Hip-hop top 100
I was asked on Quora to give a list of my favorite hip-hop songs, because what better source is there than a forty-year-old white dad? (I am literally a mountain climber who plays the electric guitar.) I did grow up in New York City in the 80s, and I do love the music. But ultimately, I'm a tourist in this culture. For a more definitive survey, ask Questlove or someone. These are just songs that I like.
Afrika Bambaataa
Planet Rock
Antipop Consortium
Sllab
Audio Two
Top Billin'
Biz Markie
Nobody Beats the Biz
Just a Friend
Black Sheep
The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
Blackalicious
Swan Lake
Brand Nubian
Wake Up (Reprise In the Sunshine)
Busta Rhymes
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
Woo Hah!! (Got You All In Check)
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
Clams Casino
I'm God/2Milli Instrumental
Common
Testify
The Corner (Feat. The Last Poets)
De La Soul
I Am I Be
Breakadawn
The Magic Number
Eye Know
Me, Myself And I
Dead Prez
Hip-Hop
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Catch a Bad One
Digable Planets
Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Double Dee & Steinski
Lesson 2: The James Brown Mix
Doug E. Fresh
La Di Da Di
Dr. Octagon ft. DJ QBert
Bear Witness
EPMD
So Wat Cha Sayin'
Eric B. & Rakim
Follow the Leader
I Ain’t No Joke
I Know You Got Soul
The Fugees
Ready Or Not
The Score
Gang Starr
Dwyck
Goodie Mob
Dirty South
Goodie Bag
The Day After
Grandmaster Flash
The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash On the Wheels of Steel
GZA the Genius
Investigative Reports
Ice Cube
Down For Whatever
J Dilla
Bars & Twists
Jay-Z
Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)
Jay-Z & Danger Mouse
December 4th
Dirt Off Your Shoulder
Jeru The Damaja
Come Clean
Jurassic 5
Swing Set
Kanye West
Gold Digger (feat. Jamie Foxx)
All of the Lights
On Sight
Love Lockdown
Lost In the World (feat. Bon Iver)
Kanye West & Jay-Z
No Church in the Wild (feat. Frank Ocean)
KRS-One
A Friend
Lauryn Hill
Lost Ones
Everything Is Everything
Le1f
Wut
Lil Mama
Lip Gloss
Lil Wayne
Let The Beat Build
A Milli
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz
Startin' Somethin'
M.I.A.
Galang
Mantronix
King Of The Beats
MC Serch
Here It Comes Again
Missy Elliott
Get Ur Freak On
Work It
Slide
Bad Man (Featuring Vybez Cartel & M.I.A.)
Nas
Nas Is Like
The World Is Yours
Nice & Smooth
Funky For You
The Notorious B.I.G.
Unbelievable
Ol' Dirty Bastard & Kelis
Got Your Money
OutKast
Ain't No Thang
Ms. Jackson
B.O.B
Public Enemy
Welcome To The Terrordome
Fight The Power
The Roots
The Lesson - Part III (It's Over Now) feat. Jaguar & Dice Raw
All I Know
Run-DMC
My Adidas
Peter Piper
It's Tricky
Walk This Way
Sucker M.C.'S
Salt-N-Pepa
Push It
Slum Village
2U 4U
Snoop Dogg
Murder Was The Case
Gz And Hustlas
A Tribe Called Quest
Can I Kick It?
Electric Relaxation
Buggin' Out
Verses from the Abstract
Check the Rhime
Award Tour
God Lives Through
Wu-Tang Clan
Shame On A N*gga
Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'
Ain't Nothin' Ta Fuck Wit
C.R.E.A.M.
YZ
Thinking of a Master Plan
Z-Trip
U Can Get With Discs Or U Can Get With D.A.T.