The definitive guide to rapping, in the words of over 100 of the greatest MCs of all time. Also includes the first ever notational system for rap's "flow".
The following are links where you can hear all the specific tracks mentioned in How to Rap:
pg. xi - Jaz-O featuring Jay-Z - Hawaiian Sophie
pg. xi - Stetsasonic - Talkin’ All That Jazz
pg. 9 - Boogie Down
Productions (KRS-One) - Poetry
pg. 15 - Cannibal Ox - The F-Word
pg. 20 - Black Eyed Peas - My Humps, Where Is the Love
pg. 21 - Nelly - Hot in Herre, Shake Ya Tailfeather, Party People
pg. 24 - Pharoahe Monch (Organized Konfusion) - Who Stole My Last
Piece of Chicken?,
Fudge Pudge, My Life, Oh No, Agent Orange, Hypnotical Gases, Rape, Trilogy
pg. 26 - Eric B. & Rakim - No Omega
pg. 30 - Lil Wayne - Dr. Carter
pg. 30 - Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics
pg. 30 - Papoose - Alphabetical Slaughter
pg. 30 - Nas - Rewind
pg. 32-33 - Lateef (Latyrx) - Storm Warning
pg. 33 - Wordsworth - Trust
pg. 34 - Slick Rick - Indian Girl, La Di Da Di
pg. 35 - Kool G Rap - A Thug’s Love Story
pg. 37 - Schoolly D - Saturday Night
pg. 38 - Pharcyde - Ya Mama
pg. 38 - Eminem - Rain Man
pg. 39 - Slick Rick - Indian Girl
pg. 39 - 50 Cent - Window Shopper
pg. 43 - GZA featuring Killah Priest, Ghostface Killah, RZA - 4th Chamber
pg. 44 - Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks on Me
pg. 45 - Blackalicious - Clockwork
pg. 45 - Chino XL - No Complex
pg. 45 - Masta Ace - Acknowledge
pg. 45 - M.O.P. - Cold as Ice
pg. 46 - Blackalicious - Clockwork
pg. 46 - Master P - Hot Boys and Girls
pg. 46-47 - Jedi Mind Tricks - Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story
pg. 47 - 2Pac - Me and My Girlfriend
pg. 49 - E-40 - Tell Me When to Go
pg. 49 - N.O.R.E. - Oh No
pg. 49 - Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like It’s Hot
pg. 56 - R.A. the Rugged Man - Black and White
pg. 56-57 - De La Soul featuring Pharoahe Monch - Ghost Weed #1
pg. 58 - Heltah Skeltah, Canibus, Ras Kass - Uni-4-Orm
pg. 65 - Jay-Z - Money, Cash, Hoes
pg. 66 - Kool G Rap - Men at Work, Road to the Riches
pg. 68-73 - Pharcyde - Drop
pg. 75 - N.O.R.E. - Superthug
pg. 75 - Blackalicious - One of a Kind
pg. 79 - Clipse - Keys Open Doors
pg. 79 - O.C. - Time’s Up
pg. 83 - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Melle Mel) - The Message
pg. 84 - Madvillain - America’s Most Blunted
pg. 85 - Eminem - Lose Yourself
pg. 86 - Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg - Dre Day
pg. 87 - Kool G Rap - A Thug’s Love Story
pg. 87 - Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph
pg. 89 - Lady of Rage - Unfucwitable
pg. 90 - Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg - Nuthin’ but a G Thang
pg. 91 - Jay-Z - 22 Twos
pg. 97 - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Melle Mel) - The Message
pg. 97 - Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B. Is President
pg. 99 - Beastie Boys - Shadrach
pg. 100 - The Game - Put You on the Game
