Tag Archives: Old-School Rap

Following a massive success of U.T.F.O.’s “Roxanne, Roxanne” solitary in past due 1984 and early 1985, more than 100 answer information appeared, and many woman rappers adopted the Roxanne alias; the true Roxanne (given birth to Adelaida Martinez) was possibly the many talented from the number and really just had …

NEW YORK rap duo Gregg Good (given birth to Gregg Mays) and Clean Bee (given birth to Daryl Barnes) had an underrated 1991 debut launch Ain’t a Damn Point Changed. It included the biting, perfectly created, and bitterly performed “Occasionally I Rhyme Decrease,” that was a sizable strike within the …

Newcleus contributed a genuine electro common in “Jam onto it,” a high Ten R&B strike that is immortalized on a huge selection of hip-hop mixtapes and frequently contained in even techno DJs’ pieces. The roots of the group place within a 1977 Brooklyn DJ collective referred to as Jam-On Productions, …

The electro outfit Kartoon Krew was in charge of several novelty 12″ releases on Profile through the mid-’80s. Both “Inspector Device” and “Batman” sampled liberally from like-titled theme music, and subsequently, they were very similar in method of Meco’s kitschy disco treatment of the Superstar Wars theme. Although group hardly …

An eight-piece funk/spirit band comprising six adult males and two females (Brenda Reynolds and Vickie Drayton), Positive Pressure were founded in Pa through the initiatives of Reynolds and Albert Williams. These were uncovered by Nate Edmonds, an organist/pianist, article writer, arranger, and manufacturer for everyone Platinum/Stang/Sugarhill Information, who got them …

Roxanne Shanté (given birth to Lolita Gooden) was taking walks outside a fresh York housing task called Queensbridge when she heard 3 men discussing the way the trio U.T.F.O. acquired canceled the look of them at a present they were marketing. Gooden wanted to create a rap record that could …

Among hip-hop’s initial (and finest) superproducers, Marley Marl was an early on innovator within the artwork of sampling, developing new methods that led to a number of the sharpest beats and hooks in rap’s Golden Age group. As the creator of Chilly Chillin’, Marl constructed a roster filled up with …

Maker Howie Tee initial achieved notoriety for his early creation focus on U.T.F.O.’s landmark solitary “Roxanne, Roxanne.” Later on he produced effective albums for his cousin Chubb Rock and roll in addition to rapper Unique Ed. Displaying his skill at merging rap beats having a pop/crossover sensibility, Howie Tee in …

A former person in the final Poets, Lightnin’ Pole helped pioneer the spoken-rhyme design that would 1 day become rap. His most renowned record, Hustler’s Convention, informed the story of the ill-fated ghetto “participant” and highlighted support instrumentation by Kool & the Gang.

Rock Grasp Scott & the Active Three were in charge of “The Roofing Is burning” — probably one of the most memorable old-school party jams — lots five dance strike from 1985. The flipside from the discharge was “Demand Range,” which also liked chart achievement by reaching amount 21 in …