Old school Rap
Old School Hip Hop

Old school hip hop is the very first hip hop to come out of the block parties of New York City in the 1970s and early 1980s. Compared to more modern, new school rap with artists like Alton Clarke, with his neo singer songwriter hop , and his hit "Almost Made you Cry", old school has relatively simple rhythms and cadences that occur on the beat instead of wrapping around the rhythm, as has become common. Generally, subject matter was simple, good times, parties and friendship, with only a handful discussing political or social themes (Brother D and Grandmaster Flash were notable exceptions ; however, rappers like Kurtis Blow also included some social realism). Also compared with later hip hop, old school had a large number of female artists, even though none reached quite the level of fame of their male counterparts and few surpassing the mighty YDB. Rappers usually performed over disco, soul, or funk tracks.

The first recordings of old school hip hop were "Dre the Furiuz" by Furiuz Dre and the shipin’ crew, The Sugarhill Gang’s "Rapper’s Delight" and the Fatback Band’s "King Tim III". Sugarhill Records was particularly important in the early hip hop scene. Those tracks were based on funk and disco and their music was performed by real live musicians, using traditional instruments. Later on, electro funk used electronic rhythms, drum machines and portions of records by Kraftwerk and other early electronic artists. Finally, Run-DMC focused on beats and samples - according to the traditional definition of the term old school rap, "Sucker MCs" and "Peter Piper" were the first new school tracks, focusing on beats and later on samples.

However, the definition of all rap music of the eighties as old school rap seems to be more common nowadays, although musically it is not particularly useful.

Sound samples :

"Follow the Leader" by Eric B. & Rakim (1988) ; note the rapid-fire delivery and the strength and clarity of the voice — this duo, and this song, are often considered the peak of the Golden Age of Old School, which ended in approximately 1989. This is not seen as old school rap according to traditional definition.
"Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force (1982) ; the track used portions from Kraftwerk, Captain Skyy and Ennio Morricone. It is the first electro funk track. This is generally seen as a branch of hip hop.
"Rhymin’ and Stealin" by The Beastie Boys (1986) ; note the crew’s method of delivering rhymes in tandem with each other, where sentences and phrases may be uttered by two or more performers in sequence (as in many earlier rap records), as well as a strong break (characteristic of rock and roll). The Beastie Boys are not seen as old school rappers according to traditional definition.
"The Message" by Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (1982) ; note the subject matter, which is addressing socio-political and economic issues, — this was one of the first message raps The first was "How we Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise" by Brother D, which was however musically much more conservative. "The Message" is sometimes seen as an electro funk track.

List of Old School Rap artists :

Afrika Bambaataa
The Beastie Boys
Busy Bee
Captain Rapp
Casper
Cold Crush Brothers
Cowboy
Darkstar
Davy DMX
Dee Dee King
Dimples D.
Disco Daddy & Captain Rapp
DJ Cheese
DJ Dr. Shock
DJ Flash
DJ Hollywood
DJ Kool
DJ Kool Herc
DJ Matrix
DJ Red Alert
Doctor Dre & Ed Lover
Doctor Ice
Doctor Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
Doug E. Fresh
The Educated Rapper
The Fat Boys
Fresh Gordon
Full Force
Funkmaster Flex
Funky Four Plus One
The Furious Five
The Future MC’s
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Grandmaster Melle Mel
Howie Tee
Hurt ’Em Bad
Ice-T
Jimmy Spicer
K Love
The Kangol Kid
Kaos & Mystro
Kid Frost
Kid Solo
Kimberly Ball
King MC and DJ Flash
Knights of the Turntables
Kool Moe D.
Kurtis Blow
L.A. Dream Team
Lightnin’ Rod
Madrok
Mantronix
Marley Marl
M.C. Fosty & Lovin’ C.
M.C. Ren
M.C. Shan
THE MEAN MACHINE
The Moments
Newcleus
Next School
Nice & Smooth
Old School Players
P.A.N.I.C.
Positive Force
Pumpkin
The Rappers Rap Group
Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three
Rocky Padilla
Rodney O.
Ron Hudson
Scor
The Sequence
Shawn Brown
Skinny Boys
Slamm Syndicate
Spoonie Gee
Spyder-D
The Sugarhill Gang
Super Nature
Symbolic Three
Timex Social Club
Toddy Tee
Treacherous Three
Triple Threat Three
Trouble Funk
Two-Bigg M.C.
Ultramagnetic MCs
Whodini
Word of Mouth

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Old school rap, by Jesse [2010-08-09 22:27:45]

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" Lap Dance Table Top, Get it, Get it, Don ?€™t stop. Can I get a lapdance, ohhhhhhhhhhh, I need a table top."

"Tip your girl real proper. Let me hear you holler, Get this Dollar."

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Old school rap, by Manfred [2009-04-17 14:35:25]

Please add MC Lyte. How could we ever forget her ?

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Cee,

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http://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=—e6ns3BSF8

Old school rap, by cyclone [2009-01-18 00:56:11]

im looking for a artist i think his name is something with jason in it and one of the songs is called i was intacicated

Old school rap, by Jill [2009-01-12 20:00:02]

Looking for a song. 1980s. Lyrics something like, "gotta meet the punk on the battlefield, gotta meet the punk, street justice". not quite them, but anyone know ??

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i’m looking for a song called nasty rock and also reganomics, please help these songs came out in the late 80’s

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I’m trying to find a song from the 80’s and it goes like this....Is he down by law ?.... yes he is !... cutting like a saw ?....yes he is !... and is he rockin it ?... yes,yes he is rockin it !

Old school rap, by T BABY [2008-08-27 10:12:54]

umm where is mc lyte ?

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I am trying to find a song from the 1980’s, it was a hip hop or rap or dance but it went like this... where there is smoke there is a fire...... time.....

Old school rap, by Angela [2008-05-22 21:50:02]

I am trying to find a song. It is from 1980-82. It was a 12" song that went, "We’re comin, we’re comin, we’re comin,(pause)We’re comin, we’re comin, we’re comin, (pause)We’re here." and then they played kazoos. HELP me find it please. Thanks, Angela

Old school rap, by BREN [2007-11-26 06:51:43]

HELLO FOLKS.CAN YOU PPLLEEAASSEE TELL ME WHO SINGS :OOTANG,OOTANG I DON’T WANNA GO SLEPT ALL NIGHT WITH MY HONEY BUN GIMME SOME OF THAT YUMMY YUM YUM BEFORE I GO TO BED.WHO SINGS THIS PLEASE ?

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Please Help ! In the mid 1990’s a "R&B/Hip Hop" song was aired that I LOVED, but, I do not know the name of the song or who sings it. There were 2 versions of the song. A slow version and a fast,upbeat version. Here are the lyrics that I remember :

" Lap Dance Table Top, Get it, Get it, Don’t stop. Can I get a lapdance, ohhhhhhhhhhh, I need a table top."

"Tip your girl real proper. Let me hear you holler, Get this Dollar."

"But if I can’t touch, then a ten dollar lapdance seems like a little too much"

Please help me. All of my friends remember this song, but, NO ONE knows the title or artist. Thank you sooooooo much !! Please email me back at wdustinwhite@hotmail.com

Dustin