Ca sa existe si acea ordine evolutiva specificata de sadclown, care aici e esentiala:
It's a list of greatest singles by year. From 79 till 98. 40 top 12" each year beside 79 that only got 15.
I got the full catalog in mp3 format. It's 5 GB of dope ass tunes.
HIP HOP'S GREATEST SINGLES BY YEAR
1979
1. Sugarhill Gang: "Rapper's Delight" (Sugarhill)
2. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: "Superrappin'" (Enjoy)
3. Kurtis Blow: "Christmas Rappin'" (Mercury)
4. Funky 4 + 1: "Rappin' and Rockin' the House" (Enjoy)
5. The Younger Generation: "We Rap More Mellow" (Brass) [Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5]
6. Paulette & Tanya Winley: "Rhymin' and Rappin'" (Winley)
7. Sequence: "Funk You Up" (Sugarhill)
8. Lady B: "To the Beat, Y'all" (T.E.C.)
9. Jazzy 4 MCs: "MC Rock" (Razzberri Rainbow)
10. Lady D: "Lady D" (Reflection)
11. Funky Constellation: "Street Talk (Madame Rapper)" (Funky Constellation)
12. Solid C, Bobby D & Kool Drop: "Wack Rap" (Wackie's)
13. Ron Hunt: "Spiderap" (Reflection)
14. Xanadu & Sweet Lady: "Rapper's Delight"/"Rocker's Choice" (Joe Gibbs Music)
15. Fatback: "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" (Spring)
1980
1. Kurtis Blow: "The Breaks" (Mercury)
2. Disco Dave & the Force of the 5 MC's: "High Powered Rap" (Mike & Dave) [Crash Crew]
3. Spoonie Gee: "Spoonin' Rap" (Sound of New York)
4. Treacherous Three: "The New Rap Language"/Spoonie Gee: "Love Rap" (Enjoy)
5. Treacherous Three: "The Body Rock" (Enjoy)
6. Afrika Bambaataa & the Cosmic Force: "Zulu Nation Throwdown Volume 1 (Winley)
7. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: "Freedom" (Sugarhill)
8. Jimmy Spicer: "Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap)" (Dazz)
9. Tanya Winley: "Vicious Rap" (Winley)
10. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force: ""Zulu Nation Throwdown Volume 2 (Winley)
11. Sequence featuring Spoonie Gee: "Monster Jam" (Sugarhill)
12. Sugarhill Gang: "8th Wonder" (Sugarhill)
13. Treacherous Three: "At the Party" (Enjoy"
14. Ronnie Gee: "Raptivity" (Reflection)
15. Brother D & the Collective Effort: "How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?" (Clappers)
16. T.J. Swann: "And You Don't Stop" (Express)
17. Trickeration: "Rap, Bounce, Rockskate" (Sound of New York)
18. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: "Super Rappin' no. 2" (Enjoy)
19. Super 3: "Philosophy Rappin' Spree" (Delmar International)
20. Spyder-D: "Big Apple Rappin' (National Rappin' Anthem)" (Newtroit)
21. The Younger Generation [Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5] "Rappin' All Over" (Brass)
22. Nice & Nasty 3: "The Ultimate Rap" (Holiday)
23. Kool Kyle the Starchild & the Disco Dolls: "Do You Like That Funky Beat" (Enjoy)
24. Harlem World Crew: "Let's Rock" (Tay-ster)
25. Harlem World Crew: "Rapper's Convention" (Tay-ster)
26. Jazzy Three: "The Rappin' Spree" (New City)
27. Scoopy: "Scoopy Rap" (Sound of New York)
28. Rappermatical 5: "Party People" (Dynamite)
29. Master Jay & Michael Dee: "T.S.O.B." (The Sound of Brooklyn)
30. Disco Four: "Move to the Groove" (Enjoy)
31. Super J: "Santa's Rap Party" (Sound of New York)
32. Bobby/Demo: "More Ounce (Rap)" (Scorpio)
33. Willie Wood & the Willie Wood Crew: "Willie Rap" (Sound of New York)
34. CC Crew: "CC Crew" (Golden Flamingo)
35. Family: "Family Rap" (Sound of New York)
36. Pookey Blow: "Get Up (and Go to School)" (Tri-State)
37. Sicle Cell & Rhapazooty: "Rhapazooty in Blue" (Showstoppers)
38. Mr. Magic: "Rappin' with Mr. Magic" (Magic)
39. Lonnie Love: "Young Ladies" (Nia) [a.k.a. Mr. Hyde]
40. Bon Rock & the Rhythm Rebellion: "Searchin' Rap" (Reelin' & Rockin')
1981
1. Afrika Bambaataa & the Jazzy 5: "Jazzy Sensation" (Tommy Boy)
2. Fearless Four: "Feel the Heartbeat" (Enjoy)
3. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" (Sugarhill)
4. Funky 4 + 1: "That's the Joint" (Sugarhill)
5. T Ski Valley: "Catch the Beat" (Grand Groove)
6. Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde: "Genius Rap" (Profile)
7. Boogie Boys featuring Kool Ski, Kid Delight & Disco Dave: "Rappin'Ain't No Thang" (Mike & Dave)
8. Grand Wizard Theodore & the Fantastic Five: "Can I Get a Soul Clap,Fresh Out the Pack" (Soul Wax)
9. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: "It's Nasty" (Sugarhill)
10. Trouble Funk: "Pump Me Up" (Jam)
11. Spoonie Gee: "Spoonie is Back" (Sugarhill)
12. Just Four: "Girls of the World" (Grand Groove)
13. Mean Machine: "Disco Dream" (Sugarhill)
14. Treacherous Three: "Put the Boogie in Your Body" (Enjoy)
15. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: "Birthday Party" (Sugarhill)
16. Pee Wee Mel & Barry B: "Life on Planet Earth" (12 Star)
17. T.J. Swann, Pee Wee Mel & Swann Controllers: "Maximus Party" (Express)
18. Crash Crew: "We Want to Rock" (Sugarhill)
19. Solo Sound: "Get the Party Jumpin'" (Express)
20. Lovebug Starski & the Harlem World Crew: "Positive Life" (Tay-ster)
21. South Bronx: "The Big Throwdown" (Dakar)
22. Grandmaster Chilly T & Stevie G: "Rock the Message Rap" (12 Star)
23. Kool Kyle the Starchild: "It's Rockin' Time" (Enjoy)
24. Chapter Three: "Real Rocking Groove" (Grand Groove)
25. Disco Four: "Do It, Do It" (Enjoy)
26. Spanish Fly & the Terrible Two: "Spanglish" (Enjoy)
27. T Ski Valley: "Never Let Go" (Grand Groove)
28. Margo's Kool Out Crew: "Death Rap" (Heavenly Star)
29. Troy Rainey: "Tricky Tee Rap" (Heavenly Star)
30. Doctor Love & Sister Love: "Doctor Love & Sister Love Rap" (Heavenly Star)
31. Land of Hits Orchestra: "Gangster Rock" (Golden Flamingo)
32. T.J. Swann & Company: "Get Fly" (Express)
33. Busy Bee: "School Days" (Master Five)
34. Chapter Three: "Smurf Trek" (Grand Groove)
