50 Years Of Hip Hop: The Rankdown Part 7 (COMPLETE)

[SHOOTER]

Shit.

[Soulsista]

SUBMISSIONS DUE TODAY!

Participants:
1. Soulsista
2. Dinosaur Encyclopedia
3. singingrulebritannia
4. beyoncelover
5. B-Boy
6. jtd Thee Stallion
7. Mayman
8. willapted33
9. 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲
10. wheatsquares33
11. PREDS PRIDE
12. 312999
13. rowellfarm490
14. ilikemilk
15. Gonza'90
16. Active Aggressive


And just so we're clear, we're only ranking the original version of "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss", not the re-recorded version.

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[wrip]

I kinda lost track of time with this one so I don’t think I can send. Can I be tagged in reveals please?

[poopshark]

Ahhh really wanted to do this but I’ve been busy real sorry

[American Idiot]

I have about another 20 songs or so to listen to. I'll probably turn in my list right before the deadline tonight.

[Soulsista]

May 17, 2024 15:43:13 GMT -5 wrip said:

I kinda lost track of time with this one so I don’t think I can send. Can I be tagged in reveals please?

May 17, 2024 16:24:12 GMT -5 poopshark said:

Ahhh really wanted to do this but I’ve been busy real sorry

I won't officially close submissions until noon Eastern on Sunday, so you still have time to send in a list. If not then I'll tag you for reveals.

[alexcuse]

Soulsista please help tag me alexcuse in reveals too thanks

[Soulsista]

LAST CALL!

Participants:
1. Soulsista
2. Dinosaur Encyclopedia
3. singingrulebritannia
4. beyoncelover
5. B-Boy
6. jtd Thee Stallion
7. Mayman
8. willapted33
9. 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲
10. wheatsquares33
11. PREDS PRIDE
12. 312999
13. rowellfarm490
14. ilikemilk
15. Gonza'90
16. Active Aggressive


SUBMISSIONS WILL CLOSE AT NOON EASTERN ON SUNDAY, SO IF YOU STILL WANT TO PARTICIPATE THEN GET YOUR LIST IN NOW!

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[Soulsista]

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!

Final List Of Participants:
1. Soulsista
2. Dinosaur Encyclopedia
3. singingrulebritannia
4. beyoncelover
5. B-Boy
6. jtd Thee Stallion
7. Mayman
8. willapted33
9. 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲
10. wheatsquares33
11. PREDS PRIDE
12. 312999
13. rowellfarm490
14. ilikemilk
15. Gonza'90
16. Active Aggressive
17. American Idiot
18. BB🌕

[beyoncelover]

Excited to see how this rankdown turns out! Hoping my favorites do well. Can't wait for it!

[SHOOTER]

Time got away from me. I’ll follow along as always.

[Soulsista]

Reveals will start tomorrow!

[Soulsista]

Welcome to 50 Years Of Hip Hop: The Rankdown Part 7!

As a reminder, here are the 50 songs you were asked to rank:

2Pac – Changes
Ab-Soul feat. ScHoolboy Q – SOPA
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Thuggish Ruggish Bone
Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion – WAP
Coolio feat. L.V. – Gangsta’s Paradise
De La Soul – Breakadawn
DMX – Party Up (Up In Here)
Dr. Dre – Let Me Ride
Drake – Nice For What
E-40 feat. Keak Da Sneak – Tell Me When To Go
Eminem – Stan
Fugees – Ready Or Not
Gang Starr – Step In The Arena
Goodie Mob – Dirty South
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel – White Lines (Don’t Do It)
Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
Ice-T – 6 In The Mornin’
Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
Jungle Brothers – What U Waitin’ 4?
Kanye West – Stronger
Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank)
Kid Cudi – Day ‘N’ Nite
Kurtis Blow – Christmas Rappin’
Lil Kim – Not Tonight (Remix)
LL Cool J – Rock The Bells
M.I.A. – Paper Planes
Masta Ace Incorporated – Born To Roll
MC Eiht – Streiht Up Menace
MC Shan – The Bridge
MF DOOM – Doomsday
Missy Elliott – Work It
N.W.A – Express Yourself
Nas – The World Is Yours
Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray
Nicki Minaj – Your Love
The Notorious B.I.G. – Mo Money Mo Problems
Outkast – So Fresh, So Clean
P.M. Dawn – Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
Petey deleted – Freek-A-Leek
Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype
Run-DMC – It’s Like That
Salt-N-Pepa – Let’s Talk About Sex
Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back
Snoop Dogg – Lay Low
Tag Team – Whoomp! (There It Is)
Three 6 Mafia – Stay Fly
A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour
UGK – One Day
Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph


We kick off the rankdown with seven perfect rankings. Only two of you had this in your top half, and one of them is a Top 20.

