Help me make a mix-CD from the "Golden Age" of hip-hop ('88-'9?)

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a friend of mine with zero exposure to hip-hop e-mailed me the other day about how he's diggin De La is Dead and Low End Theory (he's moved on from his previous purchase of Big Apple Rappin' apparently) and asked me for some more stuff... make some specific track suggestions. Needs to be an overview... I've got a sizable list already, although I'm kinda restricted by what I have digitally (as opposed to vinyl - the bulk of my hip-hop collection). I'm thinkin in general I wanna stay along the lines of Brand Nubian, Black Sheep, De La/Tribe/Jungle Bros, Main Source, Pharcyde etc. I think he has a pretty low tolerance for anything even remotely gangsta, although I doubt I'll be able to avoid that entirely...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:12 (eighteen years ago)

You can't make a comp of hip-hop from 88-9? and not put some gangsta stuff on there. It wouldn't be complete.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:22 (eighteen years ago)

I just know he has a deep aversion to all things Dre-Snoop-Cube-related (which is too bad but what can I do)

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:29 (eighteen years ago)

I may feel compelled to sneak some Wu-Tang on there (and Mobb Deep's Shook Ones)

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:33 (eighteen years ago)

Depending on how closely you wish to hew to the timeline, there will be no Wu and no Mobb Deep.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:35 (eighteen years ago)

kinda broad there, ain't it? 88 to 90-whenever?

― scott seward, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:39 (eighteen years ago)

Here's the tracklists to a couple of mixes I made some years back

East Coast 91-94

1. Nas, "It Ain't Hard to Tell"
2. Black Sheep, "The Choice is Yours (remix)"
3. UMCs, "One to Grow On"*
4. Organized Konfusion and O.C., "Fudge Pudge"
5. Diamond and the Psychotic Neurotics, "Stunts Blunts and Hiphop"
6. Crooklyn Dodgers (Special Ed, Masta Ase and Buckshot Shorty), "Crooklyn"
7. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, "T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce On You)"
8. Son of Bazerk featuring No Self Control and the Band, "The Band Gets Swivey on the Wheels"
9. A Tribe Called Quest and Leaders of the New School, "Scenario"
10. GangStarr and Nice & Smooth, "DWYCK"
11. Main Source with Nasty Nas, Joe Fatal and Akinyele, "Live at the Bar-B-Q"
12. Black Moon, "Who Got the Props?"
13. Digable Planets, "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like That)"
14. Wu-Tang Clan, "Proteck Ya Neck"
15. DAS Efx, "They Want Efx"
16. Ultramagnetic MCs, "Poppa Large (remix)"**
17. KRS-ONE, "Mortal Thought (I Must Rock the Mic)"
18. YZ, "The Return of the Holy One"
19. The Notorious B.I.G. and Method Man, "The What?"

* NOT the Ultramagnetic MCs, despite the understandable temptation to abbreviate.

** See? Doesn't sound alike at all.

and the corresponding non - NY/NJ mix...

Funny Style

1. King Tee and the Alkaholiks, "I Got It Bad, Y'all"
2. Freestyle Fellowship, "Cornbread"
3. Del, "Sleeping On My Couch"
4. The Pharcyde "Ya Mama"
5. House of Pain "Top of the Mornin' To Ya"
6. OutKast "Ain't No Thing but a Chicken Wing"
7. Coolio, "County Line"
8. The Alkoholiks with King Tee, "Only When I'm Drunk"
9. Blackalicious, "Swan Lake"
10. Del, "The Wacky World of Rapid Transit"
11. Digital Underground, "The Humpty Dance"
12. FunkDoobiest, "Bow Wow Wow"
13. MadKap with Ali Rocksta, King Tee and Tash, "Check It Out"
14. Digital Underground, "Duwutchyalike"
15. Common Sense, "Watermelon"*
16. Coolio, "Smokin' Stix"
17. Ice Cube, "Jackin' for Beats"

* This is back before he got sued and had to lose the second part of his handle.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:39 (eighteen years ago)

I was reading that as 88-89, not 99-9tyblah. A great mix could be made from just those two years, too, of course.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

yeah it is broad, I'm not sure where to draw the line - I mean I was giving him shit for being 20 yrs behind the times, but then I didn't think it would be fair to just load him up with a bunch of more recent stuff when he seems more likely to dig older material.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:40 (eighteen years ago)

just do 88 to 91. that's plenty broad enough. there is a whole universe in that four year stretch.

― scott seward, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, despite their awesomeness, Wu-Tang certainly is not part of the "golden age."

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

88/91 would be the post-public enemy/pre-chronic mix.