35. Sweet G: "A Heartbeat Rap" (West End)
36. Doctor Ice: "Calling Doctor Ice" (Enjoy)
37. Sugarhill Gang: "Apache" (Sugarhill)
38. Blondie: "Rapture" (Chrysalis)
39. Super Jay: "Super Jay Love Theme" (Hitmakers of America)
40. Sangria: "To the Beat Y'all" (Reel to Reel)
1982
1. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: "The Message" (Sugarhill)
2. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force: "Planet Rock" (Tommy Boy)
3. Fearless Four: "Rockin' It" (Enjoy)
4. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: "Flash to the Beat (Live)" (Bozo Meko)
5. Cold Crush Brothers: "Weekend" (Elite)
6. Busy Bee: "Making Cash Money" (Sugarhill)
7. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force: "Looking for the Perfect Beat" (Tommy Boy)
8. Fearless Four: "It's Magic" (Enjoy)
9. Fab 5 Freddy: "Change the Beat" (Celluloid)
10. Malcolm McLaren & the World Famous Supreme Team: "Buffalo Gals" (Island)
11. Jimmy Spicer: "The Bubble Bunch" (Mercury)
12. Fearless Four: "Yes We Can Can" (Sugarhill)
13. Funky 4 + 1: "Do You Want to Rock (Before I Let Go)" (Sugarhill)
14. Masterdon Committee: "Funk Box Party" (Enjoy)
15. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: "Flash to the Beat" (Sugarhill)
16. Super 3: "Standing on the Top" (Delmar International)
17. Pieces of a Dream: "Mt. Airy Groove (Rap Version)" (Elektra)
18. Just Four: "Jam to Remember" (Grand Groove)
19. Disco Four: "Country Rock & Rap" (Enjoy)
20. Jonzun Crew: "Space Cowboy" (Tommy Boy)
21. Grandmaster Melle Mel & Duke Bootee: "Message II (Survival)" (Sugarhill)
22. Nairobi featuring Awesome Foursome: "Funky Soul Makossa" (Streetwise)
23. Crash Crew: "Breaking Bells (Take Me to the Mardi Gras)" (Sugarhill)
24. Grandmixer D.ST & the Infinity Rappers: "The Grandmixer Cuts It Up" (Celluloid)
25. Whodini: "Magic's Wand" (Jive)
26. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: "Scorpio" (Sugarhill)
27. Disco Four: "We're at the Party" (Profile)
28. Kurtis Blow: "Daydreamin'" (Mercury)
29. South Bronx: "The Bottom Line" (Rissa Chrissa)
30. Kool Kyle the Starchild: "Getting Over" (Frills)
31. Mr. Sweety "G": "We Want to Get Down" (Mike & Dave)
32. Paulette & Tanya Winley: "I Believe in the Wheel of Fortune" (Winley)
33. Star Quality & Class: "Betcha Got a Dude on the Side" (R&R)
34. Missy Dee & the Melody Crew: "Missy Missy Dee" (Universal Record Co.)
35. Sweet G: "Boogie Feelin' Rap" (Queens Constance)
36. Radiance featuring Prize: "The Micstro" (Ware)
37. Count Coolout: "Touch the Rock (Rhythm Rap Rock Revival)" (Boss)
38. Wayne & Charlie the Rappin' Dummy: "Check It Out" (Sugarhill)
39. T Ski Valley: "Sexual Rapping" (TSMP)
40. Bon Rock & Cotton Candy: "Junior Wants to Play" (Tommy Boy)
1983
1. Run-D.M.C.: "It's Like That"/"Sucker MC's" (Profile)
2. Grandmaster Melle Mel: "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)"(Sugarhill)
3. K-Rob vs. Rammelzee: "Beat Bop" (Tartown)
4. Double Dee & Steinski: "Play that Beat Mr. DJ (Lesson 1: the Payoff Mix)"/"Lesson 2: the James Brown Mix"/"Lesson 3: History of Hip-Hop Mix" (Mastermix promo)
5. Jimmy Spicer: "Money (Dollar Bill, Y'all)" (Spring)
6. Fantasy Three: "It's Your Rock" (Specific)
7. The B-Boys: "2, 3 Break" (Vintertainment)
8. Run-D.M.C.: "Hard Times"/"Jam Master Jay" (Profile)
9. Sweet G: "Games People Play" (Fever)
10. Treacherous Three: "Action" (Sugarhill)
11. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: "New York, New York"(Sugarhill)
12. Crash Crew: "On the Radio" (Sugarhill)
13. Art of Noise: "Beat Box"/"Moments in Love" (ZTT)
14. Fresh 3 MC's: "Fresh" (Profile)
15. Lovebug Starski: "You Gotta Believe"/" Lovebug Starski Live at the Fever" (Fever)
16. Dimples D: "Sucker DJs (I Will Survive)" (Party Time)
17. G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid: "Play That Beat Mr. DJ" (Tommy Boy)
18. Fearless Four: "Problems of the World Today" (Elektra)
19. West Street Mob: "Breakdance-Electric Boogie" (Sugarhill)
20. Beastie Boys: "Cooky Puss" (Ratcage)
21. Whodini: "Haunted House of Rock" (Jive)
22. Rockmaster Scott & the Dynamic Three: "It's Life (You Gotta Think Twice)" (Reality)
23. Newcleus: "Jam on Revenge (the Wikki-Wikki Song)"(Sunnyview)
24. Pumpkin: "King of the Beat" (Profile)
25. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force: "Renegades of Funk" (Tommy Boy)
26. Crash Crew: "We Are Known Emcees (We Turn Parties Out)"(Sugarhill)
27. Spoonie Gee: "The Big Beat" (Tuff City)
28. Malcolm X featuring Keith LeBlanc: "No Sell Out" (Tommy Boy)
29. The Rake: "Street Justice" (Profile)
30. DJ Divine: "Get into the Mix" (West End)
31. The B-Boys: "Rock the House"/"Cuttin' Herbie" (Vintertainment)
32. Cold Crush Brothers: "Punk Rock Rap" (Tuff City)
33. Kevie Kev: "All Night Long (Waterbed)" (Sugarhill)
34. South Bronx Movement: "You've Got the Power to Get High on Yourself" (Positive Juice)
35. Gigolette: "Games Females Play" (Fever)
36. I.R.T. (Interboro Rhythm Team): "Watch the Closing Doors" (RCA)
37. T Ski Valley: "Cuts It Up" (Grand Groove)
38. Rickey G & the Everlasting Five: "To the Max" (Capo)
39. Captain Rapp: "Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)" (Magic Disc)
40. K-9 Corps featuring Pretty C: "Dog Talk" (Capitol)
1984
1. T La Rock & Jazzy Jay: "It's Yours" (Partytime)
2. L.L. Cool J: "I Need a Beat" (Def Jam)
3. Run-D.M.C.: "Rock Box" (Profile)
4. U.T.F.O.: "Roxanne, Roxanne" (Select)
5. Whodini: "Friends"/"Five Minutes of Funk" (Jive)
6. Roxanne Shante: "Roxanne's Revenge" (Pop Art)
7. Kurtis Blow: "8 Million Stories"/"AJ Scratch" (Mercury)
8. Davy DMX: "One for the Treble (Fresh)" (Tuff City)
9. Cold Crush Brothers: "Fresh, Fly, Wild & Bold" (Tuff City)
