| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Who Am I / Atomic Dogg (What’s My Name) | Snoop Dogg | | 4:05 |
| 2 | Gangsta’s Paradise | Coolio feat. L.V. | 3.75 | 4:02 |
| 3 | Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem)- recording engineer:
- Paul Falcon
- producer:
- The 45 King
- mixer:
- Ken “DURO” Ifill
- recorded at:
- The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Platinum Island in New York, New York, United States
- samples:
- It’s the Hard‐Knock Life by Andrea McArdle, Orphans
- recording of:
- Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
- writer:
- Martin Charnin, Mark Howard James , Shawn Carter and Charles Strouse
- publisher:
- 45 Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc. , Helene Blue Musique Ltd., Lil Lulu Music and MPL Communications Inc.
| JAY‐Z | 3.4 | 4:00 |
| 4 | Hypnotize- recording engineer:
- Axel Niehaus and Doug Wilson
- engineer:
- Lorrenn Argumedes, Rasheed Goodlowe, Lynn Montrose and Steve Jones
- additional producer:
- Richard “Younglord” Frierson
- producer:
- Deric “D‐Dot” Angelettie, Ron “Amen‐Ra” Lawrence and Sean “Puffy” Combs
- mixer:
- Lane Craven and Sean “Puffy” Combs
- editor:
- Richard “Younglord” Frierson
- background vocals:
- Pam Long
- lead vocals:
- The Notorious B.I.G.
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Bad Boy Records LLC (in 2007) and WEA International Inc. (in 2007)
- produced for:
- Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. and The Mystery System, Inc.
- recorded at:
- Caribbean Sound Basin in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and Daddy’s House Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Daddy’s House Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States and The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- engineered at:
- Daddy’s House Recording Studios in New York, New York, United States
- samples:
- Rise by Herb Alpert
- recording of:
- Hypnotize
- writer:
- Andy Armer, Christopher Wallace, Deric Angelettie, Ron Lawrence , Randy Alpert and Sean Combs
- publisher:
- Almo Music Corp. , B.I.G. Poppa Music, Badazz Music Company, EMI‐April Music Inc., Justin Combs Publishing and Mystery System Music
| The Notorious B.I.G. | 5 | 3:51 |
| 5 | Party Up (radio edit) | DMX | 3.65 | 4:33 |
| 6 | Let’s Get Dirty (I Can’t Get in da club) | Redman feat. DJ Kool | | 3:57 |
| 7 | Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See- assistant recording engineer:
- Tom Passetti
- recording engineer:
- Vinny Nicoletti
- co-producer:
- Epitome
- producer:
- Buddah and Shamello
- assistant mixer:
- Michael Tocci
- mixer:
- Busta Rhymes and Rick St. Hillaire
- background vocals:
- Fabulous Fab
- arranger:
- Busta Rhymes
- mixed for and arranged for:
- Flipmode Entertainment, Inc.
- produced for:
- Prophecy Prod
- recorded at:
- Soundtrack Studios, NY in New York, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Electric Lady Studios, NY in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
- samples:
- Sweet Green Fields by Seals & Crofts
- recording of:
- Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
- writer:
- D. Durant , J. Seals, R. Munroe and T. Smith
- publisher:
- Alshamighty Music , Big Baller Music , Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music and T'ziah's Music
- lyrics quoted on:
- Fallin’ Up
| Busta Rhymes | 4.5 | 3:16 |
| 8 | Fu-Gee-La | Fugees | 4 | 4:22 |
| 9 | I Got 5 on It- producer:
- Tone Capone
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- No̅o̅ Trybe Records, Inc. (in 1995)
- samples:
- Jungle Boogie by Kool & the Gang, Top Billin’ by Audio Two and Why You Treat Me So Bad by Club Nouveau
- recording of:
- I Got 5 on It
- writer:
