| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Fight the Power | Public Enemy | 4:39 |
| 2 | Mama Said Knock You Out- recording engineer and mixer:
- George Karras, David Kennedy, Marley Marl and Ivan “Doc” Rodriguez
- additional programming:
- Darren Lighty
- assistant engineer:
- Scott Canit, DJ Clash and Everett Ramos
- assistant producer:
- Bobby “Bobcat” Ervin
- co-producer:
- LL Cool J
- producer:
- Marley Marl
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- CBS Records Inc. (in 1990) and Def Jam Records, Inc. (in 1991)
- produced for:
- Marley Marl Productions, Inc.
- recorded at:
- House of Hits in New York, New York, United States
- mixed at:
- Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States and Sound Traxx in New York, New York, United States
- samples:
- Funky Drummer, Part 1 by James Brown, Gangster Boogie by Chicago Gangsters and Trip to Your Heart by Sly & the Family Stone
- part of:
- Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 406)
- recording of:
- Mama Said Knock You Out
- writer:
- James Todd Smith and Marlon Williams
| LL Cool J | 4:48 |
| 3 | Straight Outta Compton- producer:
- Dr. Dre and Yella
- vocals:
- Eazy‐E, Ice Cube and MC Ren
- samples:
- Amen, Brother by The Winstons (membranophone), Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) by The Gap Band (effects), Get Me Back on Time, Engine Number 9 by Wilson Pickett (lead vocals), It's My Turn by Dezo Daz feat. DJ Slip (lead vocals), Take Me to the Mardi Gras by Bob James (drums (drum set)), West Coast Poplock by Ronnie Hudson and the Street People (lead vocals) and You’ll Like It Too by Funkadelic (membranophone)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 248)
- recording of:
- Straight Outta Compton
- writer:
- Andre Young, Eric Wright, Lorenzo Patterson and O’Shea Jackson
| N.W.A | 4:18 |
| 4 | Paid in Full | Eric B. & Rakim | 3:51 |
| 5 | The Message | Grandmaster Flash | 7:12 |
| 6 | Award Tour | A Tribe Called Quest | 3:29 |
| 7 | Unbelievable | The Notorious B.I.G. | 3:45 |
| 8 | Woo‐Hah!! Got You All in Check | Busta Rhymes | 4:33 |
| 9 | Bring dah Pain | Method Man | 3:10 |
| 10 | It Ain’t Hard to Tell | Nas | 3:23 |
| 11 | Full Clip | Gang Starr | 3:38 |
| 12 | Time 4 Sum Aksion | Redman | 3:27 |
| 13 | So Wat Cha Sayin’ | EPMD | 4:57 |
| 14 | The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) | Black Sheep | 4:04 |
| 15 | Ms. Fat Booty | Mos Def | 3:47 |
| 16 | Passin’ Me By | The Pharcyde | 5:03 |
| 17 | Concrete Schoolyard | Jurassic 5 | 5:23 |
| 18 | Doin’ Our Own Dang | Jungle Brothers | 4:16 |
