Great lists I am reading them over .

I agree Temple, Origin’s lists are definitive.

I read Origin’s list and I’m like — uh, where the hell have I been? Certainly not in the wrecka stow! Nice job O.

“One of my other favorites is They Reminisce Over You by Pete Rock and CL Smooth.”

Damn……how could I forget that classic track?!!!

What’s funny is that after I submitted my top 10 track list, I came up with at least 10 others that I could’ve added to my list:

1. Phone Tap – The Firm
2. The Formula – The D.O.C.
3. C.R.E.A.M. – WU
4. Ice Cream – Raekwon
5. They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) – Pete Rock & CL Smooth
6. Rock The Bells – LL Cool J
7. Freedom – Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5
8. Jack Of Spades – BDP
9. New York, New York – Tha Dogg Pound
10. So Many Tears – Tupac
11. Big Poppa – Biggie
12. Regulate – Warren G
13. Children’s Story – Slick Rick

I also broke the groups, rappers, albums and singles into mainstream and underground. Since some folks don’t know many of these underground rappers are 10 times better then some of these mainstream folks.

Top mainstream 10 rap groups.

1. P.E.

2. Wu Tang

3. Roots

4. Outkast

5. De la soul

6. Run DMC

7. Ghetto Boys

8. Coup

9. A tribe called quest

10. EPMD

Top 10 Underground Rap groups

1. Company Flow (I know that these kats only had one CD. But D@mn funcrusher Plus was no joke).

2. Dead Prez

3. Dilated Peoples

4. Jedi Mind Tricks

5. Little brother

6. Zion I

7. Jurassic 5

8. Blackalicious

9. Hieroglyphics

10. Tha Alkaholiks

Top 10 mainstream rappers

1. Krs-one

2. Rakim

3. Nas (listen to verbal intercourse and tell me if that isn’t one of the best verses ever).

4. Ice Cube (the boy was raw on Amerikkkas most wanted and on death certificate)

5. GZA (yeah I said it, thats why he always leads off all the hot Wu joints. At times he almost reminds me of Rakim).

6. Scarface

7. Redman (man Ludacris stole his style. If there was ever a question of his lyrical style all you have to do is watch the video Headbanger by EPMD)

8. Boots Riley from Coup (listen to any of this brothers lyrics, dude the truth).

9. Common

10. Kool G rap

Top 10 undeground Rappers

1. C-rayz Walz (Dude isn’t just one of the best lyricist in underground but he would blow away 90% of the mainstream kats out there).

2. EL-P (Some say Eminem is the best Rapper. Please he isn’t even the best white rapper out there. EL-P would destroy him. Better content better lyrics)

3. MF Doom

4. Aesop Rock

5. Rass Kass (IMO the best lyricist in the west. Been the best the last 15 years).

6. SuperNatural (Any man that can free stylefor 8 hours none stop has to be listed as not only a top 10 MC in undeground but could arguably be mention as a top 3 mainstream rapper)

7. MC Juice. Yeah I know he is a battle rapper but the dude is unreal.

8. Sean Price

9. Breezy Brewin (brothas flow is just sick)

10. Kool Keith (yeah yeah I know the brotha isn’t really underground. But I forgot about him and had to put him somewhere)

Top 10 Mainstream Albums

1. NAS – Illmatic

2. PE – Fear of a black Planet

3. EPMD – Business as Usual

4. Roots – Illadelph Halflife

5. Spice 1 – Spice 1

6. Scarface – The Untouchable

7. Wu tang – Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

8. Gza – Liquid Swords

9. Ghost Face – Supreme Clientele

10. Ice Cube – Death Certificate

Top 10 Underground Albums

1. Company Flow – Funcrusher Plus

2. C-Rayz Walz – Ravipops (The Substance)

3. Wu-Syndicate – Wu-Syndicate (album)

4. EL-P – Fantastic Damage

5. Killarmy – Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars

6. Zion I – Mind Over Matter

7. Sean Price – Jesus Price Supastar

8. Evidence – Weatherman

9. Dilated Peoples – The Platform

10. Cannabal OX – The Cold Vein

Top 10 mainstream rap singles

1. Run DMC – Beats To The Rhyme

2. Ghostface – Apollo Kids

3. Comptons Most Wanted – Hood Took Me Under

4. Ice Cube – Who’s the Mack?

5. Scarface – Mary Jane

6. Gangstar – Code of the streets

7. PE – Night Of The Living Baseheads

8. KRS one – You Must Learn

9. Black Moon – Who got the props

10. Crooklyn Dodgers – Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers (man Jeru Da Damaja kicked one of the tightest versus ever on this song. The verse sounds like something brotha Temple would say. Thats how deep that verse is).

Top 10 underground singles

1. Company flow – The Fire in Which You Burn

2. Cannibal Ox – Vein

3. Immortal Technique – Payback

4. Immortal Technique – Peruvian Cocaine

5. Aesop Rock – Nickel Plated Pockets

6. Brother Ali – Uncle Sam Goddamn

7. MF Doom & ghostface – Angels

8. EL-P – Tuned Mass Damper

9. Mood – Karma

10. Evidence – Mr. Slow Flow