Top 50 Best Rap/Hip-Hop Songs of All Time 

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A LOT of people don't realize how good Wu-Tang Clan was, most people only recognize C.R.E.A.M. but that's only a tiny bit of peak Wu-Tang

They really put thrift shop higher than California love 😂 damn

If I had to name the three most iconic songs in rap history, I would probably say Gangsta's Paradise, Still Dre and Lose Yourself

Having the absolute BALLS to put Macklemore into a top anything for rap list is crazier than crazy dave

Lose Yourself will never be beat but Ambitionz as a Ridah, The Real Slim Shady, and If I Ruled the World have to be on there

90s hip hop is awesome

Gangsta’s paradise made history

For me 1. Shook Ones Pt. II 2. N.Y. State of Mind 3. C.R.E.A.M. 4. They Reminisce Over You 5. 90210 6. Alright 7. Check The Rhyme 8. 4 Your Eyez Only 9. 93 Til Infinity 10. The Way I Am

Survival of the Fittest deserves recognition but I’m glad Shook Ones p2 got the recognition it deserves

Till i collapse deserves to be on the list

I grew up listening to hip hop rap I’m a 2001 baby so I can explore back then to what I missed before I was born. I say 2000s decade and early 2010s for me . . It is one of my favorite music genres . I love it . I danced to it when I was younger . These songs put me back in the good times . Nostalgia candy . ☺️😍🥰

4:23 That "hip-hop" song hits hard af ngl

My top five 5-Hypnotize - Biggie 4-Dear Mama - 2pac 3-If I rule the world - nas 2-The world is yours - nas 1-Shook ones pt 2 - mobb deep

Nice list👌Good job. Of course there are a lot of good songs... Busta Rhymes deserves a place😎

mind playing tricks on me such a beutiful song

"The message" for me is 1°,..by far

Obviously everyone has their own list, but this is a pretty dang good one.

My first #1 was Spoonie G. Then they all came along. One after the other : Sugarhill gang , GM Flash & the Furious 5 , Africa Bambataa , Arthur Baker , Kurtis Blow , Tone-Lôc , LL Cool J , Run DMC , Beastie boys , Arrested development , Public enemy, A tribe called quest , Cyprus hill , DelaSoul , NWA , Wu-Tang clan , Tupac , Biggie , Dre , Snoop , Eminem , 50 cent, Jay Z and a whole bunch of others I’ve forgotten in this very moment. I apologize for that. I’m sorry , please forgive me for that. I’m 58 , so I’ve trouble keeping up with newer artists after the millenia, but I’m doing my best and trying my hardest. Sooo many records. Sooo many cassettes.

Survival of the fittest, the world is yours, represents, scenario, gangsta rap made me do it, street struck, dance with the devil, back at you, hip hop hooray, me against the world, hypnotize ecc.. And I see Rihanna and macklemore ahahhaha

My top ten gotta be 1. Ambitionz az a ridah-Tupac 2. Intergalactic-beastie boys 3. Drop it like it’s hot-snoop dogg 4. The next episode-dr. Dre, snoop 5. Hypnotize-biggie 6. In da Club-50 Cent 7. Hits from the bong-cypress hill 8. Shimmy shimmy ya-ol’ dirty bastard 9. The real slim shady-Eminem 10. Gangsta’s paradise-coolio

The message by nas should have been on there tbf same with ambitionz as a Ridah

2pac legend 💟💟💟

Fun fact: A Song has to be at least 10 years old to be considered a classic.

my top 5: NY state of mind pt1 (Nas), Put it on (Big L), Straight outta compton (NWA), shook ones pt2 (Mobb deep), Played like a piano (king tee)

My mind playing tricks on me so underrated

Nice video. Quick through the list was a plus. There are a lot of tracks in the list I'd put after Dre Day. How is that not on the list?

If the list don't have "Regulate" from Warren G , it's a shitty list.

Jump around is so underrated

Love ❤️ old school 🏫 music 🎶 still lit 🔥 today

I feel so good watching to your channel, please keep your videos of 2000’s songs its very nostalgic

No Eazy-E is crazy

1. Wu Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck 2. Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg - Lil' Ghetto Boy 3. Kool G Rap - Streets Of New York 4. Snoop Dogg - Tha Shiznit 5. Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Honorable mentions: Most any early Ice Cube hit Chino XL - Kreep

Rappers delight and The message are such iconic songs

Who also feels really good vibes and get old memories 😊🤠

Warren G - Regulate Nas - If I ruled the World - The Message - I know I can Xzibit - Paparazzi DMX - Lord give me a sign Coo Coo Cal - My Projects MC Lyte - Rock a party Puff Daddy - I'll be missing you Run DMC - It's like that Beastie Boys - Sabotage

I swear i felt like that this list is not "best songs" But most "iconic" ones. Even though not bad list

For me there will never be someone like tupac and biggie

Nice one bro

🔥🔥🔥🔥 list

This is one hell of a list 🫡

Ny state of mind, cream and hypnotize would probably be my top 3

very cool top

So many classics 😎

Hit em up, ambitionz as a Ridah, the real slim shady should be there

This is a great list. Only a few hip-hop essentials are missing: A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? Drake - God's Plan Eminem - 'Till I Collapse Eminem - Love the Way You Lie Eminem - Not Afraid Fort Minor - Remember the Name J. Cole - MIDDLE CHILD Jay-Z & Linkin Park - Numb / Encore Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. Kid Cudi - Day 'n' Nite Luniz - I Got 5 On It The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize Travis Scott - SICKO MODE Warren G - Regulate

Man thet is a f good list I actually enjoy this..

