iPod vs. Walkman: Could You Go Back?
Published June 30, 2009 @ 13:45 in Memories, Music

The BBC had a 13-year old swap his iPod for a Sony Walkman. It's a pretty fun read as the kid compares the two portable music devices.

I loved my Walkman. I took it everywhere and spent a great deal of time making perfect mix tapes. Here I am gushing about my good ol' Walkman days back in 2004 and here I am doing it again in 2005.

Once you adapt to the iPod, there really is no going back. The shuffle, the sound quality, the storage capacity, the size... it's simply not a fair comparison. But back in the day, when we didn't know any better, Walkmans rocked.

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Father Songs for Father's Day
Published June 21, 2009 @ 11:56 in Lists, Music

I just published a list of Dad and Daddy songs for all the dads out there, and now I've filtered my MP3 collection for songs with "father" in the title.

Here are Father songs for Father's Day.

• The Godfather - B.K.S.
• Child Is Father Of The Man - Brian Wilson
• Like Father, Like Son - Busta Rhymes, , The Game
• Father and Son - Cat Stevens
• In My Father's House - Elvis Presley
• I Believe in Father Christmas - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Father Of Mine (Radio Mix) - Everclear
• Our Father - Extreme
• Heavenly Father - Fu-Schnickens
• Father Figure - George Michael
• I Believe In Father Christmas - Greg Lake
• The Godfather - Ice-T
• Brother and Sister - Father and Son - The Fleet Enters Hyperspace - Heroic Ewok - John Williams
• Father Christmas - The Kinks
• Forgive Them Father - Lauryn Hill
• Of The Father's Heart Begotton - Marlborough Cathedral Choir
• Retro Godfather - Method Man
• Father, Son - Peter Gabriel
• Doggfather - Snoop Doggy Dogg
• Father Lucifer - Tori Amos
• Like Father Like Clown (Medley) - The Simpsons
• I Believe In Father Christmas - Vertical Horizon
• You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son - Wolf Parade

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. If I missed a Father song, let me know in the comments.

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Dad and Daddy Songs for Father's Day
Published June 21, 2009 @ 11:03 in Lists, Music

I just filtered my MP3 collection for songs with "dad" in the title. After I pruned the list, removing the many Puff Daddy remixes and dupes, I was left with the following list of Dad and Daddy songs for Father's Day.

• Daddy - Beyoncé
• Daddy's Getting Married - Bif Naked
• Go Daddy-O - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
• Big Daddy Vs. Dolemite - Big Daddy Kane, Rudy Ray Moore
• Dear Ol' Dad - Blind Melon
• Daddy Cool - Boney M.
• Daddy - Custom
• Sexy Daddy - Destiny's Child
• Daddy Can I Turn This - Elvis Costello
• Don't Cry Daddy - Elvis Presley
• My Dad's Gone Crazy - Eminem,
• Gone Daddy Gone - Gnarls Barkley
• My Son Calls Another Man Daddy - Hank Williams
• Daddy's Home - The Jackson 5
• Sugar Daddy - The Jackson 5
• One For Daddy - Julian Cannonball Adderly
• Hey Daddy - Korn
• Daddy - Korn
• Just Like Daddy - Makaveli
• Dear Old Daddy Bill - Motherlode
• Daddy I'm Fine - Sinead O'Connor
• Mack Daddy - Sir Mix-A-Lot
• I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus - Stand Still
• Treat Your Daddy Right - T-Bone Walker
• Your Daddy Don't Know - Toronto
• Don't Wake Daddy - The Tragically Hip
• Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car - U2
• Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes
• Daddy Rich In The Land Of 1210 - 3rd Bass

If I missed a Dad song, let me know in the comments. I'm going to cook up a "Father" list now.

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Ball Songs
Published June 18, 2009 @ 21:58 in Lists, Music

I played softball tonight for the Piranhas. We won 20-4. I've got two games tomorrow night for Raging Storm. I love playing ball in the summertime.

I just searched my MP3 collection for songs with the word "ball" in the title. Then, I discarded songs about a formal gathering and just kept the songs about a spherical ball, whether it's a rubber ball, a wrecking ball, or.... you know. Did I miss any ball songs? Add the ones I missed in the comments.

