Your Official Top 5 Favorite Old School Songs

[Slice-Twice]

I'm looking to make a mix cd, I'm just trying to gauge everyone's favorite joints from back in the day, I'm hoping to come across some jewels in this thread that I may not have heard, or maybe stumble across a song I never knew a name to, thus leading me to never be able to track it down...

[Slice-Twice]

wow...I didn't even have to up it, its still here at the top...

Ok I'll start it off, throw some songs out there


Wontime - Smif n Wessun
Ill Street Blues - Kool G Rap
Down By Law - Mc Shan
Make The Music - Biz Markie
Nuttin But Flavor - Funk Master Flex

[5 Grand]

wow...I didn't even have to up it, its still here at the top...
Ok I'll start it off, throw some songs out there
Wontime - Smif n Wessun
Ill Street Blues - Kool G Rap
Down By Law - Mc Shan
Make The Music - Biz Markie
Nuttin But Flavor - Funk Master Flex


:thumbsdow


Old School Hip Hop has been officially defined as Rap music before 1986. Most of the stuff you listed is eithe Golden Era or Throwback.

Anyway, here is a list to get you started;

1. The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the FUrious 5
2. Planet Rock - Africa Bambaattaa and the SOul Sonic FOrce
3. King of Rock - RUn DMC
4. Superrappin - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 (if you got Audacity or Sound Forge, edit the first 4:20 out. The first 4 minutes or so is an old school routine, the rest of the song is ill posse/freestyle rhymes)
5. 8 Million STories - Kurtis Blow feat Run DMC
6. Rappin and ROckin the House - Funky 4 + 1 more
7. Together FOrever - Run DMC
8. New Rap Language - Spoonie Gee feat Treacherous 3
9. Its Yours - TLA Rock
10 Request Line - Rockmaster SCott and the DYnamic 3
11. Marley Scratch - MArley Marl
12. Bad Boys - Bad Boys feat Kay Love
13. Freestyle Live - Roxanne SHante
14. Gucci Time - SChooly D
15. PSK - SChooly D
16. Rockin It - Fearless 4
17. Buffalo Gals - Malcolm McCaren and the WOrlds Famous Supreme Team
18. We Are Known as MCs - The Crash Crew
19. New York, New York - Gransmaster Flash and the FUrious 5 feat Melle Mel
20. Megamix part 2 - Grandmixer DST
21. Five Minutes of Funk - WHodini
22. Friends - Whodini
23. Fresh is the WOrd - Mantronix
24. Put that Record Back on - Just Ice
25. Rappers DElight - Sugarhill Gang


Just so you know, rap from 79-81 is more funk oriented with funk bands playing the background music. From 82 onwards, rap producers started using electronic drum machines and synthesizers, thats also around the time you started hearing scratching in records. I have listed a lil of both. The later stuff (82-86 called "The Mid School") is a lil harder. The earlier stuff from 79-81 is a lil more happier, party/feelgood music.

[Soul Survivor]

I consider "Old Skool" per se to be pre-Sucka MCs (1983) so here goes:
01) Afrika Bambaataa: Lookin' For The Perfect Beat
02) Afrika Bambaataa: Planet Rock
03) Kurtis Blow: The Breaks
04) Flash & Melle Mel: White Lines
05) Keith LeBlanc & Malcolm X: No Sellout (How could you forget???!!!!!!!???)

[Jack Tripper]

