Kathy Iandoli

In his 25 years on this earth, ‘Pac recorded more songs than probably any artist ever. While it was difficult to choose just 10 from his catalog, TheDrop.fm found the tracks that impacted in various ways.

We compiled the hits (and some b-side classics), where Jay was truly on his A-game. When is he not, though? Here's the top Jay-Z songs.

Graham Denholm, Getty Images The original Queen Bee. Lil’ Kim stepped on the scene in the ‘90s and forever changed hip-hop. Her sexy, seductive and (for all intents and purposes) graphic lyrics propelled female rappers into a very bold direction -- one they return to time and time again...

Jemal Countess / Jamie McCarthy / Todd Oren, Getty Images At a glance, hip-hop and holiday music are words that never should go together. Holiday music is supposed to be cheery and fun, while hip-hop often times is characterized by arough exterior (this includes Flo Rida’s physique, but excludes his music)...

Frederick M. Brown / Alexandra Wyman / Jason Merritt, Getty Images When people aren’t obsessing over giving gifts and receiving them, the holidays are a pretty romantic time. Some of the best holiday music is about romance, while others are about other types of love...

What’s beef? Hip-hop surely knows. In a culture where braggadocio infiltrates the music, egos are bound to fly, and that’s when problems arise. It’s a natural response to have a little competition in an art form. However, when it comes to hip-hop, a face-off usually turns into a high-profile event...

Here’s an example of online beef that was taken offline. Chris Brown and Drake had some old beef because after Rihanna broke up with the singer, she moved onto the rapper. Then Meek Mill jumped in and started dating her. C Breezy took Meek off his album 'Fortune,' and then Meek took it Twitter...

This beef was all about Harlem. A newly groomed Azealia Banks beefed with Dipset’s forefather Jim Jones over the origin of the word “vamp.” They took it to the new streets aka Twitter, and then the beef turned into an old head vs. new head war...

This beef was odd, and it’s still happening. Eminem was mad he didn’t get a 5-mic rating in The Source for his LP, 'The Eminem Show,' when it dropped in 2002. Benzino was EIC at the time. Then Eminem blew Benzino off at an event, so Benzino went on NYC’s Hot 97 radio station to air him out...

Classic beef. Queens, N.Y.,-bred MC Shan's 1985 track 'The Bridge' implied that hip-hop was born in his borough, though the lyrics didn't exactly say that. The birthplace of hip-hop was the South Bronx, and this was the first time another borough really attempted to claim superiority...