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Old-school hip hop. Old-school hip hop (also spelled old skool) (also known as disco-rap) is the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music and the original style of the genre. It typically refers to the music created around 1979 to 1983, [ 1] as well as any hip hop that does not adhere to contemporary styles. [ 2]
The term golden age hip hop frames the late 1980s in mainstream hip hop, [20] said to be characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence, [21] and associated with Public Enemy, KRS-One and his Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Ultramagnetic MCs, [22] [23] De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Jungle Brothers [24 ...
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The album also featured innovative hip-hop tracks such “Paul Revere,” inspired by MCA playing the tape of an 808 beat in reverse to create its distinctively warped backwards drums. 21.
Geechie Dan is an artist, archivist and prolific collector of old-school hip-hop tapes. With over 1,000 cassettes in his collection, Dan’s archive of tapes includes the Cold Crush, Jazzy 5 and ...
A− [4] IGN. 8/10 [2] Prefix Magazine. 9/10 [3] The Third Unheard: Connecticut Hip Hop 1979–1983 is a compilation of old school hip hop music from Connecticut, a place not generally known for its rap music scene. [5] The album was released on compact disc and on vinyl by Stones Throw Records.
Rapper Ice-T. With the commercial success of gangsta rap in the early 1990s, the emphasis in lyrics shifted to drugs, violence, and misogyny.Early proponents of gangsta rap included groups and artists such as Ice-T, who recorded what some consider to be the first gangsta rap single, "6 in the Mornin'", [67] and N.W.A whose second album Niggaz4Life became the first gangsta rap album to enter ...
The new school of hip hop was a movement in hip hop music, beginning in 1983–84 with the early records of Run–D.M.C., Whodini, and LL Cool J.Predominantly from Queens and Brooklyn, it was characterized by Drum Machine-led minimalism, often tinged with elements of Rock; rapped taunts, boasts, and socio-political commentary; and aggressive, self-assertive delivery.