Artist	Song
The Sugarhill Gang	Rapper's Delight
from The Essentials: The Sugarhill Gang (2005)
Run-DMC	Walk This Way
from Discover Run DMC - EP (2007)
Public Enemy	Fight the Power
from Power to the People & the Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits (2005)
The Notorious B.I.G.	Juicy
from Ready to Die - The Remaster (2006)
Eminem	The Real Slim Shady
from The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
Eric B. & Rakim	Paid In Full
from Paid In Full (Deluxe Edition) (2003)
N.W.A.	Straight Outta Compton (Extended Mix)
from N.W.A.: Greatest Hits (1996)
Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five	The Message (12" Single Version)
from The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five (2005)
Snoop Dogg & Dat Nigga Daz	Gin and Juice
from Doggystyle (2001)
Beastie Boys	Fight for Your Right
from Licensed to Ill (1995)
Big Daddy Kane	Ain't No Half-Steppin'
from Long Live the Kane (2011)
Jay-Z	Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
from Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (1998)
Snoop Dogg	Who Am I (What's My Name)?
from Doggystyle (2001)
LL Cool J	Mama Said Knock You Out
from Def Jam Recordings - Let The People Speak (2001)
Biz Markie	Just a Friend
from Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie (2009)
MC Hammer	U Can't Touch This
from Greatest Hits (1996)
Boogie Down Productions	Stop the Violence
from By All Means Necessary (1988)
50 Cent	In da Club
from Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five	White Lines (Long Version)
from The Best of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five (2005)
OutKast	Ms. Jackson
from Stankonia (1999)
Ice Cube	Check Yo Self (Remix)
from Ice Cube: Greatest Hits (2001)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Parents Just Don't Understand
from Platinum & Gold Collection: D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (2003)
Missy Elliott	Get Ur Freak On
from Miss E...So Addictive (2005)
Nelly	Country Grammar (Hot...)
from Country Grammar (2000)
Salt-n-Pepa	Push It
from 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection: The Best of Salt-N-Pepa (2005)

Comment:

Class is in session and — in the words of Boogie Down Productions MC KRS ONE — "you must learn." So, crack open your fold-up headphones and start listening. We've got Will Smith reminding us "Parents Just Don't Understand" over a wild and wooly DJ Jazzy Jeff production; Dr. Dre, N.W.A., and Snoop Dogg defining G-funk and gangsta rap; hip-hop's first wheels of steel superstar, Grandmaster Flash; and a couple platters of party rap from 50 Cent, the Beastie Boys, and Run-DMC.

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