What's the deal with 80's Hip Hop then?
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Preach2Teach
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The only 80's rappers that I know of are Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, N.W.A, Run DMC, Beastie Boys and maybe afew others mostly by song and not artist tho, oh and LL and KRS (duh) so I thought to myself why not ask the community? I am asking all the 80's heads to bless us and give us some education on the history of Hip Hop, is there any hidden gems you can bless us with? any tracks that would rock an 80's hip hop club? was it mostly about the DJ'S back then?
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Can't believe you left out Kool Moe Dee and Whodini!
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King of GA wrote: »Can't believe you left out Kool Moe Dee and Whodini!
I have heard the Kool Moe Dee song 'how you like me now' but that's about it I think. -
01 Intro
02 Run DMC - Run's House
03 Biz Markie - Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz
04 Biz Markie - Nobody Beats The Biz
05 Audio Two - Top Billing
06 Ultramagnetic MC's - Ego Trippin'
07 Salt N Pepa - Push It
08 Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two
09 Eazy E - Eazy Duz It
10 NWA - Express Yourself
11 NWA - Gangsta Gangsta
12 NWA - ? The Police
13 NWA - Straight Outta Compton
14 Ice T - Colors
15 Too Short - Life is...Too Short
16 EPMD - You're A Customer
17 EPMD - You Gots To Chill
18 Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
19 Public Enemy - Rebel Without Pause
20 Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype
21 BDP - Still #1
22 BDP - My Philosophy
23 Run DMC - Beats To The Rhyme
24 Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader
25 Eric B & Rakim - Microphone Fiend
26 Slick Rick - Hey Young World
27 Slick Rick - Children's Story
28 Slick Rick - Mona Lisa
29 MC Lyte - I Cram To Understand U (Sam)
30 Biz Markie - Vapors
31 Big Daddy Kane - Set It Off
32 Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin'
33 Marley Marl & The Juice Crew - The Symphony -
That's the mix of 1988 joints that I did for the dj comp...
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I read the thread title in Seinfeld's voice
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You should check out Ego Trip's Book Of Rap Lists. They list the top songs from every year from 1979-1998
http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/ego_trip_page1.htm -
You should check out Ego Trip's Book Of Rap Lists. They list the top songs from every year from 1979-1998
http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/ego_trip_page1.htm
Thanks will be checking this out for sure. -
Preach2Teach wrote: »King of GA wrote: »Can't believe you left out Kool Moe Dee and Whodini!
I have heard the Kool Moe Dee song 'how you like me now' but that's about it I think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_AMPcFym0Q
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Is it worth checking out any of Kool Moe Dee's albums?
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Preach2Teach wrote: »Is it worth checking out any of Kool Moe Dee's albums?
In my opinion his albums weren't that good. Having said that you should check out these songs
1. Live Convention 82 Freestyle
2. New Rap Language - Sponie G feat The Treacherous 3
3. Feel The Heartbeat - Treacherous 3
4. Body Rock - Treacherous 3
5. At The Party - Treacherous 3
6. Graffiti Rock Freestyle - Run DMC and Treacherous 3
7. Santas Rap - Treacherous 3
8. Go See The Doctor - Kool Moe Dee
9. How D'Ya Like Me Now - Kool Moe Dee
10. Wild Wild West - Kool Moe Dee
11. Lets Go - Kool Moe Dee (LL Cool J Diss)
12. Self Destruction - Stop The Violence Movement
13. They Want Money - Kool Moe Dee
14. I Go To Work - Kool Moe Dee
15. Rise and Shine - Kool Moe Dee feat KRS One and Chuck D -
Here's an unreleased Treacherous 3 track. Its an alternate version of Put The Boogie In Your Body. They replayed Flashlight by Parliament. Its better than the version that eventually got released imo.
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Came here to @ 5 Grand. He can school us on what was hot back then when he was breakdancing on cardboard boxes and dodging ? ? ninja pimps
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I had a quick skim through Kool Moe's first 2 albums last night and it sounded like something I am gonna like, something about his style I really like, it's crazy how as I get older I am learning to appreciate 80's Hip Hop more.
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All I know is this old head put me on to Whodini and most of their ? is flames
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King of GA wrote: »Can't believe you left out Kool Moe Dee and Whodini!All I know is this old head put me on to Whodini and most of their ? is flames
Gonna check this out later!
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Preach2Teach wrote: »King of GA wrote: »Can't believe you left out Kool Moe Dee and Whodini!
I have heard the Kool Moe Dee song 'how you like me now' but that's about it I think.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_AMPcFym0Q
Classic!
always thought he was wack as ? ,I mean I was a kid who liked Rakim ,Big Daddy Kane ,Ice T ,Slick Rick ,LL Cool J etc... Kool moe dee looked like a wack ass weirdo to me with his glasses on and I always hated his voice -
Preach2Teach wrote: »King of GA wrote: »Can't believe you left out Kool Moe Dee and Whodini!All I know is this old head put me on to Whodini and most of their ? is flames
Gonna check this out later!
Here's some good Whodini tracks
1. Haunted House of Rock
2. Friends
3. Five Minutes of Funk
4. Freaks Come Ot At Night
5. Big Mouth
6. Escape
7. One Love
8. I'm A ?
9. I Dare You (cassette only track from the Back In Black LP)
10. Be Yourself
Here's a Run DMC and Whodini freestyle from 1985
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Preach2Teach wrote: »Is it worth checking out any of Kool Moe Dee's albums?
In my opinion his albums weren't that good. Having said that you should check out these songs
1. Live Convention 82 Freestyle
2. New Rap Language - Sponie G feat The Treacherous 3
3. Feel The Heartbeat - Treacherous 3
4. Body Rock - Treacherous 3
5. At The Party - Treacherous 3
6. Graffiti Rock Freestyle - Run DMC and Treacherous 3
7. Santas Rap - Treacherous 3
8. Go See The Doctor - Kool Moe Dee
9. How D'Ya Like Me Now - Kool Moe Dee
10. Wild Wild West - Kool Moe Dee
11. Lets Go - Kool Moe Dee (LL Cool J Diss)
12. Self Destruction - Stop The Violence Movement
13. They Want Money - Kool Moe Dee
14. I Go To Work - Kool Moe Dee
15. Rise and Shine - Kool Moe Dee feat KRS One and Chuck D
I think Knowledge is King is a pretty decent Kool Moe Dee album. He also wrote a book where he rated a bunch of rappers. -
UTFO was dope too.
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Ether44mag wrote: »Preach2Teach wrote: »King of GA wrote: »Can't believe you left out Kool Moe Dee and Whodini!
I have heard the Kool Moe Dee song 'how you like me now' but that's about it I think.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_AMPcFym0Q
Classic!
always thought he was wack as ? ,I mean I was a kid who liked Rakim ,Big Daddy Kane ,Ice T ,Slick Rick ,LL Cool J etc... Kool moe dee looked like a wack ass weirdo to me with his glasses on and I always hated his voice
Same here for the same reasons but as I got older I could appreciate his style more. It's just very barebones and sounded mad outdated by the time those other guys came out. -
https://youtu.be/Ud4hgJwA0wY
https://youtu.be/izuMg1GGnMc