― scott seward, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

"Yeah, despite their awesomeness, Wu-Tang certainly is not part of the "golden age.""

It depends on what you consider to be the "golden age", doesn't it? I listen to a lot more stuff from 92-95, than from 88-91.

― Alex in SF, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:48 (eighteen years ago)

Fuck it, I'll even zip up a killer mix of just 1988 stuff if you send me an email

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:50 (eighteen years ago)

Actually, I was under the impression that the "golden age" came even earlier, but I guess it's all about perception.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:51 (eighteen years ago)

It's generally agreed upon that The Chronic deaded the Golden Age

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― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:51 (eighteen years ago)

The beginning is either Raising Hell (1986) or just 1988 in general, depending on who you ask.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:52 (eighteen years ago)

your friend sounds ready for a whole lotta black sheep, gang starr and pete rock

― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:52 (eighteen years ago)

I think of "Golden Age Hophop" as a pretty long stretch; 88-94. Basically ending when major record companies started to get the idea that rap was a long-term cash cow and started paying big for big acts, and when formerly small hiphop labels started getting big enough to get bought by majors. The result was the acts that didn't have such obvious commercial potential stayed at smaller labels and you began to get a real stylistic rift between mainstream and underground rap. Before that, it was all just a matter of who got a hit and who didn't.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:54 (eighteen years ago)

also don't forget OGC and group home!!

― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:55 (eighteen years ago)

Oh man, I wish I was listening to"Lefluer Leflah Eshkoshka" RIGHT NOW.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:56 (eighteen years ago)

to make this more fun you should challenge your self by not including any new york artists

― deej, Friday, 30 March 2007 17:58 (eighteen years ago)

That would certainly be more challenging, but I'm not sure how I see it's more fun.

More fun to select the mix? Or to listen to?

― Oilyrags, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:00 (eighteen years ago)

both at this point. as much as we need another thread like "man boot camp clik were great!"

limiting it to 88-91 might be more interesting though.

― deej, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, I say golden age starts with ll cool j, pe, bdp, schoolly d, eric b and rakim, so ya gotta get back to '86 or '87. making a golden age comp and leaving off stuff like "rock the bells" (12" version), "rebel without a pause", "the bridge is over", "raw", "i ain't no joke", "saturday night", "gucci time", that's like crazy talk.

― Edward III, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:08 (eighteen years ago)

I mean yeah if you already know this shit it's like yawn, but imagine never having heard any of it? man, what a gift.

― Edward III, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:10 (eighteen years ago)

I'm leaning towards the Chronic as a cutoff point, let's go with that. whiney if you wanna e-mail me that'd be awesome - audiobot@yahoo.com

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:12 (eighteen years ago)

Well, keep in mind his audience here, Deej. If the guy just discovered ...Is Dead and Low End Theory he's not likely to find "They Want Efx" as played out as you do.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:13 (eighteen years ago)

you need some:
EPMD

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:14 (eighteen years ago)

obv

― Edward III, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:15 (eighteen years ago)

"both at this point. as much as we need another thread like "man boot camp clik were great!""

This is really underdiscussed isn' it! Man were BCC great!

― Alex in SF, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:16 (eighteen years ago)

Here's a tracklist I did for a Viva show called "My Mic is On Fire" that has a lot of golden era stuff, mostly classics with a few more obscure tracks

http://www.viva-radio.com/pyjamarama

1. slick rick-mona lisa
2. audio two-top billin
3. mc lyte-10% dis
4. latee-this cut's got flavor
5. ultramagnetic mcs-poppa large
6. public enemy-bring the noise
7. special ed-ready 2 attack
8. eric b and rakim-don't sweat the technique
9. jvc force-strong island
10. biz markie-nobody beats the biz
11. big daddy kane-raw
12. marley marl etc-The Symphony
13. kool g rap and polo-poison
14. lord shafiyq-my mic is on fire
15. bdp-my philosophy
16. stezo-crazy noise
17. diamond d-sally got a one track mind
18. pete rock and cl smooth-they reminisce over you
19. main source-fakin the funk
20. umc's-never never land
21. special ed-i'm the magnificent
22. kmd ft brand nubian-nitty gritty
23. de la soul-say no go
24. jungle bros-because I got it like that
25. black sheep-the choice is yours
26. a tribe called quest-show business

― dan selzer, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:18 (eighteen years ago)

http://www.discogs.com/image/R-163136-1111498555.gif

seriously, dude.