• Str8 Ballin' - 2Pac
• Flippin Off The Wall Like Lucy Ball 3rd Bass
• Got You By the Balls - AC/DC
• Ballbreaker - AC-DC
• Big Balls - AC-DC
• Take Me Out To The Ballgame - Arturo Sandoval
• Ball & Chain - Big Mama Thornton
• Butterball - Big Sugar
• Rubber Ball - Bobby Vee
• Take Me Out To The Ballgame - Carly Simon
• Basketball Jones - Cheech & Chong
• Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You) - Chef
• Ball Peen Hammer - Chris Whiley
• Cannonball - Damien Rice
• Fireball - Deep Purple
• Take Me Out To The Ballgame - Dr. John
• Pinball Wizard - Elton John
• Medicine Ball - Eminem
• Ball Of Fire - Ernest Ranglin
• Boys Play Football - Gary Lewis/Jamie Bell
• Take Me Out To The Ballgame - George Rabbai
• Balls And My Word - Geto Boys
• Take Me Out To The Ballgame - Harvey Hindermyer
• Basketball - I Mother Earth
• Wrecking Ball - Interpol
• Mudfootball (For Moe Lerner) - Jack Johnson
• Take Me Out To The Ball Game - Jacqueline Schwab
• Ball And Chain - Janis Joplin
• Take Me Out To The Ballgame - King Curtis
• Ball Tongue - Korn
• Baseball Boogie - Mabel Scott
• Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? - Natalie Cole
• If You Can't Make A Hit At The Ballgame, You Can't Make A Hit With Me - National Passtime Orchestra
• Baseball Dreams - Naturals with Mel Allen, the
• Wrecking Ball - Neil Young
• Crystal Ball - Pink
• W Balls - Snoop Doggy Dogg
• Wrecking Ball - Spirit Of The West
• Natural Ball - T-Bone Walker
• Ok Blue Jays, Let's Play Ball - The Bat Boys
• Cannonball - The Breeders
• Ball of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) - The Temptations
• Ball And Biscuit - The White Stripes
• Pinball Wizard - The Who
• Ball Of Fire - Tommy James & the Shondells
• Talkin' Baseball - Terry Cashman
• Talkin' Softball - Terry Cashman
• The Biggest Ball Of Twine In Minnesota - Weird Al Yankovic

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Who Are These AFI Fans?
Published June 16, 2009 @ 17:28 in Music

I'm going to Edgefest 2009 at Downsview Park this Saturday. My pal has hooked me up with tickets and I like enough of the bands that I think it'll be a great day and night of music outdoors.

Here's the bands and set times for the main stage:

1:30pm - Arkells
2:20pm - The Stills
3:10pm - K-OS
4:10pm - Metric
5:40pm - Alexisonfire
7:10pm - AFI
8:50pm - Billy Talent

That's cool, I like all of those bands, although I'm not the world's biggest Alexisonfire guy, preferring City and Colour, but I don't understand the allure of the 2nd last band playing. How did AFI get so big and who are these AFI fans who have them playing at 7:10?

I'd give AFI the 3:10 spot and bump up everybody else. Of course, I'd also put Metric on 2nd last. I love Metric.

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Hair Decisions and Hair Songs
Published June 16, 2009 @ 12:33 in Lists, Music

Back in January, I got a haircut. I got it cut pretty short. Then, I had an epiphany. I decided to grow my hair for one full year.

I've got pretty thick hair, so it didn't take long for me to alter this experiment. I decided I could get my hair cut, but I'd grow the top for a year. Now I'm wearing it short on the back and sides while growing it out on top. Sort of the anti-mullet.

But you're not here to hear about my hair, are you? This is about the music. Below are all the songs in my MP3 collection that have "hair" in the title. If you have a "hair" song that I don't have, drop the title and artist in the comments.

• Atmosphere - Hockey Hair
• Bad Brains - Hair
• Beck - Devils Haircut
• Cadence Weapon - Your Hair's Not Clothes!
• The Cowsills - Hair
• George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Get a Haircut
• Guns N' Roses - Hair Of The Dog
• Harry Belafonte - Scarlet Ribbons (In Her Hair)
• Larry The Cable Guy - No Hair - Just A Red Head
• Lightnin' Hopkins - Short-Haired Woman
• Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Black Hair
• Nina Simone - Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
• Nirvana - Hairspray Queen
• OutKast - Good Hair
• Ray Charles - Hide Nor Hair
• Regina Spektor - I Cut Off My Hair
• Regina Spektor - Long Brown Hair
• Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)

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Sleeping Sickness, Already Missing Hockey
Published June 13, 2009 @ 21:17 in Music

I loved the closing montage aired on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada shortly before midnight yesterday. It was set to City and Colour and Gord Downie's "Sleeping Sickness".

Pension Plan Puppets just posted the montage, so I'm going to follow suit.

It was such a great playoffs, and such a great finals. I'm already going through withdrawal. I can't wait for next season. I can't wait for my Leaf games.

Go Leafs Go in 2009/2010!

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Dirty Songs
Published June 12, 2009 @ 13:31 in Lists, Music

Today I'm enjoying Just Look Them Straight In The Eye and Say.... POGUEMAHONE!!, a boxset of rare and unreleased tracks from The Pogues.

One of my favourite Pogues songs is "Dirty Old Town", a song I never get tired of. It's been scientifically proven that you can't listen to "Dirty Old Town" without singing along. Try it, it can't be done.

"Dirty Old Town" got me thinking of all the "dirty" songs I have in my collection. Here they are. If you have "dirty" songs in your collection that I missed, let me know in the comments.

