HAHAHAHA!!

The Block is Hot?! Are you freakin' kidding me? Do they have hip hop fans making the list or pop music fans who happen to like some hip hop?

BTW: Nothing wrong with pop fans, but generalists tend to eff up lists when the focus is on a specific thing. It's like Entertainment Magazine creating a greatest Norweigan Black Metal songs list

I think the last being terrible has a lot to do with it being a poll on VH1.com-- it's not like the most knowledgable hip-hop fans are on there voting.

Gangster's Paradise is on there Ethan.

I think "In Da Club" is top 20 material, maybe even top 10. I think "Gangsta's Paradise" should not be in the top 100 though.

In generally it's just a jumbled/confused list.

Lol, this list is terrible...golddigger is literally one of Kanye's three worst songs. T.R.O.Y. at #90? What you know ahead of I Used To Love H.E.R.? Ok, this list is like saying Fall Out Boy is better than The Beatles. Why is it acceptable for the media to not understand hip hop, but not do this with any other genre? HORRIBLE

Some of these song don't need to be on here. Like Lil Wayne, T.I., Kanye, and 50 cent dont deserve to be with these legends because they havent reached that status yet. IDK how lil wayne got on here. He used to be Garbage and still is. He has the most annoying voice in hip hop today. He cant even come up with his own lyrics... he has to get them from the legends like 2pac.

wtf!!!!!!! what do they base their list on? first of all, LL has two songs on here. i mean i love LL but his songs dont deserve to be on the list. Also lil jon, MC Hammer, kidnplay, sir mix alot dont deserve to be in 1000 greatest hip hop songs. one love by nas aint even the best song by nas. mind playin tricks on me should be in top 10. Dre cant rap. rappers delight and the message should be on there to show respect but not in top 10 and rakim needs to get up there in top 10 too. run dmc??? what bout brooklyn's finest? what bout the world is your? what bout shook ones part II? damn mobb deep aint even on the list. wow! man why didnt they just put vanilla ice at number 1 if they were going to do a list like this.

How did

I am glad to see that I am not the only one who disagrees with this BS list. T.R.O.Y. at #90 did it for me as well.

dmx - ruff ryderz anthem 79!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????????????????????????? CMON!

holy crap avispits! they don't have...
"Passin Me By" on the list. insane.

No Main Source, Lords of the Underground, Poor Riteghous Teachers, Brand Dubian, Das Efx, Mobb Deep, Onyx, Redman, Raekwon, Keith Murray? This list a piece of crap.

i do agree this list is kind of wack
but you got to give props to alot of these people
because if it wasnt for this list
alot of them wouldnt be known

NaS being 48 is ridiculous. There's a lot of things wrong with this list but that might be the most upsetting. He's a legend, and they have Young MC ahead of him. So weak. And why One Love? Thats not even the best song on that album. I would like to see 'I'll be Dat!' by Redman on this list and 'Shimmy Shimmy Ya' by ODB. Wu Tang.

Yeah lol @ Salt & Pepper in the top 10

First of all Nasty Nas should be top 5,second what is Lil wayne and Master P doin on there?they are garbage might as well put on lame ass vanilla ice.No Southern rappers should even be on the greatest 200 hip-hop song list.Because of corny southern hip-pop,REAL Hip-hop is DEAD.There is NeVer goin to be hip-hop like the 80's to late 90's.What the fuk is cypress hill,Three 6 Mafia,Lil Jon,Chamillionaire doin on the list.Worst list,who was the fuking moron who made the list.COME ON

Where can I find a real list? at least they made one?

Maybe I need to get my eyes checked cuz I must be going blind. I'm having a hard time locating Mobb Deep somewhere on that list. One of atleast four songs should have made the list ("Shook One Pt.2", "Survival of The Fittest", "Quiet Storm", or even Prodigy's "Keep It Thoro") I see Nas, although I love "One Love" I feel like he has other "top hip hop song" material ("It aint hard to tell", "If I Ruled The World" even "Hate Me Now" and uuuhhh a song called "Ether") Those are just a few. What happened to The Roots "Don't Say Nuthin" or "You Got Me" Raekwon's "Live From NY" Ghostface's "All That I got Is You" or "Apollo Kids". I'm not even gonna mention all of the missing 2pac songs. I mean this is wack and almost a disgrace to the world of "real" Hip Hop.
However, I did watch the show and one thing that I realized was that each song had a video, many great hip hop songs that deserved to be on this list don't even have videos. Maybe they should redo this like they do those "I Love The...(90's)" and have them broken down in 5 or 10 year time frames or just get a more accurate way of calculating.

