Long Island may not rival New York City as a source of musical inspiration, but the region has found its way into more than a few pop songs. Even if you weed out the obvious Billy Joel numbers (such as “The Downeaster ‘Alexa’ ”), anything that merely mentions the Hamptons (as on Halsey’s “New Americana”) and the usual hip-hop shout-outs (to Coram, Greenport and other hoods on Biz Markie’s “Biz Dance Part 1”), you can find enough Long Island-themed tracks to make a decent — if wildly diverse — playlist. Here’s a start:

“Long Island Degrees” by De La Soul

The Amityville trio helped put the region on the hip-hop map by singing about suburban, not urban, concerns. On this 1996 track, they really show their hometown pride: “It's Strong Island for real, where the critters run wild / The pref

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