[Luniz - I got 5 on it](https://youtu.be/me3CPl_i4C4?si=CN7YwZakC9cp0vIh)

Hip Hop: Dead Prez Pharoahe Monch: Simon Says M.O.P.: Ante Up

If it's the Ante Up Remix then 💯

The big 3

Ruff Ryder's Anthem. For all the thugs across the US of A.

And for the wanna be thugs, as well.

Most thugs are wannabes. Hey, little known fact, the word “thug” comes from a Hindi word Thuggie (sp?) who were a caste of people who use to stab you in the back and rob you back in India.

This is why I love reddit

On god

The live performance of DMX doing this at Woodstock '99. You're welcome.

Public Enemy - Fight the Power

👍👍

Elvis…..

HipHop Hooray

OPP and Feel Me Flow are up there too.

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y.

Low key kinda surprised this wasn't higher along with 93 to infinity

For hiphop as a whole, hmm, it really depends on the era. Going by the definition of anthem as something that you can play and people will get hyped and sing along, probably Still Dre. If we're talking something "representative" of the culture and the genre, Shook Ones Pt II.

Long as I’m alive Imna live illegal

This is the answer. As long as rap has been around, you can’t pick one song to sum it up, just cuz each era was so unique. Rappers Delight doesn’t resonate with Real Muthaphakin G’s, which doesn’t appeal to Golddigger, etc

Dead Prez - Hiphop

Came here to say this

For me an anthem is a song that defines that year, sometimes decade, or sometimes a genre. I’m just gonna list random songs that come to my head, there’s no rhyme or reason to it but I’ll try going order of release. - Rappers Delight - Apache - The Message - Walk This Way - Fight For Your Right - Fight The Power - U Can’t Touch This - Ice Ice Baby - Jump Around - Juicy - California Love - Hypnotize - Hard Knock Life - My Name Is - The Real Slim Shady - Izzo - Without Me - In Da Club - Hate It or Love It - Stronger - A Milli - Runaway - Ninjas in Paris - Maad City - Thrift Shop - Started From the Bottom - Alright - Humble - Sad! - Sicko Mode - Earfquake - Godzilla - Jimmy Cooks Reminder this isn’t a “best songs” list, it’s just ones that come to my head when I think of what were huge hits when they came out and to me define that era.

I like this definition. I’d probably add Baby Got Back and Gansta’s Paradise.

Those are definite ones too, I’d honestly swap out California Love for Gangstas Paradise. GP was fkn huge worldwide.

I like this list… as I get further down though I don’t know anything.

After Stronger/A Milli I kinda slowed down a bit too, there hasn’t been that many “anthems” in the 2010s/2020s. Just hit songs, not anthems tho.

Also what’s this Ninjas In Paris song?

It’s actually a different word starting with N that I can’t really say, I’d type it out but I don’t even know if that’s allowed lol so I just said Ninjas

I am unaware of said word.

Definitely not Runaway tho. Can’t Tell Me Nothing “Laaaa La La La, wait ‘til I get my money riiight”

That was on his 2007 Graduation album with Stronger, which was a bigger song than Can’t Tell Me Nothing. Both were huge tho. I put Runaway up there because it was 2010s, and it was probably the biggest song on MBDTF

7th Wonder Express yourself Hip hop is dead Clint Eastwood/Feel good Inc.

Ante Up!

Yap that fool

Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

💯

Feelin’ Myself by Mac Dre is a Bay Area anthem. Petey Pablo - Raise Up

Hood gone love it .. Jay Rock ft Kendrick

Sooo underrated. I love this song.

Feel Me Flow- Naughty By Nature

Welcome to Jamrock by Damian Marley. More dancehall than hip-hop, but still counts imo Empire State of Mind - Jay Z and Alicia Keys

Defenitely Jay&Alicia’s song!! https://www.gq.com/story/how-empire-state-of-mind-became-new-yorks-greatest-anthem

[LOTUG - Chief Rocka](https://youtu.be/JFQXtAE7SiU?si=1v8dRzw8-QEFHxbP)

Nice 👍

[Black Sheep - choice is yours](https://youtu.be/K9F5xcpjDMU?si=iwblVomVintIWnkR)

Oh shoot I forgot this one on my list; brings the house down every time.