lmao lil wayne
NAS AND RAKIM ARE NUMBER 1 FOOLSSS!!

this is disgusting why is busta rymes Whoo ha #56 and digable Planets cool like dat #62 whoo ha was'nt even on the same level. whoever made this list this is on supercrack and should be shot THEN fired. this is disgraceful. WTF wheres 2Pac ? Those stupid bitches at vh1 should stick to what thet f*%kin know Rock and sh!t cuz they f*@ked up the hip hop list. I am officially upset.

no rakim and krs1 in top 15?!?! but there is jay z and eminem...ahahahahahahah,and only one rakim song ahahahahaha...it so funny list...u must have some problems with ur head.

tupac "Brenda gotta Baby, Dear mamma, Keep ya head up", Erick B Rakim, "make em clap to this, I aint no joke . KRS1' why is that" all classic none made the list what a joke you might as well have had Vanilla Ice, Joskie Love with the Pee Wee Herman song and Rappin Duke on here Da Ha Da ha this list is not hood appproved

People calm down! Vh1 does this kind of thing ALL the time. They have tons of screwed up top 100 lists (One Hit Wonders, 70s, 80s). It's voted on by fans. Fans of Vh1. A very middle of the road sorta older group. I mean who really watches Vh1 anyway? Think of their demographics. They can't help it.

If you want a more urban list you would need to look elsewhere.

nothing by Gang Starr?--Erik B. and Rakim, once? anybody ever heard Follow the Leader & Microphone Fiend? plus a bunch of crossover garbage and stuff for 16 yr old white girls...when KRS-One,Kool Moe Dee, Chuck D etc were on the set that was hip-hop and what they're doing now aint nothin but a shame
lampin old school...danny Oh

Does anybody know wher ice ice baby and loose your self is on this list?????????????????

WHERE THE HELL IS DEAR MAMA, LIFE's A B*TCH, DEAD PRESIDENTS 2, SHOOK ONES PT 2, MS JACKSON, THE LIGHT, GET BY, MATHEMATICS, OR BRING THE NOISE??????????? this list is some whack sh*t

i think that ignorant s*** by jay-z should be on there because half the people in here posting are ignorant s***s.. if your gonna say stuff like no big daddy kane and no geto boys lol check to make sure that there not on the list cause there on the damn list..

with that being said this is a s***y list for true hip hop fans but lets face it if we were to make a list of 100 best songs there would be 12 form pac 8 from biggie 5 or 6 form eminem dre and snoop would be well represented ice cube and wu tang clan would have a bunch on there BIG L would be on there at least 3 or 4 times Big Pun would have more then 1 song NWA would be on there a few more times jigga would have 4 or 5 songs.. do you see my point? There would be 10 or 15 rappers making up the top 100 and that wouldnt be good tv so im guessing vh1 tried to represent all big names atleast once with there most main stream song..
My problems with the list are as follows 2pac should have had dear mama and changes in there biggie need at least one more either mo money mo problems or warning BIG L should have been in the top 10 with put it on and probably in the top 20 with either ebonics or mvp..
my top 10 is
10. Str8 outta compton- NWA
9. Shook ones - Mobb Deep
8. Put It on- Big L
7. When I B On the Mic- Rakim
6. Hard Knock Life- Jay-Z
5. Changes- 2pac
4. Juicy
3. With Out Me- Eminem
2. It Was a Good Day
1. Nuttin But A G Thang- Dr Dre

What dip sh it made up this list? Vhs needs to monitor who makes these lists up a little better.

I have to admit, the list is wack. You just have to remember that this is one list out of millions. Every single person is going to have their own opinion of what the best hip hop songs should be. I do agree that lil john,50,lil wayne, and T.I. should not have been on the list. The rest were ok but not at the right spot or with the right song. And "daba", you wack too. How can you say that "In da club" is top 10 material while "Gangsta's Paradise" is not. You probably one of the people that voted on the VH1 list.

Everyone will have a different opinion of who should be on the list. It doesn't matter who made the list, either BET, MTV, Fuse, somebody will be unhappy wit the list.

Plus, it also said for viewers to vote, watchers of it, or non watchers who just happened to stroll past the channel. They let viewers choose it. They did not just decide to randomly throw in songs. But as my sister said, "If you didn't go into the website and vote, voice opinion on who should go there, what shouldn't go there, then you don't have jack sh*t to say. "

Maybe the songs that were voted were liked more than the songs or artists you people typed, wrote, or listed. Maybe they sold more records than the songs you people are putting in

worst list ever

No Ahmad - "Back In the day"?????

