best hip hop singles of 2005?

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seriously, though
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― grip, Tuesday, 23 August 2005 00:31 (twenty years ago)

1. 3-6 Mafia, Young Buck, 8ball and MJG - Gotta Stay Fly

― deej.., Tuesday, 23 August 2005 00:40 (twenty years ago)

Slim Thug - "I Ain't Heard of That"
Paul Wall - "Sittin Sidewayz"
Ying Yang Twins - "Wait (The Whisper Song)"
Kanye West - "Gold Digger"
Ciara - "Oh" (maybe this is 2004)

― jmeister (jmeister), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 00:47 (twenty years ago)

7. Will Smith - "Switch"

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:09 (twenty years ago)

I reluctantly second "Gold Digger"

Trick Daddy "Sugar"
50 Cent "Candy Shop"

Ciara's hip hop?

― Candicissima (candicissima), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

Candy Shop?!
Mike Jones - "Still Tippin'"

― Legroom at the Vista (Bent Over at the Arclight), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)

Mike Jones - "Still Tippin'."

― Legroom at the Vista (Bent Over at the Arclight), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:21 (twenty years ago)

"Hate It Or Love It"
"Stumbling Over Words That Rhyme"
"Up Your Speed"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:22 (twenty years ago)

"Oh" has Luda on it and I guess Id call it hip hop before I called it R&B.

― jmeister (jmeister), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:24 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I said "Candy Shop." And what?

And that song has a guest appearance from Olivia but I wouldn't call it an R&B song.

― Candicissima (candicissima), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:29 (twenty years ago)

Ying Yang Twins ft Pitbull - "Shake"
Juelz Santana - "Mic Check"

― Behold I will do a New Thing Chapel JESUS IS LORD (Matt Chesnut), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:33 (twenty years ago)

its not rap either or do you consider rap and hip hop the same thing? Id say "oh" fits under the rather large umbrella of hiphop. I consider "Playas Only" a hiphop track too. maybe im misguided.

― jmeister (jmeister), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:36 (twenty years ago)

Cassidy - "I'm a Hustla"
Murs and Slug - "Dirty Girl"
Kanye West - "We Major"
Juelz Santana - "Mic Check"
Camron - "Down and Out"
Prefuse 73 feat. Ghostface, El-P - "Hideyaface"
Mike Jones - "Still Tippin"
Gwen Stefani - "Holla Back Girl" (Diplo Remix)
50 Cent - "Ski Mask Way"
DangerDoom feat. Ghostface - "The Mask"
M.I.A. - "Bucky Done Gone"
Kano - "P's and Q's"
Ying Yang Twins - "Wait"

― prl, Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:40 (twenty years ago)

xpost "Oh" is an R&B song with a guest rap. "Playas Only" is a hip hop song because it's damned near split down the middle and Kells is mostly singrapping.

― Candicissima (candicissima), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:43 (twenty years ago)

"Wait," of course,and "There It Go (The Whistle)" by Juelz Santana.

I'm assuming Fannypack doesn't count as hip hop, or else "Seven One Eight" would be here in a heartbeat.

― Max, Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:48 (twenty years ago)

id say the backing track to "Oh" is quite hiphop and even her cadence is quite like a rap rather than a typical croon which id associate with R&B. But i guess i could care less. you win if you like.

― jmeister (jmeister), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:48 (twenty years ago)

hey do you think someone could take the initiative to make a mix of the best hip hop and do a YSI of it. Ive just started listening to some hip hop and this would be awesome. Thanks

― James, Tuesday, 23 August 2005 01:53 (twenty years ago)

The above post by 'james' is an imposter.

Just like all hip-hop artists, who like
to POSE as musicians, while having ZERO
genuine musical/songwriting skill.

FAKE music, posing, preppy thieves of sound.

Scammers dumbing down society to the extreme while promoting
hip-hop bull-crap.

― RealJames, Tuesday, 23 August 2005 03:17 (twenty years ago)

My rap project, should I ever get around to one, will be called the Preppy Thieves Of Sound.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 03:23 (twenty years ago)

clipse - zen
young jeezy [ft jay-z + fat joe] - go crazy

― Nick Sylvester, Tuesday, 23 August 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

kanye west "gold digger"
ja rule + fat joe "new york, new york" (purely for the hook/production, the verses are tired crap)
m.i.a. "china girl"

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 03:29 (twenty years ago)

Kanye West, "Diamonds" (so much better than "Gold Digger": you people are crazy)
The Game ft. 50 Cent, "Hate It or Love It"
Missy Elliott, "Lost Control"
Trick Daddy ft. Cee-Lo and Ludacris, "Sugar (Gimme Some)"
Ludacris, "Pimpin' All Over the World"

