Alternative Hip-Hop
Various Artists
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- The Basics
Hip-hop isn't just a sound; it's a state of mind. Pulling freely from jazz, soul, folk, and a virtual jukebox of other genres, these essential tracks take a state of mind out of this world.
$26.28 The Basics
Parental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Tennessee Arrested Development 4:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 ExplicitB.O.B. OutKast 4:38 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 ExplicitRebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) Digable Planets 4:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Can I Kick It? A Tribe Called Quest 4:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Killing Me Softly With His Song Fugees 4:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Quality Control Jurassic 5 4:48 $0.69 View In iTunes 7 ExplicitSex, Love & Money Mos Def 4:08 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 ExplicitSo What'cha Want Beastie Boys 3:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Doo Wop (That Thing) Lauryn Hill 5:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 ExplicitThe Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) Missy Elliott 4:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 People Everyday Arrested Development 3:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 On and On Erykah Badu 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Tomorrow Comes Today Gorillaz 3:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 ExplicitWorst Comes to Worst Dilated Peoples 3:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) Black Sheep 4:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 ExplicitGhetto Rock Mos Def 4:06 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Freedom Jurassic 5 3:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Set Adrift On Memory Bliss (Radio Edit) P.M. Dawn 3:59 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 ExplicitYou Got Me The Roots & Erykah Badu 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Fu-Gee-La (Sly & Robbie Mix) Fugees 4:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 ExplicitRoot Down Beastie Boys 3:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 ExplicitRock Co. Kane Flow De La Soul & M.F. Doom 3:05 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 22 Songs - Next Steps
An alternative is an option beyond the norm, but these next picks are so good they deserve to be a new hip-hop standard.
$24.27 Next StepsParental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Take the Fruit/ Outrun People Under the Stairs 3:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 2 ExplicitDo You Want More?!!!??! The Roots 3:21 $0.69 View In iTunes 3 ExplicitPositivity The Black Eyed Peas 8:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Fit But You Know It The Streets 4:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Stand Up Tall Dizzee Rascal 3:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 ExplicitSharks Cadence Weapon 3:59 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Tainted Slum Village 4:26 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Who's Who Dilated Peoples 4:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Hit Em Wit da Hee (Amended Version) Missy Elliott 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 ExplicitLooking Down the Barrel of a Gun Beastie Boys 3:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Jimmy James Beastie Boys 3:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 The Next Movement (Live) The Roots 3:49 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 The Light Common 4:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 Dance to My Ministry Brand Nubian 4:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Has It Come to This? (Original Mix) The Streets 4:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 The Phuncky Feel One Cypress Hill 3:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Fishin' 4 Religion Arrested Development 4:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 18 Convolutions Freestyle Fellowship 0:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 Nag Champa (Afrodisiac for the World) Common 5:10 $0.99 View In iTunes 20 Ragtime Brand Nubian 4:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 21 Thin Line Jurassic 5 & Nelly Furtado 4:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Flavor of the Month Black Sheep 4:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 23 Explicit10 Dollar M.I.A. 4:01 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Deep Cuts
If you think the cuts you already know flipped the script on hip-hop, check our deep cuts to really get your head twisted.
$18.33 Deep CutsParental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Rock The House (Radio Edit) Gorillaz 3:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Graftin' Dizzee Rascal 3:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 Explicit9th Wonder (Blackitolism) [Elaine Brown Mix] Digable Planets 3:56 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 ExplicitDPA (As Seen On TV) Company Flow 6:52 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 ExplicitYou Never Knew Hieroglyphics 4:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Electric Relaxation A Tribe Called Quest 4:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 7 Deep Space 9mm EL-P 3:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 You Atmosphere 3:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 9 Attack of the Nerds Buck 65 3:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 Murs Iz My Manager Mr. Lif 4:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Break U Off (Featured In the Movie the Longest Yard) Kool Keith & KutMasta Kurt 3:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 ExplicitHeatish Hieroglyphics 4:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 13 B-Boy Stance K-OS 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 The Classroom Princess Superstar 3:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Daylight Aesop Rock 4:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 Made Like That Audio Bullys 4:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 17 Fear Ghost Cauldron & Anti Pop Consortium 4:42 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 17 Songs - Complete Set
Some hip-hop acts simply don't conform to the music's prescribed subgenres — political, gangsta, or party, etc. — restlessly creating a style all their own. Visit the outer limits of hip-hop with these boundary-busting cuts.
