| Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc. | |
| 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update) | 1002 |
| Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2003) | No Order |
| Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) | 172 |
| Complex (USA) - The 50 Best Notorious B.I.G. Songs (2014) | 8 |
| Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999) | 1 |
| QuestLove (USA) - 50 Favorite Songs (2012) | 20 |
| The Source (USA) - The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time (1998) | No Order |
| The Source (USA) - Top 151 Rap Songs of All Time (2003) | 63 |
| XXL (USA) - 40 Years of Hip-Hop: Top 5 Singles by Year (2014) | No Order |
| XXL (USA) - Top 250 Rap Songs of the '90s (2011) | 35 |
| Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 14 |
| Face (UK) - Singles of the Year | 16 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 10 |
