100 Hip Hop Videos You Should Check Before You Die

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Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 03:29.

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"The Best & Most Interesting/Inventive Hip Hop Videos Of All Time"

[Part 1]

(The numbers ain't got NO importance, this is not a chart)

100
Divine Sounds - What People Do For Money

Word up, that's some rare 1984 classic joint, this fellas learned Biz Markie what naive hip hop is.
Look out for the dude dancing with the adidas cap while he's rapping "that's what he said, he played with your head".

99
EPMD - The Big Payback (with NWA!)

PMD & Eric Sermon at the shooting range with N.W.A's Ice Cube, Eazy-E, MC Ren...
It's a shame NWA & EPMD haven't collaborated on a song, but at least we got a video.

98
Beastie Boys - Rhymin' & Stealin'

White boys rap on stage, a blond hottie in a cage.
(BTW, Beastie Boys live is a most before you die, we did it).

97
Wu-Tang Clan - Gravel Pit

Holly crap, the dinosaurs coming with the JUMP UP, word up you know what time it is shorty. Booty & bones with the Mesozoic hip hop era.
Method Man, Raekwon, Cappadonna & Ghostface Killah took the old skool fashion to another level.

96
Outkast - B.O.B

Fast beat, fast chicks, fast psychedelic hip hop. Bombs Over Baghdad baby.
Check Out "Morris Brown College Gospel Choir" represent ATL.
Not only one of the greatest videos, but one of the BEST rap songs ever.

95
Method Man - Judgement Day

Some stormy weather and odd state of mind and you gonna "smell like fish" after Tical's apocalyptic hip hop video.
Explosions from hip hop's Godzilla's crashing everything around you (C.R.E.A.M?). The Rap's king kong, here Meth's coming.
Method Man used the same verse for "Say What You Want" with the shorty from Texas.

94
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Murder Was The Case

Snoop Doggy Dogg's morphing era. Starts with a murder scene, this video released to MTV around the time of Snoop's notorious murder trial.
Jail cells, LBC, red prison suits & creepy "cat eyes", Snoop cough his weed & prays all the way to the million bucks & groupies.

93
Wu-tang Clan - Protect Your Neck (Uncencured/uncut/Explicit)

Wu-Tang sort of invented the simplicity of the 90's hip hop.
Forget about the low budget and the fact the video ain't got no concept, just look at ODB, you NEVER saw such a character.

92
LL Cool J - I Shot Ya (Remix)

Featuring Prodigy feat. Keith Murray, Fat Joe and Foxy Brown.
Jay-Z sampled Prodigy (Mobb Deep) in "D'evils" (Reasonable Doubt).
Truely relentless classic hip hop video, the word RAW is all over.

91
Biz Markie - Vapors
The sax bass at start will tremble your sack. Biz Markie is the inventor of the NAIVE BUT COOL rap music & videos.
Biz with Big Daddy are the coolest.

90
Big Pun ft. Joe - Still Not A Player

Classic Big Punisher R.I.P.
The "gangsta film" gesture in this FULL DIRECTOR CUT is cool,
BUT the part FAT JOE's holding Pun's umbrella is PRICELESS.

89
Big Daddy Kane - Show & Prove

With Ol' Dirty Bastard, Scoob Lover, Sauce Money, Shyheim & young Jay-Z.
The sickest block party video - ODB, Big Daddy Kane and recruit Jigga at the same block?
Big daddy is dressed ridiculous as usual, Jigg is hairless and ODB? well...

88
Geto Boys - Crooked Officer (Full Directors Cut)

No more mr. nice guy. this video is ain't no fun. hard to swallow, real, raw. protest.

87
Fat Boys - Jailhouse Rap

Hot chicks in jail, fat boys & pizza. What more can I say?

86

The Notorious B.I.G. - One More Chance / Stay With Me

Heavy D, Mary, Total... and honeys kissing biggie on the cheek. Perfect crib bash.
Oh, and Faith in bed, damn.

