Greatest Hip Hop Songs of All-Time – Top 10 List

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.

Greatest Hip Hop Songs

10. Paid In Full – Eric B. and Rakim
Released in 1987
Genre – Hip Hop

9. Straight Outta Compton – N.W.A.
Released in 1988
Genre – Hip Hop

8. Juicy – Notorious B.I.G.
Released in 1994
Genre – Hip Hop

7. Fight The Power – Public Enemy
Released in 1989
Genre – Hip Hop

6. Nuthin’ But A ‘G’ Thang – Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg
Released in 1992
Genre – Hip Hop

5. Mind Playing Tricks On Me – Geto Boys
Released in 1991
Genre – Hip Hop

4. Sucker M.C.’s – Run-DMC
Released in 1983
Genre – Hip Hop

3. Planet Rock – Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force
Released in 1982
Genre – Hip Hop

2. Rapper’s Delight – Sugarhill Gang
Released in 1979
Genre – Hip Hop

1. The Message – Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Released in 1982
Genre – Hip Hop

Listen to our best Hip Hop songs playlist on Spotify.