Dovada ca Hip-Hop-ul nu vorbeste doar despre droguri, bautura, ciuruieli sau saracie, ci din contra, arata ca e o cultura pe care nu multi o pot digera. Va invit la un playlist cu un continut exclusiv underground.

1. Poor Righteous Teachers – Shakiyla (1990)

Album: Pure Poverty
Producator: Tony D
Casa de discuri: Profile Records
Cel mai memorabil vers : “Word is bond the sistah loves me and I love her like no other…/ I spend a lot of time with the sistah I protect.”

2. De La Soul – Eye Know (1989)

Album: 3 Feet High and Rising
Producator: Prince Paul, De La Soul
Casa de discuri: Tommy Boy
Cel mai memorabil vers: “It’s I again and the song that I send/Is taking steps to reach your heart/Any moment you feel alone/I can fill up your empty part.”

3. Black Star (Talib Kweli & Mos Def) – Brown Skin Lady (1998)

Album: Black Star
Producator: J. Rawls
Casa de discuri: Rawkus
Cel mai memorabil vers: “Your skin’s the inspiration for cocoa butter/You provoke a brother, we should get to know one another.” (Talib Kweli)

4.Slick Rick – Teenage Love (1988)

Album: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Producator: Jam Master Jay, Slick Rick, The Bomb Squad
Casa de discuri: Def Jam/Columbia/CBS
Cel mai memorabil vers: “Ya mighty proud while your holdin their hand/Boys, yea that’s my woman, and girls, yeah that’s my man.”

5. Goodie Mob – Beautiful Skin (1998)

Album: Still Standing
Producator: Craig Love
Casa de discuri: LaFace/Arista/BMG Records
Cel mai memorabil vers: “You sparks my interest/No m’aam I don’t know you/Just offerin the common respect I feel I owe you/Also, some conversation, companionship/Common ground and common sense.”

6. Pete Rock & CL Smooth feat. Vinia Mojica – Searching (1995)

Album: The Main Ingredient
Producator: Pete Rock
Casa de discuri : Elektra
Cel mai memorabil vers: “You’re everything that I dream about, talk about/Walk around and brag about, cause I don’t give a damn about/What they say, what he say, or she say/I’m addicted like drugs to your loving, but hey/You got me strung like I’m young and it’s crazy.”

7. DMX – How’s it goin down (1998)

Album: It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot
Producator: P.K.
Casa de discuri: Ruff Ryders, Def Jam
Cel mai memorabil vers: “Kill for me, you still with me/’Cuz we get down like what/Told you from the start, it ain’t all about a nutt/I’m gon’ be fair, try to be there.”

8. Boogiemonsters – Honey Dips in Gotham (1994)

Album: Riders of the Storm: The Underwater Album
Producator: D!
Casa de discuri: Pendulum Records
Cel mai memorabil vers: “Ebony rose from the Earth getting darker in the sun/Cocoa-mocha complexion brown sugar with the smile.”

9. Eric B & Rakim – Monohagany (1991)

Album: Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em
Producator: Eric B.
Casa de discuri: MCA Records
Cel mai memorabil vers: “You got the look, I wanna get to know ya better/I had to let her know, but yo, I didn’t sweat her.”

10. Common – The Light (2000)

Album: Like Water for Chocolate
Producator: Jay Dee
Casa de discuri: MCA Records
Cel mai memorabil vers: “It’s important, we communicate/and tune the fate of this union, to the right pitch/I never call you my bitch or even my boo/There’s so much in a name and so much more in you.”

11. The Notorious BIG – Me and My Bitch (1994)

Album: Ready to Die
Producer: The Bluez Brothers, Chucky Thompson, Sean “Puffy” Combs
Label: Bad Boy Records
Cel mai memorabil vers: “And then we lie together, cry together/I swear to God I hope we fuckin die together.”

12. The Roots feat. Erykah Badu – You got me (1999)

Album: Things Fall Apart
Producator: The Grand Wizzards
Casa de discuri: MCA Records
Cel mai memorabil vers: “Startin buildin’ with her constantly round the clock/Now she in my world like hip-hop.”

13. L.L. Cool J – I need love (1987)

Album: Bigger and Deffer
Producator: L.A. Posse, LL Cool J
Casa de discuri: Def Jam Recordings
Cel mai memorabil vers: “You can scratch my back, we’ll get cozy and huddle/I’ll lay down my jacket so you can walk over a puddle/I’ll give you a rose, pull out your chair before we eat/kiss you on the cheek and say ooh girl you’re so sweet.”

14. Lost Boyz – Renee (1996)

Album: Legal Drug Money
Producator: Mr. Sex
Casa de discuri: Island Records
Cel mai memorabil vers: “And now we been together for weeks/Candlelight dinner with my shorty, crack a 40 with my naughty freaks/Ah man, I never been in love/But everytime I’m burstin’ in and outta state, it’s shorty that I’m thinking of.”

15. A Tribe Called Quest – Bonita Applebum (1990)

Album: People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Producator: A Tribe Called Quest
Casa de discuri: Jive Records
Cel mai memorabil vers: “I like to tell you things some brothas don’t/If only you can see through your elaborate eyes/Only you and me hon, the love never dies.”

16. The Pharcyde – Passin Me By (1993)

Album: Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Producator: J-Swift
Casa de discuri: Delicious Vinyl
Cel mai memorabil vers: “And if I was your man then I would be true/The only lying I would do is in the bed with you.”

17. Method Man feat. Mary J Blige – All I need/ I’ll be there for you (1995)

Album: Tical
Producator: RZA, Puff Daddy
Casa de discuri: Def Jam
Cel mai memorabil vers: “Back when I was nothin/You made a brother feel like he was somethin/That’s why I’m with you to this day boo no frontin.”

18. Dead Prez –Mind Sex (2000)

Album: Let’ s get free

Producator : Dead Prez

Casa de discuri : Columbia Recorda

Cel mai memorabil vers: “It’s time for some mind sex, we ain’t got to take our clothes off yet
We can burn the incense, and just chat
Relax, I got the good vibrations
Before we make love let’s have a good conversation”

19. Craig Mack – Can You Still Love Me