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 1988 mixtape, this time cramming over 30 classic tracks into a brief four minute run time. Artwork pays homage to iconic late 80s imprint Fresh Records.
Tracklist:
1. BDP – Jimmy
2. BDP – Still Number 1
3. Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joice – It’s My Beat
4. Audio 2 – Top Billin
5. NWA – Compton’s In The House (Remix)
6. BDP – Stop The Violence
7. Marley Marl – The Symphony (Remix)
8. Eric B & Rakim – Microphone Fiend
9. Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype
10. EPMD – You Gots to Chill
11. NWA – Express Yourself (Extended Mix)
12. Chill Rob G – Court Is Now In Session (Remix)
13. Steady B – Let The Hustlers Play
14. Kid N Play – Gittin Funky
15. Public Enemy – Louder Than A Bomb
16. Run DMC – Beats To The Rhyme
17. Black Rock & Ron – Getting Large
18. Cash Money & Marvellous – Mighty Hard Rocker
19. MC Shan – Juice Crew Law
20. Public Enemy – Bring The Noise
21. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo – Poison (Hip Hop Mix)
22. Sugar Bear – Don’t Scandalize
23. Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock – It Takes Two
24. 45 King – 900 Number
25. Sweet Tee – I Got Da Feelin
26. Stetsasonic – Talking All That Jazz
27. Eric B & Rakim – Follow The Leader
28. Lakim Shabazz – Sample The Dope Noise
29. Raheem The Vigilante – Dance Floor
30. Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause
31. Jungle Brothers – Straight Out The Jungle