85
Jay-Z - In My Lifetime

Jigg ain't got no choice to do it his way. Platinum shades, Jaz, brooklyn, bikinis, cristal champagne...
Check out 3:10 saying "I'm ghost" and disappearing.

84
2Pac - California Love

Probably most of ya'll saw the video, but anyway, it's so good.

83
Master P - Ice Cream Man

1. Ugh 2. Ughhh 3. 1st of the month 4. Ice Cream 5. The ghetto trying to kill him 6. Ughhh.

82
Ice Cube & Dr. Dre - Natural Born Killaz

One of the best days in hip hop - hardcore, raw, bounce, funky.

81
Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours

Classic joint. Probably the first video to use the "wrinkling paper" concept. engine engine number nine...

80
The Pharcyde - Drop

Classic "Delicious Vinyl" single - samples The Beastie Boys for the hook.
REVERSED concept, too cooled.

79
Blackalicious - Deception

That's wassup when you let money change you.
Look what's the deal when hommie chasing the 5 dollars buck with his timbos.

78
Gang Starr - Code Of The Streets

Guru and Primo couldn't take a cab to brooklyn, so they let you know what's the code of the streets.

77
Kool Keith - Livin' Astro

Straight weirdness. But it's Kool Keith, so you know what's up.

76
Jay-Z - Big Pimpin'

Jigg is featuring UGK and you KNOW it's a classic. Yacht, big booties, big bucks, big pimpin.

75
Big L - No Endz, No Skinz

Way before kanye told you how to handle Gold Diggers, hommie BIG L (R.I.P), told you..
Cute face, If you leave alone - she gonna pack a suitcase, and move in.
The king of punch lines... watch out hommies, coz when your dough go - you solo.

74

Kwamé - The Man We All Know and Love

Like Biggie said "Your life is played out like Kwame, and them fuckin polka dots".
Click the "PLAY" button now.

73
Keith Murray - The Most Beautifullest Thing In The World

The days hip hop had some smooth vibes and special feeling.

72

Public Enemy - 911

Going, going, gone!
Flavor Flav in one of his best rapping moments.
Also, lots clocks, crazy shit. Check the history, please.

71
Ice-T - I'm Your Pusher

We can't post a list without a Ice-T video. The original pimp in rap music.

70
Joeski Love - Pee Wee's Dance

Before you had the "Stanky Legg" and all those

69
Jeru Da Damaja - Ya Playing Yourself

The NOT-PLAYA-NO-HUSTLER super mc.
Jeru says you only a playa coz you playing yourself. Also it used the same sample used in "Players Anthem" by Junior M.A.F.I.A.

68
Junior M.A.F.I.A - Players Anthem

Classic Lil' Cease, Classic Biggie, Classic Lil' Kim... just a classic joint.
And Lil' Kim is dressed modest. WTF?

67
Tha Dogg Pound - New York New York

"Ever since Snoop came through and crushed the buildings".

66
dead prez - Hell Yeah

Pimp the System, that's on of the most interesting videos in hip hop.
Can you do that? Hell Yeah!

65
Rahzel - All I Know

The human beatbox has just born. funny & inventive video.

64
Sway & King Tech - The Anthem

Effects overdose. Rappers overdose.
Featuring Eminem, Tech N9ne, Xbizit, RZA, Pharoahe Monch, Kool G Rap, Jayo Felony, Chino XL & KRS-One.

63
The Roots - The Next Movement

It had to be in the list coz it's a awesome song, and the video is creative indeed.

62
Jay-Z - D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)

That's the dark hip hop version of Fatboy Slim - Gangster Trippin video.

61
Big Pun & Fat Joe - Twinz

Big Punisher is killing the classic beat ("Deep Cover"), the video is another well done mob style film video.

60
D&D Allstars - 1, 2 Pass it

A rare opportunity to watch the legendary D&D Studios.
Featuring Jeru The Damaja, Fat Joe, Doug E Fresh, KRS-1, Smiff-N-Wessun & Mad Lion.
Classic "Bring It On" hook (by Jay-Z) is sampling Fat Joe's verse.