25. It Was A Good Day ? Ice Cube 24. Shook Ones Pt. II ? Mobb Deep 23. Re-Definition ? Mos Def & Talib Kweli 22. Thugz Mansion ? Tupac 21. Gin & Juice ? Snoop Dogg 20. Sing for the Moment ? Eminem 19. Award Tour ? A Tribe Called Quest 18. If I Ruled The World ? Nas, Lauren Hill 17. Hypnotize ? Biggie 16. Paid In Full ? Eric B. & Rakim 15. Rock Bottom ? Eminem 14. Life?s A Bitch ? Nas, AZ 13. Represent ? Nas 12. Life Goes On Tupac 11. Memory Lane ? Nas 10. American Dream ? Children of the Corn 9. Dear Mama ? Tupac 8. Regrets ? Jay-Z 7. The Message - Nas 6. Changes ? Tupac 5. N.Y. State of Mind - Nas 4. Big Poppa ? Biggie 3. Dead Presidents II ? Jay-Z 2. The World Is Yours ? Nas 1. Juicy ? Biggie
25. Mack 10 ft. Eazy-E, MC Eiht - Get Yo Ride On 24. Gang Starr ft. Freddie Foxxx - The Militia 23. The Game - 300 Bars And Runnin 22. MC Eiht - Strieht Up Menace 21. The D.O.C. - It's Funky Enough 20. NWA - F**k The Police 19. Nas - Made You Look 18. Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth 17. The Game ft. Eazy-E - Still Cruisin 16. Eminem - Sing For The Moment 15. 2pac - Keep Ya Head Up 14. Gang Starr - Mass Appeal 13. Snoop Dogg - Gin And Juice 12. NWA - Dopeman 11. The D.O.C. - Let The Bass Go 10. Eazy-E - Still A N*gga 9. Ice Cube - Ghetto Bird 8. Biggie - Gimme Tha Loot 7. 2pac - Ambitionz Az A Ridah 6. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ft. Eazy-E - Foe Tha Love Of $ 5. Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg - Nuthin But A G Thang 4. Jay-Z - Dead Presidents II 3. Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II 2. Biggie - Warning 1. Eazy-E - Boyz N The Hood
25. Jay-Z- U Don't Know 24. 2Pac- This Life I Lead [Pac's verse only] 23. 2Pac- Heartz Of Men 22. 2Pac- No More Pain 21. 2Pac- Starin At The World Thru My Rearview [Outlawz kill this song...would have been way better with just Pac, like always, they wreck the song] 20. 2Pac- My Closest Roaddogz 19. 2Pac- Street Fame 18. 2Pac- Lost Souls 17. 2Pac- Shorty Wanna Be A Thug 16. 2Pac- I Ain't Mad At Cha 15. Royce Da 5'9- Boom 14. Xzibit- X 13. 2Pac- Never Had A Friend Like Me 12. Royce- Let's Grow 11. Dr Dre & Eminem- Forgot About Dre 10. Royce Da 5'9- Life 9. Makaveli- Krazy 8. Biggie & Bone- Notorious Thugs 7. 2Pac & Bone Thugs- Thug Love 6. Biggie- Long Kiss Goodnight 5. 2Pac- Troublesome '96 4. 2Pac- So Many Tears 3. Nas- Poison 2. Biggie & Puffy- Victory 1. 2Pac- Only God Can Judge Me This is based of what I used to listen to when I was like 12-14...I haven't listened to rap in a long time...this is just some of the songs that are still on my playlist that I Remember from my rap days. I used to listen to **** like Atmosphere, Sage Francis, Cormega, etc etc...I don't remember much of thier songs though lol.
Same with NTC, I can't set a top 25 in stone so heres a random sampling of my favorites. 25. I Want It All - Too Short 24. Diamond Is Forever - Jay Z 23. Two Words - Kanye West, Mos Def, Freeway 22. State Prop (You Know Us) - State Property 21. F*** With Dre Day - Dr. Dre Feat. Snoop Dogg 20. It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube 19. Rubberband Man - T.I. 18. December 4th - Jay Z 17. Refuce 2 Looze - Brotha Lynch Hung 16. Never Let U Go - Kanye West Feat. Jay-Z 15. Murder Was The Case - Snoop Dogg 14. Broke Hos - Luniz 13. Me Against The World - Tupac 12. Rock Bottom - Eminem 11. Still Po' Pimpin - Do Or Die 10. Po' Pimp - Do Or Die 9. Days Of Our Lives - Bone Thugs N Harmony 8. Black Market - Brotha Lynch Hung 7. Big Poppa - Biggie 6. I'm Back - Eminem 5. Hit 'Em Up - Tupac 4. I Ain't Mad At Cha - Tupac 3. Still Don't Give a F*** - Eminem 2. Crook County - Twista Feat. Speedknot Mobstas 1. Life Goes On - Tupac Again, I like alot more stuff but I decided to go with some of my "all-time" favorites and didnt include alot of newer stuff I like so I didn't discredit the older stuff.
