20 Hip-Hop Songs That Helped Make Me The Person I Am Today

For a while now, Hip-Hop has grown to become my all-time favorite music genre. Hip-Hop has always been an important factor in my childhood. I remember growing up listening to Lauryn Hill, Nas, Kanye West, Missy Elliot and many more artists, and feeling a sense of pride every time I heard the melodies and voices that comprised of the Hip-Hop community in the late 90’s and the early to mid 2000’s.

Hip-Hop, like any other genre, evolves and meets new sounds, faces, voices, and messages, and I have to thank Hip-Hop for being a consistent factor in my upbringing and for playing an essential role in the person who I claim to be today.

I have decided to compile a small playlist of some of my favorite Hip-Hop songs from the 90’s into the early to mid 2000’s. Some of these songs you may know and some of them you may not know, either way, If you are reading this, I genuinely urge you to take a listen to all of these songs. Each song holds a place in my heart, hence its placement on my “Favorite Hip-Hop Songs Playlist”.

I hope that you take a listen and that you enjoy the songs!

1. Lost Ones- Lauryn Hill

2. Juicy by Notorious B.I.G.

3. Doo Wop (That Thing)

4. Jesus Walks- Kanye West

5. Ex-Factor- Lauryn Hill

6. We Run This- Missy Elliot

7. C.R.E.A.M.- Wu-Tang Clan

8. Dance With Me- 112

9. Pass the Courvoisier, Part II- Busta Rhymes

10. New Workout Plan- Kanye West

11. I Can- Nas

12. Mo Money Mo Problems- P. Diddy

13. Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You- Lauryn Hill

14. You Can Do It- Ice Cube

15. It’s All About the Benjamins- Puff Daddy

16. Pass That Dutch- Missy Elliot

17. Touch It- Busta Rhymes

18. Conceited- Remy Ma

19. Who’s That Girl?- Eve

20. Peaches and Cream- 112