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Top 500 Greatest Hip-Hop and Rap Songs Vol 2: A Comprehensive List

Volume 2 is the sound of the curators rolling up their sleeves and diving into the crates. It is the territory of the "deep cuts," the regional anthems that never crossed over, and the cult classics that defined a bedroom listener’s childhood but never touched the Billboard Hot 100.

89. “The Light” – Common (2000)

The first great hip-hop love song without irony. J Dilla’s Bobby Caldwell sample is butter. Top 500 GREATEST Hip-Hop and Rap Songs VOL 2 -m...

• UGK – "One Day"

  9. “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” – Geto Boys (1991)

  249. “A Milli” – Lil Wayne (2008)

  Wayne’s vocal gymnastics over a beat with no bass kick (just a clap, a sample, and a sub-bass rumble). Re-invented what a “beat” could be. Top 500 Greatest Hip-Hop and Rap Songs Vol

  108. “Runnin’” – The Pharcyde (1995)

  J Dilla’s backwards-sample beat. One of the most inventive productions ever placed on a rap song. UGK – "One Day" 9