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Sony Music Entertainment’s Certified To Release ‘Raised By Rap: 50 Years Of Hip Hop’ Compilation

June 12, 2023

Continuing an extensive celebration of Hip Hop’s 50TH birthday in 2023, Sony Music Entertainment (SME) and Certified proudly present a brand new commemorative double-LP vinyl entitled Raised By Rap: 50 Years of Hip Hop in stores on July 28, 2023.  It collates 25 of rap’s most definitive generational anthems on one body of work. Pre-order your copy HERE.

Raised By Rap is emblematic of Hip Hop history with hits from across all decades. The compilation showcases the legacy and footprint Sony Music Entertainment artists have had on the genre. Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock [“It Takes Two”] and RUN DMC [“It’s Tricky”] rep the eighties, while Wu-Tang Clan [“C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)”] and Nas [“NY State of Mind”] highlight the nineties. OutKast [“Ms. Jackson”] soundtracks the turn-of-the-century, and Lil Nas X [“Old Town Road” (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) (Remix)] and BIA [“Whole Lotta Money”] signal the genre’s future right now.

The compilation spans eras of Hip Hop and illustrates its constant evolution with careful curation and expansive scope unlike anything else in the culture right now.

See below for the full tracklisting.

Raised By Rap: 50 Years of Hip Hop Tracklisting

Disc 1, Side A

  1. “Genius Rap,” Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde
  2. “It’s Tricky,” RUN DMC
  3. “It Takes Two,” Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
  4. “Can I Kick It?” A Tribe Called Quest
  5. “Summertime” (Single Edit), DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
  6. “Funkdafied,” Da Brat

Disc 1, Side B

  1. “Insane in the Brain,” Cypress Hill
  2. “C.R.E.A.M.,” Wu-Tang Clan featuring Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, Buddha Monk
  3. “Shook Ones, Pt. II,” Mobb Deep
  4. “Ready or Not,” Fugees, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Pras
  5. “N.Y. State of Mind,” Nas
  6. “Watch Out Now,” The Beatnuts featuring Yellaklaw

Disc 2, Side A

  1. “Ms. Jackson,” Outkast
  2. “Grindin’,” Clipse
  3. “Hip-Hop,” dead prez
  4. “Poppin’ My Collar,” Three 6 Mafia
  5. “Blow the Whistle,” Too $hort
  6. “Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You),” UGK (Underground Kingz) featuring Outkast

Disc 2, Side B

  1. “goosebumps,” Travis Scott
  2. “a lot,” 21 Savage
  3. “Streets,” Doja Cat
  4. “Mask Off,” Future
  5. “Praise The Lord (Da Shine),” A$AP Rocky featuring Skepta
  6. “Old Town Road” (Remix), Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
  7. “WHOLE LOTTA MONEY,” BIA
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