100 Best Hip Hop Wedding Songs Old School & New + Lyric Quotes

Updated on February 1, 2023 | Written by Matthew Campbell (Editor of My Wedding Songs and wedding DJ)

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Should you play Hip-Hop at your wedding reception?

Of course, you should. Do you want your wedding reception to be fun or boring?

Add popular rap songs to your wedding playlist that are hot right now, the instant classics, and also old-school originals.

You will enjoy a list of the most popular and unique Hip Hop wedding songs for your wedding day.

Every couple’s Hip Hop music tastes are different. Thus, we selected wedding songs from modern songs to old-school hits.

 
Let’s start with the most popular right now.

Top 10 Hip Hops Songs Streamed

(as calculated by Amazon)

1. “Super Freaky Girl” by Nicki Minaj
2. “Lose Yourself” by Eminem
3. “I Like You (A Happier Song)” by Post Malone feat. Doja Cat
4. “Circles” by Post Malone
5. “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” by Beastie Boys
6. “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” by Post Malone & Swae Lee
7. “My House” by Flo Rida
8. “Under The Influence” by Chris Brown
9. “Old Town Road (Remix)” by Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus
10. “Can’t Hold Us” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

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What are popular hip hop songs by era?

We have our own list of the 100 best Hip-Hop songs for your wedding reception here. Do you see a song missing from this list? Let us know in the comments.

2022s

Betty (Get Money) – Yung Gravy

Released in 2022 on the album Marvelous

Lovable Lyrics:

Never take an L no more
Never take a damn thing slow
All I know is chase this dough
And get money

Super Freaky Girl – Nicki Minaj

Released in 2022 on the album Queen Radio: Volume 1

Lovable Lyrics:

You can smack it, you can grip it, you can go down and kiss it
And every time he leave me ‘lone, he always tell me he miss it

I Like You (A Happier Song) – Post Malone, Doja Cat

Released in 2022 on the album Twelve Carat Toothache

Lovable Lyrics:

Ooh, girl, I like you, I do
I wanna be your friend, go shoppin’ in a Benz 
I like you, I do
I’ll hit you when I land, can you fit me in your plans?

Massive – Drake

Released in 2022 on the album Honestly, Nevermind

Lovable Lyrics:

Oh, when you’re ready
We can put this behind us
Baby, we can find us again, I know

Sweetest Pie – Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa

Released in 2022 on the album Sweetest Pie

Lovable Lyrics:

Ooh, this the ride of your life
Hold on ’cause, baby, I might
I might just give you a bite of the sweetest pie

First Class – Jack Harlow

Released in 2022 on the album Come Home The Kids Miss You

Lovable Lyrics:

Why do y’all sleep on me? I need reasons
Uh, I got plaques in the mail, peak season
Shout out to my UPS workers makin’ sure I receive ’em
You can do it too, believe it

Big Energy – Latto

Released in 2022 on the album 777

Lovable Lyrics:

And if your b**** ain’t right, I got the remedy
It ain’t too many n***** that can handle me
Bad ****, I could be your fantasy

Love Like This – Savannah Dexter, Brabo Gator

Released in 2022 on the album Love Like This

Lovable Lyrics:

You’re my ride or die, you’re my reason why
You’re the one that I need for the rest of my life

THATS WHAT I WANT – Lil Nas X

Released in 2021 on the album MONTERO

Lovable Lyrics:

I want someone who love me
I need someone who needs me

Girl Of My Dreams – Juice WRLD, Suga, BTS

Released in 2021 on the album Fighting Demons

Lovable Lyrics:

The girl of my dreams, but I ain’t fallin’ asleep
Think both of your legs gone, the way you fallin’ for me
The same way that the rain falls
I ain’t gon’ lie, you got it all, all, all, all, all of me

Boyz – Jesy Nelson, Nicki Minaj

Released in 2021 on the album Boyz

Lovable Lyrics:

I like a bad, bad boy (Boy)
You know I like a bad, bad boy (Boy)

Way 2 Sexy – Drake feat. Future & Young Thug

Released in 2021 on the album Certified Lover Boy

Lovable Lyrics:

Yeah, whoa, whoa-whoa
I’m too sexy for this syrup
Too sexy for your girl
Too sexy for this world

Up – Cardi B

Released in 2021 on the album Up

Lovable Lyrics:

Big bag bussin’ out the Bentley Bentayga
Man, Balenciaga Bardi back and all these bitches f***** (woo)

