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De La Soul is always underrated, both lyrically and Prince Paul's production. Three Feet High and Rising is as good as any hip-hop album ever IMO. I appreciate their stuff and ATCQ even more once I got older and couldn't listen to the guns/drugs/killing people rap all the time. I have a playlist that mostly consists of De La, ATCQ and Digable Planets and it's hard to not be in a good mood after listening to it for a while.

My favorite old school joint. That harp...



Rakim holds up so well. Lyrics of Fury still amazes me to this day; probably my favorite Eric B. & Rakim track. I still rewind that song and listen to the second verse a few times each time it comes on.
 
Didn't read whole thread so may be duplicative but...

Sugarhill Gang

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Whodini

Kurtis Blow

Run DMC

Fat Boys
 
Lefty2one said:
De La Soul is always underrated, both lyrically and Prince Paul's production. Three Feet High and Rising is as good as any hip-hop album ever IMO. I appreciate their stuff and ATCQ even more once I got older and couldn't listen to the guns/drugs/killing people rap all the time. I have a playlist that mostly consists of De La, ATCQ and Digable Planets and it's hard to not be in a good mood after listening to it for a while.

My favorite old school joint. That harp...



Rakim holds up so well. Lyrics of Fury still amazes me to this day; probably my favorite Eric B. & Rakim track. I still rewind that song and listen to the second verse a few times each time it comes on.
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Probably their two best songs . Classic.

De La Soul - Stakes is high (HQ)
De La Soul - Held Down
 
One of my favorite all-time classics was Run DMC's "Here we go" live at the funhouse. The lyrics were crafty, funny and extremely relatable if you grew up during that time period, particularly w/in the tri-state area.
 
Slightly OT here, but the thread topic brought this to memory. Anyone in the BY recall the music show NY Hot tracks w/ Carlos Dejesus as host? This was the precursor to yo MTV raps and would have the who's who of hip hop and dance on the show. The show and the host would give up and comers some shine which usually resulted in stardom. Run DMC is one example.
 
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A shout out to the ladies:

Sheila E., Monie Love, Queen Latifah, Salt n Pepa, and a personal favorite; MC Lyte.

"Self destruction... you're headed for self destruction..."
 
You know this is an east coast group when you can get 5 pages without mentioning Too Short. For my money, Short Dogg was as good as it gets with old school, west coast rap.
 
I apologize if its been said before, wven if i said it before in tis very thread, but I have Illmatic on vinyl, and there isn’t a rap album that tops it. Message me either privately or publicly, I will argue my point.
 
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The Ig still looks good at 70+

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I am packing for a move and just listened to illmatic which I do believe is an almost perfect album. That being said, I didn’t see anyone mention gravediggaz (the 6 feet deep album) which is amazing. Came out the same time as the first biggie album and I listened to it so much that I didn’t get into biggie until later (only has enough money to get one cd at a time). AZ doe or die is great, but slightly inconsistent. There’s also red man dare iz a dark side.
 
8893 said:
Backspin was a preset for me on Sirius and on the way back from the store we just gave a first listen to the new station in its place, Rock the Bells, curated by LL Cool J. It was a nice stretch, with some great Beasties, and Gang Starr's "Mass Appeal."
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Been listening to the Rock the Bells station quite a bit. Backspin was good but this is much better imo. A little edgier and a really good mix. Have heard a ton of great stuff I’ve never heard before, and almost every artist mentioned in his thread.
 
8893 said:
Been listening to the Rock the Bells station quite a bit. Backspin was good but this is much better imo. A little edgier and a really good mix. Have heard a ton of great stuff I’ve never heard before, and almost every artist mentioned in his thread.
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Ugghhh, I wish they would bring back Backspin. Rock the Bells is ok but Backspin was right in my wheelhouse. So bummed it’s gone.
 
Scott2george said:
I am packing for a move and just listened to illmatic which I do believe is an almost perfect album. That being said, I didn’t see anyone mention gravediggaz (the 6 feet deep album) which is amazing. Came out the same time as the first biggie album and I listened to it so much that I didn’t get into biggie until later (only has enough money to get one cd at a time). AZ doe or die is great, but slightly inconsistent. There’s also red man dare iz a dark side.
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Not off that album but always loved this Gravediggaz song...
 
CAHUSKY said:
Ugghhh, I wish they would bring back Backspin. Rock the Bells is ok but Backspin was right in my wheelhouse. So bummed it’s gone.
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It was more in my wheelhouse, too, but it got to the point where I was hearing the same songs most of the time. What I like about RTB is that I am getting turned on to a lot of stuff I like and have never heard before.
 
I'm too old ( almost 70) I missed out on the whole hippity hop thing. I' m still waiting for Sam the Sham and the Phaorahs big comeback.
 
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Scott2george said:
I am packing for a move and just listened to illmatic which I do believe is an almost perfect album. That being said, I didn’t see anyone mention gravediggaz (the 6 feet deep album) which is amazing. Came out the same time as the first biggie album and I listened to it so much that I didn’t get into biggie until later (only has enough money to get one cd at a time). AZ doe or die is great, but slightly inconsistent. There’s also red man dare iz a dark side.
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Add Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban linx to best album discussion
 
Mokum said:
I'm too old ( almost 70) I missed out on the whole hippity hop thing. I' m still waiting for Sam the Sham and the Phaorahs big comeback.
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I remember (from the late 60s?) this new rock place opening in a CT location that didn't make any sence. The neww owners ripped the place up and did a major renovation - the basement was the mani floor with this ring of a balcony. They opened with a few local shitkicker groups with big adds that Sam the Sham would be there in 2 weeks - the 'gala' opening. Sam showed, but the crowd didn't. But there were 4- 5 fights and the place went ch 11.
 
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Scott2george said:
I am packing for a move and just listened to illmatic which I do believe is an almost perfect album. That being said, I didn’t see anyone mention gravediggaz (the 6 feet deep album) which is amazing. Came out the same time as the first biggie album and I listened to it so much that I didn’t get into biggie until later (only has enough money to get one cd at a time). AZ doe or die is great, but slightly inconsistent. There’s also red man dare iz a dark side.
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Thank you. That first Gravediggaz album is an underrated masterpiece. Creativity at its finest.
 
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It took five pages to get to mentioning Raekwon and Gravediggaz? I'm a metalhead and I know they're amongst the best. Wu Tang Clan ain't nuttin to "mess" with.

They're "5%ers", for anyone who cares or doesn't know; branched off the Nation of Islam. Their old lyrics, at least, are based on their beliefs but RZA does seem to have a deeper understanding, if he is going to bring up jinn.

Five-Percent Nation - Wikipedia
 
This came out in March 2018. It’s off an album by a group called Czar face and Doom. Inspectah Deck from Wu Tang is in the Group Czar Face. Old school rappers are still producing good music.

 
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