Top 10 throwback tunes

So today, inspired by a recent trip down memory lane, we're going to reflect on the top songs that you killed playing three times a day in your car that still make people say "holy s***!" when you throw them on at your parties. Here's hoping that your next house party gets wild thanks to this list:

10. 99 Problems,  Jay-Z - I hate rap. Hate hate hate rap. But Jay-Z is a game changer. You know the second the words "If you havin' girl problems I feel bad for you son" come from your speakers, you're immediately about to hear a household full of partiers respond with "I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one!" Nothing like it.

9. How Low, Ludacris - Classic, classic Turtle song. I can only imagine how many drunken underaged make-outs happened to this song within the previously mentioned establishment over it's years of borderline-illegal existence.

8. Walk It Out, Unk - There's nothing like watching a party full of college girls with no dance moves outside of grinding their asses on dudes trying to pull off one of the most ghetto dance moves to ever go viral. Get it, girl!

7. Everytime We Touch, Cascada - This one's for the ladies. Why do girls go bat s*** crazy for this song? If one of you could please explain that to me, that would be just grand of you.

6. Still Fly, Big Tymers - Don't remember this one? You will. Yet another absurd song. I mean, how did this one even get popular? I grew up in suburban middle-class Maryland, an area that couldn't have less of an affiliation with the "hood life" if it tried, yet this song caught fire at Lakewood Elementary and Robert Frost MS. Time to bring it back. "Wassup Fresh? It's our return baby!"

5. Blue (Da Ba Dee), Eifel 65 - Elementary school at it's finest. This had to be on one of the "Now" CDs that you bought at Tower Records or an infomercial, depending on how much your parents loved you. Can you imagine being at college parties when this jam was playing? Well now you can. You're welcome.

4. Get Low - Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - To the windowwwwww, to the wall! I can't understand half the lyrics of this song and I just never found it in my soul to care. Such a storied tune. Generations to come shall rage to it. You're welcome, future children of the world, for Lil Jon and his ability to babble nonsense to a great beat.

3. Without Me, Eminem - 2003 Eminem songs for the win! Middle school dance music at it's best. I think to this day I can still spit out every single word of this gift to the world, and odds are you can to. "I just settled all my lawsuits F*** YOU DEBBIE!"

2. Country Grammar, Nelly - The original song that I wanted the unedited version of. There's something about Nelly that will just never let him completely disappear. He did our spring concert on campus last year for $5 a ticket and despite not having any true jams outside of "Just a dream" in the past few years, he absolutely killed it. The little running back from The Longest Yard remake is still running the show a decade later!

1. Party (Up In Here), DMX - Lose your f***ing mind. One of the greatest party songs ever. I'm pretty sure when I have my illegitimate grandchildren sitting in my lap someday, I'll be telling them how great the CD's that I burned on my original, slow computer contained artists such as DMX, Ja Rule, and Will Smith. There's something about the absurd whistle blowing and terrible rap lyrics contained in this song that just get you every time. God bless DMX for having the time to record this gem between jail stints.


Honorable Mention:  Raise up, Petey Pablo - Jump Around, House of Pain - Swing, Savage & Soulja Boy -  Sandstorm, Darude - Gettin' Jiggy Wit It, Will Smith -  We Fly High, Jim Jones - Party in the USA, Miley Cyrus -  Snap Yo Fingers, Lil Jon & Sean Paul - Bring Em Out, T.I.