Editing List of hip hop songs considered the best

This '''list of hip hop songs considered the best''' is a compilation of lists from a variety of sources.
==5 best hip hop songs==
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! scope="row"|No.
! scope="row"|Title & artist
! scope="col"|About.com
! scope="col"|''Rolling Stone''
! scope="col"|VH1
! scope="col"|Avg.
|-
! scope="row"|1.
! scope="row"|"[[Rapper's Delight]]" - [[The Sugarhill Gang]]
| 2
|2
|2
|2
|-
! scope="row"|2.
! scope="row"|"[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]" - [[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]]
|3
|1
|5
|3
|-
! scope="row"|3.
! scope="row"|"[[Fight the Power]]" - [[Public Enemy]]
|9
|7
|1
|5
|-
! scope="row"|4.
! scope="row"|"[[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]" - [[Dr. Dre]]
|14
|6
|3
|7
|-
! scope="row"|5.
! scope="row"|"[[Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Juicy]]" - [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]
|15
|8
|7
|10
|}

==Individual lists==
===About.com's 100 Greatest Rap Songs===
List written by Henry Adaso.<ref>http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs.htm</ref>
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|-
! scope="col"|No.
! scope="col"|Song
! scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col"|Producer
! scope="col"|Album
! scope="col"|Year
|-
|1.
|"[[I Used to Love H.E.R.]]"
|[[Common]]
|[[No I.D.]]
|''[[Resurrection (Common album)|Resurrection]]''
|1994
|-
|2. 
|"[[Rapper's Delight]]"
|[[The Sugarhill Gang]]
|Sylvia Robinson
|''[[Sugarhill Gang (album)|Sugarhill Gang]]''
|1979
|-
|3.
|"[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]"
|[[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]]
|[[Duke Bootee|Ed Fletcher]], Clifton "Jiggs" Chase, Sylvia Robinson
|''[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five album)|The Message]]''
|1982
|-
|4.
|"[[Dear Mama]]"
|[[2Pac]]
|[[Tony Pizarro]]
|''[[Me Against the World]]''
|1995
|-
|5.
|"Lyrics of Fury"
|[[Eric B. & Rakim]]
|[[Eric B. & Rakim]]
|''[[Follow the Leader]]''
|1988
|-
|6.
|"[[They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)]]"
|[[Pete Rock & CL Smooth]]
|[[Pete Rock]]
|''[[Mecca and the Soul Brother]]''
|1992
|-
|7.
|"[[The World Is Yours]]"
|[[Nas]]
|[[Pete Rock]]
|''[[Illmatic]]''
|1994
|-
|8.
|"[[Top Billin']]"
|[[Audio Two]]
|[[Daddy-O]], [[Audio Two]]
|''[[What More Can I Say?]]''
|1987
|-
|9.
|"[[Fight the Power]]"
|[[Public Enemy]]
|[[The Bomb Squad]]
|''[[Fear of a Black Planet]]''
|1989
|-
|10.
|"[[Planet Rock]]"
|[[Afrika Bambaataa]] & the [[Soulsonic Force]]
|[[Arthur Baker]], John Robie
|''[[Planet Rock: The Album]]''
|1982
|-
|11.
|"[[Keep Ya Head Up]]"
|[[2Pac]]
|[[DJ Daryl]]
|''[[Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.]]''
|1993
|-
|12.
|"My Philosophy"
|[[Boogie Down Productions]]
|[[KRS-One]]
|''[[By All Means Necessary]]''
|1988
|-
|13.
|"[[I Need Love]]"
|[[LL Cool J]]
|[[LL Cool J]], [[L.A. Posse]]
|''[[Bigger and Deffer]]''
|1987
|-
|14.
|"[[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]"
|[[Dr. Dre]]
|[[Dr. Dre]]
|''[[The Chronic]]''
|1992
|-
|15.
|"[[Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Juicy]]"
|[[The Notorious B.I.G.]]
|[[Trackmasters|Poke]], [[Pete Rock]]
|''[[Ready to Die]]''
|1994
|-
|16.
|"[[Dead Presidents]]"
|[[Jay-Z]]
|[[Ski]]
|''[[Reasonable Doubt]]''
|1996
|-
|17.
|"[[Scenario]]"
|[[A Tribe Called Quest]]
|[[A Tribe Called Quest]]
|''[[The Low End Theory]]''
|1992
|-
|18.
|"[[Mind Playing Tricks on Me]]"
|[[Geto Boys]]
|[[Scarface]]
|''[[We Can't Be Stopped]]''
|1991
|-
|19.
|"[[Straight Outta Compton (song)|Straight Outta Compton]]"
|[[N.W.A]]
|[[Dr. Dre]], [[DJ Yella]]
|''[[Straight Outta Compton]]''
|1988
|-
|20.
|"[[C.R.E.A.M.]]"
|[[Wu-Tang Clan]]
|[[RZA]]
|''[[Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)]]''
|1994
|-
|21.
|"[[Hip-Hop (song)|Hip Hop]]"
|[[dead prez]]
|[[dead prez]]
|''[[Let's Get Free]]''
|2000
|-
|22.
|"[[Passin' Me By]]"
|[[The Pharcyde]]
|[[J-Swift]]
|''[[Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde]]''
|1993
|-
|23.
|"Paper Thin"
|[[MC Lyte]]
|The King of Chill
|''[[Lyte as a Rock]]''
|1988
|-
|24.
|"[[Paul Revere]]"
|[[Beastie Boys]]
|[[Rick Rubin]], [[Beastie Boys]]
|''[[Licensed to Ill]]''
|1986
|-
|25.
|"[[Get By]]"
|[[Talib Kweli]]
|[[Kanye West]]
|''[[Quality]]''
|2002
|-
|26.
|"[[The Breaks]]"
|[[Kurtis Blow]]
|J.B. Moore, Robert Ford Jr.
