Artist	Song
Snoop Dogg	Who Am I (What's My Name)?
from Doggystyle (2001)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Summertime
from Platinum & Gold Collection: D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (2003)
2Pac, Roger Troutman & Dr. Dre	California Love
from 2Pac: Greatest Hits (2009)
MC Hammer	U Can'T Touch This
from Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
Naughty By Nature	O.P.P.
from Naughty By Nature (2004)
2Pac & K-Ci & JoJo	How Do U Want It
from All Eyez On Me (2001)
Ice Cube	It Was a Good Day
from Ice Cube: Greatest Hits (2001)
The Notorious B.I.G.	Hypnotize
from Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary - The Hits (2005)
LL Cool J	Mama Said Knock You Out
from All World - Greatest Hits (1996)
House of Pain	Jump Around
from Shamrocks & Shenanigans - The Best of House of Pain & Everlast (2011)
Public Enemy	Don't Believe the Hype
from Power to the People & the Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits (2005)
The Pharcyde	Passin' Me By
from Bizarre Ride II: The Pharcyde (2007)
Digital Underground	The Humpty Dance
from Rhino Hi-Five: Digital Underground - EP (2005)
Digable Planets	Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
from Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time & Space) (1993)
Arrested Development	Tennessee
from Classic Masters: Arrested Development (2008)
Onyx	Slam
from Bacdafucup (1994)
LL Cool J	Around the Way Girl
from Def Jam's Greatest Hits (1997)
OutKast	Ms. Jackson
from Stankonia (1999)
Jay-Z	Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
from Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (1998)
Eminem	My Name Is
from The Slim Shady LP (1999)
Busta Rhymes	Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See (Amended Version)
from Rhino Hi-Five: Busta Rhymes - EP (2006)
Heavy D & The Boyz	Now That We Found Love
from Love Hip Hop - 12 Slammin' Hip Hop Hits (2000)
Puff Daddy & Faith Evans (Featuring 112)	I'll Be Missing You
from Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary - The Hits (2005)
MC Lyte	Ruffneck
from Rhino Hi-Five: MC Lyte - EP (2007)
Master P	Make 'Em Say Ugh
from Best of Master P (2005)
2Pac & Snoop Dogg	2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted
from All Eyez On Me (2001)
Naughty By Nature	Hip Hop Hooray
from Greatest Hits: Naughty's Nicest (2005)
The Lox Featuring DMX & Lil' Kim	Money, Power & Respect
from Money, Power & Respect (2005)
Junior M.A.F.I.A.	Player's Anthem
from Conspiracy (2009)
Snoop Dogg & Dat Nigga Daz	Gin and Juice
from Doggystyle (2001)
Fugees	Killing Me Softly With His Song
from The Score (1996)
Wu-Tang Clan	Protect Ya Neck
from Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
Method Man & Redman	How High
from Def Jam's Greatest Hits (1997)
Ice Cube	Check Yo Self (Remix)
from Ice Cube: Greatest Hits (2001)
OutKast	Player's Ball
from Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (1994)
Craig Mack Featuring Notorious B.I.G., L.L. Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Rampage	Flava In Ya Ear Remix
from Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary - The Hits (2005)
Black Sheep	The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
from A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing (1994)
Wu-Tang Clan	Method Man
from Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
Snoop Dogg & Dat Nigga Daz	Murder Was the Case (Death After Visualizing Eternity)
from Doggystyle (2001)
The Notorious B.I.G., Mase & Puff Daddy	Mo Money Mo Problems (feat. Mase & Puff Daddy)
from Life After Death (2005)
A Tribe Called Quest	Electric Relaxation
from The Anthology (1999)
Father MC	I'll Do 4 U
from Love Hip Hop - 12 Slammin' Hip Hop Hits (2000)
Geto Boys	Mind Playing Tricks On Me
from Rap a Lot Greatest Hits (2010)
Puff Daddy & The Family	Can't Nobody Hold Me Down (feat. Mase)
from No Way Out (2005)
Da Brat	Funkdafied
from Funkdafied (1994)
Gang Starr	Dwyck
from Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (1999)
A Tribe Called Quest	Award Tour
from The Anthology (1999)
Beastie Boys	Hey Ladies
from Beastie Boys Anthology - The Sounds of Science (1999)
Positive K	I Got a Man
from Love Hip Hop - 12 Slammin' Hip Hop Hits (2000)
The Beatnuts	Watch Out Now
from Classic Nuts, Vol. 1 (2010)
Brand Nubian	Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down
from Rhino Hi-Five: Brand Nubian - EP (2005)
P. Diddy Featuring The Notorious B.I.G., The Lox, Lil' Kim	All About the Benjamins
from Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary - The Hits (2005)
Cypress Hill	How I Could Just Kill a Man
from Cypress Hill (1991)
3rd Bass	Pop Goes the Weasel
from Derelicts of Dialect (1994)
Nice & Smooth	Hip Hop Junkies
from Ain't a Damn Thing Changed (1994)
DJ Quik	Tonite
from DJ Quik: Platinum & Gold Collection (2004)
The Notorious B.I.G.	Big Poppa
from Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary - The Hits (2005)
Ice Cube	No Vaseline
from Death Certificate (Remastered) (2010)
3rd Bass	The Gas Face
from Def Jam's Greatest Hits (1997)
Ol' Dirty Bastard	Shimmy Shimmy Ya
from The Definitive Ol' Dirty Bastard Story (Remastered) (2011)
Nas	Life's a Bitch
from Illmatic (1994)
Warren G	Regulate
from Regulate...G Funk Era (1994)
OutKast	So Fresh, So Clean
from Stankonia (1999)
Lil' Kim	Crush On You
from Hard Core (2005)
Westside Connection	Bow Down
from The Best of Westside Connection (2007)
Gang Starr	Mass Appeal
from Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr (2006)
Eminem & Dr. Dre	Guilty Conscience
from The Slim Shady LP (1999)
Jay-Z	The City Is Mine
from Roc-A-Fella Records Presents: The Roc Files, Vol. 1 (2003)
CL Smooth & Pete Rock	I Got a Love
from The Main Ingredient (2010)
Mobb Deep	Shook Ones, Pt. II
from The Infamous (1994)
Jeru the Damaja	Ya Playin' Yaself
from Wrath of the Math (1996)
Goodie Mob	Cell Therapy
from Dirty South Classics (1990)
DMX	Get At Me Dog
from The Definition of X: Pick of the Litter (2007)
Nas	N.Y. State of Mind
from Illmatic (1994)
Wu-Tang Clan	Ice Cream
from Disciples of the 36 Chambers: Chapter 1 (2008)

Comment:

Ah, the '90s — the change-the-game moment where hip-hop switched from a street-level movement to a full-on cultural institution. And what a fine time it was for anyone into groundbreaking beats and rabid rhymes, from the low rider-ready G-funk of Dr. Dre to the relentless gangsta rap of the Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac (crystal ball cuts, in many ways, due to the bloody East Coast vs. West Coast battle), from the empire-building ways of Master P (No Limit), Diddy (Bad Boy), and Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella . . . until he sold his stake) to the twisted pop tracks of OutKast (the gripping baby-mama drama of "Ms. Jackson," the funk-infused pimp stroll of "So Fresh, So Clean"). Things haven't changed all that much in the years since, either, as hip-hop's hungriest artists fight to retain the music's hard-earned place in pop culture.

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