Best hardcore hip-hop songs of the 1990s
Hip-hop moved to the center and has not left. Grunge cleared out the arena rock standing in front of it. Dance music grew an audience that listened at home rather than in a club, while sample clearance got expensive enough that producers had to get sharper about what they took.
Songs from the hardcore hip-hop albums of the 1990s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.
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Jump Around (Pete Rock remix)House of Pain · House of Pain - 32House and the Rising SunHouse of Pain · House of Pain
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One great song, one bad album
Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.
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