10. World Famous Supreme Team: "Hey DJ" (Island)
11. Whodini: "Freaks Come Out at Night" (Jive)
12. Disco 3: "Fat Boys"/"Human Beat Box" (Sutra) [a.k.a. Fat Boys]
13. Divine Sounds: "What People Do for Money" (Specific)
14. Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown: "Unity" (Tommy Boy)
15. Freddy B & the Mighty Mic Masters: "The Main Event" (Tuff City)
16. Fat Boys: "Jailhouse Rap" (Sutra)
17. Newcleus: "Jam on It" (Sunnyview)
18. Grandmaster Melle Mel: "Beat Street Breakdown" (Atlantic)
19. Furious Five featuring Cowboy, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio: "Step Off" (Sugarhill)
20. Kurtis Blow: "Basketball" (Mercury)
21. Grandmixer D.ST: "Megamix II (Why is It Fresh?)" (Celluloid)
22. Chuck Chillout: "Hip Hop on Wax Volume 1" (Vintertainment)
23. Kool DJ Red Alert: "Hip Hop on Wax Volume 2" (Vintertainment)
24. Fat Boys: "Can You Feel It?" (Sutra)
25. Donald D: "Don's Groove" (Elektra)
26. Pumpkin & the Profile: "Here Comes That Beat!" (Profile)
27. Doug E. Fresh featuring DJs Chill Will & Barry Bee: "Just Having Fun" (Enjoy)
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29. Doug E. Fresh: "Original Human Beat Box" (Vintertainment)
30. Treacherous Three: "Turning You On" (Sugarhill)Master O.C. & Krazy Eddie featuring Peso & Tito of the Fearless Four & Main Attraction: "Masters of the Scratch" (Next Plateau)
31. Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde: "Fast Life"/"A.M./P.M." (Profile)
32. Cutmaster D.C.: "That's Life" (Airport)
33. Captain Rock: "Cosmic Blast" (Nia)
34. DJ Hollywood: "Hollywood's Message" (H.I.K.I.M.-Ali)
35. Lovebug Starski: "Starski Live at the Fever Pt. II" (Fever)
36. Ultimate 3 MCs: "What Are We Gonna Do?" (Partytime)
37. Awesome Foursome: "Funky Breakdown" (Partytime)
38. Just Four: "Games of Life" (Express)
39. Frederick "MC Count" Linton: "I'm Somebody Else's Guy" (Vinyl Dreams)
40. Masterdon Committee: "Paid the Cost to Be the Boss" (Enjoy)
1985
1. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew: "The Show"/ "La Di Da Di" (Reality)
2. Schoolly D: "P.S.K."/ "Gucci Time" (Schoolly D)
3. L.L. Cool J: "Rock the Bells" (Def Jam)
4. Run-D.M.C.: "King of Rock" (Profile)
5. Marley Marl featuring MC Shan: "Marley Marl Scratch" (Nia)
6. L.L. Cool J: "I Can't Live without My Radio" (Def Jam)
7. Mantronix featuring MC Tee: "Fresh is the Word" (Sleeping Bag)
8. Whistle: "(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'" (Select)
9. Cutmaster D.C.: "Brooklyn's in the House" (Zakia)
10. Stetsasonic: "Just Say Stet" (Tommy Boy)
11. Roxanne Shante: "Bite This" (Pop Art)
12. Grandmaster Flash: "Larry's Dance Theme" (Elektra)
13. The B-Boys: "Girls" (Vintertainment)
14. The B-Boys: "Girls Part 2" (Vintertainment)
15. Roxanne Shante: "Queen of Rox" (Pop Art)
16. Word of Mouth featuring DJ Cheese: "King Kut" (Beauty & the Beat)
17. Boogie Boys: "A Fly Girl" (Capitol)
18. Toddy Tee: "Batterram" (Evejim)
19. Too $hort: "Girl" (75 Girls)
20. Kurtis Blow: "If I Ruled the World" (Mercury)
21. Run-D.M.C.: "Together Forever (Krush Groove 4)" (Profile)
22. Bad Boys featuring K Love: "Bad Boys" (Starlite)
23. Hollis Crew: "It's the Beat" (Def Jam)
24. Beastie Boys: "Rock Hard" (Def Jam)
25. Bad Boys featuring K Love: "Veronica" (Starlite)
26. Rockmaster Scott & the Dynamic Three: "The Roof is on Fire"/"Request Line" (Reality)
27. DJ Hollywood: "Hollywood's World" (Abdull-Akbar)
28. Jazzy Jay: "Def Jam"/"Cold Chillin' in the Spot" (Def Jam)
29. Super Nature: "The Show Stoppa (is Stupid Fresh)" (Pop Art) [a.k.a. Salt-n-Pepa]
30. Sparky D: "Sparky's Turn (Roxanne You're Through)" (Nia)
31. Super Kids: "The Tragedy (Don't Do It)" (Nia)
32. Steady B featuring Roxanne Shante: "Just Call Us Def"/"Fly Shante" (Pop Art)
33. L.L. Cool J: "I Want You"/"Dangerous" (Def Jam)
34. Mantronix: "Needle to the Groove" (Sleeping Bag)
35. Craig G: "Shout (Rap Version)" (Pop Art)
36. Force MD's: "Itchin' for a Scratch" (Atlantic)
37. Beastie Boys: "She's on It" (Def Jam)
38. Tricky Tee: "Johnny the Fox" (Sleeping Bag)
39. DJ Born Supreme Allah: "2, 3 Break (Part II-the Sequel)" (Vintertainment)
40. Masterdon Committee: "Funkbox 2" (Profile)
1986
1. Eric B. & Rakim: "Eric B. is President"/ "My Melody" (Zakia)
2. Run-D.M.C.: "My Adidas"/"Peter Piper" (Profile)
3. MC Shan: "The Bridge" (Bridge)
4. Boogie Down Productions: "South Bronx" (B-Boy)
5. Ultramagnetic MCs: "Ego Trippin'" (Next Plateau)
6. Beastie Boys: "Hold It, Now Hit It" (Def Jam)
7. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: "It's a Demo"/"I'm Fly" (Cold Chillin')
8. Biz Markie: "Make the Music with Your Mouth Biz" (Prism)
9. Stetsasonic: "Go Stetsa I" (Tommy Boy)
10. Just-Ice: "Latoya" (Fresh)
11. Just-Ice: "Cold Gettin' Dumb" (Fresh)
12. Roxanne Shante featuring Biz Markie: "Def Fresh Crew" (Pop Art)
13. Beastie Boys: "The New Style"/"Paul Revere" (Def Jam)
14. Ice-T: "6 'n the Mornin'" (Techno-Hop)
15. Salt-n-Pepa: "My Mic Sounds Nice" (Next Plateau)
16. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew: "Play This Only at Night"(Reality)
17. Too $hort: "Freaky Tales" (Jive)
18. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble" (Word Up)
19. Joeski Love: "Pee-Wee's Dance" (Vintertainment)
20. Sweet Tee & DJ Jazzy Joyce: "It's My Beat" (Profile)
21. Cutmaster D.C.: "Brooklyn Rocks the Best" (Zakia)
22. Dana Dane: "Nightmares" (Profile)
23. Word of Mouth featuring DJ Cheese: "Coast to Coast" (Profile)
24. Whodini: "One Love" (Jive)
25. Original Concept: "Knowledge Me"/"Can U Feel It" (Def Jam)
26. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew: "All the Way to Heaven"/"Nuthin'" (Reality)
27. Divine Sounds: "Do or Die Bed Stuy" (Reality)
28. Rodney O & Joe Cooley: "Everlasting Bass" (Egyptian Empire)
