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When Music Was Music Back in the Day
Listening to these songs reminds me of the days when music was enjoyable and fun to listen and dance to. Most of the music on the charts detail lewd sex and violence. Some of the artists even have no bones about being arrested and having criminal records. It's a shame we don't shun some of the conduct that is portrayed in their lyrics.

Back In The Day
Even though I'm Not too much of a old timer, I still enjoy alot of the jams on this cd. It takes me back to when me & all my friends use to kick it! It was one of my favorit cd's then & it still is now. If you ask me the best tracks are: 2. Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith,7. Atomic Dog - George Clinton,9. Cutie Pie -One Way and 13. You Dropped The Bomb - Gap Band. I think all of the old school vol. have great jams; I just wished they had all your favorit hits all on one cd! I would recommend this cd to both the young & old.

Days of Old
All you 'Old Schoolaz'out there should add this one to your collection. Contains a mix of funk and some Old School Rap tracks (Whodini's...Five Minutes of Funk... and ...Friends...) I like all the tracks. Good CD, but could of been better if more Old Schoop Hip Hop was included. It's still a good CD!! Go out and get, jam it, and reminisce about the days of old.

Takes you back
This is a great compilation of old school jams. I'm not sure that the Tina Marie tune quite fits, but other than that, it's great fun.

Funky
this disc starts off with a blast with Mr.Groove by One Way,then Double Dutch Bus by Frankie Smith i remember when that was hot.but the Jam for me is Your the one for me by D-Train.they were very underrated.this Band could Groove. ... Read more

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Old School Hip-Hop is the shxt!
This CD is one of those Cd's that you can't stand still to. It has the coolest songs on it. It is a must buy CD. ... Read more

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Some early hip hop
This is some very nice early hip hop for the suckers around to day I heard the original Honey and plus I heard the original pimp of Rap him self Spoonie Gee this sounds nice

It's so good to have these jams on CD!!
Bobby Robinson's Enjoy Records label was an important driving force during hip-hop's early years and this excellent collection brings us some of the label's most memorable jams in their original 12" Single versions. This is NOT "Old School" but "True School" in any way imaginable. Any fan of classic hip-hop or early-1980s Urban R&B should waste no time in getting this CD.

The "Real Hip Hop"- NYC Style
Looking at this CD bring back so many childhood memories. I could remember growing up In Harlem, going to 125th Street to puchase these records as a teenager. Now, some 20+ years later, I feel that Hip Hop has lost it's touch. A lot of these rappers can learn a lesson from the Old School guys because if you listen closely, There is no profanity, no playa hating, and you don't hear of these rappers calling women out of their names. I really wished that hip-hop could have stayed pure and fun, unlike the west coast gang-banging, and the women being disrespected. Even the videos are becoming more and more annoying. Women running around half dressed, rappers having "Light Skin" women only in the videos, these rappers walking around with the "Bling-Bling". It's a shame that most of these rappers do not invest their time or money in their community!

I hope our future generation will not follow in the footsteps of our "Gansta Rap"

Old School Hip-Hop! NOW AND FOREVER!!

Not "Old School" but TRUE SCHOOL
If you were a teenager with access to Black neighborhoods on the East Coast in the early 80s, then this was the soundtrack of that era. "Feel The Haertbeart" by The Treacherous 3 (featuring a young Kool Moe Dee), "Superappin" by Grand Master Flash's Furious Five, and most of the other tunes here (surprisingly excluding tunes by the Funky 4+1 More) did the do when what passed for Soul music was too pop-oriented and mushy for Black youth. These are the tunes that the rest of America sadly missed out on due to misguided radio and promotion people who dismissed it all as a fad. Get this and Kurtis Blow's "History of Rap" compliations to learn about the TRUE SCHOOL of rap.

