All-Time Hip-Hop CD...

Thieves in the Night - Blackstar

 

dilated peoples and worst comes to worst remix

2pac's hit em up is a classic. plus I get around.

 

Some of my fave old school'ish...

Hypnotize - Notorious BIG
They Reminisce Over You - Pete Rock and CL Smooth
Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
Hit 'em Up - 2Pac
All Eyez On Me - 2Pac
So Many Tears - 2Pac
Mind Playin Tricks on Me - Geto Boys
Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta - Geto Boys
Ever So Clear - Bushwick Bill
Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Born and Raised in Compton - DJ Quik
Steady Mobbin - Ice Cube
Still DRE - Dr. Dre
No Sunshine - Kid Frost
Ain't No Future in Yo Frontin - MC Breed
Fight the Power - Public Enemy
Back to the Hotel - N2Deep
Children's Story - Slick Rick
You Gots to Chill - EPMD
Freaks of the Industry - Digital Underground

 

I didn't start listening to rap until the early 90's, so I'll give a few from that period to date:

At least 3 Tupac songs should be required (California Love, Dear Mama, Hail Mary, How Do U Want It, I Ain't Mad At Cha, Brenda's Got A Baby, Toss It Up, etc.)

Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa / One More Chance / Hypnotize / Sky's The Limit

Luniz - I Got 5 On It

Do Or Die (Ft. Twista) - Po' Pimp

Bone - Tha Crossroads

Master P - Make Em Say...

Puff Daddy/P Diddy/Puffy/Weirdo/Catchysongmaker - Missing You

Eminem - Stan / Without Me / The Real Slim Shady / My Name Is

Outkast - Rosa Parks / Ms. Jackson / B.O.B. / Hey Ya

Jay Z - Big Pimpin' (ft. UGK) / Izzo (H.O.V.A.) / Hard Knock Life



I guess I'll stop there. I'd just like to mention, though, that you were looking for some big hits and that's all I've listed. These same artists have a bunch of other, better songs available for download at your favorite online piracy site.

 

Runnin- Pharcyde
Pretty much anything by A Tribe Called Quest
Let Me Ride- Dr.Dre
Playas Ball- Outkast
Nuthin but a "G" thing- Snoop
I used to love H.E.R- Common
Freaks come out at night- Whodini
93 till infinity- Souls of Mischief
C.R.E.A.M- Wu-Tang Clan

 

it all starts and stops with, Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

 

Warren G - Regulators

 

License to Ill--Beastie Boys
Check your head--Beastie Boys

 

Old School MEOWGI Mix

The 7a3 - Mad Mad World
Biz Markie - Vapors
Ghetto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks
Stetsasonic - Sally
Jungle Brothers - Straight out the Jungle
Eazy E - Eazy Duz It
Big Daddy Kane - Raw
Trouble Funk- Don't Touch That Stereo
Eric B. and Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique
Funky Four Plus One - Its The Joint
Ultramagnetic MC - Give the Drummer Some
De La Soul - Buddy
Mantronix - Get Stupid 'fresh' Part 1
Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide

 

vanilla ice - ice ice baby
mc hammer - cant touch this

 

Ok here is my list of great hip hop songs....

Eazy-E - Boyz in the Hood
Ice Cube - Today was a Good Day
Outkast - Players Ball
Digital Underground - Freaks of the Industry
Public Enemy - Fight the Power
Tupac - Hit em up
Mc Breed - Aint no future in your frontin
Bust Down - Nasty b****
Juvinile - Back that ass up
Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full
Eminim - Stan
Notorious BIG - The Warning
Run DMC - Walk this way
Slick Rick - Children's Story
Doug E Fresh - The Show
AMG -b**** Betta have my money
Wutang Clan- C.R.E.A.M
Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
Too $hort - Freaky Tales
Ghetto Boys - Mind playing tricks on me
LL Cool J - Radio
Jay Z - Big Pimpin

 

Great, great idea. Now, unlike some of the posters above, my list is gonna consist of songs that have (what I think to be) are the tightest beats - not songs that are considered to have great lyrics. I didn't really start listening to rap heavily until around '00/'01, so I like the newer kind of mainstream rap that most posters on here don't seem to like. I love the club bangers, the songs that get you goin'.

