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The Top 140 Greatest Rap & Hip-Hop Songs The top 140 greatest rap & hip-hop songs 1. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 2. Rappers Delight - Sugarhill Gang 3. Walk This Way - Run DMC & Aerosmith 4. Fight The Power - Public Enemy 5. Push It - Salt-N-Pepa 6. Fuck Tha Police - N.W.A. 7. Planet Rock - Afrika Bambatta 8. U-N-I-T-Y - Queen Latifah 9. Fight For Your Right - Beastie Boys 10. I Need Love - LL Cool J 11. The Breaks - Kurtis Blow 12. One Mic - Nas 13. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J 14. Cop Killa - Ice T 15. It's Tricky - Run DMC 16. Excursion - A Tribe Called Quest 17. California Love - 2pac 18. My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions 19. Eric B. is President - Eric B. & Rakim 20. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio 21. Juicy - Notorious B.I.G. 22. Killing Me Softly - The Fugees 23. Nuthin But A "G" Thang - Dr. Dre 24. Bridge is Over - Boogie Down Productions 25. The Way I Am - Eminem 26. Award Tour - A Tribe Called Quest 27. Rosa Parks - Outkast 28. Big Poppa - Notorious B.I.G. 29. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A. 30. Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-a-lot 31. Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos - Public Enemy 32. Work It - Missy Elliott 33. Bonita Applebum - A Tribe Called Quest 34. I Used To Love H.E.R. - Common 35. The Magic Number - De La Soul 36. Real Love - Mary J. Blige 37. Rock Box - Run DMC 38. Ms. Jackson - Outkast 39. Hard Knock Life - Jay Z 40. On and On - Erykah Badu 41. Let's Talk About Sex - Salt-N-Pepa 42. Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill 43. Follow the Leader - Eric B. & Rakim 44. The Show - Doug E. Fresh 45. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) - Digable Planets 46. Me Myself and I - De La Soul 47. It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube 48. New Jack Hustler - Ice-T 49. My Adidas - Run DMC 50. Roxannes Revenge - Roxanne Shante 51. White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 52. Stan - Eminem 53. One Minute Man - Missy Elliott 54. AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted - Ice Cube 55. I Know You Got Soul - Eric B. & Rakim 56. Crossroads - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 57. Childrens Story - Slick Rick 58. Say No Go - De La Soul 59. Hot In Herre - Nelly 60. Just A Friend - Biz Markie 61. Love of My Life - Erykah Badu 62. Through the Wire - Kanye West 63. U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer 64. I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy 65. Don't Sweat The Technique - Eric B. & Rakim 66. O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature 67. Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 68. Potholes In My Lawn - De La Soul 69. Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy 70. Dear Mama - 2pac 71. Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest 72. Brown Skin Lady - Black Starr 73. Ready or Not - The Fugees 74. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) - Missy Elliott 75. My Minds Playing Tricks on Me - Geto Boys 76. Creep - TLC 77. Welcome to the Terrordome - Public Enemy 78. Freaks Come Out At Night - Whodini 79. Funkee Ko Medina - Tone Loc 80. Mo Money Mo Problems - Notorious B.I.G. 81. Hey Ya - Outkast 82. How Ya Like Me Now - Kool Moe Dee 83. Lyte As A Rock - MC Lyte 84. Whatta Man - Salt-N-Pepa & En Vogue 85. C.R.E.A.M. - Wu Tang Clan 86. The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground 87. Parents Just Don't Understand - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 88. Love Is Blind - Eve 89. Brenda's Got A Baby - 2 Pac 90. Jesus Walks - Kanye West 91. Raw - Big Daddy Kane 92. Boyz-N-The-Hood - Eazy E 93. Everything Is Everything - Lauryn Hill 94. To Beat Ya'll - Lady B 95. Roxanne , Roxanne - U.T.F.O. 96. Woo-Ha!! Got You All In Check - Busta Rhymes 97. Gin & Juice - Snoop Dogg & Dr. Dre 98. Bust A Move - Young MC 99. Lodi Dodi - Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh 100. I'm Still Number One - Boogie Down Productions 101. No More Drama - Mary J. Blige 102. Let The Rhythm Hit Em' - Eric B. & Rakim 103. Street Dreams - Nas 104. Cha Cha Cha - MC Lyte 105. Ladies First - Queen Latifah 106. You Must Learn - Boogie Down Productions 107. Looking For The Perfect Beat - Afrika Bambatta 108. Eye Know - De La Soul 109. The Real Slim Shady - Eminem 110. Sabotage - Beastie Boys 111. Me Against The World - 2pac 112. Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions 113. Express Yourself - N.W.A. 114. Shoop - Salt-N-Pepa 115. I Can't Live Without My Radio - LL Cool J 116. Big Pimpin' - Jay Z 117. Fugee-La - The Fugees 118. Country Grammer - Nelly 119. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See - Busta Rhymes 120. Wild Thing - Tone Loc 121. Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') - Dr. Dre 122. Around The Way Girl - LL Cool J 123. Jam Master Jay - Run DMC 124. People Everyday - Arrested Development 125. No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys 126. Gettin Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith 127. Hip Hop Hooray - Naughty By Nature 128. One Love - Nas 129. 99 Problems - Jay Z 130. To Zion - Lauryn Hill 131. Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G. 132. Hip Hop - Mos Def 133. southernplayalisticadillacmuzik - Outkast 134. The 6th Sense - Common 135. Ether - Nas 136. Keep Ya Head Up - 2 Pac 137. Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys 138. None of Your Business - Salt-N-Pepa 139. My Melody - Eric B. & Rakim 140. 911 Is A Joke - Public Enemy .
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