29. Whodini: "Funky Beat" (Jive)
30. Sweet Tee & DJ Jazzy Joyce: "It's Like That, Y'all" (Profile)
31. King Tee: "Payback's a Mutha" (Techno-Hop)
32. DBL Crew: "Bust It" (Urban Rock)
33. Stetsasonic: "Faye"/"4 Ever My Beat" (Tommy Boy)
34. MC Shan: "Jane, Stop This Crazy Thing"/"Cocaine" (Cold Chillin')
35. Kool Moe Dee: "Go See the Doctor" (Rooftop)
36. Grandmaster Flash: "Style (Peter Gunn Theme)" (Elektra)
37. Heavy D & the Boyz: "Mr. Big Stuff" (Uptown)
38. The Real Roxanne featuring Hitman Howie Tee: "Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go)" (Select)
39. Steady B: "Bring the Beat Back" (Pop Art)
40. B. Fats: "Wopit" (Posse)
1987
1. Audio Two: "Top Billin'" (First Priority)
2. Public Enemy: "Rebel without a Pause" (Def Jam)
3. Boogie Down Productions: "The Bridge is Over" (B-Boy)
4. EPMD: "It's My Thing"/"You're a Customer" (Fresh)
5. Big Daddy Kane: "Raw" (Prism)
6. Public Enemy: "Bring the Noise" (Def Jam)
7. Biz Markie: "Nobody Beats the Biz" (Prism)
8. Eric B. & Rakim: "I Know You Got Soul" (Zakia)
9. Public Enemy: "Public Enemy no. 1"/"Timebomb" (Def Jam)
10. Big Daddy Kane featuring Biz Markie: "Just Rhymin' with Biz" (Prism)
11. Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud: "Do the James" (Citi-Beat)
12. L.L. Cool J: "I'm Bad" (Def Jam)
13. Ultramagnetic MCs: "Funky" (Next Plateau)
14. Eazy-E: "Boyz-n-the Hood" (Ruthless)
15. Divine Force: "Holy War (Live)" (Yamak-ka)
16. Schoolly D: "Saturday Night" (Schoolly D)
17. Eric B. & Rakim: "I Ain't No Joke" (Zakia)
18. MC Lyte: "I Cram to Understand U (Sam)" (First Priority)
19. N.W.A: "Dope Man" (Ruthless)
20. Just-Ice: "Going Way Back" (Fresh)
21. Roxanne Shante: "Have a Nice Day" (Cold Chillin')
22. Biz Markie: "Pickin' Boogers" (Prism)
23. Salt-n-Pepa: "Tramp"/"Push It" (Prism)
24. Boogie Down Productions: "The Bridge is Over" (B-Boy)
25. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: "Rikers Island"/"Rhyme Time" (Cold Chillin')
26. Jungle Brothers: "Jimbrowski" (Idlers)
27. Dismasters: "Small Time Hustler" (Urban Rock)
28. Heavy D & the Boyz: "The Overweight Lover's in the House" (Uptown)
29. Spoonie Gee: "The Godfather" (Tuff City)
30. Alliance: "Bustin' Loose"/"Do It, Do It"/"Oreo Cookie" (First Priority)
31. Antoinette: "I Got an Attitude" (Next Plateau)
32. Spoonie Gee: "Take It Off" (Tuff City)
33. Kid 'n Play: "Last Night" (Select)
34. Latee: "This Cut's Got Flavor"/"Puttin' on the Hits" (Wild Pitch)
35. Steady B: "Use Me (Before I Let Go)" (Jive)
36. Masters of Ceremony: "Sexy" (Strong City)
37. Busy Bee: "Suicide" (Strong City)
38. Lord Shafiyq: "My Mic is on Fire" (NUWR)
39. Classical Two: "New Generation" (Rooftop)
40. 2 Live Crew: "We Want Some Pussy!!" (Luke Skyywalker)
1988
1. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock: "It Takes Two" (Profile)
2. Eric B & Rakim: "Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Madness Remix)"(4th & B'way)
3. Big Daddy Kane: "Ain't No Half Steppin'" (Cold Chillin')
4. Boogie Down Productions: "My Philosophy" (Jive)
5. Run-D.M.C.: "Run's House"/"Beats to the Rhyme" (Profile)
6. Public Enemy: "Don't Believe the Hype" (Def Jam)
7. Marley Marl featuring Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane: "The Symphony" (Cold Chillin')
8. De La Soul: "Plug Tunin'" (Tommy Boy)
9. EPMD: "You Gots to Chill" (Fresh)
10. Biz Markie: "Vapors" (Cold Chillin')
11. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew: "Keep Risin' to the Top"(Reality)
12. J.V.C Force: "Strong Island" (B-Boy)
13. Biz Markie: "The Biz is Goin' Off" (Prism)
14. Mark 45 King: "The 900 Number" (Tuff City)
15. Boogie Down Productions: "Jack of Spades"/"I'm Still #1 (Numero Uno)" (Jive)
16. Eric B. & Rakim: "Microphone Fiend" (Uni)
17. MC Lyte: "10% Dis" (First Priority)
18. Stetsasonic: "Sally"/"DBC Let the Music Play" (Tommy Boy)
19. Jungle Brothers: "Because I Got It Like That" (Idlers)
20. De La Soul: "Jenifa (Taught Me)"/"Potholes in My Lawn" (Tommy Boy)
21. Chubb Rock featuring Hitman Howie Tee: "Caught Up (Remix)" (Select)
22. 2 Much: "Wild Thing" (Warlock)
23. Marley Marl featuring Craig G: "Droppin' Science" (Cold Chillin')
24. L.L. Cool J: "Goin' Back to Cali"/"Jack the Ripper" (Def Jam)
25. Chubb Rock featuring Hitman Howie Tee: "Road to the Riches" (Cold Chillin')
26. MC EZ & Troup: "Get Retarded" (Fresh)
27. Stetsasonic: "Talkin' All That Jazz" (Tommy Boy)
28. Queen Latifah: "Wrath of My Madness"/"Princess of the Posse" (Tommy Boy)
29. MC Lyte: "Paper Thin" (Priority)
30. Positive K: "Step Up Front" (First Priority)
31. MC Shan: "I Pioneered This" (Cold Chillin')
32. Chill Rob G: "Dope Rhymes"/"Chillin'"/"Wild Pitch" (Wild Pitch)
33. Kid 'n Play: "Do This My Way" (Select)
34. Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud: "Super- Casanova" (DNA International)
35. Antoinette: "Hit 'em with This"/ "Unfinished Business" (Next Plateau)
36. King Tee: "Bass" (Capitol)
37. J.J. Fad: "Supersonic" (Dream Team)
38. Sir Mix-a-Lot: "Posse on Broadway" (Def American)
39. Supreme Nyborn: "Versatility" (Payroll)
40. Kid 'n Play: "Gittin' Funky" (Select)
1989
1. Public Enemy: "Fight the Power" (Motown)
2. EPMD: "So Wat Cha Sayin'" (Fresh)
3. Slick Rick: "Children's Story" (Def Jam)
4. Special Ed: "I Got It Made" (Profile)
5. Slick Rick: "Hey Young World"/"Mona Lisa" (Def Jam)
6. Biz Markie: "Just a Friend" (Cold Chillin')
7. Big Daddy Kane: "Smooth Operator"/"Warm It Up, Kane" (Cold Chillin')
8. De La Soul featuring Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest & Monie Love: "Buddy (Native Tongues Decision)" (Tommy Boy)
9. N.W.A: "Straight Outta Compton" (Ruthless)
10. Three Times Dope: "Funky Dividends" (Arista)
