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Best 2000s Hip-Hop Songs

The best hip-hop songs of the 2000s (00s), ranked — each one links to the album it came from, on vinyl, CD or Amazon Music.

Reviewed by Callum Ashworth, 247 Album Verdict · Last updated · How we rank

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    B.O.B.

    OutKast · from Stankonia (2000) · Album scores 99/99

    Frantic, futuristic and thrilling.

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    The Real Slim Shady

    Eminem · from The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) · Album scores 96/99

    Provocative, funny and razor-sharp.

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    Ms. Jackson

    OutKast · from Stankonia (2000) · Album scores 99/99

    An apology-letter hit, sweet and strange.

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    The Light

    Common · from Like Water for Chocolate (2000) · Album scores 79/99

    A warm, romantic J Dilla-laced gem.

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    Get Ur Freak On

    Missy Elliott · from Miss E... So Addictive (2001) · Album scores 82/99

    Timbaland's off-kilter, world-beat banger.

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    Izzo (H.O.V.A.)

    Jay-Z · from The Blueprint (2001) · Album scores 95/99

    A Jackson 5 sample and a victory-lap verse.

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    Without Me

    Eminem · from The Eminem Show (2002) · Album scores 85/99

    Provocative, hook-heavy and huge.

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    Grindin'

    Clipse · from Lord Willin' (2002) · Album scores 80/99

    A stark Neptunes beat built from lunchroom taps.

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    Hey Ya!

    OutKast · from Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) · Album scores 79/99

    The most joyful song about existential uncertainty ever written.

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    99 Problems

    Jay-Z · from The Black Album (2003) · Album scores 78/99

    The Rick Rubin collaboration that hit hardest.

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    In da Club

    50 Cent · from Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) · Album scores 82/99

    An inescapable, Dre-produced smash.

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    Jesus Walks

    Kanye West · from The College Dropout (2004) · Album scores 92/99

    A gospel-charged, ambitious breakout.

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