<div class="quote_poster">Shard Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Same with NTC, I can't set a top 25 in stone so heres a random sampling of my favorites. 25. I Want It All - Too Short 24. Diamond Is Forever - Jay Z 23. Two Words - Kanye West, Mos Def, Freeway 22. State Prop (You Know Us) - State Property 21. F*** With Dre Day - Dr. Dre Feat. Snoop Dogg 20. It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube 19. Rubberband Man - T.I. 18. December 4th - Jay Z 17. Refuce 2 Looze - Brotha Lynch Hung 16. Never Let U Go - Kanye West Feat. Jay-Z 15. Murder Was The Case - Snoop Dogg 14. Broke Hos - Luniz 13. Me Against The World - Tupac 12. Rock Bottom - Eminem 11. Still Po' Pimpin - Do Or Die 10. Po' Pimp - Do Or Die 9. Days Of Our Lives - Bone Thugs N Harmony 8. Black Market - Brotha Lynch Hung 7. Big Poppa - Biggie 6. I'm Back - Eminem 5. Hit 'Em Up - Tupac 4. I Ain't Mad At Cha - Tupac 3. Still Don't Give a F*** - Eminem 2. Crook County - Twista Feat. Speedknot Mobstas 1. Life Goes On - Tupac Again, I like alot more stuff but I decided to go with some of my "all-time" favorites and didnt include alot of newer stuff I like so I didn't discredit the older stuff.</div> If my list were to be expanded, those songs would definetly be in it. In fact, alot of songs from the Slim Shady LP would be in it.
I've got too many to name just 25...but there are a lot of great choices so far. EDIT Hell I'll attempt it...lol...I guess I'll just think of my favorite songs from my favorite MCs first and then I'll add a few others for good measure...not neccesarily in this order 1. My Melody - Eric B. and Rakim 2. Lyrics of Fury - Eric B. and Rakim 3. Bird In The Hand - Ice Cube 4. You Can't Fade Me - Ice Cube 5. Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside) - Cube and Chuck D 6. Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos - Public Enemy 7. Babylon - Outkast 8. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast 9. For The Love of Money - Bonethugs ft. Eazy E 10. Retrospect For Life - Common ft. Lauryn Hill 11. Sweetest Thing - Lauryn Hill 12. Nas Is Like - Nas 13. 6th Sense - Common 14. Electric Relaxation - ATCQ (was just listening to this) 15. Section - The Roots 16. Dream Shatterer - Big Punisher 17. Slam - Onyx 18. Raptures Delight (Step into a World) - KRS One 19. It Was A Good Day (remix) - Ice Cube 20. Let Me Roll - Scarface 21. Keep Ya Head Up - 2Pac 22. Feel Me Flow - Naughty By Nature 23. D'Evils - Jay Z 24. Survival of the Fittest - Mobb Deep 25. The Return of Slick (cool like that) - Digable Planets
1. Jay-Z "Dead Presidents II" 2. Roots "Respond/React" 3. Jay-Z "What More Can I Say" 4. Roots "The Next Movement" 5. Mobb Deep "Give up the goods just step" 6. Beatnuts "Hellraiser" 7. Scarface "Seen a man die" 8. Ice Cube "It was a good day" 9. Dr. Dre "Let Me Ride" 10. Nas "Memory Lane" 11. Talib Kweli "Too Late" 12. Mos Def "Hip Hop" 13. Gang Starr "mass appeal" 14. Tribe Called Quest "We Can Get Down" 15. Tribe Called Quest "Verses from the abstract" 16. Noreaga "I love my life" 17. Pharcyde "running" 18. Outkast "flip flop rock" 19. Notorious B.i.G. "one more chance (REMIX)" 20. Notorious B.i.G. "things done changed" 21. 2Pac "Scandalouz" 22. Geto Boys "Mind's playing tricks on my me" 23. Goodie Mobb - "Guess Who" 24. Jay-Z "D'evils" 25. EPMD "Headbanger"
