Clockers
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Clockers

by Richard Price

This playlist mirrors the gritty urban landscape and tense atmosphere of Richard Price's "Clockers," blending neo-soul, trip-hop, indie rock, and alternative hip-hop to evoke the complex emotional arcs and moral ambiguities of the characters. The selections capture the layered storytelling of the street life, police investigation, and personal struggles within a 1990s New York City setting, balancing moments of intensity, reflection, and raw realism.

41 tracks
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Jun 28, 2026
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41 songs
0
Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition)

Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City

Black Pumas · Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition)

1
00s Alternative

Hell Is Round The Corner

Tricky · 00s Alternative

2
Wilson Phillips

Hold On

Wilson Phillips · Wilson Phillips

3
Come into My Life: The Very Best of Joyce Sims

Come into My Life (Hip Hop Version)

Joyce Sims · Come into My Life: The Very Best of Joyce Sims

4
Sugar Hill Rap Classics - The Pioneers of Hip-Hop

The Message

Grandmaster Flash · Sugar Hill Rap Classics - The Pioneers of Hip-Hop

5
Hip-Hop At Fifty (50 Jahre Hip-Hop)

Nuthin' But A "G" Thang

Dr. Dre · Hip-Hop At Fifty (50 Jahre Hip-Hop)

6
Best Female Jazz Singers

Strange Fruit

Billie Holiday · Best Female Jazz Singers

7
The Early Years

Street Life

Roxy Music · The Early Years

8
Happy 80s

Road to Nowhere - 2005 Remaster

Talking Heads · Happy 80s

9
Sixteen Saltines

Love Is Blindness

Jack White · Sixteen Saltines

10
The Score (Expanded Edition)

Ready or Not

Fugees · The Score (Expanded Edition)

11
Black Music Month Playlist

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)

Marvin Gaye · Black Music Month Playlist

12
Las 75 mejores baladas romanticas en ingles

In the Air Tonight - 2015 Remaster

Phil Collins · Las 75 mejores baladas romanticas en ingles

13
The Private Press

Six Days

DJ Shadow · The Private Press

14
Acoustic Guitar Covers for Weddings

The Way You Make Me Feel (Arr. for Guitar)

Michael Jackson · Acoustic Guitar Covers for Weddings

15
Fast Car

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman Experience · Fast Car

16
Biochemical Equation

Biochemical Equation - Instrumental

Wu-Tang Clan · Biochemical Equation

17
90s Rap

Passin' Me By

The Pharcyde · 90s Rap

18
Licorice Pizza (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Let Me Roll It

Paul McCartney · Licorice Pizza (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

19
Urban Pulse - Rhythms and Sounds from the Roaring City

Springsteen: Streets of Philadelphia

Bruce Springsteen · Urban Pulse - Rhythms and Sounds from the Roaring City

20
The Long Way Home

I Think I Love You Again

Aaron Taylor · The Long Way Home

21
The Infamous

Shook Ones, Pt. II

Mobb Deep · The Infamous

22
This Is...90s

Waterfalls - Single Edit

TLC · This Is...90s

23
Art of the Freestyle

Paper Planes

Horseshoe G.A.N.G. · Art of the Freestyle

24
R&B Summer 2021

Summertime

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince · R&B Summer 2021

25
Tidal

Criminal

Fiona Apple · Tidal

26
witchy fall vibes

Dreams

The Cranberries · witchy fall vibes

27
ROOT CHAKRA (2021)

KEEP YA HEAD UP

Young B Black · ROOT CHAKRA (2021)

28
Músicas Y2K - R&B Lounge

Ex-Factor

Ms. Lauryn Hill · Músicas Y2K - R&B Lounge

29
Ibiza Classics

Unfinished Sympathy - 2012 Mix/Master

Massive Attack · Ibiza Classics

30
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised / Home Is Where the Hatred Is

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Gil Scott-Heron · The Revolution Will Not Be Televised / Home Is Where the Hatred Is

31
Canciones Infravaloradas: Pop Edition

Love Is A Battlefield

Pat Benatar · Canciones Infravaloradas: Pop Edition

32
Gangsta's Paradise 2011

Gangsta's Paradise 2010 (Bernasconi & Farenthide.re-cut)

Coolio · Gangsta's Paradise 2011

33
Lazy Afternoon

Let's Stay Together (Arr. J. Grussner)

Al Green · Lazy Afternoon

34
90er & 2000er Party

You Oughta Know

Alanis Morissette · 90er & 2000er Party

35
All Time Bangers Best Songs in History

Hypnotize

The Notorious B.I.G. · All Time Bangers Best Songs in History

36
Three Little Birds: Tribute to Bob Marley & The Wailers

Waiting in Vain

Reggae Allstars · Three Little Birds: Tribute to Bob Marley & The Wailers

37
Old School L.A. Classic Hip-Hop

It Was A Good Day

Ice Cube · Old School L.A. Classic Hip-Hop

38
Fate of Nations

If I Were a Carpenter - 2006 Remaster

Robert Plant · Fate of Nations

39
Throwback Summer Hits

Everyday People

Sly & The Family Stone · Throwback Summer Hits

40
Dream Department

I Built My House on the Tree

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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