Case of the P.T.A ~~ Leaders of the New School 217. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) ~~ Missy 'Misedemeanor' Elliott 215.
The Roof Is On Fire ~~ Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three 214. *****Break Dance - Electric Boogie ~~ West Street Mob******* Zulu War Chant ~~ Afrika Bambaataa 203. Everything's Gonna Be Alright ~~ Naughty By Nature 200. Lesson One (The Payoff Mix) ~~ Double Dee & Steinski 199. Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down ~~ Brand Nubian 198. I'll Be Around ~~ Cee Lo & Timbaland 195. Notorious BIG / Puff Daddy/ Rampage / LL Cool J / Busta Rhymes 194. Flava In Ya Ear (rmx) ~~ Craig Mack ft. Because I Got It Like That ~~ Jungle Brothers Jazz (We've Got) ~~ A Tribe Called Quest 190. Fakin the Funk (rmx) ~~ Main Source 184. Insane in the Brain ~~ Cypress Hill 180. Only You (rmx) ~~ 112 w/ Puff Daddy & The Notorious B.I.G. Streets of New York ~~ Kool G Rap & DJ Polo 174. Summertime ~~ DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 169. Sugar (Gimme Some) ~~ Trick Daddy, Cee-Lo, Ludacris 168. Sock It 2 Me ~~ Missy Elliott & Da Brat 163. Walk This Way ~~ Run DMC & Aerosmith 162. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik ~~ OutKast 159. Big Momma Thang ~~ Lil' Kim & Jay-Z 157. The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel ~~ Grandmaster Flash Funky Child ~~ Lords of the Underground 150. Get Em High ~~ Kanye West & Talib Kweli & Common 148. Can't Knock The Hustle ~~ Jay-Z w/ Mary J. Wickedest Man Alive ~~ Naughty By Nature 142. Buddy (Native Tongue Decision) ~~ De La Soul, Jungle Bros., ATCQ, & Monie Love Fudge Pudge ~~ Organized Konfusion 139. Live at the Barbecue - Main Source feat. Shut Em Down ~~ Public Enemy (Pete Rock Remix) 134. 360* (What Goes Around) ~~ Grand Puba 129. Make You Feel That Way ~~ Blackalicious 127. How I Could Just Kill A Man ~~ Cypress Hill 125. Straight Out The Jungle ~~ The Jungle Brothers 124. What We Do ~~ Freeway, Beanie Sigel, Jay-Z 123. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like That) ~~ Digable Planets 122.
Head Banger ~~ EPMD / K-Solo / Redman 114. You're All I Need To Get By ~~ Method Man & Mary J. White Lines ~~ Grandmaster Melle Mel 20. The Message ~~ Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 17. Mind's Playin' Tricks On Me ~~ Geto Boys 16. If I Ruled The World ~~ Nas & Lauryn Hill 14. Planet Rock ~~ Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force 12.
Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) ~~ KRS-One 6. Reminisce (T.R.O.Y.) ~~ Pete Rock & CL Smooth 4. The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) ~~ Black Sheep 2. I know this because I wrote this hub 2 years ago and it was incredible how lame the list got.Īfter each 10 I have included a non-hip-hop track that has it's roots in hip-hop and denoted by ***************on either side.ġ. I believe that 2 things are true about this list.ġ) It is an incredible batch of music I have assembled here and keep in mind I am a DJ who plays live shows so yes, I am gonna show some love do the dancefloor dittys that some hip-hop snobs would scoff at.Ģ) In 2 years time, I will think it is a lame list and wanna do it over again because I will be more of a snob by then. These days EVERYTHING is underground so I feel those songs belong on an underground 'revival of hip-hop' list to be made years in the future. Some may feel there is a lack of underground stuff listed here but there is a reason for it. Music is in a horrible state right now and the only way to change the culture is by educating the youth. Some of them not so much anymore.but that doesn't mean I don't remember how powerful the song was, is or can still be. I have been a DJ for 25 years now and can honestly say I have played every single one of these songs live at gigs.