Old School Harlem River Rap
This is the best rap collection for people, who are interestedin the true roots of this genre of music. I have spent the last ten years trying to replace all my old 12" records that disappeared at a party one night. I started playing this CD and it brought back so many memories of my youth in Harlem NY. Rap started in the Bronx and Harlem in the late 70's and many of the founding fathers are on this CD. You can equate this CD to a collection of Delta Blues records from the 30's. If you really want to understand the music and the culture from which the music arose this is the CD. I would recommend this CD for many reasons, but the best is for the sheer enjoyment of hearing Spoonie Gee and the Treacherous Three (with a teenage Kool Moe Dee)in their prime. They rap about women, money and rocking the body at a party. These are the ultimate block party records from 1979 thru 1981. The music is stripped down with low production values and quite raw. This is the way rap used to be before videos and Lil Kim. Most people around the country never got a chance to hear these pioneers of the music because they got virtually no radio air play. Even in their hometown of New York City they got no air play until a DJ named Mr. Magic got a radio program on unknown station that could only be heard from 2am to 4am on Sundays, Thursdays and Saturdays. If you were in High School you would stay up late with your tape recorder to get the latest music for school the next day. The guys on this CD were the ones that were on this show. These artists used to perform their songs at legendary places like Disco Fever, The Audubon Ballroom, T-Connection and PAL on 122nd Street. They would get on the mike and battle til 4 and 5 am. Masterdon and the Death Committee bring back fond memories because they live across the street from me... During the summer months they would bring out their equipment and put on free block party shows. Their best stuff unfortunately was never recorded on vinyl, but I am sure there are people with their audio tapes that used to sell on the street for $3. Without question the greatest and most influential solo rapper is Spoonie Gee. Get this CD just to hear him talk tales of female seduction. This is when you had to have a "Love Rap" to get play with the young ladies. This CD also should put to rest that Rap Music is rooted in violence. It is instead rooted in good times, dancing and shooting the jive. This songs are to me what the Motown sound or the Beatles are to Baby Boomers. Too bad these guys didn't get paid like the current rappers. ... Read more

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All are excellent cuts
I think all cuts on this CD are excellent! Very Highly Recommended.

Live Long and Prosper....
....this is a great collection of original rap classix. UTFO, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash, Sugarhill. Get it for the hard, hard to find rarities "Jam on It" by Newcleus (wikki, wikki, wikki) and "Funk You Up" by girl rappers Sequence--which may or may not have current hit maker Angie Stone...? Is that the same one? Anyway, get it and remember 'ho-tel, mo-tel--hall-i-day inn...'

Jammin' Classic Raps!
Excellent bass! It will rock your car or house! Only disappointment: CD is missing 2 songs, "Egypt, Egypt and Heart Beat Rap". It could have been 5-stars!

UTFO is the bomb
the music from this time was true entertainment ... Read more

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great songs
this disc has many great slow jams on it.just starting off with Heatwave's Always&forever is fantastic.Tower Of Powers your'e still a young Man.songs that blow your Fro.simply put timeless.

Excellent - Brings back many memories
This is a great CD full of songs that I had a hard time finding. Listening to it brought back so many memories. ... Read more

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ice cube is the best on this album
ice cube is one of the best rappers in music. the best are 2pac, ll cool j and snoop dogg! cube's songs are very good and the peace disc-album is fantastic! dr.dre songs "keep theyr heads ringin'" and "let me ride" are one of the best rap songs of all time. the mc ren song is allright, and i like eazy-e, so all of his songs are great. listen to tha dogg pound album, it's a good one! "bow down" is a very cool song from westside connection. the cd should have remixes fron the n.w.a. songs and not from cube's, eazy's and snoop's songs. oh, and "doggystyle" is better than "the chronic"!