Some of the Best All-Time

2Pac - California Love
2Pac - Still Ballin'
50 Cent - In Da Club
50 Cent - Just a Little Bit
50 Cent - Position of Power
50 Cent - Patiently Waiting
Big Tymers - Still Fly
Busta Rhymes - Break Ya Neck
Bravehearts - Quick To Back Down
Chris Brown - Run It!
Ciara - Goodies
Clipse - When the Last Time
David Banner - Play
DMX - Party Up (In Here)
Dr. Dre - Forgot About Dre
Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E.
Dr. Dre - The Next Episode
Eazy E - Gimme Dat Nut
Eminem - My Name Is
Eminem - The Real Slim Shady
The Game - How We Do
The Game - Put You On the Game
Geto Boys - Yes, Yes Ya'll
House of Pain - Jump Around
Ice Cube - You Can Do It
J-Kwon - Tipsy
Jay-Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulders
Jay-Z - Big Pimpin'
Juelz Santana - There It Go (The Whistle Song)
Juvenile - In My Life
Kanye West - Gold Digger
Lil' Flip - Game Over (Flip)
Lil' Scrappy - No Problem
Lil' Wayne - Go DJ
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - What You Gon' Do
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Real N**** Roll Call
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - In Da Club
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - I Don't Give a F***
LL Cool J - Headsprung
Lloyd Banks - Work Magic
Ludacris - Move B****
Ludacris - Blueberry Yum Yum
Mike Jones - Back Then
Mike Jones - Still Tippin'
Mobb Deep - Have a Party
Nelly - Air Force Ones
Nelly - Na-Nana-Na
Nelly - Grillz
Nick Cannon - Gigolo
Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa
Outkast - Ms. Jackson
P$C - I'm A King
Petey Pablo - Freek-A-Leek
Roy Jones Jr. - I Smoke, I Drank (Remix)
Slim Thug - Like a Boss
Snoop Dogg - Who Am I (What's My Name)?
T.I. - U Don't Know Me
Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly
Three 6 Mafia - P**** Got Ya Hooked
Trick Daddy - In da Wind
Trick Daddy - Let's Go
Trillville - Some Cut
Twista - Overnight Celebrity
Usher - Yeah!
Webbie - Gimme That
Westside Connection - Gangsta Nation
Ying Yang Twins - Say I Yi Yi
Ying Yang Twins - Salt Shaker
Ying Yang Twins - Badd
Young Buck - Shorty Wanna Ride
Young MC - Bust A Move
Young Jeezy - And Then What
Young Jeezy - Soul Survivor
Youngbloodz - Damn!
Youngbloodz - Presidential
Yung Wun - Tear It Up

Uhhhh.... instead of a hits CD, I just went ahead and made a 4 disc compilation (or however many CD's all of that would take). I could have truncated a bit more, but I also already cut a lot of stuff out. If you like the new school of rap, you should have every one of these songs.

 

heheh... i just got the "ll" greatest hits album from soundwaves a few days ago (went to cactus first, but their rap section was non-existent, though it was really non-existent before they started the shutdown process). bad arse cd. since you mentioned "mama..." already i'll go with

ll cool j- i'm bad
nas- it's yours (who's world is it)... actually any song on that first album will do.
biggie- juicy
pharcyde- runnin'
jeru da damaja (sp?)- come clean
fugees- nappyheads
wu tang clean- can it be that it was all so simple
gza- i gotcha back (which is number 12, but i'm too lazy to look up number eleven. probably the best song on the album.)
boss- deeper (not too many people remember this chick. only had one album, but hit source in the early 90's and got five mics i think. best female rap artist of all time even though she had only one album.) here ya go! boss info
artifacts- wrong side of the tracks
keith murray- the beautifullest thing in the world (also "get lifted")

man... there's way too many and i've had a few drinks. sorry... not too much love for west or stuff from the south.

 

Eazy-E - Automobile
2pac- My Block, until the end of time, I aint mad at cha
Biggie-Juicy, I'm %#%#^%#^ you tonight
Geto boys- nothing to show, i tried
Kanye West- Celebration, Gone,
DMX- Slippin
Nas- Ether, Oochie Wallie,
Trick Daddy- Im a thug
Jay-Z- hardkock life, my first song, december 4th
Shaq- Biological Father

 

O.P.P
Slam
Humpty Dance
Express Yourself - N.W.A.

 

man... how did i forget craig mack's "flava in ya ear" (original and the remix kicked arse).

 

i'm sorry.

Lil Flip is not the best of all time.

Did you put Lil Flip in there for affirmative action reasons?

 

uh... no.

 

How come Slickvick hasnt come in here to fluff for OCP's Deep?