Gridlocked

Historians tend to frame hip-hop's artistic golden era as falling between 1987 to 1993, while modern-day MCs are celebrated as much for their branding acumen as their musical talent. This playlist takes you back to that transitional era in between, when hip-hop graduated from the streets to the penthouses and yielded some of the genre's greatest all-time bangers From JAY Z, Nelly, Fiddy, and more.