I’m tight rail with my situation ain’t
improving I’m trying to murder every day
moving this decade saw the development
of hip hop’s Golden Age gangster rap the
East Coast West Coast hip hop rivalry
and the mainstream breakthrough of the
jump baby got a 100 time welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 rap songs
of the 1990s this is part of a series of
videos from the birth of rap music – mm
stop the tape this kid needs to be
locked away dr. Dre don’t just stand
there I prayed for this list we’re
choosing what we feel are the most
iconic rap songs of the decade based on
a mix of their popularity commercial
success production and lyrical quality
and cultural impact break it out with
the wrong wrap
so I got what a sick sight click and
went all out number 10 scenario a Tribe
Called Quest featuring leaders of the
new school here we go yo here we go yo
we can thank this song for really
bringing Busta Rhymes a former member of
the leaders of the new school to the
forefront Papa for every buck oh the
canon severide you shut up people by
just imagine folk can do whatever is
necessary when digging in Malabo a busta
spit some rhymes in here that we’re
still repeating more than 20 years later
besides his verse scenario has to be one
of the best efforts from A Tribe Called
Quest well till the still gets down for
the flash next is the textbook fall to
the new but the rest are doodoo as it’s
got multiple rappers breaking out rhymes
over a playful beat Oh what’s the
scenario we’ll be doing will be boom
scenario sweaty oh wait small before
meanwhile the tracks call-and-response
style is so infectious you can’t help
but sing along
number nine regulate Warren G featuring
Nate Dogg it was a clear black night a
clear white moon woman she was on the
streets trying to consume some starts
with a so I can get some foam originally
released on the above the rim soundtrack
this West Coast hip-hop and G funk
number helped Warren G and Nate Dogg
achieved their first taste of mainstream
success
these girls BPD I’m a lot and swarthy
looking so hard they straight the cutter
want a bigger better things than some
horny tricks I see my homies and Trump
is all in his mix rising quickly up the
charts regulate peaked at the Billboard
Hot 100 second spot and features the
artists rapping about fighting and
chasing women back up back up cuz its
own na te and me the woman to the G just
like I thought they were in the same
spot in need of some desperate Nate Dogg
and the G child Warren sampling Michael
McDonald’s I keep forgetting the tune
shares the same smooth feeling and was
accompanied by a popular MTV music video
if you know like I know you don’t want
to step to this
it’s the g-funk and well bumped out put
a gangster twist number eight mass
appeal Gangstar no way you’ll never make
it come with a which a great kid step
until my zone bad driver side feel lines
like rifles go blasts when I kiss
something with this single gangster went
straight for the jugular and called out
those fake MCS and though we don’t make
tracks and all the suckers get pushed
back when our real facts speaking of
those rappers who sell out to gain a
larger audience and their lack of
respect for such MCS it’s a bold
statement to make but the duo backs it
up with their intricate wordplay and
original flow because I don’t need
gimmicks give me a floppy and I’m all
just wanna go on while we shouldn’t
ignore DJ premiers trademark production
on the track so I’m at this lecture and
I betcha kick dirt and dudes i’ma finish
Jets mass appeal also helped gangsters
words live on and earn their spots as
real MCS
number seven New York state of mind not
Rapids I love you flipping with me
walking in the lobby kicking musician if
the composition obtained I’m like suave
sniffing okay hold on an m-16 see what
the many extreme as one of the best
hip-hop artists out there nas has
contributed a lot to the game
case in point the world is yours the
world is yours
but it’s New York state of mind that’s
got our vote
we are the walls of intelligence
language the fun I’ll pick a crime when
I’m in a new
influenced by Kool G raps streets of New
York
this Illmatic track has the artists
rapping about the tough streets of the
Big Apple and his musical skills I’m
tracking rappers to a new plateau ran
slow my ramen is a vitamin helm about a
capsule the smooth criminal’ won’t beat
breaks never put me in your box if the
city’s movies introspective and catchy
to qualities that he bade lesser talents
and the song itself is a prime cut of
East Coast and hardcore hip hop on a
puzzled as a backtracked around at times
nothing’s equivalent to the New York
state of mind
