To celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, Dan Reed, XPN’s afternoon host and host of Funky Friday, presented a list of 50 essential hip-hop songs. It was a fun and challenging exercise to put the list together with so many important artists and songs over hip-hop’s glorious fifty year history. Listen to the playlist below.
DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince in the “Summertime” video
Hip Hop 50
Listen: XPN’s 50 Hip-Hop Essentials playlist
Celebrate 50 years of hip-hop with a 50 song playlist.