Wanted: Dead or Alive
Play It Again, Polo (Remix)
Kool G Rap
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1981
1. Afrika✦ Bambaataa✦ & the Jazzy✦ 5 "Jazzy✦ Sensation"✦ (Tommy✦ Boy)
2. Treacherous✦ Three "Feel the Heartbeat"✦ (Enjoy)✦
3. Grandmaster✦ Flash & the Furious✦ 5 "The Adventures✦ of Grandmaster✦ Flash on the Wheels of Steel" (Sugarhill)✦
4. Funky✦ 4 + 1 "That's the Joint" (Sugarhill)✦
5. T Ski Valley✦ "Catch the Beat" (Grand Groove)
6. Dr. Jeckyll✦ & Mr. Hyde "Genius✦ Rap" (Profile)✦
7. Boogie Boys featuring✦ Kool Ski, Kid Delight✦ & Disco✦ Dave "Rappin'✦ Ain't No Thang" (Mike & Dave)
8. Grand Wizard✦ Theodore✦ & the Fantastic Five "Can I Get a Soul Clap, Fresh Out the Pack" (Soul Wax)
9. Grandmaster✦ Flash & the Furious✦ 5 "It's Nasty"✦ (Sugarhill)✦
10. Trouble Funk "Pump Me Up" (Jam)
11. Spoonie Gee "Spoonie is Back" (Sugarhill)✦
12. Just Four "Girls of the World" (Grand Groove)
13. Mean Machine✦ "Disco✦ Dream" (Sugarhill)✦
14. Treacherous✦ Three "Put the Boogie in Your Body"✦ (Enjoy)✦
15. Grandmaster✦ Flash & the Furious✦ 5 "The Birthday✦ Party"✦ (Sugarhill)✦
16. Pee Wee Mel & Barry✦ B "Life on Planet✦ Earth" (12 Star)
17. T.J. Swann, Pee Wee Mel & Swann Controllers "Maximus Party"✦ (Express)✦
18. Crash Crew "We Want to Rock" (Sugarhill)✦
19. Solo✦ Sound "Get the Party✦ Jumpin'"✦ (Express)✦
20. Lovebug✦ Starski✦ & the Harlem✦ World Crew "Positive✦ Life" (Tay-ster)
21. South Bronx "The Big Throwdown" (Dakar)✦
22. Grandmaster✦ Chilly✦ T & Stevie G "Rock the Message✦ Rap" (12 Star)
23. Kool Kyle the Starchild✦ "It's Rockin'✦ Time" (Enjoy)✦
24. Chapter✦ Three "Real Rocking Groove" (Grand Groove)
25. Disco✦ Four "Do It, Do It" (Enjoy)✦
26. Spanish Fly & the Terrible Two "Spanglish" (Enjoy)✦
27. T Ski Valley✦ "Never✦ Let Go" (Grand Groove)
28. Margo's✦ Kool Out Crew "Death Rap" (Heavenly✦ Star)
29. Troy Rainey✦ "Tricky✦ Tee Rap" (Heavenly✦ Star)
30. Doctor✦ Love & Sister✦ Love "Doctor✦ Love & Sister✦ Love Rap" (Heavenly✦ Star)
31. Land of Hits Orchestra "Gangster Rock" (Golden✦ Flamingo)
32. T.J. Swann & Company✦ "Get Fly" (Express)✦
33. Busy✦ Bee "School Days" (Master✦ Five)
34. Chapter✦ Three "Smurf Trek" (Grand Groove)
35. Sweet G "A Heartbeat✦ Rap" (West End)
36. Doctor✦ Ice "Calling Doctor✦ Ice" (Enjoy)✦
37. Sugarhill✦ Gang "Apache"✦ (Sugarhill)✦
38. Blondie "Rapture"✦ (Chrysalis)✦
39. Super✦ Jay "Super✦ Jay Love Theme" (Hitmakers of America)✦
40. Sangria✦ "To the Beat Y'all" (Reel to Reel)
1982
1. Grandmaster✦ Flash & the Furious✦ 5 "The Message"✦ (Sugarhill)✦
2. Afrika✦ Bambaataa✦ & the Soul Sonic✦ Force "Planet✦ Rock" (Tommy✦ Boy)
3. Fearless✦ Four "Rockin'✦ It" (Enjoy)✦
4. Grandmaster✦ Flash & the Furious✦ 5 "Flash to the Beat (Live)" (Bozo✦ Meko)✦
5. Cold Crush Brothers✦ "Weekend" (Elite)✦
6. Busy✦ Bee "Making✦ Cash Money"✦ (Sugarhill)✦
7. Afrika✦ Bambaataa✦ & the Soul Sonic✦ Force "Looking✦ for the Perfect Beat" (Tommy✦ Boy)
8. Fearless✦ Four "It's Magic"✦ (Enjoy)✦
9. Fab 5 Freddy✦ "Change the Beat" (Celluloid)✦
10. Malcolm✦ McLaren & the World Famous✦ Supreme✦ Team "Buffalo Gals" (Island)✦
11. Jimmy✦ Spicer✦ "The Bubble Bunch" (Mercury)✦
12. Treacherous✦ Three "Yes We Can Can" (Sugarhill)✦
13. Funky✦ 4 + 1 "Do You Want to Rock (Before✦ I Let Go)" (Sugarhill)✦
14. Masterdon✦ Committee✦ "Funk Box Party"✦ (Enjoy)✦
15. Grandmaster✦ Flash & the Furious✦ 5 "Flash to the Beat" (Sugarhill)✦
16. Super✦ 3 "When You're Standing on the Top" (Delmar✦ International)✦
17. Pieces✦ of a Dream "Mt. Airy✦ Groove (Rap Version)"✦ (Elektra)✦
18. Just Four "Jam to Remember" (Grand Groove)
19. Disco✦ Four "Country Rock & Rap" (Enjoy)✦
20. Jonzun✦ Crew "Space Cowboy"✦ (Tommy✦ Boy)
21. Grandmaster✦ Melle Mel & Duke Bootee "Message✦ II (Survival)"✦ (Sugarhill)✦
22. Nairobi featuring✦ Awesome✦ Foursome✦ "Funky✦ Soul Makossa" (Streetwise)
23. Crash Crew "Breaking Bells (Take Me to the Mardi✦ Gras)" (Sugarhill)✦
24. Grandmixer✦ D.ST & the Infinity✦ Rappers "The Grandmixer✦ Cuts It Up" (Celluloid)✦
25. Whodini✦ "Magic's✦ Wand" (Jive)
26. Grandmaster✦ Flash & the Furious✦ 5 "Scorpio"✦ (Sugarhill)✦
27. Disco✦ Four "We're at the Party"✦ (Profile)✦
28. Kurtis✦ Blow "Daydreamin'" (Mercury)✦
29. South Bronx "The Bottom✦ Line" (Rissa✦ Chrissa)
30. Kool Kyle the Starchild✦ "Getting Over"✦ (Frills)
31. Mr. Sweety✦ "G" "We Want to Get Down" (Mike & Dave)
32. Paulette✦ & Tanya✦ Winley✦ "I Believe✦ in the Wheel of Fortune" (Winley)✦
33. Star Quality✦ & Class "Betcha✦ Got a Dude on the Side" (R&R)
34. Missy✦ Dee & the Melody✦ Crew "Missy✦ Missy✦ Dee" (Universal✦ Record✦ Co.)
35. Sweet G "Boogie Feelin'✦ Rap" (Queens Constance)✦
36. Radiance✦ featuring✦ Prize "The Micstro" (Ware)
37. Count Coolout✦ "Touch the Rock (Rhythm Rap Rock Revival)"✦ (Boss)
38. Wayne & Charlie the Rappin'✦ Dummy✦ "Check It Out" (Sugarhill)✦
39. T Ski Valley✦ "Sexual✦ Rapping" (TSMP)
40. Bon Rock & Cotton✦ Candy✦ "Junior✦ Wants to Play" (Tommy✦ Boy)
1983
1. Run-D.M.C. "It's Like That"/"Sucker MC's" (Profile)✦
2. Grandmaster✦ & Melle Mel "White Lines✦ (Don't Don't Do It)"(Sugarhill)✦
3. K-Rob vs. Rammelzee✦ "Beat Bop" (Tartown)
4. Double Dee & Steinski "Play that Beat Mr. DJ (Lesson✦ 1: the Payoff Mix)"/"Lesson✦ 2: the James✦ Brown Mix"/"Lesson✦ 3: History of Hip-Hop✦ Mix" (Mastermix promo)✦