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[Soulsista]

50. SOPA - Ab-Soul feat. ScHoolboy Q

Born in Los Angeles, Herbert Stevens IV rose to prominence as a member of the supergroup Black Hippy. His 2012 album Control System houses the single "SOPA" which features ScHoolboy Q. The song is a reference to the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill that would have given the government control over the internet.


Points: 126
Average: 44.00
Standard Deviation: 9.312 (12th lowest)

jtd Thee Stallion - 19

Gonza'90 - 25

312999 - 32
Mayman - 39

willapted33 - 44
Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 45
wheatsquares33 - 47
ilikemilk - 47
B-Boy - 48
American Idiot - 48
BB🌕 - 48
Soulsista - 50
singingrulebritannia - 50
beyoncelover - 50
🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 - 50
PREDS PRIDE - 50
rowellfarm490 - 50
Active Aggressive - 50

Observing
wrip
poopshark
alexcuse
SHOOTER


The next reveal has the lowest SD. It's one of two songs that no one ranked in their top half.

[Soulsista]

49. The Bridge - MC Shan

Born in Queens, Shawn Moltke first signed with MCA and released the single "Feed The World". He was soon dropped from the label, but quickly landed a deal with Cold Chillin' Records and joined Marley Marl's Juice Crew. In 1986 he released the single "The Bridge", which would ignite what would come to be known as the Bridge Wars with Bronx-based Boogie Down Productions (You may recall we ranked "The Bridge Is Over" in the very first installment of this series). Samples "Impeach The President" by The Honey Drippers and "Scratchin'" by The Magic Disco Machine, and itself has been sampled numerous times.

MC Shan later worked with Snow on his #1 hit "Informer".


Points: 158
Average: 42.22
Standard Deviation: 5.683 (Lowest)

B-Boy - 30

American Idiot - 34
PREDS PRIDE - 35
Active Aggressive - 35
ilikemilk - 38
🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 - 40

Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 42
beyoncelover - 43
jtd Thee Stallion - 43
wheatsquares33 - 44
singingrulebritannia - 45
rowellfarm490 - 45
Soulsista - 46
willapted33 - 47
BB🌕 - 47
Mayman - 48
312999 - 49
Gonza'90 - 49

Observing
wrip
poopshark
alexcuse
SHOOTER


Next: the other song no one placed in their top half. It has the second lowest SD.

[Soulsista]

48. 6 In The Mornin' - Ice-T

Taking his cue from "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" by Schoolly D, Ice-T released "6 In The Mornin'" in 1986 and is one of the earliest gangsta rap songs. Three 6 Mafia later recorded their own version titled "3-6 In The Mornin'", and Ice's own 1991 song "Midnight" is considered a prequel.


Points: 195
Average: 40.17
Standard Deviation: 5.803 (2nd lowest)

wheatsquares33 - 27

jtd Thee Stallion - 31
Mayman - 32
Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 36
singingrulebritannia - 37
PREDS PRIDE - 37
willapted33 - 40
rowellfarm490 - 40

B-Boy - 42
Gonza'90 - 42
🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 - 43
ilikemilk - 43
American Idiot - 43
312999 - 44
BB🌕 - 45
Active Aggressive - 46
Soulsista - 47
beyoncelover - 48

Observing
wrip
poopshark
alexcuse
SHOOTER


Two Top 20s will be lost with the next reveal. Someone else will get a perfect ranking.

[Soulsista]

47. Your Love - Nicki Minaj

"Your Love" was released in 2010 as the lead single from her debut studio album Pink Friday. It topped the rap chart and peaked at #4 on the R&B chart and #14 on the Hot 100. Samples Annie Lennox's version of "No More I Love You's".

Points: 219
Average: 38.83
Standard Deviation: 12.636 (19th highest)

jtd Thee Stallion - 14
beyoncelover - 15

312999 - 22
🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 - 25
Mayman - 28

ilikemilk - 32

Active Aggressive - 41
Soulsista - 43
Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 44
rowellfarm490 - 44
B-Boy - 47
wheatsquares33 - 48
PREDS PRIDE - 48
singingrulebritannia - 49
American Idiot - 49
willapted33 - 50
Gonza'90 - 50
BB🌕 - 50

Observing
wrip
poopshark
alexcuse
SHOOTER


The next reveal will see three Top 20s go down. One lucky person will get a perfect ranking.

[Soulsista]

46. WAP - Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion

"WAP" was released in 2020. The song, which stands for "Wet-Ass Pussy", debuted atop the R&B/Hip Hop and Hot 100 charts, and was the first collboration between female rap artists to hit #1 on the latter chart. It won an American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Song. Sampling "Whores In This House" by Frank Ski, it received widespread critical acclaim, with several publications calling it one of the best songs of the year. It also caused a freakout by conservatives, accusing it of contributing to the decline in human society.

