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QQuick – when did hip-hop break through as a musical genre that matters? Gold star if you said the ‘80s.  Grandmaster Flash, Kurtis Blow, Run DMC, LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys and Public Enemy all helped bring the art form to the masses.

Next – when did hip-hop come of age? When did it become popular enough to spawn sub-genres that had enough of a following to matter? A decade later.

‘90s hip-hop; the golden age of hip-hop.  It kicked off with game changing albums from Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang Clan.  It became a movement once 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G. arrived on the scene and took over as the new pop with Jay-Z and Eminem.  However, there was much more to the decade than the big names.  For many, the decade is best remembered for giving the hip-hop world mini movements like the Native Tongues[1], Boot Camp Clik, Soul Assassins, Hieroglyphics, and D.I.T.C crew (that’s Diggin In The Crates if you didn’t know).  Everyone got their groove on at The Tunnel, with Funkmaster Flex crushing Fugees and Snoop Dogg tracks on the wheels of steel, but as indicated by their Walkman, people’s tastes were quite nuanced.  The NYC kid listening to tapes of WKCR’s Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito show had a very different view of things than the kid down south rocking to Master P bootlegs – the tell tale sign that hip-hop had come of age.

Welcome to ’90s Hip-Hop The Real Way: The ADANAI All-Night Playlist:

