Back in the day I listened to Boogiedown Productions/KRS 1 a lot, and I still like most of my favorite Whodini songs from back then, such as Friends, Five Minutes of Funk and One Love. I was into UTFO, MC Shan, early RunDMC and Brooklyn rappers such as Master Ace.

I also liked the early work of Curtis Mantronik with Mantronix but also his later, more club oriented music. Just-Ice was cool, too, especially the album that was produced by Curtis Mantronik (Back to the Old School).

Melle Mel, the Zulu Kings, EMPD, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy´s early albums.

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But I was also a big , big fan of early Westcoast rap such as the early era of Ice-T ca. 1986/1987 , early NWA and King T, Icecube, Tupac and early Snoop, but also the old stuff Dre did with the Wreckin Cru.

For some strange reason I never really got into Wu Tang Clan even though I like the occasional Ghostface or Raekwon track.

Dalia11 said:

I have to listen to the rap music of the late 70's. In the 80's I was in grade school. So I grew up listening to 80's rap. Salt n pepa, Mc Lyte, Queen Latifah, Roxanne Shantay and more. [Edited 11/10/18 16:38pm]

Oh, I liked those you mentioned as well.....especially Roxanne Shante and MC Lyte....her song Cappucino was good storytelling, and I liked SaltNPepa.

Whodini
Run DMC
Digable Planets
Paulette & Tanya Winley
Fat Boys
Beastie Boys
Kool Moe Dee
Salt n Pepa

Bo$$
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
Sugarhill Gang

Sir Mix-A-Lot

DJ Magic Mike
LL Cool J
Gerardo
Technotronic
C+C Music Factory
Kurtis Blow
Kris Kross
OutKast
Betty Boo

Falco
Heavy D & The Boyz
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Kid n Play

Bobby Jimmy & The Critters

Dalia11 said:

I am listening to WBLS now.

I still have some old cassettes with WBLS recordings from the mid 80s.

KoolEaze said:

Dalia11 said:

I am listening to WBLS now.

I still have some old cassettes with WBLS recordings from the mid 80s.

I had one or two from the early 90s, including Red Alert's reggae show.