Blurb from Wax Poetics:
In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to our recent 1993 mixtape, this time cramming 30 classic tracks into a brief 4 and a half minute run time. Artwork pays homage to the classic Elektra Records company sleeve.
Tracklist:
1. Souls Of Mischief – 93 Til Infinity
2. Black Moon – How Many Emcess
3. Jeru The Damaja – Come Clean
4. KRS One – Sound Of Da Police
5. The Pharcyde – Passin Me By
6. The Beatnuts – No Equal
7. 2 Pac – I Get Around
8. A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation
9. A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour
10. Akinyele – The Bomb
11. Main Source – Set It Off
12. House Of Pain – Who’s The Man
13. Leaders Of The New School – What’s Next
14. Tha Alakaholiks – Make Room
15. Onyx – Shiftee
16. Onyx – Slam
17. Big Daddy Kane – Stop Shammin
18. Doug E Fresh – I-Ight (Alright)
19. LL Cool J – How I’m Comin’
20. Erick Sermon – Safe Sex
21. Father MC – 69
22. Black Madness – Wild Brooklyn Bandits
23. Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray
24. Lords Of The Underground – Chief Rocka
25. Da Youngstas – Iz U Wit Me
26. BIG – Party And Bullshit
27. Cypress Hill – Insane In The Brain
28. Yaggfu Front – Busted Loop
29. Black Moon – Who Got Da Props
30. A Tribe Called Quest – The Chase Pt II