Most important Rap Songs each year since 79 (New Book)

[Kaypain]

In “The Rap Year Book,” writer Shea Serrano attempts to do what many may say is impossible – pick only one Rap song from every year as the definitive best. Along with illustrations from Arturo Torres and a foreword from Ice-T, the project takes the form of a high-school yearbook, with each song represented in a “photograph,” but the book takes the standard yearbook framework a step forward and really gets down to the nitty gritty of what makes each song so great. In fact, the book’s subtitle is “The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed,” and that is not an understatement. Each song comes with accompanying notes, charts, lyric maps, and diagrams to support its claims to being the year’s best (or not).

The Rap Yearbook - Shea Serrano Names Most Important Songs

Interesting


What yall think?

 

[Larry Lambo]

I'm sorry but Bonita Applebum should not be on that list. Only college kids and hip hop fanatics were down with Tribe back then. Compare that song with the rest of the songs on the list and it pales in comparison.

Would have preferred "Hard Knock LIfe" over "Ruff Ryders Anthem" but it's a close call.

 

[mobbinfms]

I'm sorry but Bonita Applebum should not be on that list. Only college kids and hip hop fanatics were down with Tribe back then. Compare that song with the rest of the songs on the list and it pales in comparison.

Would have preferred "Hard Knock LIfe" over "Ruff Ryders Anthem" but it's a close call.

Hip hop fanatics are the most important audience.

 

[Larry Lambo]

I wonder why they didn't go with "Mo Money, Mo Problems" for 1997.

 

[Kaypain]

I wonder why they didn't go with "Mo Money, Mo Problems" for 1997.

 

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

I'm sorry but Bonita Applebum should not be on that list. Only college kids and hip hop fanatics were down with Tribe back then. Compare that song with the rest of the songs on the list and it pales in comparison.

Would have preferred "Hard Knock LIfe" over "Ruff Ryders Anthem" but it's a close call.

Real talk on Tribe...Humpty Dance was out in 90 and was huge...I'd def say that song was more important than Bonita Applebum. BA was cringeworthy to me...maybe it was important cuz it basically launched Tribe to a lot of people

 

[NasirJr]

This aint even me hating, im legit curious but that eminem song was more important than simon says that year at the time?

 

[mbewane]

This aint even me hating, im legit curious but that eminem song was more important than simon says that year at the time?

Maybe "'culturally" as in it was Eminem's entrance in the game, Dre's return, and basically the real start of Aftermath record? In itself Simon Says is a better song but it didn't have that kind of importance imo to the game in general.

 

[prophecypro]

*stopped at Shea Serrano*