So this was originally intended to swiftly follow my best Rap singles of 1999 - 2009 list back in early 2010, but good gracious, even though that singles post was bodacious, hyperlinking the bloody thing was so arduous that attempting another best-of-the-decade list required far too much patience. Two years on and an idle Rap blogger can now pay a pittance to Indian gentlemen for HTML services, so here's another mammoth noughties Rap tabulation to inflict my tastes on t'internet. Same rules as the singles post apply, although this one is restricted to the slightly different timespan of 2000 - 2010 and isn't presented in any kind of hierarchy of preference. Lists of fury, yawl.
1. Casual - Studio D (2001)
2. T.I - Kingofdasouth (2003)
3. Young Dro - Man In The Trunk (2006)
4. Sadat X ft. Heltah Skeltah - The Great Diamond D (2005)
5. Grand Puba - Let's Go (2007)
6. Young Bleed - I Couldn't C' It (2000)
7. C-loc, Max Minelli & Boosie - Throw It Up (2004)
8. Boo Da Boss Playa ft. King Goldie - Rainbow (2000)
9. Max Minelli - My First Verse (2004)
10. Young Ready ft. C-Loc & Max Minelli - 1 Rubber (2007)
11. Camp Lo - How U Walkin' (2002)
12. D4L - Scotty (2005)
13. Trap Squad - Tea Bag Dat Hoe (2006)
14. AZ - Wanna Be There (2002)
15. Nas - No Idea's Original (2001)
16. Cormega - Verbal Graffiti (2002)
17. Mac Dre - Me Damac (2004)
18. Z-Ro - Respect My Mind (2005)
19. Trae - Real Talk (2006)
20. A.B.N - Umm Hmm (2008)
21. Cam'Ron ft. Prodigy - Losing Weight (2000)
22. The Diplomats - Gangsta (2003)
23. Agallah - Gun Go (2004)
24. Jim Jones & Stack Bundles - Ya Dig? (2008)
25. Max B - Lip Sing (2008)
26. Mic Terror - Juke Them Hoes (2007)
27. E-40 - It's All Gravity (2002)
28. Turf Talk - 24 Feelin' Way O.G (2004)
29. Maino - Role Model (2008)
30. Lil' Boosie - Trouble Man (2005)
31. Lil' Boosie & Webbie ft. Pimp C - Finger Fuckin' (2003)
32. Webbie - Porch (2003)
33. Lil' Phat - I Do My Shit (2008)
34. King Geedorah - Fazers (2003)
35. Megalon - Rain Blood (2002)
36. Fam-Lay - Skrung Owt (2006)
37. Suga Free ft. Morris Day - She Get What She Pay Foe (2004)
38. DJ Quik - Jupiter's Critic And The Mind Of Mars (2009)
39. Devin The Dude - Go Somewhere (2002)
40. Messy Marv - "B" (2006)
41. Havoc ft. 50 Cent & Big Noyd - Bump That remix (2003)
42. Prodigy - Raining Guns And Shanks (2007)
43. Big Noyd - Heartless (2008)
44. Twista ft. Jazze Pha - Badunkadunk (2004)
45. Beanie Sigel ft. Peedi Crakk - Flatline (2005)
46. Freeway - You Don't Know (In The Ghetto) (2003)
47. Edan - Run That Shit (2001)
48. The Jacka - Murder Somebody (2006)
49. Husalah - Fighting The Feds (2007)
50. Go-Rilla Pimp$ - Pimp Olympics (2003)
51. Bo$$ Hog Barbarians - You Got Mail (2005)
52. UGK - Look At Me (2001)
53. Jadakiss ft. Nas - Show Discipline (2001)
54. Styles P - Kill That Faggot (2006)
55. Mike Jones ft. Bun B & Lil' Keke - Know What I'm Sayin' (2005)
56. M.O.P - Roll Call (2000)
57. Juvenile - Numb Numb (2003)
58. Lil' Wayne - B.M J.R (2004)
59. Mannie Fresh - Fight Song (2004)
60. Mitchy Slick ft. Damu & Don Diego - Yeah Dat (2001)
61. Big L - The Big Picture (Intro) (2000)
62. Lil' Wyte - Icy White Soljas (2004)
63. Project Pat ft. Beanie Sigel - Purple (2007)
64. Bailey - Fuck Yo' Couch (2006)
65. Paul Wall & Chamillionaire - N Luv Wit My Money (2002)
66. Ghostface Killah ft. Raekwon & Slick Rick - The Sun (2001)
67. Scarface - Safe (2002)
68. Geto Boys - 1, 2 And 3 (2005)
69. Tragedy Khadafi - Neva Die Alone Part 2 (2003)
70. Gucci Mane - Nickelodeon (2008)
71. Waka Flocka Flame ft. Pastor Troy & Slim Dunkin - Fuck The Club Up (2010)
72. Black Moon ft. Sean Price - Looking Down The Barrel (2003)
73. Rock ft. Sean Price - Fuck Dat Rapper (2008)