Cool songs I like it ❤

OMG 😱 can't believe something exists like this. Greetings from India 🔥🤗💖

My top ten 1. No love - Eminem ft lil Wayne 2. My president is black - Jeezy ft Nas 3. Hit'em up - Tupac 4. California love - Dre and Tupac 5. Loose yourself - Eminem 6. Bigg poppa - Notorious 7. It was a good day - Ice cube 8. John - Lil Wayne ft the boss 9. Whatever you like - T.I 10.Poppin them thugs - G-unit.

This is a great list!

Coooollll Video!!!!!

80s and 90s HipHop All Day!!!!

I think Stan is way too low, it’s Eminem’s best project imo, lose yourself is insanely catchy and the lyricism and the technical ability on that song is something else, but Stan’s story telling and writing is something I prefer a little bit more, Eminem has had the most successful run in hip hop until Encore and is definitely a very solid top 10 rapper of all time at his best

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good list

Bro put lose yourself as the best rap song 😂

The real slim shady? Nas is like? Stronger? Hypnotize? Maad city? My name is? N in Paris? Who am I?

There is a list of tracks which are iconic for hip-hop culture such as some of Mobb Deep like "Get Away" or "Hits From the Bong" by Cypress Hill

Nice

1. grand master flash-The message 2. Eminem-lose yourself 3. 2pac-changes 4. Dmx-Slippin 5. Puff daddy feat biggy & busta-victory

Nostalgia❤

Me gusta todo tipo de musica , uno de los mejores generos es el hip hop. De niño y ahora de adulto lo sigo escuchando .

Got to be in there: Jedi Mind Tricks & The Rugged Man - Uncommon Valor Royce Da 5'9 - Hip Hop Rhyme Asylum - Ground Zero Outkast - Growing Old Nas - Purple Sean Price - Heartburn Jay-Z - Dead Presidents I Diabolic - Truth (part 2) Dilated Peoples - Worst comes to worst Mobb Deep - Where Ya Heart At Gangstarr - Moment of Truth

Много Dre) здорово

My Top 10 List: 1) Onyx - Broke Willies 2) Warren G - So Many Ways 3) Outkast - Slump 4) Nas - Breathe 5) Fabolous - Breathe 6) Warren G - G Spot 7) Nas - Hero 8) Fabolous - Church 9) Nelly - Air Force Ones 10) Bone Thugs N Harmony - Down '71 The Getaway

Very solid list tbh 🥶 90s hip-hop is too good

Passin me by🔥

This is billboard charted rap songs not best rap songs 😂😂😂😂😂

Missing some of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. What Would U do from Dogg Pound, I Got 5 On it from Luniz, Regulate from Warren G, and more.

Without Dre this would be a top 5 list

So proud of myself, like 70% of these are already in my playlists 😂

Kazda z tych piosenek>>>

how u gonna put gangstas paradise over NY State Of Mind 😭😭😭

Dmx rip guy we remember you 2pac respect

NGL but #15 was playing the first time i felt peace after my dad passed . It was like a hug saying everything is gonna be ok

Not near enough 2pac. Missing at least 4 songs

90s Rap Music was amazing because there was No autotune they didn’t repeat words over and over and over (I’m looking at you gucci gang x100) Rappers said ACTUAL WORDS They knew how to dress and didn’t sag 90s Hip Hop culture is timeless and more impactful than any other decade of Hip-Hop Rap music was at it's peak during the 90s. The original Hip-Hop culture, the lyrics, the meaning, the fans,everything was true and Real. As of now, it's only a bunch of mumble rappers with tattoos and rapping unmeaningful vocals. * Artists actually had something to rap about (mostly), the artists always portrayed an image and had a meaning behind every word (or letter) they spoke. Songs were more meaningful at the time, there were also party jams obviously, but those were different. * There were party jams as well, which aren’t as meaningful, but they weren’t as common as they are now. * Artists now MOSTLY are only material-they don’t have anything to rap about. * Rap was a serious genre that was on the comeup, every artist was rivaling another and everyone was excellent. * Lyricism was at its peak-while the early 90s was dominated by the gangsta-rap styles, it slowly became conscious as well-and ironically even the more “street” oriented rappers were incredible lyricists. * Hardcore Hip-Hop is preferable to the masses, that’s just a fact-even if it isn’t preferred, every artist had all kinds of songs-Hip-Hop was more versatile. Besides lyricism, the beats were far more raw. Artists chose their beats based on the song content and message. It helped with that-and not all beats sounded the same. You had Legends like Biggie, Pac, Nas, Wu-Tang, etc