5. Jimmy✦ Spicer✦ "Money✦ (Dollar✦ Bill, Y'all)" (Spring)
6. Fantasy Three "It's Your Rock" (Specific)✦
7. The B-Boys "2, 3 Break" (Vintertainment)✦
8. Run-D.M.C. "Hard Times"/"Jam Master✦ Jay" (Profile)✦
9. Sweet G "Games✦ People Play" (Fever)✦
10. Treacherous✦ Three "Action"✦ (Sugarhill)✦
11. Grandmaster✦ Flash & the Furious✦ 5 "New York, New York"(Sugarhill)✦
12. Crash Crew "On the Radio"✦ (Sugarhill)✦
13. Art of Noise "Beat Box"/"Moments in Love" (ZTT)
14. Fresh 3 MC's "Fresh" (Profile)✦
15. Lovebug✦ Starski✦ "You Gotta✦ Believe"/✦ "Lovebug✦ Starski✦ Live at the Fever"✦ (Fever)✦
16. Dimples D "Sucker✦ DJs (I Will Survive)"✦ (Party✦ Time)
17. G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid "Play That Beat Mr. DJ" (Tommy✦ Boy)
18. Fearless✦ Four "Problems✦ of the World" (Elektra)✦
19. West Street Mob "Breakdance-Electric✦ Boogie" (Sugarhill)✦
20. Beastie Boys "Cooky✦ Puss" (Ratcage)✦
21. Whodini✦ "Haunted House of Rock" (Jive)
22. Rockmaster✦ Scott & the Dynamic✦ Three "It's Life (You Gotta✦ Think Twice)" (Reality)✦
23. Newcleus✦ "Jam on Revenge✦ (the Wikki-Wikki Song)"(Sunnyview)✦
24. Pumpkin✦ "King of the Beat" (Profile)✦
25. Afrika✦ Bambaataa✦ & the Soul Sonic✦ Force "Renegades of Funk" (Tommy✦ Boy)
26. Crash Crew "We Are Known Emcees✦ (We Turn Parties✦ Out)"(Sugarhill)✦
27. Spoonie Gee "The Big Beat" (Tuff City)✦
28. Malcolm✦ X featuring✦ Keith LeBlanc "No Sell Out" (Tommy✦ Boy)
29. The Rake "Street Justice"✦ (Profile)✦
30. DJ Divine✦ "Get into✦ the Mix" (West End)
31. The B-Boys "Rock the House"/"Cuttin'✦ Herbie" (Vintertainment)✦
32. Cold Crush Brothers✦ "Punk Rock Rap" (Tuff City)✦
33. Kevie Kev "All Night Long (Waterbed)" (Sugarhill)✦
34. South Bronx Movement✦ "You've Got the Power✦ to Get High on Yourself"✦ (Positive✦ Juice)
35. Gigolette✦ "Games✦ Females Play" (Fever)✦
36. I.R.T. (Interboro Rhythm Team) "Watch the Closing Doors" (RCA)
37. T-Ski Valley✦ "Cut It Up" (Grand Groove)
38. Rickey✦ G & the Everlasting✦ Five "To the Max" (Capo)✦
39. Captain✦ Rapp "Bad Times✦ (I Can't Stand It)" (Magic✦ Disc)
40. K-9 Corps featuring✦ Pretty✦ C "Dog Talk" (Capitol)✦
1984
1. T La Rock & Jazzy✦ Jay "It's Yours" (Partytime)✦
2. L.L. Cool J "I Need a Beat" (Def Jam)
3. Run-D.M.C. "Rock Box" (Profile)✦
4. U.T.F.O.✦ "Roxanne,✦ Roxanne"✦ (Select)✦
5. Whodini✦ "Friends"/"Five✦ Minutes✦ of Funk" (Jive)
6. Roxanne✦ Shante "Roxanne's Revenge"✦ (Pop Art)
7. Kurtis✦ Blow "8 Million✦ Stories"/"AJ Scratch" (Mercury)✦
8. Davy✦ DMX "One for the Treble (Fresh)" (Tuff City)✦
9. Cold Crush Brothers✦ "Fresh, Fly, Wild & Bold" (Tuff City)✦
10. World's Famous✦ Supreme✦ Team "Hey DJ" (Island)✦
11. Whodini✦ "Freaks Come Out at Night" (Jive)
12. Disco✦ 3 "Fat Boys"/"Human Beat Box" (Sutra)✦
13. Divine✦ Sounds "What People Do for Money"✦ (Specific)✦
14. Afrika✦ Bambaataa✦ & James✦ Brown "Unity"✦ (Tommy✦ Boy)
15. Freddy✦ B & the Mighty✦ Mic Masters✦ "The Main Event" (Tuff City)✦
16. Fat Boys "Jailhouse✦ Rap" (Sutra)✦
17. Newcleus✦ "Jam on It" (Sunnyview)✦
18. Grandmaster✦ Melle Mel "Beat Street Breakdown"✦ (Atlantic)✦
19. Furious✦ Five featuring✦ Cowboy,✦ Grandmaster✦ Melle Mel & Scorpio✦ "Step Off" (Sugarhill)✦
20. Kurtis✦ Blow "Basketball" (Mercury)✦
21. Grandmixer✦ D.ST "Megamix II (Why is It Fresh?)" (Celluloid)✦
22. Chuck Chillout✦ "Hip Hop on Wax Volume✦ 1" (Vintertainment)✦
23. Kool DJ Red Alert "Hip Hop on Wax Volume✦ 2" (Vintertainment)✦
24. Fat Boys "Can You Feel It?" (Sutra)✦
25. Donald D "Don's Groove" (Elektra)✦
26. Pumpkin✦ & the Profile✦ All-Stars "Here Comes✦ That Beat!" (Profile)✦
27. Doug E. Fresh featuring✦ DJs Chill Will & Barry✦ Bee "Just Having✦ Fun" (Enjoy)✦
28. Doug E. Fresh "Original✦ Human✦ Beat Box" (Vintertainment)✦
29. Treacherous✦ Three "Turning You On" (Sugarhill)✦
30. Master✦ O.C. & Krazy✦ Eddie featuring✦ Peso✦ & Tito✦ of the Fearless✦ Four & Main Attraction✦ "Masters✦ of the Scratch" (Next Plateau)✦
31. Dr. Jeckyll✦ & Mr. Hyde "Fast Life"/"A.M./P.M." (Profile)✦
32. Cut Master✦ D.C. "That's Life" (Airport)
33. Captain✦ Rock "Cosmic✦ Blast" (Nia)
34. DJ Hollywood✦ "Hollywood's✦ Message"✦ (H.I.K.I.M.-Ali)
35. Lovebug✦ Starski✦ "Starski✦ Live at the Fever✦ Pt. II" (Fever)✦
36. Ultimate✦ 3 MCs "What Are We Gonna✦ Do?" (Partytime)✦
37. Awesome✦ Foursome✦ "Funky✦ Breakdown"✦ (Partytime)✦
38. Just Four "Games✦ of Life" (Express)✦
39. Frederick "MC Count" Linton✦ "I'm Somebody Else's✦ Guy" (Vinyl✦ Dreams)
40. Masterdon✦ Committee✦ "Paid the Cost to Be the Boss" (Enjoy)✦
1985
1. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew "The Show"/"La✦ Di Da Di" (Reality)✦
2. Schoolly✦ D "P.S.K."/ "Gucci✦ Time" (Schoolly✦ D)
3. L.L. Cool J "Rock the Bells" (Def Jam)
4. Run-D.M.C. "King of Rock" (Profile)✦
5. Marley✦ Marl featuring✦ MC Shan "Marley✦ Marl Scratch" (Nia)
6. L.L. Cool J "I Can't Live Without✦ My Radio"✦ (Def Jam)
7. Mantronix✦ featuring✦ MC Tee "Fresh is the Word" (Sleeping✦ Bag)
8. Whistle "(Nothing✦ Serious)✦ Just Buggin'"✦ (Select)✦
9. Cutmaster✦ D.C. "Brooklyn's in the House" (Zakia)✦
10. Stetsasonic✦ "Just Say Stet" (Tommy✦ Boy)
11. Roxanne✦ Shante "Bite This" (Pop Art)
12. Grandmaster✦ Flash "Larry's✦ Dance Theme" (Elektra)✦
13. The B-Boys "Girls" (Vintertainment)✦
