random old rap you are loving

xp can be a combination of classics and random old rap

basically any decent playlist of old rap appreciated

I use the ego trip list sometimes https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2UGZr7wQ7fYS335myf4RVu?si=OHdw03CWQ6ylBsehUQno6w

preemptive apology as i am not spotify savvy, but there was a series of old school hiphop compilation albums from the early 90s called street jams: hiphop from the top and they really gave me an education back in my junior high cassette walkman days.

part one
part two
part three
part four

there was also the slightly more "new school" oriented (i.e. post-run d.m.c.) but equally as great rapmasters series. i had like five of them, but i never knew just how many volumes there were. according to discogs, there were at least nine volumes (!!).

also lol fu-schnickens: the dudes who put on shaq

taking sides: das efx or fu-schnickens — which 90s motormouth rap was superior?😄

(i'd vote das efx and would be offended by anything else, tbh)

come to think of it, treach from naughty by nature was totally one of those motormouth rappers too. how did he not get totally pigeonholed into that? naughty had jams for days tho. this is an alltimer i don't care what anyone says.

feel me flow is all time

das efx was hit squad no comparison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQPmms9dWw8

some serious disharmonics going on

obv loving it

man, the things one forgets.

and maybe i'm crazy (okay, i definitely am), but isn't that the same sample source as outkast's 'southerplayalisticadillacmuzik'?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yPagRrAgIU

checked whosampled and no info on mo`thugs to be found.

hm not sure, i cant really hear it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuYSteLH104http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuYSteLH104

Just learned of this incredible '97 Ghetto Mafia jam from Killer Mike in an RTJ interview.

niiiiice

(title is confusing there...album and song are both "Straight from the DEC")

Haha, hit discogs to see if I could find it cheap and shipped from the US. 2 for sale - $120 and $199.

it's crazy there's an amazing Killer Mike album that never got official release

the first ghetto mafia cd is great and cheap

"on da grind" too

Straight from the DEC album is fucking great; I missed this back in the 90s! Thanks!

young bleed - give and take
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPE9F6jPQw8

should say its a really great sounding song and the video audio is piss poor, this version sounds better

that's fire

i recently remembered this classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLzenunwAOQ

both great tracks

https://youtu.be/RyIOMCTkLSI

Always liked every "Inside You" sample and that mc's voice (whose name I don't know, only heard him in one or two other tracks)

he sounds familiar.

totally forgot about i look good

goin thru some old vinyl in the quarantine

Killer Mike's "Monster" is a lot better than I remembered it. Can't find a youtube of U Know I Love U.

the prince paul remix of blue flowers is the best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUCQpCRFtJk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc2xESpxO2s

Today's Test Pressing playlist from Telephones has this absolute gem on it. Used to play this album to death back in the day but haven't listened to it in ages and will have to dig it out again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJuKqT8Puvo

I still play "The CIA is Trying To Kill Me" a few times a year

fat pat - reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HKEJGrjwcQ

fat pat is the best. happen to bump this gem the other day

(dea - sun hit da fade)

https://youtu.be/2QsN0EDq8C8

98 was the best year for rap

love fat pat, project pat, patrick ewing, patrick henry...

listening to the DEA album now thank you brimstead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqmAiVkLayQ

absolute jam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HPhKGMNjQ4

always thought this was really good for a blatant attempt to get on the radio.

I have that album, somehow they got a double album as a debut.
really good forgotten album of that era.

such a sick lineup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iztp036z54

heavy d! man, you want to talk about underrated, i loved his 90s post-boyz material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYNcCcus0lQ

this was a big mixtape favorite in high school.

about 6 months ago i spent a couple weeks listening to only heavy d. really underrated in general

agreed.

At the time I thought everyone started wearing white sox gear cause they were gang colors. Thinking about it now, that doesn't make sense. Google says it was cause the color scheme ISN'T gang colors.

i had a few numbskull friends that backed out part of the logo so it looked like it said "sex."

*blacked out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ-_sQ262Dg

solid jam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaXOnvhCw-A

an absolute masterpiece on an otherwise disappointing album.

witchdoctor — "holiday"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhDZWu_MRf0
if anyone ever asked me why organized noize is one of the most innovative bands of all time, i reckon this beat should be a sufficient enough reason.

I love that whole album

yeah, the whole thing was solid, but the beat on "holiday" so amazing. i had the 12" and used that instrumental on so many mixtapes for blends.