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This Is Hip Hop

A rundown of Hip Hop history's biggest tracks

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Back in the Day '93-'95

Early-'90s hip hop like Wu-Tang, Common, KRS-One, and Digable Planets

Back in the Day '96-'99

Late-'90s hip hop from Biggie, Roots, OutKast, and 2PAC

Down South

Down South is keepin it hot - with T.I., Lil' Jon, Ludacris, OutKast, Cash Money and more.

In Da Club

Club bangers and mainstream artists

Old School Hip Hop

'80s and early-'90s rap and hip hop

Underground Hip Hop

Backpackers and B-Boys keep pushing the envelope

Check the Rhyme

Classic joints in Hip-Hop history sprinkled with the sound of today.

CCM Hip Hop

Rhymes and beats with a message

Listeners' Top 100: Hip Hop Classics

The 100 most popular tracks from our Hip Hop channels

Best Hip Hop and R&B: 2013

With hits from Toni Braxton & Babyface, Usher, and Keyshia Cole

Back in the Day BBQ

Keep the drinks on ice and the burgers flippin' with these classic hip-hop jams

Great Samples... Better Songs

Soul, Jazz, Funk, and R&B you'll recognize as sampled by Hip Hop DJs

Beastie Boys Samples

The Beasties sampled lots of tasty tracks, and we're playing tons of 'em

Original Gangsta Radio

Edgy tales from the street...Tupac, Snoop, DMX, and NWA livin' the life

Trip Hop

Melding electronic, hip hop, and more, with Massive Attack, Portishead, and '90s 'Ninja Tuners'

2009 Revisited: R&B and Hip Hop

Still sounding great, ten years later

Best Hip Hop and R&B: 1993

The year of Snoop, Tupac, Wu-Tang, and A Tribe Called Quest

DMX: A Tribute

Remembering the life of DMX with his greatest works, as well as those who inspired him, those who...

Preemo Beats: DJ Premier Productions

Tracks produced by one of the best, the incomparable DJ Premier

Hip Hop History

The genre's most important and influential tracks, inspired by the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-H...

Beats by Dr. Dre

Celebrating 30 years of The Chronic plus Dre's production genius for Snoop, Em, Fiddy, Hova, Nas,...

Best Hip Hop and R&B of 2023

'23's best by SZA, GloRilla, PinkPantheress, Toosi, Doechii and more

Dillaworks: J Dilla Tribute

Celebrating the incomparable hip hop producer and artist J Dilla on what would have been his 50th...

Gold Medal Hip Hop and R&B

The Hip Hop and R&B records our listeners rate highest.

Best Hip Hop and R&B: 2007

2007 was Jay-Z, Ciara, Akon, T.I. and Beyoncé

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