14. The B-Boys "Girls Part 2" (Vintertainment)✦
15. Roxanne✦ Shante "Queen of Rox" (Pop Art)
16. Word of Mouth featuring✦ DJ Cheese "King Kut" (Beauty✦ & the Beat)
17. Boogie Boys "A Fly Girl" (Capitol)✦
18. Toddy✦ Tee "Batterram" (Evejim)✦
19. Too $hort "Girl" (75 Girls)
20. Kurtis✦ Blow "If I Ruled✦ the World" (Mercury)✦
21. Run-D.M.C. "Together Forever (Krush Groove 4)" (Profile)✦
22. Bad Boys featuring✦ K Love "Bad Boys" (Starlite)✦
23. Hollis✦ Crew "It's the Beat" (Def Jam)
24. Beastie Boys "Rock Hard" (Def Jam)
25. Bad Boys featuring✦ K Love "Veronica"✦ (Starlite)✦
26. Rockmaster✦ Scott & the Dynamic✦ Three "The Roof is on Fire"/"Request Line" (Reality)✦
27. DJ Hollywood✦ "Hollywood's✦ World" (Abdull-Akbar)
28. Jazzy✦ Jay "Def Jam"/"Cold Chillin'✦ in the Spot" (Def Jam)
29. Super✦ Nature✦ "The Show Stoppa✦ (is Stupid✦ Fresh)" (Pop Art) [a.k.a.✦ Salt-n-Pepa]✦
30. Sparky✦ D "Sparky's Turn (Roxanne✦ You're Through)" (Nia)
31. Super✦ Kids "The Tragedy✦ (Don't Do It)" (Nia)
32. Steady✦ B featuring✦ Roxanne✦ Shante "Just Call Us Def"/"Fly✦ Shante" (Pop Art)
33. L.L. Cool J "I Want You"/"Dangerous"✦ (Def Jam)
34. Mantronix✦ "Needle to the Groove" (Sleeping✦ Bag)
35. Craig G "Shout (Rap Version)"✦ (Pop Art)
36. Force MD's "Itchin'✦ for a Scratch" (Atlantic)✦
37. Beastie Boys "She's on It" (Def Jam)
38. Tricky✦ Tee "Johnny✦ the Fox" (Sleeping✦ Bag)
39. DJ Born Supreme✦ Allah✦ "2, 3 Break (Part II-the Sequel)"✦ (Vintertainment)✦
40. Masterdon✦ Committee✦ "Funkbox 2" (Profile)✦
1986
1. Eric✦ B. & Rakim:✦ "Eric✦ B. is President"/ "My Melody"✦ (Zakia)✦
2. Run-D.M.C. "My Adidas"/"Peter Piper"✦ (Profile)✦
3. MC Shan "The Bridge" (Bridge)
4. Boogie Down Productions✦ "South Bronx" (B-Boy)
5. Ultramagnetic✦ MCs "Ego✦ Trippin'"✦ (Next Plateau)✦
6. Beastie Boys "Hold It, Now Hit It" (Def Jam)
7. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo✦ "It's a Demo"/"I'm✦ Fly" (Cold Chillin')✦
8. Biz Markie "Make the Music✦ with Your Mouth Biz" (Prism)
9. Stetsasonic✦ "Go Stetsa✦ I" (Tommy✦ Boy)
10. Just-Ice✦ "Latoya"✦ (Fresh)
11. Just-Ice✦ "Cold Gettin'✦ Dumb" (Fresh)
12. Roxanne✦ Shante featuring✦ Biz Markie "Def Fresh Crew" (Pop Art)
13. Beastie Boys "The New Style"/"Paul Revere"✦ (Def Jam)
14. Ice-T✦ "6 'n the Mornin'"✦ (Techno-Hop)✦
15. Salt-n-Pepa✦ "My Mic Sounds Nice" (Next Plateau)✦
16. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew "Play This Only✦ at Night" (Reality)✦
17. Too $hort "Freaky✦ Tales"✦ (Jive)
18. DJ Jazzy✦ Jeff & the Fresh Prince "Girls Ain't Nothing✦ But Trouble" (Word Up)
19. Joeski✦ Love "Pee-Wee's✦ Dance" (Vintertainment)✦
20. Sweet Tee & DJ Jazzy✦ Joyce "It's My Beat" (Profile)✦
21. Cutmaster✦ D.C. "Brooklyn✦ Rocks the Best" (Zakia)✦
22. Dana✦ Dane "Nightmares" (Profile)✦
23. Word of Mouth featuring✦ DJ Cheese "Coast to Coast" (Profile)✦
24. Whodini✦ "One Love" (Jive)
25. Original✦ Concept "Knowledge Me"/"Can✦ U Feel It" (Def Jam)
26. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew "All the Way to Heaven"/"Nuthin'" (Reality)✦
27. Divine✦ Sounds "Do or Die Bed Stuy"
(Reality)✦
28. Rodney✦ O & Joe Cooley✦ "Everlasting✦ Bass" (Egyptian Empire)✦
29. Whodini✦ "Funky✦ Beat" (Jive)
30. Sweet Tee & DJ Jazzy✦ Joyce "It's Like That, Y'all" (Profile)✦
31. King Tee "Payback's a Mutha"✦ (Techno-Hop)✦
32. DBL Crew "Bust It" (Urban✦ Rock)
33. Stetsasonic✦ "Faye"/"4 Ever✦ My Beat" (Tommy✦ Boy)
34. MC Shan "Jane, Stop This Crazy✦ Thing"/"Cocaine"✦ (Cold Chillin')✦
35. Kool Moe Dee "Go See the Doctor"✦ (Rooftop)✦
36. Grandmaster✦ Flash "Style (Peter✦ Gunn Theme)" (Elektra)✦
37. Heavy✦ D & the Boyz "Mr. Big Stuff" (Uptown)✦
38. The Real Roxanne✦ featuring✦ Hitman✦ Howie Tee "Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go)"✦ (Select)✦
39. Steady✦ B "Bring the Beat Back" (Pop Art)
40. B. Fats "Woppit"✦ (Posse)
1987
1. Audio✦ Two "Top Billin'"✦ (First Priority)✦
2. Public✦ Enemy✦ "Rebel✦ without✦ a Pause" (Def Jam)
3. Boogie Down Productions✦ "The Bridge is Over"✦ (B-Boy)
4. EPMD "It's My Thing"/"You're✦ a Customer" (Fresh)
5. Big Daddy✦ Kane "Raw" (Prism)
6. Public✦ Enemy✦ "Bring the Noise" (Def Jam)
7. Biz Markie "Nobody✦ Beats the Biz" (Prism)
8. Eric✦ B. & Rakim✦ "I Know You Got Soul" (Zakia)✦
9. Public✦ Enemy✦ "Public✦ Enemy✦ No. 1"/"Timebomb" (Def Jam)
10. Big Daddy✦ Kane featuring✦ Biz Markie "Just Rhymin'✦ with Biz" (Prism)
11. Super✦ Lover✦ Cee & Casanova✦ Rud "Do the James"✦ (Citi-Beat)✦
12. L.L. Cool J "I'm Bad" (Def Jam)
13. Ultramagnetic✦ MCs "Funky"✦ (Next Plateau)✦
14. Eazy-E "Boyz-n-the Hood" (Ruthless)✦
15. Divine✦ Force "Holy✦ War (Live)" (Yamak-ka)
16. Schoolly✦ D "Saturday✦ Night" (Schoolly✦ D)
17. Eric✦ B. & Rakim✦ "I Ain't No Joke" (Zakia)✦
18. MC Lyte "I Cram to Understand U (Sam)" (First Priority)✦
19. N.W.A "Dope Man" (Ruthless)✦
20. Just-Ice✦ "Going Way Back" (Fresh)
21. Roxanne✦ Shante "Have a Nice Day" (Cold Chillin')✦
22. Biz Markie "Pickin'✦ Boogers" (Prism)
23. Salt-n-Pepa✦ "Tramp"/"Push It" (Prism)
24. Boogie Down Productions✦ "Poetry"✦ (B-Boy)
25. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo✦ "Rikers✦ Island"/"Rhyme Time" (Cold Chillin')✦
26. Jungle Brothers✦ "Jimbrowski" (Idlers)✦
27. Dismasters✦ "Small Time Hustler"✦ (Urban✦ Rock)
28. Heavy✦ D & the Boyz "The Overweight Lover's✦ in the House" (Uptown)✦
