VA – The Hip Hop Box (4xCD) (2004) (FLAC + 320 kbps)

Twenty-five years after 1979’s Rapper’s Delight broke open the floodgates, hip hops influence is everywhere — from music to movies, fashion to vocabulary. Now, honoring the past, celebrating the present and anticipating the future, the four-CD The Hip Hop Box (Hip-O Records/UMe), released April 20, 2004, brings together 51 of the genre’s greatest turning points, highlights, landmarks and breakthroughs, each digitally remastered. Starring most of hip hop’s greatest artists, from the Sugarhill Gang of 1979 to the 50 Cent of 2003, the tracks were culled from dozens of record labels.

For the first time, as journalist Tom Terrell writes in the liner notes, The Hip Hop Box allows fans to “follow the drumbeat from Genesis to Revelation, innocence to hedonism, playfulness to violence, happiness to bitterness, self-hate to self-love.” Along with Terrell’s historical essay, the box set features notes by Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Michael A. Gonzales (co-author of the classic text on rap Bring The Noise), plus an essay by one of the set’s compilers, paying tribute to hip hop’s reggae heritage. The Hip Hop Box continues the Hip-O Records tradition of genre box sets, including The Funk Box (2000) and The Reggae Box (2001).

Tracklist CD1:

01. Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
02. Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
03. Treacherous Three – The Body Rock
04. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Planet Rock
05. Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five – The Message
06. Run D.M.C. – Sucker M.C.’S (Krush-Groove 1)
07. UTFO – Roxanne Roxanne
08. Roxanne Shante – Roxanne’s Revenge
09. Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
10. Too $hort – Freaky Tales
11. Kool Moe Dee – Wild Wild West

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Tracklist CD 2:

01. Eric B. & Rakim – Follow The Leader
02. Boogie Down Productions – My Philosophy
03. Ice-T – I’m Your Pusher
04. M.C. Hammer – Turn This Mutha Out
05. Public Enemy – Fight The Power
06. The 2 Live Crew – Me So Horny
07. Biz Markie – Just A Friend
08. De La Soul (feat Jungle Brothers, Q-Tip, Phife, Queen Latifah & Monie Love) – Buddy
09. 3rd Bass – The Gas Face
10. A Tribe Called Quest – I Left My Wallet In El Segundo
11. Main Source – Looking At The Front Door
12. Chubb Rock- Treat ‘Em Right

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Tracklist CD3:

01. Naughty By Nature – O.P.P.
02. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Summertime
03. DJ Quik – Tonite
04. Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
05. Arrested Development – Tennessee
06. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
07. Digable Planets – Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
08. The Pharcyde – Passin’ Me By
09. Onyx – Slam
10. Queen latifah – U.N.I.T.Y.
11. Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M.
12. Warren G. & Nate Dogg – Regulate
13. Craig Mack – Flava In Ya Ear
14. Method Man Feat Mary J. Blige – I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need To Get By

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Tracklist CD 4:

01. Redman & Method Man – How High (Remix)
02. Junior M.A.F.I.A (Feat Little Caesar, Lil Kim & The Notorious B.I.G.) – Gettin’ Money
03. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Tha Crossroads
04. Sacrface Featuring 2Pac & Johnny P. – Smile
05. Busta Rhymes – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
06. Timbaland & Magoo – Luv 2 Luv U
07. Gang Starr – You Know My Steez
08. DMX (Featuring Sheek Of The Lox) – Get At Me Dog
09. Noreaga – Superthug
10. The Roots Featuring Jill Scott – You Got Me
11. Common – The Light
12. 2Pac – Until The End Of Time
13. 50 Cent Featuring Nate Dogg – 21 Questions
14. Dr. Dre Featuring Snoop Dogg – The Next Episode

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