
I'm not pretending to cover the entire scope of women in rap with this survivor, but I'm hoping it gets a lot of the highlights over the years. The last two years have been a renaissance of sorts for women in rap as numerous emcees gain recognition critically and commercially. There have been a record number denting the Billboard charts as well.
With four female rappers topping Billboard this year (five if we want to count Bey), I assumed there would be some sort of Billboard list of the most successful songs by female rappers of all time - there is a top 25 list back in the dark ages, when Cardi B was rising with Bodak Yellow, but it's an unsatisfying list in that two acts make up 40% of the list, and it's dated without the influx of new rappers.
Without an updated list from Billboard, I found this list from XXL. This list is from earlier this year. So between the two lists I came up with the below, giving no more than two lead spots to any one woman.
You are free to add up to four songs of your own (they can be from women who are already represented twice) to the list before we get started. If you think I left anything off these lists, feel free to include them in your suggestions. Once the system is up and running, I will go ahead and tag people who might be interested, but in the meantime, there's time to listen to the songs you don't know!
These are the fifty songs that include my four additions as well as songs form the Billboard and XXL list:
Angie Martinez - If I Could Go
Azealia Banks - 212
Azealia Banks - Anna Wintour
Azealia Banks - The Big Big Beat
Azealia Banks - Ice Princess
Azealia Banks - Treasure Island
Beyonce - Formation
Cardi B - Bodak Yellow
Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion - WAP
City Girls - Act Up
CL - Hello Bitches
CL - Lifted
Cookie Crew - Born This Way
Da Brat - Funkdafied
Dej Loaf - Try Me
Doja Cat ft. Nicki Minaj - Say So
Doja Cat - Like That
Doja Cat - Streets
Eve - Gotta Man
Eve - Tambourine
Eve - Who's That Girl
Eve ft. Alicia Keys - Gangsta Lovin’
Eve ft. Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Ya Mind
Flo MIlli - Like That Bitch
Flo Milli - May I
Foxy Brown ft. Blackstreet - Get Me Home
Foxy Brown ft. Jay-Z - I'll Be
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX - Fancy
Iggy Azalea - Mo Bounce
Iggy Azalea - Team
Iggy Azalea - Work
J.J. Fad - Supersonic
Jean Grae - My Story
Jentina - Bad Ass Strippa
Kash Doll - Ice Me Out
Khia - My Neck, My Back
Lady Leshurr - Queen's Speech Ep.4
Lauryn Hill - Ex Factor
Lauryn Hill - Forgive Them Father
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
LightSkinKeisha - Believe Dat
LightSkinKeisha - Ride Good
Lil' Kim - How Many Licks
Lil’ Kim featuring 50 Cent - Magic Stick
Lil Kim - Lighters Up
Lil Kim ft. Da Brat, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Missy Elliott, and Angie Martinez - Not Tonight
Lil Mama - Lip Gloss
Lisa Maffia - All Over
Little Simz - 101 FM
Lizzo - Truth Hurts
MC Lyte - Ruffneck
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyonce - Savage
Megan Thee Stallion ft. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla Sign - Hot Girl Summer
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
M.I.A. - Bad Girls
M.I.A. - Bring The Noize
Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
Missy Elliott - Gossip Folks
Missy Elliott ft. Ciara - Lose Control
Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
Missy Elliott - Work It
Monie Love - It's A Shame
Monie Love - Slice Of Da Pie
Ms Bank ft. Kida Kudz - Snack
Ms. Dynamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee
Mulatto ft. Saweetie & Trina - Bitch From Da Souf
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
Nicki MInaj - Anaconda
Nicki Minaj - Starships
Nicki Minaj - Barbie Dreams
Nicki Minaj ft. Beyonce - Feelin’ Myself
Nicki Minaj ft. Drake - Moment 4 Life
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
Nicki Minaj - Can Anybody Hear Me?
Nicki Minaj - Ganja Burn
Phoebe One - Get On It
Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.
Queen Latifah ft. Monie Love - Ladies First
Qveen Herby - Wifey
Rapsody ft. J. Cole - Soujourner
Remy Ma - Shether
Remy Ma - Conceited
Rico Nasty - Smack a Bitch
Roxanne Shante - Roxanne’s Revenge
Salt-N-Pepa ft. En Vogue - Whatta Man
Salt-N-Pepa - Push It
Salt-N-Pepa - Shoop
Saweetie - My Type
Saweetie - Tap In
Saweetie ft. Doja Cat - Best Friend
Sylk-E Fyne ft. Chill - Romeo and Juliet
Tierra Whack - Unemployed
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
Toya - I Do!
Trina - Pull Over
Wee Papa Girl Rappers - Wee Rule
Yeastie Girlz - You Suck
Yo-Yo ft. Ice Cube - You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo
Young MA - OOOUUU
*The four I added:
Flo MIlli - Like That Bitch
Mulatto ft. Saweetie & Trina - Bitch From Da Souf
Saweetie ft. Doja Cat - Best Friend
Yeastie Girlz - You Suck
( Removed Coi Leray - G.I. Joe)
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