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Hip Hop Music Quiz & Old School Rap

Classic hip hop and rap, all the way from Sugarhill to Eminem.

Songs to guess
423
Fits
The hip hop crew
Level
Medium – well-known songs without the most obvious hits
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Among the songs: Lose Yourself – Eminem, Hey Ya! – OutKast, California Love – 2Pac…

The same list can also be played as Music Quiz · The Timeline.

Every day: Daily challenge – the same songs for everyone, one attempt, a leaderboard until midnight.

Free · first round without an account · no app · no Spotify

Playlist · Old School Rap – Classic hip hop and rap, all the way from Sugarhill to Eminem.

What's typical for Old School Rap

Old School Rap runs from Sugarhill Gang in 1979 to 2009 – hip hop's first three decades, with the 90s and 00s as the focus. Eminem, 2Pac, Kanye West, JAY-Z, Run-D.M.C. and 50 Cent are the artists that come up most often, and the list stops where “old school” ends: nothing from the 2010s onward.

The level is Medium. The hits are there, but rap is harder to guess in half a second than pop – the intro is often a beat, not a melody – so the list favours anyone who's actually listened rather than just heard the chorus at a party.

Good for the hip hop crew, 90s nostalgics, and groups who want a music quiz without a single guitar solo. Want newer rap? It's mixed in with the pop in Pop Right Now.

Songs you might meet

A sample from the list's 423 songs. Every round draws new ones, so no two games are alike.

  1. 1Lose Yourself – Eminem2002
  2. 2Hey Ya! – OutKast2003
  3. 3California Love – 2Pac1995
  4. 4In Da Club – 50 Cent2003
  5. 5The Real Slim Shady – Eminem2000
  6. 6Fight the Power – Public Enemy1989
  7. 7Gangsta's Paradise – Coolio1995
  8. 8It Was a Good Day – Ice Cube1992
  9. 9Juicy – The Notorious B.I.G.1994
  10. 10Straight Outta Compton – N.W.A.1988
  11. 11U Can't Touch This – MC Hammer1990
  12. 12C.R.E.A.M. – Wu-Tang Clan1993
  13. 13Gold Digger – Kanye West2005
  14. 14Nuthin' but a G Thang – Dr. Dre1992

How to play Old School Rap

Play solo

Tap Guess the song and the round begins. You hear a clip and guess the song – no room, no code, and the first round without an account.

With the party

Create a room, set up the stage on the TV, and let everyone join with a code or a QR code. The app handles playback, judging and scoring – you don't have to be the referee.

Read the rules and how scoring works

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