they’ve got beats that pump you up make
you want to move your feet and rhyme
along welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 rap anthems bill you wanna hear
from for this list we’re basing our
choices on a mix of a songs popularity
commercial success how well they capture
the spirit of hip hop and their ability
to cross over into the mainstream these
are the songs that everyone knows sings
along and dances to at concerts clubs
and bars number 10
let me clear my throat DJ cool this is
one of those songs that is guaranteed to
have everyone in the club hopping
simple enough it’s got cool relying on
the call-and-response technique that
hype man used to get the crowd going so
look at him check the flavor out that
rhythm I wrote and when I get a chance
here let me clean my thoughts let me
clear my throat was recorded live at
Philly’s bahama Bay Club and the
audience’s response was integral to
making this song as catchy as it is a
billboard hot 100 top 30 single the hip
hop go-go and house track is sure to
stand the test of time thanks to its
funky beat and signature live number 9
get low Lil Jon & the east side Boyz
featuring the Ying Yang Twins
it’s hard to believe this song is more
than ten years old because it’s still a
party standard yet low is the epitome of
mainstream crunk and helps bring the
style to hip hop’s forefront during the
early noughties serious versions of the
songs circulate with a censored chorus
but regardless of format listeners shout
along with unrivaled enthusiasm to
Littlejohn and cruise lyrics
get low regularly pops up in pop culture
to being referenced in other songs as
well as in movies stops whoa now we lit
what’s doing Big Pimpin spinning sheet
number eight Big Pimpin jay-z featuring
UGK you know why
double bubble Levon but I don’t trust
that needle take him on the hood people
looking good with diamond cuff to the
freedom please always been a boss and
Big Pimpin serves as a testament to that
ah boss with jumpin y’all be fronting me
give my heart to the woman not for
nothing ever happened I’ll be forever
Mackin hi spits rhymes about living a
carefree playboy lifestyle filled with
beautiful women and expensive cars
paired with the gritty vocals of UGK the
fifth single from jay-z’s fourth record
had massive play on the airwaves it a
sale by the night protection away I got
so many to the vampire out in al-anbiya
Jeff
Oh Jay expressed regret over some of its
misogynist lyrics in later years it’s
still undeniably one of the biggest
songs in hip-hop
you would be – trailer park girls go
around the outside round the outside
round the outside number seven without
me Eminem yes is bad
perhaps one of the cockiest rap songs
out there this track converted millions
of Eminem haters into fans or at least
listeners it’s pretty much a sequel to
the real Slim Shady with M proclaiming
that the world of music is empty without
his contributions I’m really most uh
there’s nobody wants to see more so no
more they want Shady I’m chopped will
review once ad dis what I’ll get you the
song calls out his haters from Dick
Cheney’s wife to Moby and those who
attacked him for cultural appropriation
here’s a concept that works twenty
million of the white rappers emerged
from the many pitching
so pretty without needed knowledge
without me also got slim shadey his
first Grammy nod for record of the year
which was his first in a major category
number six in the club fitty cent go go
go show this shiver day we’re gonna
party like it’s sugar baby horse it a
critical and commercial hit in the club
was inescapable when it came out you got
what you need but unlike other ear worms
this get rich or die trying’ single
isn’t only fun to sing along to but also
perfectly captures that carefree feel of
letting loose and partying it up go with
fitty barking out his decree for
listeners on how to have a good time
the hip-hop track is an order listeners
can’t ignore I’m gonna check by the dog
Tosun to the good right move doctor who
are you trying to pull me back guys jump
up in the club Bassano with my bitches
she smashes gun the Grammy nominated
number was also a Billboard Hot 100
chart topper and sold over 2 million
copies don’t try that that you’ll never
be people will club on comes from Chitty
out the man
number five jump around house of pain
fuck it up back and let me again okay no
and battle me lets us say I won’t tell
Masako
okay better back go try and play a role
if you’ve ever been to a sporting event
it’s safe to assume that you’ve jumped
around to this song okay jump around
jump around
this house of pain track has such mass
appeal because it’s a call to action to
get up and move
from the intros horn fanfare to the
repeated saxophone squeal and the
scratch of the needle on the beat its
infectious and good-natured fun Oh me I
want you I can make it down jump around
dares you to move and you can’t help but
accept the challenge
you know
number four party up up in here
DMX this East Coast hip-hop track is
just one of those songs that you’ll
always want to turn up when it’s
spinning fuck us to bring it to you
table to disability quick hike it’s loud
aggressive and confrontational G when we
get done so quick with DMX proclaiming
that he’s about to lose his mind while
partying up in here the simple chorus
isn’t only easy to follow along with but
it’s memorable and easily quotable party
up was one of the biggest hits of DMX’s
troubled career and cemented his status
