classic old school hip-hop singles (or just tracks)

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we'll say old school = pre-1993.

what would you add to/remove from this list? (feel free to add songs from artists already represented):

grandmaster flash & the furious five - the message

sugarhill gang - rapper's delight

epmd - you gots to chill

pete rock and c.l. smooth

ultramagnetic mcs - ease back

stetsasonic - talkin all that jazz

rammelzee vs. k rob - beat bop

jungle brothers - because i got it like that

salt n pepa - push it

beastie boys - shake your rump

eric b & rakim - paid in full, follow the leader

de la soul - me myself and i

public enemy - fight the power

nwa - 100 miles and running

a tribe called quest - can i kick it?

― minna, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

well first off, i have to add Just Ice - Cold Gettin Dumb

― gareth, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

http://sportsmed.starwave.com/media/ncb/2002/0227/photo/a_pitino_ ht.jpg Stetsasonic - Talkin all that Jazz, ACE! Audio TWo - What more can I say Eric B - Paid In Full EPMD - Strictly Business Biz Markie - Vapors BDP - My Philosophy Slick Rick - Anything from the Great Adventures of... Big Daddy Kane - RAW Marley Marl - The Symphony Kool G Rap and DJ Polo - Road to the Riches The DOC - Its Funky Enough NWA - The entire straight outta compton

― Poops McGee, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Stetsasonic - Talkin all that Jazz, ACE!

Audio TWo - What more can I say

Eric B - Paid In Full

EPMD - Strictly Business

Biz Markie - Vapors

BDP - My Philosophy

Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of...

Big Daddy Kane - RAW

Marley Marl - The Symphony

Kool G Rap and DJ Polo - Road to the Riches

The DOC - its funk enough

NWA - The entire straight outta compton

Sorry

― Poops McGee, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

You kind of have to split 1980-89 off from 89-93 if you're going to do this, as the styles are very different, and there are far fewer pre 89' tracks worth listening to, whereas there are thousands of great tunes in the later period...

― jacob, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm not a hip hop patriot and admit a lot of UK stuff is wack, but Blade 'Mind of an Ordinary Citizen', Demon Boyz 'Glimmety Glammety', MC Mello 'Mello's gone crazy', Hijack 'Badman is Robbin' all co-opt Bomb Squad and Marley Marl, speed them up, add more layers and then bludgeon them to death. Does anyone know whether hardcore DJs used to play these tunes with other breakbeat stuff? has anyone got tapes to prove it?

― Nebbesh, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i don't think hardcore djs played this type of stuff at any point (of course i may be wrong, but i think this was very separate. (certainly from 92 onwards)

― gareth, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

add: funky four + one - that's the joint

― minna, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

shut up and dance?

― Sterling Clover, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Add:

the Sequence's "Funk You Up"

Run-DMC "It's Like That"

LL Cool J "Rock the Bells"

Roxane Shante "The Real Roxanne"

Jungle Brothers "Jimbrowski"

― lee g, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Im going to also add Nice and Smooth - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow. Granted its what 94'?

― Poops McGee, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

add: de la soul feat. tribe called quest, jungle brothers, queen latifah & monie love - buddy (12" remix)

― minna, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ice T - LGBNAF, Im Your Hustler

Public Enemy - My Uzi Weighs A Ton

Too Short - Life is...

3rd Bass - The Cactus Album

Audio Two - Top Billin

Get Fresh Crew - The Show

Nucleus - Jam on it

http://www.angelfire.com/sk/oldskool/images/nwa5.jpg

― Poops McGee, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm the Magnificent!

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/SingerPicUnid/5CD10D3F1453 6C5D48256A3C00161788/$file/Special-Ed.jpg

― Steve K, Thursday, 28 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

3ft High and Rising and, overused now i know, but It's Tricky.

― Wyndham Earl, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ah yes SPecial Ed.

― Poops McGee, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A few faves not mentioned so far:

'The 900 Number' - The 45 King

'Goin' Back To Cali' - LL Cool J

'Peter Piper' - Run DMC

'It Takes Two' - Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock

― Andrew L, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Re: UK Hiphop, I think DJ Hype and probably some other people were already scratching stuff up over hardcore, but yeah, it's doubtful they played any BritRap. Those early tunes are definitely v. good tho. Did people ever think of Shut Up And Dance as hiphop??

― joel, Friday, 1 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Straight Outta Compton!

― Oliver Palmer, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Aw. No Afrika Bambaataa? And there needs to be more Public Enemy--a couple of singles from "It takes a Nation of Millions..." (Rebel Without a Pause?) and the classic "911 is a Joke" off of "Fear of a Black Planet"...and the song "Express Yourself" off of NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" (it's still amusing to hear guys like Dre saying things like smoking weed will "give a brother brain damage/and brain damage on the mic don't manage.")

― geeta, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two months pass...

Spoonie Gee "Spoonin' Rap"
Spoonie Gee "Love Rap"
DJ Hollywood "Shock Shock the House"
King Sun-D Moet "Hey Love"
Solid C, Bobby D, Kool Drop "Wack Rap"
Trickeration "Rap Bounce Rock Skate
Bon Rock & the Rythem Rebellion "Searching Rap"
Soul Sonic Force "Lookin' For the Perfect Beat"
Dimples D "Suckapella" (a capella version of "Sucker DJs")
Roxanne Shante "Roxanne's Revenge" (which is what lee g meant to say)
The Treacherous Three "The Body Rock"
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five "Superrappin'"
The Sugar Hill Gang "8th Wonder"

And the greatest old school song title is:
Sicle Cell "Rhapazooty in Blue"

― Frank Kogan, Tuesday, 28 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

can anyone name some other non-obvious old school (let's say pre-86/87) tracks that really rock the house? i especially like the extended versions of late 70s/early 80s party raps. putting together a massive mix. thanks.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

ok make that pre-85

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 9 May 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

fifteen years pass...

Enemies face the rage of a nutcase.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awYxQ46zq_Q

― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Monday, 28 March 2022 15:24 (three years ago)

hip hop died in 86 as break dancing was pretty much done and rap music was becoming more commercial thanks mostly to def jam so i would say 93 is when rap pretty much was dead after eric b and rakim broke up but the beastie boys and public enemy did good a little while longer!

― xzanfar, Monday, 28 March 2022 15:55 (three years ago)

That's a brilliant copypasta. Any idea where it originated from?

― Let's disco dance, Hammurabi! (Austin), Monday, 28 March 2022 18:56 (three years ago)

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