The Smithsonian has announced a nine-record set of rap music to document the genre and celebrate hip-hop culture.

The world’s largest museum, education and research complex, the Smithsonian Institution, and its label Smithsonian’s Folkway Records compiled the anthology with the help of a committee including Chuck D and MC Lyte, Questlove and alumni Def Jam leaders Bill Adler and Bill Stephney.

Released on August 20, the 129 titles of the collection cover the history of rap, from pioneers including Grandmaster Flash to practitioners of the “golden age” of the genre (2Pac, The Notorious BIG and more) and to contemporary stars such as Nicki Minaj and Kanye West.

As Consequence of sound reports, the box set is a collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and also comes with “a 300-page book containing essays from hip-hop figures, writers and critics, as well as sleeve notes and hundreds of photographs. documenting decades of hip-hop history ”.

Tracklist of “The Smithsonian Anthology Of Hip-Hop And Rap”:

Disc 1
01. Fatback – ‘King Tim III’
02. Sugarhill Gang – “Rapper’s delight”
03. The sequence – ‘Funk You Up’
04. Kurtis Blow – “The breaks”
05. Funky Four +1 – “It’s the joint”
06. Spoonie Gee feat. The sequence – ‘Monster Jam’
07. Treacherous Three – “The Body Rock”
08. Blondie – ‘Abduction’
09. Grandmaster Flash – “The adventures of Grandmaster Flash on steel wheels”
10. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force – “Planet Rock”

Disc 2
01. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – “The Message”
02. The Fearless Four – “Rockin It”
03. Cold Crush Brothers – ‘Punk Rock Rap’
04. Herbie Hancock – “Rockit”
05. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force – “In search of the perfect rhythm”
06. Run-DMC – “It’s like that”
07. Whodini – “Friends”
08. Cold Crush Brothers – “Fresh, Flying, Wild and Daring”
09. T. La Rock – “It’s yours”
10. The World’s Famous Supreme Team – “Hey! DJ ‘
11. Newcleus – ‘Jam On It’
12. UTFO – “Roxanne, Roxanne”

Disc 3
01. Roxanne Shanté – “Roxanne’s revenge”
02. Fat Boys – “Fat Boys”
03. Doug E. Fresh & MC Ricky D – “La Di Da Di”
04. LL Cool J – “I can’t live without my radio”
05. School D – “PSK What does that mean? “
06. Run the DMC exploit. Aerosmith – “Walk This Way”
07. Beastie Boys – ‘Paul Revere’
08. Ultramagnetic MC’s – ‘Ego Tripping’
09. Ice-T – ‘6’ N The Mornin ”
10. Kool Moe Dee – “How do you love me now”
11. LL Cool J – “I need love”
12. Eric B feat. Rakim – “Eric B is president”
13. Mantronix – “the king of rhythms”

Disc 4
01. The feat of Stetsasonic. Reverend Jesse Jackson and Olatunji – “AFRICA”
02. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “Parents just don’t get it”
03. Audio Two – ‘Top Billin’ ‘
04. MC Lyte – “Lyte like a rock”
05. Big Daddy Kane – “Raw”
06. Marley Marl feat. Master Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane – “The Symphony”
07. MC Lyte – “I’m preparing to understand you (Sam)”
08. Tone Lōc – “Wild Thing”
09. Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock – “It takes two”
10. Jungle Brothers – “I’ll host you”
11. NWA – “Fuck Tha Police”
12. Public enemy – “Fighting power”
13. The Stop Violence movement – “self-destruction”
14. Too short – “Life is … too short”
15. Slick Rick – “Children’s story”
16. 3rd bass – “The Gas Face”

Disc 5
01. Reine Latifah feat. Monie Love – “Women First”
02. Public enemy – “Bring the noise”
03. De La Soul – ‘Myself and me’
04. Biz Markie – “Just a friend”
05. The DOC – “It’s pretty funky”
06. 2 Live Crew – ‘Me So Horny’
07. Digital Underground – ‘The Humpty Dance’
08. MC Hammer – “You can’t touch that”
09. Vanilla ice cream – ‘Ice Ice Baby’
10. Nubian brand – “All for one”
11. Geto Boys – “The mind plays tricks on me”
12. A tribe called quest – “Scenario”
13. Black Sheep – “The choice is yours”
14. Salt-N-Pepa – “Let’s talk about sex”
15. Yo-Yo feat. Ice-Cube – “I can’t play with my yo-yo”
16. Naughty by nature – “OPP”

