Best lyric songs in Hip-Hop genre: Official clips, track descriptions

Love has been the driving force behind popular music for centuries, resulting in a wide variety of genres - from R&B to lyrical ballads. But what about hip-hop? While rap musicians have often had a controversial relationship with those who wanted to express their softer stance, some of the best love songs still became hits.

25: 2Pac: Can U Get Away (1995)

Despite all his "Gang Life" and controversial reputation, 2Pac made a lyrical single on his album "Me Against The World". It can be stated that 2Pac was able to record a sentimental track, something that had previously been in his execution it was impossible to hear.

24: Mos Def: Ms Fat Booty (1999)

Yasiin Bey (or the artist formerly known as Mos Def) made a big furore at the end of the millennium with his introspective lyrical content. However, the 1999 album Black On Both Sides was not entirely made up of socially conscious rap. Example lyrical The artwork on the album is the track "Ms. Fat Booty", which tells the simple story of how the MC met an incredibly attractive woman named Charice, dated her for a while, and then was heartbroken after breaking up with her for good. Mos Def's story ends on an ambiguous note: his friend notices Charice dancing with another woman at a strip club.

23: MC Lyte: Poor Georgie (1991)

MC Lyte has the distinction of being the first female solo rapper to release an album. On "Poor Georgie," Lyte tells the story of meeting a man who is modifies but she turns a blind eye. Then her man finds out he has cancer, gets behind the wheel drunk and dies. Moral of the story: 

If you love someone, you should say it often / You'll never know when they'll be lying in a coffin

22: Jay-Z: Excuse Me Miss (featuring Pharrell) (2002)

Enlisting Pharrell's falsetto vocals for the single and "The Neptunes" as producer, Jay-Z created the love track "Excuse Me Miss." In this song, the artiste goes from rapper to mogul as he puts on a costume from Armani and flies around in helicopters and dines with the object of his affection. 

21: Method Man: I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By (featuring Mary J Blige) (1995)

Method Man succeeded with his 1994 album "Tical" (the first of many solo endeavours by members since Wu-Tang Clan's band debut), but it took a feminine approach to the remix his song "All I Need" to propel him up the pop charts. Mary J. Blige was one of the first R & B superstars to start out as a hip hop musician, singing on Father MC, Grand Puba and Prince Markie D records, as well as releasing many collaborative tracks with other rappers. Method Man and Mary were a perfect match for each other, which allowed them to record a sensual lyrical composition "You're All I Need To Get By", which became a hit in 1995.

20: Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You (featuring Faith Evans and 112) (1997)

Not all lyrical rap songs create tracks about love. Puff Daddy's sonnet is dedicated to his deceased to Biggie's mate, who was murdered two months before the song was released. The idea was realised with the help of Biggie's widow, Faith Evans, and R&B stars from 112. The song is similar in structure, chorus and verse to The Police's 1983 hit "Every Breath You Take".

19: UTFO: Ya Cold Wanna Be With Me (1987)

The New York hip-hop group UTFO (Untouchable Force Organisation) has become an entire production a team that worked on several albums in the '80s, including Lethal (1987), which featured the track "Ya Cold Wanna Be With Me". Dr Ice, Educated Rapper, and Kangol Kid openly ask the question, "do women want to be with them because of their status or because of genuine love?" The song ends with the following line:

Everybody knows I wanted to kiss you / Hey girl, here's the spot you missed.

18: Raekwon: Ice Cream (featuring Ghostface Killah, Method Man, and Cappadonna) (1995)

Following the success of Wu-Tang Clan's first album, a number of solo compositions by the band members followed. This was part of producer RZA's master plan. Although it was technically solo work, singer Raekwon's 1995 album "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..." was not without the voices of other artists and the track Ice Cream is no exception. Featuring fellow band members Ghostface Killah and Method Man, as well as Cappadonna, the Staten Island MC draws on women in her track by comparing them to ice cream flavours. The idea seems crazy, but it worked.

17: Gang Starr: Lovesick (1990)

Brooklyn-based hip-hop duo Gang Starr, consisting of an MC from Boston named Guru and a producer from Houston-based DJ Premier, created successful tracks from the late '80s, through the early '00s. From their second album Step In The Arena, "Lovesick", Guru laments the jealousy of his other half.

16: Fat Boys: Don't You Dog Me (1984)

By 1983, East New York teenagers Prince Markie D, Kool Rock Ski and Buff Love were one of the two biggest hip-hop groups in the world (the other was Run-DMC), and their debut album, produced by hip-hop legend Kurtis Blow, went gold by May 1985. "Don't You Dog Me" dates back to the drum machine era of hip hop. The Fat Boys in the 1985 film Krush Groove sing "Don't You Dog Me" in high school after being kicked out of science class.

15: Spoonie Gee: Love Rap (featuring The Treacherous Three) (1980)

If anyone can be called the father of rap songs about love, it's Spoonie Gee, along with The Treacherous Three, who appears in the intro to "Love Rap." In 1980, hip-hop was still rather in its infancy, and Spoonie Gee released one of the first singles "Spoonin' Rap" genre the previous year. As a living phenomenon, hip-hop hasn't had songs with notable verses and choruses or even consistent themes, and "Love Rap" reflects that. The Harlem MC is nearly six minutes long consecutively Rhymes about his love to live drums and congas provided by Pumpkin and Pooch Costello respectively. 