11. The D.O.C.: "It's Funky Enough" (Ruthless)
12. N.W.A: "Express Yourself"/"A Bitch iz a Bitch" (Ruthless)
13. Eazy-E: "Eazy-er Said Than Dunn" (Ruthless)
14. 2 Live Crew: "Me So Horny" (Luke)
15. 3rd Bass featuring Zev Love X: "The Gas Face" (Def Jam)
16. Stezo: "It's My Turn"/"To the Max" (Fresh)
17. L.L. Cool J: "Big Ole Butt" (Def Jam)
18. Gang Starr: "Words I Manifest (Remix)" (Wild Pitch)
19. Digital Underground: "Doowutchyalike" (Tommy Boy)
20. Chubb Rock featuring Hitman Howie Tee: "Ya Bad Chubbs" (Select)
21. Positive K: "A Good Combination" (First Priority)
22. YZ & G Rock: "In Control of Things"/"Thinking of a Master Plan" (Diversity)
23. 3rd Bass: "Steppin' to the A.M." (Def Jam)
24. Main Source: "Think"/"Atom" (Actual)
25. Beastie Boys: "Hey Ladies"/"Shake Your Rump" (Capitol)
26. Nice & Smooth: "Early to Rise"/"More & More Hits" (Fresh)
27. MC Lyte: "Cha Cha Cha" (First Priority)
28. Chill Rob G: "Court is Now in Session" (Wild Pitch)
29. MC Sugar Ray & Stranger D: "Knock 'em Out, Sugar Ray" (Def City)[a.k.a. Double XX Posse]
30. Ice-T: "You Played Yourself" (Sire)
31. Stop the Violence Movement: "Self-Destruction" (Jive)
32. Boogie Down Productions: "Why is That?" (Jive)
33. Queen Latifah: "Dance for Me"/ "Inside Out" (Tommy Boy)
34. Low Profile: "Pay Ya Dues" (Priority)
35. The Bizzie Boyz: "Droppin' It" (Payroll)
36. Young MC: "Bust a Move" (Delicious Vinyl)
37. Divine Styler featuring the Scheme Team: "Ain't Sayin' Nothin'"(Rhyme Syndicate)
38. Kwame the Boy Genius featuring a New Beginning: "The Rhythm"(Atlantic)
39. Cool C: "The Glamorous Life" (Atlantic)
40. Tone-Loc: "Wild Thing" (Delicious Vinyl)
1990
1. Public Enemy: "Welcome to the Terrordome" (Def Jam)
2. A Tribe Called Quest: "Bonita Applebum" (Jive)
3. Digital Underground: "The Humpty Dance" (Tommy Boy)
4. L.L. Cool J: "Jingling Baby (Remixed but Still Jingling)" (Def Jam)
5. Nice & Smooth: "Funky for You"/"No Bones in Ice Cream" (Fresh)
6. EPMD: "Gold Digger" (Def Jam)
7. Gang Starr: "Just to Get a Rep"/"Who's Gonna Take the Weight?"(Chrysalis)
8. A Tribe Called Quest: "Can I Kick It?"/"When the Papes Come" (Jive)
9. Main Source: "Looking at the Front Door" (Wild Pitch)
10. Boogie Down Productions: "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)"(Jive)
11. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: "Streets of New York" (Cold Chillin')
12. Eric B. & Rakim: "In the Ghetto" (MCA)
13. Public Enemy: "Brothers Gonna Work It Out" (Def Jam)
14. L.L. Cool J: "Around the Way Girl" (Def Jam)
15. Jungle Brothers: "J. Beez Comin' Through" (Warner Bros)
16. Ice Cube: "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted"/"Once Upon a Time in the Projects" (Priority)
17. Terminator X featuring Chuck D & Sister Souljah: "Buck Whylin'" (Def Jam)
18. Digital Underground: "Freaks of the Industry" (Tommy Boy)
19. D-Nice: "Call Me D-Nice" (Jive)
20. Chubb Rock: "Treat 'em Right" (Select)
21. 3rd Bass: "Product of the Environment (Remix)"/"3 Strikes 5000" (Def Jam)
22. K-Solo: "Your Mom's in My Business" (Atlantic)
23. L.L. Cool J: "To da Break of Dawn" (Motown)
24. Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth: "Strictly for the Ladies" (Wild Pitch)
25. Poor Righteous Teachers: "Rock Dis Funky Joint" (Profile)
26. Above the Law: "Murder Rap" (Ruthless)
27. Special Ed: "I'm the Magnificent (the Magnificent Remix)"/"Ready 2 Attack" (Profile)
28. K.M.D.: "Peachfuzz" (Elektra)
29. Ice Cube: "Who's the Mack?" (Priority)
30. K-Solo: "Spellbound" (Atlantic)
31. King Tee: "Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)"/"Played Like a Piano" (Capitol)
32. X Clan: "Funkin' Lesson" (Island)
33. Kid Frost: "La Raza" (Virgin)
34. Kings of Swing: "Nod Your Head to This" (Virgin)
35. Masta Ace: "Me and the Biz" (Cold Chillin')
36. Double XX Posse: "Executive Class" (Mel-O)
37. Special Ed: "The Mission" (Profile)
38. L.L. Cool J: "The Boomin' System" (Motown)
39. Above the Law: "Untouchable" (Ruthless)
40. The Jaz featuring Jay-Z: "The Originators" (EMI)
1991
1. Geto Boys: "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" (Rap-a-Lot)
2. A Tribe Called Quest: "Check the Rhime" (Jive)
3. Naughty by Nature: "O.P.P." (Tommy Boy)
4. Public Enemy: "Shut 'em Down (Pete Rock Remix)" (Def Jam)
5. Cypress Hill: "How I Could Just Kill a Man" (Ruffhouse)
6. Brand Nubian: "Slow Down" (Elektra)
7. Main Source: "Just Hangin' Out"/"Live at the Barbeque" (Wild Pitch)
8. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: "Summertime" (Jive)
9. Brand Nubian: "All for One" (Elektra)
10. Ed O.G. & da Bulldogs: "I Got to Have It" (PWL)
11. MC Breed: "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'" (Ichiban)
12. EPMD featuring L.L. Cool J: "Rampage" (Def Jam)
13. Nice & Smooth: "Hip Hop Junkies" (Fresh)
14. Black Sheep: "Flavor of the Month" (Mercury)
15. De La Soul: "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" (Tommy Boy)
16. Ice Cube: "Steady Mobbin'"/"No Vaseline" (Priority)
17. Leaders of the New School: "Sobb Story" (Elektra)
18. Compton's Most Wanted: "Growin' Up in the Hood" (Orpheus)
19. Tim Dog: "Fuck Compton" (Ruffhouse)
20. Digital Underground featuring 2Pac: "Same Song" (Tommy Boy)
21. AMG: "Jiggable Pie" (Select)
22. MC Lyte: "Poor Georige" (First Priority)
23. Ed O.G. & da Bulldogs: "Be a Father to Your Child" (PWL)
24. WC & the MAAD Circle: "Dress Code" (Priority)
25. Gang Star: "Step in the Arena"/ "Check the Technique"(Chrysalis)
26. Poor Righteous Teachers: "Shakiyla" (Profile)
27. De La Soul featuring Q-Tip: "A Rollerskating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" (Tommy Boy)
28. Leaders of the New School: "Case of the P.T.A." (Elektra)
29. K.M.D.: "Nitty Gritty (Remix)"/"Plumskinzz" (Elektra)
