Thought I should take the time to list some 1980s hip hop acts that are full-grown now and still doin' rap. (Rap is somethin you do, hip hop is something you live)

still makin' hot shit:
-De La Soul
-Beastie Boys
-LL Cool J


to far lesser popularity:
-Public Enemy
-KRS One

where they at?
-Lyte
-Rakim

disqualified:
-Latifah

Prince Paul is still producin.


What is Marley Marl really up to?

CinisterCee said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Yeah, I know the "Dana Owens LP" was atrocious, but wasn't homegirl supposed to couple that record with another rap studio album? There were talks of that early 2004, yet nothing to show for it.

DIGITAL UNDERGROUND.


well... Shock G, anyway.

EPMD told us they are out of business...


but Erick Sermon is still doin his thing:

Dr. Dre

Yo' Chuck is round'n 45 'but that has nothing to do with his passison for his art.. The Library of Congress names Fear Of A Black Planet as one of the 50 selected recorded works to be enshrined for preservation.

AvramsDad said:

Thank you, how could I have missed that

CinisterCee said:

The Beastie Boys haven't made any hot shit since the early 90's. They need to take their asses to the nursing home and retire. Apologizing for "past indiscretions." Pfft! Idiots.

guitarslinger44 said:

What I meant was their music is still way popular (especially compared to, say, new KRS One albums) to the general public.

Not completely relevant to the topic, but I miss the days of acts like this. I was just listening to EPMD this morning and reminded me (again) of the sad state of today's hip hop.

The Pharcyde?

RipHer2Shreds said:

smack me and i'll smack ya back

What about hammer? I heard he dropped an album a few years back?


"so what u gonna do about it hammer?"
"iam gonna turn this mother out (hammer!)"

Lyte was 80's?

thesexofit said:

ferr sure.

CinisterCee said:

Love that album!

RipHer2Shreds said:

My personal fave.

CinisterCee said:

I just happened across some show on UPN called Half & Half. Lyte is in it in a recurring role. She looks good.

RipHer2Shreds, I've been listening to a CD mixed by DJ Revolution. I think you would like it. "Class of `85"




[Edited 6/21/05 8:31am]

CinisterCee said:

We're gonna show you how we do it for '85, kickin' live.

I'd love that. I have a lot of those on different albums, but that is my fave year for rap. Just Buggin' - I haven't heard that one in a looooong time!

1. Introduction
2. Roof Is On Fire, The - (with Rock Master Scott & Dynamic)
3. Funkbox 2 - (with Masterdon Committee)
4. Rap Will Never Die - (with Masterdon Committee)
5. King Kut - (with Word Of Mouth)
6. Def Jam, The - (with Jazzy Jeff)
7. Inchin' For A Scratch - (with Force MD's)
8. Bite This - (with Roxanne Shante)
9. Bite It - (with UFO)
10. Brooklyn's In The House
11. Triple Threat
12. Just Buggin'
13. Show, The - (with Doug E Fresh)
14. Big Mouth - (with Whoodini)
15. Larry's Dance Theme - (with Grandmaster Flash)
16. Best Of The Street - (with Choice MC's)
17. Rock The Bells - (with LL Cool J)
18. PSK - (with Schooly D)
19. King Of Rock - (with Run-DMC)
20. Home Of Hip Hop, The - (with DST)
21. Kings Of Kuts
22. Mady Mad Scratch - (with MC Shan)
23. Just Say Shet
24. Breakdown - (with T La Rock)
25. Needle To The Groove - (with Mantronix)
26. Fresh The World - (with Mantronix)
27. DJ Flee's
28. Dane Dane Nightmares
29. Bust This Rhyme - (with MC Chill)
30. If I Ruled The World - (with Kurtis Blow)
31. Fat Boys Are Back, The - (with The Fat Boys)
32. You Ain't Fresh - (with The Boogie Boys)
33. Ballcream - (with Toddy D)
34. Freshest Scratches In The World
35. Dangerous - (with LL Cool J)
36. Can't Live Without My Radio - (with LL Cool J)
37. I'll Take Your Radio - (with Steady B)
38. Together Forever - (with Run-DMC)

so much fricken DMX drum machine action on that mix.

He's more of an actor now, but Ice Cube will spit one every now and then.

Adisa said:

DISQUALIFIED!

CinisterCee said:

Public Enemy "Rebirth of a Nation" (producer: Paris; guests: Paris, Dead Prez, Kam, Immortal Technique, MC Ren, The Conscious Daughters; first single: "Can't Hold Us Back"; release date scheduled for Aug.9,2005