Nothing to lose so you may as well give it a ago!

Ding dong.

poke ya finger up there arse aswell, why dont ya

I normally save that one for special romantic times!

'83 baby!

peak of 80's rap - and the launch of the MK1 golf P

sooooooooo right couldn't agree more 83 all the way

'83 was the peak of '80's rap?

i guess you forgot about '87 and '88?

ice-t power and the finest rap album of all time, pe's 'nation of millions'

let's take a look and see

from 83 - 84 :
whoodini w/ escape
run dmc w/ run dmc
fat boys w/ fat boys
jurtis blow w/ ego trip
ll cool j w/ radio (85)

from 86 - 87:
mc shan w/ down by law
bdp w/ criminal minded
ll cool j w/ bigger and deffer
beastie boys w/ license to ill
pe w/ bum rush the show
run dmc w/ raising hell
erik b & rakim w/ paid in full
epmd w/ strickly business
schooly d w/ saturday night

well done. even without including '88 you proved that '83 was not the best year for rap.

the winner hands down has to be 86 - 87. 83 - 84 was an electric time as rap started to trickle in. hell i can remember going to see beat street and breakin (sell out movie) but the talent and sounds that came out in 86 - 87 are just can't be ignored.

This post was last modified: 20-12-07 10:53 PM by kwimbie.

I think this started off that people were blowing up there year of birth. Any relation to good Hip Hop years was entirely coincidental.
I'd have to go with later years though there was some early gold.

sorry came in towards the end of the thread. the statement got me thinking about the old skool days and couldn't resist. definitely a good discussion though.

I think you have to look at the music in two ways - what was the impact it had on you then and what is the impact it has on you now.

Sure, I liked a lot of the stuff from the early '80's that's been mentioned, but I find if I listen to it now it's just corny. Whodini, Fat Boys - can't even listen without laughing.

But later on in the decade, you have the second, third and fourth PE albums that not only blew my mind then, they blow my mind now. Never mind the first 3 Ice-T albums, Straight Outta Compton, Paul's Boutique, BDP's second album, Big Daddy Kane's first album - those aren't just great rap albums, they're great albums period and if you look at any Top 100 list, a lot of them make it on there.

So yeah, that early stuff was fresh because it was so new, but the later stuff was simply amazing.

And anyone heard No More Rock N Roll or Put Your Filas On lately? Listening to satellite radio I've heard both recently and laughed my ass off. Long Live Schooly D!

Trouble is with the later 80's hip hop.. there was all the commerical stuff i.e. Fresh Prince.. Whistle.. etc..

This post was last modified: 21-12-07 08:58 AM by streak.

nout wrong with fressh prince and jazzy jeff.

word! don't forget, their first album came out on an indie label, when prince was only 16 and that's the stuff he was rhyming about. it's not like he was all hard and then changed up the style to gain popularity. He didn't turn to pop, pop turned to him.

saw them open for RUN DMC just before they got big - they were great.

Now, what ever happened to Ready Rock C?