Before streaming put every song at our fingertips, portable CD players were the ultimate way to take music on the go. Find a hip hop head from the late ‘90s or early 2000s, and you can guarantee they had a Discman tucked inside their Jansport. Whether it was a brand new album from Tower Records or Wherehouse Music, a CD swiped from a homie’s Case Logic, or a burned mix packed with heat, carrying a stash of CDs was essential. Flipping through someone’s CD book was like reading their music DNA—instant respect if their collection was solid. In this article, I take you back in time to look at portable Sony Discmans from the 80s, 90s, and 00s. I think this will definitely take you down a walk through memory lane…