Not much of a fan of today's rap and hip hop. However, the 80's produced some great raps. I know we don't talk much, if any about hip hop and rap in this forum. What were some of your favorites?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqjTtiG6CI
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Not much of a fan of today's rap and hip hop. However, the 80's produced some great raps. I know we don't talk much, if any about hip hop and rap in this forum. What were some of your favorites?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqjTtiG6CI
This one is actually a pretty early rap track from 1980:
http://youtu.be/f48pbnVqtec
Admittedly, this is the first time I became familiar with this term, before George Clinton.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q2TA2zPtac
i party a lot in the late 70 and 80, so yeah there's some good stuff from that time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Ok5ZAcURI
and the first hip hop song, a few month before SHG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mco_r8lkmh8
always played this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAY4DFQvR3Y
do that dance, hahaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u6DcdpQW6E
This one has had its fair share of spins in my humble little abode ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVHwrnT9gnM
:)
Roger
Here's one of my favorite's , from 1980, Chritmas Rappings by Kurtis Blow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFtA7IHZgzw
MC Lyte - Lyte As A Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Zy0gZ1eMI
Man Parrish, "Boogie Down Bronx"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0L_AVc1OjE
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh1AypBaIEk
KOOL MOE DEE - "WILD WILD WEST"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuDL-TcKXoY
and from 1988! Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - "It Takes Two"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phOW-CZJWT0
Let me step in the mix with my favorite '80s rap song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK2L8yk376A
And the response to the diss of that song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nI2hKo8lAA
But Moe Dee fought off the ropes and delivered this shot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzD18q0-Tq0