Rap Music or Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop music and culture. It basically involves the spoken delivery of rhymes and wordplay, in a very rhythmic way, generally to a beat. Rappers, those who sing rap, either perform poetry written beforehand or improvise rhymes on the spot. The roots of rap music can be traced back to Griots of West Africa. They had started singing rhythmic stories, over drums and bare instrumentation, much before the US came into existence. Since that time, till today, the popularity of rap music and rap sings has only grown, especially amongst the youngsters. Given below is a list of the best and the most popular rap songs of all times.
Top 100 Rap Songs
- What Goes Around (Nas)
- Message (Grandmaster Flash)
- Gangsters Paradise (Coolio)
- Way I Am (Eminem)
- I Used To Love H.E.R. (Common)
- Survival Of The Fittest (Mobb Deep)
- Da Mystery of Chessboxin' (Wu Tang Clan)
- Hit 'Em Up (Tupac)
- Backstage Pass (Mobb Deep)
- 300 Bars (The Game)
- Shook Ones II (Mobb Deep)
- Nuthin' But A G Thang (Snoop Dogg)
- They Reminisce Over You (Pete Rock & CL Smooth)
- The Breaks (Kurtis Blow)
- Mama Said Knock You Out (LL Cool J)
- It's Funky Enough (The DOC)
- Brenda's Got a Baby (2Pac)
- C.R.E.A.M. (Wu-Tang Clan)
- Dre Day (Dr. Dre)
- Today Was a Good Day (Ice Cube)
- Anythang (Devin The Dude)
- Bullet (Rhymefest)
- Shadow Business (Jedi Mind Tricks)
- Devil's Pie (Rhymefest)
- The Seed (The Roots)
- Microphone Fiend (Eric B. & Rakim)
- Affirmative Action (Nas)
- Kick in the Door (The Notorious B.I.G.)
- California Vacation (The Game)
- Chin Check (N.W.A.)
- Crossover (EPMD)
- Can't Knock the Hustle (Jay-Z)
- Playaz Club (Rappin 4-Tay)
- I Want to Be Free (Too Short)
- Fuck The Police (N.W.A.)
- Insane In The Brain (Cypress Hill)
- Dead Presidents II (Jay-Z)
- Supa Lyrical (Big Pun)
- Da Rockwilder (Method Man & Redman)
- Gin & Juice (Snoop Dogg)
- Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G)
- Hail Mary (2Pac)
- Stan (Eminem)
- South Bronx (Boogie Down Productions)
- Run's House (Run DMC)
- Murder Was The Case (Snoop Dogg)
- How I Could Just Kill A Man (Cypress Hill)
- Straight Outta Compton (N.W.A.)
- Many Men (50 Cent)
- RE: Definition (Blackstarr)
- The Show (Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh)
- If I Ruled The World (Nas)
- Fight The Power (Public Enemy)
- Start From Scratch (The Game)
- 100% (Big Pun)
- Doomsday (MF Doom)
- They Want EFX (Das EFX)
- Electric Relaxation (A Tribe Called Quest)
- Fed Up (House of Pain)
- Playaz Holiday (TWDY)
- Know The Ledge (Eric B & Rakim)
- Dr. Bombay (Del tha Funkee Homosapien)
- Summertime (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)
- 1-800 Suicide (Gravediggaz)
- Triumph (Wu-Tang Clain & Capadonna)
- Sprinkle Me (E-40)
- I Seen a Man Die (Scarface)
- Channel Live (Mad Izm)
- Another Victory (Big Daddy Kane)
- Mass Appeal (GangStarr)
- Streets Of New York (Kool G Rap)
- In The Ghetto (Eric B & Rakim)
- Pass The Hand Grenade (Eric B & Rakim)
- Straight Up Menace (M.C. Eiht)
- Forgot about Dre (Dr. Dre)
- Let Me Ride (Dr. Dre)
- Bout It, Bout It (Master P)
- Ante Up (Remix) (M.O.P.)
- I Aint Mad At Cha (2Pac)
- Mind Playing Tricks On Me (Geto Boys)
- Pocket Fulla Stones (UGK)
- Playa Playa (Big Mike)
- The Ghetto (Too Short)
- Bling Bling (Hot Boyz )
- Ain't No Sunshine (Kid Frost)
- Free (Pimp C)
- Prince Igor (Warren G)
- Troublesome '96 (2Pac)
- Thugz Mansion (2Pac)
- No Apologies (Eminem)
- What’s the Difference? (Dr. Dre)
- M.V.P. (Big L)
- How We Roll '98 (Big Pun)
- Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G.)
- N iggas Bleed (The Notorious B.I.G.)
- 100 Years (Plies)
- Ether (Nas)
- Left Me Lonely (MC Shan)
- Final Frontier (MC Ren)
- Rhymes And Ammo (The Roots)