1 2pac 1 biggie come on thats just trieble wheres changes getto gosple or big poppa...and no MO MONEY MO PROBLES what is this

Wow. I agree with the top ten except for the #1 song... It's a great song, but there isn't enough verses in it, it's mostly just beats and noises. Good though, maybe should be in the 9 spot. "Paid in Full" should be top 10.
These are aall the songs that shouldn't be here, in order.

99 Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz ft/ Ying Yang Twins: Get Low
94 Master P ft. Sikk, Fiend, Mia-x and Mystical: Make 'Em Say Ugh
89 Cam'ron: Oh Boy
83 2 Live Crew: Me So Horny
80 Three 6 Mafia ft. Paula Campbell- Hard Out Here For A Pimp
79 DMX: Ruff Ryders' Anthem (Stop Drop)
74 EPMD: You Gots To Chill
72 J.J. Fad: Supersonic
70 3(rd) Bass: Pop Goes the Weasel
68 T.I.: What You Know
63 Kid 'n Play: Rollin' With Kid N Play
56 Busta Rhymes: Woo-Ha! Got You All In Check
50 Lil' Wayne: Tha Block Is Hot
43 Game, The ft. 50 Cent: Hate It or Love It
29 Digital Underground: The Humpty Dance
25 Fugees: Killing Me Softly
20 Kanye West ft/ Jamie Foxx: Gold Digger
18 50 Cent: In Da Club
17 Sir Mix-A-Lot: Baby Got Back
15 Eminem: Stan

yo whoever put this up dont know alot about hip hop wene it comes to tha 100 Greatest Hip Hop songs where is tha ol skool u start from there wene it first started then go up 2 tha 90's not peeps like 50 cent or Lil Wayne Hip Hop 2 Me Died After 97 wene Biggie Died. Hip Hop changed so much after 97 there is no classic hit after 97 some notables after 97 are DMX - Ruff Riders Anthem
Dr Dre - Still D.R.E
Jay Z - Hard Knock Life
Pras - Ghetto Superstar
Heres how i put it out for u peeps its like this
WestCoast - 2 Pac - California Love
EastCoast - The Notorious B.I.G - Juicy
Durrty South - Scarface - My Mind Is Playing Tricks on Me
Midwest - Common Sense - I Used To Luv H.E.R
Groups
Westcoast - N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Eastcoast - Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M
Durrty South - Outkast - Atliens
Midwest - Bone Thugs N Harmony - Crossroads

Thought "capital s oh yes fresh n double o p" was pretty close with a great top ten. My changes would be:

15. I Used to Luv H.E.R. - Common
14. Mathmatics - Mos Def
13. The Militia - Gang Starr ft. Big Shug & Freddie Foxx
12. Rabbit Run- Eminem (so much better than Lose Yourself)
11. D'evils - Jay-Z
10. Str8 outta compton NWA
9. T.R.O.Y. - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
8. Shook ones pt. 2 - Mobb Deep
7. Put It on- Big L
6. When I B On the Mic- Rakim
5. Old School- 2pac
4. Juicy - Biggie
3. It Was a Good Day (remix) - Ice Cube
2. Nuttin But A G Thang- Dr Dre
1. Mind Playin' Tricks - Geto Boys

ok. the POINT of this list is to show OTHERS wat the ppl who voted (who could have been anybody. i could have done it) thought the top 100 songs were. it was who WE thought were good. not the media. no criteria, no watever, just if we like it, hate it, or love it, or watever. u gotta understand that.

HOW IS RUN DMC - IT'S TRICKY NOT ON HERE!

T.R.O.Y at #90!?!? Thats top 5 material.Here is the people I think should be removed from this list Lil Jon,Lil Wayne,L'Trimm,Chamillionaire,Three 6 Mafia,50 Cent,Nelly,Fat Joe and any other Artist/Song that came out after 2000.
Btw:The ten tracks on Illmatic are way better than VH1's top ten.

