Top 60 Hip Hop Songs
So I'm a hard rock guy from the Midwest, but I've had on and off hip hop phases all my life. Greatest hip hop songs ever? Probably not, but these are my favorites and are all pretty much essential downloads. I'm sure I forgot a few as this is off the top of my head. |
1 | 2Pac Starin' Through My Rearview
Go ahead baby scream to God, he can't hear you. |
2 | Notorious B.I.G. Juicy
Super Nintendo Sega Genesis, when I was dead broke man I couldn't picture this. |
3 | Dr. Dre Fuck Wit Dre Day
Eazy E gets pretty much owned here, even if Dre was a studio Gangsta |
4 | Method Man All I Need
I prefer the non Mary J Blige version off Tical |
5 | Bone Thus N Harmony Mo Murda
Brilliantly haunting |
6 | 2 Live Crew The Fuck Shop
Anyone who samples G'N'R and Van Halen while laying down filthy lyrics wins in my book. |
7 | Nas Life's a Bitch
Best song off Illmatic |
8 | GZA B.I.B.L.E.
Best song off Liquid Swords |
9 | NWA A Bitch is a Bitch
Yo Bitch, FUCK what I'm Driving. |
10 | Westside Connection The Gangster The Killer and the Dope Dealer
This might be my fave, samples NIN's "Hurt." Get this now. |
11 | Eminem Marshall Mathers
NKOTB sucked a lot of dick, boy girl groups make me sick, and I can't wait till I catch all you....... |
12 | Warren G Regulate
I've been to the East side of the LBC. |
13 | Eazy E Boyz In Tha Hood
One of the best narratives of all time. |
14 | Geto Boys Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangster
Office Space baby |
15 | Too Short Blowjob Betty
Cause the player I am, till the day I'm dead, I was sittin on a sink, Gettin some head. |
16 | 2pac Ambitzionz as a Ridah
I probably butchered the spelling. Best song off All Eyes on Me |
17 | DMX What's My Name
Don't you know talkin shit will get you hit? |
18 | GZA/Method Man Shadowboxin
Loungin Son. |
19 | Outkast Everlasting
Bow Bow Bow Bow |
20 | 2Pac It Ain't Easy
Possibly Pac's best song ever. |
21 | Eminem Spend Some Time
His best slow song. |
22 | Notorious B.I.G. Warning
What'd You think all the guns is for? All purpose war got the rotweillers by the door. |
23 | Public Enemy He Got Game
Love the sampling of Buffalo Springfield's "For What Its Worth." |
24 | Flesh N Bone Sticks and Stones
Probably the least known member of Bone Thugs. Get this song. |
25 | Atmosphere God's Bathroom Floor
Thanks Inveigh. |
26 | 2 Live Crew Dick Almighty
19 inches long 16 inches thick last name almighty first name is Dick. Now that's poetry. |
27 | Dr. Dre Little Ghetto Boy
I didn't know a *%&$^ so young could bust a cap, I used to the same, way back. |
28 | Snoop Dogg Tha Shiznit
Great cruising song. |
29 | Grandmaster Flash The Message
About as classic as it gets. |
30 | Wu Tang Clan A Better Tomorrow
you can't party your life away, drink your life away, smoke your life away, fuck your life away, cause your seeds grow up the same way. |
31 | Outkast Ms. Jackson
Chill. |
32 | ICP The Neden Game
Remember I said, favorite, not greatest. Song is hilarious. |
33 | Eazy E Nobody Move
Deliciously filthy |
34 | Notorious B.I.G. One More Chance
Probably the best chest thumping, bragging hip hop song ever. |
35 | Makaveli/2Pac Hail Mary
I aint a killer but don't push me, revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting....... |
36 | Vanilla Ice Ice Ice Baby
Pure Nostalgia working here. |
37 | Cypress Hill How I Could Just Kill a Man
Muggs and BReal annoy me sometimes but this is their best. |
38 | DMX Slippin
Dark and haunting. |
39 | 2Pac Changes
Samples one of my all time favorite songs, "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby. |
40 | Public Enemy Fight The Power
Raise Up. Or something like that. |
41 | Jay Z Song Cry
Not a big fan of his, this is my fave of his catalog. |
42 | Nas NY State of Mind
So yeah, Illmatic is pretty good last time I checked. |
43 | NWA 100 Miles & Runnin
Essential old school up tempo hip hop. |
44 | Bone Thugs N Harmony Days of Our Lives
I've been strugglin hustlin thuggin foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrr. |
45 | Soul Assassins John 3:16
So God so loved the world every man packs an M-16? |
46 | Dr. Dre Keep Their Heads Ringin'
God I love the movie Friday. |
47 | Ice Cube It Was a Good Day
Chill, again. |
48 | Naughty By Nature O.P.P.
Nostalgia, Part 2 |
49 | 2Pac Old School
2Pac getting all Nostalgic |
50 | Onyx Slam
Now I'm getting really fucking nostalgic. |
51 | Method Man Bring the Pain
TICAL |
52 | Outkast Hey Ya!
I don't care how much it was played or how popular it was, its fucking great. |
53 | NWA Gangsta Gangsta
Ice Cube actually sounds menacing here. |
54 | 2Pac Dear Mama
Gorgeous. |
55 | Notorious BIG Things Done Changed
Either you slanging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot. |
56 | Snoop Dogg G'z and Hustlers
Catchiest song on Doggystyle. |
57 | Eminem/Dr. Dre Guilty Conscience
Who are you? I'm your motherfucking conscience. |
58 | Eazy E Gimme That Nut
Essential party song. |
59 | Bone Thugs N Harmony 1st of tha Month
The gateway to one of my favorite albums of all time. |
60 | Makaveli/2Pac Krazy
Just listen to it. |
61 | P.O.S Stand Up/Let's Get Murdered
Thanks Inveigh again. |
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