Jamos's 100 Greatest Rap Songs (2000 - 2024)

back like cooked crack (word to Juelz) with another list that nobody asked for, this time with the top 100 tracks from the last 25 years (imo). is this just an attempt to avoid doing any actual work? an excuse to post a bunch of dipset? an elaborate ploy into shaming the chairman into posting his albums list? i couldn’t possibly say (yes to all three).

1 track per artist, because arbitrary rules are important (and the list would just be 75% future / young thug otherwise)

if you spot a 1999 track that managed to sneak past quality control please know that i meant for that to happen and you will look very foolish if you point it out.

when you start these things, 100 seems loads but you find you quickly run out of spaces. what i’m saying is, i’ve made some terrible choices and i’m sorry, but it’s done now and we’ll all just have to learn to live with it.

not sure how to wrap this post up so here’s a nice dipset gif for your enjoyment

edit: @ma0sm has kindly compiled a playlist:

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100. Angel Haze - New York (2012)

at no point did she ever run new york, but when you’re making a song that slaps this hard you can make any outrageous claim you like.

thought she might go onto become a major artist but unfortunately this was as good as it ever got for her. still, it does slap hard.

honourable mentions: “werkin girls”

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99. Joey Bada$$ feat. Capital Steez - Survival Tactics (2012)

joey is undeniably talented but unfortunately, ultimately pretty boring… but man, I was all over ‘1999’ at the time and this song in particular.

any time the beat drops out? that’s the good stuff right there. the shots at lil b are a bit uncalled for though

honourable mentions: “hardknock”

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98. Louie V Mob - Dope Case (2013)

only discovered this song last year and immediately became a bit obsessed with it. would it have still made the list if i’d discovered it back in 2013? probably not, but I didn’t so it does.

important to have some master p representation on a DiS list at last i think

honourable mentions: “take a ride”

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Yeah, this was a cracker and he’s kind of disappointed ever since.

You heard the Styles of Beyond track that he lifted the beat from? Was always a favourite of mine.

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Really like 1999 and this track especially, but absolutely this. Also adds to the slight ‘hip hop was so much better back in the day’ vibe of the whole project. :yawning_face:

Not sure Lil B would be in a hurry to swap his career for Joey’s either tbf

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97. Drakeo The Ruler - Neiman & Marcus Don’t Know You (2017)

being told that the staff at the department store don’t recognise me isn’t something that would bother me much yet drakeo’s ice cold delivery makes it seem like the most devastating put down you could ever receive

honourable mentions: “flu flamming”, “pow right in the kisser”, “20 pieces”

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96. Dälek - Ever Somber (2005)

kinda blew my mind the first time I heard it. like, you can do that? love everything about it but special shoutout to the scratching, just perfection.

honourable mentions: “forever close my eyes”, “shattered”, “good”

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The reason Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt have had bigger careers than Joey can all be traced back to the fact that they celebrate Lil B

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95. Jim Jones - We Fly High (2006)

the capo’s finest moment. 20 years later, I still shout “ballin” when throwing paperballs in the bin. that’s how you know it’s a classic

For three!

honourable mentions: “only one way up”, “harlem”, “baby girl”

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94. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Ocean Drive (2016)

‘savage mode’ has a real vibe, one that 21 been unable (or uninterested) to capture since. think the whole project is pretty great but this is the best song from it - his usual deadpan thug talk accompanied by a moment of reflection on how far such talk has brought him, all over an ethereal young metro beat.

honourable mentions: “no heart”, “bank account”, “a lot”

BONUS MATERIAL: goes without saying that the actual best 21 savage thing is the barry lyndon edit:

https://x.com/flanthippe/status/1750638074151743809

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imma make a playlist

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I just did, lots of good new stuff already

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may the best list win

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Wasn’t trying to be a shit, I literally just made a playlist for myself so I could listen more easily and then when I got to the bottom I saw your reply

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the embed player is cool regardless!

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can @jamos stick this in the OP…?

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93. Mystikal feat. Nivea - Danger (Been So Long) (2000)

utterly irresistible groove. the man is the devil but he made several undeniable bangers, what can you do

honourable mentions: “shake ya ass”, “tarantula”

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Very unbased

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