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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
9/24: What’s your favorite hip hop song of all time
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
VH1 is the master of creating lists for the sake of argument (and a show that can repeated ad nauseum): best songs of the ’80s, bets metal songs, top 100 albums, top 50 most awesomely bad songs, et. al.
Now the network, once known in the 80s as the “soft rock” version of MTV, is offering up the top 100 best hip-hop songs of all time.
The network has not released the full list but the top 5 are:
1- “Fight the Power” by Public Enemy
2- “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugar Hill Gang
3- “Nuthin but a ‘G’ Thang” - Dr. Dre
4- “Walk This Way” Run DMC and Aerosmith
You can see the classic video here.
5- “The Message” - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five.
That’s not a bad top 5. The only top 10 female act was “Push It” by Salt ‘N Pepa. Others on the list include Eminem, Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Biz Markie, Black Sheep and J.J. Fad, according to the Associated Press. We don’t have the full list just yet. Next week, VH1 debuts the hourly shows, which will naturally feature talking heads from hip-hop’s past and present (as well as random folks who have nothing to do with hip hop).
We’ll post all the acts that have Atlanta ties once we get it.
What would you place in your top 5?
