Apple Music Hip-Hop — NYC Strikes Back

24 songs (1988–2018) — Open in iTunes

About this Playlist

The West Coast emerged as a dominant force in hip-hop in the early '90s.

Nas — N.Y. State of Mind

Hip-Hop — 1994

The Notorious B.I.G. — Warning

Hip-Hop — 1994

Mobb Deep — Shook Ones, Pt. II

Hip-Hop — 1995

Ol' Dirty Bastard — Brooklyn Zoo

Hip-Hop — 1995

Jeru the Damaja — Come Clean (E New Y Radio)

Hip-Hop — 1994

Group Home — Livin' Proof

Pop — 1995

Onyx — Throw Ya Gunz

Hip-Hop — 1992

Black Moon — Who Got da Props?

Hip-Hop — 1993

Ill Al Skratch — Where My Homiez? (Come Around My Way)

R&B — 1994

Big L — Put It On

Hip-Hop — 1994

Craig Mack — Flava In Ya Ear (Remix) (Feat. The Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes & Rampage)

Hip-Hop — 1994

Junior M.A.F.I.A. — Player's Anthem

Hip-Hop — 1995

Smif-N-Wessun — Bucktown

Hip-Hop — 1994

Wu-Tang Clan — C.R.E.A.M.

Pop — 1993

AZ — Gimme Yours

Hip-Hop — 1995

Crooklyn Dodgers — Crooklyn [Crooklyn/Soundtrack Version] (Feat. Buck Shot, Special Ed & Master Ace)

Pop — 1994

Nine — Whutcha Want?

Hip-Hop — 1988

Method Man — Bring the Pain

Hip-Hop — 1994

O.C. — Time's Up

Hip-Hop — 1994

Raekwon — Incarcerated Scarfaces

Hip-Hop — 1995

Keith Murray — The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World

Alternative — 1994

Mic Geronimo — S**t's Real

Hip-Hop — 1994

GZA — Liquid Swords

Hip-Hop — 1995

Blahzay Blahzay — Danger

Hip-Hop — 1996