Artist	Song
Public Enemy	Fight the Power
from Power to the People & the Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits (2005)
Eric B. & Rakim	Paid In Full
from Paid In Full (Deluxe Edition) (2003)
Run-DMC	Walk This Way
from Raising Hell (1999)
Beastie Boys	Fight for Your Right
from Licensed to Ill (1995)
N.W.A.	Straight Outta Compton (Extended Mix)
from N.W.A.: Greatest Hits (1996)
Tone-Loc	Wild Thing
from Loc-ed After Dark (2007)
Boogie Down Productions	Stop the Violence
from By All Means Necessary (1988)
Slick Rick	Children's Story
from Def Jam's Greatest Hits (1997)
LL Cool J	Mama Said Knock You Out
from Def Jam Recordings - Let The People Speak (2001)
Young MC	Bust a Move
from Stone Cold Rhymin' (2007)
Big Daddy Kane	Ain't No Half-Steppin'
from Long Live the Kane (2011)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Parents Just Don't Understand
from He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (1988)
Salt-n-Pepa	Push It
from 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection: The Best of Salt-N-Pepa (2005)
Public Enemy	Don't Believe the Hype
from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1995)
Ice-T	I'm Your Pusher/Pusherman
from Rhino Hi-Five: Ice-T - EP (2006)
Beastie Boys	Hey Ladies
from Paul's Boutique (1989)
Run-DMC	My Adidas
from Raising Hell (1999)
N.W.A.	Express Yourself
from 'Straight Outta Compton' (2002)
LL Cool J	Rock the Bells
from Radio (1995)
DJ EZ Rock & Rob Base	It Takes Two
from Profilin' - the Hits (1990)
Queen Latifah	U.N.I.T.Y.
from Black Reign (1993)
Public Enemy	Bring the Noise
from Power to the People & the Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits (2005)
Heavy D & The Boyz & Al B. Sure!	We Got Our Own Thang
from 20th Century Masters - The Millenium Collection: The Best of Heavy D & The Boyz (2002)
Main Source	Looking At the Front Door
from Breaking Atoms (2008)
The UMC's	Blue Cheese
from Fruits of Nature (2008)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Summertime
from The Very Best of D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (2006)
Ice Cube	Amerikkka's Most Wanted
from Amerikkka's Most Wanted (2003)
Salt-n-Pepa	Let's Talk About Sex
from 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection: The Best of Salt-N-Pepa (2005)
A Tribe Called Quest	Can I Kick It?
from Peoples' Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
Eric B. & Rakim	Follow the Leader
from Follow the Leader (1988)
3rd Bass	Pop Goes the Weasel
from Derelicts of Dialect (1994)
LL Cool J	I Can't Live Without My Radio
from Radio (1995)
EPMD	Crossover
from Out of Business (1999)
Too $hort	Life Is ...Too $hort
from Life Is...Too $hort (1989)
Ice-T	New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)
from A Rap Collection (2007)
Black Sheep	The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
from A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing (1994)
Heavy D & The Boyz & Aaron Hall III	Now That We Found Love
from 20th Century Masters - The Millenium Collection: The Best of Heavy D & The Boyz (2002)
LL Cool J	Going Back to Cali
from Def Jam's Greatest Hits (1997)
EPMD & LL Cool J	Rampage
from Out of Business (1999)
C.L. Smooth & Pete Rock	They Reminisce Over You
from Rhino Hi-Five: Hip Hop Blender - EP (2005)
Brand Nubian	Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down
from Rhino Hi-Five: Brand Nubian - EP (2005)
Boogie Down Productions	Bridge Is Over
from Criminal Minded (2005)
Positive K	I Got a Man
from Love Hip Hop - 12 Slammin' Hip Hop Hits (2000)
Grand Puba	360 (What Goes Around)
from Reel to Reel (2008)
Ice Cube	Steady Mobbin'
from Ice Cube: Greatest Hits (2001)
Eazy-E	Eazy-Er Said Than Dunn
from Eazy-Duz-It (2002)
Black Sheep	Flavor of the Month
from A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing (1994)
Slick Rick	Teenage Love
from The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1995)
Beastie Boys	Brass Monkey
from Licensed to Ill (1995)
MC Lyte	Cha Cha Cha
from Rhino Hi-Five: MC Lyte - EP (2007)
3rd Bass	The Gas Face
from The Cactus Album (1995)
N.W.A.	I Ain't Tha 1
from N.W.A.: Greatest Hits (1996)
A Tribe Called Quest	I Left My Wallet In El Segundo
from Peoples' Instinctive Travels & the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
EPMD	Gold Digger
from Business As Usual (1994)
Beastie Boys	Johnny Ryall
from Paul's Boutique (1989)
MC Lyte	Poor Georgie
from Rhino Hi-Five: MC Lyte - EP (2007)
Schoolly D	P.S.K. What Does It Mean?
from Best of Schoolly D (1990)
DJ Quik	Quik Is the Name
from Quik Is the Name (1998)
Above the Law	Menace to Society
from Livin' Like Hustlers (1990)
Too $hort	Freaky Tales
from Born to Mack (1989)
Boogie Down Productions	Jimmy
from By All Means Necessary (1988)
Run-DMC	Peter Piper
from Raising Hell (1999)
Gang Starr	Soliloquy of Chaos
from Daily Operation (1992)
Schoolly D	B-Boy Rhyme and Riddle
from Best of Schoolly D (1990)
Salt-n-Pepa	Spinderella's Not a Fella (But a Girl DJ)
from A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (2000)
Public Enemy	Caught, Can We Get a Witness
from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1995)
C.L. Smooth & Pete Rock	The Creator
from All Souled Out - EP (2008)
Eric B. & Rakim	Pass the Hand Grenade
from Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)
Run-DMC	Jay's Game
from Run-DMC (2005)
Ice-T	6 'N the Mornin'
from Rhyme Pays (2008)
Biz Markie	Just a Friend
from Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie (2009)
Kool Moe Dee	Wild Wild West
from Kool Moe Dee: The Greatest Hits (2008)
3rd Bass	Wordz of Wizdom
from The Cactus Album (1995)
Leaders of the New School	Classic Material
from T.I.M.E. (2010)

Comment:

The next time someone says they were “down back in the day,” be sure to hit [i]random[/i] on our [i]Hip-Hop’s Golden Age[/i] Essentials set and take them on a tour that starts with Run-DMC’s [i]Raising Hell[/i] — one of the first block-rockin’ records to cross over commercially [i]and[/i] critically — and ends with [i]The Chronic[/i], Dr. Dre’s bid to take over the rap game with venomous verses and lowrider-ready G-funk grooves. That’s not all, though. Filling in the gaps is everything from the apocalyptic noise-cadet collages of Public Enemy and genre-skipping samples of [i]Paul’s Boutique[/i] to the unparalleled scratch-and-spit pairing of Eric B. & Rakim, one of the greatest hip-hop duos of all time. So strap on your freshest kicks and fattest laces — as KRS-One would say, “You must learn,” and class is in session, kid.

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