Some one said cypress hill should not be on the list are u crazy

Cypress hill are legends in hip hop
they invented song to get high two

Wow...once again the "experts" got it all wrong. This is more like a list of "What videos do we have laying around labeled hip hop???" then an honest list. So many forgotten.......Diamond D, Big L even Skillz....I mean go classic but contemporary too. Wheres Immortal Technique????? And Hype, to go off of what you're saying Fat Joe was lacing tracks like "Flow Joe" back in the 90's...hate him or love him he's an icon in the industry. Even if he only puts out one good single every three years. lol To the powers that be at Prefix....Let's assemble a summit and devise a top 100 list for hip hop please.....lets educate these youngsters on the true facets of hip hop. Oh, and one last thing.....where the f@ck is Camp Lo on that list????? "Luchini"....man, a classic. One.

I didn't read every single comment, and sorry if i'm repeating this but REGULATORS IS #98??? R they smoking?? Thats like top 10!! I'm through... this upsets me,,

I think this list is the most

yo yish i i agree with you all the way they don,t have any yay area rappers seriously though not even one mac dre or e 40 song. also there some songs that should not be on there or even exist i mean seriously they had to put on that fake garbage ass 50 cent. fuucking bullshiit list

rubish list
lil wayne?is the gayest rappers
what he do could RNB
number 1 is worst song for number 1
the top 10 is not vert well

1.Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth
2.2pac changs
3.NWA Straight Outta Compton
4.2pac keep ya hounds up
5.2 pac dear mama
6.2pac lif's goes on
7.Ice cube today was a good day
8.naughty by nature hip hop hooray
9.Raper's delight (Sugarhill Gang)
10.coolio gangasta's paradise

Ice Qube today was a good day

gehtto gospal

You are all nit picking over individual artists and songs and missing the big picture. The whole list is garbage.

why aint there no biggie songs or slick rick or ll cool j or dougie fresh no i am not old either i am 16

never watching vh1, they don't know good hip hop. Wheres 2pac and biggie? I get around is 2pac's best song, that is BS.

heyy does anyone know a song on this list that has a saxophone playing on the background? and its not a tribe called quest....its more of a slow song like easy listening but the thing i can tell u a saxophone or trumpet was playing in the background. please helpp :D i been trying to find this song for monthhsss its annoying >:O!

lil wayne was ok before all the bull he's been doing, once he started to get fancy, it was game over for him. sure he has punchlines and a good flow, but u could never ever put him up there with the greats never

wheres eazy e? I get around is not as good as other tupac songs. lil wayne block is hot should be on the list but not as high nas should deffinitly ranked better than jay z and lil jon is a disgrace. vh1 is telling me that if i just yell random patethic verses in the mic and act like a crackhead all the time i can be in the top 100. wow cmon. and stan is not even ems best song and neither is the song they put for the beastie boys

There's way too much filler here

When i first saw this list i flipped cuz there is some way better stuff.....but if you really think about it all these songs have had huge impact on the hip hop/rap world...

didnt people vote on this?

No Pharcyde? They dont know sh*t.

who shot ya? should be no.1. on everybody's list.

What about KRS-One?
DasEFX?
Rakim?
GangStarr?

I can't believe there was no Gang Starr! This list was a joke for the most part... Here's my take on it:

http://debonairdebacles.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/vh1s-100-greatest-hip-hop-songs/

in da club should be number 1. same with hot in here

I think that more people need to know about Lupe Fiasco. He has some awesome songs, such as Daydreamin', Kick Push, and Superstar. And why no Talib Kweli? Ok... TROY at 90? Wow. Thanks media or screwing people's minds over.

A white guy most definitely made this list... this is like "Now! Music Vol. 25 Best Of All Time." Truly Appalling to any true hip hop fan. Chamallionaire is actually top 10,000,000? Truly idiotic. No time or effort or straight interest put into it. God I hate mainstream media. All the money put into these employees and can't even make a justifiable list. Truly pathetic.

What the f*ck.......where's Rakim, Biggie, Big L. You can't make a list without 'em.

my top 5 5. notorious b.i.g-juicy 4. 2pac- i get around 3. ice cube- it was a good day 2. dr.dre- notin but A G thang 1.- eminem lose yourself