• Angels With Dirty Faces - Sum 41
• Beautiful Dirty Rich - Lady GaGa
• Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground - The White Stripes
• Dirty - Korn
• Dirty Blvd. - Lou Reed
• Dirty Cash (Money Talks) - Adventures of Stevie V
• Dirty Dancin' - Ol' Dirty Bastard
• Dirty Day - U2
• Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC-DC
• Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
• Dirty Dirty - Ol' Dirty Bastard
• Dirty Frank - Pearl Jam
• Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
• Dirty Jeans - Magic Dirt
• Dirty Little Girl - Elton John
• Dirty Little Secret - Sarah McLachlan
• Dirty Little Thing - Velvet Revolver
• Dirty Mack - Ice Cube
• Dirty Man - The Living End
• Dirty Mind - Prince
• Dirty Mother For You - Memphis Minnie
• Dirty Mouth - Hot Hot Heat
• Dirty Old Town - Irish Descendants
• Dirty Old Town - The Pogues
• Dirty Pool - Spirit Of The West
• Dirty Run - Ol' Dirty Bastard
• Dirty Walls - Our Lady Peace
• Dirty Water - K-Os
• Dirty Women - Black Sabbath
• Dirtywhirl - TV on the Radio
• Fire (Dirty Dirty Alt. Version) - Ol' Dirty Bastard
• I Play Dirty - Little Milton
• Straw Hat And Old Dirty Hank - Barenaked Ladies
• Talk Dirty To Me - Poison
• The Dirty Boogie - Brian Setzer Orchestra
• The Dirty Glass - Dropkick Murphys
• The Girl In The Dirty Shirt - Oasis
• The Lying Lies & Dirty Secrets of Miss Erica Court - Coheed and Cambria
• Unholy, Dirty and Beautiful - David Usher

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Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground
Published June 10, 2009 @ 15:09 in Edge 102 ~ CFNY, Music

I rarely do this, but I'm in love with a 4-disc compilation I just borrowed entitled "Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground". It's all the best stuff we heard on CFNY in the 80s. Seriously, if you find yourself missing the spirit of radio, you have to hear this.

How awesome is the song selection? Check this out and tell me it's not the coolest.

Disc 1

1. R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe" - 4:06
2. The Jam - "Going Underground" - 2:56
3. The Cure - "A Forest" - 4:55
4. Dead Kennedys - "Holiday in Cambodia" - 4:39
5. The Passions - "I'm in Love With a German Film Star" - 4:01
6. The Replacements - "I Will Dare" - 3:19
7. Mission of Burma - "That's When I Reach For My Revolver" - 3:53
8. X - "Johnny Hit and Run Paulene" - 2:50
9. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Just Like Honey" - 3:02
10. Depeche Mode - "Black Celebration" - 4:53
11. Dream Syndicate - "Tell Me When It's Over" - 3:33
12. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Hollywood (Africa)" - 5:03
13. New Order - "Temptation" - 5:44
14. Japan - "Ghosts" - 4:32
15. Magazine - "A Song From Under the Floorboards" - 4:11
16. Aztec Camera - "Oblivious" - 3:12
17. Hüsker Dü - "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" - 3:32
18. Black Flag - "Rise Above" - 2:26
19. Wall of Voodoo - "Back in Flesh" - 3:43
20. The Go-Betweens - "Cattle and Cane" - 4:01

Disc 2

1. The Pretenders - "Message of Love" - 3:26
2. Ultravox - "Vienna" - 4:40
3. Dinosaur Jr. - "Freak Scene" - 3:37
4. The Smiths - "This Charming Man" - 2:44
5. Ministry - "Stigmata" - 5:45
6. Lone Justice - "Ways to Be Wicked" - 3:26
7. Killing Joke - "Wardance" - 3:47
8. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "Enola Gay" - 3:32
9. The English Beat - "Mirror in the Bathroom" - 3:08
10. The Raincoats - "Fairytale in the Supermarket" - 3:00
11. The Smithereens - "Behind the Wall of Sleep" - 3:24
12. Minutemen - "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing" - 1:32
13. Dead Milkmen - "Punk Rock Girl" - 2:39
14. Concrete Blonde - "Still In Hollywood" - 3:45
15. Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - 3:27
16. Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun" - 2:26
17. Meat Puppets - "Lake of Fire" - 2:00
18. The DB's - "Amplifier" - 3:08
19. Prefab Sprout - "When Love Breaks Down" - 3:46
20. The Cramps - "Goo Goo Muck" - 3:07
21. The Sisters of Mercy - "This Corrosion" - 8:59
22. XTC - "Senses Working Overtime" - 4:36

Disc 3

1. Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Cutter" - 3:55
2. Bad Brains - "Pay to Cum!" - 1:28
3. The Sugarcubes - "Birthday" - 3:59
4. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - "Madonna of the Wasps" - 3:07
5. Faith No More - "We Care a Lot" - 4:05
6. Sonic Youth - "Teen Age Riot" - 6:58
7. Gang of Four - "To Hell With Poverty" - 3:28
8. The Feelies - "Fa Cé-La" - 2:03
9. They Might Be Giants - "Ana Ng" - 3:21
10. The Chameleons UK - "Swamp Thing" - 6:00
11. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "The Mercy Seat" - 5:12
12. Rain Parade - "I Look Around" - 3:07
13. The Psychedelic Furs - "All That Money Wants" - 3:52
14. The Church - "Under the Milky Way" - 4:59
15. Public Image Ltd. - "Rise" - 6:08
16. Love and Rockets - "Kundalini Express" - 5:51
17. Green on Red - "Gravity Talks" - 2:34
18. Throbbing Gristle - "Adrenalin" - 3:58
19. The Stone Roses - "She Bangs the Drums" - 3:45