|''[[Kurtis Blow (album)|Kurtis Blow]]''
|1979
|-
|27.
|"[[Shook Ones (Part II)]]"
|[[Mobb Deep]]
|[[Mobb Deep]]
|''[[The Infamous]]''
|1994
|-
|28.
|"[[Ain't No Half Steppin']]"
|[[Big Daddy Kane]]
|[[Marley Marl]]
|''[[Long Live the Kane]]''
|1988
|-
|29.
|"Slow Down"
|[[Brand Nubian]]
|[[Brand Nubian]]
|''[[One for All]]''
|1990
|-
|30.
|"[[Mathematics]]"
|[[Mos Def]]
|[[DJ Premier]]
|''[[Black on Both Sides]]''
|1999
|-
|31.
|"[[Bow Down (song)|Bow Down]]"
|[[Westside Connection]]
|[[Bud'da]]
|''[[Bow Down]]''
|1996
|-
|32.
|"[[La Di Da Di]]"
|[[Doug E. Fresh]]
|Dennis Bell, Ollie Cotton
|Non-album single
|1985
|-
|33.
|"[[Regulate]]"
|[[Warren G]]
|[[Warren G]]
|''[[Regulate...G Funk Era]]''
|1994
|-
|34.
|"[[DWYCK]]"
|[[Gang Starr]]
|[[Gang Starr]]
|''[[Hard to Earn]]''
|1994
|-
|35.
|"Ill Street Blues"
|[[Kool G Rap & DJ Polo]]
|[[Trackmasters]]
|''[[Live and Let Die]]''
|1992
|-
|36.
|"[[Tha Crossroads]]"
|[[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]]
|[[DJ U-Neek]]
|''[[E. 1999 Eternal]]''
|1996
|-
|37.
|"[[Slippin']]"
|[[DMX]]
|DJ SHOK
|''[[Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood]]''
|1998
|-
|38.
|"[[Flava In Ya Ear|Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)]]"
|[[Craig Mack]]
|[[Easy Mo Bee]]
|''[[Project: Funk da World]]''
|1994
|-
|39.
|"Time's Up"
|[[O.C.]]
|[[Buckwild]]
|''[[Word...Life]]''
|1994
|-
|40.
|"[[I Seen a Man Die]]"
|[[Scarface]]
|[[N.O. Joe]], [[Scarface]], [[Mike Dean]]
|''[[The Diary (Scarface album)|The Diary]]''
|1994
|-
|41.
|"[[Ms. Jackson]]"
|[[OutKast]]
|[[Earthtone III]]
|''[[Stankonia]]''
|2001
|-
|42.
|"[[Ante Up]]"
|[[M.O.P.]]
|[[DR Period]]
|''[[Warriorz]]''
|2000
|-
|43.
|"[[Jesus Walks]]"
|[[Kanye West]]
|[[Kanye West]]
|''[[The College Dropout]]''
|2004
|-
|44.
|"[[Children's Story]]"
|[[Slick Rick]]
|[[Slick Rick]]
|''[[The Great Adventures of Slick Rick]]''
|1989
|-
|45.
|"[[Stan]]"
|[[Eminem]]
|[[DJ Mark the 45 King]], [[Eminem]]
|''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]''
|2001
|-
|46.
|"Temperature"
|[[Zion I]]
|Amp Live
|''[[True & Livin']]''
|2005
|-
|47.
|"[[Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song|Push It]]"
|[[Salt-n-Pepa]]
|[[Hurby Azor]]
|''[[Hot, Cool & Vicious]]''
|1987
|-
|48. 
|"[[Walk This Way]]"
|[[Run-D.M.C.]]
|[[Rick Rubin]], [[Russell Simmons]]
|''[[Raising Hell]]''
|1986
|-
|49.
|"Hip Hop 101"
|[[Aasim]]
|[[Aasim]]
|''[[Money Pit]]''
|2005
|-
|50.
|"The Symphony"
|[[Marley Marl]]
|[[Marley Marl]]
|''[[In Control, Volume 1]]''
|1988
|-
|51.
|"Wrong Side of da Tracks"
|[[Artifacts]]
|[[T-Ray]]
|''[[Between a Rock and a Hard Place]]''
|1994
|-
|52.
|"Ridin' Dirty"
|[[UGK]]
|[[Pimp C]], [[N.O. Joe]]
|''[[Ridin' Dirty]]''
|1996
|-
|53.
|"[[Electric Relaxation]]"
|[[A Tribe Called Quest]]
|[[A Tribe Called Quest]]
|''[[Midnight Marauders]]''
|1994
|-
|54.
|"[[One Mic]]"
|[[Nas]]
|[[Nas]], [[Chucky Thompson]]
|''[[Stillmatic]]''
|2002
|-
|55.
|"[[O.P.P.]]"
|[[Naughty by Nature]]
|[[Naughty by Nature]]
|''[[Naughty by Nature (album)|Naughty by Nature]]''
|1991
|-
|56.
|"Who Got da Props?"
|[[Black Moon]]
|[[DJ Evil Dee]]
|''[[Enta da Stage]]''
|1993
|-
|57.
|"[[Tonite]]"
|[[DJ Quik]]
|[[DJ Quik]]
|''[[Quik Is the Name]]''
|1991
|-
|58.
|"[[Mosh]]"
|[[Eminem]]
|[[Dr. Dre]], [[Mark Batson]]
|''[[Encore (album)|Encore]]''
|2004
|-
|59.
|"[[I Got It Made]]"
|[[Special Ed]]
|[[Howie Tee]]
|''[[Youngest in Charge]]''
|1989
|-
|60.
|"Raw"
|[[Big Daddy Kane]]
|[[Marley Marl]]
|Non-album single (later remixed on ''[[Long Live the Kane]]'')
|1987
|-
|61.
