ILM Best Rap Songs of all Time Poll Part 1

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The poll was in 2011, so maybe we should do one for the last decade.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
82. The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight [4 votes, 1 #1 vote, 151 points, 1979]	10
76. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya [8 votes, 158 points, 1995]	7
88. De La Soul - Eye Know [5 votes, 142 points, 1989]	6
95. OutKast – Spottieottiedopalicious [4 votes, 1 #1 vote, 127 points, 1998]	5
87. Ludacris - Southern Hospitality [6 votes, 143 points, 2000]	5
79. Jay-Z ft. U.G.K. – Big Pimpin' [5 votes, 154 points, 1999]	5
80. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) [6 votes, 153 points, 1983]	4
91. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - Tha Crossroads [5 votes, 1 #1 vote, 134 points, 1995]	4
97. Public Enemy - Night of the Living Baseheads [3 votes, 126 points, 1988]	3
98. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo [5 votes, 125 points, 1995]	3
93. Skee-Lo - I Wish [6 votes, 128 points, 1995]	3
83. Heltah Skeltah ft. OGC - Lefleuf Leflah Eskoshka [4 votes, 151 points, 1995]	2
84. Naughty by Nature – O.P.P. [8 votes, 150 points, 1991]	2
81. Ice Cube - When Will They Shoot? [4 votes, 153 points, 1992]	2
90. EPMD - You Gots To Chill [4 votes, 139 points, 1988]	2
77. Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E. [6 votes, 156 points, 1999]	2
96. Fat Lip - What's Up Fat Lip [5 votes, 126 points, 2000]	2
85. Nas - The World Is Yours [5 votes, 146 points, 1994]	1
94. T.I. - Rubberband Man [5 votes, 128 points, 2003]	1
78. The Notorious B.I.G. - Party and Bullshit [5 votes, 156 points, 1993]	0
98. Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over [5 votes, 125 points, 1986]	0
86. Smoothe da Hustler ft. Trigger tha Gambler - Broken Language [4 votes, 146 points, 1996]	0
89. Jeru The Damaja - Come Clean [5 votes, 140 points, 1993]	0
92. EPMD - Strictly Business [4 votes, 133 points, 1988]	0
100. Big L - Put It On [4 votes, 125 points, 1994]	0

― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 28 May 2020 09:27 (five years ago)

Spotify playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4zDaLZKyxZMAxDtSOyyKrt?si=5E2d6tEIR7yt4kL3TQ9z-A

― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 28 May 2020 09:43 (five years ago)

Only thing not there is de la

― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 28 May 2020 09:43 (five years ago)

No one around wanna talk about Whats Up Fatlip, Broken Language or Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshaush?

― a hoy hoy, Thursday, 28 May 2020 10:52 (five years ago)

spottieottie is probably the "best" of these, but im very sorely tempted to pull the trigger for rubberband man

― voodoo chili, Thursday, 28 May 2020 12:33 (five years ago)

gonna mix it up and go w Lefleuf Leflah Eskoshka

― Spottie, Friday, 29 May 2020 00:08 (five years ago)

big fan of that one

― ciderpress, Friday, 29 May 2020 00:41 (five years ago)

Tough call. Went for PE mainly because I think that song deserves more voted but could just as easily have gone for Jeru, Jay-Z, Nas or ODB

― paolo, Friday, 29 May 2020 08:13 (five years ago)

Brooklyn Zoo is probably not the best but I'm still voting for it

― calzino, Friday, 29 May 2020 09:04 (five years ago)

I ended up voting for ODB. RIP.

― pomenitul, Friday, 29 May 2020 16:39 (five years ago)

Tha Crossroads, and it should've been in the top 10.

― Tuomas, Friday, 29 May 2020 18:47 (five years ago)

Rapper's Delight

― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Saturday, 30 May 2020 01:01 (five years ago)

The poll was in 2011

Don't remember this and can't seem to find it...My three favourite are "Eye Know," "O.P.P.," and "Rapper's Delight."

― clemenza, Saturday, 30 May 2020 02:38 (five years ago)

several of the best songs ever made are on this list

― geoffreyess, Saturday, 30 May 2020 03:21 (five years ago)

Eazily I approach, the 100 GREATEST RAP (OR HIP HOP OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT) TRACKS OF THE GODS because I ain't no joke.

It was hard to find cos I gave it a dumb name

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 30 May 2020 07:00 (five years ago)

I went with You Gots to Chill, but was tempted by several others (Put it on notably). Glad to discover Heltah Skeltah.

― Nabozo, Saturday, 30 May 2020 07:40 (five years ago)

I voted Luda. It is such a humongous beat.

― a hoy hoy, Saturday, 30 May 2020 07:50 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 31 May 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

"tha crossroads" for me

― dyl, Sunday, 31 May 2020 05:08 (five years ago)

voting de la. not an easy choice.

― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 31 May 2020 05:14 (five years ago)

i feel weird voting for White Lines in this poll but i'm voting for White Lines

― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Sunday, 31 May 2020 05:16 (five years ago)

Ho-tel, Mo-tel, Holiday Inn

― meisenfek, Sunday, 31 May 2020 07:21 (five years ago)

The world is yours

― billstevejim, Sunday, 31 May 2020 15:22 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 1 June 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

who's the dirty, disgusting comedian who voted for T.I.'s "Rubberband Man" now that the whole world knows the dirty, disgusting truth about him and stretchy bands

― the burrito that defined a generation, Monday, 1 June 2020 00:54 (five years ago)

'What's Up Fatlip' is my favourite discovery from this poll. Love it!

― NAthaniel (cajunsunday), Monday, 1 June 2020 16:07 (five years ago)

The songs that got no votes >>>>>>>>>> Rappers Delight.

How the hell did that receive the most votes? You guys just all really love plagiarism and wack verses about soggy macaroni?

― a hoy hoy, Monday, 1 June 2020 17:17 (five years ago)

the very first soggy macaroni verses on wax.

(sorry for not voting)

― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 17:19 (five years ago)

The songs that got no votes >>>>>>>>>> Rappers Delight

OTM

― fatuous salad (symsymsym), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 08:15 (five years ago)

the very first soggy macaroni verses on wax.

They weren't:

https://youtube.com/watch?&v=ojQqAnlrW_M

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 09:52 (five years ago)

http://youtube.com/watch?&v=ojQqAnlrW_M

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 09:53 (five years ago)

Ok, just click on the link. :)

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 09:54 (five years ago)

King Tim III has lines about tea, honey, Almond Joy, old jam, Burger King, french fries, and it beat Rapper's Delight to talking about hot butter on... say, what was it? -- but no verses about soggy macaroni. The record stands!

― massage angry pixels (sic), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 10:36 (five years ago)

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