- Anthony Gillmour, Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, Don Boyce, George Brown , Denzil Foster, Garrick Husband, Jerold Ellis Jr. , Jay King, Michael Marshall , Thomas McElroy, Robert Spike Mickens, Claydes Smith, Dennis “D.T.” Thomas and Ricky West
| Luniz feat. Michael Marshall | 4.65 | 4:14 |
| 10 | Regulate | Warren G & Nate Dogg | 4.45 | 4:10 |
| 11 | I Wish (radio edit) | Skee-Lo | | 4:12 |
| 12 | Gravel Pit | Wu‐Tang Clan | | 4:18 |
| 13 | Déjà Vu (Uptown Baby) | Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz | | 4:44 |
| 14 | Crush on You | Lil’ Kim | | 4:37 |
| 15 | Flava in ya Ear (remix) | Craig Mack feat. The Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes & Rampage | 5 | 5:04 |
| 16 | Whoa! | Black Rob | | 4:08 |
| 17 | Shimmy Shimmy Ya | Ol’ Dirty Bastard | | 2:43 |
| 18 | Worst Comes to Worst | Dilated Peoples | | 3:37 |
| 19 | Ms. Jackson | OutKast | 4.5 | 4:00 |
| 20 | Hip Hop | Dead Prez | | 3:45 |
| 21 | Get Ur Freak On | Missy Elliott | | 3:31 |
| 22 | Livin’ It Up | Ja Rule feat. Case | | 4:20 |
| 23 | Pump It Up (radio edit) | Joe Budden | 2.75 | 3:59 |
| 24 | Feel So Good | Mase | | 3:26 |
| 25 | Tipsy (club mix) | J-Kwon | | 4:05 |
| 26 | Lean Back | Terror Squad feat. Fat Joe & Remy | | 4:09 |
| 27 | Phenomenon | LL Cool J | | 4:06 |
| 28 | Ridin’ | Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone | 3.75 | 5:05 |
| 29 | Oh Boy | Cam’ron feat. Juelz Santana | | 3:27 |
| 30 | In da Club- recording engineer:
- Mauricio “Veto” Iragorri and Sha Money XL
- assistant engineer:
- Francis Forde, James “Flea” McCrone and Ruben Rivera
- co-producer:
- Mike Elizondo
- producer and mixer:
- Dr. Dre
- bass, guitar and keyboard:
- Mike Elizondo
- vocals:
- 50 Cent
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Aftermath Records (in 2003, in 2015), Interscope Records (in 2003, in 2015) and Shady Records (in 2003, in 2015)
- recorded at:
- Encore Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States and Teamwork Studios in Long Island, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Encore Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States
- part of:
- Sean Michaels: The Top 30 Songs of 2003 (number: 9) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 444)
- recording of:
- In da Club
- writer:
- Andre R. Young , Curtis Jackson and Mike Elizondo
- publisher:
- Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On but F*****’ Music, Blotter, Elvismambo Music, High on Life Music, Music of Windswept and WB Music Corp.
| 50 Cent | 4.05 | 3:15 |
| 31 | Ugly | Bubba Sparxxx | 4.65 | 4:27 |
| 32 | Get Low- recording engineer:
- Billy Hume, Brett Liebermann and Taj Tilghman
- producer:
- Lil Jon
- mixer:
- John Frye , Lil Jon and Ray Seay
- keyboard [keys]:
- L-Roc and Lil Jon
- performer:
- Lil Jon and Ying Yang Twins
- produced for:
- BME Enterprises
- recorded at:
- Audio Vision Studios in Miami, Florida, United States, Soundlabs Studio in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and The Zone in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- mixed at:
- Audio Vision Studios in Miami, Florida, United States and Stankonia Recording in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- music videos:
- Get Low by Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz feat. Ying Yang Twins
- recording of:
- Get Low
- lyricist:
- De'Angelo Holmes , Eric Jackson , Jonathan Smith and Sam Norris
- composer:
- Jonathan Smith
- publisher:
- ColliPark Music, Da Crippler Publishing, EWC Publishing, Swole Music , TVT Music and White Rhino Music
| Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz feat. Ying Yang Twins | 4 | 5:35 |
| 33 | Stand Up- recording engineer:
- Robert Hannon, Eddie Hernandez and Jason Rome
- co-producer:
- Ludacris
- producer:
- Kanye West
- mixer:
- Jimmy Douglass
