Top Rated Hip-Hop Artists By College Students

At this time of year most college students have packed up their stuff and headed back to school for the year. There are certain items that most college students will tell you that they cannot live without. These items range from their cells phones to the music that they listen to on their iPods. One of the most popular items that college students list on their "Things I Cannot Live Without" is their iPod filled with their favorite music. For those students who are rap or hip-hop fans, what are the top picks in the rap/hip-hop category? What tunes are loaded on those iPods that they just can't live without? Let's take a little look and see what we can find.

According to Apple (www.apple.com) these are the top 10 most downloaded hip-hop and rap songs:

1. Chain Hang Low by Jibbs
2. Bossy (Featuring Too $hort) by Kelis
3. U and Dat by E-40
4. Shoulder Lean by Young Dro featuring T.I.
5. Looking for I Know You See It (Featuring Brandy "Ms. B" Hambrick) by Yung Joc
6. Snap Yo Fingers by Lil Jon featuring E-40 & Sean Paul
7. It's Goin' Down (Featuring Nitti) by Yung Joc
8. Ridin' by Chamillionaire & Krayzie Bone
9. Looking for Morris Brown by OutKast featuring Scar & Sleepy Brown
10. Vans by The Pack

Let's switch over to VH1 at www.VH1.com. The top 10 results in a survey that they conducted concluded that the favorite hip-hop and rap artists of all times played out like this:

1. Run-D.M.C.
2. Public Enemy
3. 2Pac
4. The Notorious B.I.G.
5. LL Cool J
6. Eminem
7. Dr. Dre
8. Grandmaster Flash
9. Salt-N-Pepa
10. Jay-Z

The funny thing is that some of the rap and hip-hop artists that are college students favorites became famous before some of them were even old enough to listen to hip-hop and rap music, and some even before they were born!

Hip-hop and rap artists were even honored by The Teen Choice Awards in 2006 in the following categories:

• Best Hip-hop track went to Nelly Furtado, featuring Timbaland for "Promiscuous."
• The song of the summer went to Nelly Furtado, featuring Timbaland for "Promiscuous."
• And finally, the V Cast Music artist of the year went to Nelly Furtado.

So who are the favored rap and hip-hop artists when it comes to college students? Well I guess it depends on who asks the question and how you ask the question. Whether it is their favorite rap song for the moment or their favorite rap artist of all-time just depends on the circumstances! And with the MTV Awards coming up just around the corner, their answers could change completely.

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