RHH: Pick 12 Songs to make an album called "The Story Of Hip Hop"?

Awseome question I think cliches are perfect for this.

1. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

2. Lyrics of Fury - Eric B. & Rakim

3. Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest

4. N.Y State of Mind - Nas

5. I used to Love H.E.R - Common

6. Juicy - The Notorious B.I.G

7. Ambitionz as a Ridah - 2Pac

8. Hard Knock Life - Jay-Z

9. In Da Club - 50 Cent

10. Rewind - Nas (The title goes with #11.)

11. Ain't No Half Steppin - Big Daddy Kane

12. Lose Yourself - Eminem

Bonus Track : First In Flight - Blackakicious

Nice question.

1. My Adidas - Run DMC

2. Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

3. I Know You Got Soul - Eric B & Rakim

4. ATLiens - OutKast

5. Cell Therapy - Goodie Mob

6. Warning - Biggie

7. Life's A ***** - Nas & AZ

8. Just to Get A Rep - Gang Starr

9. Me Against The World - Tupac

10. Definition - Mos Def & Talib Kweli

11. Heart of A City - Jay Z

12. Lost In The World - Kanye West

Songs that should be in the deluxe version (lol if that's possible):

13. The Next Movement - The Roots

14. Hood Politics - Kendrick Lamar

15. Luchini AKA This is it - Camp Lo

Great question!

1. Rapper's Delight - The Sugarhill Gang

2. Children's Story - Slick Rick

3. Follow the Leader - Eric B. & Rakim

4. N.Y. State of Mind - Nas

5. I Used to Love H.E.R. - Common

6. Jazz (We've Got) - A Tribe Called Quest

7. Juicy - Biggie

8. 99 Problems - Jay Z

9. Da Art of Storytellin' - OutKast

10. What They Do - The Roots

11. Brooklyn - Mos Def

12. Guerrilla Monsoon Rap - Talib Kweli

Bonus Track: Blazing Arrow - Blackalicious

1. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight

2. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

3. Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock

4. N.W.A. - F*ck the Police

5. Public Enemy - Fight the Power

6. Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.

7. Common - I Used to Love H.E.R.

8. Nas - N.Y. State of Mind

9. Tupac - Changes

10. Biggie - Juicy

11. Eminem - Lose Yourself

12. Kanye West - Gold Digger

Songs close to cracking the list:

ATCQ - Scenario

BDP - The Bridge is Over

Snoop - Gin & Juice

Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt 2

Dr Dre - Nuthin' But a "G" Thang

50 Cent - In Da Club

1. Children's Story - Slick Rick

2. In The Ghetto - Eric B. and Rakim

3. Streets of NY - Kool G Rap and DJ Polo

4. Stray Bullet - Organized Konfusion

5. NY State of Mind - Nas

6. I Used to Love H.E.R. - Common

7. All I Got is You - Ghostface Killah

8. Da Art of Storytellin - OutKast

9. All Falls Down - Kanye West

10. Glory - Lupe Fiasco

11. Dancing in The Rain - Blu and Exile

12. Dear God 2.0 - The Roots

Bonus track: Hiii Power - Kendrick Lamar

coolio-gangsters paradise

biggie-hypnotize

mobb deep-shook ones pt 2

dead prez-hip hop

tupac-ambitionz az a ridah

snoop dogg-gin and juice

eminem-the real slim shady

lil wayne-fireman

50 cent-candy shop

soulja boy-crank that

drake-the motto

kendrick lamar-maad city