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:20 (eighteen years ago)

both at this point. as much as we need another thread like "man boot camp clik were great!"

deej on Friday, March 30, 2007 2:04 PM (12 minutes ago)

dnftt

― and what, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:21 (eighteen years ago)

okay here's what I have so far (not in order yet)

Slick Rick - Children's Story
Biz Markie - Me Vs. Me
Chubb Rock - Caught Up (remix)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y.
EPMD - Strictly Business
BDP - My Philosophy
Eric B & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke
Special Ed - I Got it Made
Pharcyde - Oh Sh*t
Black Sheep - U Mean I'm Not...?
Cypress Hill - Pigs
Jungle Brothers - I'm In Love With Indica (cuz he'll appreciate the Stooges sample)
De La Soul - Plug Tunin
Digable Planets - Jettin
Digital Underground - Freaks of the Industry
Brand New Heavies feat. Grand Puba - Who Makes the Loot?

...unfortunately I don't have any Main Source MP3s, apparently.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 30 March 2007 18:58 (eighteen years ago)

"Road to the Riches" - Kool G Rap and DJ Polo

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:16 (eighteen years ago)

"I Go to Work" - Kool Moe Dee

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:20 (eighteen years ago)

"Farmers Blvd" - LL Cool J (not his most famous but I always like it!)

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:21 (eighteen years ago)

Here's my quickie 1988 mix for you SMC

1. Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
2. Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy
3. Run DMC - Run's House
4. Slick Rick - Children's Story
5. Marley Marl ft. Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane - The Symphony
6. EPMD - You Gots To Chill
7. LL Cool J - Going Back To Cali
8. Big Daddy Kane - Raw (12-inch version)
9. Kool G Rap and DJ Polo - Road To The Riches
10. Biz Markie - The Biz Is Goin' Off
11. MC Lyte - 10% Dis
12. Sir Mix-A-Lot - Posse On Broadway
13. Ultramagnetic MCs - Funky (12-inch version)
14. Stetsasonic - DBC Let The Music Play
15. JVC Force - Strong Island
16. MC EZ And Troup - Get Retarded
17. Super Lover Cee And Casanova Rud - Do The James

Yes, some of the singles were released in 1987, but all the full-length albums dropped in 1988

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:21 (eighteen years ago)

ysi?

― Edward III, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:22 (eighteen years ago)

haha edward 3 otm. favorite thread of the day.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:24 (eighteen years ago)

man, i really think Swass by Mixalot is one of the all-time great rap albums.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:24 (eighteen years ago)

Isn't an 80 minute CD too big to YSI?

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:26 (eighteen years ago)

i'll def wrap it up and YSI it tho

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:26 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah, it's too big. Other options?

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:33 (eighteen years ago)

i can AIM it to someone who has a better YSI account than me.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:33 (eighteen years ago)

I seem to have left UMC's "Ego Trippin" off my list for some reason

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:36 (eighteen years ago)

megaupload.com

hey, Xpost warning! Cool.

― Oilyrags, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:37 (eighteen years ago)

Roxanne Shante - Big Mama (1992)

― Mark Rich@rdson, Friday, 30 March 2007 20:39 (eighteen years ago)

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scott seward said: "88/91 would be the post-public enemy/pre-chronic mix."

post public enemy? no way... may i quote fight the power:
"1989! The number, another summer..."

― The Breadmaster, Saturday, 31 March 2007 00:07 (eighteen years ago)

Shakey, I thought of "I'm in Love With Indica" right before I read your post! Great track.

And it's gotta be the 8.54 version of "Dowhutchalike."

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 31 March 2007 00:12 (eighteen years ago)

Also, POO year for hip-hop, the clear winner is 1988. Anyone who disagrees ~~is tripping.~~ was born in the 80s.

― deej, Saturday, 31 March 2007 00:20 (eighteen years ago)

there's a [Removed Illegal Link] for y'all motherfuckers to argue this shit now.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 00:34 (eighteen years ago)

a THREAD is what that is

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 00:35 (eighteen years ago)

Nobody's gonna mention Just-Ice's Back To The Old School? Jesus, you people, I swear. "Cold Gettin' Dumb" has got to be in there somewhere - not for the lyrics, but for that unbelievable beat.

― unperson, Saturday, 31 March 2007 00:41 (eighteen years ago)

post-PE doesn't mean PE were finished FFS

― Matos W.K., Saturday, 31 March 2007 00:58 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, i just meant after their debut and all that.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:04 (eighteen years ago)

i mean what went down between 1986 and 1988 is, like, centuries in rap-years. everything was in full bloom by 88/89.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:07 (eighteen years ago)

I've been trying to figure out why the evolution slowed so much post-Chronic. Was it that record companies wanted to milk sound X til it quit selling, so new ideas got swallowed up and turned into footnotes (viz PM Dawn, perhaps)?

