Top Conscious Hip Hop Songs
1 |
26 |
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five |
The Message |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1982 |
2 |
69 |
Kendrick Lamar |
Alright |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2015 |
3 |
519 |
Kendrick Lamar |
DNA. |
|
Trap,
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2017 |
4 |
656 |
Melle Mel |
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) |
|
Disco Rap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1983 |
5 |
661 |
Lauryn Hill |
Doo Wop (That Thing) |
|
Neo-Soul
|
1998 |
6 |
670 |
De La Soul |
Me Myself and I |
|
Disco Rap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1989 |
7 |
829 |
Wu-Tang Clan |
C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1993 |
8 |
1038 |
A Tribe Called Quest |
We the People... |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop
|
2016 |
9 |
1192 |
Arrested Development |
Tennessee |
|
Boom Bap,
Southern Hip Hop
|
1992 |
10 |
1204 |
Coolio feat. L.V. |
Gangsta's Paradise |
|
Gangsta Rap,
West Coast Hip Hop
|
1995 |
11 |
1313 |
OutKast |
Rosa Parks |
|
Southern Hip Hop
|
1998 |
12 |
1428 |
Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar |
Never Catch Me |
|
Abstract Hip Hop,
Wonky
|
2014 |
13 |
1595 |
The Game feat. 50 Cent |
Hate It or Love It |
|
Gangsta Rap,
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2005 |
14 |
1639 |
Kendrick Lamar |
Swimming Pools (Drank) |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2012 |
15 |
1859 |
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth |
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Jazz Rap
|
1992 |
16 |
1995 |
N.W.A |
Express Yourself |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
1988 |
17 |
2148 |
Talib Kweli |
Get By |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
2002 |
18 |
2290 |
Kendrick Lamar |
The Blacker the Berry |
|
Hardcore Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop,
West Coast Hip Hop |
2015 |
19 |
2476 |
2Pac |
Dear Mama |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
1995 |
20 |
2544 |
Kendrick Lamar |
Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2012 |
21 |
2579 |
Public Enemy |
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop |
1988 |
22 |
2708 |
The Roots feat. Erykah Badu & Eve |
You Got Me |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1999 |
23 |
2932 |
Slick Rick |
Children's Story |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1988 |
24 |
3069 |
Jeru the Damaja |
Come Clean |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1993 |
25 |
3212 |
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |
Tha Crossroads |
|
Pop Rap
|
1995 |
26 |
3444 |
Kendrick Lamar |
Sing About Me (I'm Dying of Thirst) |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2012 |
27 |
3606 |
Nas feat. Lauryn Hill |
If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1996 |
28 |
3794 |
Common Sense |
I Used to Love h.e.r. |
|
Boom Bap
|
1994 |
29 |
4099 |
Common |
The Light |
|
Neo-Soul
|
2000 |
30 |
4191 |
2Pac |
Keep Ya Head Up |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
1993 |
31 |
4302 |
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy |
Television, the Drug of the Nation |
|
Political Hip Hop,
West Coast Hip Hop
|
1992 |
32 |
5050 |
Jay-Z |
The Story of O.J. |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
2017 |
33 |
5106 |
Lauryn Hill |
Lost Ones |
|
|
1998 |
34 |
5115 |
Jay Electronica |
Exhibit C |
|
Hardcore Hip Hop,
Southern Hip Hop
|
2009 |
35 |
5632 |
Sampa the Great |
Final Form |
|
Neo-Soul
|
2019 |
36 |
5715 |
Black Eyed Peas |
Where Is the Love? |
|
Pop Rap
|
2003 |
37 |
5733 |
Aesop Rock |
Daylight |
|
Abstract Hip Hop,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
2001 |
38 |
5745 |
De La Soul |
Say No Go |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1989 |
39 |
5856 |
Boogie Down Productions |
My Philosophy |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1988 |
40 |
5888 |
Chance the Rapper feat. Saba |
Angels |
|
Pop Rap
|
2015 |
41 |
6014 |
Public Enemy |
Shut 'Em Down |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop |
1991 |
42 |
6076 |
Dead Prez |
Hip-Hop |
|
Southern Hip Hop
|
1999 |
43 |
6149 |
Arrested Development |
People Everyday |
|
Political Hip Hop,
Pop Rap,
Southern Hip Hop |
1992 |
44 |
6202 |
The Stop the Violence Movement |
Self-Destruction |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1989 |
45 |
6402 |
Gang Starr |
Just to Get a Rep |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1990 |
46 |
6726 |
The Roots |
Don't Say Nuthin' |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
2004 |
47 |
6818 |
Brand Nubian |
Slow Down |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1990 |
48 |
6909 |
De La Soul |
Jenifa (Taught Me) |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1988 |
49 |
7019 |
A Tribe Called Quest |
The Space Program |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Jazz Rap
|
2016 |
50 |
7282 |
The Roots |