Disc 4

1. Pixies - "Monkey Gone to Heaven" - 2:56
2. The The - "Uncertain Smile" - 4:54
3. Bauhaus - "Bela Lugosi's Dead" - 9:34
4. Siouxsie & the Banshees - "Christine" - 2:59
5. Minor Threat - "Straight Edge" - 0:46
6. Lyres - "I Want to Help You Ann" - 2:30
7. Beat Happening - "Our Secret" - 2:48
8. Jane's Addiction - "Jane Says" - 4:53
9. Julian Cope - "World Shut Your Mouth" - 3:34
10. Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill" - 5:00
11. The Gun Club - "Sex Beat" - 2:48
12. Camper Van Beethoven - "Take the Skinheads Bowling" - 2:30
13. Suicidal Tendencies - "Institutionalized" - 3:49
14. Cocteau Twins - "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops" - 4:11
15. Happy Mondays - "24 Hour Party People" - 4:38
16. Hoodoo Gurus - "I Want You Back" - 3:11
17. Descendents - "Surburban Home" - 1:42
18. The Pogues - "A Pair of Brown Eyes" - 4:53
19. The Three O'Clock - "Jet Fighter" - 3:27
20. Butthole Surfers - "Moving to Florida" - 4:31
21. Billy Bragg - "A New England" - 2:13

I'm playing all 82 tracks like crazy. Buy this now for someone you truly care about.

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30 Years of Hip Hop in 60 Minutes by Jaguar Skills
Published June 5, 2009 @ 14:35 in Music

30 years ago The Sugarhill Gang released Rapper's Delight, the beat that signalled the birth of hip hop on the world stage. To mark the occasion, BBC aired a 60-minute mix by Jaguar Skills that covered all 30 years.

538 tracks charting the entire history of hip hop, from block party to arena, mixtape to multi-platinum selling album. Download the MP3 here.

Tracklistings for Jaguar Skills' mix:

HIP-HOP 1979
Fatback - King Tim III (Personality Jock) | Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight | Xanadu & Sweet Lady - Rapper's Delight | Xanadu & Sweet Lady - Rocker's Choice | Sequence - Funk You Up | Funky 4 + 1 - Rappin' and Rockin' | The House Funky Constellation - Street Talk (Madame Rapper) | Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin' | Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 - Superrappin' | Lady D - Lady D

HIP-HOP 1980
Crash Crew - High Powered Rap | The Sequence - And You Know That | Afrika Bambaataa - Zulu Nation Throwdown Volume 1 | Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - Super Rappin' No.2 | The Treacherous Three - Body Rock | Ronnie Gee - Raptivity | Spoonie Gee Meets The Sequence - Monster Jam | Afrika Bambaataa - Zulu Nation Throwdown Volume 2 | Jimmy Spicer - Adventures Of Super Rhyme | The Treacherous Three - At The Party (Instrumental) | Spoonie Gee - Spoonin' Rap | Kurtis Blow - The Breaks | Spoonie Gee And The Treacherous Three - Love Rap | Brother D - How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise? | Sugar Hill Gang - 8th Wonder

HIP-HOP 1981
Boogie Boys featuring Kool Ski, Kid Delight & Disco Dave - Rappin' Ain't No Thang | Sangria - To the Beat Y'all Trouble Funk - Pump Me Up | Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde - Genius Rap | Blondie - Rapture | Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 - The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel | Sugarhill Gang - Apache T | Ski Valley - Catch the Beat | Fearless Four - Feel the Heartbeat | Funky 4 + 1 - That's the Joint | Afrika Bambaataa & the Jazzy 5 - Jazzy Sensation

HIP-HOP 1982
Sweet G - Boogie Feelin' Rap | Grand Master Flash And The Furious Five - Flash To The Beat (Live) | Masterdon Committee - Funk Box Party | Nairobi featuring Awesome Foursome - Funky Soul Makossa | Busy Bee - Making Cash Money | Grand Master Flash And The Furious Five - The Message | Grandmaster Melle Mel & Duke Bootee - Message II (Survival) | Malcolm McLaren & the World Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo Girls | Fab 5 Freddy - Change The Beat | Grandmixer D.ST & the Infinity Rappers - The Grandmixer Cuts It Up | Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force - Looking For The Perfect Beat | Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock | Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5 - Scorpio | Fearless Four - Rockin' It | Pieces of a Dream - Mt. Airy Groove (Rap Version) | Grand Master Flash And The Furious Five - Flash To The Beat (Studio) | Jimmy Spicer - The Bubble Bunch Whodini - Magic's Wand

HIP-HOP 1983
Double Dee & Steinski - Play that Beat Mr. DJ (Lesson 1: the Payoff Mix) | Run DMC - It's Like That | Double Dee & Steinski - Play that Beat Mr. DJ (Lesson 2: the James Brown Mix) | Run DMC - Sucker MC's | G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid - Play That Beat Mr. DJ | West Street Mob - Breakdance Electric Boogie G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid | Jimmy Spicer - Money (Dollar Bill, Y'all) | Run DMC - Hard Times | Run DMC - Jam Master Jay | Grandmaster Melle Mel - White Lines | Treacherous Three - Action (Instrumental) | K-Rob vs. Rammelzee - Beat Bop | Pumpkin - King Of The Beat | Malcolm X featuring Keith LeBlanc - No Sell Out

