Radio 1 Rap Show

January 5, 1996
BBC Radio 1 (97-99 FM)
London, England, UK

No guests on this 90 minute tape from a Friday night 22 years ago, but the playlist makes up for that.

  • Intro
  • Mobb Deep - Still Shinin
  • Big Noyd ft Prodigy - Recognize And Realize
  • Blazhay Blazhay ft Smooth da Hustler, Trigga & La The Darkman - Danger pt II
  • Bounty Killer ft Jeru The Damaja - Suicide Murder (remix)
  • Redman - Freestyle (over How Many Mics)
  • 2Pac ft Dr Dre - California Love
  • Goodie Mob - Cell Therapy
  • Luniz ft Shock G, Dru Down, E40, Spice 1 & Richie Rich - I Got 5 On It (remix)
  • Lord Finesse - Flip Da Style
  • Smooth Da Hustler ft Trigga - Fuck Whatcha Heard
  • Wu Tang - Winter Warz
  • Chill Rob G - Let Me Know Something
  • Greg Nice - Set It Off
  • Nas - '94 Freestyle (Capital Rap Show)
  • Special Ed - Freaky Flow (DJ Premier remix)
  • Mic Geronimo - The Natural (Clark Kent's Ghetto Mix)
  • OC - What I Represent
  • Lord Finesse - Game Plan
  • Bobby J on the phone
- DJ Step One

About Radio 1 Rap Show

The Radio 1 Rap Show was hosted by Tim Westwood, and broadcast from London, England, UK. Also known as the 1FM Rap Show, it ran from 10 December 1994 to 14 September 2013. Similar to the previous show on Capital Radio, along with recognised groups, it featured a plethora of rap artists on independent labels making their way up the rap ladder. The general tone of the Radio 1 Rap Show was a tipping point in the general sound of rap and being on a national station, it introduced the culture to a new generation of listeners.

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In Context

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