Alternative Hip-Hop Playlist

Alternative Hip-Hop — Alternative hip-hop is a subgenre of hip-hop defined by artists who reject the genre's traditional stereotypes, particularly those popularized by old-school hip-hop and gangsta rap.

🔒 The top 10 are this genre's must-play anthems — the biggest hits no DJ leaves out — so they stay pinned. Tap 🔀 and everything from #11 down refreshes into a fresh mix (from a pool of 87).

1. Hey Ya! — Outkast
2. Liberation (with Cee-Lo) — Outkast
3. Gasoline Dreams (with Khujo Goodie) — Outkast
4. Ms. Jackson — Outkast
5. Rosa Parks — Outkast
6. B.O.B. — Outkast
7. So Fresh, So Clean — Outkast
8. The Way You Move (feat. Sleepy Brown) — Outkast
9. Oh My God (feat. Busta Rhymes) — A Tribe Called Quest
10. Electric Relaxation — A Tribe Called Quest
11. Can I Kick It? — A Tribe Called Quest
12. The Hop — A Tribe Called Quest
13. Butter — A Tribe Called Quest
14. Scenario (feat. Busta Rhymes, Dinco D & Charlie Brown) — A Tribe Called Quest
15. Jazz (We've Got) — A Tribe Called Quest
16. Steve Biko (Stir It Up) — A Tribe Called Quest
17. That Shit — A Tribe Called Quest & JD of Slum Village
18. Feel Good Inc. — Gorillaz
19. Clint Eastwood — Gorillaz
20. On Melancholy Hill — Gorillaz
21. 19-2000 — Gorillaz
22. Orange County (feat. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and Anoushka Shankar) — Gorillaz
23. DARE (feat. Shaun Ryder & Roses Gabor) — Gorillaz
24. The Empty Dream Machine (feat. Black Thought, Johnny Marr and Anoushka Shankar) — Gorillaz
25. Rhinestone Eyes — Gorillaz
26. Stars In The Sky — Kid Cudi
27. Pursuit Of Happiness (Nightmare) — Kid Cudi
28. Mr. Rager — Kid Cudi
29. Show Out — Kid Cudi
30. WOW — Kid Cudi
31. Day 'N' Nite — Kid Cudi
32. Sept. 16 — Kid Cudi
33. Day 'N' Nite (Nightmare) — Kid Cudi
34. HOT WIND BLOWS (feat. Lil Wayne) — Tyler, The Creator
35. She — Tyler, The Creator
36. SWEET / I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO DANCE (feat. Brent Faiyaz & Fana Hues) — Tyler, The Creator
37. Answer — Tyler, The Creator
38. ARE WE STILL FRIENDS? — Tyler, The Creator
39. IFHY (feat. Pharrell) — Tyler, The Creator
40. See You Again (feat. Kali Uchis) — Tyler, The Creator
41. Like Him (feat. Lola Young) — Tyler, The Creator
42. Thirsty! — The Roots
43. The Seed (2.0) — The Roots
44. You Got Me — The Roots
45. The OtherSide — The Roots
46. Game Theory — The Roots
47. How I Got Over — The Roots
48. Rising Down — The Roots
49. Essaywhuman?!! — The Roots
50. I Am Music — Common
51. Faithful — Common
52. Testify — Common
53. The Corner — Common
54. It's Your World — Common
55. Come Close — Common
56. The 6th Sense — Common
57. Invocation — Common
58. On My Mind — Common Jack
59. Summer Sun — Common Saints
60. No Other Love — Common Kings
61. Idol Eyes — Common Saints
62. Calm After The Storm — The Common Linnets
63. Rebel Paradise — Common Saints
64. Tobacco Road — Common Market
65. Dreams — Common Saints
66. Sweet Release — Common Saints
67. Queen Majesty — Common Kings
68. Letting Go — Common Saints
69. Dream On — Common Saints
70. Firebird — Common Saints
71. Classics Of Love — Common Rider
72. Alcoholic — Common Kings
73. Winter Takes All — Common Market
74. There I Go — Common Kings
75. Love Goes On — The Common Linnets
76. Since I Woke Up — Common Kings
77. On The Low — Common Kings
78. We Don’t Make The Wind Blow — The Common Linnets
79. Promised Land — Mos Def
80. Freaky Black Greetings — Mos Def
81. The Panties — Mos Def
82. Oh No — Mos Def
83. Ms. Fat Booty 2 — Mos Def
84. Close Edge — Mos Def
85. Brooklyn — Mos Def
86. Dollar Day — Mos Def
87. Sensei On the Block — Mos Def & Ski Beatz

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