HIP-HOP 1984
T La Rock & Jazzy Jay - It's Yours | Kool DJ Red Alert - Hip Hop on Wax Volume 2 | Whodini - Friends | Whodini - Five Minutes of Funk Davy | DMX - One for the Treble (Fresh) | Disco 3 - Human Beat Box | Grandmaster Melle Mel - Beat Street Breakdown Disco 3 - Fat Boys | Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown - Unity | U.T.F.O. - Roxanne, Roxanne | L.L. Cool J - I Need a Beat | Run D.M.C. - Rock Box | World Famous Supreme Team - Hey | DJ Whodini - Freaks Come Out At Night | Newcleus - Jam On It

HIP-HOP 1985
Run DMC - Together Forever | LL Cool J - Rock The Bells | Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew - The Show | LL Cool J - Can't Live Without My Radio | Rockmaster Scott & the Dynamic Three - Request Line | Cutmaster D.C. - Brooklyn's in the House | Run DMC - King Of Rock Bad Boys featuring K Love - Veronica | Schoolly D - P.S.K. | Schoolly D - Gucci Time | Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew - La Di Da Di | Whistle - (Nothing Serious) Just Buggin' | Kurtis Blow - If I Ruled the World

HIP-HOP 1986
Run DMC - My Adidas | Ice T - 6 In The Morning | Just-Ice - Cold Gettin' Dumb | Biz Markie - Make The Music With Your Mouth | Biz Kool Moe Dee - Go See the Doctor | Eric B. & Rakim - My Melody MC Shan - The Bridge Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx | Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B. is President | Beastie Boys - Hold It, Now Hit It | Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew - Play This Only at Night | The Real Roxanne feat Hitman Howie Tee - Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go) | Ultramagnetic MCs - Ego Trippin' | Run DMC - Peter Piper | DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble | Joeski Love - Pee-Wee's Dance

HIP-HOP 1987
Eric B. & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke | Audio Two - Top Billin' | Kid-N-Play - Last Night | Eazy E - Boyz N The Hood Boogie Down Productions - Poetry | Public Enemy - Bring The Noise | Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause | Big Daddy Kane - Raw | Latee - This Cut's Got Flavor | Big Daddy Kane feat Biz Markie - Just Rhymin' with Biz | L.L. Cool J - I'm Bad | Biz Markie - Pickin' Boogers | MC Lyte - I Cram to Understand U (Sam) | Ultramagnetic MCs - Funky | Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge is Over | Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul | EPMD - It's My Thing

HIP-HOP 1988
Chubb Rock featuring Hitman Howie Tee - Caught Up (Remix) | Marley Marl featuring Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane - The Symphony" | Eric B. & Rakim - Microphone Fiend | Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Madness Remix) | Public Enemy - Don't Believe the Hype | Mark 45 King - The 900 Number | Kid 'n Play - Do This My Way | Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two | L.L. Cool J - Goin' Back to Cali | Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin' | De La Soul - Potholes in My Lawn | Biz Markie - Vapors | Marley Marl featuring Craig G - Droppin' Science | Biz Markie - The Biz is Goin' Off | Stetsasonic - Talkin' All That Jazz | De La Soul - Plug Tunin' | Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy | Run-D.M.C. - Beats to the Rhyme | J.V.C Force - Strong Island | Run-D.M.C. - Run's House | Boogie Down Productions - I'm Still #1

HIP-HOP 1989
Slick Rick - Mona Lisa | LL Cool J - Big Ol Butt | Digital Underground - Doowhatchalike | De La Soul feat Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest & Monie Love - Buddy (Native Tongues Decision) | Slick Rick - Hey Young World | Nice And Smooth - Early To Rise | Chubb Rock - Ya Bad Chubs | MC Lyte - Cha, Cha, Cha | Slick Rick - Children's Story | De La Soul - Me, Myself And I | Tone Loc - Wild Thing | Big Daddy Kane - Warm It Up Kane | NWA - Express Yourself | Special Ed - I Got It Made | The DOC - Is It Funky Enough | Ice T - You Played Yourself | NWA - Straight Outta Compton | 3rd Bass - Steppin' To The AM | EPMD - So What 'Cha Saying | Public Enemy - Flight The Power | Biz Markie - Just A Friend | Gangstarr - Words I Manifest

HIP-HOP 1990
Digital Underground - Humpty Dance | LL Cool J - To Da Break Of Dawn | Gangstarr - Who's Gonna Take The Weight | Main Source - Looking At The Front Door | Boogie Down Productions - Love's Gonna Get Cha | LL Cool J - Boomin' System | Public Enemy - Brother's Gonna Work It Out | Terminator X And The Valley Of The Jeep Beats - Buck Wildin' | Public Enemy - Welcome To The Terrordome | Chubb Rock - Treat Em Right | LL Cool J - Jingling Baby (Remixed But Still Jingling) | Double X Posse - Executive Class | A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? | Poor Righteous Teachers - Rock This Funky Joint | Nice And Smooth - Funky For You | Gangstarr - Just To Get A Rep | Kool G Rap And DJ Polo - Streets Of New York | Eric B And Rakim - In The Ghetto | Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted | K-Solo - Spellbound | K-Solo - Ya Mom's In My Business | LL Cool J - Around The Way Girl | A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum | X Clan - Funkin' Lesson

