Does anyone know any good old school rap?

Answer 1

Try these (some of my all-time old school 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) "What's Next?" - Leaders of the New School
30) "Insane in the Brain" - Cypress Hill

That covers almost everybody I can think of. All the good ones, at least - lol.

Answer 2

Dre Dogg, Snoop Dogg, The Dogg Pound, Convicts, Total Devastation, NWA (Eazy-E, Dr. Dre M.C.Ren, Ice Cube), Mack Mall, 2 Live Crew, Eightball & MJG, Mack 10, The Lunis, Dru Down, Master P, TRU, Too Short, E-40, Tupac, Thug Life, Geto Boys (Wille D, Scarface, Bushwick Bill, Big Mike), MC Eiht, Spice 1, Compton's Most Wanted, Above The Law, Ice-T, UGK, DJ Quik, Crucial Conflict, Bone Thugs & Harmony, South Circle, South Central Cartel

Answer 3

Rappers Delight - Sugarhill Gang
Fight The Power - Public Enemy
Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio

Those are classics, at least to me.

Answer 4

My favorite of all hip hop songs that came out before Year 2000:

Compton's Most Wanted's "Hood Took Me Under"

NWA "Alwayz Into Something"

MC Breed "Ain't No Future In Your Frontin"

Notorious B.I.G "Gimme Da Loot"

Onyx "Street N***as"

Boogie Down Productions "Bridge Is Over"

Big L "Let Em Have It L" (I'm not sure the year, but it's a must have)

Eric B and Rakim "Make Em Clap to This"

Big Daddy Kane "Warm It Up Kane"

Im trying to name the ones not mentioned, but I agree with a great of what everyone else has

Answer 5

if your talkin bout 80's id suggest.....
grandmaster flash & the furious five- the message, white lines
kurtis blow- the breaks
afrika bambaataa- planet rock
t la rock- itz yours
whodini- friends
mc shan- the bridge
boogie down productions- the bridge is over
eric b. & rakim- paid in full, i aint no joke, follow the leader
slick rick- hey young world, childrens story
big daddy kane- aint no half steppin, smooth operator, raw
marley marl- the symphony
nice n' smooth- sometimes i rhyme slow
ll cool j- i need love, radio
black sheep- this or that
ice t- original gangsta
nwa- express yourself

sorry the brain went blank.

Answer 6

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air!

This is a story all about how
My life got twist-turned upside down
And i liked to take a minute
And sit right there
And tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air

In west Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where i spent most of my days
Chillin out maxin relaxin all cool
And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys
Who were up to no good
Startin makin trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one lil fight and my mom got scared
She said your movin with your auntie and uncle in bel Air

I whistled for a cab
And when it came near
The license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror
If anything i can say this cab is rare
But i thought naw forget it yo homes to Bel Air

I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8
And i yelled to the cabyo homes smell ya later
I looked at my kingdom
I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air


....classic :]

Answer 7

Nobody mentioned Run DMC or Kol Moe D.

Answer 8

Rapper: *drops microphone*
Bart Simpson: *picks it up and offers it to him*
Rapper: "Put down my mic if you don't know how to use it! This is ol' school, not preschool, so don't Dr Seuss it!"

That's amongst the smoothest things I've ever heard. And I mean, there's no way he could have prepared for that, because what were the odds of a kid picking up his mic? Just spontaneously OWNED Bart. Woooo!

Answer 9

"The Message" by GrandMaster Flash and the Furious Five

If you were a kid growing up in the Ghetto this song helped you realize you weren't alone.

Answer 10

old school was before rap, when music was really music and rock was king...so there is no old rap yet