:thumbsdow
Old School Hip Hop has been officially defined as Rap music before 1986. Most of the stuff you listed is eithe Golden Era or Throwback.
Anyway, here is a list to get you started;
1. The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the FUrious 5
2. Planet Rock - Africa Bambaattaa and the SOul Sonic FOrce
3. King of Rock - RUn DMC
4. Superrappin - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 (if you got Audacity or Sound Forge, edit the first 4:20 out. The first 4 minutes or so is an old school routine, the rest of the song is ill posse/freestyle rhymes)
5. 8 Million STories - Kurtis Blow feat Run DMC
6. Rappin and ROckin the House - Funky 4 + 1 more
7. Together FOrever - Run DMC
8. New Rap Language - Spoonie Gee feat Treacherous 3
9. Its Yours - TLA Rock
10 Request Line - Rockmaster SCott and the DYnamic 3
11. Marley Scratch - MArley Marl
12. Bad Boys - Bad Boys feat Kay Love
13. Freestyle Live - Roxanne SHante
14. Gucci Time - SChooly D
15. PSK - SChooly D
16. Rockin It - Fearless 4
17. Buffalo Gals - Malcolm McCaren and the WOrlds Famous Supreme Team
18. We Are Known as MCs - The Crash Crew
19. New York, New York - Gransmaster Flash and the FUrious 5 feat Melle Mel
20. Megamix part 2 - Grandmixer DST
21. Five Minutes of Funk - WHodini
22. Friends - Whodini
23. Fresh is the WOrd - Mantronix
24. Put that Record Back on - Just Ice
25. Rappers DElight - Sugarhill Gang
Just so you know, rap from 79-81 is more funk oriented with funk bands playing the background music. From 82 onwards, rap producers started using electronic drum machines and synthesizers, thats also around the time you started hearing scratching in records. I have listed a lil of both. The later stuff (82-86 called "The Mid School") is a lil harder. The earlier stuff from 79-81 is a lil more happier, party/feelgood music.

Very nice list there, props.

[3rdFunk]

Peter Piper - Run DMC
Paul Revere - Beastie Boys
It's Yours - T La Rock
Planet Rock <----That was the ****
South Bronx- BDP
AJ Scratch - Kurtis Blow
The Breaks - Kurtis Blow

[SethH]

There's a 2CD comp. called "Big Apple Rappin'" which has a lot of overlooked singles on it, put out by UK's Soul Jazz. You need to get that if you're into this stuff at all; it's unreal. Such great stuff (and such awful **** as well, like a reggae cover of "Rapper's Delight") and good quality liner notes, too.

[Priest B. Pimpish]

Just-Ice "Cold Gettin' Dumb" & "Gangster of Hiphop"
Steady B "Bring the Beat Back"

[bugsmoran]

Nuttin But Flavor - Funk Master Flex

yo, you got that on mp3?


i been looking for that

[bugsmoran]

doug e fresh and slick rick - la di da di
bdp - my philosophy
ll cool j - i'm bad
run dmc - here we go
rob base and dj ez rock - it takes two
nwa - gangsta gangsta
big daddy kane - aint no half stepping
doug e fresh - keep rising to the top
eric b and rakim - i aint no joke
salt n pepa - mic sounds nice
mc lyte - paper thin
beastie boys - the new style

[AZ I 'C' it]

...I also believe Old School (Golden age) was pre-Sucka MC's.

1) Genious of Love - Tom Tom Club/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2) 8th Wonder - Sugar Hill Gang
3) Clear - Cybertron
4) I'm Ready - Kano
5) Voice of Q - Q

[Ciro]

Old Shcool is really before Paid In Full Came Out.

[Jako greene]

Friends - Whodini
The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the FUrious 5 Planet Rock -
Africa Bambaattaa and the SOul Sonic FOrce
Rappers DElight - Sugarhill Gang
Kurtis blow- Breaks

[RaeDaChef]

yo, you got that on mp3?
i been looking for that

nuttin but flavor

hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=HO9HSTBE

[Absolut da poet]

1) I'm Bad - LL
2) Criminal Minded - BDP
3) Peter Piper - Run DMC
4) If I Ruled the World - Kurtis Blow (i think lol)
5) Funky Dividends - 3x's Dope

[bugsmoran]

nuttin but flavor
hxxp://www.megaupload.com/?d=HO9HSTBEgood look!
i forgot how dope this was

i like this so much cause funkmaster flex said charlie brown, odb, and biz markie all freestyled their verses off the top of they head.

the part when Biz Markie messed up is classic. "duh duh duh duh duh duh.... i made that out of my mind" lol

i used to have the video

[blackout92]

i would have to plump for:

Don't Sweat The Technique - Eric B. & Rakim ('92)
Words I Manifest (Special remix)- Gang Starr ('88)
N.Y. State Of Mind - Nas ('92)
The Bridge Is Over - BDP ('87)
Party Over Here (remix) - Lord Finesse ('92)

and here a few that should make the list....

