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South Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Harlem, Long Island. Golden age hip hop refers to mainstream hip hop music created from the mid or mid-late 1980s [1][2][3][4] to the early or early-mid 1990s, [1][2][3][4] particularly by artists and musicians originating from the New York metropolitan area. [5] A precursor to the new-school hip hop movement, it ...
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]
Newcleus. Newcleus was an American electro and old school hip hop group that gained popularity in the early 1980s. The group is primarily known for its 12-inch single "Jam-On's Revenge" (re-released as "Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)" (1983)) and "Jam on It" (1984). The group was based in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn ...
The Sugar Hill Gang appeared on the syndicated Soap Factory Disco Show in late 1979, and their performance later became the song's official music video. [19] The group's performance on the Palisades Park-based program demonstrates the significant overlap between early hip-hop and disco of the late 1970s. Alternate music videos exist as well.
Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels. Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell. Website. rundmc.com. Run-DMC (also formatted Run-D.M.C., RUN DMC, or some combination thereof) was an American hip hop group from Hollis, Queens New York City, formed in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell. Run-DMC is regarded as one of the most influential acts in ...
James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), [3] is an American rapper and actor. [4] He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, alongside fellow new school hip hop acts Beastie Boys and Run-DMC.
Hip hop music was not officially recorded to play on radio or television until 1979, largely due to poverty during the genre's birth and lack of acceptance outside ghetto neighborhoods. [22] Old-school hip hop was the first mainstream wave of the genre, marked by its disco influence and party-oriented lyrics. The 1980s marked the ...
Busy Bee. David James Parker (born October 26, 1962), known by the stage name Busy Bee, [1] is an American old-school hip hop musician from New York, NY. First coming on the New York City music scene in 1977, Busy Bee worked with many of hip-hop's founding fathers, including Melle Mel, Afrika Bambaataa, and Kool DJ AJ.