29. Spoonie Gee "The Godfather" (Tuff City)✦
30. The Alliance✦ "Do It! Do It!/"Bustin' Loose"/"Oreo Cookie" (First Priority)✦
31. Antoinette✦ "I Got an Attitude" (Next Plateau)✦
32. Spoonie Gee "Take It Off" (Tuff City)✦
33. Kid 'n Play "Last Night" (Select)✦
34. Latee "This Cut's Got Flavor"/"Puttin✦ on the Hits" (Wild Pitch)
35. Steady✦ B "Use Me (Before✦ I Let Go)" (Jive)
36. Masters✦ of Ceremony✦ "Sexy"✦ (Strong City)✦
37. Busy✦ Bee "Suicide"✦ (Strong City)✦
38. Lord Shafiyq "My Mic is on Fire" (NUWR)
39. The Classical✦ Two "New Generation"✦ (Rooftop)✦
40. 2 Live Crew "We Want Some Pussy!!"✦ (Luke Skyywalker)
1988
1. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock "It Takes✦ Two" (Profile)✦
2. Eric✦ B & Rakim✦ "Paid in Full (Seven✦ Minutes✦ of Madness Remix)"(4th & B'way)
3. Big Daddy✦ Kane "Ain't No Half Steppin'"✦ (Cold Chillin')✦
4. Boogie Down Productions✦ "My Philosophy" (Jive)
5. Run-D.M.C. "Run's House"/"Beats to the Rhyme" (Profile)✦
6. Public✦ Enemy✦ "Don't Believe✦ the Hype" (Def Jam)
7. Marley✦ Marl featuring✦ Masta✦ Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap & Big Daddy✦ Kane "The Symphony"✦ (Cold Chillin')✦
8. De La Soul "Plug Tunin'"✦ (Tommy✦ Boy)
9. EPMD "You Gots to Chill" (Fresh)
10. Biz Markie "Vapors"✦ (Cold Chillin')✦
11. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew "Keep Risin'✦ to the Top"(Reality)✦
12. J.V.C Force "Strong Island"✦ (B-Boy)
13. Biz Markie "The Biz is Goin' Off" (Prism)
14. Mark 45 King "The 900 Number"✦ (Tuff City)✦
15. Boogie Down Productions✦ "Jack of Spades"/"I'm Still #1 (Numero✦ Uno)"✦ (Jive)
16. Eric✦ B. & Rakim✦ "Microphone✦ Fiend" (Uni)✦
17. MC Lyte "10% Dis" (First Priority)✦
18. Stetsasonic✦ "Sally"/"DBC Let the Music✦ Play" (Tommy✦ Boy)
19. Jungle Brothers✦ "Because✦ I Got It Like That" (Idlers)✦
20. De La Soul "Jenifa✦ (Taught Me)"/"Potholes in My Lawn" (Tommy✦ Boy)
21. Chubb Rock featuring✦ Hitman✦ Howie Tee "Caught Up (Remix)"✦ (Select)✦
22. 2 Much "Wild Thing" (Warlock)
23. Marley✦ Marl featuring✦ Craig G "Droppin'✦ Science" (Cold Chillin')✦
24. L.L. Cool J "Goin' Back to Cali"/"Jack the Ripper"✦ (Def Jam)
25. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo✦ "Road to the Riches"✦ (Cold Chillin')✦
26. MC EZ & Troup "Get Retarded" (Fresh)
27. Stetsasonic✦ "Talkin'✦ All That Jazz" (Tommy✦ Boy)
28. Queen Latifah✦ "Wrath of My Madness"/"Princess of the Posse" (Tommy✦ Boy)
29. MC Lyte "Paper✦ Thin" (Priority)✦
30. Positive✦ K "Step Up Front" (First Priority)✦
31. MC Shan "I Pioneered This" (Cold Chillin')✦
32. Chill Rob G "Dope Rhymes"/"Chillin'"/"Wild Pitch" (Wild Pitch)
33. Kid 'n Play "Do This My Way" (Select)✦
34. Super✦ Lover✦ Cee & Casanova✦ Rud "Super-✦ Casanova"✦ (DNA International)✦
35. Antoinette✦ "Hit 'em with This"/ "Unfinished Business"✦ (Next Plateau)✦
36. King Tee "Bass" (Capitol)✦
37. J.J. Fad "Supersonic"✦ (Dream Team)
38. Sir Mix-a-Lot✦ "Posse on Broadway"✦ (Def American)✦
39. Supreme✦ Nyborn✦ "Versatility"✦ (Payroll)✦
40. Kid 'n Play "Gittin'✦ Funky"✦ (Select)✦
1989
1. Public✦ Enemy✦ "Fight the Power"✦ (Motown)✦
2. EPMD "So Wat Cha Sayin'" (Fresh)
3. Slick Rick "Children's Story"✦ (Def Jam)
4. Special✦ Ed "I Got It Made" (Profile)✦
5. Slick Rick "Hey Young World"/"Mona✦ Lisa"✦ (Def Jam)
6. Biz Markie "Just a Friend" (Cold Chillin')✦
7. Big Daddy✦ Kane "Smooth Operator"/"Warm It Up, Kane" (Cold Chillin')✦
8. De La Soul featuring✦ Jungle Brothers,✦ A Tribe Called✦ Quest & Monie Love "Buddy✦ (Native✦ Tongues Decision)"✦ (Tommy✦ Boy)
9. N.W.A "Straight Outta✦ Compton"✦ (Ruthless)✦
10. Three Times✦ Dope "Funky✦ Dividends" (Arista)✦
11. The D.O.C. "It's Funky✦ Enough" (Ruthless)✦
12. N.W.A "Express✦ Yourself"/"A Bitch iz a Bitch" (Ruthless)✦
13. Eazy-E "Eazy-er✦ Said Than Dunn" (Ruthless)✦
14. 2 Live Crew "Me So Horny"✦ (Luke)
15. 3rd Bass featuring✦ Zev Love X "The Gas Face" (Def Jam)
16. Stezo✦ "It's My Turn"/"To✦ the Max" (Fresh)
17. L.L. Cool J "Big Ole Butt" (Def Jam)
18. Gang Starr "Words I Manifest (Remix)"✦ (Wild Pitch)
19. Digital✦ Underground✦ "Doowutchyalike" (Tommy✦ Boy)
20. Chubb Rock featuring✦ Hitman✦ Howie Tee:"Ya Bad Chubbs" (Select)✦
21. Positive✦ K "A Good Combination"✦ (First Priority)✦
22. YZ & G Rock "In Control of Things"/"Thinking of a Master✦ Plan" (Diversity)✦
23. 3rd Bass "Steppin'✦ to the A.M." (Def Jam)
24. Main Source "Think"/"Atom" (Actual)✦
25. Beastie Boys "Hey Ladies"/"Shake Your Rump" (Capitol)✦
26. Nice & Smooth "Early✦ to Rise"/"More✦ & More Hits" (Fresh)
27. MC Lyte "Cha Cha Cha" (First Priority)✦
28. Chill Rob G "Court is Now in Session"✦ (Wild Pitch)
29. MC Sugar✦ Ray & Stranger D "Knock 'em Out, Sugar✦ Ray" (Def City)[a.k.a. Double XX Posse]
30. Ice-T✦ "You Played Yourself"✦ (Sire)
31. Stop the Violence✦ Movement✦ "Self-Destruction"✦ (Jive)
32. Boogie Down Productions✦ "Why is That?" (Jive)
33. Queen Latifah✦ "Dance for Me"/ "Inside✦ Out" (Tommy✦ Boy)
34. Low Profile✦ "Pay Ya Dues" (Priority)✦
35. The Bizzie Boyz "Droppin'✦ It" (Payroll)✦
36. Young MC "Bust a Move" (Delicious✦ Vinyl)✦
37. Divine✦ Styler✦ featuring✦ the Scheme Team "Ain't Sayin Nothin"✦
38. Kwame the Boy Genius✦ featuring✦ a New Beginning "The Rhythm"(Atlantic)✦
39. Cool C "The Glamorous✦ Life" (Atlantic)✦