|"Reunion"
|[[Slum Village]]
|[[J Dilla]]
|''[[Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)]]''
|2004
|-
|62.
|"[[93 'til Infinity (song)|93 'til Infinity]]"
|[[Souls of Mischief]]
|[[A-Plus]]
|''[[93 'til Infinity]]''
|1993
|-
|63.
|"Many Men (Wish Death)"
|[[50 Cent]]
|Darrell "Digga" Branch, [[Eminem]], Luis Resto
|''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin']]''
|2003
|-
|64.
|"[[Why (Jadakiss song)|Why]]"
|[[Jadakiss]]
|[[Havoc]]
|''[[Kiss of Death]]''
|2004
|-
|65.
|"Umi Says"
|[[Mos Def]]
|[[Mos Def]], David Kennedy
|''[[Black on Both Sides]]''
|1999
|-
|66.
|"[[Everything Is Everything]]"
|[[Lauryn Hill]]
|[[Lauryn Hill]]
|''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]''
|1999
|-
|67.
|"[[Can't Knock the Hustle]]"
|[[Jay-Z]]
|[[Knobody]]
|''[[Reasonable Doubt]]''
|1996
|-
|68.
|"[[The 6th Sense]]"
|[[Common]]
|[[DJ Premier]]
|''[[Like Water for Chocolate]]''
|2000
|-
|69.
|"[[Gin and Juice]]"
|[[Snoop Doggy Dogg]]
|[[Dr. Dre]]
|''[[Doggystyle]]''
|1993
|-
|70.
|"[[Parents Just Don't Understand]]"
|[[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]]
|[[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]]
|''[[He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper]]''
|1988
|-
|71.
|"Ebonics"
|[[Big L]]
|[[Ron Browz]]
|''[[The Big Picture (Big L album)|The Big Picture]]''
|1998
|-
|72.
|"[[Kick, Push]]"
|[[Lupe Fiasco]]
|Soundtrakk
|''[[Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor]]''
|2006
|-
|73.
|"[[Breathe]]"
|[[Fabolous]]
|[[Just Blaze]]
|''[[Real Talk]]''
|2004
|-
|74.
|"N.Y. State of Mind"
|[[Nas]]
|[[DJ Premier]]
|''[[Illmatic]]''
|1994
|-
|75.
|"Nobody Beats the Biz"
|[[Biz Markie]]
|[[Marley Marl]]
|''[[Goin' Off]]''
|1988
|-
|76.
|"[[Mama Said Knock You Out (song)|Mama Said Knock You Out]]
|[[LL Cool J]]
|[[Marley Marl]]
|''[[Mama Said Knock You Out]]''
|1991
|-
|77.
|"[[Still Not a Player]]"
|[[Big Pun]]
|[[Knobody]]
|''[[Capital Punishment]]''
|1998
|-
|78.
|"[[Dreams]]"
|[[Game (rapper)|Game]]
|[[Kanye West]]
|''[[The Documentary]]''
|2005
|-
|79.
|"[[How I Could Just Kill a Man]]"
|[[Cypress Hill]]
|[[DJ Muggs]]
|''[[Cypress Hill (album)|Cypress Hill]]''
|1991
|-
|80.
|"[[Protect Ya Neck]]"
|[[Wu-Tang Clan]]
|[[RZA]]
|''[[Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)]]''
|1993
|-
|81.
|"[[It Was a Good Day]]"
|[[Ice Cube]]
|[[DJ Pooh]]
|''[[The Predator]]''
|1993
|-
|82.
|"How About Some Hardcore"
|[[M.O.P.]]
|[[DR Period]]
|''[[To the Death]]''
|1994
|-
|83.
|"Remind My Soul"
|[[Akrobatik]]
|[[Illmind]]
|''[[Balance]]''
|2003
|-
|84.
|"[[I Got 5 on It]]"
|[[Luniz]]
|Tone Capone
|''[[Operation Stackola]]''
|1995
|-
|85.
|"[[Fu-Gee-La]]"
|[[Fugees]]
|[[Salaam Remi]]
|''[[The Score]]''
|1995
|-
|86.
|"[[Ego Trippin' (song)]]"
|[[Ultramagnetic MC's]]
|[[Ultramagnetic MC's]]
|''[[Critical Beatdown]]''
|1986
|-
|87.
|"[[All That I Got Is You]]"
|[[Ghostface Killah]]
|[[RZA]]
|''[[Ironman]]''
|1996
|-
|88.
|"[[What U See Is What U Get]]"
|[[Xzibit]]
|Jesse West, [[Xzibit]]
|''[[40 Dayz & 40 Nightz]]''
|1998
|-
|89.
|"Fame"
|[[GZA]]
|Arabian Knight
|''[[Legend of the Liquid Sword]]''
|2002
|-
|90.
|"[[I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need to Get By]]"
|[[Method Man]]
|[[RZA]], [[Diddy]], [[Trackmasters]]
|''[[Tical]]''
|1995
|-
|91.
|"[[Who Shot Ya?]]"
|[[The Notorious B.I.G.]]
|[[Sean Combs]], Nashiem Myrick
|Non-album single
|1995
|-
|92.
|"Freaky Tales"
|[[Too Short]]
|[[Too Short]]
|''[[Born to Mack]]''
|1987
|-
|93.
|"[[Brooklyn Zoo]]"
|[[Ol' Dirty Bastard]]
|[[True Master]], [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]]
|''[[Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version]]''
|1995
|-
|94.
|"[[Gangsta's Paradise (song)|Gangsta's Paradise]]
|[[Coolio]]
|Doug Rasheed
|''[[Gangsta's Paradise (album)|Gangsta's Paradise]]''
|1995
|-
|95.
|"[[They Want EFX]]"
|[[Das EFX]]
|[[Das EFX]]
|''[[Dead Serious]]''
|1992
|-
|96.