HIP-HOP 1991
EPMD - Rampage | Kool G Rap And DJ Polo - Bad To The Bone | Brand Nubian - Slow Down | Ice T - OG Tim Dog - F*ck Compton | Ice Cube - Steady Mobbin' | Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man | Ice Cube - No Vaseline | A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime | De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Called Saturday | Black Sheep - Flavor Of The Month | Geto Boys - Mind's Playing Tricks On Me | Gangstarr - Check The Technique | Nice And Smooth - Hip-Hop Junkies | De La Soul - Ring, Ring, Ring | Naughty By Nature - OPP | Leaders Of The New School - Case Of The PTA | Brand Nubian - One For All | Ed OG And Da Bulldogz - I Got To Have It | Main Source - Live At The BBQ | Public Enemy - Shut Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)

HIP-HOP 1992
Naughty By Nature - Uptown Anthem | A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario | Afrika Bambaataa Presents Time Zone - Zulu War Chant | Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique | Eric B. & Rakim - Juice (Know the Ledge) | Redman - Time 4 Sum Akshon | EPMD featuring K-Solo & Redman - Head Banger | Das EFX - They Want EFX | Black Sheep - The Choice is Yours (Revisited) | House of Pain - Jump Around | Gang Starr featuring Nice & Smooth - DWYCK | Nas - Half Time | Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg - Deep Cover | Das EFX - Mic Checka (Remix) | Diamond D - Best Kept Secret | Black Moon - Who Got da Props? | A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got) | Del tha Funkee Homosapien - Mistadobalina | Brand Nubian - Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down | Main Source featuring Neek the Exotic - Fakin' the Funk (Remix) | Pete Rock & CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)

HIP-HOP 1993
Souls of Mischief - 93 'til Infinity | Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery Of Chess Boxing | Jeru the Damaja - Come Clean | Onyx - Throw Ya Gunz | Onyx - Slam | Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain | Lords of the Underground - Chief Rocka | Fat Joe - Flow Joe | KRS-One - Outta Here | Diamond D - I'm Outta Here | A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation | The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By | A Tribe Called Quest feat Trugoy - Award Tour | Notorious B.I.G. - Party and Bullshit | KRS-One - Sound Of Da Police | Alkaholiks - Make Room | M.O.P. - How About Some Hardcore | Wu-Tang Clan - Method Man | Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck | Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg - Fuck wit Dre Day | Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg - Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang

HIP-HOP 1994
The Notorious B.I.G. - Unbelievable | Fugees - Nappy Heads (Remix) | Group Home - Supa Star | Nate Dogg & Warren G - Regulate | The Lady of Rage feat Snoop Doggy Dogg - Afro Puffs | Snoop Doggy Dogg - Murder Was the Case | Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin & Juice | The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy | Smif-n-Wessun - Bucktown | Channel Live feat KRS-One - Mad Izm | Craig Mack - Flava in Your Ear | Black Moon - How Many MCs | Black Moon - Buck 'em Down (Remix) | Gang Starr - Mass Appeal | Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn | Nas - World Is Yours | Wu-Tang Clan - Cream Wu-Tang - Can It Be All So Simple | OC - Time's Up | Redman - Rockafella (Remix) | Nas - It Ain't Hard To Tell

HIP-HOP 1995
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II | Smoothe da Hustler feat Trigger tha Gambler - Broken Language | Redman & Method Man - How High | Raekwon - Ice Cream | Raekwon - Criminology | Raekwon - Incarcerated Scarfaces | Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya | GZA - Liquid Swords | Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo | Show & AG - Next Level (Nyte Tyme Remix) | Frankie Cutlass feat Doo Wop, Fat Joe, Ray Boogie & True God - Boriquas on da Set | The Pharcyde - Drop | KRS-One - MCs Act Like They Don't Know | Group Home - Livin' Proof | Crooklyn Dodgers '95 - Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers | Das EFX - Real Hip Hop | Blahzay Blahzay - Danger Lost Boyz - Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz Luniz - I Got 5 on It | Junior M.A.F.I.A. feat the Notorious B.I.G - Player's Anthem The Notorious B.I.G. - One More Chance (Stay with Me Remix) Tha Dogg Pound feat Snoop Doggy Dogg - New York, New York Method Man feat Mary J. Blige - You're All I Need to Get By | Junior M.A.F.I.A. feat the Notorious B.I.G. - Get Money

HIP-HOP 1996
Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check | Fugees - How Many Mics | Fugees - Ready or Not | Fugees - Killing Me Softly | Jay-Z feat Mary J. Blige - Can't Knock the Hustle | Mobb Deep - Drop a Gem on 'Em | Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth (Front Lines) | Ghostface Killah feat Raekwon, Cappadonna & the Force MDs - Daytona 500 | Capone-n-Noriega feat Mobb Deep & Tragedy - L.A., L.A. | The East Flatbush Project feat DeS - Tried by 12 | The Fab 5 - Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka | Jay-Z - Dead Presidents | Junior M.A.F.I.A. feat the Notorious B.I.G. - Get Money (Remix) | 2Pac feat Dr. Dre - California Love | De La Soul - Stakes is High

