Official Old School Hip Hop Thread...

[geoffp]

Gang Starr, De La Soul, Group Home, EPMD, Jeru the Damaja, KRS One, hell yeah all good stuff, they sure as hell don't make it like they used to.

[Maluco]

damn, this shit is going to be gold for title and artist references.. Tapes and cd's have long since become a victim of shady peeps and time. Not everyone "comes clean" haha..

Jeru The Damaja - Come Clean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B5dOCSBBEI&feature=related

[Maluco]

Gang Starr, De La Soul, Group Home, EPMD, Jeru the Damaja, KRS One, hell yeah all good stuff, they sure as hell don't make it like they used to.

HELL YEAH BRO!!! Group Home! De LA (I just saw this after finally posting Jeru)

and you are correct; "Hip Hop is not was it is today" - forgot the artist

[Maluco]

that's what I meant with this post; remindings of the artists that slip the mind...

I got some dope ass compilations on the way. Send addresses if you'd like.

Group Home - Livin' Proof

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI264qcI2lo&feature=related

[Maluco]

Memory Lane, lovely to take a trip down the lane...

Nas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXBFG2vsyCM

[Maluco]

I'll quit for now with "Represent"

Nas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKYkDwzi-FI&feature=related

[Pinepig]

Dougie Fresh, 6 minutes,the show and La di da di /End thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvw-NxMSL_A

[TwoJ's]

^^ Illmatic was a great album.

Some J5: I really like Chali 2na

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZmQIGLNxBs

[wagonizzle]

A Tribe Called Quest, Cypress Hill, and +1 to the Beasties. Real rap has been dead for some time now :(

[red]

Oh man I <3 this thread. I'll limit myself to one song per post so this thread stays alive for a while. haha.

I always thought r3v was run by rockers. =D

Big L - Danger Zone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fCXYDoVLes

[kway]

Wu Tang - Da Mystery of Chessboxin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxPyeU5-lis

Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Part II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeuEGr_UTzg

Artifacts - Wrong Side Of Da Tracks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmR2lBmhQfQ&feature=related

[T3rd Ferguson]

souls of mischief's from 93 til infinity is one of my favorite songs ever. I have a 2 hour long mixtape i listen to on long car rides, it's all 1993 hip hop

[audiquattrot]

Outkast - Da Art of Storytellin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjNLQeohXew

Nas - Represent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKYkDwzi-FI

[StereoInstaller1]

Gang Starr, De La Soul, Group Home, EPMD, Jeru the Damaja, KRS One, hell yeah all good stuff, they sure as hell don't make it like they used to.

See, for those of us who were in it WAY back in the day, the shit there IS the "new stuff" when "they stopped making good rap"...Cool J with "I can't live without my radio" and "Going Back To Cali", Run-DMC, BB's Licenced to ill, the D.O.C., the way more mainstream stuff like Young MC (STILL fucking dope, that kid ripped),Even Hammer, back when he was MC Hammer (yes, I have "Let's Get It Started") shit, I still have the copy of "Paid In Full" I bought in '87...

I guess what I am saying is when you have boys coming up like Atmosphere, J-5, Blacalicious and whatnot coming along good rap is still around, but will always evolve.

Want some history? Listen to the "first" (yeah right, Bessie Smith rapped in 1922, IMO) rap song: "Chocolate City" by Parliament

And yeah, people do bug out when I drive by dropping Tech or some NAS or whatever, like what the fuck is that old guy listening to that shit for!

[flawdaboi407]

Mobb Deep - Survival Of The Fittest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG6TWB8aebY&feature=related

Dead Prez - They Schools

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf1QcHs4vGY