The Smithsonian Establishment to launch 129-song anthology of rap music

The Smithsonian has introduced a nine-disc boxset of rap music to doc the style and have fun hip-hop tradition.

The world’s largest museum, schooling and analysis complicated, The Smithsonian Establishment, and its label Smithsonian’s Folkway Data has compiled the anthology with assist from a committee together with Chuck D and MC Lyte, Questlove and former Def Jam executives Invoice Adler and Invoice Stephney.

Launched on August 20, the compendium’s 129 tracks span the historical past of rap, from pioneers together with Grandmaster Flash via the style’s “golden age” practitioners (2Pac, The Infamous B.I.G. and extra) and thru to modern stars together with Nicki Minaj and Kanye West.

As Consequence Of Sound experiences, the boxset is a collaboration with The Smithsonian’s Nationwide Museum of African American Historical past and Tradition and likewise comes with “a 300-page e book that includes essays by main hip-hop luminaries, writers and critics, in addition to liner notes and tons of of pictures documenting a long time of hip-hop historical past”.

‘The Smithsonian Anthology Of Hip-Hop And Rap’ tracklist:

Disc 1
01. Fatback – ‘King Tim III’
02. Sugarhill Gang – ‘Rapper’s Delight’
03. The Sequence – ‘Funk You Up’
04. Kurtis Blow – ‘The Breaks’
05. Funky 4 +1 – ‘That’s the Joint’
06. Spoonie Gee feat. The Sequence – ‘Monster Jam’
07. Treacherous Three – ‘The Physique Rock’
08. Blondie – ‘Rapture’
09. Grandmaster Flash – ‘The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Metal’
10. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Power – ‘Planet Rock’

Disc 2
01. Grandmaster Flash & The Livid 5 – ‘The Message’
02. The Fearless 4 – ‘Rockin It’
03. Chilly Crush Brothers – ‘Punk Rock Rap’
04. Herbie Hancock – ‘Rockit’
05. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Power – ‘Searching for the Excellent Beat’
06. Run-DMC – ‘It’s Like That’
07. Whodini – ‘Buddies’
08. Chilly Crush Brothers – ‘Contemporary, Fly, Wild & Daring’
09. T. La Rock – ‘It’s Yours’
10. The World’s Well-known Supreme Staff – ‘Hey! DJ’
11. Newcleus – ‘Jam On It’
12. UTFO – ‘Roxanne, Roxanne’

Disc 3
01. Roxanne Shanté – ‘Roxanne’s Revenge’
02. Fats Boys – ‘Fats Boys’
03. Doug E. Contemporary & MC Ricky D – ‘La Di Da Di’
04. LL Cool J – ‘I Can’t Reside with out my Radio’
05. Schoolly D – ‘P.S.Okay. What Does It Imply?’
06. Run-DMC feat. Aerosmith – ‘Stroll This Manner’
07. Beastie Boys – ‘Paul Revere’
08. Ultramagnetic MC’s – ‘Ego Tripping’
09. Ice-T – ‘6 ‘N The Mornin’’
10. Kool Moe Dee – ‘How Ya Like Me Now’
11. LL Cool J – ‘I Want Love’
12. Eric B feat. Rakim – ‘Eric B is President’
13. Mantronix – ‘King of The Beats’

Disc 4
01. Stetsasonic feat. the Rev. Jesse Jackson & Olatunji – ‘A.F.R.I.C.A.’
02. Jazzy Jeff & The Contemporary Prince – ‘Mother and father Simply Don’t Perceive’
03. Audio Two – ‘Prime Billin’’
04. MC Lyte – ‘Lyte As A Rock’
05. Massive Daddy Kane – ‘Uncooked’
06. Marley Marl feat. Grasp Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, & Massive Daddy Kane – ‘The Symphony’
07. MC Lyte – ‘I Cram to Perceive U (Sam)’
08. Tone Lōc – ‘Wild Factor’
09. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – ‘It Takes Two’
10. Jungle Brothers – ‘I’ll Home You’
11. N.W.A. – ‘Fuck Tha Police’
12. Public Enemy – ‘Battle the Energy’
13. The Cease the Violence Motion – ‘Self Destruction’
14. Too Brief – ‘Life Is…Too Brief’
15. Slick Rick – ‘Youngsters’s Story’
16. third Bass – ‘The Fuel Face’

Disc 5
01. Queen Latifah feat. Monie Love – ‘Women First’
02. Public Enemy – ‘Deliver the Noise’
03. De La Soul – ‘Me Myself and I’
04. Biz Markie – ‘Only a Pal’
05. The D.O.C. – ‘It’s Funky Sufficient’
06. 2 Reside Crew – ‘Me So Sexy’
07. Digital Underground – ‘The Humpty Dance’
08. MC Hammer – ‘U Can’t Contact This’
09. Vanilla Ice – ‘Ice Ice Child’
10. Model Nubian – ‘All for One’
11. Geto Boys – ‘Thoughts Enjoying Tips on Me’
12. A Tribe Referred to as Quest – ‘State of affairs’
13. Black Sheep – ‘The Alternative is Yours’
14. Salt-N-Pepa – ‘Let’s Speak About Intercourse’
15. Yo-Yo feat. Ice-Dice – ‘Can’t Play with My Yo-Yo’
16. Naughty By Nature – ‘O.P.P.’