HIP-HOP 1997
Gang Starr - You Know My Steez | D.I.T.C.: - Day One | KRS-One - Step into a World (Rapture's Delight) | Puff Daddy feat The Lox, Lil' Kim & the Notorious B.I.G. - It's All About the Benjamins (Remix) | Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hand Where My Eyes Can See | Reflection Eternal feat Mos Def & Mr. Man - Fortified Live | Mos Def - Universal Magnetic | Mos Def, Q-Tip And Tash - Body Rock | Tha Alkaholiks feat Ol' Dirty Bastard - Hip Hop Drunkies | The Beatnuts feat Big Punisher & Cuban Link - Off the Books | Rakim - It's Been a Long Time | Rampage feat Busta Rhymes - Wild for da Night | L.L. Cool J feat Method Man, Redman, Canibus & DMX - 4. 3. 2. 1 | Mase feat Kelly Price - Feel So Good | The Lox feat Lil' Kim & DMX - Money, Power & Respect | The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize | Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ & Nature - Phone Tap | The Notorious B.I.G. feat Puff Daddy & Mase - Mo' Money Mo'Problems | Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) | Makaveli feat the Outlawz - Hail Mary

HIP-HOP 1998
Pete Rock feat Inspectah Deck & Kurupt - Tru Master | Canibus - Second Round K.O. | Juvenile - Ha Silkk the Shocker feat Mystikal - It Ain't My Fault | Big L - Ebonics | Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) | Noreaga - Superthug | All City - The Actual | DMX - Ruff Ryders' Anthem | Cam'ron - 357 | Cam'ron feat Mase - Horse & Carriage | Big Punisher featuring Joe - Still Not a Player | Mase feat Total - What You Want | A Tribe Called Quest - Find A Way | Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones | Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) | Jermaine Dupri feat Jay-Z - Money Ain't a Thing | DMX feat Sheek - Get at Me Dog | Big Pun And Fat Joe - Twinz

HIP-HOP 1999
Q-Tip - Breathe And Stop | Mobb Deep feat Kool G Rap - The Realist | Dr Dre feat Snoop Doggy Dogg - Next Episode | Jay-Z - Jigga My Nigga | Dr Dre feat Snoop Doggy Dogg - Still DRE | Ol' Dirty Bastard feat Kelis - Got Cha Money | The Notorious B.I.G. - Dead Wrong | Eminem - My Name Is | Xzibit - B Please | Slum Village feat Q-Tip - Hold Tight | Q-Tip - Vivrant Thing | The Beatnuts - Watch Out Now | Ghostface Killah feat Raekwon - Apollo Kids | Mobb Deep feat Lil Kim - Quiet Storm (Remix) | BG And The Big Tymers - Bling, Bling | Nas feat Puff Daddy - Hate Me Now | Nas - Nas I Like | Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says

HIP-HOP 2000
DMX - What's My Name | Blak Rob - Whoa | Prodigy - Keep It Thorough | Royce Da 5 9 - Boom | Eminem feat Dido - Stan | Big L - Flamboyant | DMX - Party Up (Up In Here) | The LOX - Wild Out | MOP feat Busta Rhymes and Remy Martin - Ante Up (Remix) | Mobb Deep - USA (Aight Then) | Juvenile - Back That Ass Up | Wu-Tang Clan - Gravel Pit | Jay-Z feat UKG - Big Pimpin' | Dead Prez - Hip-Hop | Big Pun - 100 Percent | Jay-Z feat Pharrell - I Just Wanna Love You | Common - The Light

HIP-HOP 2001
Nas - Ether | Jay-Z feat Slick Rick, Q-Tip and Biz Markie - Girls, Girls, Girls | Mobb Deep - Cold As Ice | Outkast - So Fresh So Clean | Ludacris feat Nate Dogg - Area Codes | Jay-Z - Izzo (H.O.V.A) | Jadakiss - We Gonna Make It | Dilated Peoples - Worst Comes To Worst | Missy Elliot - Get Ya Freak On | P.Diddy feat Bad Boy Family - Bad Boy For Life | Ludacris - Southern Hospitality | Bubba Sparxxx - Ugly | Redman feat DJ Kool - Let's Get Dirty | Ludacris - Saturday Ooo Hoo | Mystikal - Danger | The Beatnuts - No Escaping This | The Liks - Best U Can | P Diddy feat The Neptunes - Diddy | Outkast - Ms Jackson | Erick Sermon feat Marvin Gaye - Music | Ja Rule - Livin' It Up | Busta Rhymes feat P Diddy - Pass The Courvoisier (Part 2)

HIP-HOP 2002
Eminem - Without Me | NERD - Lapdance | Jay-Z - Hovi Baby | Nas - Made You Look | Noreaga - Nothin' | The Clipse - Grindin' | Erick Sermon - React | Punjabi MC feat Jay-Z - Beware Of The Boys | Cam'ron - Oh Boy | Talib Kwali - Get By | Nas - Get Down | Styles P - Good Times | Missy Elliot - Work It