30. Del tha Funkee Homosapien: "Sleepin' on My Couch" (Elektra)
31. K-Solo: "Fugitive" (Atlantic)
32. Eric B. & Rakim: "Mahogany" (MCA)
33. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: "Bad to the Bone" (Cold Chillin')
34. AMG: "Bitch Betta Have My Money" (Select)
35. D-Nice: "25 ta Life" (Jive)
36. DJ Quik: "Tonight" (Profile)
37. Special Ed: "Come on, Let's Move It" (Profile)
38. Ice-T: "O.G. Original Gangster"/"Bitches 2" (Sire)
39. K.M.D.: "Who Me?" (Elektra)
40. Raw Fusion: "Throw Your Hands in the Air"/"Do My Thang" (Hollywood BASIC)
1992
1. Black Sheep: "The Choice is Yours (Revisited)" (Mercury)
2. Gang Starr featuring Nice & Smooth: "DWYCK" (Chrysalis)
3. Das EFX: "They Want EFX" (Eastwest)
4. Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Deep Cover" (Epic)
5. Pete Rock & CL Smooth: "T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)"(Elektra)
6. A Tribe Called Quest featuring Leaders of the New School: "Scenario" (Jive)
7. Main Source featuring Neek the Exotic: "Fakin' the Funk (Remix)"(Wild Pitch)
8. Brand Nubian: "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down" (Elektra)
9. Nas: "Half Time" (Columbia)
10. EPMD: "Crossover"/"Brothers from Brentwood L.I." (Def Jam)
11. House of Pain: "Jump Around" (Tommy Boy)
12. Ultramagnetic MCs: "Poppa Large (East Coast Remix)" (Mercury)
13. Das EFX: "Mic Checka (Remix)"/"Jussumen (Remix)" (Eastwest)
14. Redman: "Blow Your Mind"/"How to Roll a Blunt" (Def Jam)
15. Naughty by Nature: "Uptown Anthem" (MCA)
16. Eric B. & Rakim: "Juice (Know the Ledge)" (MCA)
17. EPMD featuring K-Solo & Redman: "Head Banger" (Def Jam)
18. A Tribe Called Quest: "Jazz (We've Got)" (Jive)
19. Naughty by Nature: "Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Ghetto Bastard)"(Tommy Boy)
20. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: "Ill Street Blues" (Cold Chillin')
21. Black Moon: "Who Got da Props?" (Nervous)
22. Apache: "Gangsta Bitch" (Tommy Boy)
23. Cypress Hill: "Hand on the Pump" (Ruffhouse)
24. Afrika Bambaataa Presents Time Zone: "Zulu War Chant" (Planet Rock)
25. Grand Puba: "360 Degrees (What Goes Around)" (Elektra)
26. Diamond D: "Best Kept Secret"/"Freestyle (Yo, That's That Shit)" (Chemistry)
27. DJ Quik: "Just Like Compton" (Profile)
28. Double XX Posse: "Not Gonna Be Able to Do It" (Big Beat)
29. Pete Rock & CL Smooth: "Straighten It Out" (Elektra)
30. UMC's: "One to Grow On" (Wild Pitch)
31. Beastie Boys: "So What'cha Want" (Grand Royal)
32. Fu-Schnickesn featuring Phife Dawg: "La Schmoove" (Jive)
33. Show & AG: "Fat Pockets (Remix)" (Payday)
34. Organized Konfusion featuring O.C.: "Fudge Pudge" (Hollywood BASIC)
35. Chi Ali: "Age Ain't Nothin' But a #" (Relativity)
36. Del tha Funkee Homosapien: "Mistadobalina" (Elektra)
37. Eric B. & Rakim: "Don't Sweat the Technique" (MCA)
38. MC Ren: "Final Frontier" (Ruthless)
39. Sir Mix-a-Lot: "Baby Got Back" (Def American)
40. N2Deep: "Back to the Hotel" (Profile)
1993
1. Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" (Death Row)
2. Wu-Tang Clan: "Protect Ya Neck" (Wu-Tang)
3. Jeru the Damaja: "Come Clean" (Payday)
4. The Pharcyde: "Passin' Me By" (Delicious Vinyl)
5. Redman: "Tonight's da Night" (Def Jam)
6. 2Pac featuring Shock G & Money B: "I Get Around" (Interscope)
7. A Tribe Called Quest featuring Trugoy: "Award Tour" (Jive)
8. Onyx: "Throw Ya Gunz" (Def Jam)
9. Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Fuck wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin'" (Death Row)
10. Redman: "Time 4 Sum Aksion" (Def Jam)
11. Wu-Tang Clan: "Method Man" (Loud)
12. KRS-One: "Outta Here" (Jive)
13. A Tribe Called Quest: "Electric Relaxation" (Jive)
14. Souls of Mischief: "93 'til Infinity" (Jive)
15. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: "On the Run (Dirty Untouchable Remix)" (Cold Chillin')
16. Onyx: "Slam" (Def Jam)
17. MC Eiht: "Streiht Up Menace" (Jive)
18. M.O.P.: "How About Some Hardcore" (Select)
19. The Pharcyde: "Otha Fish" (Delicious Vinyl)
20. Notorious B.I.G.: "Party and Bullshit" (Uptown)
21. Alkaholiks: "Make Room" (Loud)
22. MC Breed featuring 2Pac: "Gotta Get Mine" (Ichiban)
23. Beatnuts: "Reign of the Tec" (Relativity)
24. Casual: "That's How It Is (Remix)" (Jive)
25. Fat Joe: "Flow Joe" (Relativity)
26. KRS-One: "Sound of da Police"/"Hip Hop vs. Rap" (Jive)
27. De La Soul: "Breakadawn" (Tommy Boy)
28. Ultramagnetic MCs: "Two Brothers with Checks (San Francisco,Harvey)"/"One, Two, One, Two" (Wild Pitch)
29. Diamond D: "I'm Outta Here"/"You Can't Front (the Shit is Real)" (ChemistrY)
30. Casual: "I Didn't Mean to" (Jive)
31. Lords of the Underground: "Chief Rocka" (Elektra)
32. Kurious: "Walk Like a Duck" (Columbia)
33. Geto Boys: "Crooked Officer" (Rap-a-Lot)
34. Leaders of the New School: "What's Next?" (Elektra)
35. Domino: "Getto Jam" (Outburst)
36. Intelligent Hoodlum: "Grand Groove (Remix)" (A&M)
37. 2Pac: "Keep Ya Head Up" (Interscope)
38. Trends of Culture: "Off & On (Remix)" (Mad Sounds)
39. Cypress Hill: "Insane in the Brain"/ "When the Shit Goes Down" (Ruffhouse)
40. Mobb Deep: "Hit It From the Back" (4th & B'way)
1994
1. Craig Mack: "Flava in Your Ear" (Bad Boy)
2. Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Gin & Juice" (Death Row)
3. Wu-Tang Clan: "C.R.E.A.M." (Loud)
4. The Notorious B.I.G.: "Juicy"/ "Unbelievable" (Bad Boy)
5. Method Man: "Bring the Pain" (Def Jam)
6. O.C.: "Time's Up" (Wild Pitch)
7. Common: "i used to love h.e.r." (Relativity)
8. Black Moon: "I Got Cha Opin (Remix)"/"Reality (Killin' Every **** in Sight)" (Nervous)
9. Keith Murray: "The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World" (Jive)
10. Above the Law: "Black Superman" (Ruthless)