Love Music – Lil Yachty

Released in 2021 on the album Love Music

Lovable Lyrics:

Hope that we can be more, I dreamed of you last night
You had on a big old gown and a wedding ring
You were my wife, baby, you were my wife

Best Friend – Saweetie feat. Doja Cat

Released in 2021 on the album Best Friend

Lovable Lyrics:

That my best friend, she a real bad b****
Got her own money, she ‘on’t need no n**’
On the dance floor, she had two, three drinks
Now she twerkin’, she throw it out and come back in 

Toosie Slide – Drake

Released in 2020 on the album Toosie Slide

Lovable Lyrics:

It go, right foot up, left foot slide
Left foot up, right foot slide
Basically, I’m saying either way, we ’bout to slide

Body – Megan Thee Stallion

Released in 2020 on the album Good News

Lovable Lyrics:

I’m a hot ebony, they gon’ click it if it’s me (if it’s me)
All my b****** been gettin’ these n***** through the quarantine (yeah)
B****, I’m very well, on my s*** as you could tell

I know you are here for Hip Hop wedding songs. Next, see our list of Rap love songs.

2010s

Circles – Post Malone

Released in 2019 on the album Hollywood’s Bleeding

Lovable Lyrics:

Let go
I got a feeling that it’s time to let go
I say so
I knew that this was doomed from the get-go

No Guidance – Chris Brown feat. Drake

Released in 2019 on the album No Guidance

Lovable Lyrics:

Lil’ baby in her bag, in her Birkin
No nine to five, put the work in
Flaws and all, I love ’em all, to me, you’re perfect

Astronaut In The Ocean – Masked Wolf

Released in 2019 on the album Astronaut In The Ocean

Lovable Lyrics:

Can you please read between the lines?
My rhyme’s inclined to break your spine
They say that I’m so fine

I Like It – Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin

Released in 2018 on the album Invasion of Privacy

Lovable Lyrics:

Diamond district in the jag (Gang, I said I like it like that)
Certified, you know I’m gang, gang (Gang, gang I said I like it like)

Twerk – City Girls feat. Cardi B

Released in 2018 on the album Girl Code

Lovable Lyrics:

Work that
(I want a slim, fine woman with some twerk with her)
Work that
(I want a slim, fine woman with some twerk with her)

All the Stars – Kendrick Lamar & SZA

Released in 2018 on the album Black Panther Soundtrack

Lovable Lyrics:

This maybe the night that my dreams might let me know
All the stars are closer, all the stars are closer, all the stars are closer

Sunflower – Post Malone & Swae Lee

Released in 2018 on the album Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Soundtrack

Lovable Lyrics:

I think your love would be too much
Or you’ll be left in the dust
Unless I stuck by ya
You’re the sunflower

I’m the One – DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne

Released in 2017 on the album Grateful

Lovable Lyrics:

Yeah, you’re lookin’ at the truth, the money never lie no
I’m the one, yeah, I’m the one

Trap Queen – Fetty Wap

Released in 2015 on the album Trap Queen

Lovable Lyrics:

And I get high with my baby (my baby)
I just left the mall I’m getting fly with my baby, yeah
And I can ride with my baby (my baby)

My House – Flo Rida

Released in 2015 on the album My House

Lovable Lyrics:

Welcome to my house
Play that music too loud
Show me what you do now
We don’t like to go out

Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae) – Silento

Released in 2015 on the album Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)

Lovable Lyrics:

Now watch me whip (ayy) (kill it)
Now watch me nae nae (okay)
Now watch me whip, whip

Fancy – Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX

Released in 2014 on the album The New Classic

Lovable Lyrics:

I’m so fancy
You already know
I’m in the fast lane
From L.A. to Tokyo

Fireball – Pitbull feat. John Ryan

Released in 2014 on the album Globalization

Lovable Lyrics:

I tell her baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
I’m on fireball
Fireball

Turn Down For What – DJ Snake feat. Lil Jon

Released in 2013 released as a single

Lovable Lyrics:

Fire up that loud
Another round of shots
Turn down for what?

Harlem Shake – Baauer

Released in 2012 released as a single

Lovable Lyrics:

Then do the Harlem Shake (Shake!)
Ey (Shake!), con los terroristas
Ey (Shake!), ey (Shake!)