NWA LEGACY V.1
THIS IS ONE OF THA BEST COMPLITATIONS OF ALL TIME AND ONE OF THA BEST ART COVERS CONTAINING MORE THAN 10 ALBUM COVERS ON THA COVER.STR8 OUTTA COMPTON IS TIGHT!!! ALLOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HEARD OR HEARD OF THIS SONG SO I AINT GONNA TELL U NUTTIN ABOUT IT.BOYZ N THA HOOD THIS TRACK IS DOPE EAZYZ FIRST TRACK THIS IS THA REMIX THOUGH.IT WAS A GOOD DAY RMX WEAK BEAT STRONG LYRICZ WANTED THA ORIGINAL VERSION BUT STILL GOOD.DEAD HOMIEZ IS ONE OF CUBES BEST TRACKS.STEADY MOBBIN TIGHT BEAT TIGHT LYRICZ TIGHT CUBE TRACKZ.GUERILLAS IN THA MIST TIGHT AZZ SONG CRAZY NI''Z ON THIS TRACK ONE OF THA DOPEST TRACKZ ON THIS CD.WESTSIDE SLAUGHTERHOUSE TIGHT DISS TRACK TO THA EASTCOAST WC RIPZ THIS TRACK UP.BOW DOWN TIGHT TRACK AGAIN WC RIPZ THIS TRACK UP.THA GANGSTA THA KILLA THA DOPE DEALA ICE CUBEZ IS THA GANGSTA WCZ THA KILLA AND MAC 10 IS THA DOPE DEALA I DIDNT REALLY LIKE THIS TRACK BUT AGAIN WC RIPZ IT UP.ONLY IN CALIFORNIA WUT THA F''C IS THIS THIS TRACK SUCCZ SUCCIE AZZ BEAT.NUTTIN BUT THA CAVI HIT TIGHT TRACK UNLIKE ONLY IN CALIFORNIA I DONT REALLY LIKE DPG DAT MUCH BUT THIS IS ONE TIGHT TRACK.COLOR BLIND TIGHT AZZ BEAT FEATURING DEADLY THREAT KAM WC THA MAAD CIRCLE KING TEE AND J DEE TIGHT TRACK.FINAL FRONTIER DAMN MC REN RIPZ THIS TRACK UP MC REN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE RAPPERZ ITZ F''CED UP HOW EVERYONE KNOWZ NWA BUT NOT MC REN.DISC 2:WESTSYDE RADIO MIX TIGHT MIX BY JULIO G IT SOUNDS WEIRD II THINK ITZ FASTER THEN THA ORIGINAL VERSIONS OF THA SONGZ 14 MINUTEZ OF OL SCOOL NWA N EAZY-E.WE WANT EAZY I DONT REALLY LIKE THIS TRACK CUZ I LIKE THA LATER E (1990-1995) THAN THA EARLIER E (1987-1989) BUT ITS STILL GOOD.TRUST NO B''CH YEA DATZ THA E IM TALKIN ABOUT DOPE AZZ TRACK BY PPC FEATURING DJ QUIK AMG AND EAZY.F''C THA POLICE TIGHT TRACK.ALWAYZ INTO SOMETHIN TIGHT AZZ NWA TRACK REN VERESES R BETTER THAN DRES BUT DRES STILL GOOD.NO ONE CAN DO IT BETTER TIGHT TRACK F''CED HOW HE GOT HIS VOICE MESSED UP.CALIFORNIA LOVE SOME PEOPLE CONSIDER THIS A CLASSIC BUT I DONT THINK SO I AINT REALLY A BIG PAC UNLIKE E I LIKE THA EARLIER PAC (1991-1994) THAN THA LATER WIT DEATH ROW.KEEP THEIR HEADS RINGIN THIGHT TRACK TIGHT LYRICZ BY J-FLEX WHO DISSED DRE I DONT KNOW Y THOUGH.LET ME RIDE BEST DRE TRACK ON HERE BETTER THAN KTHR.NATURAL BORN KILLAZ TIGHT TRACK BY DRE N CUBE DAMN DRE SHOULDVE LEFT DEATH ROW EARLY ENOUGH TO DO ANOTHER WHOLE ALBUM BY NWA ON RUTHLESS.MURDER WAS THA CASE RMX ONE GOOD ALBUM N HES THIS BIG TIGHT TRACK BY SNOOP FELL OFF AFTER MURDER WAS THA CASE SDTK.IN CALIFORNIA TIGHT TRACK BY DAZ DONT KNOW Y ITZ ON HERE THOUGH.LAST SONG TIGHT SONG FEATURES NWA.GET THIS IF U DONT.

Great collection of songs
Has your tipical songs then it has some other lesser known songs there are some big ones here and some little but it will get 4 stars because of the songs it has on it.

nice...
it is sad when you think that nwa's career was relatively short... as shown here on this album the legacy lives on and they had a big effect on the whole hip hop/gangsta scene. here you get some classic nwa moments, some brilliant songs from the group members and other wicked songs from artists that were down with the group. i must say that there are many stand out tracks such as "eazy e - we want eazy", "snoop doggy dogg - murder was the case" and "ice cube/dr dre - natural born killaz" to name a few. if you haven't got this yet then put it at the top of your to get list. you could do a lot worse. rip eazy e.

Very nice!
I must say that this compilation is truly off the hook! ... Read more

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Great History
When you think about it, this is a very interesting CD. For many years now rappers have been sampling older songs and making them into big hits. They change the words, keep the music, mix up the beats sometimes and add a new title. Like Puff Daddy made his first hit by taking the stuff from the song "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and called it "Can't Hold Me Down." On this CD hot rap artists have taken old songs and in some cases kept them the same. It was kind of like a salute to these old classics, and I really liked it! "Rapper's Delight" was great, and I also loved "The Roof Is On Fire"! Great stuff, you gotta get it! ... Read more

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Mtay's review
For anyone who truly loves old-school rap, this CD is definitely for you. Check it out, you won't be disappointed!!!!!!!!!! ... Read more

