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
- Above The Law “Another Execution”
- Ice Cube “Once Upon A Time In The Projects”
- Brand Nubian “Who Can Get Busy Like This Man?”
- Main Source “Just Hanging Out”
- Eric B. & Rakim “Mahogany”
- Compton’s Most Wanted “Give It Up”
- CPO “Ballad Of A Menace”
- Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth “Here I Come”
- Omniscence “Lost In The Music”
- Gang Starr “Love Sick”
- Digital Underground “Freaks Of The Industry”
- Lakim Shabazz “The Lost Tribe Of Shabazz”
- King Tee “Played Like A Piano”
- K-Solo “Fugitive”
- Kool G. Rap “Streets Of New York”
- Masta Ace “Me & The Biz”
- The Geto Boys “Gangster Of Love”
- A Tribe Called Quest “Bonita Applebum”
- A Tribe Called Quest “Push It Along”
- Freshco & Miz “Ain’t You Freshco?”
- Eric B. & Rakim “In The Ghetto”
- Main Source “Just A Friendly Game Of Baseball”
- Nice & Smooth “No Bones In Ice Cream”
- Dooley-O “Watch My Moves”
- D-Nice “Call Me D-Nice”
- Boogie Down Productions “Material Love”
- Special Ed “Living Like A Star”
- Poor Righteous Teachers “Rock This Funky Joint”
- Big Daddy Kane “Young Gifted And Black”
- Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth “Funky Technician”
- Third Bass “Product Of The Environment”
- LL Cool J “Eat ‘Em Up LL, Chill”
- The Geto Boys “Scarface”
- Above The Law “Murder Rap”
- Low Profile “Playing For Keeps”
- Ron B “Stitch By Stitch”
- Main Source “Snake Eyes”
- Chill Rob G. “Let Me Show You (Prince Paul Remix)”
- K-Solo “Your Mom’s In Our Business”
- The Flavor Unit “The Flavor Unit Assassination Squad”
- 415 “Lavish”
- Too $hort “The Ghetto”
- Three Times Dope “No Words”
- Special Ed “The Mission”
- Main Source “Think”
- Third Bass “3 Strikes 5000″
- KMD “Gasface Refill”
- 360 Degrees “Somebody Like Me”
- Gang Starr “Just To Get A Rep”
- Public Enemy “911 Is A Joke”
- YZ “Sons Of The Father”
- Brand Nubian “Drop The Bomb”
- Lord Alibaski “Crunch Time”
- X-Clan “Heed The Word Of The Brother”
- Kinds Of Swing “Nod Your Head To This”
- Special Ed “Ready 2 Attack”
- Special Ed “I’m The Magnificent (Remix)”
- Gang Starr “Who’s Gonna Take The Weight”
- Three Times Dope “In Effect”
- A Tribe Called Quest “Youthful Expression”
- Brand Nubian “Ragtime”
- 415 “415in”
- X-Clan “Days Of Outrage, Operation Snatchback”
- Ice Cube “Amerikkka’s Most Wanted”
- Kid Frost “La Raza”
- Kool G Rap & DJ Polo “Talk Like Sex”
- Monie Love “It’s A Shame”
- A Tribe Called Quest “Pubic Enemy”
- Intelligent Hoodlum “Trag Invasion”
- N.W.A. “100 Miles And Running”
- E.P.M.D. “I’m Mad”
- E.P.M.D. “Rampage”
- LL Cool J “Jingling Baby (Remixed And Still Jingling)”
- Public Enemy “Welcome To The Terrordome”
