Old School Hip Hop Fans...A Lil' Help?

[Snakes Gould]

so i was at work today and heard a song and immediately thought about this thread....today was a good day by ice cube just might be the biggest "chill" song of all time...

[Sticky Spice]

Here's a few possibly not mentioned:

I Get Around - 2Pac
I Got 5 On It (cd version and cd reprise) - Luniz
Queen Bitch - Lil Kim
Regulate - Warren G/Nate Dogg
Findem F*ckem & Flee - NWA
Some Bomb Azz P***y - Snoop & others from Dogg Food cd
Juvenile On Fire - Juvenile
Posse On Broadway - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Back to the Hotel - N2Deep

And I second Good Day by Ice Cube.

[Coppermine]

Here's a few possibly not mentioned:

I Get Around - 2Pac
I Got 5 On It (cd version and cd reprise) - Luniz
Queen Bitch - Lil Kim
Regulate - Warren G/Nate Dogg
Findem F*ckem & Flee - NWA
Some Bomb Azz P***y - Snoop & others from Dogg Food cd
Juvenile On Fire - Juvenile
Posse On Broadway - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Back to the Hotel - N2Deep

And I second Good Day by Ice Cube.

Sticky Spice.. is that like a name derived from an evening watching Posh Spice with a box of tissues?

[Snakes Gould]

you're on a roll tonight

[quiksilver]

Regulate - Warren G/Nate Dogg

It was a clear black night, a clear white moon, Warren G was on the streets...

Good recommend.

[Mookie4ever]

I watched Chapelle's Block Party last night. I had never heard of Dead Prez before, they were pretty good. And Kanye was terrible.

[ironman]

While there's a lot of instrumental tracks, General Elektriks' album is pretty laid back.

It's not exactly old school though. Then again very little that anyone has mentioned would be considered old school.

[Sticky Spice]

Here's a few possibly not mentioned:

I Get Around - 2Pac
I Got 5 On It (cd version and cd reprise) - Luniz
Queen Bitch - Lil Kim
Regulate - Warren G/Nate Dogg
Findem F*ckem & Flee - NWA
Some Bomb Azz P***y - Snoop & others from Dogg Food cd
Juvenile On Fire - Juvenile
Posse On Broadway - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Back to the Hotel - N2Deep

And I second Good Day by Ice Cube.

Sticky Spice.. is that like a name derived from an evening watching Posh Spice with a box of tissues?

More like a roll of toilet paper.

Tough to define old school. Considering a lot of the stuff mentioned is over a decade old I think it qualifies.

[BritSox]

Regulate - Warren G/Nate Dogg

It was a clear black night, a clear white moon, Warren G was on the streets...

Good recommend.

Can't believe it took that long to be mentioned.

Pre-Fergie BEP have some merit.

[Art Vandelay]

Tough to define old school. Considering a lot of the stuff mentioned is over a decade old I think it qualifies.

I don't think so. I mean...I guess it may fit some kind of vague definition of "old school," but most of the stuff being mentioned here is from the Golden Era, not really considered old school. The cut-off is around '86-'87 when the sound changed from simple rhymes and rythms rapped over break beats to more complex rhyme schemes, multis, etc over sample-based beats. Basically, you can break rap's progression down based on the equipment that was available at the time, and how proficient people got with them: SP-12 gave way to the 1200, which then gave way to the Akai, etc.