Disc 1 (1979-1982). King Tim III (Fatback) --
Rapper's delight (Sugarhill Gang) --
Funk you up (The Sequence) --
The breaks (Kurtis Blow) --
That's the joint (Funky Four +1) --
Monster jam (Spoonie Gee meets The Sequence) --
The body rock (Treacherous Three) --
The adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the wheels of steel (Grandmaster Flash) --
Planet rock (Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force).
Disc 2 (1982-1984). The message (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five) --
Rockin' it (The Fearless Four) --
Punk rock rap (Cold Crush Brothers) --
Rockit (Herbie Hancock) --
Looking for the perfect beat (Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force) --
It's like that (Run-DMC) --
Fresh, wild, fly and bold (Cold Crush Brothers) --
It's yours (12" radio mix) (T La Rock & Jazzy Jay) --
Hey DJ (original 12" mix) (The World's Famous Supreme Team) --
Disc 3 (1984-1988). Roxanne's revenge (Roxanne Shanté) --
La-Di-Da-Di (Doug E. Fresh & MC Ricky D) --
I can't live without my radio (LL Cool J) --
P.S.K. 'What does it mean'? (Schoolly-D) --
Walk this way (Run-DMC ; feat. Aerosmith) --
Paul Revere (Beastie Boys) --
Ego tripping (Ultra Magnetic MC's) --
6 'N the mornin' (Ice-T) --
How ya like me now (Kool Moe Dee) --
I need love (LL Cool J) --
Eric B. is president (Eric B. ; feat. Rakim) --
King of the beats (Mantronix).
Disc 4 (1987-1989). A.F.R.I.C.A. (Stetsasonic ; feat. the Rev. Jesse Jackson & Olatunji) --
Parents just don't understand (Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince) --
Top billin' (Audio Two) --
Lyte as a rock (MC Lyte) --
The symphony (Marley Marl ; feat. Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane) --
I Cram to Understand U (Sam) (MC Lyte) --
It takes two (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock) --
I'll house you (Jungle Brothers) --
Fuck tha police (N.W.A.) --
Fight the power (Public Enemy) --
Self destruction (The Stop the Violence Movement) --
Life is...too short (Too Short) --
Children's story (Slick Rick) --
The gas face (radio edit) (3rd Bass).
Disc 5 (1989-1991). Ladies first (Queen Latifah ; feat. Monie Love) --
Bring the noise (Public Enemy) --
Me myself and I (remastered single version (De La Soul) --
Just a friend (Biz Markie) --
It's funky enough (The D.O.C.) --
Me so horny (The 2 Live Crew) --
The humpty dance (Digital Underground) --
U can't touch this (MC Hammer) --
Ice ice baby (Vanilla Ice) --
All for one (Brand Nubian) --
Mind playing tricks on me (Geto Boys) --
Scenario (LP Mix) (A Tribe Called Quest) --
The choice Is yours (Black Sheep) --
Let's talk about sex (Salt-N-Pepa) --
You can't play with my Yo-Yo (Yo-Yo ; feat. Ice Cube) --
O.P.P. (Naughty By Nature).
Disc 6 (1992-1994). Nuthin' but a 'G' thang (Dr. Dre ; feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg) --
It was a good day (Ice Cube) --
Baby got back (Sir Mix-A-Lot) --
Tennessee (Arrested Development) --
Rebirth of slick (cool like dat) (Digable Planets) --
Jump around (House of Pain) --
I Got a Man (Positive K) --
They reminisce over you (T.R.O.Y.) (Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth) --
Pocket full of stones (UGK) --
C.R.E.A.M. (Wu-Tang Clan) --
Insane in the brain (radio edit) (Cypress Hill) --
Passin' me by (The Pharcyde) --
Comin' out hard (Eightball & MJG) --
I used to love H.E.R. (Common Sense) --
N.Y. state of mind (Nas) --
Flava in ya ear (remix) (Craig Mack ; feat. The Notorious B.I.G., Rampage, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes).
Disc 7 (1994-1997). Sabotage (Beastie Boys) --
Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G.) --
DWYCK (Gang Starr ; feat. Nice & Smooth) --
Regulate (Warren G ; feat. Nate Dogg) --
Murder was the case (Snoop Doggy Dogg) --
Sprinkle Me (E-40 ; feat. Suga T) --
Cell therapy (Goodie Mob) --
Gangsta's paradise (Coolio ; feat. L.V.) --
Shook ones, part 2 (Mobb Deep) --
I'll be there for you / You're all I need to get by (Razor Sharp mix) (Method Man ; feat. Mary J. Blige) --
I'll be (Foxy Brown ; feat. Jay-Z) --
No time (Lil' Kim ; feat. Puff Daddy) --
Tha crossroads (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony) --
Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan ; feat. Cappadonna) --
Put your hands where my eyes could see (Busta Rhymes) --
Make 'em say uhh! (Master P ; feat. Silkk the Shocker, Mia X, Fiend).
Disc 8 (1997-2002). The rain (supa dupa fly) (Missy Elliott) --
Doo wop (that thing) (Lauryn Hill) --
Ruff Ryders' anthem (DMX) --
The next movement (The Roots) --
Stan (Eminem ; feat. Dido) --
Country grammar (hot shit) (Nelly) --
Southern hospitality (Ludacris ; feat. Pharrell) --
Get low (Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz ; feat. Ying Yang Twins).
Disc 9 (2004-2013). Black girl pain (Talib Kweli) --
Jesus walks (Kanye West) --
Stay fly (Three 6 Mafia ; feat. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG) --
Hip-hop saved my life (Lupe Fiasco ; feat. Nikki Jean) --
My president (Young Jeezy ; feat. Nas) --
Get like me (David Banner ; feat. Chris Brown & Yung Joc) --
Tie my hands (Lil Wayne ; feat. Robin Thicke) --
Exhibit C (Jay Electronica) --
Super bass (Nicki Minaj) --
Thrift shop (Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ; feat. Wanz) --
Crooked smile (J. Cole ; feat. TLC) --
Blood on the leaves (Kanye West) --
Started from the bottom (Drake).
[Book]. Who knows but that, on the lower frequencies, I speak for you? / Jeff Chang --
In the tradition : hip-hop music and its precursors / Bill Adler --
The g-word: on graffiti culture / Michael A. Gonzales --
Hip-hop heroines / Kierna Mayo --
Trusting in the grooves / Michael Holman --
Breaking on the break : the evolution of hip-hop dance / Joseph Schloss --
Breathing life : hip-hop and rap culture / Chuck D --
Bling and beyond : from the streets to the runway / Gabriel Allan Tolliver --
The South got something to say / Regina N. Bradley --
The hip-hop economy / Bill Stephney --
From mixtapes to mainstreams : what next? / Naima Cochrane --
Collecting hip-hop at the National Museum of African American History & Culture / Timothy Anne Burnside.