The Best Singles of the First Half

Posted by Maximum Fun on 10th July 2006

My favorite hip-hop blogger is Noz. He gained fame with his uber-popular Cocaine Blunts & Hip-Hop Tapes blog, where he gave voice to some of the best-informed and crotchetiest rap opinions in the blogosphere. These days, he’s blogging for the excellent new XXL website. Come to find out… he listens to The Sound! Can you imagine? Not quite as good as finding out Dave Foley listens, but close.

Here’s Noz’ list of the top 20 hip-hop singles of the first half of the year. Featuring this anti-God track from Mobb Deep, which my teenaged brother hasn’t shut up about in like three months (“Dude, Jesse, PRODIGY DISSED GOD!”). Thank goodness O’Reilly didn’t get hold of that one.