Starships – Nicki Minaj

Released in 2012 on the album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

Lovable Lyrics:

Starships were meant to fly
Hands up and touch the sky
Can’t stop ’cause we’re so high
Let’s do this one more time

Good Feeling – Flo Rida

Released in 2011 on the album Wild Ones

Lovable Lyrics:

Oh, oh, sometimes I get a good feeling, yeah
I get a feeling that I never never never never had before, no no
I get a good feeling, yeah

Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton

Released in 2011 on the album The Heist

Lovable Lyrics:

Tonight is the night, we’ll fight ’til it’s over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can’t hold us

Super Bass – Nicki Minaj

Released in 2011 on the album Pink Friday

Lovable Lyrics:

Boy you got my heartbeat runnin’ away
Beating like a drum and it’s coming your way
Can’t you hear that
Boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass?
He got that super bass

Teach Me How to Dougie – Cali Swag District

Released in 2010 on the album The Kickback

Lovable Lyrics:

M-bone, show these cats how to do dat down south dance
Dat we learned a lil’ too fast and bought it to the hood
And got da whole crew a**
Teach me how to dougie

The Light – Common

Released in 2010 on the album Go! Common Classics

Lovable Lyrics:

I never knew a luh, luh-luh, a love like this
Gotta be somethin’ for me to write this

Danza Kuduro – Don Omar feat. Lucenzo

Released in 2010 on the album Meet the Orphans

Lovable Lyrics:

Danza Kuduro
No Te Canses Ahora
Que Esto Sólo Empieza
Mueve La Cabeza
(English)
Kuduro dance
Do not get tired now
That this is only beginning
Move the head

Bottoms Up – Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj

Released in 2010 on the album Passion, Pain & Pleasure

Lovable Lyrics:

Pocket full of green
Girl you know I love the way you shake it in those jeans
Bottoms up bottoms up
Throw your hands up

No Hands – Waka Flocka Flame ft. Wale & Roscoe Dash

Released in 2010 on the album No Hands

Lovable Lyrics:

Girl the way you’re movin’
Got me in a trance, DJ turn me up
Ladies dis yo jam (c’mon)

Many of the Hip Hop songs are also great party songs. See our list of best party songs for your reception.

2000s

I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas

Released in 2009 on the album The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)

Lovable Lyrics:

I got a feeling
That tonight’s gonna be a good night
That tonight’s gonna be a good night

I Look Good – Chalie Boy

Released in 2009 on the album I Look Good

Lovable Lyrics:

On My Mama (Mama)
On My Hood (Hood)
I Look Fly (Yeah)
I Look Good (Good)

Bikers Shuffle – Big Mucci

Released in 2009 on the album Cleveland Slide

(Line dance)

Day ‘N’ Nite (Nightmare) – Kid Cudi

Released in 2009 on the album Man On The Moon: The End Of Day

Lovable Lyrics:

‘Cause day and night (day and night)
The lonely stoner seems to free his mind at night (night)

Kiss Me Thru The Phone – Soulja Boy Tell’em feat. Sammie

Released in 2008 on the album iSouljaBoyTellem

Lovable Lyrics:

Baby, I know that you like me, you my future wifey
Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em, yeah
You can be my Bonnie, I can be your Clyde

Good Day – Nappy Roots

Released in 2008 on the album Good Day

Lovable Lyrics:

‘Cause ain’t nobody gonna die today
Save that drama for another day
Hey, we’re gonna have a good day

Wobble – V.I.C.

Released in 2008 on the album Beast

Lovable Lyrics:

Get low n scrub the grown (let me see you just)
Push it up, push it up (let me see you just)
Wobble baby, wobble baby, wobble baby, wobble

Cyclone – Baby Bash w/T-Pain

Released in 2007 on the album Cyclone

Lovable Lyrics:

And she makes me wanna do it all night long
Going hard when they turn the spotlights on
Because she moves her body like a cyclone

Cupid Shuffle – Cupid

Released in 2007 on the album Time For A Change

Lovable Lyrics:

Now kick, now kick, now kick, now kick
Now walk it by yourself, now walk it by yourself
(Let me see you do)
Down, down, do your dance, do your dance

Low – Flo Rida

Released in 2007 on the album Mail on Sunday

Lovable Lyrics:

She hit the floor (she hit the floor)
Next thing you know
Shawty got low, low, low, low, low, low, low, low

Stronger – Kanye West

Released in 2007 on the album Graduation

Lovable Lyrics:

