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Rom jumps in the mix this week, with his set from Radio 2 In the Park, featuring much-loved hip hop hits!
Elsewhere in the show, there's new sounds from Nines, Odeal and Kingpin.

This week, Romesh presents a guest mix from the most exciting curator so far - himself!

He has an exclusive listen back to his hip-hop set at Radio 2 In The Park, recorded live in Stirling, Scotland. Joined by DJ Martin 2 Smoove, he presents the best throwback hip-hop tracks!

Throughout the show, there's music from Lord Finesse, Missy Elliott and Justin Timberlake, and Essex group Concrete Slugz are this week's BBC Introducing pick.

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Music Played

  • Snoop Dogg

    Signs (feat. Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake)

    • R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece.
    • Doggy Style Records / Geffen Records.

  • Lord Finesse

    Hip 2 Da Game

    • The Awakening.
    • Penalty Recordings.

  • Concrete Slugz

    Every Breath (BBC INTRODUCING)

    • BBC Music Introducing Session / Unreleased Demo.
    • Independent / BBC Introducing Archive.

  • Missy Elliott

    One Minute Man (feat. Ludacris)

    • Miss E... So Addictive.
    • The Goldmind Inc. / Elektra Records.

  • Nines, Scrapz & Odeal

    Milan

    • Crop Circle 3.
    • Warner Music UK.

  • Grandmaster Flash & Grandmaster Melle Mel

    White Lines (Don't Do It)

    • Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five.
    • Sugar Hill Records.

  • Run‐D.M.C. & Aerosmith

    Walk This Way

    • Raising Hell.
    • Profile Records.

  • Rob Base & DJ EZ Fresh

    It Takes Two

    • It Takes Two.
    • Profile Records.

  • The Sugarhill Gang

    Apache (Jump On It)

    • 8th Wonder.
    • Sugar Hill Records.

  • DJ Jazzy Jeff & Will Smith

    The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air

    • Greatest Hits.
    • Jive Records.

  • TLC

    No Scrubs

    • FanMail.
    • LaFace Records / Arista Records.

  • Eve

    Who's That Girl?

    • Scorpion.
    • Ruff Ryders / Interscope Records.

  • Eve

    Blow Ya Mind (feat. Gwen Stefani)

    • Scorpion.
    • Ruff Ryders / Interscope Records.

  • Missy Elliott

    Work It

    • Under Construction.
    • The Goldmind Inc. / Elektra Records.

  • Ms. Lauryn Hill

    Doo Wop (That Thing)

    • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
    • Ruffhouse Records / Columbia Records.

  • Beyoncé

    Crazy in Love (feat. JAY-Z)

    • Dangerously in Love.
    • Columbia Records.

  • O.D.B.

    Got Your Money (feat. Kelis)

    • Elektra Records.

  • Montell Jordan

    This Is How We Do It

    • This Is How We Do It.
    • Def Jam Recordings.

  • Nelly

    Ride Wit Me (feat. City Spud)

    • Country Grammar.
    • Fo' Reel Entertainment / Universal Records.

  • Nelly

    Hot In Herre

    • Nellyville.
    • Fo' Reel Entertainment / Universal Records.

  • House of Pain

    Jump Around

    • House of Pain.
    • Tommy Boy Records.

  • Vanilla Ice

    Ice Ice Baby

    • To the Extreme.
    • SBK Records.

  • Wu-Tang Clan

    Gravel Pit

    • The W.
    • Loud Records / Columbia Records.

  • Taio Cruz

    Dynamite

    • Rokstarr.
    • Island Records.

  • Flo Rida

    Low (feat. T‐Pain)

    • Mail on Sunday.
    • Poe Boy Entertainment / Atlantic Records.

  • Kingpin

    Somehow

    • Underground Hip-Hop Mixtape Release.
    • Independent.

  • Pras Michel & O.D.B.

    Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) (feat. Mýa)

    • Ghetto Supastar.
    • Ruffhouse Records / Interscope Records.

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