Ego Trip - Hip Hop Greatest Singles 1989 - 1998

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Ego Trip - Hip Hop Greatest Singles 1989 - 1998



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'"(Rhyme Syndicate)
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?"/"When 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-Schnickesn 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.: "One More Chance (Stay with Me Remix)" (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 Hand 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 Shatcha: "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
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"
37. Timbaland featuring Magoo & Missy Elliott: "Here We Come"
38. All City: "The Actual"/"Priceless" (MCA)
39. Sporty Thievz: "Cheapskate" (Ruffhouse)
40. Lootpack: "The Anthem"/"Lost Art"/"Likwit Fusion" (Stones Throw)