Thursday, 20 August 2026

Numbers On The Board

What's today's mathematics, God... literally. Me and the boiz have already tackled favourite Rap songs beginning with the letters of the alphabet, so how's about we talk favourite Rap songs which begin with numbers? It's rules, guidelines and codes we obey: the song must begin with a number and if you mention a Drake song I will track you down and set Jack Russell terriers on your testicles. Off the top like Adee Phelan, here's 21 favourites. If you havin' blog problems I feel bad for you, son. I got 99 problems, but a list ain't 1.

Davy DMX - One For The Treble (Fresh) (1984)
MF DOOM - One Beer (2004)
Mac Dre - 2 Hard 4 The F**kin' Radio (1989)
2Pac ft. Snoop Dogg - 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted (1996)
Slim Thug ft. T.I. & Bun B - 3 Kings (2004)
GZA ft. Ghostface, Killah Priest & RZA - 4th Chamber (1995)
Whodini - Five Minutes Of Funk (1984)
Ice-T - 6 in The Mornin' (1986)
Geto Boys - 6 Feet Deep (1993)
Public Enemy - 911 Is A Joke (1990)
Digable Planets - 9th Wonder (Blackitolism) (1994)
Notorious B.I.G - Ten Crack Commandments (1997)
Laroo T.H.H. & The Jacka - 20 Bricks (2008)
50 Cent ft. Nate Dogg - 21 Questions (2003)
T.I. - 24's (2003)
Ma$e ft. The Lox, Black Rob & DMX - 24 Hours To Live (1998)
Souls Of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity (1993)
N.W.A - 100 Miles And Runnin' (1990)
Spice 1 - 187 Proof (1993)
Chief Keef - 3Hunna (2012)
Juvenile - 400 Degreez (1998)

24 comments:

Spartan said...

This was tougher than the other one.

Nas - One Love
D&D All-Stars - 1, 2 Pass It
Method Man & Redman - 1, 2, 1, 2
Gravediggaz - 1-800 Suicide
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - One in a Million
Bahamadia feat. K-Swift & Mecca Star - 3 Tha Hard Way
The Pharcyde - 4 Better Or 4 Worse
Big L feat. D.I.T.C. - 5 Fingers of Death
Shabaam Sahdeeq Ft. Eminem, A.L, Skam - 5 Star Generals
Ice-T - 6 in the Mornin'
Prodigy - 7th Heaven
Sir Menelik feat. Grand Puba & Sadat X - 7XL
Boogie Down Productions - 9mm Goes Bang
Biggie - Ten Crack Commandments
Silver Bullet - 20 Seconds to Comply
All Natural - 50 Years
Roc Marciano - 76
Souls of Mischief - 93 Till Infinity
NWA - 100 Miles and Runnin'
Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon - 260
Tha Alkaholiks - 2014

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Can't believe I forgot One In A Million 🤦‍♂️

The CritIQ said...

I reckon there's probably a way to arrange one's mp3 collection alphabetically/numerically (either within a media player or with a python script). Anyway, here's a few songs that sprung straight to mind:

Kurtis blow "8 Million stories"
Styles of beyond "2000 fold"
3rd Bass "3 strikes"
Aceyalone "5 feet"
Ashy L Bowz "2 step"
Dr Octagon "3000"
Dr.oop "2 weeks"
Jean Grae "-8"
Legs MC "4 4 2"
B Dolan "50 ways to bleed your customer"
DJ Muggs Vs Ill bill "2013"
Jasiri X "21 forever"
Company Flow "8 steps to perfection"
Bonus: Dead Residents "Numberwang"

Dino said...

Here's a few more:
BDP "13 and good"
X-Raided "Deuce 5 to life"
Buck 65 "463"
4-Ize "4eva chemicals"
Cambata "33"
Dubbledge "777"
Fesu "22 Ag'"
Iceberg Theory & August Fanon "30 Tyrants"
People Under The Stairs "43 labels I like"
Uncommon nasa "Twenty Two"

Prolyphic & Reanimator "2 track mind"
The Kleenrz "1st 48"

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Switch Kurtis Blow's 8 Million Stories for its namesake by Tribe and it's a deal.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Was waiting for someone to mention 13 and Good 😆

admiral said...

