Excellent book about the history of Rap. The authors choose one rap joint per year since 1979...
http://www.amazon.com/Rap-Year-Book-Imp ... bc?ie=UTF8
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/10/16/r ... ea-serrano
1979 “Rapper’s Delight” The Sugarhill Gang
1980 “The Breaks” Kurtis Blow
1981 “Jazzy Sensation” Afrika Bambaataa and the Jazzy Five
1982 “The Message” Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
1983 “Sucker M.C.’s” Run-DMC
1984 “Friends” Whodini
1985 “La Di Da Di” Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
1986 “6 in the Mornin’” Ice-T
1987 “Paid in Full” Eric B. and Rakim
1988 “Straight Outta Compton” N.W.A
1989 “Fight the Power” Public Enemy
1990 “Bonita Applebum” A Tribe Called Quest
1991 “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” Geto Boys
1992 “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang” Dr. Dre, featuring Snoop Dogg
1993 “C.R.E.A.M.” Wu-Tang Clan
1994 “Juicy” The Notorious B.I.G.
1995 “Dear Mama” Tupac
1996 “California Love” Tupac, featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman
1997 “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” Puff Daddy, featuring Mase
1998 “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” DMX
1999 “My Name Is” Eminem
2000 “Big Pimpin’” Jay Z, featuring UGK
2001 “Takeover” vs. “Ether” Jay Z vs. Nas
2002 “Grindin’” The Clipse
2003 “In Da Club” 50 Cent
2004 “Still Tippin’” Mike Jones, featuring Slim Thug and Paul Wall
2005 “Gold Digger” Kanye West, featuring Jamie Foxx
2006 “Hustlin’” Rick Ross
2007 “International Players Anthem” UGK, featuring Outkast
2008 “A Milli” Lil Wayne
2009 “Best I Ever Had” Drake
2010 “Monster” Kanye West, featuring Rick Ross, Jay Z, Bon Iver, and Nicki Minaj
2011 “Niggas in Paris” Jay Z and Kanye West
2012 “Same Love” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
2013 “Control” Big Sean, featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica
2014 “Lifestyle” Rich Gang, featuring Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan
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Eligible
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Runners-Up (they're called Rebuttals in the book)
1979: Paulette and Tanya Winley - "Rhymin' and Rappin'"
1980: Afrika Bambaataa - "Zulu Nation Throwdown (Cosmic Force)"
1981: Funky 4+1 - "That's the Joint"
1982: Busy Bee - "Making Cash Money"
1983: Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel - "White Lines (Don't Do It)"
1984: Roxanne Shante - "Roxanne's Revenge"
1985: Run-D.M.C. - "King of Rock"
1986: Run-D.M.C. feat. Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
1987: Boogie Down Productions - "9mm Goes Bang"
1988: Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
1989: Tone Loc - "Wild Thing"
1990: LL Cool J - "Around the Way Girl"
1991: A Tribe Called Quest - "Check the Rhime"
1992: Beastie Boys - "So What'cha Want"
1993: The Pharcyde - "Passin' Me By"
1994: Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony - "Thuggish Ruggish Bone"
1995: Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones Part II"
1996: Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony - "Tha Crossroads" (I think OutKast's "Elevators (Me & You)" also gets a mention here, but I'm not sure)
1997: Missy Elliott - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
1998: Juvenile - "Ha"
1999: JT Money - "Who Day"
2000: OutKast - "So Fresh, So Clean"
2001: Jay Z feat. Eminem - "Renegade"
2002: Missy Elliott - "Work It"
2003: Nas - "Made You Look (Apache Remix)"
2004: Crime Mob - "Knuck if You Buck"
2005: Young Jeezy feat. Jay Z - "Go Crazy"
2006: (tie) T.I. - "What You Know"/Rich Boy feat. Palo Da Don - "Throw Some D's"