number six gin and Guice Snoop Doggy dog
which so much drama in the LBC is kind
of hard being it’s no deal GG but I
somehow someway keep coming up a funky
ass shit like every single day this ode
to a cocktail may not sound like the
hardest song out there but gin and juice
is definitely no softy – in the moment
in the party still jumping cuz my mom a
ho I’ve got bitches in the living room
gettin it all in his depiction of the
more laid-back side of street life Snoop
raps of hanging out smoking weed and
drinkin I got me some secrets Jean
everybody got they cups but they ain’t
chipped in notice for the three and a
half minute track is a tit sketchiest
when Snoop whales the lines of the
chorus
so good
with my money in my money
reaching the hot 100 top 10 it also
earned a Grammy nod for Best Rap solo
performance later Lonette day my homies
actor Drake came to the with a gang the
table weight check it out
number five shook ones part two MOG deep
i got your scarf off the brownness wiii
be the information of the bus official
Queensbridge murderers the mark on the
web for warfare beware think sequels are
never as good as the originals think
again rock you in your face stab your
brain with your nose bone you all alone
many streets cutting this sequel to Mobb
Deep’s promo single shook ones doesn’t
only equally original but betters it
scan the deficit location this ain’t no
such things halfway crumb scared to
death scared
the gun business
one car too may have fewer curse words
but it’s undoubtedly a classic in East
Coast and hardcore hip-hop just
earning loads of critical acclaim the
lead single from the group sophomore
effort is five and a half minutes of the
Queensbridge duo’s finest hour what the
smoke clears you’ll be left we wanna get
done 13 is in the projects my mentality
is what kids took the one but you the
one and sometimes one do I deserve the
lid am I going to throwing help
everything around me number four cream
wu-tang clan I wanna climb side to move
your Tufts ah stayin alive with no job
at secondhand malls bells going old man
so then we move the shell and win with
artists like nas common and biggie
referencing it in their own work this
tune has to be one of the most
influential rap songs out there but what
40 of us life as a sortie shouldn’t be
so rough we enter the wu-tang single is
notable for memorable verses from
Raekwon and inspect a deck about running
the streets and prison life this one a
while smoke assess trick compare it
ain’t trying to hear what out
but it’s the chorus from Method Man that
won’t quit as he breaks down the meaning
of cream
the morning while Method Man’s duet with
mary j blige i’ll be there for you
you’re all i need to get by is also
great it’s this whoo tang number that
continues to be one of the group’s
highest-rated singles to date
number three California love Tupac
featuring dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
hock showed that being locked up didn’t
slow him down with this singles that was
his first release after his stint in
jail let me welcome everybody to the
wild wild west a safe that’s a touchable
like Eliot Ness the track it’s an ear
drum like a slug to get ships this ode
to California has Tupac spitting about
the superiority of his adopted home push
outta Jail California dreamin too soon
as I stepped on the scene Amira nice
women for money alcohol its laid-back
vibe and beat are so infectious that
listeners can’t help but imagine the
perfect California day
Lawson would have programs where the Sun
became a chart-topping hit and was
honored with a posthumous Grammy
nomination making it the biggest hit of
the rapper’s career
number two hypnotize the notorious b.i.g
biggie smalls had already passed by the
time hypnotize reached number one but
its impact has outlived the artist by a
mile produced by Puff Daddy the tune
samples herb Alpert’s rise to achieve
its cool chilled out 70s vibe biggie is
at his best with lyrical references
ranging from couture designers to Star
Wars David is back like me what’s wrong
like babies while juicy and Mo Money mo
problems are also awesome biggie songs
jyeo PPA no info for the VA it’s this
Platinum certified and grammy-nominated
track that is one of the best examples
of pure East Coast hip-hop
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions I like
the way you work it no diggity I got to
bag it I like to win you’re working on
your hand you’re my eyes to see trunk
bark darling in the face to be just a
game I guess they will I guess they’d
run that’s why I know my life is hot I
love food
I’ll play my enemies like a game of
chess where I friends know smoke less I
was number one nothing but a G thang dr.