40. Tone-Loc "Wild Thing" (Delicious✦ Vinyl)✦
1990
1. Public✦ Enemy✦ "Welcome✦ to the Terrordome"✦ (Def Jam)
2. A Tribe Called✦ Quest "Bonita✦ Applebum" (Jive)
3. Digital✦ Underground✦ "The Humpty✦ Dance" (Tommy✦ Boy)
4. L.L. Cool J "Jingling✦ Baby✦ (Remixed but Still Jingling)"✦ (Def Jam)
5. Nice & Smooth "Funky✦ for You"/"No✦ Bones✦ in Ice Cream" (Fresh)
6. EPMD "Gold Digger"✦ (Def Jam)
7. Gang Starr "Just to Get a Rep"/"Who's Gonna✦ Take the Weight?"(Chrysalis)✦
8. A Tribe Called✦ Quest "Can I Kick It?"/"If the Papes✦ Come" (Jive)
9. Main Source "Looking✦ at the Front Door" (Wild Pitch)
10. Boogie Down Productions✦ "Love's✦ Gonna✦ Get'cha✦ (Material✦ Love)" (Jive)
11. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo✦ "Streets of New York" (Cold Chillin')✦
12. Eric✦ B. & Rakim✦ "In the Ghetto"✦ (MCA)
13. Public✦ Enemy✦ "Brothers✦ Gonna✦ Work It Out" (Def Jam)
14. L.L. Cool J "Around✦ the Way Girl" (Def Jam)
15. Jungle Brothers✦ "J. Beez Comin'✦ Through" (Warner✦ Bros)
16. Ice Cube "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted"/"Once Upon✦ a Time in the Projects" (Priority)✦
17. Terminator X featuring✦ Chuck D & Sister✦ Souljah: "Buck Whylin'"✦ (Def Jam)
18. Digital✦ Underground✦ "Freaks of the Industry" (Tommy✦ Boy)
19. D-Nice "Call Me D-Nice" (Jive)
20. Chubb Rock "Treat 'em Right" (Select)✦
21. 3rd Bass "Product of the Environment (Remix)"/"3✦ Strikes 5000" (Def Jam)
22. K-Solo✦ "Your Mom's in My Business"✦ (Atlantic)✦
23. L.L. Cool J "To da Break of Dawn" (Motown)✦
24. Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth "Strictly for the Ladies"✦ (Wild Pitch)
25. Poor Righteous✦ Teachers✦ "Rock Dis Funky✦ Joint" (Profile)✦
26. Above✦ the Law "Murder✦ Rap" (Ruthless)✦
27. Special✦ Ed "I'm the Magnificent✦ (the Magnificent✦ Remix)"/✦ "Ready✦ 2 Attack"✦ (Profile)✦
28. K.M.D. "Peachfuzz" (Elektra)✦
29. Ice Cube "Who's the Mack?" (Priority)✦
30. K-Solo✦ "Spellbound"✦ (Atlantic)✦
31. King Tee "Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)"/"Played Like a Piano"✦ (Capitol)✦
32. X Clan "Funkin'✦ Lesson"✦ (Island)✦
33. Kid Frost "La Raza"✦ (Virgin)✦
34. Kings of Swing "Nod Your Head to This" (Virgin)✦
35. Masta✦ Ace "Me and the Biz" (Cold Chillin')✦
36. Double XX Posse "Executive✦ Class" (Mel-O)✦
37. Special✦ Ed "The Mission"✦ (Profile)✦
38. L.L. Cool J "The Boomin'✦ System"✦ (Motown)✦
39. Above✦ the Law "Untouchable"✦ (Ruthless)✦
40. The Jaz featuring✦ Jay-Z "The Originators"✦ (EMI)✦
1991
1. Geto✦ Boys "Mind Playing Tricks on Me" (Rap-a-Lot)✦
2. A Tribe Called✦ Quest "Check the Rhime" (Jive)
3. Naughty✦ by Nature✦ "O.P.P." (Tommy✦ Boy)
4. Public✦ Enemy✦ "Shut 'em Down (Pete Rock Remix)"✦ (Def Jam)
5. Cypress✦ Hill "How I Could Just Kill a Man" (Ruffhouse)✦
6. Brand Nubian✦ "Slow Down" (Elektra)✦
7. Main Source "Just Hangin'✦ Out"/"Live✦ at the Barbeque"✦ (Wild Pitch)
8. DJ Jazzy✦ Jeff & the Fresh Prince "Summertime"✦ (Jive)
9. Brand Nubian✦ "All for One" (Elektra)✦
10. Ed O.G. & da Bulldogs✦ "I Got to Have It" (PWL)
11. MC Breed "Ain't No Future✦ in Yo' Frontin'" (Ichiban)✦
12. EPMD featuring✦ L.L. Cool J "Rampage"✦ (Def Jam)
13. Nice & Smooth "Hip Hop Junkies"✦ (Fresh)
14. Black Sheep "Flavor✦ of the Month" (Mercury)✦
15. De La Soul "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" (Tommy✦ Boy)
16. Ice Cube "Steady✦ Mobbin'"/"No Vaseline"✦ (Priority)✦
17. Leaders✦ of the New School "Sobb Story"✦ (Elektra)✦
18. Compton's Most Wanted✦ "Growin'✦ Up in the Hood" (Orpheus)✦
19. Tim Dog "Fuck Compton"✦ (Ruffhouse)✦
20. Digital✦ Underground✦ featuring✦ 2Pac "Same Song" (Tommy✦ Boy)
21. AMG "Jiggable✦ Pie" (Select)✦
22. MC Lyte "Poor Georige" (First Priority)✦
23. Ed O.G. & da Bulldogs✦ "Be a Father✦ to Your Child" (PWL)
24. WC & the MAAD Circle "Dress Code" (Priority)✦
25. Gang Star "Step in the Arena"/"Check the Technique"✦ (Chrysalis)✦
26. Poor Righteous✦ Teachers✦ "Shakiyla" (Profile)✦
27. De La Soul featuring✦ Q-Tip "A Rollerskating Jam Named✦ 'Saturdays'" (Tommy✦ Boy)
28. Leaders✦ of the New School "Case of the P.T.A." (Elektra)✦
29. K.M.D. "Nitty✦ Gritty✦ (Remix)"/"Plumskinzz" (Elektra)✦
30. Del tha Funkee Homosapien✦ "Sleepin' on My Couch" (Elektra)✦
31. K-Solo✦ "Fugitive"✦ (Atlantic)✦
32. Eric✦ B. & Rakim✦ "Mahogany"✦ (MCA)
33. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo✦ "Bad to the Bone" (Cold Chillin')✦
34. AMG "Bitch Betta✦ Have My Money"✦ (Select)✦
35. D-Nice "25 ta Life" (Jive)
36. DJ Quik "Tonight" (Profile)✦
37. Special✦ Ed "Come on, Let's Move It" (Profile)✦
38. Ice-T✦ "O.G. Original✦ Gangster"/"Bitches 2" (Sire)
39. K.M.D. "Who Me?" (Elektra)✦
40. Raw Fusion✦ "Throw Your Hands in the Air"/"Do✦ My Thang" (Hollywood✦ BASIC)✦
1992
1. Black Sheep "The Choice is Yours (Revisited)" (Mercury)✦
2. Gang Starr featuring✦ Nice & Smooth "DWYCK" (Chrysalis)✦
3. Das EFX "They Want EFX" (Eastwest)✦
4. Dr. Dre featuring✦ Snoop Doggy✦ Dogg "Deep Cover"✦ (Epic)✦
5. Pete Rock & CL Smooth "T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over✦ You)"(Elektra)✦
6. A Tribe Called✦ Quest featuring✦ Leaders✦ of the New School "Scenario"✦ (Jive)
7. Main Source featuring✦ Neek the Exotic✦ "Fakin'✦ the Funk (Remix)"✦ (Wild Pitch)
8. Brand Nubian✦ "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down" (Elektra)✦