MY Top 100 Best Hip Hop/ Rap Songs of All Time
1.Microphone Fiend - Eric B and Rakim
2. The Message- Grandmaster Flash& The Furious5
3.Aint no half steppin- Big Daddy Kane
4.Keep Ya Head up- TuPac
5. The World is Yours- Nas
6. Fight the Power- Public Enemy
7.Planet Rock-Afrika Baambaata
8.Rappers Delight- Sugarhill Gang
9.T.R.O.Y.- PeteRock/CLSmooth
10. I Used to love H.E.R- Common
11. The Breaks- Kurtis Blow
12. Triumph Wu Tang Clan
13. My Philosophy- BDP
14. Dear Mama- TuPac
15. Dead Presidents II- Jay-z
16. Warning- Notorious B.I.G.
17. Top Billin- Audio Two
18. Nuthin but a “G” thang- Dr. Dre/Snoop Dog
19. Scenario- A Tribe Called Quest/ Busta Rhymes
20. Children’s Story- Slick Rick
21. Mosh- Eminem
22. Lyrics of Fury- Eric B. and Rakim
23. Excursions- A Tribe Called Quest
24. One Mic- Nas
25. Hard Knock Life- Jay-Z
26. Passin Me By- Pharcyde
27. Mind playin tricks on me- Geto boys
28. Straight outta Compton- N.W.A
29. Its like that- Run D.M.C.
30. C.R.E.A.M. – Wu Tang Clan
31. Brooklyn Zoo- Ol Dirty Bastard
32. Shook ones pt 2- Mobb Deep
33. Ebonics- Big L
34. Dwyck- Gangstarr/Nice and Smooth
35. Paul Revere- The Beastie Boys
36. Ill Street Blues- Kool G Rap
37. Liquid Sword- GZA
38. OPP- Naughty by Nature
39. Tha Crossroads- Bone thugs n harmony
40. It was a good day- Ice Cube
41. Regulate- Warren G
42. Retaliation- Jedi Mind Tricks
43. Still Not a player- Heavy D/ Joe
44. The Symphony- Marley Marl
45. So many Tearz- TuPac
46. Check the Rhime- A Tribe Called Quest
47. Who shot ya- The Notorious B.I.G.
48. 93 Till Infinity- Souls of Mischief
49. New York State of Mind- Nas
50. I seen a man die- Scarface
51. All that I got is you- Ghostface Killah/ Mary J. Blige
52. How ya like me know- Kool Moe Dee
53. Bow Down- Westside Connection
54. Think About it- Special Ed
55. Slow Down- Brand Nubian
56. Fu-gee-la- The Fugees
57. Paper Thin- MC Lyte
58. U.N.I.T.Y- Queen Latifah
59. Raw- Big Daddy Kane
60. Halftime- Nas
61. Stan- Eminem
62. Mathematics- Mos Def
63. Momma Said knock you out- LL Cool J
64. Elevators- Outkast
65. Gangstas Paradise- Coolio
66. My Block- Scarface
67. Mass Appeal- Gangstarr
68. The Helm- Hieroglyphics
69. Ice Cream- Raekwon
70. Juicy- Notorious B.I.G
71. Ante up- M.O.P.
72. Protect ya neck- Wu Tang CLan
73. Bucktown- Smif n Wessum
74. La Di Da Di- Doug E. Fresh
75. Cant Knock the Hustle- Jay-Z/ Mary J Blige
76. Eric B. is President- Eric B And Rakim
77. Come Clean- Jeru da Damaja
78. Set it off- Big Daddy Kane
79. Paid in Full- Eric B. and Rakim
80. I got 5 on it- The Luniz

nas halftime should've been # 1

M.C Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" should be replaced by Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz's "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)", because that is the greatest one hit wonder hip hop song ever. I also think there should be two more Busta Rhymes songs ("Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See " & "Gimme Some More"). Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's "They Reminice Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" should be top ten at least. LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out" is also better than "I Need Love". KRS-One's "Sound Of Da Police" should be on there. Nas's "The World Is Yours" is better than "One Love". Scarface's - Smile should also be there. Basically I can go on all day on whats wrong with this list.

they DEFINITLY should have some big L thrown in there
and immortal technique is deserving too but he's underground so that doesn't surprise me

well biggie smalls should have a couple songs on the top 20 juicey in my opinion should be number 1 hes the best rapper ever and no 2pac isnt the greates 2pac is number 2

WHY isn't 2Pac in the 1st place??? And WHY the song listed there isn't one of his best??? (I mean, it's good, but not the BEST), and WHY WHY WHY WHY Bone Thugs N Harmony is in #32??? This list was made by someone who knows SH*T about music. I'm not black, but hell, I know better! (I'm latino), Cypress Hill #34???? COME ON! They should be above many of the ones who were closer to the 1st place. I can't believe that list, honestly. The 2Pac part is the most annoying, seriously, no person with a freaking brain would ignore him and his best material! Number 14 is INSULTING! They were unfair to many other rappers that deserved better places in that list, but I guess the ones that stand out of that list are the godfathers of rap that were given LOUSY PLACES AND WAY UNDERRATED!

is there a working torrent for this list