The Pharcyde – “Passin’ Me By“
Black Moon – “Buck Em Down“
The Notorious B.I.G. – “Hypnotize“
A Tribe Called Quest – “Electric Relaxation“
Mobb Deep – “Quiet Storm“
Dr. Dre – “Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang“
2Pac – “Ambitionz Az A Ridah“
Gang Starr Feat Nice and Smooth – “DWYCK“
Chef Raekwon – “Incarcerated Scarfaces“
OutKast – “Hootie Hoo“
Jay-Z Feat DMX – “Money, Cash, Hoes“
The Beatnuts – “Watch Out Now“
Nas – “It Ain’t Hard to Tell“
Geto Boys – “Mind Playing Tricks on Me“
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – “Thuggish Ruggish Bone“
The Roots – “Proceed“
Luniz Feat Michael Marshall – “I Got 5 On It”
Smif-N-Wessun – “Bucktown“
Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Doggy Dogg World“
Lords Of The Underground – “Funky Child“
A Tribe Called Quest – “God Lives Through“
The Notorious B.I.G. – “Big Poppa“
Crooklyn Dodgers – “Crooklyn”
Gang Starr – “Check The Technique“
Artifacts – “Wrong Side Of Da Tracks“
Ice Cube – “It Was A Good Day“
Big Pun – “You Came Up (Featuring Noriega)“
Souls Of Mischief – “93 ‘Til Infinity“
Black Moon – “I Got Cha Opin“
EPMD Feat LL Cool J – “Rampage“
Cypress Hill – “How I Could Just Kill A Man”
Jay-Z – “Imaginary Players“
Wu-Tang Clan – “Can It Be All So Simple/Intermission“
OutKast – “SpottieOttieDopaliscious“
Nice & Smooth – “Sometimes I Rhyme Slow“
2Pac – “Only God Can Judge Me“
Nas Feat Lauryn Hill – “If I Ruled The World (imagine that)“
Tha Alkaholiks – “Only When I’m Drunk“
Jeru The Damaja – “Ya Playin’ Yaself“
Mobb Deep – “Shook Ones Part II“
Big L – “Put It On“
Onyx – “Slam“
The Notorious B.I.G. – “Mo Money Mo Problems“
Ghostface Killah Feat Mary J. Blige – “All That I Got Is You“
A Tribe Called Quest – “Award Tour“
Busta Rhymes – “Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check”
Dr. Dre – “Let Me Ride“
Brand Nubian – “Slow Down”
Method Man – “Bring The Pain“
Camp Lo – “Luchini AKA This Is It“
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – “I Got A Love“
Showbiz & AG – “Diggin’ In The Crates“
Casual – “I Didn’t Mean To“
Organized Konfusion – “Fudge Pudge“
Method Man Feat Redman – “Da Rockwilder”
OutKast – “Rosa Parks“
Big Pun – “Still Not A Player”
The Lox Feat DMX & Lil’ Kim – “Money, Power & Respect”
Ice Cube Feat Das EFX – “Check Yo Self”
Funkmaster Flex Feat Eminem and Dr. Dre – “If I Get Locked Up”
Black Moon – “Who Got Da Props“
Gang Starr – “Take It Personal“
Capone-N-Noreaga – “Bloody Money“
Kool G Rap – “Ill Street Blues“
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – “Brooklyn Zoo“
Chef Raekwon – “Can It Be All So Simple (Remix)“
Channel Live Feat KRS-One – “Mad Izm“
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – “They Reminisce Over You“
Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Ain’t No Fun“
2Pac – “All Eyez On Me“
Jay-Z Feat Kid Capri – “It’s Like That“
The Notorious B.I.G. – “Everyday Struggle“
Fugees – “Killing Me Softly With His Song“
Nas – “The World Is Yours“
Chef Raekwon – “Glaciers Of Ice“
OutKast – “Skew It On The Bar-B“
Black Moon – “How Many MC’s…“
A Tribe Called Quest – “Sucka Nigga“
Mobb Deep – “Drink Away The Pain (Situations)“
KRS-One – “MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know“
Dr. Dre – “Bitches Ain’t Shit“
Main Source Feat Nas, Akinyele and Joe Fatal – “Live At The Barbeque”
Cypress Hill – “Real Estate“
Brand Nubian – “Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down”
Nas – “N.Y. State Of Mind“
Redman – “Time 4 Sumaksion“
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – “Go With The Flow“
Wu-Tang Clan – “Wu-Tang Clan Aint Nuthing Ta F’ Wit“
Tha Alkaholiks – “Likwit“
2Pac – “Life Goes On“
Ice Cube – “You Know How We Do It”
OutKast – “Elevators (Me & You)“
Snoop Dogg – “Murder Was The Case“
Dr. Dre – “Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)“
Ice Cube – “We Be Clubbin'”
Nas Feat Puff Daddy – “Hate Me Now”
Jay-Z Feat Notorious B.I.G. – “Brooklyn’s Finest“
Black Moon – “I Got Cha Opin – ‘ Remix“
Blahzay Blahzay – “Danger“
Akinyele – “Put It In Your Mouth“
Grand Puba – “I Like It“
Black Sheep – “Flavor Of The Month“
Raekwon – “Ice Cream“
The Beatnuts Feat Big Pun and Cuban Linx – “Off The Books”
Ghostface Killah – “Daytona 500“
Fugees – “Ready Or Not“
Nas – “Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park)“
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – “1st Of Tha Month“
Keith Murray – “The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World“
House Of Pain – “Jump Around – Pete Rock Remix LP Version“
Method Man – “Release Yo’ Delf“
Cypress Hill – “I Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That”
Tha Alkaholiks – “The Next Level“
Common – “I Used to Love H.E.R.“
The Roots – “Silent Treatment“
Organized Konfusion – “Walk Into The Sun“
The Pharcyde – “Runnin’“
Jay-Z – “Can I Live“
Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Gin And Juice“
Wu-Tang Clan – “Cash Still Rules/Scary Hours (still don’t nothing move but the money)“
Gang Starr – “Code Of The Streets“
Ghostface Killah – “Iron Maiden“
Showbiz & AG – “Party Groove“
Black Moon – “Buck Em Down – Remix“
OutKast Feat Cee-Lo – “Git Up, Git Out”
Chef Raekwon – “Rainy Dayz“
Cypress Hill – “Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk“
A Tribe Called Quest – “Buggin’ Out“
Nas – “Nas Is Like“
Redman – “Tonight’s Da Nite – Remix“
Craig Mack Feat Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Rampage – “Flava In Ya Ear Remix“
2Pac – “Hail Mary“
The Notorious B.I.G. – “Me And My B*tch“
Lords Of The Underground – “Chief Rocka“
Das EFX – “Mic Checka“
Showbiz & AG – “Soul Clap“
Main Source – “Looking At The Front Door“
Black Sheep – “Strobelite Honey“
Naughty By Nature – “Uptown Anthem“
Nas featuring Aaliyah – “You Won’t See Me Tonight”
AZ – “Sugar Hill“
Warren G – “Regulate“
Master p – “Make ‘Em Say Uhh”
Eminem – “If I Had“
2Pac – “How Do You Want It“
OutKast – “Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik“
KRS-One – “Sound Of Da Police“
Nice & Smooth – “Hip Hop Junkies“
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – “Foe Tha Love Of $“
EPMD Feat K-Solo and Redman – “Headbanger“
Gang Starr – “Just To Get A Rep“
Wu-Tang Clan – “Tearz“
Smif-N-Wessun – “Sound Bwoy Bureill“
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – “The Creator“
Common – “Communism”
Chef Raekwon – “North Star (Jewels)“
Eminem – “Rock Bottom“
Souls Of Mischief – “Live On WKCR, NYC“
Funkmaster Flex – “Biggie/Tupac Live Freestyle”

 

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