|"[[Player's Anthem]]"
|[[Junior M.A.F.I.A.]]
|[[Clark Kent]]
|''[[Conspiracy]]''
|1995
|-
|97.
|"Bucktown"
|[[Smif-N-Wessun]]
|[[Da Beatminerz]]
|''[[Dah Shinin']]''
|1995
|-
|98.
|"[[The Light (Common song)|The Light]]"
|[[Common]]
|[[Jay Dee]]
|''[[Like Water for Chocolate]]''
|2000
|-
|99.
|"What They Do"
|[[The Roots]]
|[[Questlove]]
|''[[Illadelph Halflife]]''
|1996
|-
|100.
|"[[Funkdafied (song)|Funkdafied]]"
|[[Da Brat]]
|[[Jermaine Dupri]]
|''[[Funkdafied]]''
|1994
|}

===Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of All Time===
The ''Rolling Stone'' list is based on the results of a survey conducted on numerous notable hip hop musicians and journalists, who were all asked to select their favourite hip hop songs.<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-50-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-all-time-20121205</ref>
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|-
! scope="col"|No.
! scope="col"|Song
! scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col"|Producer
! scope="col"|Album
! scope="col"|Year
|-
|1.
|"[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]"
|[[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]]
|[[Duke Bootee|Ed Fletcher]], Clifton "Jiggs" Chase, Sylvia Robinson
|''[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five album)|The Message]]''
|1982
|-
|2. 
|"[[Rapper's Delight]]"
|[[The Sugarhill Gang]]
|Sylvia Robinson
|''[[Sugarhill Gang (album)|Sugarhill Gang]]''
|1979
|-
|3.
|"[[Planet Rock]]"
|[[Afrika Bambaataa]] & the [[Soulsonic Force]]
|[[Arthur Baker]], John Robie
|''[[Planet Rock: The Album]]''
|1982
|-
|4.
|"[[Sucker M.C.'s]]"
|[[Run-D.M.C.]]
|[[Russell Simmons]], [[Larry Smith]]
|''[[Run-D.M.C. (album)|Run-D.M.C.]]''
|1983
|-
|5.
|"[[Mind Playing Tricks on Me]]"
|[[Geto Boys]]
|[[Scarface]]
|''[[We Can't Be Stopped]]''
|1991
|-
|6.
|"[[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]"
|[[Dr. Dre]]
|[[Dr. Dre]]
|''[[The Chronic]]''
|1992
|-
|7.
|"[[Fight the Power]]"
|[[Public Enemy]]
|[[The Bomb Squad]]
|''[[Fear of a Black Planet]]''
|1989
|-
|8.
|"[[Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Juicy]]"
|[[The Notorious B.I.G.]]
|[[Trackmasters|Poke]], [[Pete Rock]]
|''[[Ready to Die]]''
|1994
|-
|9. 
|"[[Straight Outta Compton (song)|Straight Outta Compton]]"
|[[N.W.A]]
|[[Dr. Dre]], [[DJ Yella]]
|''[[Straight Outta Compton]]''
|1988
|-
|10.
|"[[Paid in Full (song)|Paid in Full]]"
|[[Eric B. & Rakim]]
|[[Eric B. & Rakim]]
|''[[Paid in Full]]''
|1987
|-
|11.
|"[[C.R.E.A.M.]]"
|[[Wu-Tang Clan]]
|[[RZA]]
|''[[Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)]]''
|1994
|-
|12.
|"[[They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)]]"
|[[Pete Rock & CL Smooth]]
|[[Pete Rock]]
|''[[Mecca and the Soul Brother]]''
|1992
|-
|13.
|"[[La Di Da Di]]"
|[[Doug E. Fresh]]
|Dennis Bell, Ollie Cotton
|Non-album single
|1985
|-
|14.
|"[[Rebel Without a Pause]]"
|[[Public Enemy]]
|[[The Bomb Squad]]
|''[[It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back]]''
|1987
|-
|15.
|"[[Fuck tha Police]]"
|[[N.W.A]]
|[[Dr. Dre]], [[DJ Yella]]
|''[[Straight Outta Compton]]''
|1988
|-
|16.
|"[[Big Pimpin']]"
|[[Jay-Z]]
|[[Timbaland]]
|''[[Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter]]''
|2000
|-
|17.
|"Peter Piper"
|[[Run-D.M.C.]]
|[[Russell Simmons]], [[Rick Rubin]]
|''[[Raising Hell]]''
|1986
|-
|18.
|"[[Dear Mama]]"
|[[2Pac]]
|[[Tony Pizarro]]
|''[[Me Against the World]]''
|1995
|-
|19.
|"[[Paul Revere]]"
|[[Beastie Boys]]
|[[Rick Rubin]], [[Beastie Boys]]
|''[[Licensed to Ill]]''
|1986
|-
|20.
|"[[In da Club]]"
|[[50 Cent]]
|[[Dr. Dre]], [[Mike Elizondo]]
|''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin']]''
|2002
|-
|21.
|"[[Rock the Bells (song)|Rock the Bells]]"
|[[LL Cool J]]
|[[Rick Rubin]], [[LL Cool J]]
|''[[Radio (LL Cool J album)|Radio]]''
|1986
|-
|22.
|"[[Strictly Business (song)|Strictly Business]]"
|[[EPMD]]
|[[EPMD]]
|''[[Strictly Business]]''
|1988
|-
|23.
|"[[I Know You Got Soul]]"
|[[Eric B. & Rakim]]
|[[Eric B. & Rakim]]
|''[[Paid in Full (album)|Paid in Full]]''
|1987
|-
|24.
|"[[It Takes Two (song)|It Takes Two]]
|[[Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock]]
|[[Teddy Riley]]
|''[[It Takes Two]]''
|1988
|-
|25.
|"Ain't No Half Steppin'"
|[[Big Daddy Kane]]
|[[Marley Marl]]
|''[[Long Live the Kane]]''
|1988
|-
|26.