11. Nas: "It Ain't Hard to Tell" (Columbia)
12. Smif-n-Wessun: "Bucktown"/"Let's Git It On" (Nervous)
13. Fugees: "Nappy Heads (Remix)" (Ruffhouse)
14. Jeru the Damaja: "D. Original" (Payday)
15. Gang Starr: "Mass Appeal" (Chrysalis)
16. Nas: "The World is Yours" (Columbia)
17. Outkast: "Player's Ball" (LaFace)
18. Scarface: "I Seen a Man Die" (Rap-a-Lot)
19. Group Home: "Supa Star" (Payday)
20. Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Murder Was the Case" (Death Row)
21. Too $hort: "Money in the Ghetto" (Jive)
22. The Lady of Rage featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Afro Puffs" (Death Row)
23. Wu-Tang Clan: "Can It Be All So Simple" (Loud)
24. Channel Live featuring KRS-One: "Mad Izm" (Capitol)
25. Black Moon: "How Many MCs" (Nervous)
26. Redman: "Rockafella (Remix)" (Def Jam)
27. Redman: "Can't Wait" (Def Jam)
28. Black Moon: "Buck 'em Down (remix)"/"Murder MCs" (Nervous)
29. De La Soul: "Ego Trippin' Part Two" (Tommy Boy)
30. Gravediggaz feat. Shabazz the Disciple & Killah Priest: "Diary of a Madman" (Gee Street)
31. Crooklyn Dodgers: "Crooklyn" (MCA)
32. Outkast: "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" (LaFace)
33. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" (Relativity)
34. Dru Down featuring Luniz: "Ice Cream Man" (Relativity)
35. Craig Mack featuring Q-Tip: "Get Down (Remix)" (Bad Boy)
36. Shyheim: "On and On" (Virgin)
37. JT the Bigga Figga featuring Mac Mall: "Game Recognize Game" (Get Low)
38. E-40 featuring the Click: "Captain Save a Hoe" (Sick wid It)
39. Ill Al Skratch: "Where My Homiez" (Mercury)
40. Nate Dogg & Warren G: "Regulate" (Death Row)
1995
1. Mobb Deep: "Shook Ones Pt. II" (Loud)
2. The Notorious B.I.G.: "One More Chance (Stay with Me Remix)" (Bad Boy)
3. Luniz: "I Got 5 on It" (Noo Trybe)
4. Ol' Dirty Bastard: "Brooklyn Zoo" (Elektra)
5. The Notorious B.I.G.: "One More Chance (Stay with Me Remix)" (Bad Boy)
6. Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige: "You're All I Need to Get By" (Def Jam)
7. Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring the Notorious B.I.G.: "Get Money" (Big Beat)
8. TRU featuring Mia X: "I'm Bout It, Bout It" (No Limit)
9. Smoothe da Hustler featuring Trigger tha Gambler: "Broken Language"(Profile)
10. Raekwon: "Incarcerated Scarfaces"/"Ice Cream" (Loud)
11. KRS-One: "MCs Act Like They Don't Know" (Jive)
12. E-40 featuring Suga T: "Sprinkle Me" (Jive)
13. Blahzay Blahzay: "Danger" (Mercury)
14. WC and the MAAD Circle featuring Mack 10 & Ice Cube: "West Up!"(Payday)
15. Onyx: "Last Dayz" (Def Jam)
16. Tha Dogg Pound featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg: "New York, New York" (Death Row)
17. Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring the Notorious B.I.G.: "Player's Anthem" (Big Beat)
18. Big Mike: "Playa Playa" (Rap-a-Lot)
19. Mack 10: "Foe Life" (Priority)
20. Redman & Method Man: "How High" (Def Jam)
21. Raekwon: "Criminology"/"Glaciers of Ice" (Loud)
22. Smif-n-Wessun featuring Starang Wondah: "Sound Bwoy Bureill" (Nervous)
23. Grand Puba: "I Like It (I Wanna Be Where You Are)" (Elektra)
24. Show & AG: "Next Level" (Payday)
25. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: "1st of tha Month" (Relativity)
26. Da Brat: "Give It 2 You (Remix)" (So So Def)
27. The Pharcyde: "Runnin'"/"Drop" (Delicious Vinyl)
28. Tha Alkaholiks: "DAAAM!" (Loud)
29. GZA: "Liquid Swords" (Geffen)
30. Group Home: "Livin' Proof" (Payday)
31. Crooklyn Dodgers '95: "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers" (MCA)
32. Das EFX: "Real Hip Hop" (EastWest)
33. J-Live: "Braggin' Writes" (Raw Shack)
34. Nine: "Whutcha Want?" (Profile)
35. Lost Boyz: "Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz" (Universal)
36. Ol' Dirty Bastard: "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" (Elektra)
37. Jay-Z: "In My Lifetime"/"Can't Get wit That" (Roc-a-Fella)
38. Three 6 Mafia: "Tear da Club Up (Da Real)" (Prophet)
39. Frankie Cutlass feat. Doo Wop, Fat Joe, Ray Boogie & True God; "Boriquas on da Set"(Relativity)
40. Q-Ball & Curt Cazal: "My Kinda Moves" (VZQ)
1996
1. Outkast: "Elevators (Me & You)" (LaFace)
2. Jay-Z: "Dead Presidents"/"Ain't No ****" (Roc-a-Fella)
3. Fugees: "Killing Me Softly" (Ruffhouse)
4. Jay-Z featuring Mary J. Blige: "Can't Knock the Hustle" (Roc-a-Fella)
5. Busta Rhymes: "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" (Elektra)
6. Goodie Mob: "Cell Therapy" (LaFace)
7. Westside Connection: "Bow Down" (Priority)
8. Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring the Notorious B.I.G.: "Get Money (Remix)" (Big Beat)
9. Lil' Kim: "No Time"/"Queen Bitch" (Undeas)
10. Mobb Deep: "Drop a Gem on 'Em" (Loud)
11. Too $hort featuring Erick Sermon: "Buy You Some" (Jive)
12. Ghostface Killah featuring Raekwon, Cappadonna & the Force MDs: "Daytona 500" (Razor Sharp)
13. Fugees: "Ready or Not" (Ruffhouse)
14. Jeru the Damaja: "Ya Playin' Yaself" (Payday)
15. Mobb Deep: "Hell on Earth (Front Lines)" (Loud)
16. De La Soul: "Stakes is High"/"The Bizness" (Tommy Boy)
17. Crucial Conflict: "Hay" (Pallas)
18. GZA: "Shadowboxin'"/"4th Chamber" (Geffen)
19. Fugees: "Fu-Gee-La"/"How Many Mics" (Ruffhouse)
20. The East Flatbush Project featuring DeS: "Tried by 12" (10/30 Uproar)
21. Akinyele featuring Kia Jefferies: "Put It in Your Mouth" (Stress)
22. 2Pac featuring Dr. Dre: "California Love" (Death Row)
23. Xzibit: "Paparazzi" (Loud)
24. The Fab 5: "Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka" (Duck Down)
25. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: "Tha Crossroads" (Relativity)
26. Do or Die featuring Johnny P & Twista: "Po Pimp" (Rap-a-Lot)
27. Redman: "Funkorama" (Interscope)
