ICYMI: Check out ourĀ previous entries/playlists centred uponĀ 1991 and 1992, respectively!
Back again with a new retrospective rap playlist forĀ all of you Spotify (@Spotify) streamers out there, this time with a focus upon the landmarkĀ year of 1993. So much good music came out at this time that I had to bump the playlist upĀ from 35 tracks to 40. This makes this iterationĀ approximately 20 minutes longer than its predecessors –Ā I doubt the heads will complain!
Subsequent to my 1992 post going up, I made the decisionĀ toĀ moveĀ all futureĀ installments away from #WaybackWednesdayĀ in order toĀ position them asĀ #ThrowbackThursday posts going forward. However, upon awaking to the horrific news of Chris Cornell‘s (@chriscornell) unfortunate passing last week, I instead spent the previous Thursday reminiscing to Soundgarden‘s (@soundgarden) unbelievableĀ back-catalogue for the majority of the day (as well as several more thereafter). Another once-in-a-generation talent gone far too soon. R.I.P.Ā 
Now, the last thing I want to do is turn this into a somber post when I’ve got such a badass playlist on tap for you. So grab some headphones and take a trekĀ back throughĀ one of the most solidĀ years ever in hip-hop!
The best rapper of 1993Ā (according to Complex) : SNOOP DOGGY DOGG
Again, due toĀ SpotifyĀ and the unfortunate limitations presented byĀ its catalogue, we’re missing a fewĀ key inclusions taken from the following critical albums:
Akinyele āĀ Vagina Diner
De La SoulĀ āĀ Buhloone Mindstate
Funkdoobiest – Which Doobie U B?
IllegalĀ āĀ the Untold Truth
Mobb DeepĀ āĀ Juvenile Hell
the Roots – Organix
Tragedy Khadafi – Tragedy: Saga of a Hoodlum
It’s also a real shame Spotify doesn’t have the remix toĀ LL Cool J‘s (@llcoolj) “Pink Cookies” (as seen below). The original is tight but this beat here cooks…Ā 
In particular, of the albums above, it really sucks to see that Akinyele album missing from the Spotify catalogue – in my opinion, it’s arguably the best completeĀ production that Large Professor (@PLargePro) has ever put out. More people need to hear it – it’s now out of print but still holds up!
On the other hand, I prefer the album version to the above Illegal track more than I doĀ its video counterpart. Go figure.
One way or another, at 40 tracks deep, I feelĀ this is a thoroughĀ playlistĀ that does a fairly comprehensiveĀ job overall of covering the keyĀ highlights throughout the entirety of year.
Really hope you dig this tripĀ back toĀ 1993 –Ā a milestone year forĀ the genre! If you enjoy it, please beĀ sure to click to ‘follow’ the playlist!