|"[[Scenario]]"
|[[A Tribe Called Quest]]
|[[A Tribe Called Quest]]
|''[[The Low End Theory]]''
|1992
|-
|27.
|"[[Flava In Ya Ear|Flava In Ya Ear (remix)]]"
|[[Craig Mack]]
|[[Easy Mo Bee]]
|''[[Project: Funk da World]]''
|1994
|-
|28.
|"[[Lose Yourself]]"
|[[Eminem]]
|[[Eminem]], [[Bass Brothers|Jeff Bass]]
|''[[Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile]]''
|2002
|-
|29.
|"[[Mama Said Knock You Out (song)|Mama Said Knock You Out]]
|[[LL Cool J]]
|[[Marley Marl]]
|''[[Mama Said Knock You Out]]''
|1991
|-
|30.
|"[[Hypnotize]]"
|[[The Notorious B.I.G.]]
|[[Puffy]], [[D-Dot]], Ron Lawrence
|''[[Life After Death]]''
|1996
|-
|31.
|"N.Y. State of Mind"
|[[Nas]]
|[[DJ Premier]]
|''[[Illmatic]]''
|1994
|-
|32.
|"[[Jesus Walks]]"
|[[Kanye West]]
|[[Kanye West]]
|''[[The College Dropout]]''
|2004
|-
|33.
|"[[99 Problems]]"
|[[Jay-Z]]
|[[Rick Rubin]]
|''[[The Black Album]]''
|2004
|-
|34.
|"[[P.S.K. What Does It Mean?]]"
|[[Schoolly D]]
|[[Schoolly D]]
|''[[Schoolly D (album)|Schoolly D]]''
|1985
|-
|35.
|"[[Shook Ones (Part II)]]"
|[[Mobb Deep]]
|[[Mobb Deep]]
|''[[The Infamous]]''
|1994
|-
|36.
|"Rosa Parks"
|[[OutKast]]
|[[OutKast]]
|''[[Aquemini]]''
|1999
|-
|37.
|"[[It Was a Good Day]]"
|[[Ice Cube]]
|[[DJ Pooh]]
|''[[The Predator]]''
|1993
|-
|38.
|"[[Get Ur Freak On]]"
|[[Missy Elliott]]
|[[Missy Elliott]], [[Timbaland]]
|''[[Miss E... So Addictive]]''
|2001
|-
|39.
|"[[My Name Is]]"
|[[Eminem]]
|[[Dr. Dre]]
|''[[The Slim Shady LP]]''
|1999
|-
|40.
|"[[The Breaks]]"
|[[Kurtis Blow]]
|J.B. Moore, Robert Ford Jr.
|''[[Kurtis Blow (album)|Kurtis Blow]]''
|1979
|-
|41.
|"[[California Love]]"
|[[2Pac]] & [[Dr. Dre]]
|[[Dr. Dre]]
|Non-album single (later remixed on ''[[All Eyez on Me]]'')
|1995
|-
|42.
|"[[South Bronx]]"
|[[Boogie Down Productions]]
|[[Boogie Down Productions]]
|''[[Criminal Minded]]''
|1986
|-
|43.
|"[[Top Billin']]"
|[[Audio Two]]
|[[Daddy-O]], [[Audio Two]]
|''[[What More Can I Say?]]''
|1987
|-
|44.
|"[[Me Myself and I]]"
|[[De La Soul]]
|[[Prince Paul]], [[De La Soul]]
|''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]''
|1988
|-
|45.
|"Lost Ones"
|[[Lauryn Hill]]
|[[Lauryn Hill]], Che' Guevara, Vada Nobles
|''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]''
|1998
|-
|46.
|"[[Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song|Push It]]"
|[[Salt-n-Pepa]]
|[[Hurby Azor]]
|''[[Hot, Cool & Vicious]]''
|1987
|-
|47.
|"That's the Joint"
|[[Funky 4 + 1]]
|Jigsaw Inc., Sylvia Inc.
|Non-album single
|1980
|-
|48.
|"The Symphony"
|[[Marley Marl]]
|[[Marley Marl]]
|''[[In Control, Volume 1]]''
|1988
|-
|49.
|"[[The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel]]"
|[[Grandmaster Flash]]
|Sylvia Robinson, Joey Robinson
|Non-album single
|1981
|-
|50.
|"[[B.O.B]]"
|[[OutKast]]
|[[Earthtone III]]
|''[[Stankonia]]''
|2000
|}
===VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs===
List written by Jim Macnie.<ref>http://blog.vh1.com/2008-09-24/100-greatest-hip-hop-songs/</ref>
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table" style="width: 500px;"
|-
! scope="col"|No.
! scope="col"|Song
! scope="col"|Artist
! scope="col"|Producer
! scope="col"|Album
! scope="col"|Year
|-
|1.
|"[[Fight the Power]]"
|[[Public Enemy]]
|[[The Bomb Squad]]
|''[[Fear of a Black Planet]]''
|1989
|-
|2. 
|"[[Rapper's Delight]]"
|[[The Sugarhill Gang]]
|Sylvia Robinson
|''[[Sugarhill Gang (album)|Sugarhill Gang]]''
|1979
|-
|3. 
|"[[Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang]]"
|[[Dr. Dre]]
|[[Dr. Dre]]
|''[[The Chronic]]''
|1992
|-
|4. 
|"[[Walk This Way]]"
|[[Run-D.M.C.]]
|[[Rick Rubin]], [[Russell Simmons]]
|''[[Raising Hell]]''
|1986
|-
|5.
|"[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]"
|[[Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five]]
|[[Duke Bootee|Ed Fletcher]], Clifton "Jiggs" Chase, [[Sylvia Robinson]]
|''[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five album)|The Message]]''
|1982
|-
|6. 