The music video features cameos from the likes of Normani and Kylie Jenner, with some objecting to the latter's appearance in the video and accusing her of cultural appropriation.


Points: 220
Average: 38.78
Standard Deviation: 12.221 (23rd highest)

jtd Thee Stallion - 15
Active Aggressive - 17
beyoncelover - 20

🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 - 21

Mayman - 36
Gonza'90 - 37
BB🌕 - 38
B-Boy - 40

willapted33 - 43
Soulsista - 44
singingrulebritannia - 44
wheatsquares33 - 46
rowellfarm490 - 48
PREDS PRIDE - 49
Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 50
312999 - 50
ilikemilk - 50
American Idiot - 50

Observing
wrip
poopshark
alexcuse
SHOOTER

[Soulsista]

The remaining 45 songs:

2Pac – Changes
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Thuggish Ruggish Bone
Coolio feat. L.V. – Gangsta’s Paradise
De La Soul – Breakadawn
DMX – Party Up (Up In Here)
Dr. Dre – Let Me Ride
Drake – Nice For What
E-40 feat. Keak Da Sneak – Tell Me When To Go
Eminem – Stan
Fugees – Ready Or Not
Gang Starr – Step In The Arena
Goodie Mob – Dirty South
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel – White Lines (Don’t Do It)
Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
Jungle Brothers – What U Waitin’ 4?
Kanye West – Stronger
Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank)
Kid Cudi – Day ‘N’ Nite
Kurtis Blow – Christmas Rappin’
Lil Kim – Not Tonight (Remix)
LL Cool J – Rock The Bells
M.I.A. – Paper Planes
Masta Ace Incorporated – Born To Roll
MC Eiht – Streiht Up Menace
MF DOOM – Doomsday
Missy Elliott – Work It
N.W.A – Express Yourself
Nas – The World Is Yours
Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray
The Notorious B.I.G. – Mo Money Mo Problems
Outkast – So Fresh, So Clean
P.M. Dawn – Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
Petey deleted – Freek-A-Leek
Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype
Run-DMC – It’s Like That
Salt-N-Pepa – Let’s Talk About Sex
Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back
Snoop Dogg – Lay Low
Tag Team – Whoomp! (There It Is)
Three 6 Mafia – Stay Fly
A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour
UGK – One Day
Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph


Five more will be revealed tomorrow!

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[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Wow..very shocked at Nicki and Cardi. Definitely not what I was expecting. 🤣🤣

[Active Aggressive]

Y'all have clearly never had to get a bucket and a MOP and it shows. Eek!

[PREDS PRIDE]

i like wap okay but this was a pretty strong list and i just could not put it any higher than that lol

[beyoncelover]

50. SOPA - Ab-Soul feat. ScHoolboy Q (50): Perfect ranking! Perfect choice for #50 as I also ranked it at that spot. I don't remember this now but I know I didn't care for this. Yayy for 7 #50s for this.... no complaints.

49. The Bridge - MC Shan (43): Lol oh wow, it's kinda funny to see a song with no rankings above #30. :o Wow it kinda shows how none of us are passionate about this song. No complaints with the ranking for this song.

48. 6 In The Mornin' - Ice-T (48): Oooh niceee, 3rd song in and already got my second perfect rank as I ranked this at #48. This was another song I didn't care for and am fine with its ranking here.

47. Your Love - Nicki Minaj (15): Ughh noooo, really sad and shocked to see "Your Love" show up this soon. And ugh the first song I am really sad to lose, as this is my #15. Unlike Nicki, I do love this song. It's cute, catchy and enjoyable. I do think she probably could have had stronger songs that could have done better here but still a fan of this.

46. WAP - Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion (20): Well dangg, I also wasn't expecting to see "WAP" show up this soon either. Ugh that's disappointing as I do really like this song. It was quite a huge song/video. This is a hot and fun jam and I enjoy what both Cardi and Megan bring to the song.

[Soulsista]

Welcome back!

We start off today's reveals with the song that has the 4th lowest SD. Someone will lose a Top 20 while six others will lose a bottom 10.

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[Soulsista]

45. Streiht Up Menace - MC Eiht

Straight outta Compton, Aaron Tyler started out as a member of the group Compton's Most Wanted. In 1993 he appeared in the movie Menace II Society and contributed the song "Streiht Up Menace" to its soundtrack. It peaked at #30 on the rap chart and #46 on the R&B chart, and was later used in the video game Grand Theft Auto V. Montell Jordan sampled it for his song "Falling".

MC Eiht had a years-long feud with DJ Quik, releasing diss tracks back and forth. The feud ended in 1998, and the two have since collaborated on a number of songs.


