The signature snare grit, bass kicks, and jazz samples laid the ground for MCs lyrical flows established hip hop's Golden Era and inspired musicians in the decades to come. This playlist is a 3+ hour mix of classic and modern tracks with beats and rhymes that hit hard—channel it into your striking, your jiujitsu, that mile of track, or the rack of weights in front of you.
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SONG | ARTIST | ALBUM |
|---|---|---|
Passin' Me By | The Pharcyde | Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde |
I Know You Got Soul |
Eric B. & Rakim |
Paid In Full |
I Got Cha Opin |
Black Moon |
Enta Da Stage |
Chief Rocka |
Lords of the Underground |
Here Come The Lords |
Da Mystery of Chessboxin' |
Wu-Tang Clan |
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) |
Come Clean (E New Y Radio) |
Jeru the Damaja |
The Sun Rises in the East |
Street Stuck |
Big L |
Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous |
Next Level |
Show & A.G. |
Goodfellas |
The Ultimate |
Artifacts |
That's Them |
Above The Clouds |
Gang Starr |
Moment of Truth |
Basic Instinct |
Quasimoto |
The Unseen |
Heavyweight |
Tonedeff |
Archetype |
Swamp Water |
DJ Revolution, Phil Da Agony, Planet Asia & Swollen Members |
Black Magic |
Next Level |
Rhyme Asylum |
Solitary Confinement |
Some People Say |
Leaf Dog |
From a Scarecrow's Perspective |
Superscientifical Madness |
Chipchoppin |
Project Bluebeam |
On the Run |
Kool G Rap |
The Pre-Kill, Vol.2 |
Cosmos |
Melanin 9 |
Magna Carta |
Sittin' Here (feat. BVA) |
Verb T |
Morning Process |
Bastards! |
Trainspotters |
Bastards! (LP) |
Tread Lightly (feat. Chris Webby) |
Apathy |
The Black Lodge |
Head Punches |
K-Rino |
Makin' Enemies |
5 Wagon (feat. Action Bronson) |
Meyhem Lauren & Harry Fraud |
Glass |
I Love You (feat. Smif-N-Wessun) [Remix] |
Mary J. Blige |
HERstory Vol.1 |
Shootouts In Soho (feat. A$AP Rocky) |
Westside Gunn |
10 |
They Want EFX |
Das EFX |
Junk Boat R&B |
They Reminisce Over You |
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth |
Mecca and the Soul Brother |
Tonight's Da Night |
Redman |
Whut? Thee Album |
Flava In Ya Ear |
Craig Mack |
Project: Funk Da World |
Life's a Bitch (feat. AZ & Olu Dara) |
Nas |
Illmatic |
Unbelievable |
The Notorious B.I.G. |
Greatest Hits |
Cold World |
GZA |
Cold World (Remixes) - EP |
Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka |
Heltah Skeltah |
Nocturnal |
MC's Act Like They Don't Know |
KRS-One |
KRS-One |
Shimmy Shimmy Ya |
Ol' Dirty Bastard |
Return to the 36 Chambers |
Friend or Foe '98 |
Jay-Z |
In My Lifetime, Vol.1 |
Plastic World (feat. KutMasta Kurt) |
Kool Keith |
Sex Style |
Off the Books (feat. Big Punisher & Cuban Link) |
The Beatnuts |
Off the Books - EP |
Shook Ones, Part II |
Mobb Deep |
Pizza King |
Mastermind |
Deltron 3030 |
Deltron 3030 |
Let It Fall |
Lin Que |
Only for the Real DJ - A Premier Selection of Hip Hop Inspired By the Boom Bap Sound, Vol.3 |
Skillz In '95 |
Skillz |
Only for the real DJ - A Premier Selection of Hip Hop Inspired By the Boom Bap Sound, Vol.3 |
Looking For Love |
Looptroop Rockers |
The Struggle Continues |
Dump the Clip (feat. Planetary, Esoteric & Celph Titled) |
Army of the Pharaohs |
Jedi Mind Tricks Presents the Best of Army of the Pharaohs |
Dream Big (feat. Akon) |
Crooked I |
Block Obama II |
See the Sun |
Fliptrix |
Third Eye of the Storm |
Borrowed Time |
Jam Baxter |
The Gruesome Features |
Mind Travel (feat. Promoe) |
Professor P & DJ Akilles |
The Realism |
Suckaz Behind Screens (feat. Edo G & Reks) |
Snowgoons |
Black Snow, Ed. 2.0 |
The Battlefield (feat. Kool G Rap, AZ & Tre Williams) |
Ghostface Killah |
36 Seasons |
ORANGES - A COLORS SHOW |
Nolan The Ninja |
ORANGES - A COLORS SHOW |
The Light |
Joey Bada$$ |
The Light Pack - Single |
Break in the Action |
CZARFACE & MF DOOM |
Super What? |