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Hip Hop Basics

HIP HOP BASICS

91total tracks91performancesCareer 1981–2014

1980s: 161990s: 472000s: 182010s: 9

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Hip Hop Basics is a musician and performer with 91 credits across their career. Their performing career is closely associated with Gang Starr. Their most frequent collaborations include Universal Music Group, 2K Sports, Def Jam Recordings.

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Credited — Hip Hop Basics

91 tracks · 66 artists

Gang Starr

4 tracks

Code of the Streets Lyrics
Full Clip Lyrics
Mass Appeal Lyrics
The Illest Brother Lyrics

Snoop Dogg

3 tracks

Hennesey N Buddah Lyrics
Still a G Thang Lyrics
That's That Shit Lyrics

Nas

3 tracks

Halftime Lyrics
Hip Hop Is Dead Lyrics
N.Y. State of Mind Lyrics

LL Cool J

3 tracks

4, 3, 2, 1 Lyrics
I Can’t Live Without My Radio Lyrics
Mama Said Knock You Out Lyrics

Collaborations

Frequent Collaborators

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

18 shared

2K Sports

2K Sports

10 shared

Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings

10 shared

Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment

9 shared

NOW That’s What I Call Music!

NOW That’s What I Call Music!

8 shared

EMI Blackwood Music

EMI Blackwood Music

7 shared

EMI Music Publishing

EMI Music Publishing

7 shared

Columbia Records

Columbia Records

7 shared

Artists

Associated Artists

Gang Starr

4 tracks

Ice Cube

Ice Cube

3 tracks

Public Enemy

Public Enemy

3 tracks

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

3 tracks

NAS

NAS

3 tracks

LL Cool J

3 tracks

EPMD

EPMD

3 tracks

Eric B. & Rakim

Eric B. & Rakim

3 tracks

N.W.A

N.W.A

3 tracks

Redman

2 tracks

3rd Bass

2 tracks

Common

2 tracks

The Roots

2 tracks

Rick Ross

2 tracks

Method Man

2 tracks

Just-Ice (Rap)

1 track

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

1 track

M.O.P.

M.O.P.

1 track

The Notorious B.I.G.

1 track

Drake

Drake

1 track

Discography

Albums

Illmatic XX

Illmatic XX

Nas

2014

Yeezus

Yeezus

Kanye West

2013

Nothing Was the Same

Nothing Was the Same

Drake

2013

Goblin

Goblin

Tyler The Creator

2011

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

50 Cent

2003

Lord Willin’

Lord Willin’

Clipse

2002

Stankonia

Stankonia

OutKast

2000

Liquid Swords

Liquid Swords

GZA

1995

Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)

Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

1993

Scorpion

Scorpion

Eve

How High: The Soundtrack

How High: The Soundtrack

Saukrates

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…

Raekwon

Do You Want More?!!!??!

Do You Want More?!!!??!

The Roots

N.W.A. Greatest Hits

N.W.A. Greatest Hits

N.W.A

Hip Hop Basics Vol. 2 : Golden Years (Ep.1) 1989-1992

Hip Hop Basics Vol. 2 : Golden Years (Ep.1) 1989-1992

3rd Bass

Enta da Stage

Enta da Stage

Black Moon

The Mix Tape Volume III: 60 Minutes of Funk, The Final Chapter

The Mix Tape Volume III: 60 Minutes of Funk, The Final Chapter

Funkmaster Flex

Hip Hop Basics Vol. 1 : The Early Years 1979-1988

Hip Hop Basics Vol. 1 : The Early Years 1979-1988

N.W.A

The Shining

The Shining

J Dilla

Daily Operation

Daily Operation

Gang Starr

Out of Business

Out of Business

EPMD

Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde

Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde

The Pharcyde

Whut? Thee Album

Whut? Thee Album

Redman

Kool & Deadly (Justicizms)

Kool & Deadly (Justicizms)

Just-Ice (Rap)

8 Mile

8 Mile

Gang Starr

The Essential Cypress Hill

The Essential Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill

One For All

One For All

Brand Nubian

Blah Blah Blah

Blah Blah Blah

Blahzay Blahzay

Honest (Deluxe)

Honest (Deluxe)

Future

Livin’ Like Hustlers

Livin’ Like Hustlers

Above the Law

The Message

The Message

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

Slick Rick

SlaughtaHouse

SlaughtaHouse

Masta Ace Incorporated

The Platform

The Platform

Dilated Peoples

Black on Both Sides

Black on Both Sides

Yasiin Bey

Port of Miami

Port of Miami

Rick Ross

Radio

Radio

LL COOL J

Teflon Don

Teflon Don

Rick Ross

AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted

AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted

Ice Cube

Soul Food

Soul Food

Goodie Mob

Long Live the Kane

Long Live the Kane

Big Daddy Kane

Hard Or Smooth

Hard Or Smooth

Wreckx-N-Effect

The 18th Letter

The 18th Letter

Rakim

Criminal Minded

Criminal Minded

Boogie Down Productions

Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr

Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr

Gang Starr

Tha Blue Carpet Treatment

Tha Blue Carpet Treatment

Snoop Dogg

Licensed to Ill

Licensed to Ill

Beastie Boys

Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A

Warriorz

Warriorz

M.O.P.

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

Most Popular

Top Tracks

Lose Yourself

Eminem

Juicy

The Notorious B.I.G.

In Da Club

In Da Club

50 Cent

Started From the Bottom

Started From the Bottom

Drake

Yonkers

Yonkers

Tyler The Creator

Black Skinhead

Black Skinhead

Kanye West

Fuck tha Police

N.W.A

C.R.E.A.M.

Wu-Tang Clan

N.Y. State of Mind

N.Y. State of Mind

Nas

Ms. Jackson

Ms. Jackson

OutKast

It Was a Good Day

It Was a Good Day

Ice Cube

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A