as a top dog in the rap game
number three OPP Naughty by Nature free
by Framing go on jump insane – this song
is the anthem for creepin but when it
sounds this good who cares no this one
depending on whom you ask OPP can stand
for different things but it’s most
widely known to mean other people’s
property Naughty by Nature track was not
only a hit in the hip hop world but it
was also one of the first to find
crossover success in the mainstream pop
world
OPP peaked at number 6 on the Billboard
Hot 100 and this was due in part to its
video getting heavy rotation on MTV
number two you got a fight for your
right to party Beastie Boys
like probably no other genre hip-hop has
produced many songs about having a good
time
best porno
this track exemplifies that ethos of
doing what you want
regardless of what the naysayers tell
you you gotta fight for your right fight
for your right is also the perfect
mashup of rock music and hip hop
demonstrating that the two genres aren’t
so different you gotta fight so you’re
right
hitting the top 10 of the Hot 100 it’s a
Beastie Boys classic and it’s legacy
lives on in more current songs
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
Oh
you know outside the slideshow it’s the
one and only D hey brain fuck you know
I’m mopping with the d-o-double-g turn
off the killer streets of CPT are you
can’t tell me nothing change tell me
nothing
you tell me nah it’s all my peoples in
the struggle you know simmer one juicy
the notorious b.i.g it was all a dream I
used to read Word Up Magazine something
pepper and Heavy D up in the limousine
hanging pictures on my ball
every Saturday rap attack mr. magic
waters all this hip-hop tune is in
everyone’s collective consciousness for
it’s the kind of song people remember
hearing for the first time because it’s
just that good
I’m blowing up like you thought I would
call a trip say me on the same but it’s
all good oh shit and if you don’t show
daga no as his solo debut single juicy
introduced the world two Biggie’s come
up in a familiar rags-to-riches story I
never thought it can happen this rapping
stuff I was to use the packing GATS and
stuff now honey’s play me close like
butter Plato from the Mississippi Delta
the East oh and while he continues this
theme in Mo Money mo problems this ready
to die track contains the positive
message of working hard and believing in
your dreams but it’s also never overly
sentimental or cheesy
a hot 100 top 30 it’s as cool and
inspirational as he was birthdays was
the worst days that we sip Stampeders
day you agree with our list like Bablu
what’s your favorite rap anthems and
what comes next hey boss the move for
more can’t miss top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you want to move your feet and rhyme
along welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 rap anthems bill you wanna hear
from for this list we’re basing our
choices on a mix of a songs popularity
commercial success how well they capture
the spirit of hip hop and their ability
to cross over into the mainstream these
are the songs that everyone knows sings
along and dances to at concerts clubs
and bars number 10
let me clear my throat DJ cool this is
one of those songs that is guaranteed to
have everyone in the club hopping
simple enough it’s got cool relying on
the call-and-response technique that
hype man used to get the crowd going so
look at him check the flavor out that
rhythm I wrote and when I get a chance
here let me clean my thoughts let me
clear my throat was recorded live at
Philly’s bahama Bay Club and the
audience’s response was integral to
making this song as catchy as it is a
billboard hot 100 top 30 single the hip
hop go-go and house track is sure to
stand the test of time thanks to its
funky beat and signature live number 9
get low Lil Jon & the east side Boyz
featuring the Ying Yang Twins
it’s hard to believe this song is more
than ten years old because it’s still a
party standard yet low is the epitome of
mainstream crunk and helps bring the
style to hip hop’s forefront during the
early noughties serious versions of the
songs circulate with a censored chorus
but regardless of format listeners shout
along with unrivaled enthusiasm to
Littlejohn and cruise lyrics
get low regularly pops up in pop culture
to being referenced in other songs as
well as in movies stops whoa now we lit
what’s doing Big Pimpin spinning sheet
number eight Big Pimpin jay-z featuring
UGK you know why
double bubble Levon but I don’t trust
that needle take him on the hood people
looking good with diamond cuff to the
freedom please always been a boss and
Big Pimpin serves as a testament to that
ah boss with jumpin y’all be fronting me
give my heart to the woman not for
nothing ever happened I’ll be forever
Mackin hi spits rhymes about living a
carefree playboy lifestyle filled with
beautiful women and expensive cars
paired with the gritty vocals of UGK the
fifth single from jay-z’s fourth record
had massive play on the airwaves it a
sale by the night protection away I got
so many to the vampire out in al-anbiya
Jeff
Oh Jay expressed regret over some of its
misogynist lyrics in later years it’s
still undeniably one of the biggest
songs in hip-hop
you would be – trailer park girls go
around the outside round the outside
round the outside number seven without
me Eminem yes is bad
perhaps one of the cockiest rap songs
out there this track converted millions
of Eminem haters into fans or at least
