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The very first hip hop to come out of the block parties of New York City in the
1970s and early 1980s is called old school hip hop. Compared to more modern, new
school rap, 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 (Grandmaster Flash was a notable
exception). Also compared with later hip hop, old school had a high amount of
female artists, even though none reached quite the level of fame of their male
counterparts. Rappers usually performed over disco or funk tracks.
The first recordings of old school hip hop were The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's
Delight" and Fatback's "King Tim III". Sugarhill Records was particularly
important in the early hip hop scene.
To purchase cd's of the following artists check out the store, this section is
only dedicated to information.
List of artists:
Afrika Bambaataa
The Beastie Boys
Busy Bee
Captain Rapp
Casper
Cold Crush Brothers
Cowboy
Darkstar
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 M.C. & D.J. Flash
Knights of the Turntables
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
Rappers Rapp Group
Rock Master Scott & the Dyn
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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