Top 50 Tracks (3-1)

Alright guys, the moment has come. These are my favorite hip-hop songs of all time.

3. The Notorious B.I.G. - Niggas Bleed - The lyrics to this track make for an awesome story. It could really be an end scene to a movie. Biggie spits nearly five minutes of his textbook storytelling. Niggas Bleed is basically a story of a drug deal in a hotel room that should go smooth, however, Frank White (Biggie's alias) and a friend go to the deal and kill the guys on the other side. Although I might have spoiled the songs meaning for you, check it out regardless, it is amazing, especially the build up in the last verse. Shit is real! "Todays agenda, got the suitcase up in the Sentra, go to room 112 and tell em Blanco sent ya."

2. The Fugees - Ready or Not - This track is so good it gives me goosebumps. The beat is so original and the lyrics are wonderful. Wyclef kills it. Lauryn kills it. Pras... well... he even shines on this one. Also, a fun fact, this is President Barrack Obama's favorite song of all time as listed in Blender magazine. Put this track on your iPod, turn it up loud, and feel it. "I kick a rhyme drinking moonshine, I pour a sip on the concrete for the diseased."

1. Jay-Z - Brooklyn's Finest - Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. - This is it folks. Brooklyn's Finest takes the cake for a number of reasons. For starters Jay-Z and Biggie on the same track is nothing short of amazing. The two go back and forth verse for verse in a competitive yet friendly battle over a this Clark Kent produced masterpiece. This track, combined with the rest of Reasonable Doubt and Notorious B.I.G.'s success off of Ready to Die prove to the world that these two are truly Brooklyn's Finest, and unarguably some of hip-hops finest.

"You crazy, think your little bit of rhymes can me? I'm from Marcy, I'm varsity, chump you're JV, Jigga Jay-Z." - Jay-Z

"Like short sleeves I bare arms." - Jay-Z

"If Faith had twins she'd probably have two Pacs, get it? 2Pac's." - B.I.G.

There it is. My top 50 hip-hop jams of all-time. Again I'd like to say that this is judged on a personal level and not an its overall influence in hip-hop music. Hope you enjoyed it!