The 50 Best Storytelling Rap Songs

1. “Dance with the Devil” – Immortal Technique
2. “Stan” – Eminem
3. “Rewind” – Nas
4. “Brenda’s Got a Baby” – Tupac
5. “Da Art of Storytellin’ Part 1” – OutKast
6. “I Used to Love H.E.R.” – Common
7. “Children’s Story” – Slick Rick
8. “Cigarettes & Coffee” – Common ft. Nas
9. “Meet the Parents” – Jay-Z
10. “You Never Knew” – Hieroglyphics
11. “A Milli Vanilli Tell All” – De La Soul
12. “Regrets” – Jay-Z
13. “The Message” – Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
14. “T.R.O.Y.” – Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
15. “Sink or Swim” – Chino XL
16. “Yesterday” – Atmosphere
17. “Sing for the Moment”- Eminem
18. “Somebody Snitched on Me”- Fat Joe ft Cuban Link & Tony Sunshine
19. “High Road”– Fort Minor ft John Legend
20. “What’s the Worst That Could Happen?” – Dr Dooom
21. “N.Y State of Mind” – Nas
22. “Jesus Walks” – Kanye West
23.“Juicy” – The Notorious B.I.G.
24.“Hip Hop” – Dead Prez
25.“Accordion”– Madvillian
26.“Quiet Storm” – Mobb Deep
27.“F—k tha Police” – N.W.A.
28.“Reminisce Over You” – Pete Rock & CL Smooth
29.“Intergalactic Planetary” – Beastie Boys
30.“What these Bitches Want?” – DMX ft Sisqo
31. “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back”– Public Enemy
32. “Big Brother” – Kanye West
33. “Hip Hop Saved My Life” – Lupe Fiasco ft Nikki Jean
34. “Cool Like That” – Digable Planets
35. “Doo Wop (That Thing)” – Lauryn Hill
36. “The Seed (2.0)” – The Roots ft Cody Chesnutt
37.“Creaky Sunrise Remix”– Freeway ft Birdman
38. “Real Rap Song” – Chiddy Bang
39. “Dreams Can Come True” Ellie Goulding ft Logic
40.“It Tastes Like Medicine”- Ugly Duckling
41.“Lee G’s New Millennium Lowdown Track 4”– Little Brother
42.“No Love Lost” – Joe Budden
43.“About Me: A Retrospective on History” – Talib Kweli ft Black Thought & Rah Digga
44.“The Best Rapper Alive?” – Nicki Minaj ft Kendrick Lamar
45. “Life’s a Bitch” – Nas ft AZ
46. “Wet Dreams” – J Cole
47. “Walk This Way” – RUN-DMC with Aerosmith
48.”Marshall Mathers” – Eminem
49.”Shook Ones Part II” – Mobb Deep
50.”Dead Presidents II” – Jay-Z
These 50 tracks deliver vivid tales of love, loss, joy, and heartbreak through unique storytelling and poetic lyricism that has shaped and defined the rap genre as we know it today.