|"[[Straight Outta Compton (song)|Straight Outta Compton]]"
|[[N.W.A]]
|[[Dr. Dre]], [[DJ Yella]]
|''[[Straight Outta Compton]]''
|1988
|-
|7.
|"[[Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Juicy]]"
|[[The Notorious B.I.G.]]
|[[Trackmasters|Poke]], [[Sean Combs]]
|''[[Ready to Die]]''
|1994
|-
|8.
|"[[Gin and Juice]]"
|[[Snoop Doggy Dogg]]
|[[Dr. Dre]]
|''[[Doggystyle]]''
|1993
|-
|9.
|"[[Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song|Push It]]"
|[[Salt-n-Pepa]]
|[[Hurby Azor]]
|''[[Hot, Cool & Vicious]]''
|1987
|-
|10.
|"[[The Breaks]]"
|[[Kurtis Blow]]
|J.B. Moore, Robert Ford Jr.
|''[[Kurtis Blow (album)|Kurtis Blow]]''
|1979
|-
|11.
|"[[Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem]]"
|[[Jay-Z]]
|[[DJ Mark the 45 King]]
|''[[Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life]]''
|1998
|-
|12.
|"[[I Can't Live Without My Radio]]"
|[[LL Cool J]]
|[[Rick Rubin]], [[LL Cool J]]
|''[[Radio (LL Cool J album|Radio]]''
|1985
|-
|13.
|"[[C.R.E.A.M.]]"
|[[Wu-Tang Clan]]
|[[RZA]]
|''[[Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)]]''
|1994
|-
|14.
|"[[I Get Around]]"
|[[2Pac]]
|[[Shock G]]
|''[[Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.]]''
|1993
|-
|15.
|"[[Stan]]"
|[[Eminem]]
|[[DJ Mark the 45 King]], [[Eminem]]
|''[[The Marshall Mathers LP]]''
|2001
|-
|16.
|"[[Get Ur Freak On]]"
|[[Missy Elliott]]
|[[Missy Elliott]], [[Timbaland]]
|''[[Miss E... So Addictive]]''
|2001
|-
|17.
|"[[Baby Got Back]]"
|[[Sir Mix-a-Lot]]
|[[Sir Mix-a-Lot]]
|''[[Mack Daddy]]''
|1992
|-
|18.
|"[[In da Club]]"
|[[50 Cent]]
|[[Dr. Dre]], [[Mike Elizondo]]
|''[[Get Rich or Die Tryin']]''
|2002
|-
|19.
|"[[Colors]]"
|[[Ice-T]]
|[[Ice-T]], [[Afrika Islam]]
|''Colors (soundtrack)''
|1988
|-
|20.
|"[[Gold Digger (Kanye West song)|Gold Digger]]"
|[[Kanye West]]
|[[Kanye West]]
|''[[Late Registration]]''
|2005
|-
|21.
|"[[Planet Rock]]"
|[[Afrika Bambaataa]] & the [[Soulsonic Force]]
|[[Arthur Baker]], John Robie
|''[[Planet Rock: The Album]]''
|1982
|-
|22.
|"[[O.P.P.]]"
|[[Naughty by Nature]]
|[[Naughty by Nature]]
|''[[Naughty by Nature (album)|Naughty by Nature]]''
|1991
|-
|23.
|"[[B.O.B]]"
|[[OutKast]]
|[[Earthtone III]]
|''[[Stankonia]]''
|2000
|-
|24.
|"[[Paid in Full (song)|Paid in Full]]"
|[[Eric B. & Rakim]]
|[[Eric B. & Rakim]]
|''[[Paid in Full (album)|Paid in Full]]''
|1987
|-
|25.
|"[[Killing Me Softly]]"
|[[Fugees]]
|[[Fugees]]
|''[[The Score]]''
|1996
|-
|26.
|"[[U Can't Touch This]]"
|[[MC Hammer]]
|[[MC Hammer]]
|''[[Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em]]''
|1990
|-
|27.
|"[[Hold It Now, Hit It]]"
|[[Beastie Boys]]
|[[Rick Rubin]]
|''[[Licensed to Ill]]''
|1986
|-
|28.
|"[[It Was a Good Day]]"
|[[Ice Cube]]
|[[DJ Pooh]]
|''[[The Predator]]''
|1993
|-
|29.
|"[[The Humpty Dance]]"
|[[Digital Underground]]
|[[Shock G]]
|''[[Sex Packets]]''
|1990
|-
|30.
|"[[Check the Rhime]]
|[[A Tribe Called Quest]]
|[[A Tribe Called Quest]]
|''[[The Low End Theory]]''
|1991
|-
|31.
|"How Ya Like Me Now"
|[[Kool Moe Dee]]
|Bryan "Chuck" New, LaVaba Mallison, [[Kool Moe Dee]], Pete Q. Harris, [[Teddy Riley]]
|''[[How Ya Like Me Now]]''
|1987
|-
|32.
|"[[It's All About the Benjamins]]"
|[[Puff Daddy]]
|[[D-Dot]]
|''[[No Way Out]]''
|1997
|-
|33.
|"[[Tha Crossroads]]"
|[[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]]
|[[DJ U-Neek]]
|''[[E. 1999 Eternal]]''
|1996
|-
|34.
|"[[Insane in the Brain]]"
|[[Cypress Hill]]
|[[Cypress Hill]]
|''[[Black Sunday]]''
|1993
|-
|35.
|"Ladies First"
|[[Queen Latifah]]
|[[DJ Mark the 45 King]]
|''[[All Hail the Queen]]''
|1989
|-
|36.
|"[[Hot in Herre]]"
|[[Nelly]]
|[[The Neptunes]]
|''[[Nellyville]]''
|2002
|-
|37.
|"[[It Takes Two (song)|It Takes Two]]
|[[Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock]]
|[[Teddy Riley]]
|''[[It Takes Two]]''
|1988
|-
|38.