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:15 (eighteen years ago)

if you can push your cutoff point to 93'...souls of mischief's track '93 'til infinity' is CLASSIC...Also, how about some old Nas (back when he was at his absolute best?) 'It ain't hard to tell' is an incredible track...

― venimdenim, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:25 (eighteen years ago)

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Up until The Chronic it was still an arena of PLAY and EXPERIMENTING. People were just trying things and seeing what sticks. The record labels were FORCED to follow their lead. Like could you imagine a major label executive having any logic to signing something as crazy as the Jungle Brothers? Major labels weren't saying "We need an MC Shan", they were saying "Fuck... this rap thing is popular, better sign SOMETHING"

After the Chronic (and learning their lesson from the whole Hammer/Vanilla Ice thing two years earlier) the labels figured out exactly what suburbia wanted (guns! drugs! hoes! choruses!) and started selling it back to them outright. Lots of rappers saw what was making money and following suit.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:27 (eighteen years ago)

Question 2: What type of world would we live in if Death Row had made good on their desire to sign Freestyle Fellowship? (this is true--read Ronin Ro's book!)

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:28 (eighteen years ago)

plenty of shit about PLAY and EXPERIMENTING got signed/released post-93, even in the last 5-10 years - its just that most of it doesnt wear a big wacky "IM EXPERIMENTAL!!!" hat like divine styler or whatever your garbage idea of the golden age of rap's creativity is. there's a fuck of a lot more diversity in 07 rap than 89 rap due to having 30 years of history plus every region in the the world to draw on instead of just new york cats

― and what, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:30 (eighteen years ago)

xpost yeah maybe innercity griots-influenced cats like bone thugs & 3-6 would be platinum now OH WAIT

― and what, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:32 (eighteen years ago)

i agree, i don't think people stopped experimenting.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:38 (eighteen years ago)

i might find it harder now to find stuff i like only cuz there is so much friggin' product out there. but i find stuff.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:39 (eighteen years ago)

Find me the great sui generis hip-hop act of 2007 and we'll talk.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:43 (eighteen years ago)

plenty of shit about PLAY and EXPERIMENTING got signed/released post-93, even in the last 5-10 years - its just that most of it doesnt wear a big wacky "IM EXPERIMENTAL!!!" hat like divine styler or whatever your garbage idea of the golden age of rap's creativity is.

I never started talking about alterna-hip-hop dudes. NWA and Public Enemy and Stet and Marley and Eric Sermon. All that stuff sounded like play and experimenting because during the late 80s, the technology would change every year.

Maybe I'm Nas-ing it up with the hindsight here, I don't know.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:52 (eighteen years ago)

I know I'm a backpacker apologist, but it's really funny that you immediately think I'm repping for MC 900 Foot Jesus when I talk about the golden age.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:53 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks for the mix, WW!

― Oilyrags, Saturday, 31 March 2007 02:18 (eighteen years ago)

> Goddamn why don't I own "Fruits of Nature" already?

You know a motherfucker can hook a bro up, right?

― Oilyrags, Saturday, 31 March 2007 02:26 (eighteen years ago)

dude you got the hookup and i hear you ergo i holla

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 02:42 (eighteen years ago)

why was there so much hate for that record

20/20 hindsight. People want to remember Run-DMC as innovators, so when they tread water (Kings Of Rock, Tougher Than Leather), they get shit on. But Tougher Than Leather is super solid.

naw, it was people who paid money to go see that shit in the theatre. "more like tougher than pleather!" quipped a b-boy as we filed out of the theatre like mourners at a funeral.

and yeah rap really stopped being playful and experimental in 1993 WAHT WU-TANG HELLO

but I agree rap ain't the wild frontier it used to be. too many generations, too much self-awareness. what a ride, though. sometimes I'm like "wish I was in NYC in '75" or "woulda been cool to be in london in '77" but then I think I grew up in jersey in the 80s and that shit was sweet.

thanks for the ysi!

― Edward III, Saturday, 31 March 2007 02:46 (eighteen years ago)

what happened to all the ILM heads who thought the golden age was circa Missy?

