50 Shades of Hip-Hop

1. Missy Elliott - Supa dupa Fly (Rain)

2. Lupe Fiasco - Superstar ft. Matthew Santos

3. Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full

4. Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)

5. EPMD - Strictly business

6. Ice Cube - Today Was a Good Day

7. Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool like Dat)

8. Run DMC - Tougher than Leather

9. Biz Markie - Just A Friend

10. Outkast - Elevators (Me & You)

11. Notorious BIG - 10 Crack Commandments

12. Soul II Soul - Back to life

13. Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing **

14. Jay-Z - 99 Problems

15. A Tribe called Quest - Find A Way

16. De La Soul - Set the Mood

17. Tupac - Changes

18. Childish Gambino - Sweatpants

19. J. Cole - January 28th

20. Kendrick LaMar - The Art of Peer Pressure

21. Q-Tip - Vivrant Thing

22. Busta Rhymes - Put Ya Hands Where I can See

23. Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain

24. Junior Mafia (Diddy, Notorious BIG, Lil Kim) All About the Benjamins

25. J. Cole - Enchanted

26. Kriss Kross - Jump

27. Ja Rule - Never Again

28. Lil Wayne - Go Dj

29. Nas - One Mic

30. Snoop Dogg - Gin & Juice

31. Kanye West - Heartless

32. Rick Ross - Rich Forever

33. Kanye West, Jay-Z, Rihanna - Run This Town

34. Young Jeezy ft. Future - Way too Gone

35. Joey BadA$$ - 2 lips

36. Kid Cudi - King Wizard

37. A$VP Rocky - Long Live A$AP

38. School Boy Q ft Kendrick Lamar - Collard Greens

39. Wiz Khalifa - Phone Numbers

40. Big Sean 10 2 10

41. Nicki Minaj - Only

42. Hit Boy - Grindin' My Whole Life

43. Jay-Z ft Rick Ross - Fuckwidmeyouknowigotit

44. Travi$ Scott ft T.I. & 2 Chainz - Upper Echelon

45. Future ft Pusha T & Pharrel - Move That

46. Drake -Underground Kings

47. Big Sean Ft Kanye West & Drake - Blessed

48. Future - Itchin'

49. Busta Rhymes Ft. Chris Brown - Why Stop Now

50. Notorious BIG - One More Chance (Remix)

There are so many songs that express the positivity as well as the struggles growing up in an urban community. Honestly for me, if it wasn't for hip-hop, I would have lost my mind years ago! What do you guys think about the list? What's everyone's favorite hip hop song?