Guest wrote:

you need to do a little research about the 80s and early nineties hip hop. Although I agree that all of these songs are great songs the greatest song ever should have had a very direct impact on the rest of the industry. Even though the sugar hill gang is like the new kids on the block of rap, they did change rap forever. And the three true pioneers of modern rap were afrika bambaataa, grandmaster flash, and kurtis blow. The only other man in my opinion to have as much influence as these three is chuck d. he showed that hip hop can have an underlying concious and create social change. having said that this is my list of five songs 1. Grandmaster Flash and the furious five- The Message 2. Kustis blow- The breaks 3. africa bambaataa- planet rock 4. public enemy- fight the power 5. sugar hill gang- rappers delight

You got that wrong kurtis blow, flash and bambaataa did not start hip-hop. It was grand wizard theodore, kool herc and maybe run-dmc. If hip-hop now sounded like kurtis blow and the sugar hill gang I'd be saying it was ***. Because they are ***.

u gta download these tunes:- 
notorious thugs - bone thugs n harmony n biggie (first verse by biggie is tha best rap verse ever!!!!) 
scribe - dreaming 
method man n redman - da rockwilder
2pac - breathin
mobb deep - got it twisted (mad bass, kills it)
2pac n biggie - runnin
lil kim - thug luv (do it like a hutlsa, gota keep it gangsta, cant no1 collide with us) 
ludacris ft shawna - what your fantasy remix
jay z - dirt off your shoulder
r kelly ft sean paul n akon - slow wind remix (rnb trak but lyrics r 2 funi) 

it was a good day - ice cube.

'nuff said

you all have it wrong...if you don't know these songs then download them.     1. biggie- who shot ya   2. nas- new york state of mind.     3.   50 cent - slow dough    4.  big l- ebonics 5. lost boyz- renee

AZ-Magic Hour, Seems That Way, The Come Up, Life's a ***, How Ya Livin

Masta Ace- Beautiful, Brooklyn Masala, Take A Walk, Acknowledge

Nas- Reason, Rewind, Serious, Mastermind and all of illmatic

Too many Biggie and 2Pac songs to name..

Most of u cats listing some pretty wake songs.Good to See a couple people know their hip hop..

I grew up Listening to Hip Hop back in the 80's And i Got Mad Crates Full of dope records..their aint much i havent heard from then till know so ill write a little list. Drop A lil knowledge For u fools..

Most kids these days wont like these songs but the real heads who love music will.

Showbiz & A.G - Next Level (Dj Premier)

MF DOOM - Doomsday

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - One In a Milllion

Jeru The Damaja - Come Clean

Organized Konfusion - Somehow, Someway

Main Source - Fakin The Funk

Artifacts - Wrong side Of The tracks

Smif N Wessun - Bucktown

A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rime

Big L - Street Struck

O.C - O-zone (Buckwild)

Souls Of Mishief - 93 Til Infinity

Diverse - Jus Biz

Mos Def - Mathematics (Dj Premier)

Jaylib - The Red

Thats Just Some--- off the top of my head...Keep it real! Peace.