After a tour of the 80s, the crew digs into the genre as it becomes a pop culture phenomenom in the 90s. Starting with the jazzy samples of the Native Tongues movement in the early part of the decade, with groups like A Tribe Called Quest and the Jungle Brothers, the series moves into the gangster pop of the East Coast/West Coast rivalry. Theres plenty of Biggie, Tupac, Dre, Snoop, Wu-Tang, Jay-Z, club classics, forgotten singles, the start of the indie era with Rawkus, and flavors from different parts of the country as the genre expanded to the South.
Tracklist
1. The Notorious BIG – Ten Crack Commandments
2. Jay-Z – Face Off feat. Sauce Money
3. Wu-Tang Clan – Triumph feat.CappaDonna
4. CNN – Capone Bone
5. Reflection Eternal – Fortified Live
6. Gang Starr – You Know My Steez
7. M.F. Doom – Dead Bent
8. Master P – Make Em Say Uhh
9. CNN – Closer (Sam Sneed Remix)
10. Laster – Off Balance feat. EDO.G.
11. Natural Elements – Bust Mine
12. Krumb Snatcha – Gettin Closer To God
13. Jay-Z – Imaginary Player
14. Rasco – The Unassisted
15. Royal Flush – Iced Down Medallions
16. DITC – Day One
17. The Beatnuts – Do You Believe?
18. CNN – Calm Down feat. Nas
19. Common – Hungry
20. No I.D. – State To State feat. Common
21. Mobb Deep – Hoodlum feat. Rakim & Big Noyd
22. Outkast – In Due Time feat. Cee Lo
23. Mos Def – Universal Magnetic
24. Wu Tang Clan – The M.G.M
25. EPMD – Never Seen Before
26. Rakim – Guess Who’s Back
27. Mase – 24 Hours To Live feat. The LOX & DMX
28. LL Cool J – 4,3,2,1 feat. Redman, Method Man, Canibus, DMX
29. The Beatnuts – Off The Books feat. Big Pun
30. Tha Alkaholiks – Hip Hop Drunkies feat. Ol Dirty
31. D.J. Pooh – Whoop! Whoop! feat. Kam
32. Master P – Ghetto D
33. KRS-One – Step Into A World (Rapture’s Delight)
34. KRS-One – Step into a World (Bad Boy Remix) feat. Puffy
35. Busta Rhymes – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See
36. Cocoa Brovaz – Won on Won
37. Redman – Pick It Up (Remix)
38. Common – Reminding Me (Of Sef)
39. Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz – Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)
40. The Alkaholiks – All Night
41. Wu-Tang Clan – It’s Yourz
42. Camp Lo – Black Nostaljack
43. Jay-Z – Rap Game/Crack Game
44. EPMD – Richter Scale
45. Mr Complex – Visualize
46. Street Smartz – Metal Thangz feat. O.C., Pharoahe Monch, FT
47. Ras Kass – Soul On Ice (Diamond D Remix)
48. No I.D. – Sky’s The Limit
49. Rakim – It’s Been A Long Time
50. The Notorious BIG – Kick In The Door
51. Puff Daddy & The Family – It’s All About The Benjamins feat. The Notorious BIG
52. The Firm – Phone Tap feat. Dr. Dre
53. Rampage – Things We Be Doing For Money Pt. 2 feat. Busta Rhymes
54. The Notorious BIG – The World Is Filled feat. Too Short & Puff Daddy
55. Street Smartz – Problemz
56. M.F. Doom – Hey!
57. The Notorious BIG – You’re Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)
58. Scarface – Smile feat. 2Pac
