Top 40 Non-traditional rappers
What is a nontraditional rapper? An artist that is usually excluded by critics and enthusiasts from hard core hip-hop. Tunesmate is counting down the top 40 tunes in this category.
1 is “Rapture” by Blonde. It’s considered the first No. 1 rap tune ever.
2 is “Without Me” by Eminem
3 is “Sabotage” by the Beastie Boys
4 is “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice
5 is “Epic” by Faith No More. Remember fish flapping in video?
6 is by Matisyahu called “King Without A Crown”
7 is “Numb” by U2. The Edge raps while Bono sings.
8 is “Good Vibrations” by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
9 is “Jump Around” by House of Pain
10 is “Pepper” by the Butthole Surfers
11 is “We Didn’t Start The Fire” by Billy Joel
12 is All Mixed Up by 311
13 is “Pardon Me” by Incubus – It’s rock meets rap!
14 is “In The End” by Lincoln Park
15 is Short Skirt/Long Jacket by Cake
16 is “Informer” by Snow
17 is Butterfly by Crazy Town
18 is Limp Bizkit with “Rollin.” – Fred Durst lets it roll.
19 is Weird Al with White & Nerdy. Back-to-back Al, I know.
20 is Weird Al with Amish Paradise
21 is Ride A Horse Save A Cowboy by Big & Rich
22 is the 1990s line dance crazy Macarena by Los Del Rio
23 is Remedy (I Don’t Worry) by Jason Mraz. His delivery does it.
24 is Istanbul by They Might Be Giants
25 is Cowboy Troy with “I Play Chicken”
26 is Baz Lurhmann’s “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)”
27 is Can’t Stop by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
28 is Wild Wild West by The Escape Club
29 is Spaz Attack by 2nu
30 is Scatman by Scatman John
31 is 1991’s Unbelievable by EMF
32 is Madonna’s Vogue.
33 is Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus”. It features the Austrian rapping in his native language.
34 is another comedic treasure by the 2 Live Jews called “Oy! It’s So Humid”.
35 is the Bloodhound Gang with “Fire Water Burn” aka “The Roof Is On Fire”.
36 is Sally Pierce’s (Grandma) version of “Rapper’s Delight” from the Wedding Singer.
37 is “Tommy The Cat” by Primus. Les Claypool’s mouth goes as fast as his bass.
38 is “Roll The Bones” by Rush. Neil Peart does the rap in the middle of the song.
39 is “City of Crime” by Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd from the the 1987 Dragnet movie.
40 is “Rappin’ Rodney” by Rodney Dangerfield.