Disc 6
01. Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg – ‘Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang ‘
02. Ice Cube – “It was a good day”
03. Sir Mix-A-Lot – “The baby is back”
04. Development stopped – “Tennessee”
05. Digable Planets – ‘Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)’
06. House of Pain – ‘Sauter’
07. Positive K – “I have a man”
08. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – “They remember you (TROY)”
09. UGK – “A pocket full of stones”
10. Wu-Tang Clan – ‘CREAM’
11. Cypress Hill – “Insane In The Brain”
12. Le Pharcyde – ‘Passin’ Me By ‘
13. Eightball & MJG – “Comin Out Hard”
14. Common sense – “I loved her before”
15. Da Brat – “Funkdafié”
16. Nas – “New York State of Mind”
17. Craig Mack’s achievement. The Notorious BIG, Rampage, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes – “Flava In Your Ear”

Disc 7
01. Beastie Boys – “Sabotage”
02. The Notorious BIG – ‘Juicy’
03. Gang Starr’s achievement. Nice and smooth – ‘DWYCK’
04. The feat of Warren G. Nate Dogg – ‘Regulate’
05. Snoop Doggy Dogg – “Murder was the deal”
06. E-40 feat. Suga T – “Water me”
07. Goodie Mob – “Cell therapy”
08. Coolio feat. LV – ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’
09. 2Pac – ‘Dear mom’
10. Mobb Deep – S’hook Ones, Part 2 ′
11. The feat of Method Man. Mary J. Blige – “I’ll be there for you / You are all I need to get by”
12. The feat of Foxy Brown. Jay-Z – “I will be”
13. Lil Kim feat. Puff Daddy – ‘No time’
14. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – ‘Tha Crossroads’
15. The feat of the Wu-Tang clan. Cappadonna – ‘Triumph’
16. Busta Rhymes – “Put your hands where my eyes could see”
17. Master P feat. Silkk The Shocker, Mia X, Fiend – “Make them say Uhh!” “

Disc 8
01. Missy Elliot – “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”
02. Lauryn Hill – ‘Doo Wop (that thing)’
03. DMX – “Ruff Ryders Anthem”
04. The roots – “The next move”
05. Mos Def – ‘Mathematics’
06. BG – “Bling Bling”
07. dead prez – ‘Hip Hop’
08. Eminem’s feat. Dido – ‘Stan’
09. OutKast – ‘Ms. Jackson ‘
10. Nelly – Country Grammar (Hot Shit) ‘
11. The feat of Ludacris. Pharrell – “Southern hospitality”
12. Nas – “A microphone”
13. 50 cents – “In Da Club”
14. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz feat. Ying Yang Twins – ‘Get Low’

Disc 9
01. Talib Kweli – ‘Black Girl Pain’
02. Kanye West – “Jesus walks”
03. Three 6 Mafia feat. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG – ‘Stay Fly’
04. Rick Ross – ‘Hustlin’ ‘
05. Lupe Fiasco feat. Nikki Jean – “Hip-Hop Saved My Life”
06. Young Jezzy feat. Nas – “My president”
07. The feat of David Banner. Chris Brown & Yung Joc – “Like Me”
08. Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke – “Tie My Hands”
09. Jay Electronica – “Room C”
10. Nicki Minaj – “Super bass”
11. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – ‘Thrift Shop’
12. J Cole feat. TLC – “Twisted smile”
13. Kanye West – “Blood on the leaves”
14. Drake – “Started from the bottom”

“The Smithsonian Anthology Of Hip-Hop And Rap” tracklist is the third in a series of anthologies by Smithsonian Folkways aimed at defining particular eras of music “of, by, and for the people”, after collections similar devoted to the history of American folk. music and jazz.

Pre-orders are available here.