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Conscious Hip-Hop
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- Hip-Hop
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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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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
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01Everything Ends Last Year2020 · Conscious Hip-Hop · conscious hip hopOpen in new tab 02Brenda’s Got a Baby (radio mix)1992 · Conscious Hip-Hop · conscious hip hopOpen in new tab 03Cruella2024 · Conscious Hip-Hop · conscious hip hopOpen in new tab 04Changes (a cappella)1998 · Conscious Hip-Hop · conscious hip hopOpen in new tab 05Lose Yourself (clean)2002 · Conscious Hip-Hop · conscious hip hopOpen in new tab 06Leave This Off Your Fu*kin Charts1990 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab 07Pollywanacraka1990 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab 08Brothers Gonna Work It Out1990 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab 09Welcome to the Terrordome1989 · Conscious Hip-HopOpen in new tab 10Bullet Proof Vest2000 · Conscious Hip-Hop · conscious hip hopOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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