Recently, I was listening to Chris Read‘s 1989 mix as well as DJ Food’s 1989 mix. Chris Read, one of my favourite DJs, had recently put out this incredible retrospective of hip hop, spanning 28yrs and 800 tracks from 1979-2007 called The Diary. While “hip hop through the years mixe”s are not necessarily a new concept (heck, I think I played Jaguar Skillz? ?Hip Hop Odyssey‘ mix a few years back and included it as part of some Funding Drive bonus discs), I thought I’d revisit the concept for this year’s Black History month and hit you up with some hip hop through the years.

1989

A great year for hip hop, this was the Golden Era’s twilight years.

Too late! File removed (mp3 – 55Mb)

1992

The West Coast comes into its own with Dr Dre’s The Chronic.

The Fat Beat Diet, February 10th 2011 (mp3 – 55Mb)

1994

Another landmark year in hip hop hailed alternatively as the last great year in hip hop and the year hip hop was reborn.

Too late! File removed (mp3 – 61Mb)

2001

The Fat Beat Diet, February 24th 2011 (mp3 – 54Mb)
Tracklists after the jump…

1989

artist – name [time]
Gang Starr – Words I Manifest (Remix) [09:58:55 PM]
The D.O.C. – It’s Funky Enough
3rd Bass – Monte hall
3rd Bass – Product of the Environment
3rd Bass – Wordz of wizdom
MC Lyte – Cha Cha Cha
MC Lyte – Cappucino
Big Daddy Kane – Smooth Operator
Nice And Smooth – More And More Hits
Nice And Smooth – Funky For You [10:21:04 PM]
Nice And Smooth – Early To Rise
Ice-T – You Played Yourself
N.W.A. – express yourself
Digital Underground – Underwater Rimes (Remix)
Digital Underground – Rhymin’ On The Funk
Special Ed – I Got It Made
Heavy D. & The Boyz – You Ain’t Heard Nuttin Yet
De La Soul – Plug Tunin (Original 12″ Version)
Beastie Boys – Shardach
Beastie Boys – Hey Ladies
Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump
EPMD – So What Cha Sayin’ [10:38:11 PM]
EPMD – The Big Payback
EPMD – It’s Time 2 Party
Boogie Down Productions – You Must Learn
De La Soul – Say no go (Say no dope mix)
De La Soul – The Magic Number
De La Soul – Jenifa (Taught Me) (12″ Version)
De La Soul – Eye Know
Big Daddy Kane – Warm It Up, Kane
LL Cool J – Going Back To Cali
Public Enemy – Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Remix) [10:55:50 PM]

1992

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
The Pharcyde – on the d.l.
The Pharcyde – Passin Me By (video Remix)
Common – Soul By The Pound
Gang Starr – Ex Girl To Next Girl
Gang Starr – Soliloquy Of Chaos
Comptons Most Wanted – Compton 4 Life
Comptons Most Wanted – Jack Mode
Dr. Dre – Nuthin But A G Thang
Dr. Dre – Let Me Ride
Ice Cube – It Was A Good Day
Ragga Muffin Rascals – Really Livin
The Beastie Boys – So Whatcha Want
The Beastie Boys – Groove Holmes
Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy – Television, The Drug Of The Nation
Eric B. & Rakim – Keep The Beat
The Goats – Typical American
Diamond D & The Psychotic Neurotics – I Went For Mine
Showbiz & AG – Soul Clap
Grand Puba – 360 (Wha Goes Around) SD50s Remix
EPMD – Crossover
Das Efx – They Want FX
Redman – Time 4 Sum Aksion
Digable Planets – Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Kris Kross – Jump [Extended Mix]
House of Pain – Jump Around
house of pain – jump around (pete rock mix)
Positive K – I Got A Man
Ultramagnetic MCs – Poppa Large (East Coast remix)
Organized Rhyme – Check the OR
Maestro Fresh Wes – Conductin Thangs
Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back
UGK – something good

1994

Nas – Memory Lane (Sittin’ In Da Park) [09:54:01 PM]
Nas – N.Y. State Of Mind
Nas – The World Is Yours
Nas – One Love
The Roots – Silent Treatment
Artifacts – Wrong Side Of Da Tracks
Jeru The Damaja – Come Clean
Jeru The Damaja – Da Bitchez
oc – Times Up
Digable Planets – Blowing Down
Digable Planets – Dog It
Digable Planets – 9th Wonder (Blackitolism)
Digable Planets – Dog It
Common – I Used To Love H.e.r. (1994) [10:19:50 PM]
craig mack – Flava In Ya Ear [Remix]
Crooklyn Dodgers (Buckshot, Special Ed & Masta Ace) – Crooklyn (baseball Mix)
Organized Konfusion – Stress (remix)
Gang Starr – Mass Appeal
Gang Starr – Tonz ‘O’ Gunz
Gang Starr – Dwyck (feat. Nice & Smooth)
Gang Starr f/ Nice & Smooth – DWYCK (Paul Nice Remix)
Black Sheep – Flavor Of The Month
Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours [Revisited] (Bonus Track)
Beastie Boys – Flute Loop
Beastie Boys – Root Down
Method Man – Bring The Pain [10:39:05 PM]
Method Man – Release Yo’ Delf
METHOD MAN & MARY J. BLIGE – You’re all I need to get by (puff daddy mix)
Warren G and Nate Dogg – Regulaters
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Gin and Juice
Dream Warriors – California Dreamin’
Pete Rock & CL Smooth – I Got A Love
craig mack – Flava In Ya Ear [Remix]
notorious big – unbelievable (128kpbs)
Notorious B.I.G. – Machine Gun Funk
Notorious B.I.G. – Who Shot Ya
Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy [10:59:20 PM]

2001

artist – name [time]
Jay Dee aka J. Dilla feat. Dwele – Think Twice [9:55:52 PM]
Will.i.Am – Lay Me Down
Abstract Rude and Tribe Unique – Yep! (Ft. DJ Drez)
J-Live – Timeless
J-Live – Get the Third
Nas – One Mic
Mos Def – Hip Hop
Mos Def – Brooklyn
Mos Def – Ms. Fat Booty
Kardinall Offishall – Ol’ Time Killin’ [10:30:41 PM]
Kardinall Offishall – Husslin’
Ghostface Killah – Never Be The Same Again
Kool G Rap – My Life
The Beatnuts – No Escapin’ This
Roots Manuva – Witness (One Hope)
MOP – Ante Up
Princess Superstar – Wet!Wet!Wet!
KMD – Smokin’ That Shit
De La Soul – Baby Phat (feat. Devin the Dude and E. Yummy Bingham)
Declaime – Roll ‘Em Right
Jay-Z – Girls, Girls, Girls
Jay-Z – Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
Edo G – to much to live fo’
bob james – Look-Alike
Asheru/Blue Black – Dear You [10:58:13 PM]