- lead vocals:
- Ludacris
- other vocals:
- Shawnna
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- The Island Def Jam Music Group (in 2003)
- recorded at:
- Audio Vision Studios in Miami, Florida, United States, Doppler Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and Tree Sound Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- mixed at:
- Manhattan Center Studios in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
- recording of:
- Stand Up
- lyricist:
- Christopher Bridges
- composer:
- Kanye West
- publisher:
- 50,000%, EMI April Music, Ludacris Music Publishing and Ye World Music
| Ludacris feat. Shawnna | 5 | 3:35 |
| 34 | Grindin’ | Clipse | 4.5 | 4:26 |
| 35 | Nothin’ | N.O.R.E. | 4 | 4:25 |
| 36 | X | Xzibit | 4.5 | 4:15 |
| 37 | Bring Em Out | T.I. | | 3:38 |
| 38 | You Can Do It | Ice Cube feat. Mack 10 & Ms. Toi | 3.75 | 4:21 |
| 39 | Ante Up (Robbin Hoodz Theory) | M.O.P. | | 3:54 |
| 40 | Full Clip | Gang Starr | 4.7 | 3:37 |
| 41 | It’s Like That | Run-DMC | | 4:49 |
| 42 | It Takes Two (radio edit) | Rob Base & D.J. E‐Z Rock | | 3:55 |
| 43 | Express Yourself (remix) | N.W.A | | 4:24 |
| 44 | Juicy | The Notorious B.I.G. | | 4:47 |
| 45 | Gin and Juice | Snoop Dogg | | 3:33 |
| 46 | Can I Kick It? | A Tribe Called Quest | | 3:39 |
| 47 | O.P.P. | Naughty by Nature | 4 | 4:30 |
| 48 | Jump Around | House of Pain | | 3:38 |
| 49 | Insane in the Brain | Cypress Hill | 3.75 | 3:28 |
| 50 | Paid in Full | Eric B. & Rakim | 4.5 | 3:50 |
| 51 | The Message | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | | 3:12 |
| 52 | Rapper’s Delight | The Sugarhill Gang | 3.65 | 3:57 |
| 53 | It’s Tricky | Run-DMC | 4 | 3:04 |
| 54 | Push It | Salt‐N‐Pepa | 3.65 | 3:29 |
| 55 | Wild Thing | Tone-Loc | 4 | 4:24 |
| 56 | Bust a Move | Young MC | 4 | 4:25 |
| 57 | White Lines (Don’t Do It) | Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel | | 4:28 |
| 58 | Hip Hop Hooray- samples:
- Don't Change Your Love by The Five Stairsteps & Cubie, Funky President (People It's Bad) by James Brown, Make Me Say It Again Girl, Part 1 & 2 by The Isley Brothers, Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel and You Can't Turn Me Away by Sylvia Striplin
- recording of:
- Hip Hop Hooray
- writer:
- Anthony Criss, Vincent Brown, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley , Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper and Keir Gist
| Naughty by Nature | 4.35 | 4:26 |
| 59 | The Message | Nas | | 3:56 |
| 60 | C.R.E.A.M.- programming:
- Prince Rakeem
- engineer:
- Ethan Ryman
- executive producer:
- Dennis Coles, Mitchell Diggs , Oli Grant and Robert Diggs, Jr.
- producer and mixer:
- Prince Rakeem “The RZA”
- lead vocals:
- Inspectah Deck , Method Man and Raekwon
- arranger:
- Prince Rakeem “The RZA”
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- BMG Music (in 1993) and Sony Music Entertainment (in 1993)
- samples:
- As Long as I've Got You by The Charmels and Money (Dollar Bill Y'all) by Jimmy Spicer
- part of:
- The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 107)
- recording of:
- C.R.E.A.M.
- writer:
- Clifford Smith , Corey Woods , Dennis Coles, Gary Grice, Isaac Hayes, Jason Hunter , Lamont Hawkins, David Porter , Robert Diggs, Jr. and Russell Jones
- lyrics quoted on:
- It’s Me Bitches
- lyrics quoted on:
- Money Man
- lyrics quoted on:
- Mooo!
- lyrics quoted on:
- Paper Trail$
- lyrics quoted on:
- Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2
- lyrics quoted on:
- Who Shot Ya?
| Wu‐Tang Clan | 4 | 4:12 |
| 61 | Throwback Hip Hop (Continuous mix 1) | Various Artists | | 1:20:42 |
| 62 | Throwback Hip Hop (Continuous mix 2) | Various Artists | | 1:19:56 |
| 63 | Throwback Hip Hop (Continuous mix 3) | Various Artists | | 1:19:18 |
