| # | Artist | Track | Album / Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Camp Lo | Luchini | This is it… what?! Get up. |
| 2 | Poor Righteous Teachers | Butt Naked Booty Bless | Old school goodness, with drumst that break ya neck. |
| 3 | Common | The Sun God | One of my favorite from my man Hi Tek |
| 4 | Gangstarr | Mass Appeal | DJ Premiere and the Guru. The pinnacle. |
| 5 | KRS One | MCs Act Like They Don’t Know | Knowledge reigns supreme over nearly everybody. And they act like they don’t know. Premiere beat. |
| 6 | ATCQ | Award Tour | Ali Shaheed Muhammad creates another banger for the crew to get at. |
| 7 | The Ill | Cold World feat David Banner | New ish. Hype underground joint with Banner over a barebones break instrumental. |
| 8 | Ghetto Boys | My Minds Playing Tricks on Me | I sit alone in my four corner room staring at candels. |
| 9 | Jay Z | Dead Presidents | Sonny Liston Smith sample makes this one a no brainer from the classic jigga catalog. |
| 10 | Common | I Used to Love H.E.R | You know this one. Large Pro on the beat. |
| 11 | AZ | Rather Unique | Pete Rock production. Another smooth one without a backpack in sight… |
| 12 | Hyrogliphics | Miles to the sun. | Classic heiro joint. smooth for light years. |
| 13 | Ice Cube | Today Was a Good Day | Ice cube over a mellow Isley Brothers loop. The ultimate feel good track. |
| 14 | Mood | Karma | The original Hi Tek beat. Talib Kweli first appeard on a Mood single off the 1997 album Doomsday. |
| 15 | Junior Mafia | Get Money | Biggie crew track, with the Sylvia Striplin loop. |
| 16 | Wu Tang Clan | C.R.E.A.M. | The Wu Tang ode to capitalism and the never ending hustle. Words to live by. |
| 17 | Souls of Mischeif | 93 till Infinity | 2006 till inifinity. Taking you back to the golden era. |
| 18 | Fearless Four | Rockin’ It | Maybe the best hip hop song of all time. Or at least my favorite. All the way from 1982. |
| 19 | Sylvia Striplin | Can’t Turn Me Away | The song of the moment. Produced by Roy Ayers. The man himself. |