Artist	Song
MC Hammer	U Can't Touch This
from Greatest Hits (1996)
Run-DMC	Walk This Way
from Ultimate Run-DMC (2008)
Mase	Feel So Good
from Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary - The Hits (2005)
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Parents Just Don't Understand
from Platinum & Gold Collection: D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (2003)
2Pac, Roger Troutman & Dr. Dre	California Love
from 2Pac: Greatest Hits (2009)
50 Cent	In da Club
from Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
Nelly	Country Grammar (Hot...)
from Country Grammar (2000)
Will Smith	Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
from Will Smith: Greatest Hits (2002)
Dr. Dre	The Next Episode (feat. Snoop Dogg)
from The Chronic 2001 (2008)
Snoop Dogg & Dat Nigga Daz	Gin and Juice
from Doggystyle (2001)
Eminem	The Real Slim Shady
from The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
Vanilla Ice	Ice Ice Baby (Edit)
from The Best of Vanilla Ice (2006)
LL Cool J	Going Back to Cali
from All World - Greatest Hits (1996)
Coolio featuring L.V.	Gangsta's Paradise
from Rhino Hi-Five - Rap, Vol. 2 - EP (2006)
Young MC	Bust a Move
from Stone Cold Rhymin' (2007)
Jay-Z & Beyoncé	03' Bonnie & Clyde
from The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002)
Fat Joe	Get It Poppin (Featuring Nelly)
from Get It Poppin' - Single (2005)
Arrested Development	Tennessee
from Classic Masters: Arrested Development (2008)
OutKast	Ms. Jackson
from Big Boi & Dre Present, Outkast (2001)
Missy Elliott	Get Ur Freak On
from Miss E...So Addictive (2005)
Snoop Dogg	Beautiful
from Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Bo$$ (2002)
Naughty By Nature	O.P.P.
from Naughty By Nature (2004)
Salt-n-Pepa	Push It
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Salt-N-Pepa (2008)
Run-DMC	You Be Illin'
from Run-DMC: Greatest Hits (2002)
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)
OutKast	The Way You Move
from Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (2002)
Dr. Dre & Eminem	Forgot About Dre
from 2001 (2008)
Nelly	Hot in Herre
from Nellyville (2002)
LL Cool J	Around the Way Girl
from All World - Greatest Hits (1996)
Will Smith	Summertime
from Will Smith: Greatest Hits (2002)
D12	My Band
from D12 World (2004)
House of Pain	Jump Around
from Rhino Hi-Five - House of Pain - EP (2006)
Coolio	Fantastic Voyage
from Rhino Hi-Five: Coolio - EP (2005)
Mystikal	Shake Ya Ass
from Prince of the South...The Hits (2003)
Kris Kross	Jump
from Totally Krossed Out (1992)
Fabolous	Can't Deny It (feat. Nate Dogg)
from Ghetto Fabolous (2009)
Jay-Z	Excuse Me Miss
from The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002)
Missy Elliott	Work It
from Under Construction (2004)
YoungBloodZ	Damn!
from The Best of YoungBloodZ: Still Grippin' tha Grain (2006)
Fat Joe	What's Luv? (feat. Ja-Rule & Ashanti)
from Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E) (2007)
Ludacris & Pharrell	Southern Hospitality
from Back for the First Time (2000)
Naughty By Nature	Hip Hop Hooray
from Greatest Hits: Naughty's Nicest (2005)
Salt-n-Pepa	Let's Talk About Sex
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Salt-N-Pepa (2008)
LL Cool J	I Need Love
from All World - Greatest Hits (1996)
Ja Rule	Between Me and You
from Rule 3:36 (2000)
Nelly	Air Force Ones
from Nellyville (2002)
Snoop Dogg & Pharrell Williams	Drop It Like It's Hot
from R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) - The Masterpiece (2004)
Warren G	Regulate
from Regulate...G Funk Era (1994)
50 Cent	Just a Lil Bit
from The Massacre (2005)
The Black Eyed Peas	Let's Get It Started (Spike Mix) [Bonus Track]
from Elephunk (2004)
Montell Jordan	This Is How We Do It
from Def Jam's Greatest Hits (1997)
Ludacris	Rollout (My Business)
from Word of Mouf (2001)
Eve & Gwen Stefani	Let Me Blow Ya Mind
from Scorpion (2001)
Game	Hate It or Love It
from The Documentary (2005)
The Karaoke Channel	Pass the Courvoisier, Pt. 2 (Radio Version)
from Hip Hop, Vol. 5 (2005)
Terror Squad	Lean Back
from True Story (2004)
Lil' Kim	The Jump Off (Album Version)
from La Bella Mafia (2005)
Jay-Z & Linkin Park	Numb / Encore
from Collision Course (2006)
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)
Salt-n-Pepa	Whatta Man (Salt-N-Pepa feat. en Vogue)
from Best of En Vogue (2009)
Cassidy	Hotel
from Split Personality (1990)
Nelly & Murphy Lee	Batter Up
from Da Derrty Versions - The Reinvention (2003)
Kid 'N Play	Rollin' With Kid 'N Play
from 2Hype (2005)
J-Kwon	Tipsy
from Tipsy - Single (2004)
Kelis	Milkshake
from The Hits (2008)
Lil Bow Wow	Bounce With Me (feat. Xscape)
from Beware of Dog (2000)
Murphy Lee, Nelly & P. Diddy	Shake Ya Tailfeather
from Murphy's Law (2003)
Lil Mama	Lip Gloss
from Lip Gloss - Single (2007)
Trick Daddy	Sugar (Gimme Some)
from Thug Matrimony - Married to the Streets (2004)
Jermaine Dupri	The Party Continues
from Life In 1472 (The Original Soundtrack) (1998)
Jagged Edge	Where the Party At
from Jagged Little Thrill (2001)
Baby Bash	Suga Suga
from Tha Smokin' Nephew (2003)
Snow	Informer
from Rhino Hi-Five: Rap, Vol. 1 - EP (2006)

Comment:

[i]Pop-Rap[/i]? Isn't that an oxymoron, what with hip-hop's need to be "hard" (or, in the immortal words of Run-DMC, "tougher than leather")? Yes and no. No matter which way the beat bounces, rap thrives on delivering more hooks than a reigning heavyweight champ — regardless of how raunchy and raw the lyrics are. That's why our [i]Pop-Rap[/i] Essentials playlist doubles as an instant party, a guaranteed trigger of spontaneous stupidity and "play that again!" requests. In fact, hit [i]shuffle[/i] and you'll stumble upon any number of the following across-the-board jams: a groundbreaking meeting of guitars and breaks ("Walk This Way"), steely G-funk ("The Next Episode," "Gin and Juice"), soul samples chased with trucker speed ("Through the Wire"), a groove-tailing, hyper-sexual single or two ("Push It," "Around the Way Girl"), or Top 10 treats by the likes of Will Smith, Warren G, and Young MC.

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