#2

2. Outkast - Bombs Over Baghdad
Album: Stankonia
Year: 2000

This song held the top spot for me for a long, long time. I didn't think anything could ever topple this one...and Number One only beats this one by a hair. BOB is the perfect song because it appeals to everyone: fast, intricate raps for hip-hop heads, electric guitar for the rockers, and a bangin' beat for everyone that loves to hear a good ole' fashion rap tune. Outkast could be the greatest rap duo of all time, and the first single off of the fantastic Stankonia is their best song, in my humble opinion. I think I listened to this song like 76 times in a row when I first heard it. I wish that Andre would go back to rapping when thinking about this song. I feel bad even putting this at 2...it's really more of a 1A.

Best Lines: Andre 3000

In-slum-national, underground
Thunder pounds when I stomp the ground (Woo!)
Like a million elephants with silverback orangutans
You can't stop a train
Who want some? Don't come un-pre-pared
I'll be there, but when I leave there
Better be a household name
Weather man tellin' us it ain't gon' rain
So now we sittin' in a drop-top, soakin wet
In a silk suit, tryin' not to sweat
Hits somersaults without the net
But this'll be the year that we won't forget