Disc 6
01. Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg – ‘Nuthin’ However a ‘G’ Thang’
02. Ice Dice – ‘It Was a Good Day’
03. Sir Combine-A-Lot – ‘Child Bought Again’
04. Arrested Growth – ‘Tennessee’
05. Digable Planets – ‘Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)’
06. Home of Ache – ‘Leap Round’
07. Constructive Okay – ‘I Bought a Man’
08. Pete Rock & C.L. Clean – ‘They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)’
09. UGK – ‘Pocket Stuffed with Stones’
10. Wu-Tang Clan – ‘C.R.E.A.M.’
11. Cypress Hill – ‘Insane In The Mind’
12. The Pharcyde – ‘Passin’ Me By’
13. Eightball & MJG – ‘Comin Out Laborious’
14. Frequent Sense – ‘I Used to Love H.E.R.’
15. Da Brat – ‘Funkdafied’
16. Nas – ‘N.Y. State of Thoughts’
17. Craig Mack feat. The Infamous B.I.G., Rampage, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes – ‘Flava In Your Ear’

Disc 7
01. Beastie Boys – ‘Sabotage’
02. The Infamous B.I.G. – ‘Juicy’
03. Gang Starr feat. Good & Clean – ‘DWYCK’
04. Warren G feat. Nate Dogg – ‘Regulate’
05. Snoop Doggy Dogg – ‘Homicide Was The Case’
06. E-40 feat. Suga T – ‘Sprinkle Me’
07. Goodie Mob – ‘Cell Remedy’
08. Coolio feat. L.V. – ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’
09. 2Pac – ‘Pricey Mama’
10. Mobb Deep – S’hook Ones, Half 2′
11. Technique Man feat. Mary J. Blige – ‘I’ll Be There For You / You’re All I Want To Get By’
12. Cunning Brown feat. Jay-Z – ‘I’ll Be’
13. Lil Kim feat. Puff Daddy – ‘No Time’
14. Bone Thugs-N-Concord – ‘Tha Crossroads’
15. Wu-Tang Clan feat. Cappadonna – ‘Triumph’
16. Busta Rhymes – ‘Put Your Fingers The place My Eyes May See’
17. Grasp P feat. Silkk The Shocker, Mia X, Fiend – ‘Make ‘Em Say Uhh!’

Disc 8
01. Missy Elliot – ‘The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)’
02. Lauryn Hill – ‘Doo Wop (That Factor)’
03. DMX – ‘Ruff Ryders’ Anthem’
04. The Roots – ‘The Subsequent Motion’
05. Mos Def – ‘Arithmetic’
06. BG – ‘Bling Bling’
07. lifeless prez – ‘Hip Hop’
08. Eminem feat. Dido – ‘Stan’
09. OutKast – ‘Ms. Jackson’
10. Nelly – C’ountry Grammar (Sizzling Shit)’
11. Ludacris feat. Pharrell – ‘Southern Hospitality’
12. Nas – ‘One Mic’
13. 50 Cent – ‘In Da Membership’
14. Lil Jon & The East Facet Boyz feat. Ying Yang Twins – ‘Get Low’

Disc 9
01. Talib Kweli – ‘Black Lady Ache’
02. Kanye West – ‘Jesus Walks’
03. Three 6 Mafia feat. Younger Buck, Eightball & MJG – ‘Keep Fly’
04. Rick Ross – ‘Hustlin’’
05. Lupe Fiasco feat. Nikki Jean – ‘Hip-Hop Saved My Life’
06. Younger Jezzy feat. Nas – ‘My President’
07. David Banner feat. Chris Brown & Yung Joc – ‘Get Like Me’
08. Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke – ‘Tie My Fingers’
09. Jay Electronica – ‘Exhibit C’
10. Nicki Minaj – ‘Tremendous Bass’
11. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – ‘Thrift Store’
12. J Cole feat. TLC – ‘Crooked Smile’
13. Kanye West – ‘Blood On The Leaves’
14. Drake – ‘Began From the Backside’

‘The Smithsonian Anthology Of Hip-Hop And Rap’ tracklist is Smithsonian Folkways’ third in a collection of anthologies set to outline specific eras of music “of, by, and for the individuals,” after comparable compendiums devoted to the historical past of American folks music and jazz.

Pre-orders can be found here.