ON THE BOX

This is a blog meme in motion. The folks at We Eat So Many Shrimp came up with their own tracklisting for Universal's Hip Hop Box and I liked the exercise so much, I developed my own, with some additional input from H.H..

Disc 1 (1979-1985):

01. Sugarhill Gang - "Rappr's Delight"
02. Sequence - "Funk You Up"
03. Spoonie Gee - "Spoonin' Rap"
04. Tanya Winley - "Vicious Rap'
05. Grandmaster Flash: The Adventures...
06. Afrika Bambaataa - "Jazzy Sensation"
07. Grandmaster Flash - "The Message"
08. Fearless Four - "Rockin' It"
09. Run DMC - "Sucker MCs"
10. Dimples D - "Sucker DJs"
11. U.T.F.O. - "Roxanne, Roxanne"
12. T La Rock - "It's Yours"
13. Doug E. Fresh: "The Show"
14. LL Cool J: "Rock the Bells"

Disc 2 (1986-1989):

01. Eric B and Rakim - "Eric B is President"
02. BDP - "South Bronx"
03. Run DMC - "Peter Piper"
04. Beastie Boys - "Brass Monkey"
05. Big Daddy Kane - "Raw"
06. Public Enemy - "Bring the Noise"
07. Raw Dope Posse - "Listen To My Turbo"
08. NWA - "Dope Man"
09. Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock - "It Takes Two"
10. Marley Marl - "Symphony"
11. Public Enemy - "Don't Believe the Hype"
12. MC Lyte - "10% Dis"
13. EPMD - "So Whatcha Sayin"
14. Too Short - "Freaky Tales"
15. De La Soul - "Buddy"
16. The D.O.C. - "It's Funky Enough"

Disc 3 (1990 - 1995):

01. Main Source: - "Looking At the Front Door"
02. Digital Underground: - "Humpty Dance"
03. Public Enemy - "Welcome to the Terrordome"
04. Cypress Hill - "How I Could Just Kill a Man"
05. Geto Boys - "Mind Playing Tricks On Me"
06. Ed O.G. - "I Got To Have It"
07. Black Sheep - "The Choice Is Yours Remix"
08. Pete Rock and CL Smooth - "T.R.O.Y."
09. A Tribe Called Quset - "Scenario"
10. Dr. Dre - "Nuthin' But a G Thing
11. Wu-Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck"
12. Jeru - "Come Clean"
13. Biggie - "Unbelievable"
14. DJ Shadow - "Entropy"
15. OutKast - "Crumblin' Herb"
16. Luniz - "I Got Five on It Remix"
17. J-Live - "Braggin Writes"
18. Mobb Deep - "Shook Ones, Pt. II"

Disc 4 (1996 - 2004):

01. 2Pac w/ Dr. Dre: "California Love"
02. Jay-Z - "D'Evils"
03. Missy Elliott - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
04. Triple 6 Maifa - "Sipping On Some Syrup"
05. Puff Daddy - "It's All About the Benjamins"
06. Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop"
07. Juvenile: - "Ha"
08. Mos Def - "If You Can Huh"
09. Nelly: - "Country Grammar"
10. Eminem: - "Stan"
11. M.O.P. - "Ante Up"
12. Ludacris: - "Southern Hospitality"
13. The Clipse f/ Pharell - "Grindin'"
14. Cam'ron: - "Oh Boy"
15. 50 Cent - "In Da Club"
16. Jay-Z: - "Public Service Announcement"
17. Kanye West - "Jesus Walks"
18. Jadakiss - "Why"