Oh, Manchester, So Much To Answer For

Speaking of Grammys, it's a fuckin' crime that Geto Boys never won one for "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" (from 1991's We Can't be Stopped, with its gruesome hospital cover shot of Bushwick Bill, post-having-had-his-eye-shot), the greatest hip-hop record of the last 13 years. Since Public Enemy's 1-2 '88/'89 punch of "Bring the Noise" and "Fight the Power," there's been no such single finer.

My all-time top 10 hip-hop singles:

1. Public Enemy, "Bring the Noise"
2. Public Enemy, "Fight the Power"
3. Geto Boys, "Mind Playing Tricks On Me"
4. Missy Elliott, "Work It"
5. Craig Mack featuring the Notorious B.I.G., Busta Rhymes, Rampage, and L.L. Cool J, "Flava In Ya Ear (The Bad Boy Remix)"
6. Puff Daddy and the Family featuring the Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim, and the LOX, "It's All About the Benjamins (Remix)"
7. A Tribe Called Quest, "Jazz (We've Got)"
8. Missy Elliott, "Get Ur Freak On"
9. Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige, "I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By (Puff Daddy Remix)"
10. Redman, "Funkorama"