#TBT – The Rub – Hip-Hop History 1999

TBT this week as we go into Rub Saturday and we look back to our Hip-History Mix from 1999. Real question here: Is there a year in the last 20 years of hip-hop that had as many forever anthems drop than ’99? This mix is loaded with so many of them from start to finish from the likes of Nas, Mobb Deep, DMX, Dr. Dre, Trick Daddy, Juvenile, Hot Boys, The Beatnuts, Jay-Z, Nelly, Q-Tip, Black Rob and this list goes on when you dive into that next level of more “conscious” bangers with Dead Prez, Mos Def, Gang Starr, Common, The Roots, Slum Village, Lootpack, Handsome Boy Modeling School, MF Doom, etc all bringing massive heatrocks that you still hear out in clubs (if you go support dope djs that is). Like 1999 may not be the best year ever for hip-hop, but it might be the most important ever for DJ weaponry. Revisit this mix and keep a tally how many anthems from ’99 get dropped this Saturday at The Bell House.

Tracklist:

Youngbloodz “85″ feat. Big Boi
DJ DMD “25 Lighters” feat. Lil’ Keke & Fat Pat
Cool Breeze “Cre-A-Tine” (I Got People)
Mac Mall “Pussy Whipped”
Missy Elliott “Hot Boyz”
Nelly “Country Grammar (Hot Shit)”
DMX “What These Bitches Want” feat. Sisqo
Nas “NY State Of Mind, Pt. II”
Gang Starr “All 4 Tha $”
Thirstin Howl III “Brooklyn Hard Rock” feat. Unique London
Eminem “My Name Is”
Dr. Dre “XXPlosive” feat. Devin The Dude & Nate Dogg
Jay-Z “Snoopy Track” feat. Juvenile
Black Rob “Whoa”
Common “1-9-9-9″ feat. Sadat X & Talib Kweli
Common “Car Horn”
Method Man “Break Ups 2 Make Ups” feat. D’Angelo
Quasimoto “Microphone Mathematics”
Goodie Mob “Chain Swang”
Mos Def “Ms. Fat Booty”
Choclair “Flagrant”
Noreaga “Cocaine Business (Hysteria)” feat. Kelis
Rahzel “All I Know”
Geto Boys “Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster”
E-40 “Earl, That’s Your Life”
Eve “Gotta Man”
C-Murder “Down For My Niggas” feat. Snoop Dogg
Juvenile “Ha” (Remix feat. Jay-Z)
Eminem “Guilty Conscience” feat. Dr. Dre
Pharoahe Monch “Simon Says”
Tear Da Club Up Thugs “Hypnotize Cash Money”
Ja Rule “Holla Holla”
Jay-Z “Girls Best Friend”
Naughty By Nature “Jamboree” feat. Zhané
Common “Dooinit”
The Roots “Act Too… The Love Of My Life” feat. Common
Jay-Z “So Ghetto”
Grand Agent “Mingling (With Mayhem)”
Beanie Sigal “What A Thug About”
Mos Def “Mathematics”
Jurassic 5 “Without A Doubt”
The Beatnuts “Muchachacha”
Snoop Dogg “Bitch Please” feat. Xzibit
Gang Starr “Full Clip”
Nas “Nas Is Like”
Natural Elements “Two Tons”
Q-Tip “Let’s Ride”
Screwball “F.A.Y.B.A.N.”
U-God “Bizarre”
The Roots “You Got Me” (Remix)
Dr. Dre “The Next Episode” feat. Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg
Hobo Junction “Greenlite Monks”
Hot Boys “I Need A Hot Girl” feat. Big Tymers
Tash “Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy”
GZA “Breaker, Breaker”
50 Cent “How To Rob An Industry Nigga”
B.G. “Bling Bling”
Whoridas “Do Or De” feat. Yukmouth
Dr. Dre “The Watcher”
Phat Kat “Don’t Nobody Care About Us”
Slum Village “Get This Money”
Lootpack “Whenimondamic”
MF Doom “Doomsday”
Handsome Boy Modeling School “Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)” feat. DJ Shadow & DJ Quest
Q-Tip “Breathe And Stop”
Mobb Deep “Quiet Storm”
Mobb Deep “Quiet Storm” (Remix feat. Lil’ Kim)
Method Man & Redman “Da Rockwilder”
DMX “Party Up”
The Beatnuts “Watch Out Now”
Slick Rick “Street Talkin’” feat. Outkast
Lyrics Born “I Changed My Mind” (Stereo MCs Rattlesnake Remix)
Ol’ Dirty Bastard “Got Your Money” feat. Kelis
Prince Paul “More Than You Know” feat. De La Soul
Wu-Tang Clan “Protect Ya Neck (The Jumpoff)”
Redman “Da Goodness” feat. Method Man
Mos Def “Umi Says”
Busta Rhymes “What’s It Gonna Be!?” feat. Janet Jackson
Dr. Dre “Forgot About Dre” feat. Eminem
Jay-Z “Big Pimpin’” feat. UGK
Ruff Ryders “Down Bottom” feat. Drag-On
Trick Daddy “Nann Nigga” feat. Trina
dead prez “Hip-Hop”