Dre featuring Snoop Dogg boy to bring
into the folks no doggy dogg and dr. dre
is at that doe our pick for rap song of
the decade and one of the best hip-hop
collaborations out there it’s like just
like setting like this Santa it’s like
getting like this and like that and this
single has a sound many have tried to
replicate but with little success
well uh people then I’m creeping then
I’m three bit but I tender got cut
there’s more people just deep and I was
taught for me to make my impression so
it has all the elements of rap song
should contain including a smooth beat a
life manifesto and a code of the streets
falling back on that ass what a hella
five gangsta late getting funky on the
mic like a whole magic olive-green
it’s the capital s oh yes impression
develope do double G Y do double G you
see they stood raise production talents
Snoop Dogg’s guest vocals and so much
more nothing but a G thang was the
chronics highest charting entry and
continues to live on in popular culture
today put the shit together like one do
see no one can do a better like this
and Isetta it’s like betting like listen
like that do you agree with our list
what’s your top rap song of the 1990s
for more can’t miss top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com damn right I like the life
I’ve lived above a negative the positive
in the song and if you don’t know
improving I’m trying to murder every day
moving this decade saw the development
of hip hop’s Golden Age gangster rap the
East Coast West Coast hip hop rivalry
and the mainstream breakthrough of the
jump baby got a 100 time welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 rap songs
of the 1990s this is part of a series of
videos from the birth of rap music – mm
stop the tape this kid needs to be
locked away dr. Dre don’t just stand
there I prayed for this list we’re
choosing what we feel are the most
iconic rap songs of the decade based on
a mix of their popularity commercial
success production and lyrical quality
and cultural impact break it out with
the wrong wrap
so I got what a sick sight click and
went all out number 10 scenario a Tribe
Called Quest featuring leaders of the
new school here we go yo here we go yo
we can thank this song for really
bringing Busta Rhymes a former member of
the leaders of the new school to the
forefront Papa for every buck oh the
canon severide you shut up people by
just imagine folk can do whatever is
necessary when digging in Malabo a busta
spit some rhymes in here that we’re
still repeating more than 20 years later
besides his verse scenario has to be one
of the best efforts from A Tribe Called
Quest well till the still gets down for
the flash next is the textbook fall to
the new but the rest are doodoo as it’s
got multiple rappers breaking out rhymes
over a playful beat Oh what’s the
scenario we’ll be doing will be boom
scenario sweaty oh wait small before
meanwhile the tracks call-and-response
style is so infectious you can’t help
but sing along
number nine regulate Warren G featuring
Nate Dogg it was a clear black night a
clear white moon woman she was on the
streets trying to consume some starts
with a so I can get some foam originally
released on the above the rim soundtrack
this West Coast hip-hop and G funk
number helped Warren G and Nate Dogg
achieved their first taste of mainstream
success
these girls BPD I’m a lot and swarthy
looking so hard they straight the cutter
want a bigger better things than some
horny tricks I see my homies and Trump
is all in his mix rising quickly up the
charts regulate peaked at the Billboard
Hot 100 second spot and features the
artists rapping about fighting and
chasing women back up back up cuz its
own na te and me the woman to the G just
like I thought they were in the same
spot in need of some desperate Nate Dogg
and the G child Warren sampling Michael
McDonald’s I keep forgetting the tune
shares the same smooth feeling and was
accompanied by a popular MTV music video
if you know like I know you don’t want
to step to this
it’s the g-funk and well bumped out put
a gangster twist number eight mass
appeal Gangstar no way you’ll never make
it come with a which a great kid step
until my zone bad driver side feel lines
like rifles go blasts when I kiss
something with this single gangster went
straight for the jugular and called out
those fake MCS and though we don’t make
tracks and all the suckers get pushed
back when our real facts speaking of
those rappers who sell out to gain a
larger audience and their lack of
respect for such MCS it’s a bold
statement to make but the duo backs it
up with their intricate wordplay and
original flow because I don’t need
gimmicks give me a floppy and I’m all
just wanna go on while we shouldn’t
ignore DJ premiers trademark production
on the track so I’m at this lecture and
I betcha kick dirt and dudes i’ma finish
Jets mass appeal also helped gangsters
words live on and earn their spots as
real MCS
number seven New York state of mind not
Rapids I love you flipping with me
walking in the lobby kicking musician if
the composition obtained I’m like suave
sniffing okay hold on an m-16 see what
the many extreme as one of the best
hip-hop artists out there nas has
contributed a lot to the game
case in point the world is yours the
world is yours
but it’s New York state of mind that’s
got our vote
we are the walls of intelligence
language the fun I’ll pick a crime when
I’m in a new
influenced by Kool G raps streets of New
York
this Illmatic track has the artists
rapping about the tough streets of the
Big Apple and his musical skills I’m
tracking rappers to a new plateau ran
slow my ramen is a vitamin helm about a
capsule the smooth criminal’ won’t beat
breaks never put me in your box if the
city’s movies introspective and catchy
to qualities that he bade lesser talents
and the song itself is a prime cut of
East Coast and hardcore hip hop on a
puzzled as a backtracked around at times
nothing’s equivalent to the New York
state of mind
number six gin and Guice Snoop Doggy dog
