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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:25 pm
by corpsey
Wu Tang forevahhh
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:33 pm
by roo
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
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:46 pm
by dandy
and
live

and all the roots manuva
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:07 pm
by doxxor
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...
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:13 pm
by thomas
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
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:13 pm
by tronman
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

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:22 pm
by 4linehaiku
All day.
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:28 pm
by doxxor
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...
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:28 pm
by seckle
of course. luckily i grew up in nyc during the golden era. all of that music is in my bloodstream by now.
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:07 pm
by loopz
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

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:31 pm
by abZ
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:03 pm
by optimum
DILLA all day everyday
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:57 am
by extra cee
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
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:59 am
by skrewface
*cough*
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:08 pm
by spiro
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 !!!
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:50 pm
by monkeytown
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
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:54 pm
by extra cee
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.
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:58 pm
by extra cee
@ 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.
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:03 pm
by Jubz
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:11 pm
by tha_illsta
Marsyas wrote:Stetsasonic
these guys dont get enough love !!
Respect.