Old School Hip Hop

[ladyboygrimsby]

Further to Hayden's post, wondering what everyone's fave old school hip hop stuff is. To qualify as old school (in my book), it has to be played by a backing band rather than use samples or drum machines.

Ones that spring to mind...
Tanya 'Sweet Tee' Winley - Vicious Rap
Paulette & Tanya Winley - Rhymin' & Rappin'
Harlem World Crew - Rappers Convention
Spyder D - Big Apple Rappin'
Funky 4 +1 - Rappin' & Rockin' The House
Young Generation - We Rap More Mellow

[Palmer_Eldrich]

nice choices....

I will go with:
Death Mix Throwdown - Africa Bam's crew with The Harlem Underground Band.
WildStyle OST & Instrumentals - Various Mc's with beats by Chris Stein.
Curtis Blow - The Breaks
Love Rap - Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three

[theeman]

To qualify as old school (in my book), it has to be played by a backing band rather than use samples or drum machines.

this is kind of cheating but i reckon Brand New Heavies 'Heavy Rhyme Experience' has some great tracks

[ladyboygrimsby]

this is kind of cheating but i reckon Brand New Heavies 'Heavy Rhyme Experience' has some great tracks

Speaking of BNH, I guess you might also include their mix of The Pharcyde's Soul Flower, which is Pharcyde rapping over their instrumentation. Arse about tit, I suppose, but the intent is there.

[Martin Lovegrove]

Speaking of BNH, I guess you might also include their mix of The Pharcyde's Soul Flower, which is Pharcyde rapping over their instrumentation. Arse about tit, I suppose, but the intent is there.

That's on the same album Ed mentioned... a corking album, love the Main Source and Kool G tracks.

[francis]

I'm a big fan of Bobby Demo's 'Party Rap' on Amherst, band are super tight on that

[wickerman]

Xanadu and Sweet lady - Rapper´s Delight
Pookey Blow - Get (and go to school)
The Jackson Two - Oh yeah
Naomi Peterson - Sweet Naomi rap
Fly Guy - Fly Guy Rap

Great 12"s i would love to have ! (someone trade them to me)

I prefer OLD school hiphop and new hiphop and some new stuff, everybody is talking about the GOLDEN AGE but i think there is a boring stuff mostly. Well some of it is ok. Well....nevermind

[Campag Record]

Wish I owned..

1) Feel the Heart Beat - Treacherous Three
2) Do it, Do it - The Disco Four

and recently I picked up an OG

Superappin' No. 2 - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, at my local market

[dreskieboogie]

I would have to go for "new york, new york" but that's more because of sentimental reasons. It was my first record. My mom brought it home from a trip to NYC. Not a bad way to start...

But "super rappin' 2" is great too.

Dress

[Parkz]

Kurtis Blow/Throughout the years

Heard this on a mixtape last year, and it instantly jumped to ‘must have this on record’ status.
A week or two I found the track….In my own collection! Didn’t realise it was a B-side to his ‘Christmas rap’ and somehow had completely overlooked the track .

[Martin Lovegrove]

I would have to go for "new york, new york" but that's more because of sentimental reasons. It was my first record. My mom brought it home from a trip to NYC. Not a bad way to start...

But "super rappin' 2" is great too.

Dress

Is that the one that goes "new york, new york, it's a wonderful town, can't understand why people putting it down?"... if so, who was it?

[dreskieboogie]

I was talking about Flash & the Furious 5ive's "new york new york"...

It goes "new york, new york big city of dreams but everything in new york aint always what it seems".

I don't know the song you're talking about sorry,

Dress

[Headless mermaid]

LONG LIVE THE MUSIC OF GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE - THE WORLD'S GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL RAP GROUP EVER

[mendoza]

Obvoious but a true floor filler - funky4 + 1 'that's the joint', Love Bug Star-Ski + Harlem World Crew - Positive Life, Trickeration - Bounce, Rock, Skateroll and Rapture - Blondie... Mix up with some og disco for fulll effect - instant party!

[wickerman]

also i am very very fond of Rammellzee ft. K-Rob - beat bop 12" , someone give me a OG