And she’ll do anything for the limelight
And we’ll do anything when the time’s right
Uh, baby you’re makin’ it (harder, better, faster, stronger)

Crank That – Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em

Released in 2007 on the album souljaboytellem.com

Lovable Lyrics:

Super fresh, now watch me jock
Jocking on them haters man
When I do that Soulja Boy
I lean to the left and crank that thang

Lean Back – Terror Squad

Released in 2004 on the album True Story

Lovable Lyrics:

I said my n***** don’t dance we just pull up our pants
And do the rockaway, now lean back, lean back, lean back, lean back

In Da Club – 50 Cent

Released in 2003 on the album Get Rich or Die Tryin’

Lovable Lyrics:

We gon’ party like it’s your birthday
We gon’ sip Bacardi like it’s your birthday
And you know we don’t give a f*** it’s not your birthday

Hey Ya! – Outkast

Released in 2003 on the album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Lovable Lyrics:

Thank God for Mom and Dad
For sticking to together
Like we don’t know how
Hey ya! Hey ya!

Get Low – Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz & Ying Yang Twins

Released in 2002 on the album Kings Of Crunk

Lovable Lyrics:

Let me see you get low (you scared, you scared)
Drop that a** to the floor (you scared, you scared)

Hot In Herre – Nelly

Released in 2002 on the album Nellyville

Lovable Lyrics:

I said
It’s gettin’ hot in herre
(So hot)
So take off all your clothes
(Ohh)
I am gettin’ so hot, I wanna take my clothes off

Move B***h – Ludacris

Released in 2001 on the album Word Of Mouf

Lovable Lyrics:

Move b****, get out the way
Get out the way b****, get out the way
Move b****, get out the way

Get Ur Freak On – Missy Elliott

Released in 2001 on the album Miss E….So Addictive

Lovable Lyrics:

(Holla) People sing around
Now people gather ’round
Now people jump around
Go, get your freak on

Let’s Get Married – Jagged Edge

Released in 2000 on the album J.E. Heartbreak

Lovable Lyrics:

We ain’t gettin’ no younger, we might as well do it (so might as well do it, yeah)
Been feelin’ you all the while, girl, I must confess (and I must confess)
Let’s just get married

I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) – Jay-Z

Released in 2000 on the album The Dynasty

Lovable Lyrics:

It ain’t where I been (It ain’t where I been)
But where I’m bout to go (Top of the world!)
Now I just wanna love you (just wanna love you)

Ride Wit Me – Nelly

Released in 2000 on the album Country Grammar

Lovable Lyrics:

If you want to go and take a ride with me
We 3-wheeling in the fo’ with the gold D’s
Oh why do I live this way? (Hey, must be the money!)

The Real Slim Shady – Eminem

Released in 2000 on the album The Marshall Mathers LP

Lovable Lyrics:

All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won’t the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?

The Next Episode – Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg

Released in 2000 on the album 2001

Lovable Lyrics:

Out o’ town, put it down for the Father of Rap
And if yo’ a** get cracked, b****, shut your trap
Come back, get back, that’s the part of success

Now that you have your fill of Hip Hop songs, slow things down and romance a little with our list of R&B wedding songs.

1990s

Got Your Money – Ol’ Dirty Bastard feat. Kelis

Released in 1999 on the album N**** Please

Lovable Lyrics:

Hey, dirty, baby I got your money
Don’t your worry, I said hey
Baby I got your money

Can I Get A… – Jay-Z feat. Amil & Ja Rule

Released in 1998 on the album Vol.2 … Hard Knock Life

Lovable Lyrics:

Now can you bounce for me, bounce for me
Uhh
Can ya can ya can ya bounce wit me, bounce wit me
Uhh

Feel so Good – Mase

Released in 1997 on the album Harlem World

Lovable Lyrics:

Bad, bad, bad, bad boy
You make me feel so good
You know you make me feel so good

Hypnotize – Notorious B.I.G.

Released in 1997 on the album Life After Death

Lovable Lyrics:

Sometimes your words just hypnotize me (hypnotize)
And I just love your flashy ways (uh-huh)
Guess that’s why they broke, and you’re so paid

Let Me Clear My Throat – DJ Kool

Released in 1996 on the album Let Me Clear My Throat

Lovable Lyrics:

Now I’ma rap a rhyme with the greatest of ease
And swing it like the man on the flying trapeze

Da Dip – Freak Nasty

Released in 1996 on the album Controversee…That’s Life…And That’s the Way It Is

Lovable Lyrics:

You put your hand upon my hip
When you dip I dip we dip

Mo Money Mo Problems – Notorious B.I.G.

