The Best Hip-Hop Songs

Hip-hop tracks ranked by beer score, from the Sugarhill Gang to Kendrick Lamar. Four decades of the genre on one chart, and raters with firm opinions about all of it.

Top 12 of 12 songs with at least 10 ratings. Ranked by average beer score on a 0 to 11 scale.

1. 1
   

   Big Poppa

   The Notorious B.I.G.

   The smoothest Biggie ever got. Beer three approves.

   0.9beers13 ratings
2. 2
   

   C.R.E.A.M.

   Wu-Tang Clan

   Cash rules everything around me. Still does.

   2.1beers10 ratings
3. 3
   

   Hypnotize

   The Notorious B.I.G.

   He makes it sound effortless. It absolutely was not.

   2.6beers14 ratings
4. 4
   

   Stan

   Eminem

   The song that put a new word in the dictionary.

   3.3beers16 ratings
5. 5
   

   Gin and Juice

   Snoop Dogg

   The most relaxed song ever made about being extremely drunk. On theme.

   3.4beers14 ratings
6. 6
   

   The Real Slim Shady

   Eminem

   Please stand up. Everybody did.

   3.8beers15 ratings
7. 7
   

   Get Ur Freak On

   Missy Elliott

   Nobody else has ever sounded remotely like this.

   4.3beers10 ratings
8. 8
   

   Dear Mama

   2Pac

   The one that makes hard men ring their mothers.

   4.4beers11 ratings
9. 9
   

   Old Town Road

   Lil Nas X

   Country radio said no. The charts said nineteen weeks.

   4.5beers10 ratings
10. 10
    

    N***** in Paris

    Jay-Z

    That beat switch. Every single time.

    5.1beers10 ratings
11. 11
    

    SICKO MODE

    Travis Scott

    Three songs in a trench coat. All three are good.

    6.9beers14 ratings
12. 12
    

    Stronger

    Kanye West

    Daft Punk, sampled into something even louder.

    7.6beers12 ratings