Hip hop recently celebrated its 50th birthday, so to mark the occasion we got newly crowned DMC UK champion DJ from Cwmbran Huw Wackman to compile a playlist of his favourite hip hop cuts listen below.
Brand Nubian – Slow Down
Biz Markie – Just a Friend
MC Shan – The Bridge
Digital Underground – The Humpty Dance
Roxanne Shanté – bite this
U.T.F.O. – Roxanne, Roxanne
A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It?
Slick Rick – La Di Da Di
Outkast – Ms. Jackson
Wu-Tang Clan – Protect Ya Neck
Dead Prez- Hip-Hop
Beastie Boys – Hold It, Now Hit It
Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew – The Show
Grandmaster and Melle Mel – White Lines
The Notorious B.I.G. – Big Poppa
RUN DMC – Peter Piper
Public Enemy – Bring the Noise
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
De La Soul – Me Myself and I
Boogie Down Productions – South Bronx
Mobb Deep – Shook Ones (Part II)
Schoolly D, P.S.K – What Does It Mean?
LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
Big Daddy Kane – RAW
Big Daddy Kane – Wrath Of Kane
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock – It Takes Two
Eric B. and Rakim – I Know You Got Soul
EPMD – So Whatcha Sayin
LL Cool J – Rock the Bells
Public Enemy – Rebel Without a Pause
Eric B. and Rakim – Paid in Full
Public Enemy – Fight the Power
Run-DMC – Sucker M.C.’s
Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force – Planet Rock
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – The Message
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force – Looking for the Perfect
Public Enemy – Public Enemy No. 1