Released in 1996 on the album Life After Death

Lovable Lyrics:

I don’t know what they want from me
It’s like the more money we come across
The more problems we see

C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train) – Quad City DJ’s

Released in 1996 on the album Get On Up and Dance

Lovable Lyrics:

So get your next of kin, your sister and your friend
Pack it up now
Choo, choo, ride on this, choo, choo

California Love – 2 Pac

Released in 1995 on the album All Eyez on Me

Lovable Lyrics:

In the city of L.A
In the city of good ol’ Watts
In the city, the city of Compton
We keep it rockin’, we keep it rockin’

I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need to Get By – Method Man ft/ Mary J. Blige

Released in 1995 on the album I’ll Be There For You/ You’re All I Need To Get By

Lovable Lyrics:

You’re all, I need
(Lie together, cry together,
I swear to God I hope we f*****’ die together)
To get by

This Is How We Do It – Montell Jordan

Released in 1995 on the album This Is How We Do It

Lovable Lyrics:

This is how we do it, all hands are in the air
And wave them from here to there

Big Poppa – Notorious B.I.G.

Released in 1995 on the album Ready to Die

Lovable Lyrics:

I love it when you call me Big Poppa
Throw your hands in the air if you’s a true player
I love it when you call me Big Poppa
To the honeys gettin’ money, playin’ fellas like dummies

Tootsee Roll – 69 Boyz

Released in 1994 on the album Nineteen Ninety Quad

Lovable Lyrics:

Let me see that (Tootsee Roll)
Get off the flo’ (Tootsee Roll)
And make that Tootsee Roll (Tootsee Roll)

Fantastic Voyage – Coolio

Released in 1994 on the album It Takes a Thief

Lovable Lyrics:

Slide slide slippity-slide
I’m hittin’ switches on the block in a ’65
Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage

Regulate – Warren G feat. Nate Dogg

Released in 1994 on the album Regulate… G Funk Era

Lovable Lyrics:

It was a clear black night, a clear white moon
Warren G was on the streets tryin’ to consume
Some skirts for the eve so I can get some phones

Shoop – Salt-n-Pepa

Released in 1993 on the album Very Necessary

Lovable Lyrics:

Came to my senses and I chilled for a bit
Don’t know how you do the voodoo that you do
So well it’s a spell, hell, makes me wanna shoop shoop shoop

Whoomp! There It Is – Tag Team

Released in 1993 on the album Whoomp! (There It Is)

Lovable Lyrics:

Upside down and inside out
Donald’s swarmin the floor, throwing Daisy about
Minnie: Twirl to the left
Mickey: Twist to the right
Together: Movin, groovin, OUTTA SIGHT!

Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang – Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg

Released in 1992 on the album The Chronic

Lovable Lyrics:

Symbolizes dope, take a toke, but don’t choke
If you do, you’ll have no clue
On what me and my homie Snoop Dogg came to do

Scenario – A Tribe Called Quest

Released in 1992 on the album The Anthology

Lovable Lyrics:

Watch as I combine all the juice from the mind
Heel up, wheel up, bring it back, come rewind
Powerful impact, boom, from the cannon

Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-A-Lot

Released in 1992 on the album Mack Daddy

Lovable Lyrics:

My anaconda don’t want none
Unless you’ve got buns, hun

Electric Slide (Shall We Dance) – Grandmaster Slice

Released in 1991 on the album Electric Slide (Shall We Dance)

Lovable Lyrics:

We got everybody rockin’ and everybody talkin’,
Even your grandma bought her a Walkman.
To listen to my music when she gets the urge,
And when my song hits her ears like a power surge

Good Vibrations – Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch feat. Loleatta Holloway

Released in 1991 on the album Music For The People

Lovable Lyrics:

Feel it feel it
Feel the vibration
It’s such a good vibration
It’s such a sweet sensation

Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice

Released in 1990 on the album To The Extreme

Lovable Lyrics:

If there was a problem, yo, I’ll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it
Ice, ice baby

U Can’t Touch This – M.C. Hammer

Released in 1990 on the album Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em

Lovable Lyrics:

Look in my eyes, man
You can’t touch this
Yo, let me bust the funky Iyrics
You can’t touch this

.One of the greatest record companies of all time is Motown Records. I would say they have created their own genre of music all on their own. See our list of popular Motown love songs.

