Artist	Song
Run-DMC	Proud to Be Black
from Raising Hell (1999)
Slick Rick	Hey Young World
from The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1995)
Boogie Down Productions	Stop the Violence
from By All Means Necessary (1988)
Eric B. & Rakim	Know the Ledge
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric B & Rakim (2007)
Paris	Break the Grip of Shame
from The Devil Made Me Do It (2008)
Naughty By Nature	Everything's Gonna Be Alright
from Naughty By Nature (2004)
Jungle Brothers	J. Beez Comin' Through
from Done by the Forces of Nature (1989)
Ice Cube	Dead Homiez
from Amerikkka's Most Wanted (2003)
Gang Starr	Manifest
from Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr (2006)
Too $hort	The Ghetto
from Short Dog's In the House (1990)
Cypress Hill	Pigs
from Cypress Hill (1991)
Whodini	Friends
from Funky Beat: The Best of Whodini (2008)
Public Enemy	Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1995)
Anquette	Janet Reno
from Respect (1988)
N.W.A.	Express Yourself
from 'Straight Outta Compton' (2002)
MC Lyte	I Cram to Understand U
from Lyte As a Rock (2010)
Brand Nubian	Slow Down
from One for All (2008)
Ice Cube	Endangered Species (Tales From The Darkside)
from Amerikkka's Most Wanted (2003)
Ice-T	High Rollers
from Power (2007)
KRS-One	Sound of Da Police
from A Restrospective (2000)
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy	Television, the Drug of the Nation
from Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury (1992)
Nice & Smooth	Sometimes I Rhyme Slow
from Ain't a Damn Thing Changed (1994)

Comment:

In the late ’80s and early ’90s, as an entire generation of poor black kids came of age under the nightstick of poverty, racial profiling, and police brutality, it found its voice in hip-hop. And that voice rarely spoke louder than on militant Bay Area MC Paris’ “Break the Grip of Shame.” A walking, talking lit fuse, Paris growls, “Life in the city’s already rough enough without some sucker running up,” as a chattering guitar chord makes fancy fretwork to a bumpin’ bassline. To the [i]whomp[/i] and [i]whirr[/i] of Civil Rights-era soul shot through with crackly spoken-word snippets, Flavor Flav brays and Chuck D does the unthinkable, giving white America’s heroes — John Wayne and Elvis Presley — the middle finger on “Fight the Power.” And on their three-minute city-burning of a single, "F*** tha Police," N.W.A. serves up a blue plate special of black rage, teen rebellion, and riot-sparking courtroom drama. It can’t stop and it [i]won’t[/i] stop — from Boogie Down Productions to Brand Nubian, we’ve got hip-hop’s songs of outrage, justice, and freedom.

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