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IT'S GOOD
THIS ALBUM IS PRETTY TIGHT, IT HAS SOME OF THE BEST SONGS PUT OUT BY SICK WID IT RECORDS, "SPRINKLE ME" I'M SURE EVERY 1 HEARD THAT ONE FROM E-40'S "IN A MAJOR WAY", I LIKE THAT SONG, "IT'S GOING DOWN" FROM CELLY CEL IS JUST A CLASSIC....THIS ALBUM HAS ALOT OF TIGHT SONGS I'M SURE ALOT OF U ARE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT IF U DONT HAVE ANY OTHER SICK WID IT ALBUMS, COP THIS ONE IT HAS THE BEST OF ALL ALBUMS, ALSO U PEOPLE SHOULD CHECK OUT ALL 4 OF CELLY CEL'S ALBUMS, THE FIRST ONE HE RELEASED WAS "HEAT 4 YO AZZ" ON SICK WID IT, 2ND WAS "KILLA KALI", WHICH I THINK IS HIS GREATEST WORK TO DATE, BUT ALL HIS ALBUMS ARE TIGHT, THIRDS WAS "THE G FILES", ALSO ON SICK WID IT, THAT ALBUM HAS THE IT'S GOING DOWN REMIX, WHICH IS THE PHATTEST ! THEN HE LEFT SICK WID IT AND RELEASED "DEEP CONVERSATION" COP THAT 1 TOO, OH YAH HE'S MAKING A GROUP NAMED "CRIMINALZ" WHICH INCLUDES CELLY CEL, SPICE 1, AND JAYO FELONY, NOW U KNOW THAT GROUP IS GONNA BE TIGHT ! SO COP ALL HIS ALBUMS, PEACE.... ... Read more

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This CD was compiled by Vanilla Ice.....
Where's Eric B. & Rakim? Where's Big Daddy Kane? Where's Public Enemy? Where's BDP? I'll house you?? That's not even hip hop, that's HOUSE MUSIC!!! The Cd is wack...you'll get bored after the first two tracks...don't spend your money...

damn woman
this cd sucks men if this is old school hip-hop than me granny loves hard rock. (and she doesn't) This is by far the poorest cd I ever heard in me intire life. I won't spill any more words now.
respect,
crappie

Great Solid Collection
This Set has Some Great Songs on it.Back when Rap was One Big Family&verybody had their Own Bag.From Too SHort to Whodni,DJ Jazzy Jeff&The Fresh Prince,Kool Moe Dee,Tribe,&The Jungle Brothers.It's a Must have.Back when Rap was fun. ... Read more

Album Description

Including Tone Loc, LL Cool J, Run DMC, Sugarhill Gang,Public Enemy, House Of Pain and more. Two disc set packedwith 31 old school raps. Includes the original version ofthe track featured in the coffee ad. 2002. ... Read more

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Product was in good condition
Received it promptly and in good condition. Thank you very much.

Ya hear 1997 top rap artises on this albem
What more oculd you want dis cd got the best of 97

New successfully revises the old.
Today's rappers definetly proved to be better than old. It would have gotten a 5, but poor artists like Puff Daddy and Cypress Hill took it down a notch. Bone Thugs N' Harmony finally made a good song. Too bad it was a remake.

Too Short's freak
The song I need a Freak by Too $hort was soooooo tight! That song has very nice bass, and I think that Too $hort can sing the best Rap lyrics today!!!! And I also liked bon Thugs song F*ck police too!! There song is pretty cool.

It is a great cd.
This cd is great. It is probably the best rap cd for people who like old skool rap by new artists. ... Read more

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not so good
If I made this CD, I'd put on more OLD SCHOOL rap, most of these aren't even old school rap. Kurtis Blow, Biz Markie, Spoonie Gee, Whodini, Grandmaster Flash, and Eric B & Rakim are the only ones. Strafe's "Set It Off" was released in 1995 and I don't even think is rap, One Way, I think, in funk, and the others I don't know of. So buy this if you want, but I wouldn't recommend it. ... Read more

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none
This is a great Cd because it has a lot of classic old school songs that are very hard to find, most don't appear on other compilations, at least not any I've seen, and I have a pretty extensive collection myself. These are the songs that old school fans hear about but can never find a copy to actually hear. ... Read more

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If you want to learn the latest Line Dances on VIDEO....
You can learn the Cleveland Shuffle, Booty Call, The Floor, New Jack Swing, Trans Europe Express, JB's Monaurail, The Perculator, Staten Island Groove, Detroit Hustle, and more.... go to the "VHS" section....type in "Cochise Line Dance 2001". For the CD to ROCK you parties, go to the "Music" section.....type in "Cochise Line Dance 2000".....Thank you. ... Read more

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Good For the Price
It's pretty obvious by reading the title that the main song is Rapper's Delight, other good songs include: The Message, Jesse, and Showdown. However, half or Rapper's delight is cut out. Anyway, If you want a Rap CD w/o too much profanity (Wich is hard to come by these days) at a low price, this CD offers both variety and a good price. ... Read more

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for breakers
This is a great CD to breakdance to. Most all of the songs are good, there are about two songs that I usually skip over. Otherwise this is a great CD. It's constantly in my player. It's got good, hard, old skool beats that just make you want to get up and dance. Hyper too!

A BREAKDANCE CLASSIC
This cd is great. I won many battles with this cd. It inspires me so much especially the west street mob and their song electric boogie. These are some good breakbeats and they are true to the hip hop culture ... Read more

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hip hop hits vol.3
All the songs are bumpin'. I give this cd a 10! ... Read more