In light of the VH1 Hip Hop honors coming up...if you could make your own top 5 list for old school rappers...who is on your list?
Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, KRS-One......??????
2006-10-02 09:43:57 · 8 answers · asked by stuckondaeastcoast 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
RAKIM
LL COOL J
KRSONE
SLICK RICK
BIG DADDY KANE
2006-10-02 09:48:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Description of Old School Rap/Hip-Hop
Old School refers to rap's era of adolescent innocence, 1979-84, when the beats were straightforward and the emphasis was more on amusement than on social commentary or tales of reckless debauchery. Old School Rap's heyday was kicked off by the Sugarhill Gang's smash "Rapper's Delight," and its subsequent reign was punctuated more by a string of hit singles than singular artists. U.T.F.O. ("Roxanne y D
Notorious B I GRoxanne"), Whodini ("Freaks Come Out At Night") and Kurtis Blow ("Basketball") enjoyed success during this time, but are remembered by the pop mainstream more for their hits than for broad bodies of work. Several modern groups such as the Arsonists and Jurassic 5 have an undeniably Old School sound and are introducing a new generation of listeners to B-boy essentials such as high-energy posse rhymes and the importance of a DJ.
Personally still beleive Kurtis Blow (Blow Fly/"Basketball") is #1!!! Still have his vinyls!!!
Followed by, in no particular order:
KRS
Schoolly
Snoop
Notorious B I G
2006-10-02 17:14:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rakim
UMC's
Chubb Rock
Kool Moe Dee
KRS-One, BDP
I don't know; there's a lot. Hip Hop was so much better back in the mid-80s to mid-90s.
2006-10-02 16:50:02 · answer #3 · answered by Nitz Frugent 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
im not a fan of rap today but in the day for me these guys was the best. 1.run dmc 2.grandmaster flash 3.curtis blow 4.beastie boys 5.KRS-one with bdp(boogie down productions.)
2006-10-02 16:48:39 · answer #4 · answered by JAY JAY 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Big daddy kane, Rakim, KRS/One,Run/DMC,Public Enemy.
2006-10-02 17:08:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Top five old school rappers.
GZA
Rakim
Kool G Rap
Big Pun
Wu-Tang Clan
Favorite All Around Rappers
Nas
Canibus
GZA
Blackalicious
Cormega
2006-10-02 18:36:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anthony Cruz C 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
marky mark n the funky bunch
2006-10-02 16:46:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
vannila ice
2006-10-02 16:45:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