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This list was based on innovation, complexity, skill, and timelessness. Please note that the song is credited to the artist who's verse is the most impressive or memorable. (If the song was recorded by a group; it is noted in the parenthesis)
1. Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em - Rakim (Eric B. & Rakim) 2. So Many Tears - 2Pac 3. Paid In Full - Rakim (Eric B. & Rakim) 4. The World Is Yours - Nas 5. My Philosophy - KRS One (Boogie Down Productions) 6. Juicy - Notorious B.I.G. 7. Children's Story - Slick Rick 8. Brenda's Got A Baby - 2Pac 9. Moment of Truth - Guru (Gang Starr) 10. I Used To Love H.E.R. - Common 11. Raw - Big Daddy Kane 12. Dead Presidents (Pt. II) - Jay-Z 13. Millennium - Andre 3000 (Outkast) 14. Streets of N.Y. - Kool G Rap 15. Life's A Bitch - AZ 16. Straight Outta Compton - Ice Cube (N.W.A.) 17. C.R.E.A.M. - Raekwon/Inspektah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan) 18. The Bridge Is Over - KRS-One (Boogie Down Productions) 19. Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos - Chuck D (Public Enemy) 20. One Mic - Nas 21. Lost Ones - Lauryn Hill 22. I Ain't No Joke - Rakim (Eric B. & Rakim) 23. Ladies First - Queen Latifah 24. They Reminisce Over You - C.L. Smooth (Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth) 25. Warning - Notorious B.I.G. 26. Lose Yourself - Eminem 27. Rock the Bells - LL Cool J 28. (O.G.) Original Gangster - Ice T 29. Get At Me Dog - DMX 30. Holla If Ya Hear Me - 2Pac 31. Scenario - Busta Rhymes (Leaders of the New School) 32. Get By - Talib Kweli 33. B.O.B. - Andre 3000/Big Boi (Outkast) 34. My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me - Scarface (Geto Boys) 35. Flava In Ya Ear (Remix) - Notorious B.I.G. 36. Jazz (We Got) - Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest) 37. Rebel Without A Pause - Chuck D (Public Enemy) 38. How Ya Like Me Now - Kool Moe Dee 39. Dear Mama - 2Pac 40. I Cram to Understand U - MC Lyte 41. Brown Skin Lady - Mos Def 42. Street Struck - Big L 43. Everything's Gonna Be Alright - Treach (Naughty By Nature) 44. Lodi Dodi - Slick Rick 45. Boom! - Black Thought (The Roots) 46. I Refuse Limitation - Cee-Lo (Goodie MOB) 47. Once Upon A Time In the Projects - Ice Cube 48. It Ain't Hard to Tell - Nas 49. Electric Relaxation - Q-Tip/Phife (A Tribe Called Quest) 50. Triumph - Inspektah Deck (Wu-Tang Clan) 51. Eye Know - Posdnous (De La Soul) 52. Stan - Eminem 53. Armed Robbery - Eightball (Eightball & MJG) 54. Run's House - Run (Run DMC) 55. Rock the Bells - LL Cool J 56. Lausd - Zaakir, Mark 7even, Chali 2na, Akil (Jurassic 5) 57. U.N.I.T.Y. - Queen Latifah 58. No More Pain - 2Pac 59. Resurrection - Common 60. Aquemini - Andre 3000 (Outkast) 61. Time 4 Sum Aksion - Redman 62. Ebonics - Big L 63. Slow Down - Sadat X/Grand Puba (Brand Nubian) 64. Just to Get A Rep - Guru (Gangstarr) 65. Quiet Storm - Prodigy (Mobb Deep) 66. Proceed - Black Thought (The Roots) 67. Verbal Intercourse - Raekwon/Nas/Ghostface Killah 68. Unbelievable - Notorious B.I.G. 69. Doggy Dogg World - Kurupt (The Dogg Pound) 70. Ain't No Half - Steppin'-Big Daddy Kane 71. Symphony - Kool G Rap/Big Daddy Kane/Masta Ace (Juice Crew) 72. Beats to the Rhyme - Run (Run DMC) 73. Bring the Pain - Method Man 74. I'm Bad - LL Cool J 75. Why? - Jadakiss 76. Oh Yeah - Foxy Brown 77. Deep Cover - Snoop Doggy Dogg 78. MCs Act Like They Don't Know - KRS One 79. Burn Hollywood Burn - Chuck D/Big Daddy Kane/Ice Cube (Public Enemy) 80. Simon Sez - Pharoahe Monche 81. Paparazzi - Xzibit 82. Da Art of Storytellin' (Part II) - Andre 3000 (Outkast) 83. Hip-Hop - Mos Def 84. Psychology - Sticman/M-1 (Dead Prez) 85. Everything Is Everything - Lauryn Hill 86. Blazing Arrow - Gift of Gab (Blackilicious) 87. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J 88. Say No Go - Posdnous/Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul) 89. Twinz (Deep Cover II) - Big Punisher/Fat Joe 90. Glaciers of Ice - Raekwon 91. Unknowhowedu - Bahamadia 92. Amerika - Trick Daddy 93. Pop Goes the Weasel - MC Serch/Pete Nice (3rd Bass) 94. Ruffneck - MC Lyte 95. Summertime - Will Smith (DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince) 96. Rock Dis Funky Joint - Wise Intelligent (Poor Righteous Teachers) 97. The Choice Is Yours - Drez (Black Sheep) 98. I Gotcha Opin - Buckshot (Black Moon) 99. Hey Young World - Slick Rick 100. High Rollers - Ice-T
10 Greatest Hip-Hop Dis Songs:
1. Hit 'Em Up - 2Pac feat. the Outlaws*
2. The Bridge Is Over - Boogie Down Productions
3. Ether - Nas
4. No Vaseline - Ice Cube
5. Jack the Ripper - LL Cool J
6. 2nd Round K.O. - Canibus
7. Takeover - Jay-Z
8. 10% Dis - MC Lyte
9. (Fuck Wit') Dre Day - Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg
10. Roxanne's Revenge - Roxanne Shante
* R.I.P. Tupac Shakur & Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace
Let's hope hip-hop has learned from their untimely passing
that 'beefs' should stay on wax.
alexa
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