Why do people listen to hiphop?

[misk]

..lol..where is she from!?..how old is she...weirdo.....

[fkornre]

what is old school hip hop to her then?

50's first album...

[ghhhhhost]

GRODT? or Power of the Dollar?? either way...1999 siiiiiiiiiiick

[fkornre]

GRODT? or Power of the Dollar?? either way...1999 siiiiiiiiiiick

lol...how bout guess who's back...lol...but def power of the dollar...

[ghhhhhost]

power was better..his best album imo

[misk]

..she prob likes puffy~biggie~mase~total bad boy shit......old skool....

[Guest onisakura]

..she prob likes puffy~biggie~mase~total bad boy shit......old skool....

Gotta throw some 112 in there.

[misk]

hiphopanonymus

[fkornre]

power was better..his best album imo

well thanx...i didnt know we were voting

[lalate]

Funky Cold Madina.

[dgmodel]

well thanx...i didnt know we were voting

lol

[calebdead]

hiphopanonymus

hip? hip-hop? hiphopanonymous?

DAMN YOU! You always give him the easy ones!

[ghhhhhost]

if ever eat @ my restaurant..do not eat BEE ELL TEE

[phatman]

...where is she from!?....

...illinois...could have been part of the problem...lol...

[weyes]

what is old school hip hop to her then?

de la sol is not old skool. grandmaster flash, the sugarhill gang, and the cold crush brothers are old skool.

[phatman]

...de la sol is not new skool either...but it's old enough...might as well bring out kool moe d, doug e fresh, and more...gonna be a tru old skool party...

[ghhhhhost]

de la sol is not old skool. grandmaster flash, the sugarhill gang, and the cold crush brothers are old skool.

i absolutely disagree...at this date (2006)..shit that came out in 91-93 (nas..wu..black moon..etc) can be considered old school.

sugarhill..kool moe dee..dougie fresh...theyre @ "originator" status right about now

[calebdead]

if ever eat @ my restaurant..do not eat BEE ELL TEE

LOL

weyes, stop making these concrete statements claiming that a certain group isnt "old school" de la soul is absolutely old school.

so are erick b and rahkim, and the getto boys who i love btw

[calebdead]

maybe we should define "old school" and then make a decision as to which is which

[nomembername]

Old school hip hop (1970–1986)

Hip hop music began in the early 1970s in New York with the advent of breakbeat DJing. Kool DJ Herc, Grandmaster Flash and other DJs extended the breaks (short percussion interludes) of funk records, creating a more "danceable" sound. This use of extended percussion breaks led to the development of mixing and scratching techniques, and later to the popularization of remixes.

As hip hop's popularity grew, performers began speaking while the music played, and became known as MCs or emcees. Performers often emceed for hours at a time, with some improvisation and a simple four-count beat and basic chorus. Teams of emcees (many of whom were former gang members) sprang up throughout the country, led by the first emcee team, Kool Herc & the Herculoids. The MCs grew more varied in their vocal and rhythmic approach, incorporating brief rhymes, often with a sexual or scatological theme. These early raps incorporated rhyming lyrics from African American culture (see roots of hip hop music), such as the dozens.

The first steps towards the commercialization of hip hop came with the release of what are usually called the first two commercially issued hip hop recordings: "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" by the Fatback Band, and "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang. Though neither the Fatback Band nor the Sugarhill Gang had significant roots in the DJ culture, "Rapper's Delight" became a Top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard pop singles chart. After the releases of follow ups by acts such as Kurtis Blow ("The Breaks"), The Sequence ("Funk You Up"), and Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five ("Freedom"), hip hop was pegged as a successful, yet temporary, trend in music.

During the 1980s, hip hop began to diversify and develop into a more complex form. The simple tales of 1970s emcees were replaced by highly metaphoric raps over complex, multi-layered beats. Some rappers even became mainstream pop performers, including Kurtis Blow, whose appearance in a Sprite commercial made him the first hip hop musician to be considered mainstream enough to represent a major product, but also the first to be accused by the hip hop audience of selling out.

