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Conscious Hip-Hop
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- Hip-Hop
- 1990s recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Conscious Hip-Hop
Conscious Hip-Hop is a branch of the Hip-Hop family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Conscious Hip-Hop is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Public Enemy, Eminem and 2Pac.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreHip-Hop
Current genreConscious Hip-Hop
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1990s · United States · Conscious Hip-Hop
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1990s starting recordings
01Brenda’s Got a Baby (radio mix)1992 · Conscious Hip-Hop · conscious hip hopOpen in new tab 02Changes (a cappella)1998 · Conscious Hip-Hop · conscious hip hopOpen in new tab 03Leave This Off Your Fu*kin Charts1990 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab 04Pollywanacraka1990 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab 05Brothers Gonna Work It Out1990 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab 06Reggie Jax1990 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab 07Anti‐Nigger Machine1990 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab 08Fight the Power1990 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab 09Incident at 66.6 FM1990 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab 10War at 33⅓1990 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1990s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1990s albums
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