In celebration of Hip Hop's 50th year, we've teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to our recent 1998 mixtape, this time cramming 20 classic tracks into a brief 3.5 minute run time. Artwork pays homage to classic indie era imprint Rawkus Records.

Tracklist:

1. Pete Rock featuring Vinia Mojica – Mind Blowin
2. Pete Rock featuring Inspectah Deck and Kurupt – Tru Master
3. Big L – Ebonics
4. Cornershop – Candyman (Rob Swift Instrumental Mix)
5. Defari feat Phil Tha Agony, Xzibit and Alkaholiks – Likwit Connection
6. Red Foo and Dre Kroon – The Freshest (Revolution Remix)
7. Big Kwam – Execution Expert
8. Dilated Peoples – Work The Angles
9. Jurassic 5 – Action Satisfaction 
10. Gang Starr – Work
11. Gang Starr featuring Big Shug and Freddie Foxxx – The Militia
12. Rob Swift – The Ablist
13. Black Attack – My Crown
14. Deejay Punk Roc – My Beatbox (Roc Raida Rockin It Remix)
15. Big Pun featuring Fat Joe – Twinz (Deep Cover ‘98)
16. All Natural - 50 Years
17. DJ Honda featuring The Beatnuts – Who The Trifest?
18. Tribe Called Quest featuring Busta Rhymes & Redman – Steppin It Up
19. Noreaga – N.O.R.E
20. Mike Zoot featruing El Da Sensai – International Customs

#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Megamix #12 (1998) mixed by Chris Read

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Megamix #12 (1998) mixed by Chris Read

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