the message (grandmaster flash)
rock the bells (ll cool j)
planet rock (afrika bambaataa)
king of rock (run dmc)
roxane roxane (utfo)

feel free to add on!

dancerella said:

strafe-set it off
joe ski love-pee wee herman
whodini-funky beat
man parrish feat freeze force-boogie down bronx
special ed-i got it made
chubb rock-treat 'em right
almighty 3-to the other mc's
doug e. fresh & slick rick-the show
eric b & rakim-i aint no joke
public enemy-you gonna get yours!
t la rock-its yours
grandmaster flash & furious 5-white lines
mc breed-aint no future in your frontin
sir mix-a-lot-posse on broadway
ice-t-six n the mornin
eazy-e-boyz n the hood

hell yeah, set it off by strafe! that shit is hot!

also.....

fly girl (not sure who did this one).

dancerella said:

thats by the boogie boys. they also did "you aint fresh" and in case ur wonderin how old could one be to know 'bout all these classics, i'm 21 and get so bored with the radio that all i buy is old skool vynl....

[quote]thats by the boogie boys. they also did "you aint fresh" and in case ur wonderin how old could one be to know 'bout all these classics, i'm 21 and get so bored with the radio that all i buy is old skool vynl....


wow, that's impressive for a 21 year old. i'm in my late twenties but i remember all this because i have an older sis who used to play all that stuff.

here's a few more.....

push it (salt n' pepa)
the wild wild west (kool moe dee)
the breaks (kurtis blow)

diamondpearl1 said:

I thought Whistle did "You Ain't Fresh." U learn something new every day!

What about:

MC Shan -- Project Ho
Kurtis Blow -- 8 Million Stories
Fat Boys -- In Jail
LL Cool J -- Jack The Ripper
ATCQ -- Bonita Applebum
De La Soul -- Jenifa Taught Me
The Beastie Boys -- Paul Revere
DJ Cheese -- King Cut
The Rappin Duke
MC Shy D -- Gotta Be Tough (I said it!)
2 Live Crew -- 2 Live Is What We Are

Too Short - Cuss Words
Dana Dane - Nightmares of the Night
UTFO - (Pick any song from their first lp)
Whodini - Friends
LL - Bristol Hotel
Fat Boys - Stick Em
BDP - (Entire First lp)

--Looking for a few of my original Rap City tapes--

oh my god, i forgot about stick em.....

dancerella said:

Egg-xaaactly!

I am LOVING Usher's "Caught Up" right now because the beat sounds like "Set It Off".

Five Minutes of Funk - Whodini
One Love - Whodini
Jingling Baby - LL Cool J
Ladies First - Queen Latifah and Monie Love
Cha Cha Cha - MC Lyte
I Get The Job Done - Big Daddy Kane
The Message - Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
I Go To Work - Kool Moe Dee
Paid In Full - Eric B. and Rakim
Brand Nubians - Slow Down
Bonita Applebum - TCQ
Rock Dis Funky Joint - PRT
Get Up - Salt and Pepa
Looking For The Perfect Beat - Soul Sonic Force
It's Like That and That's The Way It Is - Run DMC

How bout I just name a few groups:

West Street Mob
Jeckyl and Hyde
Sequence

I know it's probably considered go-go, but anyone remember "EU Freeze" by EU?..Yes..the same group that did "Doin The Butt". "EU Freeze" was much better...trust me.

Kurtis Blow - Starlife / One-Two-Five (Main Street, Harlem, USA) / Party Time / I'm Chillin'
College Boyz - Victim of the Ghetto
JJ Fad - Now Really
Toddy Tee - The Batterram
World Class Wreckin' Cru - The Cabbage Patch
The Real Roxanne - Bang Zoom (Let's Go Go)
Chubb Rock - Treat 'Em Right
Run DMC - You Be Illin'
Nice & Smooth - Sometimes I Rhyme Slow
Yo-Yo - You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo (feat. Ice Cube)
LA Dream Team - Calling On The Dream Team
MC EZ and Troup - Get Retarded
The DOC - The Formula

This is making me nostalgic...