which so much drama in the LBC is kind
of hard being it’s no deal GG but I
somehow someway keep coming up a funky
ass shit like every single day this ode
to a cocktail may not sound like the
hardest song out there but gin and juice
is definitely no softy – in the moment
in the party still jumping cuz my mom a
ho I’ve got bitches in the living room
gettin it all in his depiction of the
more laid-back side of street life Snoop
raps of hanging out smoking weed and
drinkin I got me some secrets Jean
everybody got they cups but they ain’t
chipped in notice for the three and a
half minute track is a tit sketchiest
when Snoop whales the lines of the
chorus
so good
with my money in my money
reaching the hot 100 top 10 it also
earned a Grammy nod for Best Rap solo
performance later Lonette day my homies
actor Drake came to the with a gang the
table weight check it out
number five shook ones part two MOG deep
i got your scarf off the brownness wiii
be the information of the bus official
Queensbridge murderers the mark on the
web for warfare beware think sequels are
never as good as the originals think
again rock you in your face stab your
brain with your nose bone you all alone
many streets cutting this sequel to Mobb
Deep’s promo single shook ones doesn’t
only equally original but betters it
scan the deficit location this ain’t no
such things halfway crumb scared to
death scared
the gun business
one car too may have fewer curse words
but it’s undoubtedly a classic in East
Coast and hardcore hip-hop just
earning loads of critical acclaim the
lead single from the group sophomore
effort is five and a half minutes of the
Queensbridge duo’s finest hour what the
smoke clears you’ll be left we wanna get
done 13 is in the projects my mentality
is what kids took the one but you the
one and sometimes one do I deserve the
lid am I going to throwing help
everything around me number four cream
wu-tang clan I wanna climb side to move
your Tufts ah stayin alive with no job
at secondhand malls bells going old man
so then we move the shell and win with
artists like nas common and biggie
referencing it in their own work this
tune has to be one of the most
influential rap songs out there but what
40 of us life as a sortie shouldn’t be
so rough we enter the wu-tang single is
notable for memorable verses from
Raekwon and inspect a deck about running
the streets and prison life this one a
while smoke assess trick compare it
ain’t trying to hear what out
but it’s the chorus from Method Man that
won’t quit as he breaks down the meaning
of cream
the morning while Method Man’s duet with
mary j blige i’ll be there for you
you’re all i need to get by is also
great it’s this whoo tang number that
continues to be one of the group’s
highest-rated singles to date
number three California love Tupac
featuring dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
hock showed that being locked up didn’t
slow him down with this singles that was
his first release after his stint in
jail let me welcome everybody to the
wild wild west a safe that’s a touchable
like Eliot Ness the track it’s an ear
drum like a slug to get ships this ode
to California has Tupac spitting about
the superiority of his adopted home push
outta Jail California dreamin too soon
as I stepped on the scene Amira nice
women for money alcohol its laid-back
vibe and beat are so infectious that
listeners can’t help but imagine the
perfect California day
Lawson would have programs where the Sun
became a chart-topping hit and was
honored with a posthumous Grammy
nomination making it the biggest hit of
the rapper’s career
number two hypnotize the notorious b.i.g
biggie smalls had already passed by the
time hypnotize reached number one but
its impact has outlived the artist by a
mile produced by Puff Daddy the tune
samples herb Alpert’s rise to achieve
its cool chilled out 70s vibe biggie is
at his best with lyrical references
ranging from couture designers to Star
Wars David is back like me what’s wrong
like babies while juicy and Mo Money mo
problems are also awesome biggie songs
jyeo PPA no info for the VA it’s this
Platinum certified and grammy-nominated
track that is one of the best examples
of pure East Coast hip-hop
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions I like
the way you work it no diggity I got to
bag it I like to win you’re working on
your hand you’re my eyes to see trunk
bark darling in the face to be just a
game I guess they will I guess they’d
run that’s why I know my life is hot I
love food
I’ll play my enemies like a game of
chess where I friends know smoke less I
was number one nothing but a G thang dr.
Dre featuring Snoop Dogg boy to bring
into the folks no doggy dogg and dr. dre
is at that doe our pick for rap song of
the decade and one of the best hip-hop
collaborations out there it’s like just
like setting like this Santa it’s like
getting like this and like that and this
single has a sound many have tried to
replicate but with little success
well uh people then I’m creeping then
I’m three bit but I tender got cut
there’s more people just deep and I was
taught for me to make my impression so
it has all the elements of rap song
should contain including a smooth beat a
life manifesto and a code of the streets
falling back on that ass what a hella
five gangsta late getting funky on the
mic like a whole magic olive-green
it’s the capital s oh yes impression
develope do double G Y do double G you
see they stood raise production talents
Snoop Dogg’s guest vocals and so much
more nothing but a G thang was the
chronics highest charting entry and
continues to live on in popular culture
today put the shit together like one do
see no one can do a better like this
and Isetta it’s like betting like listen
like that do you agree with our list
what’s your top rap song of the 1990s
for more can’t miss top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com damn right I like the life
I’ve lived above a negative the positive
in the song and if you don’t know
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