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Years after that song-“Where I’m From,” the crown jewel of Jay’s second album, In My Lifetime, Vol. 1-Jay and Nas would go to war over the answer to the question he posed. We are not here right now to relitigate that battle, or any type of MC hierarchy. Rather, we have a different question we’ve argued all day about: What’s the best Jay-Z song? And what better day to settle that debate than today, one day before the 25th anniversary of Jay’s debut LP, Reasonable Doubt-the legacy of which we’ve explored throughout the network today, in both print and on No Skips With Jinx and Shea. In an attempt to answer that question, The Ringer gathered a brain trust of staffers and extended fam, asking them to submit their top 20 Jay-Z songs, ranked to the best of their abilities. For some, it was an impossible ask-by some counts, Jay has appeared on 119 singles throughout his three-decade career, and that’s before counting album cuts and loosies. For others, the answers were simple-even with all those songs, there’s a clear order to the best of Jay’s best. The results of that extremely scientific voting process are below, where you’ll find the top 100 Jay-Z songs, ranked. The list includes not only Jay singles and album cuts, but also features, unreleased songs, and even a few freestyles. Basically, anything he’s rapped on was eligible.īefore we get to the list, a few insights into it. 1 song was the runaway choice once all ballots were cast it appeared on nearly every individual ranking, often high up. Second, while Jay would later reach far greater commercial heights than he did with Reasonable Doubt, the album is his most-loved, at least according to The Ringer. Check out the chart below: (A quick note: The chart above and the ones below account for 102 songs because of two doubled-up entries-e.g., “Friend or Foe” and “Friend or Foe ’98” taking up one slot.

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