How I Got Over |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Neo-Soul
|
2009 |
51 |
7513 |
Slick Rick |
Mona Lisa |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Pop Rap
|
1988 |
52 |
7537 |
Scarface |
I Seen a Man Die |
|
G-Funk,
Gangsta Rap,
Southern Hip Hop |
1994 |
53 |
7575 |
Plan B |
Ill Manors |
|
UK Hip Hop
|
2012 |
54 |
7646 |
Little Simz feat. Cleo Sol |
Selfish |
|
Neo-Soul,
UK Hip Hop
|
2019 |
55 |
7656 |
De La Soul |
Stakes Is High |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1996 |
56 |
7734 |
Boogie Down Productions |
Love's Gonna Get 'Cha (Material Love) |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1990 |
57 |
7817 |
Noname |
Blaxploitation |
|
Jazz Rap
|
2018 |
58 |
7882 |
Public Enemy |
By the Time I Get to Arizona |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop |
1991 |
59 |
8061 |
Danny Brown |
Grown Up |
|
|
2012 |
60 |
8192 |
Kendrick Lamar feat. Gunplay |
Cartoon and Cereal |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2012 |
61 |
8282 |
Black Star |
Definition |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1998 |
62 |
8301 |
2Pac |
I Ain't Mad at Cha |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
1996 |
63 |
8565 |
A Tribe Called Quest feat. Busta Rhymes |
Dis Generation |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Jazz Rap
|
2016 |
64 |
8679 |
Slick Rick |
Hey Young World |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Pop Rap
|
1988 |
65 |
8905 |
Kanye West |
Real Friends |
|
|
2016 |
66 |
9237 |
Kendrick Lamar feat. Jay Rock |
Money Trees |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2012 |
67 |
9358 |
2Pac |
Brenda's Got a Baby |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
1991 |
68 |
9440 |
Nas |
Life's a Bitch |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop,
Jazz Rap |
1994 |
69 |
9587 |
Suprême NTM |
Qu'est-ce qu'on attend |
|
Boom Bap,
French Hip Hop
|
1995 |
70 |
9836 |
Kano feat. D Double E & Ghetts |
Class of Deja |
|
UK Hip Hop
|
2019 |
71 |
9891 |
Kate Tempest |
Europe Is Lost |
|
Political Hip Hop,
UK Hip Hop
|
2016 |
Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10000: |
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Zwangere Guy |
Gorik Pt. 1 |
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2018 |
|
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert |
Same Love |
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Pop Rap
|
2012 |
|
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Public Enemy |
Harder Than You Think |
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East Coast Hip Hop
|
2007 |
|
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Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos |
Superstar |
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Pop Rap
|
2007 |
|
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Calle 13 feat. Susana Baca, Totó La Momposina & Maria Rita |
Latinoamérica |
|
Latin Rap,
Nueva canción latinoamericana
|
2010 |
|
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Kendrick Lamar feat. MC Eiht |
m.A.A.d city |
|
Hardcore Hip Hop,
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2012 |
|
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IAM |
Demain c'est loin |
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Boom Bap,
French Hip Hop
|
1997 |
|
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Dave |
Black |
|
UK Hip Hop
|
2019 |
|
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Orelsan |
Suicide Social |
|
French Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop
|
2011 |
|
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DMX |
Slippin' |
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East Coast Hip Hop
|
1998 |
|
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Talib Kweli |
Shock Body |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
2002 |
|
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Devin the Dude feat. André 3000 and Snoop Dogg |
What a Job |
|
Pop Rap,
Southern Hip Hop
|
2007 |
|
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Run-D.M.C. |
Hard Times |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop
|
1983 |
|
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The Roots feat. DJ Jazzy Jeff and Jazzyfatnastees |
The Next Movement |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Jazz Rap
|
1999 |
|
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Public Enemy |
Burn Hollywood Burn |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop |
1990 |
|
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Nas |
One Mic |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop
|
2001 |
|
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Arrested Development |
Mr. Wendal |
|
Southern Hip Hop
|
1992 |
|
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Talib Kweli |
The Proud |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
2002 |
|
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Chance the Rapper feat. Kanye West and Chicago Children's Choir |
All We Got |
|
Neo-Soul,
Pop Rap
|