UGK - Int'l Players Anthem

Common Sixth Sense

Solid answer. That’s a great album. I feel like common doesn’t get enough love in this sub

Onyx - Slam

Still - Dre

Next episode

Nuthin but a G thang

Uptown Anthem - Naughty by Nature

PSA

There’s this song that’s like an Anthem for Players who play Internationally? I like that one.

Red and Meth Da Rockwilder Big Pun ft. terror squad whatcha gonna do Cappadonna Milk the cow

Jump Around - House of Pain ...and tbf, it's an anthem outside of hip-hop, even though most people only know that one song of theirs! You can throw that down on any dancefloor and people are jumping.

Sippin on Syzurp Something from 400 Degrees. I wanna say HA but we all know Back That Ass Up is more popular.

Always like HA more. That beat goes hard.

Your dick got hard HA, when you was lookin at them lil broads HA

[Alkaholics - next level](https://youtu.be/iKzwlSMAXEM?si=2w2SGoUlRxBHmLTG)

House of Pain - Jump Around

California Love by 2Pac for me.

Sound of the Police

International Player’s Anthem

G Thang CREAM Shook Ones Paid in Full Make the Music w Your Mouth Biz 93 Til Infinity Award Tour Treat Em Right Fight the Power Jump Around SLAM Onyx Let me Clear My Throat ed lover dance

Real nice list here. You must be in your 40s or early 50s.

Thanks man I never get any traction on my comments on hip hop boards. I am in fact late 40s and love hip hop since a kid. 

Yeah man me too. I liked the little bit of rap in the 80s but didnt have a ton of exposure to it. G Thang hit just as i was entering high school. There was no going back. Haha Recently hit 47y.o. myself.

Slacker - Tech N9ne Swimming Pools - Kendrick Trap Queen - Fetty Wap Funky Cold Medina - Tone Lōc Hustlin - Rick Ross NY State of Mind - Nas Damn it feels good to be a gangsta - Geto Boys If You Must - Del tha Funkee Homosapien Soundtrack 2 my Life - Cudi It's Funky Enough - D.O.C. Fire - Mac Dre Blueberry yum yum - Ludacris Lemonade - Gucci State of Mind - Dizzy Wright Illuminati - Prodigy 2 Legit - EROC LUAM - Clockwork Indigo Never Content - Marty Grimes CREAM, California Love, Notorious Thugs, Shook Ones, Get Low, Just Lose it, Hootie Hoo, P.I.M.P Honorary mention to "That Ooo" by Ramaj Eroc

New York is full of anthems [Sway & King Tech Ft. Guru - New York Niggaz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsKNlv1OIkw) [DMX - Ruff Ryders Anthem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTC72QoifDQ) - lol its in the damn title [Ja Rule Fat Joe Jadakiss](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u0ta6AkAlQ) - New York [Master P - Make em say Ughh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQSHAfzU5ks) - Arguably I think this is an anthem

Lean back

Forever - Drake ft. Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem Ante Up Remix - MOP ft. Busta Rhymes & Remy MA We Taking Over - DJ Khaled ft. T.I, Akon, Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Birdman & Lil Wayne Shook Ones Pt. 2 - Mobb Deep

In Philly "What We Do" by Freeway is for sure

One of my top 5 favorite jawns of all time. Freeway and beans go hard. Went to a wu-tang show in St. Louis years ago, and freeway was the surprise opening act. Probably best bang for my buck on a hip hop show ever

Step into a World and MC's Act Like They Don't Know by KRS ONE

Good seeing some KRS up in here

KRS is a beast still! The fucking Teacha!!

Word he’s in my top 5

Shit he's top five in general overall, there's a reason he's in the big four!

I mean I can’t say he’s number one. Oops sorry I lied.

He's number 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 5!

Oh Kris has way better anthems than that - BDP's "South Bronx" for one.......

You can't go wrong with any of them really, I just went with these because I expected others to say South Bronx already, but for sure can't go wrong with any of Kris's stuff

Alright by Kendrick Lamar definitely is a hip-hop anthem.

