80s Hip Hop
Rewind to the best 80s hip hop songs in one free, non-stop playlist from the golden age that started it all. This is where Run-DMC, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, and Grandmaster Flash brought turntablism and lyrical fire from the streets to the mainstream. Press play for a continuous stream of old-school 1980s hip hop and rap hits, or build your own playlist of the tracks that built the culture.
This 80s Hip Hop playlist features 200 songs you can stream free, with no sign-up required. Every track plays in order, or shuffle and skip to hear the 80s hip hop hits you want.
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| # | Title | Artist | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Message | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | 1982 |
| 2 | White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) | Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel | 1983 |
| 3 | It's Nasty (Genius of Love) | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | 1981 |
| 4 | The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | 1981 |
| 5 | New York New York | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | 1983 |
| 6 | Beat Street Breakdown | Grandmaster Melle Mel | 1984 |
| 7 | Step Off | Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five | 1984 |
| 8 | Freedom | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | 1980 |
| 9 | Birthday Party | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | 1980 |
| 10 | Showdown | The Sugarhill Gang & The Furious Five | 1981 |
| 11 | Planet Rock | Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force | 1982 |
| 12 | Looking for the Perfect Beat | Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force | 1983 |
| 13 | Renegades of Funk | Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force | 1983 |
| 14 | Frantic Situation | Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force | 1984 |
| 15 | The Breaks | Kurtis Blow | 1980 |
| 16 | Basketball | Kurtis Blow | 1984 |
| 17 | Hard Times | Kurtis Blow | 1980 |
| 18 | 8 Million Stories | Kurtis Blow | 1984 |
| 19 | If I Ruled the World | Kurtis Blow | 1985 |
| 20 | Throughout Your Years | Kurtis Blow | 1980 |
| 21 | The Deuce | Kurtis Blow | 1981 |
| 22 | Tough | Kurtis Blow | 1982 |
| 23 | Party Time? | Kurtis Blow | 1983 |
| 24 | AJ Scratch | Kurtis Blow | 1984 |
| 25 | It's Like That | Run-D.M.C. | 1983 |
| 26 | Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1) | Run-D.M.C. | 1983 |
| 27 | Hard Times | Run-D.M.C. | 1983 |
| 28 | Rock Box | Run-D.M.C. | 1984 |
| 29 | King of Rock | Run-D.M.C. | 1985 |
| 30 | You Talk Too Much | Run-D.M.C. | 1985 |
| 31 | Can You Rock It Like This | Run-D.M.C. | 1985 |
| 32 | My Adidas | Run-D.M.C. | 1986 |
| 33 | Peter Piper | Run-D.M.C. | 1986 |
| 34 | It's Tricky | Run-D.M.C. | 1987 |
| 35 | Proud to Be Black | Run-D.M.C. | 1986 |
| 36 | You Be Illin' | Run-D.M.C. | 1986 |
| 37 | Run's House | Run-D.M.C. | 1988 |
| 38 | Mary, Mary | Run-D.M.C. | 1988 |
| 39 | Beats to the Rhyme | Run-D.M.C. | 1988 |
| 40 | Christmas in Hollis | Run-D.M.C. | 1987 |
| 41 | Pause | Run-D.M.C. | 1989 |
| 42 | I Can't Live Without My Radio | LL Cool J | 1985 |
| 43 | Rock the Bells | LL Cool J | 1985 |
| 44 | I Need a Beat | LL Cool J | 1984 |
| 45 | Dear Yvette | LL Cool J | 1985 |
| 46 | I'm Bad | LL Cool J | 1987 |
| 47 | I Need Love | LL Cool J | 1987 |
| 48 | Go Cut Creator Go | LL Cool J | 1987 |
| 49 | Jack the Ripper | LL Cool J | 1988 |
| 50 | Going Back to Cali | LL Cool J | 1988 |
| 51 | I'm That Type of Guy | LL Cool J | 1989 |
| 52 | Big Ole Butt | LL Cool J | 1989 |
| 53 | Jingling Baby | LL Cool J | 1989 |
| 54 | One Shot at Love | LL Cool J | 1989 |
