Hip-Hop fans have the chance to grow their album collection with the UMOD’s newest release, Hip Hop The Golden Era, a selection of 72 of “the most seminal hip-hop tracks ever put on record”.
Golden age hip hop is a name given to mainstream hip hop music created in the late 1980s and early 1990s, which is characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence on hip hop after the genre’s emergence.
Public Enemy co-founder Chuck D described the album Hip Hop The Golden Era as follows: “The most important hip-hop records ever made. From the OGs of the late-70s to the masters of the artform; these are the architects that built the foundations of what hip-hop is”.
The full track list is below:
Disc: 1
1. Public Enemy – Fight The Power
2. LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
3. N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
4. Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full
5. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message
6. A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour
7. The Notorious B.I.G. – Unbelievable
8. Busta Rhymes – Woo Haa!! Got You All In Check
9. Method Man – Bring Da Pain
10. Nas – It Ain’t Hard To Tell
11. Gang Starr – Full Clip
12. Redman – Time 4 Sum Aksion
13. EPMD – So Wat Cha Saying
14. Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours (Revisted)
15. Mos Def – Ms Fat Booty
16. The Pharcyde – Passin’ Me By
17. Jurassic 5 – Concrete Schoolyard
18. Jungle Brothers ft. De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah & Monie Love – Doin Our Own Dang
Disc: 2
1. Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
2. Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock – It Takes Two
3. King Bee – Back By Dope Demand (Funky Bass Mix)
4. Young MC – Know How
5. Big Daddy Kane – Set It Off
6. Chubb Rock – Treat Em Right (Cribb Mix)
7. Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
8. Funky 4 +1 More – That’s The Joint (Remix)
9. Nice & Smooth – Old To The New
10. 3rd Bass – The Gas Face
11. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – The Creator
12. Black Moon – Who Got The Props?
13. Lost Boyz – Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz
14. Lords Of The Underground – Chief Rocka
15. Onyx – Throw Ya Gunz
16. Das EFX – They Want EFX
17. Erick Sermon – Bomdigi
18. Dilated Peoples – Work The Angles
19. The Roots – Proceed
Disc: 3
1. RUN DMC – It’s Like That
2. Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey
3. LL Cool J – Rock The Bells
4. T La Rock ft. Jazzy Jay – It’s Yours
5. Eazy E – Boyz N The Hood
6. Boogie Down Productions – South Bronx
7. J.V.C.F.O.R.C.E. – Strong Island
8. Eric B. & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
9. Slick Rick – Children’s Story
10. Queen Latifah – U.N.I.T.Y.
11. MC Serch ft. Nas, Chubb Rock & Red Hot Lover Tone – Back To The Grill Again
12. Heavy D & The Boys ft. Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Big Daddy Kane, Grand Puba Maxwell & Kool G Rap – Don’t Curse
13. Large Professor – Mad Scientist
14. AZ – Sugar Hill
15. Ill Al Skratch – Where My Homiez?
16. Heltah Skeltah – Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka
17. Method Man & Redman – How High (Remix)
Disc: 4
1. Cypress Hill – Insane In The Brain
2. Ice T – 99 Problems
3. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Murder Was The Case
4. Lady Of Rage – Afro Puffs
5. Ice Cube – It Was A Good Day
6. Craig Mack ft. The Notorious B.I.G., Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J & Rampage – Flava In Ya Ear Remix
7. Blahzay Blahzay – Danger
8. Group Home – Livin Proof
9. Crooklyn Dodgers – Crooklyn
10. Jeru The Damaja – Come Clean
11. Boss – Deeper
12. Smif N Wessun – Sound Bwoy Bureill
13. Ultramagnetic MC’s – Poppa Large (East Coast Mix)
14. Show & A.G. – Next Level (Nyte Time Mix)
15. Tracey Lee – The Theme (It’s Party Time)
16. Canibus – Second Round K.O.
17. Cru – Just Another Case
18. Mobb Deep – Peer Pressure
