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Conscious Hip-Hop Essentials
Playlist - 100 Songs
Conscious Hip-Hop Essentials
Conscious Hip-Hop Essentials
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Keep Ya Head Up
2Pac
UMI Says
Mos Def
I Used to Love H.E.R.
Common
U.N.I.T.Y.
Queen Latifah
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
C.L. Smooth & Pete Rock
Kick, Push
Lupe Fiasco
If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) [feat. Lauryn Hill]
Nas
The Seed (2.0) [feat. Cody Chestnutt]
The Roots
Hip-Hop
Dead Prez
Fight the Power (Do the Right Thing/Soundtrack Version)
Public Enemy
The Blacker the Berry
Kendrick Lamar
Get By
Talib Kweli
Runnin'
The Pharcyde
What's Golden
Jurassic 5
Electric Relaxation
A Tribe Called Quest
Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Digable Planets
The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
Black Sheep
Fat Cats, Bigga Fish
The Coup
Selfish
Slum Village
Moment of Truth
Gang Starr
Worst Comes to Worst
Dilated Peoples
No Role Modelz
J. Cole
Letter To Falon
Jay Electronica
Tennessee
Arrested Development
Dirty South (feat. Big Boi)
Goodie Mob
Doo Wop (That Thing)
Lauryn Hill
You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu & Eve)
The Roots & Tariq Trotter
Bring the Noise
Public Enemy
Swimming Pools (Drank) [Extended Version]
Kendrick Lamar
Brown Skin Lady
Black Star
The World Is Yours
Nas
Opulence
Large Professor
So Far to Go (feat. Common & D'Angelo)
J Dilla
Duel of the Iron Mic (feat. Masta Killa, Dreddy Kruger, Inspectah Deck & Ol' Dirty Bastard)
GZA
Beautiful Morning
Little Brother
Award Tour (feat. Trugoy the Dove)
A Tribe Called Quest
Quality Control
Jurassic 5
Zealots
Fugees
1985 (Intro to "The Fall Off")
J. Cole
Meditate (feat. J.I.D.)
EARTHGANG
Move
Strange Fruit Project
All Good
Illa J
Scuffle (feat. Dessa)
Doomtree
Rock Dis Funky Joint
Poor Righteous Teachers
Yelling Away (feat. Common, Talib Kweli & ?uestlove)
Zap Mama
Three's Company
Marley Marl
Cold Day
Black Milk
Time to Reinvent
Teru
Story to Tell
O.C.
Acid Raindrops
People Under the Stairs
Wise Is the Way
Living Legends
The Guidelines
Aceyalone
Black Spasmodic
A Tribe Called Quest
Come Clean (E New Y Radio)
Jeru the Damaja
Heed the Word of the Brother (feat. Brother J)
X-Clan
I'm Not Perfect
Dee-1
Illuminate (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Ab-Soul
Pimps (Free Stylin At the Fortune 500 Club)
The Coup
The Best Part
J-Live
First Time (feat. Baatin & The Ruckazoid)
J Dilla
New World Water
Mos Def
One-N-Only
The Away Team
Von Sees
The Foreign Exchange
Give the Drummer Sum
Black Milk
Wait (feat. Pete Rock & BOLDLY JAMES)
Young RJ
M.U.G. (feat. Freddie Foxxx)
O.C.
Mistadobalina
Del the Funky Homosapien
The More Things Change
Grand Puba
Meat Grinder
Madvillain
True Honey Buns (Dat Freak Shit)
Bahamadia
The Proud
Talib Kweli
The Corner (feat. The Last Poets) [feat. The Last Poets]
Common
Ready or Not
Fugees
At the Helm
Hieroglyphics
He Got Game (feat. Stephen Stills)
Public Enemy
Heavenly Father
Isaiah Rashad
Not Yet Free
The Coup
Hip Hop
Mos Def
Borough Check
Digable Planets
Players
Slum Village
The Creator
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Ladies First (feat. Monie Love)
Queen Latifah
Stop the Violence
Boogie Down Productions
Power
Royce Da 5'9"
Give It Up
Jay Dee & J Dilla
Money
Guilty Simpson
Police State (feat. Chairman Omali Yeshitela)
Dead Prez
Come Clean (E New Y Radio)
Jeru the Damaja
Daydreamin' (feat. Jill Scott)
Lupe Fiasco
WeFight / WeLove (feat. Raphael Saadiq)
Q-Tip
That's Entertainment
Prince Paul
Let the Rhythm Just (feat. Mr. Lif & Ayla Nereo)
The Polish Ambassador
Clap Sh*t Up (feat. Phonte)
Torae
Lost Ones
Lauryn Hill
Snapback
K-OS
Swan Lake
Blackalicious
Jayou
Jurassic 5
Inner City Boundaries
Freestyle Fellowship
Yep!