2016 |
|
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Public Enemy |
Yo! Bum Rush the Show |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop
|
1987 |
|
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Atmosphere |
Trying to Find a Balance |
|
|
2003 |
|
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Naughty by Nature |
Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Ghetto Bastard) |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1991 |
|
|
Kendrick Lamar |
Untitled / Untitled 03 | 05.28.2013 |
|
Jazz Rap,
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2016 |
|
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Maxo Kream |
Meet Again |
|
Southern Hip Hop,
Trap
|
2019 |
|
|
Kendrick Lamar |
A.D.H.D. |
|
Cloud Rap,
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2011 |
|
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Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five |
New York, New York |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Electro
|
1983 |
|
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Oxmo Puccino |
L'enfant seul |
|
Boom Bap,
French Hip Hop
|
1998 |
|
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Public Enemy |
She Watch Channel Zero?! |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop
|
1988 |
|
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Goodie Mob |
Cell Therapy |
|
Southern Hip Hop
|
1995 |
|
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Reflection Eternal feat. Mos Def & Mr. Man |
Fortified Live |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1997 |
|
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Public Enemy |
Nighttrain |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop |
1991 |
|
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Common feat. The Last Poets |
The Corner |
|
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2005 |
|
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Big K.R.I.T. |
Dreamin' |
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Dirty South,
Southern Hip Hop
|
2011 |
|
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Geto Boys |
Six Feet Deep |
|
Gangsta Rap,
Southern Hip Hop
|
1993 |
|
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Danny Brown |
Lonely |
|
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2013 |
|
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Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna |
LOYALTY. |
|
Pop Rap,
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2017 |
|
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Black Star |
Respiration |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1998 |
|
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A Tribe Called Quest |
Description of a Fool |
|
Boom Bap,
East Coast Hip Hop
|
1989 |
|
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Danny Brown feat. Purity Ring |
25 Bucks |
|
Cloud Rap
|
2013 |
|
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Public Enemy |
Fear of a Black Planet |
|
East Coast Hip Hop,
Hardcore Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop |
1990 |
|
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Brother "D" with Collective Effort |
How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise? |
|
Disco Rap,
East Coast Hip Hop,
Political Hip Hop |
1980 |
|
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Kanye West feat. Adam Levine |
Heard 'Em Say |
|
Pop Rap
|
2005 |
|
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Angel Haze |
Cleaning Out My Closet |
|
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2012 |
|
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Chance the Rapper feat. Ty Dolla $ign |
Blessings (Reprise) |
|
Neo-Soul,
Pop Rap
|
2016 |
|
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Noname feat. Cam O'bi and Raury |
Diddy Bop |
|
Jazz Rap
|
2016 |
|
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The Roots |
Right On |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
2010 |
|
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Kendrick Lamar |
HiiiPoWeR |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2011 |
|
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The Roots feat. Big K.R.I.T. |
Make My |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
2011 |
|
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OutKast |
Da Art of Storytellin' (Part 1) |
|
Southern Hip Hop
|
1998 |
|
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Jadakiss Feat. Anthony Hamilton |
Why |
|
East Coast Hip Hop
|
2004 |
|
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Ana Tijoux |
1977 |
|
Latin Rap
|
2009 |
|
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Common |
The People |
|
|
2007 |
|
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Kendrick Lamar |
FEAR. |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2017 |
|
|
Kendrick Lamar |
DUCKWORTH. |
|
West Coast Hip Hop
|
2017 |
|
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Lupe Fiasco |
Mural |
|
|
2015 |