The DeuxDuel Conscious Rap lineup

40 songs · 18 artists · 1994–2019 · listed A–Z, not ranked

Conscious Rap: the hip-hop scene (genre-defined, not decade-bound).

What this list is

DeuxDuel draws from 40 songs when it builds a Conscious Rap matchup. Two of them appear side by side, you play a 30-second preview of each, and you pick the one you would rather hear. Every track here is a real Apple Music catalogue song, hand-picked for this category — not pulled from a streaming chart — and voting needs no music subscription.

The order below is alphabetical by artist. It is not a ranking and does not imply one.

No ranking is published for Conscious Rap yet. DeuxDuel only publishes a chart once a category has real head-to-head evidence behind it, so this page shows the lineup and nothing more. How the ranking works.

Every song in Conscious Rap

  1. Definition
    Black Star · 1998
  2. SUGAR
    BROCKHAMPTON · 2019
  3. Redbone
    Childish Gambino · 2016
  4. This Is America
    Childish Gambino · 2018
  5. Come Close (feat. Mary J. Blige)
    Common · 2002
  6. Go!
    Common · 2005
  7. I Used to Love H.E.R.
    Common · 1994
  8. The Light
    Common · 2000
  9. Ready or Not
    Fugees · 1996
  10. ATM
    J. Cole · 2018
  11. Crooked Smile (feat. TLC)
    J. Cole · 2013
  12. MIDDLE CHILD
    J. Cole · 2019
  13. No Role Modelz
    J. Cole · 2014
  14. Power Trip (feat. Miguel)
    J. Cole · 2013
  15. Wet Dreamz
    J. Cole · 2014
  16. WIN
    Jay Rock · 2018
  17. DEVASTATED
    Joey Bada$$ · 2017
  18. All Falls Down (feat. Syleena Johnson)
    Kanye West · 2004
  19. Family Business
    Kanye West · 2004
  20. Alright
    Kendrick Lamar · 2015
  21. Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe
    Kendrick Lamar · 2012
  22. DNA.
    Kendrick Lamar · 2017
  23. HUMBLE.
    Kendrick Lamar · 2017
  24. i
    Kendrick Lamar · 2014
  25. King Kunta
    Kendrick Lamar · 2015
  26. Money Trees (feat. Jay Rock)
    Kendrick Lamar · 2012
  27. Swimming Pools (Drank)
    Kendrick Lamar · 2012
  28. Doo Wop (That Thing)
    Lauryn Hill · 1998
  29. Kick, Push
    Lupe Fiasco · 2006
  30. Superstar (feat. Matthew Santos)
    Lupe Fiasco · 2007
  31. The Show Goes On
    Lupe Fiasco · 2011
  32. Mathematics
    Mos Def · 1999
  33. Ms. Fat Booty
    Mos Def · 1999
  34. I Can
    Nas · 2002
  35. If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) [feat. Lauryn Hill]
    Nas · 1996
  36. One Mic
    Nas · 2001
  37. Power (feat. Kendrick Lamar & Lance Skiiiwalker)
    Rapsody · 2017
  38. Legend Has It
    Run The Jewels · 2016
  39. Get By
    Talib Kweli · 2002
  40. Norf Norf
    Vince Staples · 2015
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