Artist	Song
Afrika Bambaataa	Don't Stop...Planet Rock (Vocal Version)
from Looking for the Perfect Beat 1980 -1985 (2005)
The Sugarhill Gang	Rapper's Delight
from The Showdown: The Sugarhill Gang Vs. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (2005)
Makaveli	Hail Mary
from The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (2006)
Ice Cube	The Nigga Ya Love To Hate
from Ice Cube: Greatest Hits (2001)
Snoop Dogg & Dat Nigga Daz	Gin and Juice
from Doggystyle (2001)
The Notorious B.I.G.	Big Poppa
from Ready to Die - The Remaster (2006)
Too $hort	Freaky Tales
from Born to Mack (1989)
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five	The Message
from The Message (2005)
Run-DMC	It's Like That
from Run-DMC (2005)
Eric B. & Rakim	My Melody
from Paid In Full (1990)
Nas	N.Y. State of Mind
from Illmatic (1994)
Jay-Z	Takeover
from The Blueprint (2007)
Boogie Down Productions	My Philosophy
from By All Means Necessary (1988)
Kurtis Blow	The Breaks
from Kurtis Blow (1998)
LL Cool J	Rock the Bells
from Radio (1995)
Gang Starr	You Know My Steez
from Moment of Truth (2000)
Slick Rick	Children's Story
from Def Jam's Greatest Hits (1997)

Comment:

KRS-One's proclamation "It's not about a salary, it's all about reality" applies to every artist on this list. Explore the roots and branches of hip-hop; from Afrika Bambaataa's utopian vision ("Planet Rock") to N.W.A.'s incendiary condemnation of crooked cops ("F*** the Police").

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