Best golden age hip-hop songs 1986–1996
Boom-bap beats, dusty jazz samples and razor-sharp rhymes: the classics from hip-hop's golden age. Which track is the greatest of the era?
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- Fight The Power — Public Enemy
- Paid In Full — Eric B. & Rakim
- Walk This Way (feat. Aerosmith) — Run-DMC
- Fight For Your Right — Beastie Boys
- Straight Outta Compton — N.W.A
- Mama Said Knock You Out — LL Cool J
- Can I Kick It? — A Tribe Called Quest
- Electric Relaxation — A Tribe Called Quest
- Me Myself and I — De La Soul
- N.Y. State of Mind — Nas
- Juicy (2005 Remaster) — The Notorious B.I.G.
- C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) — Wu-Tang Clan
- Nuthin' But A "G" Thang — Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg
- Gin and Juice — Snoop Dogg
- Dear Mama — 2Pac
- Mass Appeal — Gang Starr
- They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) — Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
- Ain't No Half-Steppin' — Big Daddy Kane
- Children's Story — Slick Rick
- Push It — Salt-N-Pepa
- Shook Ones, Pt. II — Mobb Deep
- Passin' Me By — The Pharcyde
- Insane in the Brain — Cypress Hill
- It Was A Good Day — Ice Cube
- Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) — Digable Planets