Old School

Jump Around – House Of Pain

Released in 1989 on the album House of Pain

Lovable Lyrics:

I came to get down, I came to get down
So get out your seat and jump around!
Jump around!

Just a Friend – Biz Markie

Released in 1989 on the album Just a Friend – EP

Lovable Lyrics:

You, you got what I need but you say he’s just a friend
And you say he’s just a friend, oh baby
You, got what I need but you say he’s just a friend

Wild Thing – Tone-Loc

Released in 1989 on the album Loc-ed After Dark

Lovable Lyrics:

Took her to the hotel she said “You’re the king?”
I said “Be my queen if you know what I mean and let us do the wild thing”

Bust A Move – Young MC

Released in 1989 on the album Stone Cold Rhymin’

Lovable Lyrics:

Come sit next to me, you fine fellow!”
You run over there without a second to lose
And what comes next? hey, bust a move!

It Takes Two – Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock

Released in 1988 on the album It Takes Two

Lovable Lyrics:

So let’s go, ’cause
It takes two to make a thing go right
It takes two to make it outta sight

Fight For Your Right – Beastie Boys

Released in 1987 on the album Licensed to Ill

Lovable Lyrics:

You gotta fight for your right to party
Party

Push It – Salt-n-Pepa

Released in 1987 on the album Hot, Cool & Vicious

Lovable Lyrics:

This dance ain’t for everybody
Only the sexy people
So all you fly mothers, get on out there and dance
Dance, I said!)

It’s Tricky – Run DMC

Released in 1986 on the album Raising Hell

Lovable Lyrics:

It’s Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that’s right on time
It’s Tricky… Tricky (Tricky) Tricky

The Message – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee

Released in 1982 on the album The Message

Lovable Lyrics:

Don’t push me
‘Cause I’m close to the edge
I’m trying not to lose my head

Apache – The Sugarhill Gang

Released in 1982 on the album 8th Wonder

Lovable Lyrics:

Kemosabe, jump on it, jump on it, jump on it
Custer, jump on it, jump on it, jump on it
Apache, jump on it, jump on it

Rapper’s Delight – The Sugarhill Gang

Released in 1979 on the album Sugarhill Gang

Lovable Lyrics:

I said-a hip, hop, the hippie, the hippie
To the hip hip hop-a you don’t stop the rock
It to the bang-bang boogie, say up jump the boogie
To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

Want to see other popular genres of music for your wedding? See our directory of wedding music genres.

Rolling Stone’s Top 10 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of All-Time

Rolling Stone Magazine is an authority in the music industry. They put together a list of the Greatest Hip Hop Songs of All-Time. Hip Hop can also be categorized as Rap. It truly is a great list of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time too.

All of the songs were popular in the 80s and 90s. From the beginnings of Hip Hop, groups include Grandmaster Flash, Run-D.M.C., Sugarhill Gang, and Afrika Bambaataa. Hip Hop artists of the 90s include Notorious B.I.G., Dr. Dre with Snoop Doggy Dogg, and Geto Boys.

1. The Message – Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1982)
2. Rapper’s Delight – Sugarhill Gang (1979)
3. Planet Rock – Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force (1982)
4. Sucker M.C.’s – Run-DMC (1983)
5. Mind Playing Tricks On Me – Geto Boys (1991)
6. Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang – Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg (1992)
7. Fight The Power – Public Enemy (1989)
8. Juicy – Notorious B.I.G. (1994)
9. Straight Outta Compton – N.W.A. (1988)
10. Paid In Full – Eric B. and Rakim (1987)

Greatest Hip Hop Songs by VH1 ReCalculated

VH1 created a list of their Top 100 Hip-Hop Songs of all time. We got to thinking and decided to narrow down their list to our favorite wedding songs.

Hip-Hop fans can be excited as our list is part of the most memorable and historical songs in music history. The year the song was released is noted with the rank on the VH1 Hip-Hop songs list.

Here’s our list of the greatest 14 wedding Hip-Hop songs.

“Now That We Found Love” by Heavy D. and the Boyz
(1991 – Ranked #86).
This is a great upbeat song to fill dance floors. Now That We Found Love would also be a great intro song for the wedding party.

