Klasike stare šole:
- "The Message" Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
- "Rapper's Delight" skupine The Sugarhill Gang
- "Planet Rock" Afrike Bambaataa in Soul Sonic Force
- "It Takes Two" Roba Basa in DJ-ja E-Z Rocka
Zavestni hip-hop:
- "Fight the Power" od Public Enemy
- "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" Lauryn Hill
- "V redu" Kendricka Lamarja
- "Changes" Tupaca Shakurja
Gangsta Rap:
- "Straight Outta Compton" N.W.A.
- "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" Dr. Dre
- "California Love" od 2Pac
- "Hypnotize" skupine The Notorious B.I.G.
Južnjaški hip-hop:
- "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" od Soulja Boya
- "Still Tippin'" Mika Jonesa
- "Ms. Jackson" od OutKasta
- "Sicko Mode" Travisa Scotta
Pop-Rap:
- "Walk This Way" od Run-DMC z Aerosmithom
- "Ice Ice Baby" od Vanilla Ice
- "Baby Got Back" od Sir Mix-A-Lota
- "Lose Yourself" Eminema
Sodobni hip-hop:
- "Humble" Kendricka Lamarja
- "Brokoli" D.R.A.M. vključno z Lil Yachty
- "Bodak Yellow" Cardi B
- "Božji načrt" Drakea
Te pesmi predstavljajo majhen izbor obsežne in raznolike rap glasbene scene, ki zajema različna obdobja in sloge.