WTOP Top 100 Hip-Hop Songs
This list combines a variety of criteria, from impact to popularity to artistry.
100. Kid ‘n Play — “Rollin’ With Kid N Play”
99. Yo-Yo — “Can’t Play with my Yo-Yo”
98. Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) – “Definition”
97. Chubb Rock — “Treat ‘Em Right”
96. Busta Rhymes — “Woo-Ha! Got You All In Check”
95. Ol’ Dirty Bastard — “Brooklyn Zoo”
94. J.J. Fad — “Supersonic”
93. MC Lyte — “Paper Thin”
92. Wyclef Jean ft. Refugee All Stars — “We Tryin’ to Stay Alive”
91. Big Punisher ft. Joe — “Still Not A Player”
90. Master P ft. Silk, Fiend, Mia-x and Mystical — “Make ‘Em Say Ugh”
89. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz ft. Ying Yang Twins — “Get Low”
88. Craig Mack, Rampage, Notorious BIG, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes — “Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)”
87. Eric B and Rakim — “Don’t Sweat the Technique”
86. Heavy D. and the Boyz — “Now That We Found Love”
85. DMX — “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem”
84. Ice T — “Colors”
83. Lil’ Wayne ft. Juvenile, BG — “Tha Block Is Hot”
82. A Tribe Called Quest — “Check the Rhime”
81. Method Man ft. Mary J. Blige — “I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need to Get By”
80. Geto Boys — “Mind Playing Tricks On Me”
79. Ludacris ft. Shawna — “What’s Your Fantasy”
78. Puff Daddy, Mase, Notorious B.I.G. – “Mo Money, Mo Problems”
77. Black Sheep — “The Choice Is Yours”
76. Three 6 Mafia ft. Paula Campbell — “Hard Out Here For A Pimp”
75. Common — “I Used to Love H.E.R.”
74. UTFO — “Roxanne Roxanne”
73. Jay-Z — “Hard Knock Life” (Ghetto Anthem)”
72. 3(rd) Bass — “Pop Goes the Weasel”
71. Outkast — “B.O.B.”
70. Beastie Boys — “So What’chu Want”
69. 2 Live Crew — “Me So Horny”
68. Run-DMC — “It’s Like That”
67. EPMD — “You Gots To Chill”
66. Whodini — “Freaks Come Out at Night”
65. Funky 4 + 1 — “That’s the Joint”
64. The Roots — “The Next Movement”
63. Coolio — “Gangsta’s Paradise”
62. Queen Latifah ft. Monie Love — “Ladies First”
61. Pete Rock & CL Smooth — “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y)”
60. Notorious B.I.G. – “Big Poppa”
59. Lil’ Kim ft. Lil’ Cease — “Crush on You”
58. Jay-Z — “99 Problems”
57. Slick Rick — “Children’s Story”
56. Kanye West — “Jesus Walks”
55. L.L. Cool J — “I Need Love”
54. 2 Pac & Dr. Dre — “California Love”
53. Big Daddy Kane — “Ain’t No Half Steppin”
52. Digable Planets — “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)”
51. Roxanne Shante — “Roxanne’s Revenge”
50. Puff Daddy ft. Notorious B.I.G., Lil’ Kim and The Lox — “It’s All About The Benjamins”
49. Ice Cube — “It Was A Good Day”
48. Tone-Loc — “Wild Thing”
47. Kool Moe Dee — “How Ya Like Me Now”
46. Arrested Development — “Tennessee”
45. Cypress Hill — “Insane In The Brain”
44. Eminem — “Stan”
43. Mobb Deep — “Shook Ones Part II”
42. DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince — “Summertime”
41. Warren G ft. Nate Dogg — “Regulate”
40. Nelly — “Hot In Herre”
39. 50 Cent — “In Da Club”
38. Missy Elliott — “Get Ur Freak On”
37. Sir Mix-A-Lot — “Baby Got Back”
36. Boogie Down Productions — “South Bronx”
35. Nas — “One Love”
34. Dr. Dre ft. Eminem — “Forgot About Dre”
33. Young MC — “Bust A Move”
32. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony — “Tha Crossroads”
31. Naughty By Nature — “OPP”
30. Kurtis Blow — “The Breaks”
29. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew — “The Show”
28. Snoop Doggy Dogg — “Gin and Juice”
27. Biz Markie — “Just A Friend”
26. Audio Two — “Top Billin”
25. MC Hammer — “U Can’t Touch This”
24. A Tribe Called Quest — “Scenario”
23. Eric B and Rakim — “Paid in Full”
22. House Of Pain — “Jump Around”
21. Beastie Boys — “Paul Revere”
20. Outkast — “Hey Ya”
19. De La Soul — “Me, Myself, And I”
18. L.L. Cool J — “Mama Said Knock You Out”
17. Digital Underground — “The Humpty Dance”
16. Jay Z ft. Alicia Keys — “Empire State of Mind”
15. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock — “It Takes Two”
14. Salt-N-Pepa — “Push It”
13. Eminem — “Lose Yourself”
12. Marley Marl — “The Symphony”
11. Wu-Tang Clan — “C.R.E.A.M.”
10. 2 Pac — “Keep Ya Head Up”
9. Notorious B.I.G. – “Juicy”
8. Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew — “La Di Da Di”
7. Run-DMC ft. Aerosmith — “Walk This Way”
6. Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg — “Nuthin But A ‘G’ Thang”
5. Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force — “Planet Rock”
4. N.W.A. – “Straight Outta Compton”
3. Public Enemy — “Fight The Power”
2. Sugarhill Gang — “Rapper’s Delight”
1. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five — “The Message”
