Blurreds old school rap/hip-hop thread

**dookeyXXX** · 02-07-2015, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by mmmm...pow!

Dookey beat me to it. For the longest time I considered that the best hip hop album ever. It still might be, but it's hard to compare to some of the more recent stuff.

I'm actually rather partial to Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip-Hop, myself...

**SKIORFORGETIT** · 02-23-2015, 01:02 PM

anybody see Nas 'Time is Illmatic'- great doc

i admit I have slept on Nas for ages

not exactly sure why

**The SnowShow** · 11-11-2016, 09:48 PM

New A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul albums out...anyone heard them?

**mcski** · 11-11-2016, 10:09 PM

Everyone is raving about the new Tribe stuff, but haven't heard it yet

**phatty** · 11-12-2016, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by mcski

Everyone is raving about the new Tribe stuff, but haven't heard it yet

Saw it came out today. Can it really be Tribe without Phife? That's like Beasties without MCA.

**mmmm...pow!** · 11-12-2016, 12:50 AM

New Tribe has Phife. All new stuff, recorded before he passed. Just got it, haven't listened yet. New De La Soul is good. Actually, a lot better than I was expecting. The album starts a little slow, but there's a few gems in there.

**SkiBall** · 11-12-2016, 12:08 PM

Just got new Tribe yesterday. MP3 is $5 on Amazon(prime price?). It is pretty damn good after 1 listen imo.

**phatty** · 11-12-2016, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by mmmm...pow!

New Tribe has Phife. All new stuff, recorded before he passed.

This just sold me. Thanks for the info.

**The SnowShow** · 11-12-2016, 12:39 PM

Halfway through new Tribe. Sooooolid fucking album!

**Binky** · 11-12-2016, 06:49 PM

New Tribe is fucking nasty

Dis Generation!

**mmmm...pow!** · 11-15-2016, 01:05 AM

After a few listens, the Tribe album is good, but nothing about it really stands out. That De La album, though. It gets better and better.
And since this is the old school thread, and I'm pumped to be getting some music in digital format that I haven't been able to listen to for many years since I had a tape player, I'll put this here for a special someone.

**The SnowShow** · 11-15-2016, 07:11 PM

Damn, that De La album is solid too. The beats are [emoji91]

**SkiBall** · 11-15-2016, 07:28 PM

**Binky** · 11-16-2016, 09:17 AM

must concur about De La Soul. This album is really good.

**PlayItLeo** · 12-10-2016, 08:06 PM

For you mid-nineties, boom bap, East coast hip hop heads, check out Stretch and Bobbito on Netflix. Brought back some amazing memories of listening to those tapes in high school.
A little something to whet the whistle https://soundcloud.com/stretchandbob...tretch-bobbito

**The SnowShow** · 03-24-2017, 04:44 PM

Has anything come out recently that's as good as Tribe's or De La's latest?

**The SnowShow** · 05-02-2017, 06:01 PM

Whoa, Tribe Called Quest is at Red Rocks this summer ✌️

**dookeyXXX** · 05-02-2017, 08:11 PM

only 'cuz I have a coupla beers in my belly and feel like being a douche, but y'all are a bit misguided in your definition of Old School.
Old School refers to the period of rap music between 1979 - 1983. So most of what y'all are posting and yammering about is New School (Tribe, EPMD, Nas, etc).
Just sayin', from a historical viewpoint.
I love me some New School rap (most of what y'all are posting), so don't get me wrong. Just wanted to substantiate what Old School actually refers to.

**The SnowShow** · 05-02-2017, 08:40 PM

Seriously? I always thought that was Old Old school, then shit from like 84-mid 90s was Old School, then New School was the horseshit that's out now. Anyway, ain't my thread...

**dookeyXXX** · 05-03-2017, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by The SnowShow

Seriously? I always thought that was Old Old school, then shit from like 84-mid 90s was Old School, then New School was the horseshit that's out now. Anyway, ain't my thread...

New School technically begins with Run DMC and goes through the early '90s. Then you have sub-movements like True School (mostly Los Angeles based with groups like Freestyle Fellowship) and Gangsta (N.W.A., Ice-T, etc). Never really have heard what folks refer to post-New School as, but horseshit sounds about right in most cases.

**The SnowShow** · 09-27-2017, 08:11 PM

Any recs for good new hip hop or reggae?

**The SnowShow** · 11-28-2017, 08:51 PM

No Grammy nods for Tribe's last album but lots for JayZ's wack ass last album? Fuck them.

**dookeyXXX** · 11-29-2017, 11:01 PM

This ishit ain't Old School by a long shot, but I dug it anyway as it's kinda retro to the early '90s. I'm diggin' the beat, the flow, and the sheer audacity of it (what the f$%k is up with those rims?).

At least they have "Old School" in the title to the song.