For ideal listening conditions: download the playlist, insert into car, make sure the top is down or sunroof open, and turn up the volume…
Old hip-hop favorites by Lauryn Hill, De La Soul and Jurassic 5 mixed up with Cuban trio Orishas, the emerging Nigerian-German Nneka, and Brooklyn-based Citizen Cope.
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1. Concrete Schoolyard – JURASSIC 5
2. Dy-Na-Mi-Tee – MS. DYNAMITE
3. Represent – ORISHAS
4. Mr. Wendal – ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
5. Kangpe – NNEKA
6. Bluebird – ONE SELF
7. Pablo Picasso – CITIZEN COPE
8. Doo Wop (That Thing) – LAURYN HILL
9. Eye Know – DE LA SOUL
10. All Night Long – MARY JANE GIRLS
11. I Wish – SKEE-LO
12. Runnin’ – THE PHARCYDE
13. Ms. Jackson – OUTKAST
14. Thin Line – JURASSIC 5
15. Rebirth of the Slick (Cool Like Dat) – DIGABLE PLANETS
16. Strugglin’ – K’NAAN