pg. 101 - Public Enemy - Bring the Noise
pg. 101 - KRS-One - MCs Act Like They Don’t Know
pg. 101 - Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says
pg. 103 - Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
pg. 103 - Sway & King Tech - The Anthem
pg. 103-104 - Outkast featuring B-Real - Xplosion
pg. 104-105 - Run DMC - Sucker MCs
pg. 105 - Frankie Cutlass featuring Kool G Rap, Mobb
Deep, M.O.P. - Know Da Game
pg. 107 - LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio
pg. 107 - Eminem - Yellow Brick Road
pg. 107-108 - Wu-Tang Clan - Shame on a Nigga
pg. 108 - Nas - N.Y. State of Mind
pg. 108-109 - Notorious
B.I.G. - Ready to Die
pg. 110 - Redman - Rated R, Green Island, Redman Meets Reggie Noble, Tonight’s Da Night Remix
pg. 116 - 117 - Pharcyde - Drop
pg. 119-120 - Gift of Gab - Rat Race
pg. 120 - Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
pg. 120 - D12 (Eminem) - Git Up
pg. 120 - Tech N9ne - Killer
pg. 121 - Big Daddy Kane - Set It Off
pg. 122-123 - Das EFX - Mic Checka
pg. 124 - Tech N9ne - Welcome to the Midwest, Be Warned
pg. 124 - Twista - Mista Tung Twista
pg. 126 - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Melle Mel) - The Message
pg. 127 - Blackalicious (Gift of Gab) - Swan Lake
pg. 129 - Jay-Z - 22 Twos
pg. 129 - Slick Rick - I Own America
pg. 129 - Eminem - Yellow Brick Road
pg. 129 - Lady of Rage - Get with Da Wickedness (Flow Like That)
pg. 129 - Mystikal - Danger, Shake Ya Ass
pg. 130 - Wu-Tang Clan (GZA) - Clan in Da Front
pg. 130 - 2Pac - Dear Mama
pg. 136 - Ill Bill - The Anatomy of a School Shooting
pg. 137-138 - Jedi Mind Tricks - Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story
pg. 138 - Blackalicious (Gift of Gab) - Chemical Calisthenics
pg. 158 - Immortal Technique - Bin Laden, You Never Know, Dance with the Devil, Caught in the Hustle
pg. 158 - 50 Cent - In Da Club
pg. 158 - Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain, Rock Superstar, Dr Greenthumb
pg. 159 - Tech N9ne - The Rain
pg. 159 - Schoolly D - Aqua Teen Hunger Force theme song
pg. 159 - Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think
pg. 160 - O.C. - Time’s Up
pg. 160 - Pharoahe Monch (Organized Konfusion) - Thirteen
pg. 162-163 - MC Serch (3rd Bass) - Pop Goes the Weasel, Daily Commute, Steppin’ to
the AM, Wordz of Wisdom, Back to the Grill
pg. 168 - A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions
pg. 169 - Digital Underground featuring 2Pac - Same Song
pg. 169 - Digital Underground - Kiss You Back
pg. 169 - 2Pac featuring Digital Underground - I Get Around
pg. 171 - Schoolly D - Gangsta Boogie
pg. 171 - The Game - Compton
pg. 171-172 - Digital Underground - Humpty Dance, Freaks of the Industry, Doowutchyalike
pg. 173 - Killah Priest - Heavy Mental
pg. 175 - Dilated Peoples - Worst Comes to Worst
pg. 176 - Lady of Rage - Unfucwitable
pg. 186-187 - Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph
pg. 188 - Dead Prez - D.O.W.N.
