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Crank This: Hip-Hop To Drive To

Shiny car with big rims
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The songs on this list were made before iTunes was a glimmer in Steve Jobs' eye, so it stands to reason that they sound better bumping out of car speakers. No matter how many times you hit that little function key at the top of the keyboard, your computer will never make a vibration big enough to resonate in your chest, much less shake the windshield of the car in the lane next to yours. It will never make a noise so loud that you feel like you're inside it.

Give these a spin and then track down the CDs, because they deserve to be heard the old-fashioned way. Turn your woofers up and roll down your windows — all of them.

For more entries in this summer's weekly Road Trip: Songs to Drive By series, click here.

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Frannie Kelley
Frannie Kelley is co-host of the Microphone Check podcast with Ali Shaheed Muhammad.
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