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Old-school hip hop (also spelled old skool) (also known as disco-rap) is the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music and the original style of the genre. It typically refers to the music created around 1979 to 1983, [1] as well as any hip hop that does not adhere to contemporary styles. [2]
The Fearless Four (also known as Fearless 4 and Fearless Four) is an American old school hip hop group from Harlem, New York.The group is best known for its 1982 single "Rockin' It", [1] which was based on the Kraftwerk track "The Man-Machine", [2] and was featured in the 1983 documentary Style Wars.
Newcleus was an American electro and old school hip hop group that gained popularity in the early 1980s. The group is primarily known for its 12-inch single "Jam-On's Revenge" (re-released as "Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)" (1983)) and "Jam on It" (1984).
The Sugar Hill Gang appeared on the syndicated Soap Factory Disco Show in late 1979, and their performance later became the song's official music video. [19] The group's performance on the Palisades Park-based program demonstrates the significant overlap between early hip-hop and disco of the late 1970s. Alternate music videos exist as well.
The term golden age hip hop frames the late 1980s in mainstream hip hop, [20] said to be characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence, [21] and associated with Public Enemy, KRS-One and his Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Ultramagnetic MCs, [22] [23] De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Jungle Brothers [24 ...
For her next outing, Elliott and Timbaland focused on an old school sound, utilizing many old school rap and funk samples, such as Run–DMC's "Peter Piper" and Frankie Smith's "Double Dutch Bus". Elliott's fourth album, 2002's Under Construction (see 2002 in music ) is known as the best selling women rap album with 2.1 million copies sold in ...
Video Music Box is an American music television program. The series is the first to feature hip hop videos primarily, [3] [4] and was created in 1983 by Ralph McDaniels and Lionel C. Martin, who also serve as the series' hosts. [1] It aired on the New York City-owned public television station WNYC-TV (now WPXN-TV) from 1984 to 1996.
The new school of hip-hop was the second wave of hip-hop music, originating in 1983–84 with the early records of Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J. As with the hip-hop preceding it (which subsequently became known as old-school hip hop), the new school came predominantly from New York City.