Old School Rap/Hip Hop

[g g g unit]

I've really been getting into this genre of music for a while seeing as current rap is sh1t.

Anyhow what albums are the best to buy from groups like nwa etc etc???

 

[Desdinova]

Tone Loc
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Public Enemy
3rd Bass
Wrecks-n-Effect
Heavy D. and the Boyz
Maestro Fresh Wes
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Poison Clan
2 Live Crew
Rebel MC
Eric B & Rakim
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
Run DMC

Yeah, I like old rap too

 

[ready123]

^--- yeah

and if you like that old school gangsta stuff, NWA and Ice T

my favorites are all the Native Tongues (ATCQ, Beatnuts, De La Soul, Black Sheep), Boogie Down Prod, Freestyle Fellowship, Big Daddy Kane, the Pharcyde, Hieroglyphics, and a ton of other dope artists from coast to caost man there's too much classic sht out there

 

[spider_007]

http://www.sosuave.net/forum/showthread.php?t=135900

 

[Bible_Belt]

Geto Boys

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

Tone Loc
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Public Enemy
3rd Bass
Wrecks-n-Effect
Heavy D. and the Boyz
Maestro Fresh Wes
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Poison Clan
2 Live Crew
Rebel MC
Eric B & Rakim
Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
Run DMC

Yeah, I like old rap too

Kool Moe Dee
Grandmaster Flash
Kurtis Blow
Gucci Crew II
Whodini
UTFO
Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew
Slick Rick
World Class Wreckin' Cru
Kid 'N Play
Biz Markie
Special Ed
Boogie Down Productions
Tone Loc
Chubb Rock
Schoolly D
MC Lyte

Hey, I was in Chicago for some of the '80's

 

[MrS]

Tribe Called Quest's first 3 albums
NWA's first album
Wutang's first album, as well as Raekwon's and GZA's.
Eric B and Rakim are also ace.

 

[Drum&Bass]

House of Pain - Same as it ever was
Cypress Hill - 4
Funkdoobiest - 1st and 2nd albums
Beatnuts - 1st album (street level)
Jeru the Damaja - 1st and 2nd albums
Nas - 1st album
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
MHZ - Tablescraps
Ugly Duckling - 1st album
Slum Village - Fantastik vol. 1
Ghost Face Killa - Ironman

 

[LostAndConfused]

wu-tang clan.

 

[SickAgain]

GZA - Liquid Swords
Brotha Lynch Hung - Season of Da Siccness
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
AZ - Doe or Die
Digable Planets - Reachin'
Bone Thugs - E 1999
Smif-n-Wesson - Da Shinin'

All of 2pac's albums

 

[ready123]

Nas - 1st album

Illmatic - my favorite album of all time

 

[Desdinova]

If you can find it, get Chunky A's album. It's Arsenio Hall's alter ego

 

[TyTe`EyEs]

Geto Boys

My favorite.

 

[Pimp101]

Big L
Souls of Mischief - 93' Till Infinity
Gangstarr
Das EFX
The Pharcyde
Xzbit - At The Speed of Life
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Juggaknots - Clear Blue Skies
Blahzay Blahzay - Blah Blah Blah
M.O.P. - To The Death
Onyx - All We Got Iz Us

 

[g g g unit]

speaking of old school rap anyone heard ice cubes new single???

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HzeZhCt5PVA

I thought he went all Hollywood and then he drops a single like this, absolute genius.

 

[coacj]

Das Efx
Black Moon
Smif-N-wessun
Wu-Tang Clan
Bo$$
M.O.P
Mobb Deep
Dr.Dre
Snoop Dogg
Nas
Jeru the Damaja
Red Man
B.I.G
Theirs a blog that i go to called Time4sumaksion were u can download oldskool rap vinyls for free. i joined in july 07 and ive been downloading ever since
check this out http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=cherokeeindian

 

[MikeYikes122]

I listened to all of Nas' Illmatic album tonight and then I listened to his most recent one, Hip Hop is Dead. It's nuts how much he has fallen off. There are like three classic Nas cuts on the most recent album and the rest is just mediocre, whereas Illmatic is so classic you feel guilty about skipping a track to get to the next one.

Being so damn good in his first CD doomed him. There was no way he could live up to that kind of standard.

 

[Rhoto]

Hieroglyphics not "old school" but damned good.

 

[ready123]

Hiero has been out since almost 1990

 

[Rhoto]

Hiero has been out since almost 1990

Ya, but "Old School" should be 80's still. =)

And add Souls of Mischief to your list.

Andre Nickatina and Equipto are pretty savage as well.