# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/41 "2012-03-15T19:11:25Z")
Jay-Z - “Big Pimpin’” Kanye West - “Gold Digger” De La Soul - “Me, Myself, and I” Lupe Fiasco - “When I Get There” Hoodie Allen - “Tighten Up” Mystikal - “Shake Yo Ass” Jurassic 5 - “Quality Control” Run DMC - “King of Rock” A Tribe Called Quest - “I Lost My Wallet in El Segundo” Jay-Z - “99 Problems” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/42 "2012-03-15T19:12:46Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > 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! FYI, if you click “Private Browsing” in the Spotify app or on the desktop program, it will keep all of those embarrassments under wraps for you. ---
**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, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/43 "2012-03-15T19:27:12Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > FYI, if you click “Private Browsing” in the Spotify app or on the desktop program, it will keep all of those embarrassments under wraps for you. Thanks, I finally figured that out. It wasn’t a problem until “timeline”. Didn’t care if people saw what I listened to but to categorize them as my favorite bands and just dismiss all my local music was horriffic! In a happy turn of events, while cleaning up Facebook I found a link to the SDMB playlist and was able to load and save it. Then I added all the “newcomers.” If anyone wants a link to the playlist on Spotify send me a PM. I’d post it here but the link contains my real name, and she doesn’t like to associate with ZipperJJ. Spotify is free and open to all, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/44 "2012-03-15T22:19:18Z")
Awesome list so far. Here are my old school additions: Gang Starr- Dwyck Junior MAFIA f/Notorious BIG- Get Money KRS-One- Outta Here Lauryn Hill- Doo Wop Mase- 24 Hours to Live MC Lyte- Keep On, Keepin’ On Method Man f/ Mary J Blige- You’re All I Need Mobb Deep- Shook Ones Pt. II Nas f/ Will I Am - Hip Hop Is Dead Notorious BIG- Kick In The Door Outkast- So Fresh, So Clean Queen Latifah- UNITY Special Ed- I Got It Made Stetasonic- Talkin’ All The Jazz Too Short- Blow The Whistle ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/45 "2012-03-15T22:24:29Z")
Plus, some more recent ones: Chali 2Na- So Crazy Day 26- Imma Put It On Her Everlast- I Get By Frank Ocean- Novacane Future f/ T.I.- Magic (remix) Jadakiss f/ Pharrell- Lil Bruh (God Bless Us All) Jay Electronica- Exhibit C Joe Budden- Ordinary Love Shit Pt. 3 Kid Cudi- Day N Night Pusha T f/Kevin Cossum- Feeling Myself Range f/ Rick Ross- Ghetto Dance Rasco f/ Chali 2Na- The Sweet Science Red Café f/ Rick Ross, Ryan Leslie- Fly Together Teriyaki Boyz- Cho Large Terror Squad- Lean Back ---
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A few additional choice cuts from my collection: _Brand Nubian_ - Brand Nubian _No Complex_ - Chino XL _The 6th Sense_ - Common _8 Steps to Perfection_ - Company Flow _Who Ya Gonna Shoot Wit Dat_ - Da Lench Mob _Mic Checka_ - Das EFX _Here We Go Again_ - DMX _3000_ - Dr. Octagon _360 Degrees_ - Grand Puba _Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka_ - Heltah Skeltah _Tribe Vibes_ - Jungle Brothers _Spontaneous (13 MC’s Deep)_ - Leaders of the New School _Renee_ - Lost Boyz _Take It Easy_ - Mad Lion _Here It Comes_ - MC Serch _Obsoléte_ - MC Solaar _Sometimes I Rhyme Slow_ - Nice & Smooth _Slam_ - Onyx _Hurricane Starang_ - Originoo Gunn Clappaz _Incarcerated Scarfaces_ - Raekwon _Sonset_ - Ras Kass _It Takes Two_ - Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock _Priceless_ - Soul Position _Sacred Ground_ - Soulstice _Hemp Rally_ - Total Devastation _At the Speed of Life_ - Xzibit _Know How_ - Young MC ---
**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 16, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/47 "2012-03-16T03:47:25Z")
Well heck I am gonna add my own list then 🙂 Maybe I am cooler than I think! _The Grind Date_ - De La Soul _Forget About Dre_ - Dr. Dre & Eminem _Nothin’ but a G Thing_ - Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg _Let Me Clear My Throat_ - DJ Kool _I’ll Call Before I Come_ - Outkast _Slide_ - Missy Elliot _Get It Together_ - Beastie Boys feat. Q Tip _Intergalactic_ - Beastie Boys _Purple Pills_ - D12 _Midwest Swing_ - St. Lunatics ---
**Author:** ![Ritter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ritter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ritter)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/48 "2012-03-16T05:16:13Z")
[Freestyle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9hQKrnlYg8) - Akinyele [We Had to Tear This Muthaf#&a Up](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efrM6DK8vbA) - Ice Cube [MCs Act Like They Don’t Know](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnI8JEW7Ty4) - KRS One [A Roller-Skatin’ Jam Named Saturdays](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYiQTkQ9VPA) - De La Soul [It Was a Good Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4UqMyldS7Q&ob=av2e) - Ice Cube [Lost Ones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8BpeWSCHn4) - Lauryn Hill [Chorus Line](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmHfLZZxSaU) - Ultramagnetic MCs [Pack the Pipe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmLdQIYf4WY) - Pharcyde [How I Could Just Kill a Man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d12EI3xNiqE) - Cypress Hill [Trick Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI339U6GS9s&ob=av2e) - Kelis ---