|"[[Gangsta's Paradise (song)|Gangsta's Paradise]]
|[[Coolio]]
|Doug Rasheed
|''[[Gangsta's Paradise (album)|Gangsta's Paradise]]''
|1995
|-
|39.
|"[[Wild Thing]]"
|[[Tone Lōc]]
|Matt Dike, Michael Ross
|''[[Lōc-ed After Dark]]''
|1988
|-
|40.
|"[[It's Like That]]"
|[[Run-D.M.C.]]
|[[Jam Master Jay]], [[Russell Simmons]], [[Larry Smith]]
|''[[Run-D.M.C. (album)|Run-D.M.C.]]''
|1983
|-
|41.
|"That's the Joint"
|[[Funky 4 + 1]]
|Jigsaw Inc., Sylvia Inc.
|Non-album single
|1980
|-
|42.
|"Roxanne's Revenge"
|[[Roxanne Shanté]]
|[[Marley Marl]]
|''[[Round 1]]''
|1985
|-
|43.
|"[[Hate It or Love It]]"
|[[Game (rapper)|Game]]
|[[Cool & Dre]], [[Dr. Dre]]
|''[[The Documentary]]''
|2005
|-
|44.
|"[[I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need to Get By]]"
|[[Method Man]]
|[[RZA]], [[Diddy]], [[Trackmasters]]
|''[[Tical]]''
|1995
|-
|45.
|"[[Mind Playing Tricks on Me]]"
|[[Geto Boys]]
|[[Scarface]]
|''[[We Can't Be Stopped]]''
|1991
|-
|46.
|"[[Me Myself and I]]"
|[[De La Soul]]
|[[Prince Paul]], [[De La Soul]]
|''[[3 Feet High and Rising]]''
|1988
|-
|47.
|"[[Bust a Move]]"
|[[Young MC]]
|Matt Dike, Michael Ross
|''[[Stone Cold Rhymin']]''
|1989
|-
|48.
|"[[One Love]]"
|[[Nas]]
|[[Q-Tip]]
|''[[Illmatic]]''
|1994
|-
|49.
|"My Philosophy"
|[[Boogie Down Productions]]
|[[KRS-One]]
|''[[By All Means Necessary]]''
|1988
|-
|50.
|"[[Tha Block Is Hot (song)|Tha Block Is Hot]]"
|[[Lil Wayne]]
|[[Mannie Fresh]]
|''[[Tha Block Is Hot]]''
|1999
|-
|51.
|"[[The Show]]"
|[[Doug E. Fresh]]
|[[Doug E. Fresh]]
|Non-album single (later remixed on ''[[Oh, My God!]]'')
|1985
|-
|52.
|"[[I'll Be]]"
|[[Foxy Brown]]
|[[Trackmasters]]
|''[[Ill Na Na]]''
|1996
|-
|53.
|"[[Money, Power & Respect (song)|Money, Power &amp; Respect]]"
|[[The Lox]]
|[[The Hitmen]]
|''[[Money, Power & Respect]]''
|1998
|-
|54.
|"[[Cha Cha Cha]]"
|[[MC Lyte]]
|The King of Chill
|''[[Eyes on This]]''
|1989
|-
|55.
|"[[Lean Back]]"
|[[Terror Squad]]
|[[Scott Storch]]
|''[[True Story (Terror Squad album)|True Story]]''
|2004
|-
|56.
|"[[Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check]]"
|[[Busta Rhymes]]
|Rashad "Ringo" Smith
|''[[The Coming]]''
|1996
|-
|57.
|"I Get the Job Done"
|[[Big Daddy Kane]]
|[[Teddy Riley]]
|''[[It's a Big Daddy Thing]]''
|1989
|-
|58.
|"[[What's Your Fantasy]]"
|[[Ludacris]]
|[[Bangladesh]]
|''[[Back for the First Time]]''
|2000
|-
|59.
|"[[Shimmy Shimmy Ya]]"
|[[Ol' Dirty Bastard]]
|[[RZA]]
|''[[Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version]]''
|1995
|-
|60.
|"[[I Need Love]]"
|[[LL Cool J]]
|[[LL Cool J]], [[L.A. Posse]]
|''[[Bigger and Deffer]]''
|1987
|-
|61.
|"[[Children's Story]]"
|[[Slick Rick]]
|[[Slick Rick]]
|''[[The Great Adventures of Slick Rick]]''
|1989
|-
|62.
|"[[Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)]]"
|[[Digable Planets]]
|[[Butterfly]]
|''[[Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)]]''
|1992
|-
|63.
|"Rollin' with Kid 'n Play"
|[[Kid 'n Play]]
|[[Hurby Luv Bug]], The Invincibles
|''[[2 Hype]]''
|1988
|-
|64.
|"What They Do"
|[[The Roots]]
|[[Questlove]]
|''[[Illadelph Halflife]]''
|1996
|-
|65.
|"New Love Rap"
|[[Spoonie Gee]]
|Bobby Robinson
|Non-album single
|1985
|-
|66.
|"[[Jump Around]]"
|[[House of Pain]]
|[[DJ Muggs]], [[Pete Rock]]
|''[[House of Pain (album)|House of Pain]]''
|1992
|-
|67.
|"[[Feel So Good]]"
|[[Mase]]
|[[D-Dot]], [[Puffy]]
|''[[Harlem World]]''
|1997
|-
|68.
|"[[What You Know]]"
|[[T.I.]]
|[[DJ Toomp]]
|''[[King]]''
|2005
|-
|69.
|"[[I Used to Love H.E.R.]]"
|[[Common]]
|[[No I.D.]]
|''[[Resurrection (Common album)|Resurrection]]''
|1994
|-
|70.
|"[[Pop Goes the Weasel]]"
|[[3rd Bass]]
|[[3rd Bass]]
|''[[Derelicts of Dialect]]''
|1991
|-
|71.
