Wondered if anyone could tell me the best Hip Hop songs to play, as am increasingly being asked by the younger generation and being a child of 70's music need a bit of help...

mmm I take it you are after commerical hip hop.... considering its for younger kids and there verison of hip hop is distorted.

Remember I'm Aussie, so some of theses tracks might not work.

Missy Elliot - Pass Tha Dutch
Missy Elliot - lose Control
Nitty - Nasty Girl/ Hey Bitty
Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha
Will Smith - Switch
Pras - Ghetto Supastar
Fatman Scoop - Takes Two/Be Faithful
Snoog Dogg - Signs
Snoop Dogg - Beauitful
Nelly - Hot In Here
Outkast - Hey Ya
J-Kwon - Tipsy

This will give you somewhere to start........

For some older Hip Hop - take a look at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...1834887-9495856

Good way of getting into it to begin with.

All the best, Chris.

My Great Aunt has had one................

Ludacris - Stand Up
Ludacris - What's Your Fantasy
50 Cent - Disco Infernon
50 Cent - Just A Lil' Bit
50 Cent - In Da Club
LL Cool J - Doin' It
2 Pac - California Love
Dr Dre - Next Episode
Eminem - Ass Like That
D12 - Purple Hills
Jay Z - 99 Problems
Notorious B.I.G - Notorious
Salt N Pepa - Push It
Ice Cube Feat Mack - You Can Do It
Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful
Twista - Hope
Twista - Sunshine
Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like Its hOt
The Game - How We Do


Please note there is a fine line between RnB and Hip Hop so be sure of what your client wants, ask for a couple of artists they want, as you might get someone wanting HIP Hop which in their eyes is AKON, Gorillaz etc.

I'd always thought that "hip hop" was the term used to describe a particular urban culture, but a term which has more recently been used musically as a generic name for grouping together R'n'B, rapping, MC'ing and even scratching/turntablism, as well as the older breakdancing tunes eg: Olly & Jerry (No, they didn't go on to make dozens of different flavoured ice creams).

Certainly the suggestions already made above should keep the average pre-adult happy for a while - as would many other artists who can "sing angry", swear and look stroppy for the camera.