28. Capone-n-Noriega featuring Mobb Deep & Tragedy: "L.A., L.A." (25 to Life)
29. Company Flow: "8 Steps to Perfection"/"Vital Nerve" (Official)
30. Chuck D: "No" (Mercury)
31. M.O.P.: "Brownsville"/"Stick to Ya Gunz" (Relativity)
32. Ghostface Killah featuring Raekwon: "Motherless Child" (Razor Sharp)
33. Master P featuring Mia X: "Bout It, Bout It II" (No Limit)
34. InI: "Fakin' Jax" (Soul Brother)
35. Royal Flush: "Worldwide" (Blunt)
36. Saukrates: "Father Time" (Day)
37. Mr. Voodoo: "Lyrical Tactics"/"Shine" (Fortress)
38. Big Noyd featuring Prodigy of Mobb Deep: "Recognize & Realize (Pt.1)" (Tommy Boy)
39. Foxy Brown featuring Blackstreet: "Get Me Home" (Def Jam)
40. Big Shug: "Crush"/ "Official" (Payday)
1997
1. Puff Daddy featuring the Lox, Lil' Kim & the Notorious B.I.G.: "It's All About the Benjamins (Remix)" (Bad Boy)
2. The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Mase: "Mo' Money Mo'Problems" (Bad Boy)
3. The Notorious B.I.G.: "Hypnotize" (Bad Boy)
4. Busta Rhymes: "Put Your Hand Where My Eyes Can See" (Elektra)
5. The Beatnuts featuring Big Punisher & Cuban Link: "Off the Books" (Relativity)
6. Jay-Z: "Who You Wit" (Qwest)
7. Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase: "Been Around the World" (Bad Boy)
8. Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz: "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" (Codeine)
9. The Lox featuring Lil' Kim & DMX: "Money, Power & Respect" (Bad Boy)
10. Mase featuring Kelly Price: "Feel So Good" (Bad Boy)
11. Wu-Tang Clan: "Triumph" (Loud)
12. L.L. Cool J featuring Method Man, Redman, Canibus & DMX: "4. 3. 2. 1" (Def Jam)
13. Young Bleed featuring Master P & C-Loc: "How Ya Do Dat" (No Limit)
14. Capone-n-Noriega featuring Tragedy: "T.O.N.Y. (Top of New York)" (Penalty)
15. Gang Starr: "You Know My Steez" (Noo Trybe)
16. Makaveli featuring the Outlawz: "Hail Mary" (Death Row)
17. Lil' Kim featuring Lil' Cease: "Crush on You (Remix)" (Big Beat)
18. Missy Elliott: "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (EastWest)
19. Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ & Nature: "Phone Tap" (Aftermath)
20. Wyclef Jean featuring Lauryn Hill: "Guantanamera" (Ruffhouse)
21. Redman featuring Erick Sermon: "Whateva Man" (Def Jam)
22. Tha Alkaholiks featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard: "Hip Hop Drunkies" (Loud)
23. Mos Def: "Universal Magnetic" (Rawkus)
24. DJ Pooh featuring Kam: "Whoop! Whoop!" (Big Beat)
25. Rakim: "It's Been a Long Time" (Universal)
26. Ras Kass: "Soul on Ice (Remix)" (Priority)
27. Scarface featuring 2Pac & Johnny P: "Smile" (Rap-a-Lot)
28. Street Smartz featuring O.C. & Pharaohe Monche: "Metal Thangz" (Tru Criminal)
29. Reflection Eternal featuring Mos Def & Mr. Man: "Fortified Live" (Rawkus)
30. EPMD: "Da Joint" (Def Jam)
31. Rampage featuring Busta Rhymes: "Wild for da Night" (Elektra)
32. Mobb Deep featuring Big Noyd & Rakim: "Hoodlum" (Loud)
33. KRS-One: "Step into a World (Rapture's Delight)" (Jive)
34. Freak Nasty: "Da Dip" (HardHood)
35. D.I.T.C.: "Day One" (D.I.T.C.)
36. Krumb Shatcha: "Gettin' Closer to God" (Mass in Action)
37. Big Mike: "Burban & Impalas" (Rap-a-Lot)
38. Mos Def, Tash & Q-Tip: "The Body Rock" (Rawkus)
39. Tela: "Tired of Ballin'" (Suave House)
40. Mr. Complex: "Visualize" (Raw Shack)
1998
1. Jay-Z: "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" (Roc-a-Fella)
2. Noreaga: "Superthug" (Penalty)
3. Big Punisher featuring Joe: "Still Not a Player" (Loud)
4. DMX: "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" (Def Jam)
5. Outkast: "Rosa Parks" (LaFace)
6. DMX featuring Sheek: "Get at Me Dog" (Def Jam)
7. Silkk the Shocker featuring Mystikal: "It Ain't My Fault" (No Limit)
8. Jay-Z featuring Amil & Ja Rule: "Can I Get a..." (Roc-a-Fella)
9. Jermaine Dupri featuring Jay-Z: "Money Ain't a Thing" (So So Def)
10. Juvenile: "Ha" (Cash Money)
11. Master P featuring Fiend, Silkk the Shocker, Mia X and Mystikal: "Make 'em Say Unngh!"(No Limit)
12. Redman: "I'll Bee Dat!" (Def Jam)
13. Lauryn Hill: "Doo Wop (That Thing)"/"Lost Ones" (Ruffhouse)
14. Noreaga: "N.O.R.E." (Penalty)
15. Pete Rock featuring Inspectah Deck & Kurupt: "Tru Master" (Loud)
16. Busta Rhymes: "Dangerous" (Elektra)
17. Def Squad: "Full Cooperation" (Def Jam)
18. Canibus: "Second Round K.O." (Universal)
19. Jayo Felony featuring Method Man & DMX: "Whatcha Gonna Do" (Def Jam)
20. Puff Daddy: "Victory"/"Been Around the World (Remix)" (Bad Boy)
21. E-40: "Hope I Don't Go Back" (Sick wid It)
22. Big L: "Ebonics" (Fat Beats)
23. Xzibit: "What U See is What u Get" (Loud)
24. Mystikal: "The Man Right Chea" (No Limit)
25. Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Still a G Thang" (No Limit)
26. Cam'ron: "357"/ "Pull It" (Untertainment)
27. Goodie Mob: "They Don't Dance No Mo" (LaFace)
28. Cam'ron featuring Mase: "Horse & Carriage" (Untertainment)
29. Flipmode Squad: "Cha Cha Cha" (Elektra)
30. Dilated Peoples: "Work the Angles"/"The Main Event"/"Triple Optics"(ABB)
31. Missin' Linx: "M.I.A." (Fat Beats)
32. A Tribe Called Quest: "Find a Way" (Jive)
33. Mase featuring Total: "What You Want" (Bad Boy)
34. Kurupt featuring Baby S: "We Can Freak It" (A&M)
35. 2Pac: "Do for Love" (Interscope)
36. Gangsta Boo featuring DJ Paul & Juicy J: "Where Dem Dollas At" (Relativity)
37. Timbaland featuring Magoo & Missy Elliott: "Here We Come" (Atlantic)
38. All City: "The Actual"/"Priceless" (MCA)
39. Sporty Thievz: "Cheapskate" (Ruffhouse)
40. Lootpack: "The Anthem"/"Lost Art"/"Likwit Fusion" (Stones Throw)
A piece of Hip Hop history. DFB, mi-a placut ce-ai facut, lipseste doar succesiunea cronologica, poate te ajuta lista de mai sus! Dupa '98 se descurca fiecare.
si nu am inteles nimic eu ca newbie 