pg. 188 - Jay-Z - Hardknock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
pg. 188 - Ludacris - Get Back
pg. 188 - Nas - One Love
pg. 189 - Eric B. & Rakim - No Omega
pg. 189 - Slick Rick - Children’s Story
pg. 189 - Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
pg. 190 - Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says
pg. 192 - Big Noyd - Things Done Changed
pg. 192 - People Under the Stairs - Acid Raindrops
pg. 193 - C-Murder featuring Akon - One False Move
pg. 198 - Clipse - Grindin
pg. 205 - Das EFX - They Want EFX
pg. 205 - Black Eyed Peas - Where Is the Love
pg. 205 - Twista featuring Kanye West and
Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz
pg. 206 - Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
pg. 206 - Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says
pg. 206 - LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio
pg. 206-207 - Twista - Overnight Celebrity, Girl Tonite
pg. 207 - Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain, Rock Superstar
pg. 207-208 - Devin the Dude featuring Snoop Dogg and Andre
3000 - What a Job
pg. 208 - Dilated Peoples - Worst Comes to Worst
pg. 208-209 - O.C. - Time’s Up
pg. 212 -
2Pac featuring Digital Underground - I Get Around
pg. 212 - 2Pac - So Many Tears
pg. 212-213 - Digital Underground - Humpty Dance, Doowutchyalike
pg. 213 - Digital Underground featuring 2Pac - Same Song
pg. 215 - Pharcyde - Officer, Ya Mama
pg. 216 - Brand Nubian - Slow Down
pg. 218 - Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
pg. 218-219 - Latyrx - Latyrx
pg. 221 - A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario
pg. 221 - Marley Marl - The Symphony
pg. 221 -
Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph
pg. 221 - The Game - One Blood (Remix)
pg. 221 -
Sway & King Tech - The Anthem
pg. 223 - Eminem featuring Bobby Creekwater,
Obie Trice, Stat Quo, Cashis - We’re Back
pg. 225 - UGK featuring Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap - Next Up
pg. 229 - Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride
pg. 230-231 - 2Pac featuring Digital Underground - I Get Around
pg. 233 - Sheek Louch - Good Love
pg. 236 - Twista - Overnight Celebrity, Lavish
pg. 240 - Boogie Down
Productions (KRS-One) - Breath Control, Breath Control II
pg. 240-241 - Papoose - Alphabetical Slaughter
pg. 249 - UGK - Murder
pg. 250 - Kool Moe Dee - Wild, Wild West
pg. 251 - Arrested Development - Tennessee
pg. 252 - Arrested Development - Raining Revolution
pg. 253 - Slick Rick - Hey Young World
pg. 254 - Yukmouth - Puffin Lah
pg. 255 - John Coltrane - Africa (1/2), Africa (2/2)
pg. 256 - Pharoahe Monch (Organized Konfusion) - Hypnotical Gases, Prisoners of War, Who Stole My Last
Piece of Chicken?, Simon Says, Behind Closed Doors, Desire
pg. 272 - Tech N9ne - Einstein
pg. 283 - Onyx - Throw Ya Gunz, Slam
pg. 290 - Kool G Rap - Men at Work
pg. 290 - The Roots - Men at Work (Kool G Rap cover)
pg. 279 - Onyx - Slam
pg. 303 - Schoolly D - Gucci Time, PSK, Saturday Night
pg. 309 - R.A. the Rugged Man featuring J-Live - Give
It Up
pg. 309 - Jedi Mind Tricks - Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story
pg. 316 - AMG - Bitch Betta Have My Money, Tha Booty Up,
pg. 316 - The Fixxers (AMG and DJ Quik) -
Can U Werk Wit Dat
pg. 316 - Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain, Dr Greenthumb, Rap Superstar
pg. 320 - David Banner - Play, 9mm
pg. 320 - Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
pg. 321 - E-40 - Tell Me When to Go, U and Dat
pg. 322 - Onyx - Slam
pg. 324 - Killah Priest - B.I.B.L.E.
pg. 324 - Chemical Brothers featuring K-Os - Get Yourself High
pg. 324 - Fatboy Slim featuring Lateef - That Old Pair of Jeans, Wonderful Night
pg. 325 - Mighty Casey - White Girls
pg. 327 - Clipse - Grindin
pg. 328 - Justin Timberlake featuring Clipse - Like I Love You
pg. 328 - Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear Remix
pg. 328 - Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check
pg. 328 - Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride
pg. 328 - Terror Squad - Lean Back
pg. 329 - Schoolly D - PSK, Gucci Time, Saturday Night, Aqua Teen Hunger Force theme song
pg. 330 - Arrested Development - Tennessee
pg. 331 - Slum Village featuring Kanye West and John Legend - Selfish
pg. 332 - Twista - Slow Jamz, Girl Tonite, Overnight Celebrity
pg. 333 - Black Eyed Peas - Where Is the Love, Yes We Can
pg. 333 - Luniz - I Got 5
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