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[BlackOlivesMatter]

A few of my fave's from the 80's

 

[TTOOLL]

Good shit, I can and do respect it. Modern hip hop is pure trash.

 

[EightBit Man]

 

[EightBit Man]

The Bridge Wars

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

when hip hop was fun

 

[nush]

Woo Yeah

 

[Old Retro]

Hip hop culture does not advance without breakdance/funk influence

 

[Bullet Club]

And finally, the two greatest rap songs of all time...ahem...

 

[#Phonepunk#]

love this era so much

 

[EightBit Man]

Released prior to Sugar Hill Gang's Rapper's Delight, and is regarded as the the first commercially-released rap song:



Amazing Funk group as well.

 

[EightBit Man]

 

[EightBit Man]

 

[EightBit Man]

 

[EightBit Man]

One of the many songs from that era, warning about substances.




Video feat. Laurence Fishburne and Giancarlo Esposito.

 

[EightBit Man]

Classic from 1988: The Symphony · Marley Marl · Big Daddy Kane · Craig G · Kool G Rap · Masta Ace

 

[Richard Packer]

4 months into the 90's

 

[Phunkydiabetic]

I love the beat to EPMD's "Please Listen to My Demo". Or more specifically I should say I love the beat to Faze-o's "Riding High" since it is left intact for the most part haha.

 

[EightBit Man]

 

[EightBit Man]

 

[eot]

Classic

 

[Hazzard4life]

 

[bad guy]

 

[highrider]

 

[Richard Packer]

KRS was on one during this period.

 

[brap]

 

[Cutty Flam]

 

[Cutty Flam]

edit: brap good shit homey already had it covered

 

[Cutty Flam]

 

[Hazzard4life]

L

 

[Cutty Flam]

 

[Rat Rage]

Some really good music here. Nice.

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

 

[Ian Henry]

Hip Hop. Can't stop and it won't stop

 

[Sidney Prescott]

Love this song.

 

[QSD]

my musical consciousness only started in the late 80ies early 90ies so my first impression of hip hop was very mellow, straight outta the daisy age

 

[Sidney Prescott]

 

[Mistershine.]

Seems like a good place to ask this:
Back in the day I had a free tape that I think came with a BMX magazine with various different songs including a hip hop track that I can't remember the name of, the artist, or the lyrics, apart from a couple of lines that I think were "I fought the knives and i fought the guns, I felt like one of the militia squad"
The theme of the song was about a guy trying to do his best and stay away from gangs but comes home from work to a home invasion type scenario.

Come to my aid, music gaf!

 

[Shadowplay1979]

fun fact, the little melody that comes in at 40 seconds was grabbed by Johnny marr for How Soon is Now

 

[Cutty Flam]

 

[Soodanim]

This thread is 24 carat gold.

 

[Cutty Flam]

Seems like a good place to ask this:
Back in the day I had a free tape that I think came with a BMX magazine with various different songs including a hip hop track that I can't remember the name of, the artist, or the lyrics, apart from a couple of lines that I think were "I fought the knives and i fought the guns, I felt like one of the militia squad"
The theme of the song was about a guy trying to do his best and stay away from gangs but comes home from work to a home invasion type scenario.

Come to my aid, music gaf!

Sounds interesting, I'll keep my ears open and report back if I find. What year did you hear that tape

 

[Sidney Prescott]

 

[Ian Henry]

Dope song

The ultimate hype song of the era. Has been sampled by many.