Not Gonna Be Able To Do It - Double X Posse ('92)
Headcracker - Double X Posse ('92)
Rock The Bells - LL Cool J ('85)
I Can't Live Without My Radio - LL Cool J ('85)
Mama Says Knock You Out - LL Cool J ('90)
The Freaks Come Out At Night - Whodini ('84)
O Zone - O.C. ('94)
Hellraiser (remix) - The Beatnuts ('94)
Raw - Big Daddy Kane ('87)
Follow The Leader - Eric B. & Rakim ('88)
In The Ghetto - Eric B. & Rakim ('90)
Superrapping - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five ('79 - the year I was born!!)
Love's Gonna Get You - BDP
Fight The Power - Public Enemy ('89)
Black Steel In The Name Of Chaos - Public Enemy ('88)
Don't Believe The Hype - Public Enemy ('87)
Rebel Without A Pause - Public Enemy ('87)
Straight Outta Compton - NWA
F£$" Compton - Tim Dog ('90)
Poppa Large - Ultra Magnetic MCs ('91)
The Shiznit - Snoop Doggy Dogg ('93)
The Day The Ni$£%" Took Over - Dr. Dre feat. Dat Ni$%^ Daz, RBX and Snoop Doggy Dogg ('92)
Louder Than A Bomb - Public Enemy ('93 JMJ remix)
Walk This Way - Run DMC ('86)
Wrong Place (remix) - Del the Funky Homosapien ('94)
Spell It With A 'J' - Kurious ('93)
Hip Hop Hooray (Pete Rock remix)- Naughty By Nature ('93)
It's On - Naughty By Nature ('93)
Classic Material (remix)- Leaders of the New School ('93)
Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down (remix) - Brand Nubian feat. Diamond D ('92)
Shook Ones (Part I) - Mobb Deep ('95 - recorded in '93)
On The Road Again (remix) - Jungle Brothers feat. Q-Tip ('93)
Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest ('91)
Pass Da Mic (remix)- Da Youngstas ('92)
Wild Child (remix) - Da Youngstas ('93)
Mecca And The Soul Brother - Pete Rock & CL Smooth ('92 - only available on tape as far as I know)
Shut 'Em Down (remix)- Public Enemy feat. Pete Rock ('90)
Soul Clap - Showbiz & AG ('92)
Fat Pockets (remix) - Showbiz & AG ('93)


And I know I left out a world of classics. Apologies.

And if you want to hear these sorts of flavours, be sure to check my
'Back To The Old School' show every Friday night between 9-10 on www.rarefm.co.uk. I haven't got everything I've listed but be sure I have most of them.
Also click on the forum link and observe my tracklistings just to see what sorts of tunes i play on a Friday night.

Peace everybody!!!!

[Mangle]

Black Sheep "Similac Child"
Public Enemy "Fight The Power"
Fu-Schnickens "Sneakin' Up On Ya'"
Grandmaster Flash "The Message"
Paris "Bush Killa"

[Lamont]

I deem anything before the mid-nineties as Old School. Beats and Rhymes were still in existence. This is just too hard for me. yo, my man, when the mix is done, let me know so I can cop it or play it on my website. I am just glad to know that you are still mixing the realness. For that matter, big up to real DJs. You all are becoming exstinct as well.

[eckohed]

Ima call old school 89 or before...

Eye Know
Aint No Half Steppin
Express Yourself
Microphone Fiend
Rock Box
Illegal Business
Childrens Story
Black Steel
Paid In Full
Talkin All That Jazz
Peter Piper

I mean its impossible to narrow it down but those are some of my favorites

[Poisonpen]

Weak in the Knees -Three Times Dope
Brand New Funk -Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
Cooley High -Rodney O & Joe Cooley
Funky Beat -Whodini
We Work Hard -Kangol Kid & Doctor Ice

[adg87]

Pack Jam-Jonzun Crew
Play At Your Own Risk-Afrikka Bambaata & Soulsonic Force
Step Up Front-Positive K
Funky Soul Makossa-Awesome Foursome
Check Out My Melody-Eric B & Rakim