Special Ed - I'm the Magnificent
Milk D - Top Billin' (what more can I say...)
EPMD - I Shot the Sherrif

Roxanne Shante "Have a nice day"

Salt N'Pepa "I'll take your man"

The Real Roxanne " Roxanne's on a roll"

Finesse & Synquis "Bass games"

J.J.Fad "Anotha ho /Anotha tramp"

Queen Latifah "Wrath of my madness"

2 Much "Wild thang"

Princess Ivori "What a night"

Ms.Melodie "Hype according to Ms.Melodie"

Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce "It's my beat"

Antoinette "I got an attitude/Hit em wit this"

MC Trouble "High roller's girl"

Oaktown's 357 "Yeah,yeah,yeah"

MC Lyte "Paperthin"

Nikki D. "Lettin off steam"

Yo-Yo "Stompin to the 90's"

Monie Love "Grandpa's party"

Shazzy "Giggahoe"

Pebblee Poo "A fly guy"

The Sequence "Monster jam/ here comes the bride"

Sparky D. "Throwdown"

"White liiiiinnnnes really blow my miiiiinnnnnd....."

I don't think these are exaclty old skool, but ah well.....
Rappers Delight - Sugarhill Gang
A Good Day - Ice Cube
Wild, Wild, West - Kool Moe Dee
We Got Our Own Thang - Heavy D & The Boyz
Push It - Salt N Pepa
OPP - Naughty By Nature
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot
Burn, Hollywood, Burn - Public Enemy
....and just about anything by Candyman

One of my personal favs is 'Jam On It' by Nucleus.

Planet Rock - Soul Sonic Force
Pack Jam - The Jonzun Crew
Egypt, Egypt - Egyptian Lover
Electric Kingdom - Twilight 22
Scorpio - Grandmaster Flash
What People Do For Money - Devine Sounds
Jam On It - Newcleus
It's Like That - Run DMC
Apache - Sugarhill Gang
Nasty Rock - P Crew
Nasty Rock - Garrett's Crew
The Party Has Begun - Freestyle
Push The Button - Newcleus
Looking For The Perfect Beat - Soul Sonic Force
We Are The Jonzun Crew - Jonzun Crew
Siberian Nights - Twilight 22
Reckless - Chis "The Glove" Taylor & David Storrs
Survival - Melle Mell & Duke Bootee? (I think that's how to spell it)
Rappin Duke - Shawn Brown
Ya Mama - Wuff Ticket
Jam On Revenge - Newcleus
Jam The Box - Pretty Tony
Dream Team Is In The House - LA Dream Team
Can You Rock It Like This - Run DMC

(Compare the tempo of the majority of these to the hip hop of today....no comparison! Today's is bullshit.)

Run DMC - Sucker MC's
Run DMC - Here We Go
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - Freedom
Mantronix - Needle to the Groove
Ice T - Reckless
Sparky D - Roxanne your through
Roxanne Shante - Roxanne's Revenge (original version)
UTFO - Split Personality
Whodini - I'm a Ho
Kurtis Blow - Basketball
LL Cool J - Dear Yvette
Boogie Boys - Fly Girl
Eric B & Rakim - My Melody
Skinny Boys - Human Jock Box
Fat Boys - Don't be Stupid

X-Clan - Grand Verbalizer, What Time Is It?
D-Nice - The TR-808 Is Coming
Stetsasonic - Stet Troop '88!
Das EFX - They Wan't EFX
Leaders of the New School - Sobb Story
Chi Ali - Funky Lemonade
Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs - Be a Father to Your Child
Paperboy - Ditty
Terminator X - Homey Don't Play Dat (with Bonnie & Clyde)
BDP - Beef / You Must Learn
MC Lyte - 10% Dis
2 Live Crew - Fraternity Record / Coolin'
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Charlie Mack (First Out The Limo) / Brand New Funk
Naughty By Nature - Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Ice Cube - Cave B***h / Bop Gun
A Lighter Shade of Brown - On A Sunday Afternoon
Main Source - Just A Friendly Game of Baseball
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
Jonzun Crew - Space Cowboy
Apache - Gangsta B***h
Nikki D - Sunny Daze
Heavy D - Don't Curse
N2Deep - Back To The Hotel

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[Edited 10/13/04 17:14pm]

vainandy said:

Like Hercules your body is strong
But your mind is like the Devil
Your ideas are wrong
You hurt people's feelings
And mess with their minds
Then have the nerve to call me "brotha"
And wave the peace sign
The young and the old
They all hate your sight
Because of ----- like you
They're scared to walk in the night

It's called SURVIVAL!!!

