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#HipHop6Music - What should make an ultimate hip-hop playlist?

Help create the ultimate hip-hop playlist to celebrate a busy couple of weeks in the hip-hop world, including new material from De La Soul and a new Snoop Dog album announcement.

On this Sunday's Now Playing we celebrate Hip Hop. HIP HOP?! Are you hip hopping mad mate? This is 6 Music. Well yes, we are, but that's not the point. Let me explain first and then point out where you can go, suggestion-wise of course! The last couple of weeks in Hip Hop land have been busy...

De La Soul released a new track with Snoop Dogg called 'Pain' (it's really good)

Speaking of Snoop, he himself announced last week he was releasing a follow-up to his 1993 debut 'Doggystyle'

The Fugees' 'Killing Me Softly' had its 20th birthday on Tuesday 31st May

The Prophets of Rage, a super group comprised of RATM, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill made their TV debut

Jurassic 5's first single for a very long time, called 'Customer Service', is due for release on the 5th June. Their customer service is awful by the way, waited ages for them to deliver a new song...

PLUS ScHoolboy Q has a new album dropping in July

ALSO Run The Jewels tease new album clip for 'RTJ3'....is all this enough of a reason? Us lot at Now Playing thought so.

Where do you go with suggestions? Well, ALL of the above obvs but also:

Your favourite rappers from Public Enemy to Run DMC, De La Soul or Nas
SAMPLES: Warren G's Regulate heavily samples Michael McDonalds 'I Can't Forget' or Tupac's California sampling Joe Cocker's 'Woman to Woman'
Stuff from those behind the beats like Afrika Bambaataa and DJ Premier
Contemporary artists like Kendrick Lamar, A-Trak, Jay-Z or Kanye West
How about other genres and artists with a strong social message - the Sex Pistols through toBob Marley to Dylan.
Or the roots of hip-hop - great poets like Gil Scott-Heron, disco...and reggae

You pick the music, so get your Hip Hop inspired suggestions to Tom via Twitter using #HipHop6Music to help create a playlist. Comment on the Now Playing Facebook page, here on the blog, email nowplaying@bbc.co.uk or drag tracks onto our Spotify playlist.

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Music Played

  • Chuck D

    Get Used To Me (Ali Tribute)

  • Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg

    The Next Episdode (clean)

  • Missy Elliott

    The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)

  • Kae Tempest

    Circles

    • Big Dada.

  • Souls of Mischief

    93 Til Infinity

    • Jive.

  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Scenario (feat. Leaders of the New School)

  • M.I.A.

    Bad Girls

    • Def Jam / Mercury.

  • Warren G & Nate Dogg

    Regulate

    • ISLAND.

  • Wu-Tang Clan

    Gravel Pit

    • LOUD.

  • Snoop Dogg

    Gin And Juice

    • INTERSCOPE.

  • Labi Siffre

    I Got The

    • Remember My Song.
    • EMI.

  • Eminem

    My Name Is

    • Curtain Call: The Hits.
    • Interscope.

  • dead prez

    Hip Hop

    • Epic.

  • The Notorious B.I.G.

    Mo Money Mo Problems (feat. Diddy & Mase)

  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

    • BLUEBIRD.

  • Roxanne Shant茅

    Have A Nice Day

    • Cold Chillin' Records.

  • Roots Manuva

    Witness (1 Hope)

    • Big Dada Music.

  • Saul Williams

    List Of Demands

  • Lauryn Hill

    Doo Wop (That Thing)

    • Columbia/Ruff House.

  • Eric B. & Rakim

    Paid In Full

    • Hits Album 7 (Various Artists).
    • Hits.
    • 1.

  • Public Enemy

    Fight The Power

    • The No.1 Rap Album.
    • Polygram Tv.
    • 7.

  • N.W.A

    Express Yourself

    • Global Television.

  • Blackstreet

    No Diggity (feat. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen)

    • MCA.

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Rapper's Delight

Broadcast

  • Sun 5 Jun 2016 18:00
    成人快手 Radio 6 Music