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Free-flowing, deeply personal, amplifying America’s voiceless: Jazz and hip-hop were natural allies. In the ’80s and ’90s, New York groups like Stetsasonic, Gang Starr, and Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth laced their tracks with samples from the Blue Note and Impulse! labels. A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul recruited Ron Carter and Maceo Parker for sessions, and groups like Digable Planets and Dream Warriors exuded jazz-aware bohemian cool. Jazzers like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Branford Marsalis took notice, and for a while, two of America’s greatest art forms were sharing a wavelength.

We have terrestrial radio to thank for inventing classic rock. Conceived as a programming format, it emerged in the ’80s when stations around the U.S. began devoting heavy airtime to a mix of beloved titans from the ’60s and ’70s (The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Bob Seger) and then-current hitmakers (Tom Petty, John Mellencamp) whose music contains heavy echoes of the vintage stuff. Even when classic rock opens its ranks to ’90s alt-rockers such as Soundgarden, it’s because they sound old-school. In terms of stylistic variety, the format boasts considerable leg room. Classic rock rotation can and does include soaring ballads from Pink Floyd, The Beatles, and Elton John, and even the occasional glam nugget from David Bowie. Yet at the end of the day, the format definitely relies heaviest on thunderous hard-rock anthems perfect for Friday night parties or powering you through your workday.

A selection of lesser-known gems and crucial album cuts from the glory days of classic hip-hop. Our editors regularly update this playlist—if you hear something you like, add it to your library.