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"Ego Trippin′" is a 1986 song by Ultramagnetic MCs. The group made a stylistic breakthrough with it; the song boasted dense, minimalist production, featuring erratic lyricism by Ced-Gee and Kool Keith, synthesizer riffs [2] and was the first song to sample Melvin Bliss's "Synthetic Substitution", [3] now one of the most sampled songs of all time.
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.
"Old School Love" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Lupe Fiasco. The song was released on October 14, 2013, in promotion of his fifth studio album Tetsuo & Youth. English singer Ed Sheeran contributed vocals to the song's hook. The song peaked at number 93 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 18 on the New Zealand Singles ...
The second single from R.E.M.’s third album, Fables of the Reconstruction, “Driver 8” is one of the group’s best-known songs, with quotable lyrics (which is almost unheard of for a pre-Out ...
In a fractious America, there’s still one thing that people can agree on: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The Virginian’s country flip of an old J-Kwon hit rang out from bars ...
Park was inspired to write the song by the change of season in Korea from winter to spring, with the weather getting warmer and warmer. He wanted to make a feel good, old-school song, with inclusion of a brass band, and was influenced by The Jackson 5. The live band of Saturday Night Live Korea, Common Ground, provided the in-session instrumentals.
Old school rap (1979–84) [72] was "easily identified by its relatively simple raps" [73] according to AllMusic, "the emphasis was not on lyrical technique, but simply on good times", [73] one notable exception being Melle Mel, who set the way for future rappers through his socio-political content and creative wordplay. [73]
Das EFX toured the globe again in 2010. They reissued How We Do under the alternate title Old School Throwback on Spotify and other streaming services in 2015; both versions of the album featured Sean Paul on a song “The Memories Remain” which deals with the death of Skoob’s father. Krazy Drayz released a solo album Showtime in 2012.