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)

T.I. - "U Don't Know Me" and "ASAP"
Common - "The Corner"
David Banner - "Play"
Gucci Mane f/ Young Jeezy - "Icy"
Boyz N Da Hood - "Dem Boyz"
Ludacris - "#1 Spot"
Fat Joe - "So Much More"
Webbie f/ Bun B - "Give Me That"
Snoop Dogg - "Ups & Downs"
Juvenile f/ Wacko - "Sets Go Up"
Lil Kim - "Lighters Up"
Ebony Eyez - "In Ya Face"
Pitbull - "Toma"

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 03:33 (twenty years ago)

I dont care that i sound anal retentive but seriously folks - no way is "still tippin" a 2005 song. Didn't Hell Breaks Loose pt. 2 come out in 2003!?

― deej.., Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:25 (twenty years ago)

I forgot "Number One Spot." Both Ludacris singles this year have been good.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

Lil Rob - Summer Nights
Xzibit - Criminal Set b/w Saturday Night

― deej.., Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:29 (twenty years ago)

ja rule + fat joe "new york, new york" (purely for the hook/production, the verses are tired crap)

Seriously?! I mean, lets ignore the fact that this came out in like late summer 2004 for a second - "Even Roy Jones was forced to lean back." Bitch.

― deej.., Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

; )

― deej.., Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:33 (twenty years ago)

field mob ft. ludacris, "georgia"

― haitch (haitch), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:49 (twenty years ago)

Ying Yang Twins - Badd
Kanye West/Cam'ron - Gone

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:49 (twenty years ago)

Tru - Where U From
Christina Milian feat. Twista - For Real
8ball and MJG feat. Lloyd - Forever (I know the album came out in '04 but I don't think the single was til '05 - someone can correct me on this)
Mariah Carey featuring Styles P and Jadakiss - We Belong Together (Remix)
Young Jeezy - And Then What
B.G. feat. Homebwoi - Where Da at
Snoop, Pharell and Jay-Z - Drop it Like It's Hot (Remix)
Jadakiss - Checkmate
Z-Ro, Devin the Dude and Juvenile - The Mule
Z-Ro, Paul Wall and Lil Flip - From the South
Snoop, Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson - Signs
Deep feat. Slim Thug and Lenny Lenn - Dat's Whassup
Messy Marv - "Get On My Hype (Remix)" Feat. E-40, Dru Down, Keak Da Sneak, The Team, Richie Rich, Left, Turf Talk, Guce
C Murder feat. B.G. - Y'all Heard of Me

― deej.., Tuesday, 23 August 2005 04:55 (twenty years ago)

Deej, we're corny in the same way, cuz I like most a that too.
Can anybody tell me if the 3-6 Mafia penned single from Hustle and Flow "Whoop That Trick" AKA "Smack That Bitch" is any good?

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 August 2005 05:10 (twenty years ago)

Don't Stop - Beanie Sigel feat. Snoop Dogg
Still Tippin' - Mike Jones feat. Paul Wall and Slim Thug
Sittin' Sidewayz - Paul Wall feat. Big Pokey
You Don't Know Me - T.I.
Funky Voltron - Edan
Hate it or Love it - The Game feat. 50 Cent
We Major - Kanye West feat. Nas
Mic Check - Juelz Santana
Stay Fly - Three-6 Mafia feat. Young Buck, 8 Ball & MJG
Go Crazy - Young Jeezy
Real People - Common

― pppp, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

oh and Dreams by The Game

― pppp, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 01:55 (twenty years ago)

"Go Crazy" is not a single. I dont know of "We Major" being one either. Is "Real People"?

― deej.., Wednesday, 24 August 2005 02:00 (twenty years ago)

I think most people didn't hear "Still Tippin'" until this year.

― Legroom at the Vista (Bent Over at the Arclight), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 02:04 (twenty years ago)

"Switch" by Will Smith is the best hip-hop single of 2005.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 02:23 (twenty years ago)

alright you're technically correct, they're not singles.
i was talking songs i guess. if you'd like you may strike them from the record.

pppp

― pppp, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 03:38 (twenty years ago)

disco inferno! fuck the haters

i dont get that common song at all

― artdamages (artdamages), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

Common's "Go" is a better single than "The Corner" by a long shot.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 13:41 (twenty years ago)

um yeah deej good gatekeeping what with your unreleased bootleg milian song from spring 04 there

― hold tight the private caller (mwah), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

'where u from' is from 04 too

― 3, Wednesday, 24 August 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

haha fair enough, I was also wrong about "Go Crazy" but for some reason I was reading it as a totally different song. "Where U From" may have dropped in '04 but it must have been late-as-fuck '04, the shit didnt even pop up on rap city til '05.