9. Nas "Half Time" (Columbia)✦
10. EPMD "Crossover"/"Brothers✦ from Brentwood✦ L.I." (Def Jam)
11. House of Pain "Jump Around"✦ (Tommy✦ Boy)
12. Ultramagnetic✦ MCs "Poppa✦ Large (East Coast Remix)"✦ (Mercury)✦
13. Das EFX "Mic Checka✦ (Remix)"/"Jussumen (Remix)"✦ (Eastwest)✦
14. Redman✦ "Blow Your Mind"/"How to Roll a Blunt" (Def Jam)
15. Naughty✦ by Nature✦ "Uptown✦ Anthem"✦ (MCA)
16. Eric✦ B. & Rakim✦ "Juice (Know the Ledge)" (MCA)
17. EPMD featuring✦ K-Solo✦ & Redman✦ "Head Banger"✦ (Def Jam)
18. A Tribe Called✦ Quest "Jazz (We've Got)" (Jive)
19. Naughty✦ by Nature✦ "Everything's Gonna✦ Be Alright (Ghetto✦ Bastard)"(Tommy Boy)
20. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo✦ "Ill Street Blues" (Cold Chillin')✦
21. Black Moon "Who Got da Props?" (Nervous)✦
22. Apache✦ "Gangsta✦ Bitch" (Tommy✦ Boy)
23. Cypress✦ Hill "Hand on the Pump" (Ruffhouse)✦
24. Afrika✦ Bambaataa✦ Presents Time Zone "Zulu✦ War Chant" (Planet✦ Rock)
25. Grand Puba✦ "360 Degrees✦ (What Goes Around)"✦ (Elektra)✦
26. Diamond✦ D "Best Kept Secret"/"Freestyle (Yo, That's That Shit)" (Chemistry)✦
27. DJ Quik "Just Like Compton"✦ (Profile)✦
28. Double XX Posse "Not Gonna✦ Be Able to Do It" (Big Beat)
29. Pete Rock & CL Smooth "Straighten It Out" (Elektra)✦
30. UMC's "One to Grow On" (Wild Pitch)
31. Beastie Boys "So What'cha✦ Want" (Grand Royal)
32. Fu-Schnickens featuring✦ Phife Dawg "La Schmoove" (Jive)
33. Show & AG: "Fat Pockets (Remix)"✦ (Payday)✦
34. Organized Konfusion✦ featuring✦ O.C. "Fudge Pudge" (Hollywood✦ BASIC)✦
35. Chi Ali✦ "Age Ain't Nothin'✦ But a #" (Relativity)✦
36. Del tha Funkee Homosapien✦ "Mistadobalina" (Elektra)✦
37. Eric✦ B. & Rakim✦ "Don't Sweat the Technique"✦ (MCA)
38. MC Ren "Final✦ Frontier" (Ruthless)✦
39. Sir Mix-a-Lot✦ "Baby✦ Got Back" (Def American)✦
40. N2Deep "Back to the Hotel"✦ (Profile)✦
1993
1. Dr. Dre featuring✦ Snoop Doggy✦ Dogg "Nuthin'✦ But a 'G' Thang" (Death Row)
2. Wu-Tang✦ Clan "Protect Ya Neck" (Wu-Tang)✦
3. Jeru✦ the Damaja✦ "Come Clean" (Payday)✦
4. The Pharcyde✦ "Passin'✦ Me By" (Delicious✦ Vinyl)✦
5. Redman✦ "Tonight's da Night" (Def Jam)
6. 2Pac featuring✦ Shock G & Money✦ B "I Get Around"✦ (Interscope)✦
7. A Tribe Called✦ Quest featuring✦ Trugoy✦ "Award✦ Tour" (Jive)
8. Onyx✦ "Throw Ya Gunz" (Def Jam)
9. Dr. Dre featuring✦ Snoop Doggy✦ Dogg "Fuck wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')" (Death Row)
10. Redman✦ "Time 4 Sum Aksion"✦ (Def Jam)
11. Wu-Tang✦ Clan "Method✦ Man" (Loud)
12. KRS-One "Outta✦ Here" (Jive)
13. A Tribe Called✦ Quest "Electric✦ Relaxation"✦ (Jive)
14. Souls of Mischief "93 'til Infinity"✦ (Jive)
15. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo:✦ "On the Run (Dirty✦ Untouchable✦ Remix)"✦ (Cold Chillin')✦
16. Onyx✦ "Slam" (Def Jam)
17. MC Eiht "Streiht Up Menace"✦ (Jive)
18. M.O.P. "How About✦ Some Hardcore"✦ (Select)✦
19. The Pharcyde✦ "Otha✦ Fish" (Delicious✦ Vinyl)✦
20. Notorious✦ B.I.G. "Party✦ and Bullshit" (Uptown)✦
21. Alkaholiks✦ "Make Room" (Loud)
22. MC Breed featuring✦ 2Pac "Gotta✦ Get Mine" (Ichiban)✦
23. Beatnuts✦ "Reign of the Tec" (Relativity)✦
24. Casual✦ "That's How It Is (Remix)"✦ (Jive)
25. Fat Joe "Flow Joe" (Relativity)✦
26. KRS-One "Sound of da Police"/"Hip Hop vs. Rap" (Jive)
27. De La Soul "Breakadawn" (Tommy✦ Boy)
28. Ultramagnetic✦ MCs "Two Brothers✦ with Checks (San Francisco, Harvey)"/"One,✦ Two, One, Two" (Wild Pitch)
29. Diamond✦ D "I'm Outta✦ Here"/"You Can't Front (the Shit is Real)" (Chemistry)✦
30. Casual✦ "I Didn't Mean To" (Jive)
31. Lords of the Underground✦ "Chief Rocka"✦ (Elektra)✦
32. Kurious✦ "Walk Like a Duck" (Columbia)✦
33. Geto✦ Boys "Crooked Officer" (Rap-a-Lot)✦
34. Leaders✦ of the New School "What's Next?" (Elektra)✦
35. Domino✦ "Getto✦ Jam" (Outburst)
36. Intelligent Hoodlum✦ "Grand Groove (Remix)"✦ (A&M)
37. 2Pac "Keep Ya Head Up" (Interscope)✦
38. Trends of Culture✦ "Off & On (Remix)"✦ (Mad Sounds)
39. Cypress✦ Hill "Insane✦ in the Brain"/ "When the Shit Goes Down" (Ruffhouse)✦
40. Mobb Deep:"Hit It From the Back" (4th & B'way)
1994
1. Craig Mack "Flava✦ in Your Ear" (Bad Boy)
2. Snoop Doggy✦ Dogg "Gin & Juice" (Death Row)
3. Wu-Tang✦ Clan "C.R.E.A.M." (Loud)
4. The Notorious✦ B.I.G. "Juicy"/✦ "Unbelievable"✦ (Bad Boy)
5. Method✦ Man "Bring the Pain" (Def Jam)
6. O.C. "Time's✦ Up" (Wild Pitch)
7. Common✦ "i used✦ to love h.e.r." (Relativity)✦
8. Black Moon "I Got Cha Opin✦ (Remix)"/"Reality✦ (Killin'✦ Every✦ Nigga✦ in Sight)" (Nervous)✦
9. Keith Murray✦ "The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World" (Jive)
10. Above✦ the Law "Black Superman" (Ruthless)✦
11. Nas "It Ain't Hard to Tell" (Columbia)✦
12. Smif-n-Wessun✦ "Bucktown"/"Let's Git It On" (Nervous)✦
13. Fugees✦ "Nappy✦ Heads (Remix)"✦ (Ruffhouse)✦
14. Jeru✦ the Damaja✦ "D. Original"✦ (Payday)✦
15. Gang Starr "Mass Appeal"✦ (Chrysalis)✦
16. Nas "The World is Yours" (Columbia)✦
17. Outkast✦ "Player's Ball" (LaFace)✦
18. Scarface✦ "I Seen a Man Die" (Rap-a-Lot)✦
19. Group Home "Supa✦ Star" (Payday)✦
20. Snoop Doggy✦ Dogg "Murder✦ Was the Case" (Death Row)
21. Too $hort "Money✦ in the Ghetto"✦ (Jive)
22. The Lady✦ of Rage featuring✦ Snoop Doggy✦ Dogg "Afro✦ Puffs" (Death Row)
23. Wu-Tang✦ Clan "Can It Be All So Simple" (Loud)