listeners it’s pretty much a sequel to
the real Slim Shady with M proclaiming
that the world of music is empty without
his contributions I’m really most uh
there’s nobody wants to see more so no
more they want Shady I’m chopped will
review once ad dis what I’ll get you the
song calls out his haters from Dick
Cheney’s wife to Moby and those who
attacked him for cultural appropriation
here’s a concept that works twenty
million of the white rappers emerged
from the many pitching
so pretty without needed knowledge
without me also got slim shadey his
first Grammy nod for record of the year
which was his first in a major category
number six in the club fitty cent go go
go show this shiver day we’re gonna
party like it’s sugar baby horse it a
critical and commercial hit in the club
was inescapable when it came out you got
what you need but unlike other ear worms
this get rich or die trying’ single
isn’t only fun to sing along to but also
perfectly captures that carefree feel of
letting loose and partying it up go with
fitty barking out his decree for
listeners on how to have a good time
the hip-hop track is an order listeners
can’t ignore I’m gonna check by the dog
Tosun to the good right move doctor who
are you trying to pull me back guys jump
up in the club Bassano with my bitches
she smashes gun the Grammy nominated
number was also a Billboard Hot 100
chart topper and sold over 2 million
copies don’t try that that you’ll never
be people will club on comes from Chitty
out the man
number five jump around house of pain
fuck it up back and let me again okay no
and battle me lets us say I won’t tell
Masako
okay better back go try and play a role
if you’ve ever been to a sporting event
it’s safe to assume that you’ve jumped
around to this song okay jump around
jump around
this house of pain track has such mass
appeal because it’s a call to action to
get up and move
from the intros horn fanfare to the
repeated saxophone squeal and the
scratch of the needle on the beat its
infectious and good-natured fun Oh me I
want you I can make it down jump around
dares you to move and you can’t help but
accept the challenge
you know
number four party up up in here
DMX this East Coast hip-hop track is
just one of those songs that you’ll
always want to turn up when it’s
spinning fuck us to bring it to you
table to disability quick hike it’s loud
aggressive and confrontational G when we
get done so quick with DMX proclaiming
that he’s about to lose his mind while
partying up in here the simple chorus
isn’t only easy to follow along with but
it’s memorable and easily quotable party
up was one of the biggest hits of DMX’s
troubled career and cemented his status
as a top dog in the rap game
number three OPP Naughty by Nature free
by Framing go on jump insane – this song
is the anthem for creepin but when it
sounds this good who cares no this one
depending on whom you ask OPP can stand
for different things but it’s most
widely known to mean other people’s
property Naughty by Nature track was not
only a hit in the hip hop world but it
was also one of the first to find
crossover success in the mainstream pop
world
OPP peaked at number 6 on the Billboard
Hot 100 and this was due in part to its
video getting heavy rotation on MTV
number two you got a fight for your
right to party Beastie Boys
like probably no other genre hip-hop has
produced many songs about having a good
time
best porno
this track exemplifies that ethos of
doing what you want
regardless of what the naysayers tell
you you gotta fight for your right fight
for your right is also the perfect
mashup of rock music and hip hop
demonstrating that the two genres aren’t
so different you gotta fight so you’re
right
hitting the top 10 of the Hot 100 it’s a
Beastie Boys classic and it’s legacy
lives on in more current songs
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
Oh
you know outside the slideshow it’s the
one and only D hey brain fuck you know
I’m mopping with the d-o-double-g turn
off the killer streets of CPT are you
can’t tell me nothing change tell me
nothing
you tell me nah it’s all my peoples in
the struggle you know simmer one juicy
the notorious b.i.g it was all a dream I
used to read Word Up Magazine something
pepper and Heavy D up in the limousine
hanging pictures on my ball
every Saturday rap attack mr. magic
waters all this hip-hop tune is in
everyone’s collective consciousness for
it’s the kind of song people remember
hearing for the first time because it’s
just that good
I’m blowing up like you thought I would
call a trip say me on the same but it’s
all good oh shit and if you don’t show
daga no as his solo debut single juicy
introduced the world two Biggie’s come
up in a familiar rags-to-riches story I
never thought it can happen this rapping
stuff I was to use the packing GATS and
stuff now honey’s play me close like
butter Plato from the Mississippi Delta
the East oh and while he continues this
theme in Mo Money mo problems this ready
to die track contains the positive
message of working hard and believing in
your dreams but it’s also never overly
sentimental or cheesy
a hot 100 top 30 it’s as cool and
inspirational as he was birthdays was
the worst days that we sip Stampeders
day you agree with our list like Bablu
what’s your favorite rap anthems and
what comes next hey boss the move for
more can’t miss top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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