Old School Hip-Hop Review - Newcleus - "Jam On Revenge"

1984 - (Sunnyview) Who does'nt remember "Jam On It"?? I have to say around the time that this album came out Run-DMC already was popping. This album only had a couple of songs on it but the main one "Jam On It" will live forever. I can't say it anymore plain. This record will not get much play today as most oldschool hip-hop does'nt anyway, but it still lives on in the heart of the real B-Boy. This album was a stepping stone for hip-hop producers to get down with that electrosound. I was a mere 11 years old but I remember it like it was yesterday. Cosmo D & Chilly B were the voices of Newcleus and we used to love that Wikki, Wikki, Wikki. So dig in your crates or go through youe digital files and give this album a listen. If you don't have it, go out and try to find it on some kind of download as it will be worth it.

Who Would Of Thought???

This record right here, some in the industry may consider this a fake. Some may consider this real. But what both sides agree on is that this record was the start of rap music on record. Thanks to Sylvia Robinson, a young entrepreneur who caught a taste of rap music one night while she was at a club or a party of some kind. She grabs three random guys and puts them all together and they make a record. Grandmaster Caz (Cold Crush Brothers) subsequently had a friendship with Big Bank Hank, and the rest as they say is history. So let's think about this, Rapper's Delight is still getting airplay today. Who would of thought that a simple Hip-Hop would have an effect on the world. Low and behold, let us all try to keep this thing going, we have so much more to share than what they think. Our time is now, Rapper's Delight is just of how far that they could date us. We are timeless. Love life. One love from Big Nature.

Wish You Could Of Been There??? Where Were You At??

Damn!! This is from back in the days. I wasn't there but I guess this was a tight concert that went down in the O on that night. I hope there was extra security because when the Niggas Wit Attitudes as in the house all hell was liable to break loose.

Old School Hip-Hop Classic Videos - M.C. Lyte - "Paper Thin" & "Lyte As A Rock"

1988 - (Atlantic)
"Paper Thin"


"Lyte As A Rock"


One of the Greatest Female Emcees of all time.

Old School Hip-Hop Review - Stetsasonic - "In Full Gear"

1988 - (Tommy Boy)- This album from Stetsasonic in my opinion is the best they ever released in there short time as the world's first Hip-Hop band. The first album On Fire was a hot one, that goes without saying to any true fan of the music. In Full Gear had everything from hard beats and well crafted rhymes. Daddy-O, Frukwan (Gravediggaz), Wise (The Human Beat Machine) and M.C. Delite were all highly skilled emcees of their time. DBC and a young D.J. Prince Paul controlled the beats and they were a smash. The main single I think everyone remembers is "Talking All That Jazz". It was a song pointed to all the people in the industry who didn't approve of sampling. At this time back in 1988 most artists could get away with it, but nowadays we all know that if you sample a record you have to pay. The Stet definitely took the music to new heights back in the day. For all that is said about the golden era of rap music (1986-1991) Stetsasonic was the first to coin the phrase Hip-Hop band and truly live up to the term that they introduced.

Old School Hip-Hop Review - Main Source "Breaking Atoms"

1991 - (Wild Pitch Records) - This Album is considered a Hip-hop Classic in it's own right. It was given five mics when the Source had real Hip-Hop heads listening to the music. There is a lot that I can say about this album but those reading this who are familiar with what Main Source did, I need not to reach. "Watch Roger Do His Thing" is my track of favorite. It's a song with hard beats and tight rhymes about positive brothers trying to do the right things with their lives is why. "Live At The Barbecue" is probably the most recognized of all songs on this unprecedented album. The song features a fresh kid named Nasty Nas. A creative masterpiece with very little flaws if any. Large Professor, K-Cut and Sir Scratch put together something for all of us to carry with us for a very long time. If your ever looking for some early 1990s Hip-Hop you won't have to look that much further than this.

Old School Hip-Hop Review - Special Ed, "Youngest In Charge"

1989 - (Profile Records) - This album from from Special Ed came power packed with explosive word play and lyrical movement. It had a force to go up against some the top albums of that year. Ed held things down with his classics "I Got It Made and I'm The Magnificent" that were definate club rockers. If you had your ear plugged to the streets at the time this album was realesed, you will find a place for these jams in your collection of rap music. 1989 was a year of EPMD, De La Soul, and many other groups and solo acts. Special Ed fit himself into that mainstream of real emcees when this album was realeased. Some will consider him a pioneer by his peers.