Rap from when you were young

i used to listen to tons of rap and hip hop when i was younger. the days of yo mtv raps and fab five freddy are def missed. post some vids that take you back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-0xXidakw

I remember buying Electro 7 (streetsounds) on vinyl in 1985. That was when I first got into hip-hop. This track was on Hip-Hop (Electro) 20 and apart from the first 2 Public Enemy albums is proberbly my favorite track from my hip-hop days. After NWA released their first album I lost interest in everything hip-hop and started to get into Black Sabbath and Slayer. Still a timeless top tune (but no video).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4SydcL9OLE&feature=related

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  On 2/13/2010 at 9:58 PM, impakt said:

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  On 2/13/2010 at 8:28 PM, jules said:

i used to listen to tons of rap and hip hop when i was younger.

what distinction are you making between rap and hip-hop?

  On 2/13/2010 at 9:53 PM, impakt said:

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BEST

amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96CTtFtyr0

  On 2/13/2010 at 11:05 PM, IRARI said:

  On 2/13/2010 at 8:28 PM, jules said:

i used to listen to tons of rap and hip hop when i was younger.

 

what distinction are you making between rap and hip-hop?

That's a complex question. I hate the confines of what makes music fit in certain categories. For example someone may not consider someone rapping over heavy metal to be hip hop. I don't want a debate, I just want some old ass beats and rhymes that people enjoyed back in the day

one of the sickest beats ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B5dOCSBBEI

the greatest rap duo (MC/DJ) of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95gP3m-uBHA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPfIIn5V_LQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y1Emb7Jyks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdizL4on-Rc

i used to love this song. video taped it off a music show and played to death (i was poor)

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What is the watmm age average?

I demand accuracy.

I'm 35

High school grade 11/12 was fucking when shit was going off. 92/93

(yes, I know the song's name is "the choice is yours" but the audio in this track is not bad for youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ6wGtqKuIw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV0b74LLGk0

(yes this is from 89, but it was still hotness in 92)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0irL1M15DH8

(and I remember hearing this in 91 on the college station when I used to record shit off the radio, classic)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqOsJUnDPy0

then in 93 Wu Tang blew shit up, and in 94 Nas dropped Illmatic, and how the fuck you gonna top that?

Definitely anything by Public Enemy and LL Cool J. "Fear of a Black Planet" blew my 11 year old mind, as did "Mama Said Knock You Out"... to a lesser (but valid) extent, of course.

So much shit takes me back, but this one takes the cake...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KutXyPEEbQs

chen pretty much summed it up there. nice. yea, im 34 so this stuff was in its prime in 8th grade, freshman year. de las soul, i forgot about that 3ft high and rising album. that was so different then. 3rd bass, kmd, all that took off around then. i remember when wu came out, my buddy has a 77 black cutlass with a kicker box in it. we used to drive around smoking a bong made out of a gatorade bottle and a ratchet. those were the days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW17mVZqnjI

I am 29 and in the late 80'ies i hade a cassette with 2 Live Crew. Otherwise i listened to RUN DMC and Beasty Boys as i can remember.

I also remember me listeing to ICE T - colors

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  On 2/14/2010 at 1:33 AM, jules said:

  On 2/13/2010 at 11:05 PM, IRARI said:

  On 2/13/2010 at 8:28 PM, jules said:

i used to listen to tons of rap and hip hop when i was younger.

 

what distinction are you making between rap and hip-hop?

 

 

That's a complex question. I hate the confines of what makes music fit in certain categories. For example someone may not consider someone rapping over heavy metal to be hip hop. I don't want a debate, I just want some old ass beats and rhymes that people enjoyed back in the day

i think hip hop is the genre, and rap is the style of singing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DyP8-SxXUg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsMUnCqHSGk&feature=PlayList&p=A14575C45DD8B04F&index=2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9-M2tqIX38&feature=PlayList&p=A14575C45DD8B04F&index=5