“Set Adrift On Memory Bliss” by PM Dawn 
(1991 – Ranked #81).
A remix sampling from Spandau Ballet’s True. Set Adrift On Memory Bliss has a great beat and would make a great background song or slow-tempo dance song.

“Jump Around” by House Of Pain
(1992 – Ranked #66).
Not for your stereotypical wedding song. This uptempo song is for a younger crowd but will fill the dance floor.

“I Need Love” by  LL Cool J
(1987 – Ranked #60).
I Need Love is considered the first rap ballad. A classic slow song that rose to #14 on the Billboard charts. I Need Love would also be a good Garter Removal song.

“Bust A Move” by Young MC
(1989 – Ranked #47).
Bust A Move has been a time-tested dance song to fill wedding dance floors. With a fast tempo beat, wedding guests will want to bust a move to this song.

“I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need to Get By” by Method Man ft/ Mary J. Blige
(1995 – Ranked #44).
From all the songs listed on the Greatest 100 Hip Hop Songs, this song makes the best choice for the first dance song as a married couple. I’ll Be There For You is based on the original song sung by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

“It Takes Two” by Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
(1988 – Ranked #37).
It Takes Two is a dance classic to fill dance floors for years to come. A great party song for all ages.

“Hot In Herre” by Nelly
(2002 – Ranked #36).
This is a great song for garter removal or for garter placement. Hot In Herre is also a fast-tempo song to fill dance floors.

“Ladies First” by Queen Latifah ft. Monie Love
(1989 – Ranked #35).
We could not leave out a song from one of the most influential women in Hip Hop history. Ladies First would make a great bouquet toss song.

“U Can’t Touch This” by MC Hammer
(1990 – Ranked #26).
This is probably the most recognized Hip Hop/Pop song on the list across all genres. A great fast-tempo dance song to get wedding guests dancing.

“In Da Club” by 50 Cent
(2003 – Ranked #18).
This is the newest Hip Hop song on the list. In Da Club rose to #1 on the Billboard charts and will definitely get wedding guests in the mood to dance.

“Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-A-Lot
(1992 – Ranked #17)
A great fun party song to fill the dance floor. It may offend some. However, there was a viral video on YouTube that showed a bridal couple dancing to this.

“Walk This Way” by Run-DMC ft/ Aerosmith
(2001 – Ranked #4).
A great collaboration between Hip Hop and Rock all-stars. Originally performed by Aerosmith and sampled by Run-DMC. Wedding guests will want to get their groove on to this mid-tempo song.

“Rapper’s Delight” by Sugarhill Gang
(1980 – Ranked #2).
Considered one of the few songs that helped popularize Hip Hop music. Rapper’s Delight was revitalized with a skit in the movie The Wedding Singer in 1998. Not only can you breakdance to Rapper’s Delight, but many wedding parties also plan rehearsed dance moves to this song.

Is Rap Hip-Hop?

Yes and no.

Hip Hop is a style of music created from African music. For all intents and purposes, rap music can be intertwined with Hip-Hop music. Rapping is a vocal style in which the vocalist speaks lyrically, in rhyme and verse. The creation of Hip-Hop has been accredited to Keith Cowboy of the music group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.

There are many claims about the first Hip-Hop recording. However, our favorite is to be The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” from 1979. The lyrical content of Hip-Hop evolved from the 1970s to metaphorical lyrics over more complex, multi-layered instrumentals.

Artists such as Chuck D and KRS-ONE revolutionized hip-hop by transforming it into a more mature art form. Hip Hop from the ’80s and into the new decade formed into many genres including east coast and west coast Hip-Hop, gangsta rap, new school Hip-Hop, world, and crunk.

About Matthew Campbell

Wedding Music Expert

Meet Matthew (Matt) Campbell, the passionate wedding DJ and music expert behind My Wedding Songs. With years of experience in the industry and a keen ear for the latest trends, Matt knows just what it takes to create the perfect soundtrack for your special day. From classic love ballads to upbeat party anthems, his articles are jam-packed with insider tips and top recommendations that will have you and your guests on your feet all night long.

But Matt isn’t just a music aficionado – he’s also an active member of wedding planning and DJ communities online, sharing his expertise and learning from other professionals along the way. When he’s not helping couples plan their dream weddings, you can find Matt exploring new destinations with his wife or sipping his favorite beer. Whatever your musical tastes or wedding style, Matt is your go-to resource for creating an unforgettable celebration. Read Full Bio.