Complex Updates Their List Of Top 50 Diss Records Of All Time

Complex has unveiled its Top 50 Diss Records of All Time, bringing together some of the most memorable and influential diss tracks in hip-hop history. The list spans several generations, from old-school battles to some of the biggest rap beefs of the modern era.

Kendrick Lamar dominates the top of the ranking, with “Not Like Us” taking the No. 1 spot, followed by “Meet the Grahams” at No. 31 and “Euphoria” at No. 23. His collaboration with Future and Metro Boomin, “Like That,” also lands at No. 17.

Eminem is represented multiple times, including “Kllsht” at No. 45, “Quitter/Hit ’Em Up Freestyle” with D12 at No. 25, and “The Sauce/Nail in the Coffin” at No. 18. His diss-record legacy also includes several tracks that remain staples of hip-hop beef history.

50 Cent also makes the list with “Piggy Bank” at No. 50 and “Back Down” at No. 11. Other major entries include 2Pac’s “Hit ’Em Up” at No. 2, Nas’ “Ether” at No. 4, Jay-Z’s “Takeover” at No. 3, Ice Cube’s “No Vaseline” at No. 6, and Pusha-T’s “The Story of Adidon” at No. 7.

Dr. Dre also made the list. Check the rankings below:

50 — 50 Cent — “Piggy Bank”
49 — U.N.L.V. — “Drag Em ’N the River”
48 — Pusha-T f/ The-Dream — “Exodus 23:1”
47 — MC Eiht — “Def Wish”
46 — Sheff G — “No Suburban”
45 — Eminem — “K*llsh*t”
44 — Nas — “Stillmatic Freestyle”
43 — Beanie Sigel — “Put Ya Hands Up”
42 — Jadakiss — “F*** Beanie Sigel Freestyle”
41 — T.I. — “99 Problems (Lil Flip Ain’t One)”

40 — Drake — “Push Ups”
39 — Eazy-E / Gangsta Dresta and B.G. Knocc Out — “Real Mutha**uckkin G’s”
38 — Cam’ron / Jim Jones — “Hate Me Now”
37 — Jadakiss — “Checkmate”
36 — Remy Ma — “SheTHER”
35 — Mobb Deep — “Drop a Gem on Em”
34 — Roxanne Shanté — “Have a Nice Day”
33 — Cam’ron — “Dear Stan”
32 — Company Flow — “Linda Tripp”
31 — Kendrick Lamar — “Meet the Grahams”
30 — Jay-Z — “Super Ugly”
29 — Rick Ross f/ Drake and French Montana — “Stay Schemin’”
28 — Lauryn Hill — “Lost Ones”
27 — 2Pac f/ E.D.I. Mean and Young Noble — “Bomb First”
26 — MC Shan — “K*ll That Noise”
25 — Eminem f/ D12 — “Quitter/Hit ’Em Up Freestyle”
24 — LL Cool J — “Jack the Ripper”
23 — Kendrick Lamar — “Euphoria”
22 — Tim Dog — “F*** Compton”
21 — DJ Quik — “Dollaz + Sense”

20 — Drake — “Family Matters”
19 — Gucci Mane — “Truth”
18 — Eminem — “The Sauce/Nail in the Coffin”
17 — Future & Metro Boomin f/ Kendrick Lamar — “Like That”
16 — Boogie Down Productions — “South Bronx”
15 — MC Lyte — “10% Dis”
14 — 2Pac — “Against All Odds”
13 — LL Cool J — “To Da Break of Dawn”
12 — Common — “The B***h in Yoo”
11 — 50 Cent — “Back Down”

10 — Canibus — “2nd Round K.O.”
09 — Dr. Dre f/ Snoop Doggy Dogg — “(F***in Wit) Dre Day”
08 — Drake — “Back to Back”
07 — Pusha-T — “The Story of Adidon”
06 — Ice Cube — “No Vaseline”
05 — BDP — “The Bridge Is Over”
04 — Nas — “Ether”
03 — Jay-Z — “Takeover”
02 — 2Pac — “Hit Em Up”
01 — Kendrick Lamar — “Not Like Us”