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14: Biz Markie: Just A Friend (1989)

Biz Markie went from beatboxing for MC Shan and Roxanne Shante to being an artiste in the Juice Crew collective. Biz produced this ballad, by inserting into it with the chorus of Freddie Scott's 1968 song "(You) Got What I Need" over the drums from Lee Dorsey's "Get Out Of My Life, Woman". The Biz's singing is "so bad it's good." Marca's second album, The Biz Never Sleep, went gold, and the single "Just A Friend" became platinum, reaching number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. Cold Chillin' Records was one of the most successful labels.

13: MC Shan: Left Me Lonely (with the participation of TJ Swan) (1987)

Inspired by Larry Smith's work on Wodini's "One Love," producer Marley Marl created this ballad with his longtime friend, keyboardist Andre Booth. Their Queensbridge neighbour MC Shan raps about. broken heart, and original hip-hop singer T.J. Swan sings. Shan and Swan soon found themselves opening gigs for much more established R&B bands in 1987, at times carrying them off the stage.

12: The Roots: You Got Me (featuring Erykah Badu and Eve) (1999)

On top of Scott Storch's classic beat, The Roots performed one of the best rap love songs You Got Me" which was part of the watershed in the career of the artists of the album Things Fall Apart. The music video for "You Got Me" was directed by Charles Stone III. The group won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 2000.

11: A Tribe Called Quest: Bonita Applebum. (1990)

Q-Tip falls head over heels in love with a woman with an extreme hourglass figure (38-24-37 to be exact). With any luck, the interest will be reciprocal - Though we'll never know it. He's willing to kiss her "where some brothers won't" and has "crazy experience" if need be. A Tribe Called Quest has quickly become one of the most beloved hip-hop groups of all time, having grown up just a few blocks away from LL Cool J in St Albans, Queens. 

10: Whodini: One Love (1986)

Before hip-hop broke into the mainstream, Brooklyn boys Whodini were one of the first groups to go gold and platinum. Taken from their third album, "Wask In Black," "One Love" formed the basis of the band's eponymous of a 1994 Nas song.

9: Eric B & Rakim: Mahogany (1990)

The God MC Rakim Allah isn't usually the first moniker that comes to mind when it comes to lyrical rap songs and artists. But over the course of his career, Rakim has created several amorous the works. From Eric B and Rakim's third album, "Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em" - "Mahogany" tells the story of a rapper who met a girl before a show in New York, massaged her brain with his intimate knowledge, "rocked the mic" and then walked home with her. Straightforward, with no plot twists.

8: Beastie Boys: Netty's Girl (1992)

"Netty's Girl" is the follow-up to Eddie Holman's 1969 hit "Hey There Lonely Girl." In a fun musical a no-budget video, Mike D sings in falsetto about a girl riding alone on a catamaran on Lake Echo Park in Los Angeles. "Nettie" in question, - is a defunct neighbourhood restaurant where the artist met his beloved. Mike's wife was present at the shooting of the clip.

7: Heavy D & The Boyz: Nuttin' But Love (1994)

"Nuttin' But Love" - one of many hip-hop songs about a woman using a man for financial gain, but in this particular case, Hebster's response was:

I have to admit, I really like your work. The very title of the song has a double meaning: he has no money... in fact he has nothing to offer but love.

6: The Pharcyde: Passin' Me By (1992)

Pharcyde's playful rap style is more. recalled East Coast's Native Tongues collective than anything Ice Cube and Dr. Dre did just a few miles away. In the song "Passin' Me By" off their debut album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde, MCs Booty Brown, SlimKid3, Imani and Fatlip flirt with women they don't stand a chance with, including school teacher. Poor Booty Brown, he just can't catch a break.

5: Pete Rock & CL Smooth: Lots Of Lovin' (1992)

When an unidentified teenage DJ calling himself Pete Rock added scratches to a recording of his senior cousin brother Heavy D in 1989, little did he know that he would one day be considered one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time. "Lots Of Lovin" - a song from Rock Clive's debut album, which CL Smooth helped compose. The composition received recognition critics in 1992. 

4: Slick Rick: Teenage Love (1988)

Slick Rick's tale of a tumultuous romance between two teenagers in love was originally recorded in a dance style in the average tempo, but due to the success of his label mate LL Cool J with "I Need Love" last year, "Teenage Love" was reworked by Eric "Vietnam" Sadler and Hank Shockley of The Bomb Squad, who gave it a ballad quality. В lyrical The song perfectly describes the gradual deterioration of a relationship due to one person falling out of love with the other.

3: The Roots: Act Too (The Love Of My Life) (featuring Common) (1999)

In Common's follow-up to 'I Used To Love HER', The Roots' Black Thought exchanges verses with Common, who is refers to on his feud with Ice Cube and takes a shot at Puff Daddy ("Her daddy beat HER up, all eyes puffy"). The consensus between Common and The Roots seems to be that hip-hop continued to lose its way during the five-year gap between the both with songs, but he continued to be the love of their lives.

2: Common: I Used To Love HER (1994)

As the listener follows this mini-saga about the tribulations of a girl in whom the in love Chicago rapper Common (then known as Common Sense), it becomes apparent that the protagonist actually means hip-hop. Using the acronym HER, which stands for "Hip-Hop in its Essence is Real," Common responded to Los Angeles rapper Ice Cube for hinting that Western coast tainted the genre, which led to the feud. The confrontation culminated in a series of diss tracks from both sides. It's almost as if they were fighting over a woman.

1: LL Cool J: I Need Love

LL Cool J is damn tough in his tracks and that's why this 1987 ballad stands out among others. That work pushed his second album, "Bigger And Deffer," to double platinum when the rapper was just 19 years old. "I Need Love." - is a song that has given rise to thousands of rap love songs of varying quality written by thousand rappers over the next few years.