― deej.., Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

I mean, its not like it had been bubbling under for an ENTIRE YEAR before ILM would pay attention to it.

― deej.., Wednesday, 24 August 2005 18:57 (twenty years ago)

"Stay Fly" - Three-6 Mafia feat. Young Buck, 8 Ball & MJG
"Gold Digger" - Kanye
"Still Tippin'" - Mike Jones feat. Paul Wall and Slim Thug
"Sittin' Sidewayz" - Paul Wall feat. Big Pokey
"Wait" - Ying Yang Twins
"Dem Boyz" - Boyz N Da Hood

honorable mentions for:
"Got Dat Drank" - Frayser Boy feat. Mike Jones & Paul Wall
"Go Sit Down" - Maceo

― Will(iam), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 19:29 (twenty years ago)

Snoop, Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson - Signs

I liked this more when it was "Protect My Heart" by Kelis (2004).

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

I liked that song a lot too but I dont really hear anything more than a vague disco-dance connection!

― deej.., Wednesday, 24 August 2005 19:49 (twenty years ago)

no way is "still tippin" a 2005 song. Didn't Hell Breaks Loose pt. 2 come out in 2003!?

I guess I can scratch that off the list. Except for what I hear on 107.1 or read (sporadically) on ILM, I'm severely out of the loop. Somebody hip me to some hot mix tapes before I'm wheezing along to Pat Boone records.

― Will(iam), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:10 (twenty years ago)

yeah William you heard that new Def Jef? SLAMMIN'.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:13 (twenty years ago)

ps. to the extent I'm in the loop it's because of ILM. My lowest point is hearing 'Get Low' at a wedding reception and then coming to work buzzing about it to a 21 year old intern who stifled a laugh and patiently hipped me to the sounds of tomorrow.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

field mob ft. ludacris, "georgia"

yeah that track is fire

― nervous (cochere), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

I liked that song a lot too but I dont really hear anything more than a vague disco-dance connection!

Er, how about having virtually the same beat in the same key?

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:27 (twenty years ago)

My lowest point is hearing 'Get Low' at a wedding reception

OMFG

PLEASE TELL ME IT WAS THE DIRTY VERSION

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:28 (twenty years ago)

heavens no. and it was last year I swear! about this time last year...*ducks*

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

DJ: "And now the brand new Mr. and Mrs. Sorensen will take the floor for their first dance..."

MUSIC: "FROM THE WINDOOOOOOOWS TO THE WALLS! 'TIL THE SWEAT DRIPS DOWN MY BALLS!"

RECEPTION GUESTS: "Aw, how sweet!

― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:51 (twenty years ago)

Has anyone heard that new Dipset single (the one with the wolf-whistles in the hook)? HOTTTTT!!!!

― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 24 August 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

d4l - betcha cant do it like me
intoxicated - burn it down
maceo ft marco - ho sit down
tango redd ft 36 mafia - do the matrix
daz ft ti - my life
lil scrappy ft nivea - put it in the air
dem franchize boyz - oh i think they like me
kenny thomas - call grady
trap boiz - gangsta
young jeezy - air forces
baby d ft bun b & sammy sam - dope house
born threats - jook ya boy
throwback boyz - stacks on deck
pastor troy - murda man
heavyweights - throw up ya sets
da backwudz - extraordinary pimpin
young noah - decatur 2 u
d4l - laffy taffy
bonecrusher - supa nigga (from late 04 but overlooked!)
where dey at
stay fly
dem boyz
some cut
gimme dat
icey

― jeremy jordan (cruisy), Thursday, 25 August 2005 10:56 (twenty years ago)

Saigon & Kool G. Rap-the letter p remix.

Nas-talk of new york.

Black Rob-ready.

Game-dreams.

Game, 50 Cent-hate it or love it.

Ludacris-#1 spot.

Jay Z-dear summer (well it did come out on 12").

Common-the corner.

Common-go.

Nore-cuts like nore.

A.Z-the come up.

A.Z-a.z's chillin'.

Kanye West-diamonds from sierra leone.

