The Hip Hop Box

The Hip Hop Box is a four-disc compilation of hip hop tracks, spanning from Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" in 1979 to 50 Cent's "21 Questions" in 2003. The compilation has been criticized for song choice, but remains one of the most definitive collections in hip hop.^[3]

The Hip Hop Box
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	April 20, 2004
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Hip-O
Producer	Various

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blender	[2]

Track listing - disc one

#	Title	Artist	Producers	Original album
1	"Rapper's Delight"	Sugarhill Gang		Rapper's Delight 12"
2	"The Breaks"	Kurtis Blow		Kurtis Blow
3	"The Body Rock"	Treacherous Three		The Body Rock 12"
4	"Planet Rock"	Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force		Planet Rock 12"
5	"The Message"	Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five		The Message
6	"Sucker MC's"	Run-D.M.C.	Larry Smith, Russell Simmons, Rod Hui	Run-D.M.C.
7	"Roxanne, Roxanne"	UTFO		Roxanne Roxanne 12"
8	"Roxanne's Revenge"	Roxanne Shante	Marley Marl	Roxanne's Revenge 12"
9	"Push It"	Salt-N-Pepa		Hot, Cool and Vicious
10	"Freaky Tales"	Too Short	Todd Shaw	Born to Mack
11	"Wild Wild West"	Kool Moe Dee		How Ya Like Me Now

Track listing - disc two

#	Title	Artist	Producers	Original album
1	"Follow The Leader"	Eric B. & Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	Follow The Leader
2	"My Philosophy"	Boogie Down Productions	KRS-One	By All Means Necessary
3	"I'm Your Pusher"	Ice-T	Afrika Islam, Ice-T	Power
4	"Turn This Mutha Out"	MC Hammer		Let's Get It Started
5	"Fight the Power"	Public Enemy	The Bomb Squad	Do the Right Thing Soundtrack
6	"Me So Horny"	2 Live Crew		As Nasty As They Wanna Be
7	"Just A Friend"	Biz Markie	Biz Markie	The Biz Never Sleeps
8	"Buddy (song)"	De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, Monie Love	Prince Paul, De La Soul	3 Feet High and Rising
9	"The Gas Face"	3rd Bass, Zev Love X	Prince Paul	The Cactus Album (The Cee/Dee)
10	"I Left My Wallet In El Segundo"	A Tribe Called Quest	A Tribe Called Quest	People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
11	"Looking at the Front Door"	Main Source	Main Source	Breaking Atoms
12	"Treat 'Em Right"	Chubb Rock	Howie Tee	The One

Track listing - disc three

#	Title	Artist	Producers	Original album
1	"O.P.P."	Naughty by Nature	Naughty by Nature	Naughty by Nature
2	"Summertime"	DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince		Homebase
3	"Tonite"	DJ Quik	DJ Quik	Quik Is The Name
4	"The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)"	Black Sheep	Black Sheep	A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
5	"Tennessee"	Arrested Development	Speech	3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...
6	"They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"	Pete Rock & CL Smooth	Pete Rock & CL Smooth	Mecca and the Soul Brother
7	"Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"	Digable Planets	Butterfly	Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
8	"Passing Me By"	The Pharcyde	J-Sw!ft	Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
9	"Slam"	Onyx	Chyskillz	Bacdafucup
10	"U.N.I.T.Y."	Queen Latifah	Kay-Gee	Black Reign
11	"C.R.E.A.M."	Wu-Tang Clan	RZA	Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
12	"Regulate"	Warren G, Nate Dogg	Warren G	Regulate...G Funk Era
13	"Flava In Ya Ear"	Craig Mack	Easy Mo Bee	Project: Funk Da World
14	"I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"	Method Man, Mary J. Blige	Puff Daddy	Tical

Track listing - disc four

#	Title	Artist	Producers	Original album
1	"How High (Remix)"	Method Man, Redman	Erick Sermon	The Show (Original Soundtrack)
2	"Gettin' Money"	Junior M.A.F.I.A., The Notorious B.I.G.	EZ Elpee	Conspiracy
3	"Tha Crossroads"	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	DJ U-Neek	E 1999 Eternal
4	"Smile"	Scarface, 2Pac	Scarface, Mike Dean, Tone Capone	The Untouchable
5	"Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"	Busta Rhymes	Shamello	When Disaster Strikes
6	"Luv 2 Luv U"	Timbaland & Magoo	Timbaland	Welcome To Our World
7	"You Know My Steez"	Gang Starr	DJ Premier, Guru	Moment of Truth
8	"Get at Me Dog"	DMX, Sheek Louch	Dame Grease	It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
9	"Superthug"	N.O.R.E.	The Neptunes	N.O.R.E.
10	"You Got Me"	The Roots, Jill Scott	The Grand Wizzards	Things Fall Apart
11	"The Light (Remix)"	Common, Erykah Badu	Jay Dee	Bamboozled
12	"Until the End of Time"	2Pac	Johnny J	Until the End of Time
13	"21 Questions"	50 Cent, Nate Dogg	Dirty Swift	Get Rich or Die Tryin'
14	"The Next Episode"	Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg	Dr. Dre, Mel-Man	2001