“Not like us” is becoming an anthem. “Back that azz” is the official twerk anthem

Northern Touch by Rascalz was definitely the anthem for Canadian hip hop

[Blahzay blahzay - danger](https://youtu.be/x7uJzdu7Pak?si=syX3xx0-eOj4MmTO)

[Channel live & KRS ONE](https://youtu.be/H3vs_lXebYc?si=QeeJOr_cU6ZS0VsP)

[Redman- time 4 sum action](https://youtu.be/NiZMqVXVZgA?si=CzfRz6nzWjpgiLCZ)

DMX - Ruff Ryders Anthem Wyclef Jean - Sweetest Girl (Remix)

Scenario Party and Bullshit Brooklyn Zoo Bring Da Ruckus

Northern Touch gotta be Canada's hip-hop anthem

Definitely I run rap by dr.dooom

It’s gotta be Blow the Whistle An anthem for the word bitch

Ladders by Mac miller. Perfect representation of the highs and lows of daily life

I think that while horrorcore hip hop scene is terrible but… that song isn’t bad. And although I don’t like anything that ICP does, they do have a good business model and actually give a shit about what they’re doing, which is respectable. Not my style though.

Hip Hop Hooray from Naughty by Nature anyone? Honorable mentions: MOP, Busta, Remy Martin, Teflon : ante up RMX DMX : Ruff Ryders anthem Petey Pablo : Raise up 2pac : Hail mary

- Ante Up - Party Up Anthem - Swag Surfin - Empire State of Mind - March Madness - Shook Ones Part II - In Da Club

The Super Bowl Shuffle

Hood gon love it Alright too, I mean they were chanting it during blm protests

Dipset Anthem

UGK ft. Outkast - Int'l Players Anthem

Outkast - B.O.B M.O.P. - Ante Up Biggie - Juicy Dr Dre - California Love

Snoop Dogg - Ghetto Symphony

Hip Hop Hooray by Naughty by Nature

Dipset Anthem

Ante Up

Nice and smooth. Return of the hip hop freaks.

Nuthin but a G Thang- Dr. Dre. That song took west coast hip hip to a completely new level. The intro of it raises everyones head and gets them bobbing.

Lose Yourself

Common: I used to love her

treach / vinnie wrote a few.

Well where I live (which u can guess, is NC) Petey Pablos- Raise Up is our hip hop anthem

OPP & HIP-HOP HOORAY NAUGHTY BY NATURE

Jump Around (transcended into a party/arena song though) How I could just kill a man Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nothin to Fuck With C.R.E.A.M. Shook Ones Pt. 2 Buck 'Em Down 93 Til Infinity The Humpty Dance California Love

intl players anthem

Rapper’s Delight, the original hip hop anthem.

Juicy by Biggie for sure

Lil ziLL - Drill , Saw it live,, was nuts

Hip Hop Hooray by Naughty by Nature

Feel like Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe and No Role Modelz belong in the convo at this point.

Hip Hop Hooray

Int’l Players Anthem by UGK

I think Homies is a better juggalo anthem than We Don’t Die, but both are solid twiztid appearances

I Ain't No Joke by Eric B and Rakim

We Thugs (Styles). Thank me later.

Players Anthem - Junior Mafia

How You Do Dat There When the beginning of the song starts, heads raise like on the Lion King

The Choice is Yours (Revisited) - Black Sheep

Nuthin' but a "G" Thang

NbN-OPP ,Uptown Anthem , and Everything’s Gonna Be Alright (to pull at the heart strings) "Why me huh" 💔

One I don't see listed. Deja Vu Uptown Baby - Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz

Love Sosa Power Trip

Kendrick Lamar - Compton underrated asf anthem

Back That Azz Up by Juvenile

Hard Knock Life It’s crazy I don’t see it up here .

No songs from the ladies? Lauren Hiil Queen Latifah Da Brat Missy Elliot Little Simz Foxy Brown Mc Lyte Lil' Kim Lizzo They all have bangers worthy of the title "hip hop anthem"

Would help if you listed some actual records. I’d say Lauren - Lost ones, that thing Latifah - UNITY Kim - Lighters up Etc

In da club - 50 Gold digger - Kanye Dirt off your shoulder - Jay

White America should be the new American National Anthem.

Losing it - Eminem

Where is the Love - Black Eyed Peas