26. Ol’ Dirty Bastard featuring Kelis – Got Your Money

Listening to a track like Got Your Money, you begin to understand how words like “nasty” and “sick” have become superlatives in hip-hop. Because Got Your Money is just that: it’s misogynistic and materialistic, snarling and menacing. It features lyrics like “I don’t have no problem with you fucking me, but I have a little problem with you not fucking me” – heck, it’s performed by a guy who called himself Ol’ Dirty Bastard. But despite all of that, Got Your Money is a deliciously seedy, addictive record. The Neptunes’ production tricks once again underpin the dirt: gyrating Billie Jean drums, Kelis’ pouting purr – it all comes together to give ODB’s thug-life braggadocio exactly the right mix of sex and danger.