74. Lil' Flip ft. Shasta - 8 Rulez (2002)
75. 8Ball & MJG ft. Tiny - Thingz (2000)
76. Black Rob - Help Me Out (2005)
77. G-Dep - Child Of The Ghetto (2003)
78. Mystikal - Big Truck Boys (2000)
79. Jae Millz - Sober (2008)
80. Soulja Boy ft. Gucci Mane & Yo Gotti - Shopping Spree (2008)
81. Yukmouth - Stuntastic (2003)
82. 50 Cent - Rotten Apple (2002)
83. G-Unit - True Loyalty (2003)
84. All $tar - Keep Doin' My Thang (2008)
85. Boyz 'N Da Hood - Trap N*ggaz (2005)
86. Young Jeezy - Don't Get Caught (2005)
87. Curren$y - Scared Of Monstas (2009)
88. Wise Intelligent - A Genocide (2007)
89. C-Nile ft. Juvenile & Skip - U Know Me remix (2004)
90. B.o.B ft. Lil' Boosie & DG Yola - Fuck You (2008)
91. Gang Starr - Sabotage (2003)
92. Blaq Poet - Bang This (2005)
93. The NYGz - Get 2 Tha Point (2004)
94. Haystak - Hell Naw (2008)
95. OutKast ft. Killer Mike - Snappin' And Trappin' (2000)
96. Dungeon Family - Follow The Light (2001)
97. Bubba Sparxxx - Take A Load Off (2003)
98. Killer Mike - Belly Of The Beast (2008)
99. Rock D Tha Legend ft. Big Boi - DDT (That Hoe) (2007)
100. Lil' Kim - Suck My D*ck (2000)
101. G-Side ft. Yelawolf - Who's Hood
R.I.P to Lil' Phat, btw. Kinda feel like I was the David Thomson to his Orson Welles, and Life Of A Yungsta is probably my favourite non-Boosie Trill Fam mixtape of the past 5 years. Dear lord, why they hold they nuts on the greats until they gone????
15 comments:
did you really pay someone to hyperlink this?
Indians on deck.
my messy marv pick would have been IM TOO THOWED http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEYmxiV4Xak
Looking forward to wading through the list. FWIW, B-Legit's "So International" was actually a single.
It's not on Discogs, Matthew. Do you own it?
Really upsets me that I couldn't find a place for Webbie or Foxx solo cuts but I had so much B.R on the list already.
Yeah, I've got a couple of them. It was a promo-only white label with "One Dame" and "Bag Habit" on the flip.
I'm not surprised it's not on discogs but I am surprised I can't find it on http://www.rapmusicguide.com/. Their discography of Bay releases is pretty insane.
If there's anyone I trust about about secrete & rare white label promos of B-Legit cuts, it's you, Matthew, so I defer to your higher knowledge on this matter. I can't even switch it for my other favourite B-Legit cut of the noughties Whatcha Talkin' because that was a single too. :(
Oh well, at least I can have a Webbie song now.
don't suppose there's a download link for this stuff?
i think i'd switch 'gotta have it' in for 'flatline' and i'm surprised there's no love for either http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzODMXKxNcU city of gods or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG2YK40qm-o ski mask way. i know he's a completely unfashionable (and unprolific) producer to stan for but i fuck w/ disco d
I love me some Disco D too.
Ski Way Mask is amazing, but it was a single; City Of Gods is also amazing, but loses points because he just raps a bunch of lyrics from Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em during the last verse.
bit harsh calling Disco D 'unprolific' given that he died 5 years ago and was only 27
Well, he did only produce about 5 rap songs in amongst his bass stuff and his work for Brittany's ex.
INSANE LIST
Thanks. I know a little something about Bay raps on vinyl but r8r and the rest of the rapmusicguide guys could son me on Bay releases all damn day.
Oh, I just noticed Bailey's "Fuck Yo Couch" is on the list, too. That also was a single.
Oh ffs. Can we keep that one as our little secrete, Matthew? I can't bear to remove Fuck Yo' Couch from the list.
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