Greatest Storytelling Songs in Rap/Hip-Hop Songs
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Greatest Storytelling Songs in Rap/Hip-Hop

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I understand "storytelling" is such a broad term in rap, but the songs must include at least some form of running narrative or scenario. I find that when a rapper has a great storytelling song, they're consistently great in this department, so expect to see many from the same artist.
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    Dance With the Devil

    Immortal Technique
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    Children's Story

    Slick Rick
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    Niggas Bleed

    The Notorious B.I.G.
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    Stan

    Eminem
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    I Seen a Man Die

    Scarface
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    You Can't Stop the Prophet

    Jeru the Damaja
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    Streets of New York

    Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
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    Meet the Parents

    Jay-Z
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    I Gave You Power

    Nas
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    Once Upon a Time in the Projects

    Ice Cube
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    I Used to Love H.E.R.

    Common
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    Undying Love

    Nas
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    You Never Know (feat. Jean Grae)

    Immortal Technique
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    Brenda's Got a Baby

    Tupac Shakur
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    La Di Da Di (live) (feat. Doug E. Fresh)

    Slick Rick
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    Warning

    The Notorious B.I.G.
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    Just to Get a Rep

    Gang Starr
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    Kim

    Eminem
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    Paul Revere

    Beastie Boys
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    Stray Bullet

    Organized Konfusion
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    Casualties of a Dice Game

    Big L
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    No Regrets

    Aesop Rock
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    One Love

    Nas
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    A Gangsta's Fairytale

    Ice Cube
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    Glen Close

    Binary Star
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    Betrayal (feat. Scarface)

    Gang Starr
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    Rewind

    Nas
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    The Heist

    Big L
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    '97 Bonnie & Clyde

    Eminem
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    I Got a Story to Tell

    The Notorious B.I.G.
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    Murder Was the Case

    Snoop Dogg
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    My Summer Vacation

    Ice Cube
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    The Cool

    Lupe Fiasco
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    Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story (feat. R.A. the Rugged Man)

    Jedi Mind Tricks
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    I Can't Wake Up

    KRS-One
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    One Day

    Jeru the Damaja
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    Da Art of Storytellin', Part 1

    OutKast
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    The Gates (feat. Tonedeff)

    CunninLynguists
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    Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)

    Boogie Down Productions
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    Gimme the Loot

    The Notorious B.I.G.
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    You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)

    The Notorious B.I.G.

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