My Life In Hip-Hop

I was born on December 31st 1989, and since then there has been A LOT of Hip-Hop released. After the jump you will find 22 songs (one for each year year from 1989-2010), all of which I believe define the sound of that year. It’s amazing to see the progression as the years have gone by and to see where we have got to today. People who say Hip-Hop is dead have no idea what they are on about. Hip-Hop will never die. Hip-Hop is my life.

1989. De La Soul - Me Myself & I

1990. A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum

1991. Main Source - Looking At The Front Door

1992. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y.

1993. Guru - When You’re Near (Feat. N’Dea Davenport & Simon Law)

1994. NaS - The World Is Yours

1995. Mobb Deep - Temperature’s Rising

1996. Jay-Z - D’Evils

1997. The Notorious B.I.G. - Sky’s The Limit (Feat. 112)

1998. OutKast - Da Art Of Storytellin’ (Part 1)

1999. Dr. Dre - What’s The Difference (Feat. Eminem)

2000. Common - The Light

2001. Wu-Tang Clan - Uzi

2002. Clipse - Grindin’

2003. Jaylib - The Red

2004. KanYe West - Family Business

2005. The Game - Higher

2006. Lupe Fiasco - Sunshine

2007. DJ Jazzy Jeff - Definition (Feat. Kel Spencer)

2008. Q-Tip - We Fight/We Love (Feat. Raphael Saadiq)

2009. Drake - Fear

2010. Shad - At The Same Time

HIP-HOP