late 80s/early 90s hip hop playlist
Posted by oldschoolhc@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 28 comments
what makes your list? i'm adding Maestro Fresh Wes - let your backbone slide & drop the needle
NSlocal@reddit
"Sometimes I'm in a Mercedes and sometimes I'm in a plane. Sometimes I find myself up on the number 2 train"
Hilsam_Adent@reddit
The entire album, Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde.
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It , Left My Wallet in El Segundo
Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal , Tennessee
Slick Rick - Children's Story , Teenage Love
Kool Moe Dee - I Go to Work
Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique
De La Soul - Me, Myself and I , Three is the Magic Number
Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance , Doowutchyalike
Geto Boys - Mind Playin' Tricks On Me
Too $hort - Life is... Too $hort , Cuss Words , Blowjob Betty
Public Enemy - Can't Truss It
2 Live Crew - Fuck Martinez , Put Her in the Buck
Plenty more good ones out there, but this list covers most of the major scenes.
NSlocal@reddit
Good list, needs more BDP.
trUth_b0mbs@reddit
Adding:
Notorious BIG - Juicy, Hypnotize, One more chance, gimmie da loot, 10 crack commandments...omg so many good songs.
Mary J Blige - What's the 411 (album)
Dr Dre - nuthin but a G Thang
Pete rock/CL smooth - reminisce
guacamole579@reddit
Slick Rick the ruler- The great Adventures of Slick Rick, album.
BDK- Ain’t no half steppin’, smooth operator
Public Enemy- Rebel without a Pause
EPMD- You gots to chill
3rd Base- Gas Face
MC Lyte- Cha cha cha
Boogie Down Productions- South Bronx, The Bridge is Over
Eric B and Rakim- Microphone Fiend, I know you got soul, paid in full, I ain’t no joke
azmechanic@reddit
Eric B and Rakim - the entire Paid In Full album. LL Cool J - I'm Bad and .357-Break It On Down. Gucci Crew II - Sally, That Girl
OlafTheAverage@reddit
Cypress Hill is kind of a must-have for this.
Hilsam_Adent@reddit
"Like Louis Armstrong played the trumpet, I'll hit that bong and break you off somethin'"
Has my vote for the single-best crafted and produced line in all of Rap history.
B-Real paced it exquisitely, placed it perfectly at the beginning of the breakdown, which is itself out-fucking-standing.
otiswestbooks@reddit
Definitely
herbal_thought@reddit
Is Neneh Cherry's Buffalo Stance considered Hip Hop?
PhilDGrowler@reddit
T.R.O.Y. - Pete Rock and CL Smooth
skeetwooly@reddit
The Cadets, Stranded in the jungle Clarence Henry, I ain't got a home
MarquisInLV@reddit
This is my playlist. But this thread is making me realize how much I missed.
oldschoolhc@reddit (OP)
right on, i just saved it & mines only 2 hrs so far lol
erinna_nyc@reddit
Nas. He’s certainly a problematic guy but Illmatic was a game changer
Tchio_Beto@reddit
If you're highlighting Canadian Hip Hop from the era, then you have to include Organized Rhyme, featuring a young Tome Green
AlfaNovember@reddit
And don’t forget Dream Warriors!
OldBanjoFrog@reddit
Anything by a Tribe Called Quest
Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force
De La Soul
Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five
SpiritualMuffin2623@reddit
Digable planets
Unsung_Ironhead@reddit
Public Enemy - fear of a black planet
incredible_turkey@reddit
Digital Underground and De La Soul
TheRealJamesWax@reddit
Have to have some Erik B & Rakim, and Digital Underground, but not their big “hit” since their catalog is phat!
Also, some Disposable Heroes of Hipoprisy, Pharcyde, and The Roots.
SkyRepresentative309@reddit
souls of mischief - 93 to infinity
wu tang - protect ya neck
blacksheep - the choice is yours
eric b n rakim - don't sweat the technique
bdp - the bridge is over
najing_ftw@reddit
Wu Tang
S-L-F@reddit
Nwa - Express Yourself
Tony_Tanna78@reddit
Tonight by DJ Quik
mike___mc@reddit
The D.O.C. - It’s Funky Enough
Thirty_Helens_Agree@reddit
Fight the Power and Can’t Truss It. And the Bring the Noise version with Anthrax.