$68.88 Complete SetParental AdvisoryName Artist Time Price 1 Tennessee Arrested Development 4:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 ExplicitB.O.B. OutKast 4:38 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 ExplicitRebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) Digable Planets 4:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Can I Kick It? A Tribe Called Quest 4:12 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Killing Me Softly With His Song Fugees 4:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Quality Control Jurassic 5 4:48 $0.69 View In iTunes 7 ExplicitSex, Love & Money Mos Def 4:08 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 ExplicitSo What'cha Want Beastie Boys 3:37 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Doo Wop (That Thing) Lauryn Hill 5:20 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 ExplicitThe Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) Missy Elliott 4:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 People Everyday Arrested Development 3:26 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 On and On Erykah Badu 3:46 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Tomorrow Comes Today Gorillaz 3:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 14 ExplicitWorst Comes to Worst Dilated Peoples 3:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 15 The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) Black Sheep 4:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 16 ExplicitGhetto Rock Mos Def 4:06 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 Freedom Jurassic 5 3:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 Set Adrift On Memory Bliss (Radio Edit) P.M. Dawn 3:59 $0.99 View In iTunes 19 ExplicitYou Got Me The Roots & Erykah Badu 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Fu-Gee-La (Sly & Robbie Mix) Fugees 4:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 ExplicitRoot Down Beastie Boys 3:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 22 ExplicitRock Co. Kane Flow De La Soul & M.F. Doom 3:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 23 Take the Fruit/ Outrun People Under the Stairs 3:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 24 ExplicitDo You Want More?!!!??! The Roots 3:21 $0.69 View In iTunes 25 ExplicitPositivity The Black Eyed Peas 8:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 26 Fit But You Know It The Streets 4:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 27 Stand Up Tall Dizzee Rascal 3:09 $0.99 View In iTunes 28 ExplicitSharks Cadence Weapon 3:59 $0.99 View In iTunes 29 Tainted Slum Village 4:26 $0.99 View In iTunes 30 Who's Who Dilated Peoples 4:05 $1.29 View In iTunes 31 Hit Em Wit da Hee (Amended Version) Missy Elliott 4:19 $1.29 View In iTunes 32 ExplicitLooking Down the Barrel of a Gun Beastie Boys 3:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 33 Jimmy James Beastie Boys 3:14 $1.29 View In iTunes 34 The Next Movement (Live) The Roots 3:49 $0.99 View In iTunes 35 The Light Common 4:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 36 Dance to My Ministry Brand Nubian 4:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 37 Has It Come to This? (Original Mix) The Streets 4:05 $0.99 View In iTunes 38 The Phuncky Feel One Cypress Hill 3:28 $0.99 View In iTunes 39 Fishin' 4 Religion Arrested Development 4:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 40 Convolutions Freestyle Fellowship 0:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 41 Nag Champa (Afrodisiac for the World) Common 5:10 $0.99 View In iTunes 42 Ragtime Brand Nubian 4:15 $0.99 View In iTunes 43 Thin Line Jurassic 5 & Nelly Furtado 4:45 $0.99 View In iTunes 44 Flavor of the Month Black Sheep 4:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 45 Explicit10 Dollar M.I.A. 4:01 $0.99 View In iTunes 46 Rock The House (Radio Edit) Gorillaz 3:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 47 Graftin' Dizzee Rascal 3:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 48 Explicit9th Wonder (Blackitolism) [Elaine Brown Mix] Digable Planets 3:56 $1.29 View In iTunes 49 ExplicitDPA (As Seen On TV) Company Flow 6:52 $0.99 View In iTunes 50 ExplicitYou Never Knew Hieroglyphics 4:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 51 Electric Relaxation A Tribe Called Quest 4:03 $1.29 View In iTunes 52 Deep Space 9mm EL-P 3:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 53 You Atmosphere 3:14 $0.99 View In iTunes 54 Attack of the Nerds Buck 65 3:24 $0.99 View In iTunes 55 Murs Iz My Manager Mr. Lif 4:19 $0.99 View In iTunes 56 Break U Off (Featured In the Movie the Longest Yard) Kool Keith & KutMasta Kurt 3:18 $0.99 View In iTunes 57 ExplicitHeatish Hieroglyphics 4:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 58 B-Boy Stance K-OS 3:59 $1.29 View In iTunes 59 The Classroom Princess Superstar 3:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 60 Daylight Aesop Rock 4:25 $0.99 View In iTunes 61 Made Like That Audio Bullys 4:10 $1.29 View In iTunes 62 Fear Ghost Cauldron & Anti Pop Consortium 4:42 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 62 Songs
