Ultimate 'Hamilton' Playlist: Jam Along to the Year-Defining Hip-Hop Musical
For Fuse's 2016 Breakout Week, we're spending each day commemorating one undeniable act that shook things up in the mainstream this year. Today we're honoring the cast of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, the 11-time Tony Award–winning Broadway show that fuses showtunes with hip-hop, R&B and pop to tell the story of America's least-remembered Founding Father (until the last 18 months or so), embodied by a cast nearly entirely comprised of people of color.
The excellent original cast recording album is available everywhere, and the two-and-a-half-hour show is entirely sung-through, meaning the imagination can come up with an HD picture of the story without ever setting foot on Broadway. There are also so many songs that function wonderfully as standalone beauts, and we've compiled 11 of the best for you here. Welcome, or welcome back, to Hamilton.
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