Kay Challis

Sick this is the genre I know the most about. If I don't control myself I will write like a 3 page long recommendation list so I'll just condense it down to some of what I think are the key songs that I feel like anyone who is into rap or wants to get into rap needs to listen to:

Rock Box - Run-D.M.C. (1983; New York*)

Paid in Full - Eric B. & Rakim (1987; New York)

Straight Outta Compton - NWA (1989; California)

Brenda's Got a Baby - 2Pac (1991; California)

Mind Playin' Tricks on Me - Geto Boys (1991; Texas)

187 He Wrote - Spice-1 (1993; California)

It Ain't Hard to Tell - Nas (1994; New York)

Mass Appeal - Gang Starr (1994; New York)

Now I'm Hi Pt. 3 - Three 6 Mafia (1994; Tennessee)

Regulate - Warren G ft Nate Dogg (1994; California)

Shook Ones Pt. II - Mobb Deep (1995; New York)

Geto Highlites - Coolio (1995; California)

Fu-Gee-La - The Fugees (1996; New York)

Black Nostaljack AKA Come On - Camp Lo (1997; New York)

Kaap van storms - Brasse Vannie Kaap (1997; South Africa)

Ha - Juvenile (1998; Louisiana)

13th Floor/Growing Old - Outkast (Georgia)

Nobody But Me - 8Ball & MJG (1999; Tennessee)

Le cul entre 2 chaises - Bisso na Bisso (1999; France)

Propaganda - Dead Prez (2000; New York)

Soulja Life Mentality - Soulja Slim (2001; Louisiana)

A Crumb 2 A Brick - La Chat (2001; Tennessee)

Rapp Snitch Knishes - MF DOOM ft Mr. Fantastik (2004; New York)

So Much - Z-Ro (2004; Texas)

Hoes - Lil Wayne (2004; Louisiana)

GO! - Common (2005; Illinois)

Jozi City Lights - Morafe (2005; South Africa)

Void in My Life - Chamillionaire (2005; Texas)

Stay Fly - Three 6 Mafia ft. 8ball & MJG, Young Buck (2005; Tennessee)

Pride and Prejudice - Madcon ft Sofian (2007; Norway)

XR2 - M.I.A.

Thank You Note - HHP (2009; South Africa)

Who Really Cares - Lowkey (2009; UK)

m.A.A.d City - Kendrick Lamar (2012; California)

Slide - Doechii (2025; California)

GYAG (Get Yourself A Gun) - Bob Vylan (2025; UK)

I'm gonna quit before this list gets too long but there's a tonne of songs that I'd love to recommend but aren't on here.

90s west coast hip hop aesthetics:

90s memphis hip hop aesthetics:

Female MC Hall of Fame

The Source Magazine (October, 1997)

Today in Hip Hop History:

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Andre 3000’s “ 47 Messages “ Jumpsuits for the OutKast Reunion Tour in 2013. Every night he wore a different jumpsuit with a conversation starting message printed displayed on the front of it. In his own words, he said that he thought the fashion statement ( quite literally ) could act in a progressive manner, aiding socio-cultural concerns.