| 55 | Hold It Now, Hit It | Beastie Boys | 1986 |
| 56 | Paul Revere | Beastie Boys | 1986 |
| 57 | Brass Monkey | Beastie Boys | 1987 |
| 58 | (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) | Beastie Boys | 1986 |
| 59 | No Sleep Till Brooklyn | Beastie Boys | 1986 |
| 60 | Slow Ride | Beastie Boys | 1986 |
| 61 | Girls | Beastie Boys | 1987 |
| 62 | She's Crafty | Beastie Boys | 1986 |
| 63 | Hey Ladies | Beastie Boys | 1989 |
| 64 | Shake Your Rump | Beastie Boys | 1989 |
| 65 | Shadrach | Beastie Boys | 1989 |
| 66 | Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun | Beastie Boys | 1989 |
| 67 | Public Enemy No. 1 | Public Enemy | 1987 |
| 68 | You're Gonna Get Yours | Public Enemy | 1987 |
| 69 | Rebel Without a Pause | Public Enemy | 1987 |
| 70 | Bring the Noise | Public Enemy | 1987 |
| 71 | Don't Believe the Hype | Public Enemy | 1988 |
| 72 | Night of the Living Baseheads | Public Enemy | 1988 |
| 73 | Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos | Public Enemy | 1989 |
| 74 | Fight the Power | Public Enemy | 1989 |
| 75 | She Watch Channel Zero?! | Public Enemy | 1988 |
| 76 | Prophets of Rage | Public Enemy | 1988 |
| 77 | Cold Lampin' with Flavor | Public Enemy | 1988 |
| 78 | Terminator X to the Edge of Panic | Public Enemy | 1988 |
| 79 | Straight Outta Compton | N.W.A | 1988 |
| 80 | Fuck tha Police | N.W.A | 1988 |
| 81 | Gangsta Gangsta | N.W.A | 1988 |
| 82 | Express Yourself | N.W.A | 1989 |
| 83 | Dopeman | N.W.A | 1987 |
| 84 | 8 Ball | N.W.A | 1988 |
| 85 | Quiet on tha Set | N.W.A | 1988 |
| 86 | Something 2 Dance 2 | N.W.A | 1988 |
| 87 | Panic Zone | N.W.A | 1987 |
| 88 | Boyz-n-the-Hood | Eazy-E | 1987 |
| 89 | Eazy-Er Said Than Dunn | Eazy-E | 1988 |
| 90 | We Want Eazy | Eazy-E | 1988 |
| 91 | No More ?'s | Eazy-E | 1988 |
| 92 | Radio | Eazy-E | 1988 |
| 93 | South Bronx | Boogie Down Productions | 1986 |
| 94 | The Bridge Is Over | Boogie Down Productions | 1987 |
| 95 | Criminal Minded | Boogie Down Productions | 1987 |
| 96 | Dope Beat | Boogie Down Productions | 1987 |
| 97 | My Philosophy | Boogie Down Productions | 1988 |
| 98 | Stop the Violence | Boogie Down Productions | 1988 |
| 99 | I'm Still #1 | Boogie Down Productions | 1988 |
| 100 | Jack of Spades | Boogie Down Productions | 1989 |
| 101 | You Must Learn | Boogie Down Productions | 1989 |
| 102 | Why Is That? | Boogie Down Productions | 1989 |
| 103 | Part-Time Suckers | Boogie Down Productions | 1988 |
| 104 | Children's Story | Slick Rick | 1988 |
| 105 | Teenage Love | Slick Rick | 1988 |
| 106 | Hey Young World | Slick Rick | 1989 |
| 107 | Mona Lisa | Slick Rick | 1988 |
| 108 | The Ruler's Back | Slick Rick | 1988 |
| 109 | Treat Her Like a Prostitute | Slick Rick | 1988 |
| 110 | The Show | Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew | 1985 |
| 111 | La Di Da Di | Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick | 1985 |
| 112 | All the Way to Heaven | Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew | 1986 |
| 113 | Keep Risin' to the Top | Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew | 1988 |
| 114 | Roxanne's Revenge | Roxanne Shanté | 1984 |
| 115 | Bite This | Roxanne Shanté | 1985 |
| 116 | Queen of Rox (Shanté Rox-On) | Roxanne Shanté | 1985 |
| 117 | Have a Nice Day | Roxanne Shanté | 1987 |
| 118 | Go on Girl | Roxanne Shanté | 1988 |
| 119 | Live on Stage | Roxanne Shanté | 1989 |
| 120 | Roxanne, Roxanne | UTFO | 1984 |
| 121 | Leader of the Pack | UTFO | 1985 |
| 122 | Ya Cold Wanna Be with Me | UTFO | 1987 |
| 123 | Fairytale Lover | UTFO | 1986 |
| 124 | Push It | Salt-N-Pepa | 1987 |
| 125 | Tramp | Salt-N-Pepa | 1986 |
| 126 | My Mic Sounds Nice | Salt-N-Pepa | 1986 |