Points: 249
Average: 37.17
Standard Deviation: 7.406 (4th lowest)

ilikemilk - 17

B-Boy - 29
Soulsista - 30

312999 - 31
BB🌕 - 32
singingrulebritannia - 36
willapted33 - 36
Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 38
PREDS PRIDE - 38
wheatsquares33 - 39
Active Aggressive - 39
jtd Thee Stallion - 40

🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 - 41
rowellfarm490 - 41
Mayman - 42
Gonza'90 - 46
beyoncelover - 47
American Idiot - 47

Observing
wrip
poopshark
alexcuse
SHOOTER


We'll be losing our first Top 10 with the next reveal. Seven people will get rid of a bottom 5.

[Active Aggressive]

LOL watch it be Baby Got Back or Let's Talk About Sex, but hoping for Whoomp.

[Soulsista]

44. Let's Talk About Sex - Salt-N-Pepa

"Let's Talk About Sex" was released in 1991 from their album Blacks' Magic. Sampling "I'll Take You There", it peaked at #12 on the rap chart, #51 on the R&B chart, and #13 on the Hot 100. Internationally, it topped the charts in eight countries. The song, which promotes safe sex, received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Performance By a Duo Or Group.

An alternate version was released titled "Let's Talk About AIDS".




Points: 262
Average: 36.44
Standard Deviation: 13.232 (17th highest)

🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 - 8

B-Boy - 14
beyoncelover - 18

Active Aggressive - 24
Gonza'90 - 27
PREDS PRIDE - 29

wheatsquares33 - 35
ilikemilk - 40

Soulsista - 42
American Idiot - 42
Mayman - 43
singingrulebritannia - 46
rowellfarm490 - 46
Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 47
312999 - 47
willapted33 - 49
BB🌕 - 49
jtd Thee Stallion - 50

Observing
wrip
poopshark
alexcuse
SHOOTER

The next reveal has the 5th highest SD. Two Top 10s go down, along with seven bottom 5s.

[PREDS PRIDE]

throwback

[Soulsista]

43. Whoomp! (There It Is) - Tag Team

Tag Team was formed in Atlanta by Denver natives DC The Brain Supreme (Cecil Glenn) and Steve Rolln (Steve Gibson). Their song "Whoomp! (There It Is)" first blew up in the gentleman's club Magic City where DC was a DJ. It's growing popularity eventually landed them a deal with Bellmark Records. It topped the R&B chart and peaked at #4 on the rap chart and #2 on the Hot 100 in 1993, and has been played in movies, advertisements, and at sporting events ever since. Samples "I'm Ready" by Kano, which eventually led to Bellmark filing for bankruptcy following a lawsuit claiming that the sample was used without permission. After a years-long battle, Tag Team wound up with 100% of the writers' share and were given the right to get performance royalties from third parties.


Points: 280
Average: 35.44
Standard Deviation: 15.428 (5th highest)

🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 - 4
312999 - 6

beyoncelover - 17
American Idiot - 19

PREDS PRIDE - 22

ilikemilk - 31
B-Boy - 33
Gonza'90 - 38

BB🌕 - 42
wheatsquares33 - 43
Active Aggressive - 43
singingrulebritannia - 47
willapted33 - 48
Soulsista - 49
Dinosaur Encyclopedia- 49
jtd Thee Stallion - 49
Mayman - 49
rowellfarm490 - 49

Observing
wrip
poopshark
alexcuse
SHOOTER

Now we're up to the song with the 3rd highest SD. Someone loses a Top 5, five more will lose a bottom 5.

[Soulsista]

42. Freek-A-Leek - Petey Pablo

"Freek-A-Leek" was released from his album Still Writing In My Diary: 2nd Entry. Produced by Lil Jon, it peaked at #2 on the rap chart, #5 on the R&B chart, and #7 on the Hot 100 in 2004. It was later sampled in Saweetie's "My Type".

The beat for this song had originally been intended for Usher's "Yeah!", but when "Freek-A-Leek" began receiving airplay, Lil Jon had to come up with a different beat for the Usher song.


Points: 325
Average: 32.94
Standard Deviation: 16.286 (3rd highest)

🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 - 3

jtd Thee Stallion - 12
PREDS PRIDE - 12
312999 - 12
beyoncelover - 16

B-Boy - 21
Active Aggressive - 22

Soulsista - 38
ilikemilk - 39

Dinosaur Encyclopedia - 43
BB🌕 - 44
willapted33 - 45
American Idiot - 45
rowellfarm490 - 47
Gonza'90 - 47
singingrulebritannia - 48
wheatsquares33 - 49
Mayman - 50

Observing
wrip
poopshark
alexcuse
SHOOTER


The next reveal has the 6th lowest SD. Two Top 20s and two bottom 10s will be lost.