Best old-skool rap song?

[BDawg]

The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground.

 

[mpitts]

Sheeh.. Old-skool is not freaking Nate Dogg and Wu-Tang!

Here are some CLASSICS:

LL Cool J - Bad
LL Cool J - I Can't Live Without My Radio
Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
Run DMC - King of Rock
Doug E. Fresh - La Di Da Di
Kurtis Blow - Basketball

Some other songs/albums that you could consider the new old school:

Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (actually, just about ANYTHING by PE)
NWA - Straight Outta Compton (the entire record)

 

[CraigRT]

Naughty by Nature, OPP
LL Cool J, Mama said knock you out
Run DMC, Big Willie or Down with the king
there's alot more man!!!

Can't forget Bring da Pain by Method man!!! awesome tune!!

 

[SP33Demon]

My fav: "I Got It Made" by Special Ed (probably has the most classic loop of all time)

"I'm your idol the highest title numero uno
I'm not a Puerto Rican but I'm speakin so that you know
and understand I got the gift of speech
and it's a blessin
so listen to the lesson I preach
I talk sense condensed into the form of a poem
full of knowledge from my toes to the top of my dome
I'm kinda young but my tongue speaks maturity
I'm not a child I don't need nothin for security
I get paid when my record is played--to put it short
I got it made"


Other fav's:

Public Enemy - 911
LL - Rock the Bells

 

[lilFajita]

Paperboy- Ditty

and Warren G- Regulate....

and Snoop- Gin and Juice....

 

[isekii]

JAMBOREE~!!!

 

[prodigy]

Old skool: Grandmaster Flash - The message
90's: Mobb Deep - Shook Ones pt. 2

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full

 

[Nitemare]

Can't believe noone has mentioned any EPMD yet

 

[royaldank]

Did someone mention Snoop's Gin & Juice as an oldschool classic? :Q

Lyte as a Rock - MC Lyte
Wild Wild West - Kool Moe Dee
Parents Just Don't Understand - Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff
Potholes in my Lawn - De La Soul
It's Tricky - Run DMC
Push It - Salt & Pepper

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: isekii
JAMBOREE~!!!

that's hardly old... that's like 99

 

[BaseballSTUD]

Onyx - Slam...thats the all time old school hit

 

[acidvoodoo]

i'm in to the more early 90s oldskool, you know that incorporates abit of jazz etc. Favs include

anything by souls of mischief ,the most 'must hear' track is 93 till infinity, along with 'pay dues' Anyone else who knows of souls tends to agree they are under-rated

tribe called quest -can i kick it?

Das efx- they want efx

De la Soul-Me, myself and I

Gravediggaz- 1800 sucide


also some good ones have already been posted

 

[yowolabi]

Stop the Violence - Boogie Down Productions

 

[skace]

Damnit I was gonna say das efx but Acid beat me. And I was so expecting no one to post it!

SNAP YA NECK FOR SOME DAS EFX!

 

[SupaDupaCheez]

Newcleus - Jam On It

"Well....Supaman He looked up at me
He said you rock so naturally"

Now THAT is oldskool!!!

Can't forget the FIRST rap song (by a white biaaatch)!!!
Blondie - Rapture


What.....no FAT BOYS? My Adidas
What.....no Whodini? Freaks Come Out At Night
What.....no Whodini? (I already said that didn't I?) Big Mouth
LL Cool J....I'm that type of guy
Diabolical Biz Markie - Just a Friend (ok.....VERY commercialized but still 'rap')

'Yes people.....he is a child of the 80's'

Now where is my Young MC CD...........

SDC

 

[CTrain]

I considered oldskool to be in the early 80's when rap started to get popular.
The first rap song that made me interested in rap was "Go see the doctor" by Kool Moe Dee.
The best rap song in the 80's has to be "BAD" by LL Cool J
And as much as we diss Vanilla Ice, you all know we loved that sh*t back in the 80's.
Everyone was playing that song crusing down Daytona during Spring Break.

"I was, walking down the street, rocking my beat
Clapping my hands and stomping my feet
I saw a little lady so neet and petite
So was so sweet, yes I wanted to meet
So I asked this lady could I take her out
We could wine and dine and we could talk about
The birds and the bees in my waterbed
And you could treat me like a Buddha and bow your head
We continued to talk, and before you knew it
We were at my house and it was time to do it
As soon as I finished, I lost my poise
Ran outside and told all my boys
I said "Listen up fellas, come over here, bust it"
They said "Did you get it?" I said "Yeah," they said "How was it?"
The poontang was dope and you know that I rocked her
But three days later, go see the doctor."

 

[Toasthead]

Total Confusion by Orginal Concept from 'Straight from the Basement of Kooly High'


I loved this album

--toast

 

[Toasthead]

Kool Moe Dee was sweet.

I thought My addidas was Run DMC? Its on Raising Hell

--Toast

 

[jamautosound]

The "Most insightful/spread the word" award goes to The Sugarhill Gang:

I like 'Rapper's Delight' and all, but New York, New York:

"A castle in the sky, one mile high
Built to shelter the rich and greedy
Rows of eyes, disguised as windows
Lookin DOWN on the poor and the needy
Miles of people, marchin up the avenue
Doin what they gotta do, just to get by
I'm livin in the land of plenty and many
But I'm damn sure poor and I don't know why."

and The Message:

"Broken glass everywhere
People pissing on the stairs, you know they just don't care
I can't take the smell, I can't take the noise
Got no money to move out, I guess I got no choice
Rats in the front room, roaches in the back
Junkie's in the alley with a baseball bat
I tried to get away, but I couldn't get far
Cause the man with the tow-truck repossessed my car."

Just took the prize IMHO. Young people, find the (readable) lyrics for both of these songs, and learn. Then find the song and indulge.

I always though it was "cuz the man with potential repossessed my car"?

Old Skool in a computer forum? I guess, for some, music gets outdated just as quick. . .

 

[slycat]

Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice

 

[loosliptcomptrola]

Originally posted by: Bigred75
i think my fav would be the geto boys.....My Mind Is Playin Tricks On Me...was listenin to them before i listened to the NWA shizzy

Hellzyea

 

[radioouman]

Young MC - Rollin'

 

[thawolfman]

Rapper's Delight.

 

[GoingUp]

Snow - Informer