Tried not to duplicate what has already been mentioned:

Hostyle - One Eyed Maniac
Ghostface - One
Lake feat. Nas - One Never Knows
Large Pro feat. Nas - One Plus One
Almighty RSO feat. MOP and Cocoa Brovaz- One In the Chamber
Clipse - One Thing
Whodini - One Love
Kool G Rap feat. Geto Boys and Ice Cube - 2 to da Head
Jay-Z - 22 2's
Mobb Deep feat. Big Noyd - 3 from NYC
Prodigy feat. Cormega - Three
Masta Ace - 4 Minus 3
Massive Attack - 5 Man Army (that Rakim / Al Green Mahogany sample)
Scaramanga - 7 Eyes 7 Horns
Naughty By Nature - 19 Naughty Three

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Good choices.... except for Massive Attack 😉

1, 2, 3 also bangs as a Naughty selection.

admiral said...

Love 1, 2, 3

I don't know why I have such a thing for Massive Attack - the rapping is so bad it goes through a black hole and comes back as listenable

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

You know you're a true Anglophile if you can stomach Massive Attack's rapping.

Spartan said...

And I can't believe I left out One By One.

Dino said...

Had a quick shuffle through my collection and here's a few more I found:

Eazy-E & MC Ren "2 Hard Mutha's"
PE "One million bottle bags"
Yall so stupid "85 South"
Rondo And Crazy Rak "666 code"
BWP "2 minute brother"
Streetsweeper Social Club "100 little curses"
Ambidex "3 ring circus"
Thirsty Fish "3rd shift"
Teenburger "Three Bucks In Quarters"

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

85 South 💘

Fred said...

First one that comes to mind is 745 by Gucci Mane

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Good choice.

Almost went for Zone 6 from that 'tape for the Z selection on the alphabet list.

Bobby Dee said...

Jeru - One Day
Monsta Island Czar's - 1,2 1,2
Ultramagnetic MC's -1,2 1,2
Ultramagnetic MC's - Two Brothers with Checks
Bob Dorough - Three is a magic number
Nikki Rap N Scratch - 4 Rhymes to Go
Kool G Rap 4,5,6
The Jury - Five Dollars with a Flyer
Black Flag - Six Pack - sorry had to shout it out.
Dollar $ Bill & Cut Mstr KG - Almighty 7 (Cos I'm Righteous)
Digable Planets - Dial 7 - cheating with those 2 but 2 dope songs :)
Big L / Herb Mcgruff ft Big Twan, Buddah Bless, Cam'ron, Mike Boogie,Terra , Trooper J - 8 Iz Enuff - OG and Demo Version
Born Twice - 9 oz's of Terror
Raekwon the Op, Cappadonna and Ghost - 10 Bricks
Silver Bullet - 20 Seconds to Comply
So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds ;)

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Somebody should blend the 21 Seconds acapella over the 20 Seconds To Comply instrumental.

Anonymous said...

20-2-life -17.5
24/7 (nine and jesse west) -24/7
39 posse -39 automatic
415-415
mark the 45 king -900 number

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Gotta disqualify 900 Number because it has a The at the start of the title 🧐

Dino said...

Here's a few more for you (probably the last shake of the bag):

Elzhi "5 man hustle"
Insane Poetry "6 in the chamber"
Xzibit, Ras Kass and Saafir (RIP) "3 card molly"
Killer Mike "2 sides"
Eligh "1st contact"
John Smith "1st date"
Masta Ace "3000 Avenue X"

Lil Wayne "6 foot 7 foot"
Gang Starr "1/2 & 1/2"
E40 "$999,999 + $1= A Mealticket"
Epic Beard Men "2Bad"
Gunshot "25 gun salute"

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

You listen to songs by E-40 and Lil' Wayne?????????

Dino said...

E40? yes = mostly his 90s stuff.
Lil Wayne? Not if I can help it.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Dino jammin' out to Da Bumble and Flashin'? Who'd have thunk it!

Anonymous said...

up next? the major arcana