VH1’s Top 100 Hip Hop Songs of all Time

From the folks that have made a name for themselves out of lists along with the countdown shows about them, VH1 releases their list of 100 greatest hip hop songs of all time.  Here’s the list below:

1. Fight the Power – Public Enemy
2. Rapper’s Delight – Sugar Hill Gang
3. Nuthin’ but a G Thang –  Dr. Dre
4. Rock this Way– Run DMC f. Aerosmith
5. The Message– Furious Five
6. Straight Outta Compton – NWA
7. Juicy– Notorious BIG
8. Gin and Juice– Snoop
9. Push It– Salt-N-Pepa
10. The Breaks– Kurtis Blow
11. Hard Knock Life– Jay Z
12. I Can’t Live Without My Radio– LL Cool J
13. CREAM– Wu Tang Clan
14. I Get Around– Tupac
15. Stan– Eminem
16. Get Ur Freek On– Missy Elliott
17. Baby Got Back– Sir Mix-A-Lot
18. In Da Club– 50 Cent
19. Colors– Ice T
20. Gold Digger– Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx
21. Planet Rock– Afrika Bambaata & Soul Sonic Force
22. OPP– Naughty By Nature
23. BOB– Outkast
24. Paid In Full– Eric B and Rakim
25. Killing Me Softly– Fugees
26. U Can’t Touch This– MC Hammer
27. Hold It Now, Hit It– Beastie Boys
28. It Was A Good Day– Ice Cube
29. The Humpty Dance– Digital Underground
30. Check the Rhyme– Tribe Called Quest
31. How You Like Me Now– Kool Moe Dee
32. It’s All About the Benjamins– Diddy & The Family feat. BIB, Lil Kim, The Lox
33. The Crossroads– Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
34. Insane In The Brain– Cypress Hill
35. Ladies First– Queen Latifah feat. Monie Love
36. Hot In Herre– Nelly
37. It Takes Two– Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock
38. Gangsta’s Paradise– Coolio
39. Wild Thing– Tone Loc
40. It’s Like That– Run DMC
41. That’s The Joint– Funky 4 + 1
42. Roxanne’s Revenge– Roxanne Shante
43. Hate It Or Love It– The Game feat. 50 Cent
44. I’ll Be There For You (You’re All I Need To Get By)- Method Man feat. Mary J Blige
45. Mind Playing Tricks On Me– Geto Boys
46. Me, Myself, And I– De La Soul
47. Bust A Move– Young MC
48. One Love– Nas
49. My Philosophy– Boogie Down Productions
50. Da Block Is Hot– Lil Wayne
51. The Show– Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew
52. I’ll Be– Foxy Brown
53. Money, Power, Respect– Lox feat. DMX, Lil Kim
54. Cha Cha Cha– MC Lyte
55. Lean Back– Terror Squad feat. Fat Joe & Remy
56. Woo-Ha! Got You All In Check– Busta Rhymes
57. I Get The Job Done– Big Daddy Kane
58. What’s Your Fantasy– Ludacris feat. Shawna
59. Shimmy Shimmy Ya– Ol’ Dirty Bastard
60. I Need Love– LL Cool J
61. Children’s Story– Slick Rick
62. Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like That)- Digable Planets
63. Rollin’ With Kid N Play– Kid ‘n Play
64. What They Do– The Roots
65. Love Rap– Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three
66. Jump Around– House of Pain
67. Feel So Good– Mase
68. What You Know– TI
69. I Used to Love HER– Common
70. Pop Goes The Weasel– 3rd Base
71. Freaks Come Out At Night– Whodini
72. Supersonic– JJ Fad
73. The Choice Is Yours– Black Sheep
74. You Gots To Chill– EPMD
75. Crush On You– Lil Kim feat. Lil Cease
76. Still Not A Player– Big Punisher feat. Joe
77. Cold Crush Brothers At The Dixie– Cold Crush Brothers
78. Tennessee– Arrested Development
79. Ruff Ryders’ Anthem (Stop Drop)- DMX
80. Hard Out There For A Pimp– Three 6 Mafia
81. Set Adrift On Memory Bliss– PM Dawn
82. Treat ‘Em Right– Chubb Rock
83. Me So Horny– 2 Live Crew
84. Roxanne Roxanne– UTFO
85. Definition– Black Star
86. Now That We Found Love– Heavy D & The Boyz
87. We Tryin’ To Stay Alive– Wyclef Jean feat. Refugee All Stars
88. What U Waitin’ 4– Jungle Brothers
89. Oh Boy– Cam’ron
90. The Reminisce Over You (TROY)- Pete Rock & CL Smooth
91. Ridin’– Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone
92. Can’t Play With My Yo-Yo– Yo-Yo
93. Lapdance– NERD feat. Lee Harvey & Vida
94. Make ‘Em Say Ugh– Master P feat. Silkk, Fiend, Mia-X, Mystikal
95. Cars With The Boom– L’Trimm
96. Parents Just Don’t Understand– DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
97. Who’s That Girl– Eve
98. Regulate– Warren G
99. Get Low– Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz feat. Ying Yang Twins
100. Just A Friend– Biz Markie

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Here’s an excerpt from billboard.com talking about this VH-1 countdown…

In anticipation of its upcoming fifth annual “VH1 Hip Hop Honors” telecast, VH1 will premiere two new original hip-hop themed programs. “100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs” and “VH1 Rock Doc: NWA: The World’s Most Dangerous Group” will air Sept. 29 and Oct. 3, respectively.

“100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs” is a five-part series that will count down the best hip-hop songs of all time, revealing the story behind each hit and updating viewers on what the respective artists are doing today. It will also feature original interviews and archival performances by Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Salt-N-Pepa, Outkast, Eminem and Grandmaster Flash, to list a few.