Must have old school hiphop and funk

[Guest]

if your interested in the roots of hip hop music, check out the jazz/fusion/funk sound (also dubbed rare groove) that was popular from the late 60's to early 70's (herbie hancock 'watermelon man', the meters, stark reality, grover washington, etc.) that's the shit that most of the classic "golden era" hip-hop was sampled from.

if your interested in the roots of mc'ing and hip hop as a culture in general, you gotta check out the movie wild style. lots of mc's rocking crowds and showcasing (busy b, cold crush, double trouble to name a few). But to name one though that you can't not listen to is melle mel. his voice is the dopest ever and he was one of the firsts to bring consciousness and real content to rap lyrics. also check the sugar hill records label for early 80's stuff.

there were mc's that made old school classics and were also prominent through the early 90's too (ll cool j, slick rick, dougie fresh, krs and all the cold chillin' posse as someone mentioned earlier).

if you meant funk like p-funk/zap, then you gotta check epmd's 'you gots to chill', mc breed's 'aint no future in yo frontin', dr. dre's 'chronic' and everthing by digital underground to name a few. lots of west coast artists advanced this sound, artists like mac dre, mac mall, ray luv, volume 10, freestyle fellowships project blowed, tupac, too short etc.

i could go on, but if you want something for the mental also check out jeff chang's book http://www.cantstopwontstop.com/

WORD!

[Liu Soula]

if your interested in the roots of hip hop music, check out the jazz/fusion/funk sound (also dubbed rare groove) that was popular from the late 60's to early 70's (herbie hancock 'watermelon man', the meters, stark reality, grover washington, etc.) that's the shit that most of the classic "golden era" hip-hop was sampled from.

if your interested in the roots of mc'ing and hip hop as a culture in general, you gotta check out the movie wild style. lots of mc's rocking crowds and showcasing (busy b, cold crush, double trouble to name a few). But to name one though that you can't not listen to is melle mel. his voice is the dopest ever and he was one of the firsts to bring consciousness and real content to rap lyrics. also check the sugar hill records label for early 80's stuff.

there were mc's that made old school classics and were also prominent through the early 90's too (ll cool j, slick rick, dougie fresh, krs and all the cold chillin' posse as someone mentioned earlier).

if you meant funk like p-funk/zap, then you gotta check epmd's 'you gots to chill', mc breed's 'aint no future in yo frontin', dr. dre's 'chronic' and everthing by digital underground to name a few. lots of west coast artists advanced this sound, artists like mac dre, mac mall, ray luv, volume 10, freestyle fellowships project blowed, tupac, too short etc.

i could go on, but if you want something for the mental also check out jeff chang's book http://www.cantstopwontstop.com/

WORD!

[Liu Soula]

and oh yeah, can't overestimate listening to James Brown as said already in this thread many times.

[Denim R]

thanks liu soula