Photo-Illustration: Stevie Remsberg Hip-hop started out in the parks and traveled around the globe and back, picking up new accents and flavors in every region and time zone, rubbing elbows with other genres and cultures, and adapting to new climates and temperaments. But the spark that inspired the early bombers, breakers, DJs, and rappers to revolutionize art, dance, fashion, music, and language endures in New York City, changing alongside the advancing generations.
97. A$AP Rocky, “Peso” A$AP Rocky, a known lover of Houston’s chopped-and-screwed scene, used his outside influences to create “Peso,” a song that plays off the trillness of his “Purple Swag.” While reppin’ Harlem, the pretty motherfucker laid out what the A$AP Mob was about: high-end designers, smoking sections, and getting to the money. —Eric Diep
93. Beastie Boys, “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” A turning point not just for rap locally but culturally, Licensed to Ill married rock and rap more organically than “Walk This Way” had done earlier in the year. MCA, Mike D, and Ad-Rock were a trio of white dudes from the then-lesser-loved Brooklyn borough who had punk in their blood but a natural sensibility for hip-hop — refined by Def Jam sensei Rick Rubin and the group’s first manager, Russell Simmons.
89. Fat Joe ft. Ashanti and Ja Rule, “What’s Luv?” Some songs just sound so indisputably 2002. Although Terror Squad’s “Lean Back” is often remembered as Fat Joe’s commercial crossover, its flirty, lighter predecessor “What’s Luv?” put Fat Joe on the map well beyond the Bronx two years earlier.
85. Jay-Z ft. UGK, “Big Pimpin’” The ’90s ushered in both the rise of the South, which demanded acknowledgment of its contributions to hip-hop, and the emergence of the video vixen. It was only natural, then, that the Roc-A-Fella duo of Dame Dash and Jay-Z would extend an olive branch to UGK, one of the fastest-rising duos from Texas at the time, to collaborate on the biggest single of Jay-Z’s fourth album, Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter.
81. Ultramagnetic MCs, “Ego Trippin’” An uncredited producer on Boogie Down Productions’ Criminal Minded and a direct influence on the Bomb Squad’s Public Enemy work, Ced-Gee kept that same energy for his own crew’s music. As if that weren’t enough, this single introduced the world to the inimitable and individualistic cult rap icon Kool Keith, whose esoteric lyrical technique would serve him well in a lengthy underground solo career.
Azilia Banks?
Actually an ok list
listen to the songs of this amazing artist now! Maybe you like it.. (Instagram manugavassi) THIS IS MANU GAVASSI
take your mind off things with aittle culture n history combination... hope ye well. peace. love. thinking of everyone. wishing ye well and sending light in for those moments we must all know are there sometimes. we are strong, together 👊😊😘 nymag
jrzy_boy Macallan_King Fun list. Number one is a track we just discussed a week or two ago.
vulture Lol, what?!?!?
vulture Big L?!?!?!
vulture Nice list BUT… how the hell did y’all forget EMPIRE STATE OF MIND?
vulture Interesting. wyann what you think?
What? No T-Swift?
You trying to be too trendy when you mention NY and JayZ doesn't appear till 41
Is the playlist on Spotify ?
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