Great list

Finally some good songs

THRIFT SHOP AT 34????? Bro that ain’t in my top 500

All eyez on me 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Empire state of mind its the song that i'll never stop to listening

bro, in da club will always be the top undefeated hip hop track for me. the beat alone is fire asf 🔥💀

Sing about me by Kendrick for sure needs to be top 5 in everyone’s list

My favorite song all times is 2Pac Until The End of Time and Brenda have the baby and Hail Mary and America Most Wanted and Dear Mama / Changes / So Many Tears / Ambition Rider Biggie Smalls Juicy and Big Poppa and Mo Money Mo Problems and Dead Wrong and Who Shot Ya and Hypnotize. Party & Bulls... / Warning / Spit Yo Game Ice Cube It Was A Good Day and Check Yo Self (The Message) and Put Ya Back to it (Friday Soundtrack) and Why We Thugs. Ja Rule Holla Holla and Clap Back and I'm Real (Remix). Memorized. Thugs Love feat.Bobby Brown. Jadakiss Why and Knock Yourself Out and We Gonna Make It Nas One Mic and I Can and Made You Look and Hate You Now. Fabolous Breathe and Can't Deny It and Diamond and Can't let you go. Damn. Superwoman feat. Lil Mo. Trade it all (Barbershop Soundtrack) Jay Z Big Pimpin'. N.... What and N.... Who. Cash Money H.. / Can I get a feat. Ja Rule. The Dirt of your shoulder. Show Me What You Got. Excuse Me Miss. Busta Rhymes Make it clap and Dangerous and Put Ya Hands I Can See and What It's Gonna Be. Missy Elliott Get Your Freak On / Hot Boys / The Rain / She's a b.... Eazy E Boyz N Da Hood. Bone Thugs N Harmony The Crossroads The Fugees killin Me Softly / Ready or Not. OutKast So Fresh So Clean / The Way You Move / Ms. Jackson Snoop Dogg Vato / Beautiful / Gin & Juice / What's My Name Pt.2 / Thats That S. / Lay Low DMX Ruff Ryder Anthem / What's My Name / Who We Be / Get It On the Floor / We In Here 50 Cent In Da Club / Pimp (Remix) / Wanskta / Outta Control (Remix) / Window Shopper Ludacris Stick 'Em Up / Number One Spot / What's is my fantasy / Get Back / Move B.... / Grew Up and Screwed Up. Nelly Country Grammar / Grillz / Errtime / Batter Up / Na Na / Hot In Herre / Stepped On My J's. P. Diddy Let's Get It / All About the Benjamin / I'll Be Missing You / Victory / I Need A Lady Pt.1 and Pt.2

I believe straight outa Coumpton should be higher on the list thats a master piece

I Used to Lover H.E.R, Hey Ya, Rock Box, O.P.P, Hip Hop Hooray, Fu-Gee-La, In Da Club, 21 Questions, Many Men, I Can’t Live Without My Radio, The Bridge Is Over, Tha Crossroads, Still Not A Player, Ether, Flava In Ya Ear, Me Myself and I, Real Hip Hop, Tonite, Mass Appeal, I Need Love, Mama Said Knock You Out, Lean Back, Jump, Ain’t No Half-Steppin, Dead Presidents, You Gots To Chill, Rollout, Mathematics, Shimmy Shimmy Ya, Friends, Funky Enough, Slam, Welcome To The Ghetto, How We Do, Hate Ir Or Love It, Summertime, I Wish, My Name Is, I Got 5 On It, Bow Down, Planet Rock, The Humpty Dance, Get Money, Tonight’s The Night, Rapp Snitch Knishes, Ghetto Jam, Where Is The Love, Rebirth Of Slick, Regulate, This DJ, Sound Of Da Police, The World Is Yours, Keep Ya Head Up, Ante Up, Boyz-N-The-Hood, Survival Of The Fittest, Can I Kick It, Just A Friend, Vapors, Simon Says, Party Up, If I Ruled The World, Hot In Here, Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta, Drop It Like It’s Hot, The Ghetto, C-Walk, Get Low, Deep Cover, Definition, Gangsta Bitch, 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted, Natural Born Killaz, Slow Down, Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See, Woo Hah Got You All In Check, Follow The Leader, The Choice Is Yours, Twinz, 6 N The Mornin, Gotta Get Mine, Hip-Hop, you can go on and on and on.

California love 38 and straight Outta Compton 33 big poppa 28 Who the hell made this list

Every list i’ve seen have been garbage. This one is pretty good. There’re older songs while also featuring newer classics

@TopCulture - Need a top "Hair Bands" list, and "One Hit Wonders" list.

"Still Rollin", "Cheques" and "King Shit" by Shubh. Their beats are the best.

The message is #1 for me

I think Dead presidents deserved a spot

From 2005 to 2008 I lived in Florence Kentucky and Ohio were in fashion at the disco ❤️

Yes yes yes for nr 1!!

Jay Z - Hard Knock Life Da Luniz - I Got 5 On It Jermaine Dupri - Welcome to Atlanta

Imho in this playlist are missing something more of ATCQ, Busta Rhymes and Ras Kass.

Minus the inclusion of Thrift Shop this is a good list

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