I've been listening to a lot of 80s and very early 90s rap lately. But I don't really know a lot of names... post some artists or your favorites. Some of it is cheesy, like "Holiday", but that's kind of the sound I'm looking for.
[video=youtube;74MTIBbn4uI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74MTIBbn4uI[/video] [video=youtube;BDPk6OQkpeI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDPk6OQkpeI&feature=related[/video] [video=youtube;mHoCR7u5NzY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHoCR7u5NzY[/video] STICK 'EM!
Maybe the greatest rapper of the 90s. [video=youtube;YqJAnQTwmJs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqJAnQTwmJs&feature=related[/video] [video=youtube;cj9_yW8tZxs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj9_yW8tZxs[/video] [video=youtube;WA-zaE6aevs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA-zaE6aevs[/video]
If we are going down the goofy road. [video=youtube;AEEPVGtwsO8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEEPVGtwsO8[/video]
Can't see what was posted because I'm on my phone but for that time period you're talking about the beginning of "gangster rap". NWA Ice Cude Easy E Ice Tea Too Short And then there's groups like Digital Underground.
[video=youtube;414-Yxqe7UM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=414-Yxqe7UM[/video] had to check your woofers with this one
I had D.O.C. in my minitruck back in 1989 it wasn't a big deal me and Rodney G had to pick him up to go somewhere yeah I'm a gangsta whut whut
[video=youtube;2l2O-JOXG_I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2O-JOXG_I[/video] Break the measure into eighth notes and every rhyme lands on the seventh eighth note. There's a pleasant nostalgia to it, but rap evolved like a motherfucker after the 80s.
[video=youtube;5Ju9ZQLs9LQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ju9ZQLs9LQ[/video] just my cruise through the east side
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