Eminem's "Lose Yourself" vs Tupac's "California Love" vs Biggie's "Hypnotize".Accolades.
Lose Yourself
Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) 49
Pitchfork (USA) - The 100 Best Singles of 2000-2004 (2005) 53
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) 166
Stylus (USA) - The 50 Best Singles of 2000-2004 (2005) 23
VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs from the Past 25 Years (2003) 4
Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) 387
Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) No Order
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
Pure Pop (Mexico) - The Top 10 Singles of Each Year 2000-2002 (2003) 4
End of Year Lists
All Music Guide (USA) - Singles of the Year No Order
Grammy Awards (USA) - Record of the Year Nominee
Rolling Stone (USA) - Singles of the Year 2
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 2
Dagsavisen (Norway) - Singles of the Year 4
Intro (Germany) - Singles of the Year 47
Iguana (Spain) - Songs of the Year 80
California Love
Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - The 1001 Greatest Songs to Download Right Now! (2003) No Order
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999) 22
Pause & Play (USA) - Songs Inducted into a Time Capsule, One Track at Each Week No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) 346
rap.about.com (USA) - 50 Great Hip Hop Songs (2001?) 6
Gary Mulholland (UK) - This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock (2002) No Order
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 210 Greatest Pop Singles of All Time (2003) No Order
Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) 118
Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) No Order
End of Year Lists
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 11
Face (UK) - Singles of the Year 3
Melody Maker (UK) - Singles of the Year 24
Vox (UK) - Singles of the Year 8
Hypnotize
Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Blender (USA) - The Greatest Songs Ever, One Song Added Every Other Month No Order
Blender (USA) - Top 500 Songs of the 80s-00s (2005) 26
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Ego Trip (USA) - Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1980-98 (1999) 3
rap.about.com (USA) - 50 Great Hip Hop Songs (2001?) 27
Q (UK) - The 1010 Songs You Must Own (2004) No Order
End of Year Lists
Spin (USA) - Singles of the Year 1
Village Voice (USA) - Singles of the Year 12
Spex (Germany) - Singles of the Year 7