One of the better COMPLEX lists...50 Best Philly Rap Songs

[nieman]

http://www.complex.com/music/2012/10/the-50-best-philadelphia-rap-songs/#gallery

It's one of the best lists ever...they have everybody (signed though) and even Jakk Frost's Philly Love.
50. Peedi Crakk f/ Freeway, Young Chris & Beanie Sigel - One for Peedi Crakk
49. 3x Dope - Funky Dividends
48. Dutch & Spade f/ Beanie Sigel - Dead Man Walking
47. The Roots f/ DJ Jazzy Jeff & Jazzyfatnastees - The Next Movement
46. Pretty Ugly - Stack Gz Regardless
45. The Goats - Do the Digs Dug
44. Konfidential - How We Roll
43. 3x Dope - Greatest Man Alive
42. Gillie da Kid - Something to Bounce To
41. Da Fat Cat Clique - Da Flow
40. Schooly D - Gangster Boogie
39. Bahamadia - Uknowhowwedo
38. Cassidy - My Drink N My Two Step
37. Da Youngstas - Hip-Hop Ride
36. State Property - Want Me Back
35. The Roots f/ Musiq - Break You Off
34. Philly's Most Wanted - Cross Da Border
33. Young Gunz f/ Rell - No Better Love
32. Beanie Sigel - What Ya Life Like
31. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Brand New Funk
30. Da Youngstas - Crewz Pop
29. Young Gunz - Can't Stop, Won't Stop
28. Eve f/ Faith Evans - Love is Blind
27. Meek Mill f/ Young Chris - House Party
26. R.A.M. Squad - Unfortunate
25. Beanie Sigel - Feel It in the Air
24. Schoolly D - Saturday Night
23. Tracey Lee f/ Notorious B.I.G
22. Philly's Most Wanted - Please Don't Mind
21. Jakk Frost - Philly Love
20. Major Figgas - Yeah That's Us
19. Lady B - To the Beat Y'all
18. MC Breeze - Discombobulated
17. High & MIghty f/ Mos Def & Mad Skillz - B-Boy Document '99
16. Cassidy - I'm a Hustla
15. Schoolly D - Gucci Time
14. State Property - Roc the Mic
13. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Parents Just Don't Understand
12. Steady B f/ KRS-One - Serious (Ceereus BDP Remix)
11. Freeway f/ Peedi Crakk - Flipside
10. Tracey Lee - The Theme
9. The Roots f/ Erykah Badu - You Got Me
8. Cool C - The Glamorous Life
7. Eve f/ Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Ya Mind
6. Beanie Sigel - The Truth
5. Meek Mill - I'm a Boss
4. Freeway f/ Jay-Z & Beanie Sigel - What We Do
3. The Roots f/ Raphael Saadiq - What They Do
2. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
1. Schoolly D - P.S.K. What Does It Mean?

Of course there's a little bias towards the major airplay tracks...Tra Lee & Meek should not make a Top 10, and there's no Roscoe P, Reef or Journalist but overall a very good list. High & Mighty don't belong on here, Can't Stop, Won't Stop and Break You Off don't belong, Adrenaline should've been on here, maybe International Hustler, maybe Black Deniro's Superman remix

 

[MINT]

still a bad list though

 

[nieman]

still a bad list though

Not really. The only tracks I would take off would be the Young Gunz tracks, Break You Off, the Cassidy tracks, High & Mighty and Eve. They were hits but...they could be replaced with better. The Roots should have at least 5 tracks, replace Yeah That's Us with Figgas & Sigel. In My Bag is probably Meek's best track mainstream wise, something from Journalist, Pretty Ugly's Come On and Roscoe gets something, and something from Young Gunz album...Oh yeah Last Emperor gets a track on there too.

 

[West Coast Avenger]

No Jamal?????..............and LOL @ Meek Mill's shyt being at #5........fukk outta here with that......

 

[nieman]

DAMN Forgot about Mally G Keep It Real...that's a definite

 

[Zach Lowe]

Meek Mill should be on there for Dreams and Nightmares Intro not I'm a Boss

and anything Young Gunz is awful

Roc the Mic is lowkey awful

House Party is trash

 

[nieman]

Meek Mill should be on there for Dreams and Nightmares Intro not I'm a Boss

and anything Young Gunz is awful

Roc the Mic is lowkey awful

House Party is trash

And those Cassidy tracks...actually I don't like Flipside either, or that Eve track. You know what...they're missing Ms Jade too





And of course...The Last Two

 

[Zach Lowe]

@nieman Kobe should be up there too

 

[Taadow]

I'm not a Philly dude so i'll just say this and fall back:

1. "Can't Stop Won't Stop" was a fuccin' monster, seems like it's too low
2. "I'm A Boss" and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" top-10?
3. Where tha hell is Tracey Lee "Give It Up Baby"??

 

[nieman]

I'm not a Philly dude so i'll just say this and fall back:

1. "Can't Stop Won't Stop" was a fuccin' monster, seems like it's too low
2. "I'm A Boss" and "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" top-10?
3. Where tha hell is Tracey Lee "Give It Up Baby"??

Inside the city, no one really effed with Cant Stop, Wont Stop...teenage girls and lil kids but that was it. Suckas, Suckas remix & Cross the Border were bigger. Hell, honestly, outside of their fam, people JUST startin messing with Chris over the past couple of years.

@nieman Kobe should be up there too

Kobe, Thought, Beanie - Philly Live might be a contender. Philly always been on some get money/street ish tho.

 

[MoneyBags]

can't wait till Wacky D sees this thread, oh boy.

IMO Summertime will always be the #1 Philly record, but I ain't mad at PSK.

 

[gho3st]

thought Freeway was going to blow up after that "what we do" song....shyt was dope as fukk.

 

[Bugsmoran]

No Jamal?????...............fukk outta here with that......

C/S

they F'd up leaving Jamal off the list

 

[Wacky D]

No Jamal?????..............and LOL @ Meek Mill's shyt being at #5........fukk outta here with that......

they prolly think hes from jersey or some chit.

 

[Wacky D]

can't wait till Wacky D sees this thread, oh boy.

IMO Summertime will always be the #1 Philly record, but I ain't mad at PSK.