|"Freaks Come out at Night"
|[[Whodini]]
|[[Larry Smith]]
|''[[Escape]]''
|1984
|-
|72.
|"[[Supersonic (song)|Supersonic]]"
|[[J.J. Fad]]
|[[Dr. Dre]], [[DJ Yella]], [[Arabian Prince]]
|''[[Supersonic (album)|Supersonic]]''
|1988
|-
|73.
|"[[The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)]]"
|[[Black Sheep]]
|[[Black Sheep]]
|''[[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]]''
|1991
|-
|74.
|"[[You Gots to Chill]]"
|[[EPMD]]
|[[EPMD]]
|''[[Strictly Business]]''
|1988
|-
|75.
|"[[Crush on You]]"
|[[Lil' Kim]]
|Andreao Heard
|''[[Hard Core]]''
|1996
|-
|76.
|"[[Still Not a Player]]"
|[[Big Pun]]
|[[Knobody]]
|''[[Capital Punishment]]''
|1998
|-
|77.
|"Cold Crush Bros. At The Dixie"
|[[Cold Crush Brothers]]
|Charlie Ahearn
|''[[Wild Style (soundtrack)|Wild Style]]''
|1983
|-
|78.
|"[[Tennessee (Arrested Development song)|Tennessee]]"
|[[Arrested Development]]
|[[Speech]]
|''[[3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of...]]''
|1992
|-
|79.
|"[[Ruff Ryders' Anthem]]"
|[[DMX]]
|[[Swizz Beatz]]
|''[[It's Dark and Hell Is Hot]]''
|1998
|-
|80.
|"[[It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp]]"
|[[Three 6 Mafia]]
|[[DJ Paul]], [[Juicy J]]
|''[[Hustle & Flow (soundtrack)|Hustle &amp; Flow]]''
|2005
|-
|81.
|"[[Set Adrift on Memory Bliss]]"
|[[P.M. Dawn]]
|[[P.M. Dawn]]
|''[[Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience]]''
|1991
|-
|82.
|"Treat 'Em Right"
|[[Chubb Rock]]
|[[Howie Tee]]
|''[[The One]]''
|1991
|-
|83.
|"[[Me So Horny]]"
|[[2 Live Crew]]
|[[2 Live Crew]]
|''[[As Nasty As They Wanna Be]]''
|1989
|-
|84.
|"Roxanne, Roxanne"
|[[UTFO]]
|[[Full Force]]
|''[[UTFO (album)|UTFO]]''
|1985
|-
|85.
|"[[Definition]]"
|[[Black Star]]
|[[Hi-Tek]]
|''[[Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star]]''
|1998
|-
|86.
|"[[Now That We Found Love]]"
|[[Heavy D]]
|Teddy Riley
|''[[Peaceful Journey]]''
|1991
|-
|87.
|"[[We Trying to Stay Alive]]"
|[[Wyclef Jean]]
|Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis, [[Wyclef Jean]], [[Pras]]
|''[[The Carnival]]''
|1997
|-
|88.
|"What U Waitin' 4?"
|[[Jungle Brothers]]
|[[Jungle Brothers]]
|''[[Done by the Forces of Nature]]''
|1989
|-
|89.
|"[[Oh Boy]]"
|[[Cam'ron]]
|[[Just Blaze]]
|''[[Come Home with Me]]''
|2002
|-
|90.
|"[[They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)]]"
|[[Pete Rock & CL Smooth]]
|[[Pete Rock]]
|''[[Mecca and the Soul Brother]]''
|1992
|-
|91.
|"[[Ridin']]"
|[[Chamillionaire]]
|[[Play-N-Skillz]]
|''[[The Sound of Revenge]]''
|2006
|-
|92.
|"You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo"
|[[Yo-Yo]]
|[[Ice Cube]], [[Sir Jinx]]
|''[[Make Way for the Motherlode]]''
|1991
|-
|93.
|"[[Lapdance]]"
|N*E*R*D
|[[The Neptunes]]
|''In Search of...''
|2001
|-
|94.
|"[[Make 'Em Say Uhh!]]"
|[[Master P]]
|[[Master P]], [[KLC]]
|''[[Ghetto D]]''
|1998
|-
|95.
|"Cars with the Boom"
|[[L'Trimm]]
|DSK
|''[[Grab It!]]''
|1988
|-
|96.
|"[[Parents Just Don't Understand]]"
|[[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]]
|[[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]]
|''[[He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper]]''
|1988
|-
|97.
|"[[Who's That Girl?]]"
|[[Eve]]
|[[Teflon]]
|''[[Scorpion]]''
|2001
|-
|98.
|"[[Regulate]]"
|[[Warren G]]
|[[Warren G]]
|''[[Regulate...G Funk Era]]''
|1994
|-
|99.
|"[[Get Low]]"
|[[Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz]]
|[[Lil Jon]]
|''[[Kings of Crunk]]''
|2003
|-
|100.
|"[[Just a Friend]]"
|[[Biz Markie]]
|[[Biz Markie]]
|''[[The Biz Never Sleeps]]''
|1989
|}
====Notes====
*The only artist who has two songs in VH1's list is [[LL Cool J]].
*[[Dr. Dre]] appears seven times in the list; once as an artist and six as a producer. Other producers that appear numerous times are [[Teddy Riley]] (4), [[Rick Rubin]] (3), [[DJ Mark the 45 King]] (3), [[A Tribe Called Quest]] (3), [[RZA]] (3), [[Russell Simmons]] (2), [[DJ Yella]] (2), [[Shock G]] (2), Michael Ross (2), [[Pete Rock]] (2), [[LL Cool J]] (2), [[Marley Marl]] (2), [[Howie Tee]] (2) and [[The Neptunes]] (2).

==References==
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[[Category:Lists]]