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Beginner's Guide: Hip Hop

This is a beginner's guide represented by important albums for all Hip Hop music genres from the 80s until today, such as East Coast Hip Hop, Trap, Hyphy, etc.
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9h 50mDuration
4mo agoUpdated
Hip HopRapGangster RapAlternative Hip HopUnderground Hip HopEast Coast Hip HopPop RapHardcore Hip HopTrapSouthern Hip Hop
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
1980s

Popular Artists

Popular artists in this playlist.
DrakeKanye WestFutureTravis ScottKendrick LamarEminemPlayboi CartiTyler, The CreatorJAY-ZYoung Thug

Also Featuring

Artists you might not have heard of.

Popular Songs

Popular songs in this playlist.
Money TreesKendrick Lamar / Jay Rock
Shook Ones, Pt. IIMobb Deep
RegulateWarren G / Nate Dogg
N.Y. State of MindNas
It's TrickyRun–D.M.C.
Fuck Tha PoliceN.W.A.
Ruff Ryders' AnthemDMX
Pursuit Of Happiness (Nightmare)Kid Cudi / MGMT / Ratatat
Survival TacticsJoey Bada$$ / Capital Steez
No VaselineIce Cube

Hidden Gems

Songs you might not have heard before.
Stop BreathingPlayboi Carti
DiorPop Smoke
INDUSTRY BABY (feat. Jack Harlow)Lil Nas X / Jack Harlow
XO Tour Llif3Lil Uzi Vert
Know YourselfDrake

All Songs

1
The BreaksKurtis Blow
7:43
2
8th WonderThe Sugarhill Gang
7:26
3
The Message (feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee)Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five / Grandmaster Melle Mel / Duke Bootee
7:11
4
It's TrickyRun–D.M.C.
3:03
5
I Ain't No JokeEric B. & Rakim
3:52
6
Bring The NoisePublic Enemy
3:46
7
The Magic NumberDe La Soul
3:15
8
Shake Your RumpBeastie Boys
3:18
9
We Want Some P--sy2 LIVE CREW
2:49
10
Fuck Tha PoliceN.W.A.
5:45
11
No VaselineIce Cube
5:13
12
Me Against The World2Pac / Dramacydal
4:39
13
Money TreesKendrick Lamar / Jay Rock
6:26
14
Where This Flower Blooms (feat. Frank Ocean)Tyler, The Creator / Frank Ocean
3:14
15
Jazz (We've Got)A Tribe Called Quest
4:10
16
Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)Digable Planets
4:21
17
Loungin'Guru / Donald Byrd
4:39
18
Mellow My ManThe Roots
4:41
19
Get Dis MoneySlum Village
3:31
20
Nuthin' But A "G" ThangDr. Dre / Snoop Dogg
3:57
21
Gin and JuiceSnoop Dogg
3:31
22
RegulateWarren G / Nate Dogg
4:08
23
I'm The Fuckin' MurdererSpice 1
3:33
24
I'm a Player - Street VersionToo $hort
6:01
25
It's All BadE-40
3:27
26
C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) (feat. Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck & Buddha Monk)Wu-Tang Clan / Method Man / Raekwon & 2 more
4:12
27
N.Y. State of MindNas
4:53
28
Ready to Die - 2005 RemasterThe Notorious B.I.G.
4:24
29
Shook Ones, Pt. IIMobb Deep
5:25
30
Survival TacticsJoey Bada$$ / Capital Steez
3:22
31
I Seen a Man DieScarface
4:32
32
Rosa ParksOutkast
5:24
33
Grindin'Clipse
4:24
34
Bury Me In GoldBig K.R.I.T.
4:24
35
MoneyJID
4:26
36
Liquor SiccBrotha Lynch Hung
5:21
37
Afraid of MeTwiztid
4:07
38
Say the Nameclipping.
4:59
39
サマージャム'95SCHA DARA PARR
6:02
40
Break Da Law '95'Three 6 Mafia
4:21
41
Stash PotKoopsta Knicca
4:56
42
Serious ShitLil Ugly Mane
3:36
43
Last DayzOnyx
3:56
44
Ruff Ryders' AnthemDMX
3:34
45
The Way I AmEminem
4:50
46
Oh My Darling Don't CryRun The Jewels / El-P / Killer Mike
3:24
47
The Games We PlayPusha T
2:46
48
Boom Biddy Bye ByeCypress Hill
4:01
49
My Mind Went BlankDJ Screw / Point Blank
6:37
50
One DayUGK
5:24
51
Back That Azz UpJUVENILE / Lil Wayne / Mannie Fresh
4:25
52
I Can't QuitT.I.
4:17
53
Midnight In A Perfect WorldDJ Shadow
4:58
54
GhostwriterRJD2
5:17
55
KumomiNujabes
3:53
56
Don't CryJ Dilla
1:59
57
Waltz For Life Will BornUyama Hiroto
4:51
58
Petit frèreIAM
4:45
59
CiviliséLunatic
4:46
60
LE PIÈGEAlpha Wann
3:36
61
Sock It 2 Me (feat. Da Brat)Missy Elliott / Da Brat
4:17
62
Izzo (H.O.V.A.)JAY-Z
4:00
63
Flashing LightsKanye West / Dwele
3:57
64
Pursuit Of Happiness (Nightmare)Kid Cudi / MGMT / Ratatat
4:55
65
SWEETBROCKHAMPTON
4:34
66
AtencionDJ Nelson
2:17
67
Tengo una Punto 40The Noise / Baby Rasta & Gringo
2:39
68
Entre Tu y YoTempo / Hector & Tito
3:05
69
MelazaTiro De Gracia
2:59
70
La gran obra maestra - 2018 RemasterFRANK T
4:58
71
Chico ProblemáticoNach
5:16
72
La Soledad ComienzaXhelazz
4:09
73
Back That Thang UpDJ Jubilee
7:29
74
Thieves In The NightBlack Star
5:11
75
The Food - LiveCommon
3:36
76
The GatesCunninlynguists
4:04
77
Hurt Me SoulLupe Fiasco
4:22
78
PowerRapsody / Kendrick Lamar / Lance Skiiiwalker
5:34
79
Soul DecayRoots Manuva
3:49
80
Blinded by the LightsThe Streets
4:44
81
IntrovertLittle Simz
6:02
82
Put Yo Hood UpLil Jon & The East Side Boyz
5:07
83
DaylightAesop Rock
4:26
84
All CapsMadvillain / Madlib / MF DOOM
2:10
85
Souvenir (feat. Hemlock Ernst)Milo / Hemlock Ernst
3:45
86
The Mint (feat. Navy Blue)Earl Sweatshirt / Navy Blue
2:45
87
Versaillesbilly woods / Despot
3:07
88
Deep Space 9mmEl-P
3:47
89
BirdFluM.I.A.
3:24
90
An echo from the hosts that profess infinitumShabazz Palaces
3:14
91
KneesInjury Reserve
5:03
92
Steppa PigJPEGMAFIA / Danny Brown
3:27
93
Spiritual Healingdälek
3:29
94
HackerDeath Grips
4:35
95
UglyXXX
3:53
96
HURT1 800 PAIN
2:53
97
BURN TO ASHESBackxwash / Michael Go
4:01
98
In Da Club50 Cent
3:13
99
I Luv UDizzee Rascal
4:05

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