24. Channel Live featuring✦ KRS-One "Mad Izm" (Capitol)✦
25. Black Moon "How Many✦ MCs" (Nervous)✦
26. Redman✦ "Rockafella✦ (Remix)"✦ (Def Jam)
27. Redman✦ "Can't Wait" (Def Jam)
28. Black Moon "Buck 'em Down (remix)"/"Murder MCs" (Nervous)✦
29. De La Soul "Ego✦ Trippin'✦ Part Two" (Tommy✦ Boy)
30. Gravediggaz feat. Shabazz the Disciple✦ & Killah✦ Priest "Diary✦ of a Madman"✦ (Gee Street)
31. Crooklyn✦ Dodgers✦ "Crooklyn"✦ (MCA)
32. Outkast✦ "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" (LaFace)✦
33. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony✦ "Thuggish✦ Ruggish✦ Bone" (Relativity)✦
34. Dru Down featuring✦ Luniz✦ "Ice Cream Man" (Relativity)✦
35. Craig Mack featuring✦ Q-Tip "Get Down (Remix)"✦ (Bad Boy)
36. Shyheim "On and On" (Virgin)✦
37. JT the Bigga✦ Figga✦ featuring✦ Mac Mall "Game Recognize✦ Game" (Get Low)
38. E-40 featuring✦ the Click "Captain✦ Save a Hoe" (Sick wid It)
39. Ill Al Skratch "Where My Homiez"✦ (Mercury)✦
40. Nate Dogg & Warren✦ G "Regulate"✦ (Death Row)
1995
1. Mobb Deep "Shook Ones✦ Pt. II" (Loud)
2. The Notorious✦ B.I.G. "One More Chance (Stay with Me Remix)"✦ (Bad Boy)
3. Luniz✦ "I Got 5 on It" (Noo Trybe)
4. Ol' Dirty✦ Bastard✦ "Brooklyn✦ Zoo" (Elektra)✦
5. The Notorious✦ B.I.G. "Big Poppa"/"Who Shot Ya" (Bad Boy)
6. Method✦ Man featuring✦ Mary✦ J. Blige "You're All I Need to Get By" (Def Jam)
7. Junior✦ M.A.F.I.A.✦ featuring✦ the Notorious✦ B.I.G. "Get Money"✦ (Big Beat)
8. TRU featuring✦ Mia X "I'm Bout It, Bout It" (No Limit)✦
9. Smoothe da Hustler✦ featuring✦ Trigger tha Gambler "Broken✦ Language"✦ (Profile)✦
10. Raekwon✦ "Incarcerated✦ Scarfaces"/"Ice✦ Cream" (Loud)
11. KRS-One "MCs Act Like They Don't Know" (Jive)
12. E-40 featuring✦ Suga✦ T "Sprinkle Me" (Jive)
13. Blahzay✦ Blahzay✦ "Danger"✦ (Mercury)✦
14. WC and the MAAD Circle featuring✦ Mack 10 & Ice Cube "West Up!"(Payday)✦
15. Onyx✦ "Last Dayz" (Def Jam)
16. Tha Dogg Pound featuring✦ Snoop Doggy✦ Dogg "New York, New York" (Death Row)
17. Junior✦ M.A.F.I.A.✦ featuring✦ the Notorious✦ B.I.G. "Player's Anthem"✦ (Big Beat)
18. Big Mike "Playa Playa" (Rap-a-Lot)✦
19. Mack 10 "Foe Life" (Priority)✦
20. Redman✦ & Method✦ Man "How High" (Def Jam)
21. Raekwon✦ "Criminology"/"Glaciers of Ice" (Loud)
22. Smif-n-Wessun✦ featuring✦ Starang Wondah✦ "Sound Bwoy Bureill" (Nervous)✦
23. Grand Puba✦ "I Like It (I Wanna✦ Be Where You Are)" (Elektra)✦
24. Show & AG "Next Level"✦ (Payday)✦
25. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony✦ "1st of tha Month" (Relativity)✦
26. Da Brat "Give It 2 You (Remix)"✦ (So So Def)
27. The Pharcyde✦ "Runnin'"/"Drop" (Delicious✦ Vinyl)✦
28. Tha Alkaholiks✦ "DAAAM!" (Loud)
29. GZA "Liquid✦ Swords" (Geffen)✦
30. Group Home "Livin'✦ Proof" (Payday)✦
31. Crooklyn✦ Dodgers✦ '95 "Return✦ of the Crooklyn✦ Dodgers"✦ (MCA)
32. Das EFX "Real Hip Hop" (EastWest)✦
33. J-Live "Braggin' Writes"✦ (Raw Shack)
34. Nine "Whutcha Want?" (Profile)✦
35. Lost Boyz "Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz✦ & Benz" (Universal)✦
36. Ol' Dirty✦ Bastard✦ "Shimmy✦ Shimmy✦ Ya" (Elektra)✦
37. Jay-Z "In My Lifetime"/"Can't Get wit That" (Roc-a-Fella)✦
38. Three 6 Mafia✦ "Tear da Club Up (Da Real)" (Prophet)
39. Frankie Cutlass feat. Doo Wop, Fat Joe, Ray Boogie & True God "Boriquas on da Set" (Relativity)✦
40. Q-Ball & Curt Cazal✦ "My Kinda✦ Moves"✦ (VZQ)
1996
1. Outkast✦ "Elevators✦ (Me & You)" (LaFace)✦
2. Jay-Z "Dead Presidents"/"Ain't No Nigga"✦ (Roc-a-Fella)✦
3. Fugees✦ "Killing Me Softly"✦ (Ruffhouse)✦
4. Jay-Z featuring✦ Mary✦ J. Blige "Can't Knock the Hustle" (Roc-a-Fella)✦
5. Busta✦ Rhymes✦ "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check" (Elektra)✦
6. Goodie Mob "Cell Therapy" (LaFace)✦
7. Westside✦ Connection✦ "Bow Down" (Priority)✦
8. Junior✦ M.A.F.I.A.✦ featuring✦ the Notorious✦ B.I.G. "Get Money✦ (Remix)"✦ (Big Beat)
9. Lil' Kim "No Time"/"Queen✦ Bitch" (Undeas)✦
10. Mobb Deep "Drop a Gem on 'Em" (Loud)
11. Too $hort featuring✦ Erick✦ Sermon✦ "Buy You Some" (Jive)
12. Ghostface✦ Killah✦ featuring✦ Raekwon,✦ Cappadonna & the Force MDs "Daytona✦ 500" (Razor✦ Sharp)
13. Fugees✦ "Ready✦ or Not" (Ruffhouse)✦
14. Jeru✦ the Damaja✦ "Ya Playin' Yaself" (Payday)✦
15. Mobb Deep "Hell on Earth (Front Lines)"✦ (Loud)
16. De La Soul "Stakes✦ is High"/"The Bizness" (Tommy✦ Boy)
17. Crucial✦ Conflict "Hay" (Pallas)✦
18. GZA "Shadowboxin'"/"4th Chamber" (Geffen)✦
19. Fugees✦ "Fu-Gee-La"/"How Many✦ Mics" (Ruffhouse)✦
20. The East Flatbush Project featuring✦ DeS "Tried by 12" (10/30 Uproar)✦
21. Akinyele featuring✦ Kia Jefferies✦ "Put It in Your Mouth" (Stress)
22. 2Pac featuring✦ Dr. Dre "California✦ Love" (Death Row)
23. Xzibit✦ "Paparazzi" (Loud)
24. The Fab 5 "Leflaur Leflah✦ Eshkoshka" (Duck Down)
25. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony✦ "Tha Crossroads" (Relativity)✦
26. Do or Die featuring✦ Johnny✦ P & Twista✦ "Po Pimp" (Rap-a-Lot)✦
27. Redman✦ "Funkorama" (Interscope)✦
28. Capone-n-Noriega✦ featuring✦ Mobb Deep & Tragedy✦ "L.A., L.A." (25 to Life)
29. Company✦ Flow "8 Steps to Perfection"/"Vital✦ Nerve" (Official)✦
30. Chuck D "No" (Mercury)✦
31. M.O.P. "Brownsville"/"Stick to Ya Gunz" (Relativity)✦
32. Ghostface✦ Killah✦ featuring✦ Raekwon✦ "Motherless Child" (Razor✦ Sharp)