― Ellis, Thursday, 25 August 2005 11:27 (twenty years ago)

kanye west - gold digger
rich boy - when niggaz get to poppin
trina and lil wayne - don't trip
slim thug feat bun b - i aint heard of that
z-ro feat lil flip and paul wall - from the south
turn it up - chamillionaire
webbie feat bun b - give me that
gucci mane and young jeezy - icey
bun b - draped up
scarface - g code

― stelf)xxx, Thursday, 25 August 2005 13:10 (twenty years ago)

another one from late 2004: tango redd ft bonecrusher & david banner - wobble & shake it

― jeremy jordan (cruisy), Friday, 26 August 2005 05:10 (twenty years ago)

David Banner - Play

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 26 August 2005 06:08 (twenty years ago)

Play is such a disappointment. its just a mash-up of Drop It like its hot & wait (the whisper song). didnt like it at all. my top 10:

The Game feat. 50 Cent- Hate it or Love it
Mike Jones - Still Tippin' (Diplo remix)
Mitchel Bros. & The Streets & Sway - Routine Check
Beanie Siegel - Feel It In the air (this should be released as a single)
Roll Deep - When I M Ere
Cam'ron - In & Out
TI - U dont know me
Pitbull - Toma
Nore, Lil Jon & Ashanti - Hang hang
& if you count No.1 Daddy Yankee - Gasolina Lil Jon Remix

― karl76 (karl76), Friday, 26 August 2005 11:02 (twenty years ago)

That Beanie "feel it in the air" track did come out as a single last year.

Great track but Black Rob recorded a song called "permanent scars" with the exact same beat and put it out on mixtapes a few months earlier. The producer sold the same beat to both rappers.

― Ellis, Friday, 26 August 2005 13:52 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

we belong together (remix)- mc feat. jadakiss & styles p

― nobodysbiatch, Sunday, 11 September 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

this entire thread makes me want to vomit. switch? candy shop? wtf!?!

― akuma, Friday, 16 September 2005 10:52 (twenty years ago)

what yr saying you don't like a single thing in this thread? wtwtff??

― nebbesh (nebbesh), Friday, 16 September 2005 14:20 (twenty years ago)

what yr saying you don't like a single thing in this thread?

I like 1 Thing (by Amerie) not in this thread. Not that I like that it wasn't in this thread. Pretty ungrateful after just a few months, tsk tsk.

― blunt (blunt), Friday, 16 September 2005 23:47 (twenty years ago)

young jeezy - go crazy remix
36 mafia - stay fly
game - hate it or love it
kanye west - we major
goodie mob - georgia
50 cent - ski maskway
lupe fiasco - kick push
smitty - diamonds on my neck
jay-z - dear summer
juelz santana - mic check

― roy, Saturday, 17 September 2005 07:06 (twenty years ago)

sorry correction field mob

― roy`, Saturday, 17 September 2005 07:11 (twenty years ago)

big boi/purple ribbon all stars - kryptonite

― f-a-b-o-l-o-u-s (adamwest), Saturday, 17 September 2005 07:53 (twenty years ago)

field mob ft. ludacris, "georgia"

yeah that track is fire

Holy Christ!

― JKex (JKex), Saturday, 17 September 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)

I like 1 Thing (by Amerie) not in this thread. Not that I like that it wasn't in this thread. Pretty ungrateful after just a few months, tsk tsk.

-- blunt (blunt120...), September 17th, 2005.

that's R&B, not hip hop.

also the Field Mob song is trash.

― Al (sitcom), Saturday, 17 September 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

"Pimpin' All Over The World" seconded!! I am cheesy, yes.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 17 September 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

that's R&B, not hip hop.

Prove it.

― blunt (blunt), Saturday, 17 September 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

this ones easy...

keak da sneak - superhyphy
mistah fab ft. turf talk, e40 - super sic wid it
messy marv - get on my hype remix
casual ft. e-mac, g-stack, too short, richie rich - oaktown
oh and fer those crzy canadians...
skratch bastid, john smith, pip skid - i ain't lazy

georgia is a heater fasho.

― bayestrian#510, Monday, 19 September 2005 23:03 (twenty years ago)

"Pimpin' All Over The World" seconded!! I am cheesy, yes.
-- Tim Finney (tfinne...), September 17th, 2005.

You are not cheesy. Or at least, whether you are or not is irrelevant. What you are is correct.

― Hillary Brown (Hillary Brown), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 12:39 (twenty years ago)

yeah thats probably 1# for me right now. not that i have a list.

― artdamages (artdamages), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

Juvenile "Sets Go Up" sounds like Xzibit.

― JKex (JKex), Saturday, 1 October 2005 16:59 (twenty years ago)

Clyph - "Planes, Brain, and Automobiles"
holy shit so good make my shoulders go up and down and stuff

― phil-two (phil-two), Saturday, 1 October 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

most hip-hop ain't sample based anymore. which is why most of it sucks.

-- hstencil (hstenc!...), September 30th, 2005.

― , Saturday, 1 October 2005 20:56 (twenty years ago)

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