Abstract Rude & Tribe Unique
Equinox
MindsOne & Kev Brown
Featured Artists
Conscious Hip-Hop Essentials features 2Pac, Mos Def, Common and more
2Pac
Hip-Hop/Rap
Mos Def
Hip-Hop/Rap
Common
Hip-Hop/Rap
Queen Latifah
Hip-Hop/Rap
C.L. Smooth
Hip-Hop/Rap
Lupe Fiasco
Hip-Hop/Rap
Nas
Hip-Hop/Rap
The Roots
Hip-Hop/Rap
Dead Prez
Hip-Hop/Rap
Public Enemy
Hip-Hop/Rap
Kendrick Lamar
Hip-Hop/Rap
Talib Kweli
Hip-Hop/Rap
The Pharcyde
Hip-Hop/Rap
Jurassic 5
Hip-Hop/Rap
A Tribe Called Quest
Hip-Hop/Rap
Digable Planets
Hip-Hop/Rap
Black Sheep
Hip-Hop/Rap
The Coup
Hip-Hop/Rap
Slum Village
Hip-Hop/Rap
Gang Starr
Hip-Hop/Rap
Dilated Peoples
Hip-Hop/Rap
J. Cole
Hip-Hop/Rap
Jay Electronica
Hip-Hop/Rap
Arrested Development
Hip-Hop/Rap
Goodie Mob
Hip-Hop/Rap
Lauryn Hill
R&B/Soul
Black Star
Hip-Hop/Rap
Large Professor
Hip-Hop/Rap
J Dilla
Hip-Hop/Rap
GZA
Hip-Hop/Rap
Little Brother
Hip-Hop/Rap
Fugees
Hip-Hop/Rap
EARTHGANG
Hip-Hop/Rap
Strange Fruit Project
Hip-Hop/Rap
Illa J
Hip-Hop/Rap
Doomtree
Hip-Hop/Rap
Poor Righteous Teachers
Hip-Hop/Rap
Zap Mama
Weltweit
Marley Marl
Hip-Hop/Rap
Black Milk
Hip-Hop/Rap
Teru
Hip-Hop/Rap
O.C.
Hip-Hop/Rap
People Under the Stairs
Hip-Hop/Rap
Living Legends
Hip-Hop/Rap
Aceyalone
Hip-Hop/Rap
Jeru the Damaja
Hip-Hop/Rap
X-Clan
Hip-Hop/Rap
Dee-1
Hip-Hop/Rap
Ab-Soul
Hip-Hop/Rap
J-Live
Hip-Hop/Rap
The Away Team
Pop
The Foreign Exchange
R&B/Soul
Young RJ
Hip-Hop
Del the Funky Homosapien
Hip-Hop/Rap
Grand Puba
Hip-Hop/Rap
Madvillain
Hip-Hop/Rap
Bahamadia
Hip-Hop/Rap
Hieroglyphics
Hip-Hop/Rap
Isaiah Rashad
Hip-Hop/Rap
Pete Rock
Hip-Hop/Rap
Boogie Down Productions
Hip-Hop/Rap
Royce Da 5'9"
Hip-Hop/Rap
Jay Dee
Hip-Hop/Rap
Guilty Simpson
Hip-Hop/Rap
Q-Tip
Hip-Hop/Rap
Prince Paul
Hip-Hop/Rap
The Polish Ambassador
Electronic
Torae
Hip-Hop/Rap
K-OS
Hip-Hop/Rap
Blackalicious
Hip-Hop/Rap
Freestyle Fellowship
Hip-Hop/Rap
Abstract Rude
Hip-Hop/Rap
MindsOne
Hip-Hop/Rap
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![Listen to If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) [feat. Lauryn Hill] by Nas](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music124/v4/d7/6c/a6/d76ca6fc-4541-7812-875c-9db9a8b2a6d3/mzi.hfnmzkmx.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) [feat. Lauryn Hill] by Nas")
![Listen to The Seed (2.0) [feat. Cody Chestnutt] by The Roots](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music125/v4/99/e8/0e/99e80e8f-4a84-8e4d-a2de-c01b2d3d9fc5/20UMGIM96042.rgb.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to The Seed (2.0) [feat. Cody Chestnutt] by The Roots")
![Listen to Swimming Pools (Drank) [Extended Version] by Kendrick Lamar](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music112/v4/ba/c3/c5/bac3c531-dc7e-d0da-d785-fe9f17219950/12UMGIM52990.rgb.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to Swimming Pools (Drank) [Extended Version] by Kendrick Lamar")
![Listen to The Corner (feat. The Last Poets) [feat. The Last Poets] by Common](/mkimage/image/thumb/Music126/v4/56/82/d4/5682d498-c253-6b18-9fe3-a7c39c81b823/06UMGIM20396.rgb.jpg/375x375bb.webp "Listen to The Corner (feat. The Last Poets) [feat. The Last Poets] by Common")