HIP-HOP 2003
The Diplomats - Dipset Anthem | 50 Cent feat Snoop Doggy Dogg - PIMP | 50 Cent - 21 Questions | 50 Cent - Many Men | Lil Kim feat 50 Cent - Magic Stick | 50 Cent - In Da Club | Mark Ronson feat Ghostface Killah and Nate Dogg - Ooh Wee | Jay-Z feat Pharrell - Change Clothes | Pharrell - Frontin' | Snoop Doggy Dogg feat Pharrell and Uncle Charlie - Beautiful | Kardinal Offishall - Belly Dancer | Missy Elliot - Pass That Dutch | Ludacris - Stand Up | The Neptunes feat Busta Rhymes - Light Your Ass On Fire | Beyonce feat Jay-Z - Crazy In Love | G Unit - Stunt 101 | Jay-Z - Excuse Me Miss Again | Nas - Flyest Angels | Birdman feat Lil Wayne - What Happened To That Boy | Joe Budden - Pump It Up | Lil Jon And Da Eastside Boyz - Get Low Bone |t Crusher feat Killer Mike - Never Scared

HIP-HOP 2004
Kanye West - Gold Digger | The Terror Squad - Lean Back | Snoop Doggy Dogg - Drop It Like It's Hot | Kanye West - Jesus Walks | 50 Cent - Disco Inferno | Petey Pablo - Freak A Leak | Akon - Locked Up | 50 Cent - Candy Shop | T.I. feat Swizz Beats - Bring 'Em Out | Fabolous - Breathe | NERD - She Wants To Move | Pitbull feat Lil Jon - Culo | Outkast - Hey Ya | Twista feat Jamie Foxx and Kanye West - Slow Jamz | De La Soul feat Yummy - Much More | MF Doom - Hoe Cakes | Jadakiss - Why

HIP-HOP 2005
Julez Santana - There It Go (The Whistle Song) | Ying Yang Twinz - Wait (The Whisper Song) | Lil Kim - Lighters Up | Young Jeezy feat Akon - Soul Survivor | Rhymefest feat Kanye West - Brand New | 50 Cent - Hustler's Ambition | Cassidy feat Swizz Beatz - I'm A Hustler | Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone | Kanye West feat Nas - We Major | Busta Rhymes - Touch It | The Game - Hate It Or Love It | Mobb Deep - Put Em In Their Place | Mobb Deep feat 50 Cent - Outta Control | Tony Yayo - So Seductive | The Game - Put You On To The Game | Pharrell feat Gwen Stefani - Can I Have It Like That | Common - Testify | Kanye West feat Lupe Fiasco - Touch The Sky | Three Six Mafia - Stay Fly

HIP-HOP 2006
The Game - It's Okay (One Blood) | Jim Jones - We Fly High | Nas - Hustlers | Lil Jon And Da Eastside Boyz - Snap Ya Fingers | Snoop Doggy Dogg feat B Real - Vato | Rick Ross - Hustlin' | Lupe Fiasco - I Gotcha | T.I. - Why You Wanna | The Game - Let's Ride | Lupe Fiasco - Kick Push | Pharoahe Monch - Push | Jay-Z - Show Em What You Got | Ghostface Killah - The Champ | Chamillionaire - Riding Dirty | T.I. - What U Know | DJ UNK - Walk It Out | Young Dro Feat T.I. - Shoulder Lean | Nas - Hip-Hop Is Dead

HIP-HOP 2007
DJ Khaled - We Takin' Over | J Kwon - Tipsy | 50 Cent feat Justin Timberlake - Ayo Technology | Mims - This Is Why I'm Hot | Lupe Fiasco - Dumb It Down | T.I. - Big Things Poppin' | Swizz Beatz feat Lil Wayne and R Kelly - It's Me Bitches (Remix) | Jay-Z - Roc Boys | KRS-One, Rakim, Kanye West and Nas - Classic | 50 Cent - I Get Money | Kanye West - Flashing Lights | Soulja Boy - Crank Dat (Soulja Boy) | Kanye West - Good Life | Kanye West - Stronger | Cassedy - My Drink And My 2 Step | Eve - Tambourine

HIP-HOP 2008 to 2009
Lil Wayne - A Millie | M.I.A. - Paper Planes | T.I. feat Kanye West, Jay-Z and Lil Wayne - Swagger Like Us | Jay-Z - Brooklyn Go Hard | Lil Wayne - Mrs Officer | Jay-Z - Jockin' Jay-Z (Dope Boy Fresh) | 50 Cent - Get Up | Kanye West - Love Lockdown | DJ Khaled - Out Here Grindin' | Eminem feat 50 Cent and Dr Dre - Crack A Bottle | Common feat Pharrell - Announcement | Lupe Fiasco feat Matthew Santos - Superstar | Lil Wayne - Lollipop | Jim Jones feat Ron Browz - Pop Champagne | T.I. - Whatever You Like | Rick Ross - The Boss | 50 Cent - What Tia Told Me | Jay-Z - My President Is Black (DC Mix) | Jaguar Skills Outro

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