I've produced lists of 100 poems (including raps) that I enjoyed reading over the course of a year in the past. This year though, I developed a list based on works that I annotated or viewed on repeated occasions on Lit Genius and Rap Genius.
• "Changes" by 2Pac
• "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
• "Phenomenal Woman" by Maya Angelou
• "Digging" by Amiri Baraka
• "Dope" by Amiri Baraka
• "Jungle Jim Flunks His Screen Test" by Amiri Baraka
• "Somebody Blew Up America" by Amiri Baraka
• “Upgrade U” by Beyoncé, featuring Jay Z
• "Flawless Remix" by Beyoncé, featuring Nicki Minaj
• "kitchenette building" by Gwendolyn Brooks
• "a song in the front yard" by Gwendolyn Brooks
• "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
• "The Bean Eaters" by Gwendolyn Brooks
• [untitled freestyle] by Canibus
• "won't you celebrate with me" by Lucille Clifton
• "Homage to my hips" by Lucille Clifton
• "I am New York City" by Jayne Cortez
• "Yet Do I Marvel" by Countee Cullen
• "We Wear the Mask" By Paul Laurence Dunbar
• "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• "The Colored Soldiers" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• "An Ante-bellum Sermon" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• "Ode to Ethiopia" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• "Philosophy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• "The Poet" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
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• "A Cabin Tale" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• "Douglass" by Paul Laurence Dunbar
• "Nikki-Rosa" by Nikki Giovanni
• "Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)" By Nikki Giovanni
• "Bury Me in a Free Land" by Frances E. W. Harper
• "The Slave Mother" by Frances E. W. Harper
• "Frederick Douglass" by Robert Hayden
• "Runagate Runagate" by Robert Hayden
• "The Whipping" by Robert Hayden
• "Those Winter Sundays" by Robert Hayden
• "Black Rage" by Lauryn Hill
• "Lost Ones" by Lauryn Hill
• "Freedom Time" by Lauryn Hill
• "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
• "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes
• "Christ in Alabama" by Langston Hughes
• "I, Too" by Langston Hughs
• "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes
• “Madam and the Census Man” by Langston Hughes
• “Madam and the Phone Bill” by Langston Hughes
• “Madam and her Madam” by Langston Hughes
• “Madam's Past History” by Langston Hughes
• “Madam and the Rent Man” by Langston Hughes
• "Frederick Douglass: 1817-1895" by Langston Hughes
• "Song for a Dark Girl" by Langston Hughes
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• "Harlem" - Langston Hughes
• "Exhibit C" by Jay Electronica
• "Better In Tune with the Infinite” by Jay Electronica
• "Exhibit C" by Jay Electronica
• "We Made It Remix” by Jay Z and Jay Electronica
• "What More Can I Say?" by Jay-Z
• "Where I'm From" by Jay-Z
• “Public Service Announcement” by Jay Z
• "The Heart of a Woman" by Georgia Douglass Johnson
• "Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem" by Helene Johnson
• “Poem about my Rights” by June Jordan
• "It Was a Funky Deal" by Etheridge Knight
• "I Sing of Shine" by Etheridge Knight
• "Hard Rock Returns to Prison From the Hospital for the Criminal Insane" by Etheridge Knight
• "Banned from TV" by Lil Wayne
• "Oh Let's Do It" by Lil Wayne
• "Battle Royal" by Adrian Matejka
• "Prize Fighter" by Adrian Matejka
• "Chicken & Other Stereotypes" by Adrian Matejka
• "Cooking Lessons" by Adrian Matejka
• "Hurt Business" by Adrian Matejka
• "Cannibalism" by Adrian Matejka
• "The Manly Art of Self Defense" by Adrian Matejka
• "Cha Cha Cha" MC Lyte
• "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay
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• "America" by Claude McKay
• "The Lynching" by Claude McKay
• "Nasty" by Nas
• “Only” by Nicki Minaj
• "Did It On 'Em" by Nicki Minaj
• "Directions" by Kamilah Aisha Moon
• "D.E.E.P" by Outkast
• "Aquemini" by Outkast
• "Elevators (Me & You)" by Outkast
• "ATLiens" by Outkast
• "Verbal Intercourse" by Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Nas
• "Incarcerated Scarfaces" by Raekwon
• "Follow the Leader" by Rakim
• "Flight to Canada" by Ishmael Reed
• "Hip-Hop Ghazal" by Patricia Smith
• "75 Bars" by The Roots
• "Clones" by The Roots
• “Niggas Bleed” by The Notorious B.I.G.
• "Warning" by The Notorious B.I.G.
• "For My People" By Margaret Walker
• "Kissie Lee" by Margaret Walker
• "Bad-Man Stagolee" by Margaret Walker
• "On Being Brought From Africa to America" by Phillis Wheatley
• "Triumph" by Wu Tang Clan
• "Negative" by Kevin Young
Related:
• 100 Poems read & re-read in 2012
• 100-plus poems read & re-read (online) in 2011
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