This Or That - Black Sheep
Fight The Power - PE
My Buddy - Native Tongue(De La Soul, TCQ, The Jungle Bros, Queen Latifah and Monie Love)
Funk You Right On Up - Sequence 3
Daddy's Little Girl - Nikki D
I'm Looking At The Front Door - Main Source
Glamorous Life - Cool C
Children's Story - Slick Rick
Young World - Slick Rick

I'm gonna try to add a few that haven't already been listed...and since you didn't put a limit...here goes...

Rock Box--Run-DMC
Ain't No Half steppin'--Big Daddy Kane
Taste So Good--File 13
Clear--Cybotron
Freedom--Grandmaster Flash & TFF
That's The Joint--Funky Four Plus One More
Jazzy Sensation--Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5
Sucker M.C.'s--Run-DMC
Fantastic Freaks At The Dixie--Fantastic Freaks
Can You Feel It--Fat Boys
Buffalo Gals--Malcolm McLaren
Rapper's Reprise--Sugarhill Gang meets The Sequence
Feel The Heartbeat--The Treacherous Three
Hard Times--Run-DMC
Jam On It--Newcleus
8Th Wonder--Sugarhill Gang
One For The Treble--Davy DMX
Play At Your Own Risk--Planet Patrol
Rappin' And Rockin' The House--Funky Four Plus One More
Radio Active--Royal Cash
Jail House Rap--Fat Boys
Play That Beat Mr. D.J.--G.L.O.B.E. + Whiz Kid
Renegades Of Funk--Afrika Bambaataa & SSF
Egypt, Egypt--The Egyptian Lover
Rockit--Herbie Hancock
Tour de France--Kraftwerk
Electric Kingdom--Twilight 22
Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) (a.k.a. 'It's Time)--Hashim
I Need A Freak--Sexual Harassment
Square Dance Rap--Sir Mix-a-lot
Rockberry Jam--L.A. Dream Team
You Gots To Chill--EPMD
Bassline--Mantronix
(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'--Whistle
I Ain't No Joke--Eric B. & Rakim
Ring 'Em--M.C. Hammer
Humpty Dance--Digital Underground
Rock The Bells--LL Cool J
What Is A D.J. If He Can't Scratch--The Egyptian Lover
Can't Live Without My Radio--LL Cool J
Hip Hop Junkies--Nice And Smooth
Freaky Tales--Too Short
Dumb Girl--Run-DMC
La-Di-Da-Di--Ricky D & Doug E. Fresh
My Beat Goes Boom--The Egyptian Lover
The Roof Is On Fire--Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three

and if I may add...

Apache--Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band
It's Just Begun--Jimmy Castor Bunch
[Edited 10/15/04 14:40pm]
[Edited 10/15/04 14:48pm]

[quote]I'm gonna try to add a few that haven't already been listed...and since you didn't put a limit...here goes...

Rock Box--Run-DMC
Ain't No Half steppin'--Big Daddy Kane
Taste So Good--File 13
Clear--Cybotron
Freedom--Grandmaster Flash & TFF
That's The Joint--Funky Four Plus One More
Jazzy Sensation--Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5
Sucker M.C.'s--Run-DMC
Fantastic Freaks At The Dixie--Fantastic Freaks
Can You Feel It--Fat Boys
Buffalo Gals--Malcolm McLaren
Rapper's reprise



Oh man, you're list brought back memories! big daddy kane is the man. and buffalo gals, oh my god!

Kool mo dee "go c the doctor".....is that too new though?

ATCQ - Check the rhyme

AsianConnection said:

Nice & Smooth is funky
Also hip hop junkies
All we wanna do
Is huh huh yoouuuuu!

JANFAN4L said:

Word!