Classic Hip-Hop Deep Cuts

Apple Music Hip-Hop

Editors' Notes A selection of lesser-known gems and crucial album cuts from the glory days of classic hip-hop. Our editors regularly update this playlist—if you hear something you like, add it to your library.
JAY-Z
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
4:26
 
Nas
Stillmatic
3:51
 
Outkast
OutKast
4:34
 
Kanye West
Late Registration
3:50
 
Snoop Dogg
Doggystyle
3:32
 
Wu-Tang Clan
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) [Expanded Edition]
3:36
 
2Pac, C.P.O., Danny Boy, Syke
All Eyez On Me (Remastered)
5:14
 
Dr. Dre
2001
3:35
 
Gang Starr
Hard to Earn
3:29
 
The Notorious B.I.G.
Ready to Die - The Remaster
2:50
 
Craig Mack
Project: Funk Da World
4:24
 
The Game
Doctor's Advocate
4:44
 
Mobb Deep featuring Nas
The Infamous
4:48
 
Fugees
Blunted on Reality
3:42
 
O.C.
Bon Appetit
4:41
 
Queen Latifah
Black Reign
4:28
 
Twista
Kamikaze
4:56
 
Aesop Rock
Labor Days
4:31
 
KRS-One featuring Mad Lion
KRS-One
4:22
 
E-40
In a Major Way
4:11
 
Smif-N-Wessun
Dah Shinin'
3:53
 
Goodie Mob
Soul Food
3:34
 
Redman
Muddy Waters
4:10
 
A Tribe Called Quest
Beats, Rhymes & Life
3:38
 
Method Man
Tical (Deluxe Edition)
3:36
 
RZA, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah
Ironman
4:17
 
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Return to the 36 Chambers
4:02
 
Raekwon
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
3:31
 
Lil' Kim
Hard Core
4:16
 
Jeru the Damaja
The Sun Rises in the East
3:45
 
Busta Rhymes
When Disaster Strikes
3:25
 
Makaveli
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
5:08
 
Capone-N-Noreaga
The War Report
3:24
 
GZA
Liquid Swords
2:54
 
Rakim
The 18th Letter
4:22
 
Warren G
The Regulator
3:54
 
T.I.
Urban Legend (Deluxe Version)
4:22
 
Onyx
Bacdafucup
4:07
 
Gang Starr
Moment of Truth
3:41
 
JAY-Z
The Hits Collection, Vol. 1 (Deluxe Edition)
3:43
 
Show & A.G.
Full Scale
4:29
 
THE LOX
Money, Power & Respect
3:33
 
Mobb Deep
Murda Muzik
4:09
 
MF DOOM
Operation: Doomsday (Complete)
3:36
 
Eve
Let There Be Eve...Ruff Ryders' First Lady
3:49
 
Method Man & Redman, Ja Rule & LL Cool J
Blackout!
4:21
 
Mos Def
Black on Both Sides
3:27
 
Pete Rock
Soul Survivor II
3:51
 
Ras Kass
Rasassination
4:13
 
Common
Be
3:57
 
Dilated Peoples, Defari, Phil Da Agony, Planet Asia, White E. Ford
The Platform
5:04
 
J Dilla
Donuts
2:57
 
Kanye West
Tell 'Em Why U Madd
3:12
 
Talib Kweli
Quality
4:13
 
Funkmaster Flex, Big Kap
The Tunnel
3:51
 
Cam'ron
S.D.E.
4:20
 
Mystikal
Let's Get Ready
4:03
 
Jadakiss
Kiss of Death
3:37
 
Naughty By Nature
19 Naughty III
5:04
 
The Coup
Party Music
4:00
 
Digable Planets
Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
3:18
 
Lady of Rage
Necessary Roughness
3:07
 
Bubba Sparxxx
Dark Days, Bright Nights (UK Version)
3:48
 
Masta Ace
Disposable Arts
4:16
 
The Roots
Phrenology
4:43
 
Lauryn Hill
MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
5:10
 
Cee-Lo
Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine
4:39
 
Fabolous
Street Dreams
3:24
 
Beastie Boys
To the 5 Boroughs
2:47
 
Large Professor
1st Class
4:28
 
Knoc-Turn'al
LA Confidential Presents Knoc-Turn'al - EP
3:02
 
Obie Trice
Cheers (UK Version)
5:29
 
Ludacris
Chicken - N - Beer
3:09
 
WC
Ghetto Heisman
4:15
 
Joe Budden
Joe Budden
6:14
 
JAY-Z
The Black Album
4:05
 
G-Unit
Beg For Mercy
4:47
 
Xzibit
Man vs. Machine
4:16
 
De La Soul
The Grind Date
5:32
 
Madvillain, Madlib, MF DOOM
Madvillainy
2:51
 
Missy Elliott
Under Construction
3:56
 
DMX
It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
3:50
 
Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth
Poetic Justice (Music from the Motion Picture)
4:04
 
Q-Tip
Amplified
4:59
 
Big Punisher
Capital Punishment
3:33
 
Bun B
Trill
5:55
 
Tha Alkaholiks
21 & Over
3:37
 
Lil Wayne
Tha Carter II
4:00
 
50 Cent
The Massacre
3:05
 
Cypress Hill
III Temples of Boom
5:01
 
Atmosphere
You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
4:49
 
Fatlip
The Loneliest Punk
4:22
 
Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
4:22
 
Field Mob
Light Poles and Pine Trees (International Version)
3:40
 
Little Brother
Separate But Equal (Drama Free Edition)
4:14
 
9th Wonder, Murs
Murray's Revenge
4:27
 
Saigon, Trey Songz
Pain In My Life - Single (feat. Trey Songz)
4:09
 
Canibus
2000 B.C.
4:58
 
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