Author Topic: top 10 westcoast rappers with most hits  (Read 541 times)

westside159

Re: top 10 westcoast rappers with most hits
« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2012, 11:16:40 PM »
Solo career not including group projects (e.g. We're all in the same gang) or featured tracks (e.g. Dre on No Diggity or California Love).

1.) Snoop Dogg (2 #1's, 4 top-10, 4 top-40, 9 top-100)
2.) 2Pac "Alive" (2 #1's, 2 top-40, 3 top-100) / "Posthumous" (5 top-40, 7 top-100)
3.) Dr. Dre (4 top-10, 4 top-40, 2 top-100; peak: 2)
4.) MC Hammer (5 top-10, 1 top-40, 4-top 100; peak: 2)
5.) Coolio (1 #1, 2 top-10, 3 top-40)
6.) Game (2 top-10, 2 top-40, 6 top-100; peak: 2)
6.) Ice Cube (5 top-40, 6 top-100; peak: 15)
8.) Warren G (2 top-10, 4 top-40, 1 top-100; peak: 2)
9.) Baby Bash (2 top-10, 1 top-40, 1 top-100; peak: 7 2x)
10.) Too $hort (9 top-100; peak: 42)
10.) E-40 (3 top-40, 3 top-100; peak: 13)
12.) Sir Mix-A-Lot (1 #1, 2 top-100)
12.) Tone Loc (2 top-10; 1 top-100; peak: 2)
14.) Young MC (1 top-10, 1 top-40, 1 top-100; peak: 7)
14.) Domino (1 top-10, 1 top-40, 1 top-100; peak: 7)
14.) Mack 10 (2 top-40, 2 top-100; peak: 37)
17.) Nate Dogg (2 top-40, 1 top-100; peak: 13)
18.) Kid Frost (4 top-100; peak: 42)
18.) Xzibit (4 top-100; peak: 50)
18.) Tyga (4 top-100; peak: 52)
21.) Paperboy (1 top-10); peak: 10)
21.) DJ Quik (3 top-100; peak: 49)
23.) Skee-Lo (1 top-40; peak: 13)
23.) Afroman (1 top-40; peak: 13)
23.) Eazy-E (2 top-100; peak: 42)
23.) Ice-T (2 top-100; peak: 67)


Groups
1.) Cypress Hill (1 top-40, 5 top-100; peak: 19)
2.) NWA (1 top-40, 5 top-100; peak: 37)
3.) Westside Connection (3 top-40; peak: 21)
4.) Lighter Shade of Brown (1 top-40, 3 top-100; peak: 39)
5.) Digital Underground (2 top-40, peak: 11)


I used my own point system and the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.  
#1 = 25 points
#2-10 = 15
#11-40 = 10
#41-100 = 5

you left off COMPTONS MOST WANTED - GROWING UP IN THE HOOD  HOMIE   NUMBER 1 ON BILLBOARD
 

jaytee

Re: top 10 westcoast rappers with most hits
« Reply #16 on: February 14, 2012, 12:18:25 AM »
you left off COMPTONS MOST WANTED - GROWING UP IN THE HOOD  HOMIE   NUMBER 1 ON BILLBOARD

I didn't go by the Rap/R&B Charts, I did the Hot 100's.  It would have been much more work to do the Rap/R&B charts and it wouldn't have really showed the true crossover success of the artists and their singles.

Growin' up in the Hood (Billboard)