| 127 | I'll Take Your Man | Salt-N-Pepa | 1986 |
| 128 | Shake Your Thang | Salt-N-Pepa | 1988 |
| 129 | Get Up Everybody (Get Down) | Salt-N-Pepa | 1988 |
| 130 | Expression | Salt-N-Pepa | 1989 |
| 131 | Chick on the Side | Salt-N-Pepa | 1987 |
| 132 | Ain't No Half-Steppin' | Big Daddy Kane | 1988 |
| 133 | Raw | Big Daddy Kane | 1987 |
| 134 | Smooth Operator | Big Daddy Kane | 1989 |
| 135 | Set It Off | Big Daddy Kane | 1988 |
| 136 | I Get the Job Done | Big Daddy Kane | 1989 |
| 137 | Warm It Up, Kane | Big Daddy Kane | 1989 |
| 138 | Wrath of Kane | Big Daddy Kane | 1988 |
| 139 | Long Live the Kane | Big Daddy Kane | 1988 |
| 140 | Eric B. Is President | Eric B. & Rakim | 1986 |
| 141 | My Melody | Eric B. & Rakim | 1986 |
| 142 | I Know You Got Soul | Eric B. & Rakim | 1987 |
| 143 | Paid in Full | Eric B. & Rakim | 1987 |
| 144 | Move the Crowd | Eric B. & Rakim | 1987 |
| 145 | Follow the Leader | Eric B. & Rakim | 1988 |
| 146 | Microphone Fiend | Eric B. & Rakim | 1988 |
| 147 | Lyrics of Fury | Eric B. & Rakim | 1988 |
| 148 | The R | Eric B. & Rakim | 1988 |
| 149 | I Cram to Understand U (Sam) | MC Lyte | 1988 |
| 150 | 10% Dis | MC Lyte | 1988 |
| 151 | Paper Thin | MC Lyte | 1988 |
| 152 | Cha Cha Cha | MC Lyte | 1989 |
| 153 | Cappucino | MC Lyte | 1989 |
| 154 | Stop, Look, Listen | MC Lyte | 1989 |
| 155 | Friends | Whodini | 1984 |
| 156 | Five Minutes of Funk | Whodini | 1984 |
| 157 | Freaks Come Out at Night | Whodini | 1984 |
| 158 | Magic's Wand | Whodini | 1982 |
| 159 | Funky Beat | Whodini | 1986 |
| 160 | One Love | Whodini | 1986 |
| 161 | Big Mouth | Whodini | 1985 |
| 162 | I'm a Ho | Whodini | 1986 |
| 163 | Jail House Rap | The Fat Boys | 1984 |
| 164 | Can You Feel It? | The Fat Boys | 1984 |
| 165 | The Fat Boys | The Fat Boys | 1984 |
| 166 | Stick 'Em | The Fat Boys | 1984 |
| 167 | Wipeout | The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys | 1987 |
| 168 | The Twist (Yo, Twist) | The Fat Boys & Chubby Checker | 1988 |
| 169 | All You Can Eat | The Fat Boys | 1985 |
| 170 | Pump It Up | The Fat Boys | 1985 |
| 171 | Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | 1986 |
| 172 | Parents Just Don't Understand | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | 1988 |
| 173 | Brand New Funk | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | 1988 |
| 174 | A Nightmare on My Street | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | 1988 |
| 175 | I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | 1989 |
| 176 | Wild Thing | Tone Lōc | 1988 |
| 177 | Funky Cold Medina | Tone Lōc | 1989 |
| 178 | I Got It Goin' On | Tone Lōc | 1989 |
| 179 | Bust a Move | Young MC | 1989 |
| 180 | Principal's Office | Young MC | 1989 |
| 181 | I Come Off | Young MC | 1989 |
| 182 | Non Stop | Young MC | 1989 |
| 183 | Me Myself and I | De La Soul | 1989 |
| 184 | Eye Know | De La Soul | 1989 |
| 185 | The Magic Number | De La Soul | 1989 |
| 186 | Say No Go | De La Soul | 1989 |
| 187 | Buddy | De La Soul | 1989 |
| 188 | Plug Tunin' | De La Soul | 1988 |
| 189 | Potholes in My Lawn | De La Soul | 1988 |
| 190 | Just a Friend | Biz Markie | 1989 |
| 191 | Vapors | Biz Markie | 1988 |
| 192 | Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz | Biz Markie | 1986 |
| 193 | Nobody Beats the Biz | Biz Markie | 1987 |
| 194 | Spring Again | Biz Markie | 1989 |
| 195 | Go See the Doctor | Kool Moe Dee | 1986 |
| 196 | Wild Wild West | Kool Moe Dee | 1987 |
| 197 | How Ya Like Me Now | Kool Moe Dee | 1987 |
| 198 | No Respect | Kool Moe Dee | 1988 |
| 199 | I Go to Work | Kool Moe Dee | 1989 |
| 200 | Unity | Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown | 1984 |