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 1996 mixtape, this time cramming nearly 20 classic tracks into a brief 4 minute run time. Artwork pays homage to the classic Correct Records company sleeve.”
1. INI – Grown man Sport
2. A Tribe Called Quest – 1nce Again
3. Frankie Cutlass – You and You and You
4. Jeru The Damaja – Ya Playin Yaself
5. Busta Rhymes – Woo Hah (Got You All In Check
6. INI – Props
7. INI – Fakin Jax (Pete Rock Remix)
8. A Tribe Called Quest – Jam
9. The Roots – Clones
10. The Fugees – Killing Me Softly
11. Special Ed – Freaky Flow (DJ Premier Remix)
12. Nas featuring Lauryn Hill – If I Ruled The World
13. Mobb Deep – Front Lines (Hell On Earth)
14. Busta Rhymes featuring Zhane – It’s a Party (Soul Inside Remix)
15. Heather B – If Headz Only Knew
16. East Flatbush Project – Tried By 12
17. Ill Mentality – Lovin U4 Dayz
18. Ed OG – Acting
19. Ghostface Killah – Daytona 500