I'm Making A Rap/Hip-Hop/RnB CD! Please Help!?

Question

This CD is not going to be songs like stuntin like my daddy by birdman and lil' wayne, I want old school rap, like Will Smith, LL Cool J, and others. Please give me names of artists and/or songs.

Answer 1

Here's a list of some of my all time favorites:

1) "Scenario" - A Tribe Called Quest feat. Leaders of the New School
2) "Summertime" - DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince
3) "I Used to Love H.E.R." - Common
4) "Runnin'" - The Pharcyde
5) "Poor Georgie" - MC Lyte
6) "Walk This Way" - Run DMC feat. Aerosmith
7) "Children's Story" - Slick Rick
8) "Stakes Is High" - De La Soul
9) "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" - Busta Rhymes
10) "Mama Said Knock You Out" - LL Cool J
11) "911 Is A Joke" - Public Enemy
12) "Ex Girl to the Next Girl" - Gangstarr
13) "U.N.I.T.Y." - Queen Latifah
14) "T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)" - Pete Rock & CL Smooth
15) "Juicy" - Notorious B.I.G.
16) "Dear Mama" - 2Pac
17) "The World Is Yours" - Nas
18) "Dead Presidents" - Jay Z
19) "Love's Gonna Get 'Cha (Material Love)" - Boogie Down Productions
20) "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" - Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg
21) "No Nose Job" - Digital Underground
22) "Friends" - Whodini
23) "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" - Digable Planets
24) "People Everyday" - Arrested Development
25) "The Message" - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
26) "The Choice Is Yours" - Black Sheep
27) "The Vapors" - Biz Markie
28) "Bonita Applebum" - A Tribe Called Quest
29) "Chief Rocka" - Lords of the Underground
30) "Insane in the Brain" - Cypress Hill

I think that covers just about everybody. :)

Answer 2

Run-DMC-"Peter Piper"
Soul Sonic Force-"Planet Rock"
MC Shan-"Left Me Lonely"
Biz Markie-"Vapors"
Roxanne Shante-"Have A Nice Day"
Big Daddy Kane-"Raw"
LL Cool J-"I Need A Beat"
Public Enemy-"Rebel Without A Pause"
De La Soul-"Potholes In My Lawn"
Skinny Boys-"Jockbox"
Tuff Crew-"She Rides A Pony"

Need more? They don't call me the Ol' Skool Genius for nothing.

Answer 3

here's some ol skool joints you gotta have

1. -furious five and grandmaster flash-the message
2. - sugar hill gang- rapper's delight
3. run dmc- walk this way, tricky
4. beastie boys- party
5. eric b/ rakim - i ain't no joke
6. nwa- boyz n the hood, eazy does it, straight outta compton
7. slick rick- bedtime stories, the show(w.doug e fresh), loddi doddi
8. ice- t new jack hustler
9. LL cool j- mama said knock you out, i need love
10. anything of public enemy
11. ice cube- today was a good day, no vaseline

those are the only ones i can think of off top. hope that helps get your brain goin'.

Answer 4

Tupac, he's the main crucial rapper ever. His music replaced into stuffed with soul and for each music like each and every approximately You he had 4 songs like variations. the place 50 pennies has songs worse than the Insane Clown Posse in lack of awareness, yet one is attempting to be ignorant and the different is basically being ignorant.