The techniques used in hip hop changed during the 1980s as well. Most important were the DJ records such as Grandmaster Flash's "Adventures on the Wheels of Steel." This record was known for pioneering use of scratching, which was invented by Grandwizard Theodore in 1977. Also important were electronic recordings such as "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa and Run DMC's "Sucker MC's" and "Peter Piper," the latter of which contains genuine cutting by Run DMC member Jam Master Jay. In 1982, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five released a "message rap", called "The Message"; this was one of the earliest examples of recorded hip hop with a socially aware tone. In 1984, Marley Marl accidentally caught a drum machine snare hit in the sampler; this innovation was vital in the development of electro and other later types of hip hop.

Golden age hip hop (1986–1993)

A number of new hip hop styles and subgenres began appearing as the genre gained popularity. Run-D.M.C.'s collaboration with hard rock band Aerosmith on "Walk This Way" was an early example of rock and hip hop fusions. Also, the mid-1980s saw the rise of the first major black female group, Salt-N-Pepa, who hit the charts with singles like "The Show Stoppa" in 1985. Ice-T's seminal "6n' Da Mornin'" (1986) was one of the first nationally successful West Coast hip hop singles, and is often said to be the beginning of gangsta rap. In 1988 and 1989, artists from the Native Tongues Posse released the first conscious hip hop albums, with jazz-based samples and diverse, quirky and often political lyrics covering a diverse range of topics (see jazz rap) and strongly influenced by the Afrocentric messages of Bambaataa's Zulu Nation.

In 1987, Public Enemy brought out their debut album (Yo! Bum Rush the Show), and Boogie Down Productions followed up in 1988 with By All Means Necessary. Both records pioneered a wave of hard-edged politicized performers. Meanwhile, Public Enemy's Bomb Squad production team, and those of other artists, pioneered new techniques in sampling that resulted in dense, multi-layered sonic collages.

Modern era of hip hop (1993–present)

In the 1990s, gangsta rap became mainstream, beginning in 1992, with the release of Dr. Dre's The Chronic. This album established a style called G Funk, which soon came to dominate West Coast hip hop. Though G Funk was the most popular variety of hip hop in the early 1990s, New York's hip hop scene did not disappear, and remained an integral part of the industry, producing such well-regarded acts as The Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, AZ, Mobb Deep, and Busta Rhymes. The reemergence of New York as a growing entity in mainstream hip hop soon spawned an inevitable confrontation between the East Coast and West Coast and their respective major labels. This sales rivalry eventually turned into a personal rivalry, provoked in part by famous West Coast rapper Tupac Shakur's 1994 shooting, which he blamed on The Notorious B.I.G. and his Bad Boy Entertainment label. Artists from both labels traded disses (most notably Tupac's "Hit 'Em Up,") and the feud's escalation resulted in the still unsolved deaths of both rappers.

Later in the 1990s, record labels based out of Atlanta, St. Louis and New Orleans gained fame for their local scenes. In 1996, Cleveland-based rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony tied The Beatles' 32-year-old record for fastest-rising single with "Tha Crossroads," and by the end of the decade, hip hop was an integral part of popular music. In 2000, Caucasian rapper Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP sold over nine million copies and won a Grammy Award.

In the 1990s and into the following decade, elements of hip hop continued to be assimilated into other genres of popular music; neo soul, for example, combined hip hop and soul music and produced some major stars in the middle of the decade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music

[misk]

hip? hip-hop? hiphopanonymous?

DAMN YOU! You always give him the easy ones!

..i know you...you always order two piece of cheesecake!

[phatman]

...enough scuba steve, we get it....

[weyes]

i absolutely disagree...at this date (2006)..shit that came out in 91-93 (nas..wu..black moon..etc) can be considered old school.

sugarhill..kool moe dee..dougie fresh...theyre @ "originator" status right about now

it's not old skool relative to how old you were; it's relative to how old the music and the scene is (and therefore was).

[calebdead]

...enough scuba steve, we get it....

Shut the fuck up.

[misk]

it's not old skool relative to how old you were; it's relative to how old the music and the scene is (and therefore was).

....ya....definitely...i mean i can hear something on the radio from 96 and be like wow old school!......but if someone asked me to name old skool hip hop...it would not be from 96....