Yes, probably a ‘best of’, but looking for some 80’s stuff ala White Lines, Rappers Delight etc, but not knowing much about the genre, just looking at the multitude of compilation albums out there leaves me stumped.

Public enemy – it takes a nation of millions!!

80s? I’d buy some albums.

Public Enemy +1
EPMD Strictly Business
Ultramagnetic MCs Critical Beatdown

This;

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Hip-Hop-Dont-Stop/release/355857

By All Means Necessary – Boogie Down Productions (Krs1)

Not 80s.. but hear it anyway

Dalek – Abandoned Language

It wont sound like the others

I’m just looking for a selection at the moment – kilo’s looks good. I can move on from there

Kilo-omg some top tunes on that cd:
King b
Kid and play
Young mc
The list goes on !

By All Means Necessary – Boogie Down Productions (Krs1)

+1, “Worldwide BDP are the freshest” A seminal musical moment for me getting that LP, I think I paid over the top for the early release import version, may have to go and play that now.

Cany anyone find anything similar to kilo’s suggestion on MP3?

Ta

http://www.discogs.com/Fort-Minor-The-Rising-Tied/master/95170

<edit> sorry not a compilation </edit>

funcrusher plus by company flow (1997)

that should sort you out

+1 for it takes a nation of millions to hold us back. Fear of a black planet is great too. Sound and content is alot harder than White Lines, Rappers Delight etc though.

For beginners to hip hop then i’d recommend starting off with something like De La Soul – 3 feet high and rising, the Pharcyde – Labcabincalifornia or Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5. Great albums and very accessible too

btw here is a spotify playlist of some classic hip hop from over the years http://open.spotify.com/user/dustandpebbles/playlist/6W8zP7QDItFmqKugCxkxAt

A tribe called quest. Anthology.

Do you want good 80’s black guy hip hop, or bad 90’s black guy hip hop? 😀

The ‘badmeaninggood’ CDs are good, give you a feel of hip hop from it’s multiple roots through to present day (ish)

I bought young mc the other day !

If you want something British…

Silver bullet
Gun shot (quite hard to get tho)

Stone Cold Rhymin’ – Young MC

Tommy Boy’s Greatest Beats 1981-96

Handsome Boy Modeling School…So how’s your girl.

A unique & still contemporary sounding album released in 1999. Not everyone’s cup of tea but then what is. HBMS

D.

Rappers Delight (back in the day) – Various Artists

2 cd £4.50 on Amazon. I have this album and it’s old skool with the likes of:

LL Cool J
Eric B & Rakim
Sugarhill Gang
Souls of Mischief

At that price mate it’s a no-brainer

Bloody hell, gun shot, not heard that for a long time. Got a CD single of “Mind of a Razor” somewhere!

Young MC – stone cold rhymin
Eric B and Rakim – Paid in full
And if course the greatest

Beastie Boys – licensed to ill!

Good resource.

stu seems to have it, but I can’t find it on Amazon 🙁

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rappers-Delight-Back-Various-Artists/dp/B000062R5D

Eric B and Rakim

a few years after the ultramagnetic MCs but you gotta love Dr. Octagon’s ‘Dr. Octagonecologyst’ – lyrics, beats and djqbert (check ou the last minute of blue flowers). Earth people… Kool Keith’s other personas also work for me. Dr Dooom ‘First Come, First Served’ is some great dark moments “While ya’ll talk gangsta, I push body parts in shoppin’ carts”

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