33. Master✦ P featuring✦ Mia X "Bout It, Bout It II" (No Limit)✦
34. InI✦ "Fakin'✦ Jax" (Soul Brother)
35. Royal Flush "Worldwide"✦ (Blunt)
36. Saukrates "Father✦ Time" (Day)
37. Mr. Voodoo✦ "Lyrical✦ Tactics"/"Shine"✦ (Fortress)
38. Big Noyd featuring✦ Prodigy of Mobb Deep "Recognize✦ & Realize✦ (Pt.1)" (Tommy✦ Boy)
39. Foxy✦ Brown featuring✦ Blackstreet "Get Me Home" (Def Jam)
40. Big Shug "Crush"/ "Official"✦ (Payday)✦
1997
1. Puff Daddy✦ featuring✦ the Lox, Lil' Kim & the Notorious✦ B.I.G. "It's All About✦ the Benjamins (Remix)"✦ (Bad Boy)
2. The Notorious✦ B.I.G. featuring✦ Puff Daddy✦ & Mase "Mo' Money✦ Mo' Problems"✦ (Bad Boy)
3. The Notorious✦ B.I.G. "Hypnotize"✦ (Bad Boy)
4. Busta✦ Rhymes✦ "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See" (Elektra)✦
5. The Beatnuts✦ featuring✦ Big Punisher✦ & Cuban✦ Link "Off the Books" (Relativity)✦
6. Jay-Z "Who You Wit" (Qwest)
7. Puff Daddy✦ featuring✦ The Notorious✦ B.I.G. & Mase "Been Around✦ the World" (Bad Boy)
8. Lord Tariq & Peter✦ Gunz "Deja✦ Vu (Uptown✦ Baby)"✦ (Codeine)✦
9. The Lox featuring✦ Lil' Kim & DMX "Money,✦ Power✦ & Respect" (Bad Boy)
10. Mase featuring✦ Kelly✦ Price "Feel So Good" (Bad Boy)
11. Wu-Tang✦ Clan "Triumph" (Loud)
12. L.L. Cool J featuring✦ Method✦ Man, Redman,✦ Canibus✦ & DMX "4. 3. 2. 1" (Def Jam)
13. Young Bleed featuring✦ Master✦ P & C-Loc "How Ya Do Dat" (No Limit)✦
14. Capone-n-Noriega✦ featuring✦ Tragedy✦ "T.O.N.Y.✦ (Top of New York)" (Penalty)✦
15. Gang Starr "You Know My Steez" (Noo Trybe)
16. Makaveli featuring✦ the Outlawz "Hail Mary"✦ (Death Row)
17. Lil' Kim featuring✦ Lil' Cease "Crush on You (Remix)"✦ (Big Beat)
18. Missy✦ Elliott✦ "The Rain (Supa✦ Dupa✦ Fly)" (EastWest)✦
19. Nas, Foxy✦ Brown, AZ & Nature✦ "Phone Tap" (Aftermath)
20. Wyclef✦ Jean featuring✦ Lauryn✦ Hill "Guantanamera" (Ruffhouse)✦
21. Redman✦ featuring✦ Erick✦ Sermon✦ "Whateva Man" (Def Jam)
22. Tha Alkaholiks✦ featuring✦ Ol' Dirty✦ Bastard✦ "Hip Hop Drunkies"✦ (Loud)
23. Mos Def "Universal✦ Magnetic"✦ (Rawkus)✦
24. DJ Pooh featuring✦ Kam "Whoop! Whoop!" (Big Beat)
25. Rakim✦ "It's Been a Long Time" (Universal)✦
26. Ras Kass "Soul on Ice (Remix)"✦ (Priority)✦
27. Scarface✦ featuring✦ 2Pac & Johnny✦ P "Smile" (Rap-a-Lot)✦
28. Street Smartz featuring✦ O.C. & Pharaohe Monche "Metal✦ Thangz" (Tru Criminal)✦
29. Reflection✦ Eternal featuring✦ Mos Def & Mr. Man "Fortified Live" (Rawkus)✦
30. EPMD "Da Joint" (Def Jam)
31. Rampage✦ featuring✦ Busta✦ Rhymes✦ "Wild for da Night" (Elektra)✦
32. Mobb Deep featuring✦ Big Noyd & Rakim✦ "Hoodlum"✦ (Loud)
33. KRS-One "Step into✦ a World (Rapture's✦ Delight)"✦ (Jive)
34. Freak Nasty✦ "Da Dip" (HardHood)✦
35. D.I.T.C. "Day One" (D.I.T.C.)
36. Krumb Snatcha✦ "Gettin'✦ Closer✦ to God" (Mass in Action)✦
37. Big Mike "Burban✦ & Impalas" (Rap-a-Lot)✦
38. Mos Def, Tash & Q-Tip "The Body✦ Rock" (Rawkus)✦
39. Tela✦ "Tired✦ of Ballin'"✦ (Suave House)
40. Mr. Complex: "Visualize"✦ (Raw Shack)
1998
1. Jay-Z "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto✦ Anthem)"✦ (Roc-a-Fella)✦
2. Noreaga✦ "Superthug" (Penalty)✦
3. Big Punisher✦ featuring✦ Joe "Still Not a Player" (Loud)
4. DMX "Ruff Ryders'✦ Anthem"✦ (Def Jam)
5. Outkast✦ "Rosa✦ Parks" (LaFace)✦
6. DMX featuring✦ Sheek "Get at Me Dog" (Def Jam)
7. Silkk the Shocker✦ featuring✦ Mystikal✦ "It Ain't My Fault" (No Limit)✦
8. Jay-Z featuring✦ Amil✦ & Ja Rule "Can I Get a..." (Roc-a-Fella)✦
9. Jermaine✦ Dupri✦ featuring✦ Jay-Z "Money✦ Ain't a Thing" (So So Def)
10. Juvenile✦ "Ha" (Cash Money)✦
11. Master✦ P featuring✦ Fiend, Silkk the Shocker,✦ Mia X and Mystikal✦ "Make 'em Say Unngh!" (No Limit)✦
12. Redman✦ "I'll Bee Dat!" (Def Jam)
13. Lauryn✦ Hill "Doo Wop (That Thing)"/"Lost Ones"✦ (Ruffhouse)✦
14. Noreaga✦ "N.O.R.E." (Penalty)✦
15. Pete Rock featuring✦ Inspectah Deck & Kurupt✦ "Tru Master"✦ (Loud)
16. Busta✦ Rhymes✦ "Dangerous"✦ (Elektra)✦
17. Def Squad "Full Cooperation"✦ (Def Jam)
18. Canibus✦ "Second Round K.O." (Universal)✦
19. Jayo Felony✦ featuring✦ Method✦ Man & DMX "Whatcha✦ Gonna✦ Do" (Def Jam)
20. Puff Daddy✦ "Victory"/"Been✦ Around✦ the World (Remix)"✦ (Bad Boy)
21. E-40 "Hope I Don't Go Back" (Sick wid It)
22. Big L "Ebonics" (Fat Beats)
23. Xzibit✦ "What U See is What u Get" (Loud)
24. Mystikal✦ "The Man Right Chea" (No Limit)✦
25. Snoop Doggy✦ Dogg "Still a G Thang" (No Limit)✦
26. Cam'ron✦ "357"/ "Pull It" (Untertainment)✦
27. Goodie Mob "They Don't Dance No Mo" (LaFace)✦
28. Cam'ron✦ featuring✦ Mase "Horse & Carriage"✦ (Untertainment)✦
29. Flipmode Squad "Cha Cha Cha" (Elektra)✦
30. Dilated✦ Peoples "Work the Angles"/"The Main Event"/"Triple✦ Optics"✦ (ABB)
31. Missin'✦ Linx "M.I.A." (Fat Beats)
32. A Tribe Called✦ Quest "Find a Way" (Jive)
33. Mase featuring✦ Total✦ "What You Want" (Bad Boy)
34. Kurupt✦ featuring✦ Baby✦ S "We Can Freak It" (A&M)
35. 2Pac "Do for Love" (Interscope)✦
36. Gangsta✦ Boo featuring✦ DJ Paul & Juicy✦ J "Where Dem Dollas✦ At" (Relativity)✦
37. Timbaland featuring✦ Magoo✦ & Missy✦ Elliott✦ "Here We Come" (Atlantic)✦
38. All City✦ "The Actual"/"Priceless" (MCA)
39. Sporty✦ Thievz "Cheapskate"✦ (Ruffhouse)✦
40. Lootpack "The Anthem"/"Lost Art"/"Likwit Fusion"✦ (Stones✦ Throw)
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