| 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 |
| Complex (USA) - The 100 Best Nas Songs (2011) | 9 |
| Dave Marsh (USA) - Postscript (102 Songs) to The Heart of Rock & Soul (1998) | No Order |
| XXL (USA) - Top 250 Rap Songs of the '90s (2011) | 88 |
| rap.about.com (USA) - 50 Great Hip Hop Songs (2001?) | 24 |
| Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 50 Best Songs of the 1990s (2010) | No Order |
| Les Inrockuptibles (France) - 1000 Indispensable Songs (2006) | No Order |
| End of Year Lists | |
| Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year | 20 |
| NME (UK) - Singles of the Year | 29 |
| Vox (UK) - Singles of the Year | 18 |
| Pop (Sweden) - Singles of the Year | 4 |
| Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year | 38 |