**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 16, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/49 "2012-03-16T14:27:51Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Well heck I am gonna add my own list then 🙂 Maybe I am cooler than I think! > > _The Grind Date_ - De La Soul > _Forget About Dre_ - Dr. Dre & Eminem > _Nothin’ but a G Thing_ - Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg > _Let Me Clear My Throat_ - DJ Kool > _I’ll Call Before I Come_ - Outkast > _Slide_ - Missy Elliot > _Get It Together_ - Beastie Boys feat. Q Tip > _Intergalactic_ - Beastie Boys > _Purple Pills_ - D12 > _Midwest Swing_ - St. Lunatics Good list. I like D12, De La Soul goes without saying, Intergalactic is a great song. This thread should be titled, “Let’s name some great hip hop” instead of top ten songs. Top Ten Hip Hop songs is just almost meaningless to me. Toooooo many to list are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/50 "2012-03-16T18:24:41Z")
No love for Canadians? “Crabbukkit” by K-OS must not go unmentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/51 "2012-03-16T18:59:42Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > No love for Canadians? “Crabbukkit” by K-OS must not go unmentioned. I think Drake has a monopoly on the Canadian rap PR. Actually, someone listed “Crucial” further up. My K Dash contribution would have been “Commandante”. But _Joyful Rebellion_ is a great album through and through. I was also going to add JRDN’s “You Can Have It All”, but it probably doesn’t qualify as hip hop. Same thing with most of K’Naan’s music. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/52 "2012-03-16T21:12:24Z")
I had a really hard time naming just one K-os song, but I didn’t want to spam the list with the entire Joyful Rebellion album 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/53 "2012-03-18T22:48:38Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > No love for Canadians? “Crabbukkit” by K-OS must not go unmentioned. Hmm. I love love love “Uptown Girl” but the mp3 is labeled alternative, and I don’t know much else about the band; I don’t think I’ve heard any other of their songs but “Crabbukkit.” I guess I can see it being hip-hop. ---
**Author:** ![Headrush042](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Headrush042](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Headrush042)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/54 "2012-03-19T20:12:34Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Hmm. I love love love “Uptown Girl” but the mp3 is labeled alternative, and I don’t know much else about the band; I don’t think I’ve heard any other of their songs but “Crabbukkit.” I guess I can see it being hip-hop. He’s considered a hip-hop artist but he really fuses a lot of different styles into his music. Here’s a pretty good variety: [Love Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyRB00Xe5-E) - great hip-hop flow, great beats, scratching, kung-fu dancing [Man I Used to Be](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAJLkb5bpLs) - old-school R&B groove Hallelujah - accoustic guitar ballad (not a cover) – the only two instances I could find on youtube have been copyright blocked, but if you can dig it up, it’s worth a listen I’d actually recommend both his Joyful Rebellion and Yes! albums wholeheartedly, though admittedly, I haven’t heard much of his earlier stuff. ---
**Author:** ![shefDave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@shefDave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shefDave)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/55 "2012-03-20T20:05:14Z")
Protect Ya Neck - Wu-Tang Clan This Can’t Be Life - Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel & Scarface Dirty Money - Clipse Steve Biko (Stir It Up) - A Tribe Called Quest Double Trouble - The Roots & Mos Def Things Done Changed - Notorious BIG Jurass Finish First - Jurassic 5 Ms Fat Booty - Mos Def One Mic - Nas Liquid Swords - Gza ---
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This is all older stuff, but if you’re not into the hard rap stuff, this might be up your alley. Hypnotic stuff. MC 900ft Jesus [If I Only Had a Brain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA-AvBjBm5k) (factoid: video directed by Spike Jonze) [The Killer Inside Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9fZlNbyLVU) [Adventures in Failure](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmSMQH5j-QU&feature=related) If you like the harder stuff, like me, try Young Bleed. I like southern rappers that mumble out cool lyrics [The Day They Made Me Boss](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxs6kLA8nCM&feature=related) [Bounce, Mob, Skate](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQquSr7H5i0&feature=related) (youngbleed only raps second verse, but it’s worth it…great lyrics, just stop listening after that) [Give and Take](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPE9F6jPQw8&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/57 "2012-03-21T01:50:57Z")
I doubt I can even _name_ ten hip-hop tracks. Does Evidence’s “Solitary Confinement” count? How about Gil Scott-Heron? Can I nominate “B Movie”? Yeah, I’m ancient. Deal with it! ---
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EDIT: or are those at best rap and not hip-hop? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/59 "2012-03-21T22:21:24Z")
> [@Headrush042](#): > > He’s considered a hip-hop artist but he really fuses a lot of different styles into his music. Heck, that’s one of the best things ABOUT hip-hop. Hip-hop is not just rap. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2012, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580/60 "2012-03-21T23:04:08Z")
This is agonizing. I think I have more of a top _50_ list of favorites. There are at least 40 others that could replace these as favorites. Except ‘The World is Yours’. That stays. [The World is Yours](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5PnuIRnJW8) - Nas [Nas is Like](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC4ORS5n9Hg) - Nas [Reunited](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQYntVumlkw) - Wu-Tang [Rappaz R N Dainja](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fZh0fWhfBY) - KRS-One [Passing Me By](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjc9f5dmgWM) - Pharcyde [Broken Language](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaJPs0ev3UQ) - Smoothe tha Hustler [Get Back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsUu72z-bp0) - Boot Camp Clik [One Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgVC-CG5jSA)- Jeru tha Damaja [How Big is Your World?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwYmOCB9B3o) -Median [Face Off](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGKmTJhgswA) - M.O.P. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yout-top-10-favorite-hip-hop-songs/615580.md?page=2)