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01. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are… (1998)
Age: Hi-Tek (22), Mos Def (24), Talib Kweli (22)
Genre: East Coast/Conscious Hip Hop
Song to Get You In: “Respiration f/ Common”
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02. Kendrick Lamar - to Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Age: 27
Genre: Conscious Hip Hop/Jazz Rap
Song to Get You In: “King Kunta”
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04. Nas - Illmatic (1994)
Age: 20
Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop/Conscious Hip Hop
Song to Get You In: “Represent”
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05. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)
Age: Ali Shaheed Muhammad (23), Phife Dawg (22), Q-Tip (23)
Genre: East Coast/Jazz Rap
Song to Get You In: “Steve Biko (Stir It Up)”
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06. A Tribe Called Quest - the Low End Theory (1991)
Age: Ali Shaheed Muhammad (21), Phife Dawg (20), Q-Tip (21)
Genre: East Coast/Jazz Rap
Song to Get You In: “Excursions”
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07. the Roots - Things Fall Apart (1999)
Age: Black Thought (26), ?uestlove (28)
Genre: East Coast/Conscious Hip Hop
Song to Get You In: “Without a Doubt”
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08. Cannibal Ox - the Cold Vein (2001)
Age: El-P (26), Vast Aire (23), Vordul Mega (22)
Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop/Abstract Hip Hop
Song to Get You In: “Stress Rap”
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09. Kanye West - the College Dropout (2004)
Age: 26
Genre: Pop Rap/Conscious HIp Hop
Song to Get You In: “All Falls Down”
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10. Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green… Is the Soul Machine (2004)
Age: 29
Genre: Southern/Abstract Hip Hop
Song to Get You In: “Glockapella”
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11. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
Age: Ghostface Killah (23), GZA/Genius (27), Inspectah Deck (23), Masta Killa (24), Method Man (22), Ol’ Dirty Bastard (24), Raekwon (23), RZA (24), U-God (23)
Genre: East Coast/Hardcore Hip Hop
Song to Get You In: “Shame on a Nigga”
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12. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
Age: 25
Genre: West Coast/Conscious Hip Hop
Song to Get You In: “Sing About Me/I’m Dying of Thirst”
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13. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing… (1996)
Age: 24
Genre: instrumental Hip Hop/Turntabalism
Song to Get You In: “Building Steam with a Grain of Salt”
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14. Binary Star - Masters of the Universe (2000)
Age: One Be Lo (23), Senim Silla (23)
Genre: Conscious Hip Hop/Boom Bap
Song to Get You In: “Slang Blade”
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15. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal (1995)
Age: Bizzy Bone (18), Flesh-n-Bone (21), Krayzie Bone (22), Layzie Bone (17), Wish Bone (20)
Genre: Hardcore Hip Hop/G-Funk
Song to Get You In: “Crept and We Came”
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16. Big K.R.I.T. - ReturnOf4Eva (2011)
Age: 24
Genre: Southern/Conscious Hip Hop
Song to Get You In: “the Vent”
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17. Why? - Alopecia (2008)
Age: Josiah Wolf (31), Yoni Wolf (28)
Genre: Indie Pop/Abstract Hip Hop
Song to Get You In: “The Fall of Mr. Fifths”
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18. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides (1999)
Age: 25
Genre: East Coast/Conscious Hip Hop
Song to Get You In: “Mathematics”
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19. Artifacts - Between a Rock and a Hard Place (1994)
Age: El da Sensei (22), Tame One (24)
Genre: East Coast/Jazz Rap
Song to Get You In: “Flexi with da Tech(nique)”
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20. A Tribe Called Quest - People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
Age: Ali Shaheed Muhammad (19), Jarobi (18), Phife Dawg (19), Q-Tip (19)
Genre: East Coast/Jazz Rap
Song to Get You In: “Can I Kick It?”
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21. GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords (1995)
Age: 29
Genre: East Coast/Hardcore HIp Hop
Song to Get You In: “I Gotcha Back”
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23. Nelly - Country Grammar (2000)
Age: 25
Genre: Dirty South/Pop Rap
Song to Get You In: “St. Louie”
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24. the Roots - Game Theory (2006)
Age: Black Thought (33), ?uestlove (35)
Genre: East Coast/Conscious Hip Hop
Song to Get You In: “Bread & Butter”
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25. Shad - the Old Prince (2007)
Age: 25
Genre: Conscious Hip Hop/Boom Bap
Song to Get You In: “The Old Prince Still Lives at Home”
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