T04:51:44Z")
Around the Way Girl - LL Cool J Straight Outta Compton - NWA Nuttin’ But Love - Heavy D Get Up Everybody - Salt and Pepa It’s Funky Enough - The D.O.C. Tonite - DJ Quik I Got 5 on It - The Luniz I Ain’t No Joke - Eric B. and Rakim Rock Dis Funky Joint - Poor Righteous Teachers Peter Piper - Run DMC ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/32 "2012-03-13T04:54:39Z")
And I’m very gratified to note that Ladybug Mecca, who I always thought was probably the best female rapper I’d ever heard, is still making music, and it’s good! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/33 "2012-03-13T15:09:47Z")
Thanks, all 🙂 Glad to see some of my collection (Beastie Boys, Outkast, Tribe) made it on to your top 10s. Off to see how much of this stuff is on Spotify! ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/34 "2012-03-13T22:40:49Z")
Not necessarily in my Top 10 (many already mentioned), but worth mentioning: Above the Law - [Freedom of Speech](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV7T9escp20) Bliss N Eso - [Golden Years](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMgOXShq-Eo) K-os - [Crucial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_nwqkCjQok) Lupe Fiasco - [Kick Push](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl83mI69nX4) BlakRoc - [Ain’t Nothing Like You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vtWNDI_EOI) (Mos Def + Jim Jones + The Black Keys) Black Sheep - [Without a Doubt](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjgVHawiRY4) Digable Planets - [Graffiti](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1q_r0BlcWU) The Pharcyde - [Passin’ Me By](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48OYTEZQR9U) Tupac - [Starin’ Through My Rear View](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X203WIT3mYk) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/35 "2012-03-14T00:43:48Z")
In no particular order: Sage Francis - [Sea Lion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffumeEaYOI) Beat Assassins - [Going Crazy](http://www.myspace.com/music/player?song=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myspace.com%2Fbeatassassins%2Fmusic%2Fsongs%2Fgoing-crazy-26432510) Canibus - [RipRock](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_j9C7h-o2s) Mannie Fresh - [Real Big](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp9ch-dAKk0&ob=av2e) Mos Def & Massive Attack - [I Against I](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghx9kX0HKkc) Jupiter Rising - [Go](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuBij8g1_fY) Big Pun & Incubus - [Still Not a Player](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVSEPirUPB4) Eminem - [Lose Yourself](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4Uv_4jGgAM) Kelis - [Caught Out There](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25dF360-MQM) [the Neptunes extended mix] Flipsyde - [Someday](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5QEAI_O2IA&ob=av2e) Honorable Mentions: Northern State - [Better Already](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmdJimCgWpM) Akon - [Blown Away](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vSE_GTNYjQ)/[Cross that Line](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0-6QZ0330g) Ol’ Dirty Bastard feat. Kelis - [Got Your Money](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moCSndrmBZE) Snoop Dogg & Rage Against the Machine - [Snoop Bounce](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IfV5ehodrM) Black Eyed Peas & Papa Roach - [Anxiety](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI2tAGCxCPA) LL Cool J - [Around the Way Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwgt9Dxyyv0) ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/36 "2012-03-15T16:05:58Z")
These always get me going: Digable Planets - [9th Wonder](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyeI43BeR54) Boogiemonsters - [Recognized Thresholds of Negative Stress](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARc_mdE_r6A) A Tribe Called Quest - [Jazz (We’ve Got) & Buggin Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_-4GFV7uTE) MC Lyte - [Paper Thin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH5CmB44TaY) Geto Boys - [Mind Playin’ Tricks on Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJtHdkyo0hc) Del Tha Funky Homosapien - [Mistadobalina](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFieSQHmQT0) Dr. Dre feat Snoop Dogg - [Nuthin But A G Thang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F0CAEoF4XM) GZA - [Liquid Swords](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRXE1tYqIB4) Slick Rick - [Children’s Story](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNTu8jdukA) KRS-One - [Step into a World (Rapture’s Delight)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnydK0phSqM) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/37 "2012-03-15T18:00:41Z")
Man, Dorjän! Your list is perfection. The lists in this thread are so good. So good. I love music. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/38 "2012-03-15T18:18:12Z")
I am so pissed at Spotify. I had put everyone’s songs into a list at the time of post #33 and was jammin all day on them (but didn’t get all the way through). Then I noticed on Facebook that they had Spotify seriously tied in to my account, and I did not like that it was saying that all of these new artists (not just hip-hop, anything - like the Decemberists) I had used Spotify to check out were all of a sudden my “favorite” bands. So I was like “fuck you, get off Facebook, Spotify!” and deleted all the Spotify content, which seems to have deleted my Spotify account and also my playlist! This has nothing to do with the topic at all, I’m just pissed that I thought I could use a service for checking out music for free (with my hip-hop playlist interrupted by Phish concert commercials) and now it’s gone and fucked everything up. Grrr. Free services! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/39 "2012-03-15T18:47:34Z")
_Can’t Truss It_ - Public Enemy _Redrum_ - Nine _I Got Cha Opin_ - Black Moon _Can’t Wait_ - Redman _Come Clean_ - Jeru the Damaja _Music for Shoplifting_ - P.O.S. _Player’s Ball_ - Outkast _Only When I’m Drunk_ - Alkaholiks _Bucktown_ - Smif-N-Wessun _Ego Trippin’ (Part Two)_ - De La Soul ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/40 "2012-03-15T18:52:26Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > _Come Clean_ - Jeru the Damaja God bless D.J. Premier. God bless your list. God bless hip hop. I am on this thread’s dick so hard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580.md?page=3)