2007: Kanye West feat. T-Pain - "Good Life"
2008: T.I. and Jay Z feat. Kanye West and M.I.A. - "Swagga Like Us"
2009: Gucci Mane - "Lemonade"
2010: Wacka Flocka Flame - "Hard in the Paint"
2011: Jay Z and Kanye West - "Otis"
2012: Juicy J feat. Lil Wayne - "Bands A Make Her Dance"
2013: Kanye West - "New Slaves"
2014: Run the Jewels feat. BOOTS - "Early"
1979: Paulette and Tanya Winley - "Rhymin' and Rappin'"
1980: Afrika Bambaataa - "Zulu Nation Throwdown (Cosmic Force)"
1981: Funky 4+1 - "That's the Joint"
1982: Busy Bee - "Making Cash Money"
1983: Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel - "White Lines (Don't Do It)"
1984: Roxanne Shante - "Roxanne's Revenge"
1985: Run-D.M.C. - "King of Rock"
1986: Run-D.M.C. feat. Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
1987: Boogie Down Productions - "9mm Goes Bang"
1988: Slick Rick - "Children's Story"
1989: Tone Loc - "Wild Thing"
1990: LL Cool J - "Around the Way Girl"
1991: A Tribe Called Quest - "Check the Rhime"
1992: Beastie Boys - "So What'cha Want"
1993: The Pharcyde - "Passin' Me By"
1994: Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony - "Thuggish Ruggish Bone"
1995: Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones Part II"
1996: Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony - "Tha Crossroads" (I think OutKast's "Elevators (Me & You)" also gets a mention here, but I'm not sure)
1997: Missy Elliott - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
1998: Juvenile - "Ha"
1999: JT Money - "Who Day"
2000: OutKast - "So Fresh, So Clean"
2001: Jay Z feat. Eminem - "Renegade"
2002: Missy Elliott - "Work It"
2003: Nas - "Made You Look (Apache Remix)"
2004: Crime Mob - "Knuck if You Buck"
2005: Young Jeezy feat. Jay Z - "Go Crazy"
2006: (tie) T.I. - "What You Know"/Rich Boy feat. Palo Da Don - "Throw Some D's"
2007: Kanye West feat. T-Pain - "Good Life"
2008: T.I. and Jay Z feat. Kanye West and M.I.A. - "Swagga Like Us"
2009: Gucci Mane - "Lemonade"
2010: Wacka Flocka Flame - "Hard in the Paint"
2011: Jay Z and Kanye West - "Otis"
2012: Juicy J feat. Lil Wayne - "Bands A Make Her Dance"
2013: Kanye West - "New Slaves"
2014: Run the Jewels feat. BOOTS - "Early"
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I just bought it on iBooks, I'll verify everything soon.
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Some of the rebuttals SteveFan posted are incorrect.
1979: Paulette and Tanya Winley - "Rhymin' and Rappin'"
1984: Only "Roxanne's Revenge", but not "Roxanne, Roxanne"
1999: JT Money - "Who Day"
2003: Nas - "Made You Look (Apache Remix)"
2009: Gucci Mane - "Lemonade"
Within many chapters, there are small lists that are probably not eligible.
1979: Paulette and Tanya Winley - "Rhymin' and Rappin'"
1984: Only "Roxanne's Revenge", but not "Roxanne, Roxanne"
1999: JT Money - "Who Day"
2003: Nas - "Made You Look (Apache Remix)"
2009: Gucci Mane - "Lemonade"
Within many chapters, there are small lists that are probably not eligible.
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Thanks SweepstakesRon. StevieFan13, where did you get your songs from?
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It was a Spotify playlist with the collected songs. What made it confusing was that there were also songs that were thematically similar, but not the exact rebuttals. So I sort of had to guess which of the two were the right ones for some of them. I'm just glad Ron gave the precise ones.
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If the data gets corrected I think it could be eligible
It's included on AM. sorry :/
It's included on AM. sorry :/