Its funny that this board has always had people who'll rep for pre-90s rap and late 90s rap but, especially compared to most rap boards, relatively few who consider mid-90s rap the 'golden age' (although i guess the whole wu-tang/boot camp thing sort of contradicts that theory...but whatever)

― deej, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:01 (eighteen years ago)

Shit man, I don't know anybody who wouldn't ride for 90-95. Grand Puba, Leaders of the New School, Black Sheep, Digable Planets, Arrested Development, two/maybe three classics from Cube, Illmatic ffs! I call that shit the Silver Age.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:07 (eighteen years ago)

don't get me wrong, its kind of refreshing! its just funny how you jump from chuck eddy's 'rap starting going bad with Rakim' to Tim Finney's "I miss when rap albums were all over stylistically, like Foxy Brown's Broken Silence"

― deej, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:08 (eighteen years ago)

I'd also like to put in a vote for just-ice's "going way back", great song and a history lesson too.

man, listening to "my philosophy", that song just got pillaged for samples.

― Edward III, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:31 (eighteen years ago)

i love 90/95. it's 95/99 that i black out a bit. i was not on the jay-z/nas/dre/b.i.g./mase train. what the hell was i playing? outkast. beatnuts. wu-stuff. other stuff.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:32 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah after 95 all I remember is Bad Boy Mania and Timbaland's Reign Part One.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:35 (eighteen years ago)

But I kinda dropped off the rap radar for a decade, so fuck me.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:35 (eighteen years ago)

oh and juvenile/hot boys stuff whenever that stuff started coming out. and camp lo and da brat and company flow. and timbaland and missy. but not puffy or master p. or common. or fugees.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:37 (eighteen years ago)

and trick daddy and redman! but not dmx or busta.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:40 (eighteen years ago)

i guess there was plenty of stuff i liked between 95-99!

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:41 (eighteen years ago)

and i have really liked tons of stuff from 2000 to 2007! i just don't buy rap rekkerds like i used to cuz i don't live in philly anymore. although the one record store here has a nice selection of CDs. huuuuuge mix(tape) cd section.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:46 (eighteen years ago)

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― am0n, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:49 (eighteen years ago)

Main Source - Looking At the Front Door

― dan selzer, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:51 (eighteen years ago)

man thread sucked in my day. awesome.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:55 (eighteen years ago)

So if I rip this stuff at 320, Hoos, I can probably put five or six albums on a disc with hardly any lossiness. So besides UMCs, what do you need?

Stetsasonic?
Organized Konfusion?
Son of Bazerk?
YZ?
3rd Bass' solo albums?

My collection is hardly definitive, but I have a few things that aren't so easy to find.

― Oilyrags, Saturday, 31 March 2007 04:01 (eighteen years ago)

late 90s had hypnotized minds, trick daddy, outkast/dungeon fam, 8ball and mjg/suavehouse, swizz/ruffryders in ny and puffy's bad boy shit, the rawkus underground, cash money and no limit, arrival of timbo and the neptunes, plus shit out of cali like nu-dj quik, do or die and twista, erick sermon/methodman/redman, Jay-Z at his height, e-40/the click, eminem/nu Dre, etc

― deej, Saturday, 31 March 2007 04:06 (eighteen years ago)

i listened too half of that stuff. and ignored or missed the rest. i will hear everything i missed eventually. i spent a whole night watching old videos on youtube a couple weeks ago of stuff that had passed me by. tons of southern stuff i still haven't heard. and rap-a-lot and so so def stuff. florida stuff. the list goes on and on.

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 04:21 (eighteen years ago)

Man I could definitely go for some Organized Konfusion and Stetasonic especially, but whatevers dude, go nuts.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 06:06 (eighteen years ago)

man i love the shit out of stesasonic.

― max, Saturday, 31 March 2007 06:12 (eighteen years ago)

Weingarten: I am having an excellent Saturday because of your mix. Thanks!

― caek, Saturday, 31 March 2007 12:47 (eighteen years ago)

speaking of the mid90s whatever happened to Keith Murray

― Shakey Mo Collier, Saturday, 31 March 2007 14:49 (eighteen years ago)

Last I heard he was paroled from that one charge (attempted manslaughter, maybe?) and was...um...

yeah, paroled.

― Oilyrags, Saturday, 31 March 2007 15:08 (eighteen years ago)

Tricky in a joust plus I'm down with Mickey Mouse!

― Oilyrags, Saturday, 31 March 2007 17:30 (eighteen years ago)

four months pass...

hey cool never heard this one before!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y359cezbb4

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 23 August 2007 19:55 (eighteen years ago)

I still have Whiney's mix from this thread on my pod. Also, possibly the answer to this:

Find me the great sui generis hip-hop act of 2007 and we'll talk.

Because although I haven't seen any love for it here, Lifesavas' Gutterfly is tight and right.

― Oilyrags, Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

I loves me some Lifesavas!
http://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=512
http://www.paperthinwalls.com/singlefile/item?id=847

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 23 August 2007 20:58 (eighteen years ago)

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