How many of you are old HipHop heads?

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:25 pm

Wu Tang forevahhh

roo · Post by **roo** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:33 pm

anything native tongues is sic

souls of mischief as well

and while not strictly old skool, though nearly 10 years back, most late
90s Rawkus Records releases were heavy (before Rawkus got shit and tried
to go commercial)

ill mention this one for my mate.... BIG L

dandy · Post by **dandy** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:46 pm

and

live

and all the roots manuva

doxxor · Post by **doxxor** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:07 pm

I used to be a hip-hop head - now I'm just old

Started listening to that sh*t around 1984 when I bought my first 12" the theme from Beat Street. Still listen and play it eventhough it's not quiet what it used to be. But I'll always be a head...

thomas · Post by **thomas** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:13 pm

ozols man wrote:
Thomas wrote:Oh shit yeh, Diamond D.

In fact i just love anything DITC.

Still waiting on that Lord Finesse remix album
i seriously doubt thats ever gonna come out mate, although he did perform some of the remixes at dingwalls a coupla year ago... its been fucking time since he announced it was gonna come out

Mate, its gotta come out. I'll not rest untill its out.

It will come out after the Big L thing, truss

tronman · Post by **tronman** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:13 pm

doxxor wrote: Started listening to that sh*t around 1984 when I bought my first 12" the

jee-zuz i weren't even born!

dnt really keep up on hip hop anymore but was bang into mf doom, west coast like puts, cali agents, lootpack. stones throw and dilla all that. love SV, jneiro jarel, PPP, sa-ra and all that 'nu soul' stuff with the off beats and synthy b-lines.

went to a stones throw showcase in 04/05 @ plastic people with oh no & roc C it was so sick! madlib tunes on that system

4linehaiku · Post by **4linehaiku** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:22 pm

All day.

doxxor · Post by **doxxor** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:28 pm

tronman wrote:
dnt really keep up on hip hop anymore but was bang into mf doom, west coast like puts, cali agents, lootpack. stones throw and dilla all that. love SV, jneiro jarel, PPP, sa-ra and all that 'nu soul' stuff with the off beats and synthy b-lines.

went to a stones throw showcase in 04/05 @ plastic people with oh no & roc C it was so sick! madlib tunes on that system

The above mentioned is some of the reasons that makes me keep listening to hip-hop. Especially Madlib is keeping it hot constantly. At the moment I've been listening to a lot of that stuff coming out of Texas like Paul Wall and Mike Jones...

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:28 pm

of course. luckily i grew up in nyc during the golden era. all of that music is in my bloodstream by now.

loopz · Post by **loopz** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:07 pm

Put me in the old man club too. I got into hip hop in 84 and my first purchase was

I used to be down at Rock City in Notts every saturday afternoon, where it went OFF. Out to anyone who knows about Rockatrons, Rock City Crew and Jonathon from Arcade Records.

Got my first (belt driven) decks back in 89 and thought i was Ca$h Money (more like crap no money).

Like most people I guess hip hop fell off for me in the mid to late 90's and not much catches my ear now.

Damn they were the days

abZ · Post by **abZ** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:31 pm

Old man here too. I guess I got started on LLCoolJ -Radio / Fatboys - Crushin' / Run DMC - Tougher than leather ... stuff like that. 'Specially shit with beatboxing. Listened up until 93 or so. Still love the oldies, couldn't give a fuck less about anything new.

optimum · Post by **optimum** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:03 pm

DILLA all day everyday

extra cee · Post by **extra cee** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:57 am

So good to see so many like minded people on here that grew up listening to the same shit as me. I got into it after seeing the Buffalo Gals video on top of the pops in about 83 and then when i saw Beat Street that was it, i was hooked for good. It is a shame that there isnt much to cheer about today which is why i tend to buy Dubstep rather than the newer HipHop. I am DJ'ing at a festival in Suffolk on the 21st July called Eastern Haze my set will be an hour of UK HipHop from 87 - 91 pulling out all them old gems from M.C. Mell'o' to Hijack to Gunshot etc. Huntkilbury Finn is playing aswell as a lot of the new school MC's like Stig, Syntax, Yungun etc. I'm also gonna try and sneak a little Dubstep set somewhere if i can.
Check it out at www.easternhaze.com
Should be a laugh

skrewface · Post by **skrewface** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:59 am

*cough*

spiro · Post by **spiro** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:08 pm

extra cee wrote:I am DJ'ing at a festival in Suffolk on the 21st July called Eastern Haze my set will be an hour of UK HipHop from 87 - 91 pulling out all them old gems from M.C. Mell'o' to Hijack to Gunshot etc.

You shoud try to record this! and post it here . . .
Not many people still spin oldschool uk rap !
bring in some bushkilla !!!

monkeytown · Post by **monkeytown** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:50 pm

Hip Hop nowdays is dry. Its a shame and im particularly disappointed with the US scene which is plagued with RnB (which should be interpreted as black produced pop music by anyone who knows anything about proper R and B) and gangster rap.

For me, it was all about the early to mid 1990s.

Pete Rock & C. L. Smooth

The Pharcyde

People under the stairs

Gangstarr

Justin Warfield

Dead Prez etc..

some of the late 1990s and indie stuff as well

Porn Theartre Ushers

DJ Shadow

Blackalicious

and some of the British stuff

Roots Manuva

Lotek Hi Fi

Too difficult these days to find decent hip hop

extra cee · Post by **extra cee** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:54 pm

There is still the odd bit about, it's just harder to find. Im feeling the new Common tune 'The Game' beats by Kanye and cuts by Premo. But yeah aint much happening really.

extra cee · Post by **extra cee** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:58 pm

@ Spiro

I am working on a UK HipHop mixtape at the moment and will put it up as a podcast when it's done. But if u want a good UK mix check out Aroe's (First Down) mixtape called 'The Crown Jewels' he goes through the whole lot and is nicely mixed aswell.

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:03 pm

tha_illsta · Post by **tha_illsta** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:11 pm

Marsyas wrote:Stetsasonic

these guys dont get enough love !!

Respect.

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