10 Hip-Hop songs to hate a woman to

It's no secret that rap on the whole lives in a man's world. Despite the noble intentions of hip-hop historians to include women in the hip-hop canon, these actions usually seem motivated more by an intellectual urge to prove to critics that rap, in fact, is not sexist rather than the actual quality or impact of their music*. The fact is that hip-hop is extremely sexist, sometimes even when it tries not to be. But that doesn't mean that the music can't still be really great. And on this odious day of St. Valentine when the rest of us must sit at home sulking in our single-life purgatory, let us bask in the misogyny and shake our fist at the women not in our lives. Here are 10 extremely misogynistic songs that are so over-the-top, you can't help but love 'em:

WARNING: Songs may contain explicit language and subject matter not suitable for minors.

1. Snoop ft. Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Warren G "Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None)"
Picking out the greatest woman-hating songs in West Coast rap alone is like finding a needle in a haystack, but this classic shines with its sunny, rolling g-funk, Nate Dogg's smooth vocals, and its uplifting message of brotherly unity and solidarity.

2. Kool G Rap "Talk Like Sex"
The Juice Crew's Kool G Rap drops what is essentially a vicious battle rhyme, except that instead of aiming at some imaginary rapper as a jump-off, he aims at some imaginary girl (think of it as one of the first concept songs). Who else would/could brag about "hitting girls with their heads in a guillotine"?

3. Notorious BIG "One More Chance" (original)
The remix that samples DeBarge's "Stay With Me" has already been passed into the halls of rap history but hopefully, the original version that appears on Biggie's Ready To Die album will not be quickly forgotten. Big undoubtedly takes a page from G Rap's classic "Talk Like Sex", using his ability to "make the kidney shift" as a basis for fierce braggadocio.

4. Z-Ro "I Hate You B----"
This is actually much less misogynistic than the title implies but it still fits if you don't have a Valentine today. Local Houston hero, Z-Ro, pours his heart out about his break-up over a bluesy track. On one hand, he's bitter about the situation that led to the break-up (and actually sent him to jail as well). But more than that, he just misses the great times they had together, pillow fights and all.

5. Devin The Dude "Hope I Don't Get Sick A Dis"
Southern rap owes a lot to West Coast rap and this song really brings that to the fore. Another Houston mainstay, Devin The Dude, spits about getting sexually served while taking a dump--among other things--on top of Dr. Dre-sounding keys.

6. UGK "F--- My Car"
It's disheartening that Kanye West can claim women to be gold-diggers and still be considered a positive, "conscious" artist but UGK is just more ignorant Southern rap. This song works on the same stereotype but it also manages to slip in some hilarious self-deprecation in the fact that the men are emasculated by their cars. And the Southern funk in the back certainly doesn't hurt either.

7. Ghostface Killah "Wildflower"
The infamous song immortalized forever by the Ghostface doll. This song is straight, no chaser bruised heartbreak talk as filtered through the mind of Tony Starks. Only Ghostface can compare his penis to the Holy Cross and then make penis-puns on laundry. All of this on top of a typically creepy, minor-chord RZA beat.

8. RZA "Domestic Violence"
Though this song has some of the more bone-crunching, woman-hating zingers ("your p---y echoes because it's so hollow"), it's saved by the presence of the female voice, a voice that fights back and puts the misogyny into the appropriate context of guys just talking like idiot guys. With the inclusion of the female perspective, this is arguably one of the bigger triumphs for the female gender in hip-hop.

9. Ice Cube "You Can't Fade Me"
Cube's story about a lying baby-mama is yet another song that operates on the "gold-digging woman" stereotype. Despite that, it is still a brutally honest portrait of a man too young faced with some life-changing events on the horizon and the resultant desperation. Still, maybe forcing an abortion by kicking the woman in her pregnant tummy is a bit too much, even in fleeting thought.

10. Ludacris "Ho"
Three minutes of stupid-fun punchlines and puns on the word "Ho". What's there not to love? This track is actually produced by Bangladesh, the man behind Lil Wayne's "A Milli", who at the time went simply by his first name, Shondrae.

*Which is not to say that there are not great women rappers (see: Lady of Rage). But their prevalence and impact has been hindered thus far by a number of factors, which is another article in itself.