Wrap It Up, B! A History of Hip-Hop's Longest Songs
The Game has done a lot of annoying things in his short, storied career—igniting and reigniting inconsequential beefs, stalking his former mentor, tattooing a giant red star on his face to cover up an LA dodgers logo already covering up a butterfly tattoo, to name a few. This last week, however, he expanded his resume with "400 Bars," a 20 minute freestyle over Jay Electronica's "Exhibit C" that consists of Game's musings on pretty much everything he's ever seen or done or heard of in his entire life. Is it the longest rap song ever? We went back in the vaults to see how Game's verbal diarrhea stacks up, and put together a list of the longest songs in hip-hop history, in order of running time, from "10 Minutes" to "Infinity." That's right, infinity!
10 Minutes
Released: 2003
Running Time: 10 minutes
Buddens
Beat Bop
Released: 1979
Running Time: 10 minutes 07 seconds
Style Wars
Freaky Tales: The Saga Continues
Released: 1988
Running Time: 10 minutes 24 seconds
Wreckless 'N Texas
Released: 1994
Running Time: 10 minutes 49 seconds
A Day Like Any Other
Released: 1996
Running Time: 11 minutes 8 seconds
Good Thing We're Rappin'
Released: 1991
Running Time: 11 minutes 36 seconds
Sons of The P
One Blood Remix
Released: 2006
Running Time: 11 minutes 43 seconds
C.I.A.
Released: 2007
Running Time: 11 minutes 47 seconds
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Something To Ride To
Released: 1992
Running Time: 11 minutes 56 seconds
Shorty The Pimpand
Slipped Into A Coma
Released: 1994
Running Time: 12 minutes 22 seconds
B-Boy Bouillabaisse
Released: 1989
Running Time: 12 minutes 33 seconds
Paul's Boutique
Last Call
Released: 2004
Running Time: 12 minutes 40 seconds
The Session
Released: 1993
Running Time: 12 minutes 43 seconds
SquareOrganix
Damn What A Nigga Say
Released: 1995
Running Time: 13 minutes 42 seconds
Triple Bitch Mafiaall
Adventures Of Super Rhyme
Released: 1979
Running Time: 14 minutes 23 seconds
Rapper's Delight
Released: 1979
Running Time: 14 minutes 37 seconds
Chorus Collection
Released: 1991
Running Time: 14 minutes 50 seconds
300 Bars & Runnin'
Released: 2005
Running Time: 14 minutes 52 seconds
Act 1
Released: 2007
Running Time: 15 minutes 39 seconds
Who
Released: 2008
Running Time: 15 minutes 51 seconds
Rappin And Rockin The House
Released: 1979
Running Time: 16 minutes
10,000 Bars
Released: 2008
Running Time: 31 minutes 26 seconds
The CarterBefore The Carter
June 27th
Poet Laureate Infinity
Released: 2007
Running Time: ∞
