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Old-school hip hop. Old-school hip hop (also spelled old skool) (also known as disco-rap) is the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music and the original style of the genre. It typically refers to the music created around 1979 to 1983, [1] as well as any hip hop that does not adhere to contemporary styles. [2]
Paid in Full is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, released on July 7, 1987, by Island-subsidiary label 4th & B'way Records.The duo recorded the album at hip hop producer Marley Marl's home studio and Power Play Studios in New York City, following Rakim's response to Eric B.'s search for a rapper to complement his disc jockey work in 1985.
It had the highest position for any 1980s release and was the highest ranking hip-hop song on the list. In 2012 it was named the greatest hip-hop song of all time. [8] It was voted #3 on About.com's Top 100 Rap Songs, after Common's "I Used to Love H.E.R." and The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight". [9]
Released: February 8, 1987. Raising Hell is the third studio album by American hip hop group Run-D.M.C., released on May 15, 1986, by Profile Records. The album was produced by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin. Raising Hell is notable for being the first Platinum and multi-Platinum hip hop record. [2][3] The album was first certified Platinum on ...
1985. Genre. Electro music, old school hip hop. Label. StreetSounds. Street Sounds Electro 10 is the tenth compilation album in a series and was released 1985 on the StreetSounds label. The album was released on LP and cassette and contains eight electro music and old-school hip hop tracks mixed by Herbie Laidley. [1]
Classic hip hop is a music radio format focusing primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and the early to mid-2000s. Although stations with such a format date back as far as 2004, the format was first popularized in October 2014, after Radio One dropped a poorly performing news radio format from its Houston station KROI in favor of ...
Tag Team (group) Tag Team is an American hip-hop / pop-rap duo residing in Atlanta, Georgia. They are known almost solely for their 1993 single "Whoomp! (There It Is)", which appeared in numerous advertisements, films, and television series. [1][2] The duo is made up of Cecil Glenn (DC, the Brain Supreme) and Steve Gibson (Steve Rolln). [1] In ...
List of top ten albums with the highest first-week home market sales of 1994 Number Album Artist 1st-week sales 1st-week position Refs 1 Murder Was the Case: Various Artist 329,000 1 West Coast Hip Hop 2 Creepin on ah Come Up: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: 220,000 12 Midwest Hip Hop 3 Regulate... G Funk Era: Warren G: 176,000 2 West Coast Hip Hop 4 ...