Classic Rap and Hip Hop Thread.(pre-1995)
Alright peeps let’s educated some youngsters on classic rap jams. 1995 or earlier only please.
Whatchu know bout some Rodney O and Joe Cooley?
'95? 
I think 95 is a good cut off point.
1993
should i move it to 1996?
in honor of the MC search post up…1989
1987.. Too many samples were made from this.
1994:
a few of my favorite tunes pre-95/95
ps: there could be more if the thread would say: pre-1998
- nas - the world is yours
- common - i used to love h.e.r.
- mobb deep - shook ones III
- the notorious b.i.g. - juicy
- public enemy - welcome to the terror dome
- nas - it aint hard to tell
- wu-tang clan - c.r.e.a.m.
- scarface - i seen a man die
- luniz - i got 5 on it
- pharcyde - passing me by
- public enemy - 911 is a joke
- o.p.p. - naughty by nature
- pete rock & cl smooth - thy reminisce over you
- dr. dre - nuthin’ but a g’thang
- craig mack - flava in ya ear
- the notorious b.i.g. - big poppa
- a tribe called quest - scenario
- nas - new york state of mind
- jeru the damaja - come clean
- public enemy - can’t trust it
- reakwon - guillotine swords
- 2pac - brenda’s got a baby
- wu-tang clan - protect ya neck
- a tribe called quest - electric relaxation
- kool g rap & dj polo - ill street blues
- the notorious b.i.g. - warning
- snoop doggy dogg - murder was the case
- nas - halftime
- ice cube - it was a good day
- 2pac - dear mama
- cypres hill - how i could just kill a man
- artifacts - wrong side of da tracks
- eric b. & rakim - don’t sweat the technique
- public enemy - give it up
- snoop doggy dogg - gin&juice
- a tribe called quest - excursion
- the notorious b.i.g. - things done changed
- naughty by nature - hip hop hooray
- dj quik - tonite
- dr. dre - let me ride
- gang starr - dwyck
- bone thugs n harmony - thuggish ruggish bone
- 2pac - keep ya head up
- brand nubian - slow down
- nas - one love
- geto boys - mind playin’ tricks on me
- outkast - southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
- o.c. - time’s up
- queen latifah - u.n.i.t.y.
- digable planets - rebirth of slick
- mc breed - aint’ no future in your frontin’
- method man - release yo’ delf
- cypres hill - insane in the brain
- ugk - pocket full of stones
- ice cube - americas most wanted
- bone thugs n harmony - 1st of da month
- too short - the ghetto
- wu-tang clan - wu-tang clan aint’ nuthin’ ta fuck wit
- method man & mary j. blige - you’re all i need to get by
- the notorious b.i.g. - one more chance
- outkast - ain’t no thang
- goodie mob - soul food
- junior m.a.f.i.a. - player anthem
- snoop doggy dogg - what’s my name
- warren g - regulate
- da brat - fundafied
- skee lo - i wish
- ll cool j - mama said knock you out
- coolio - gangsta’s paradise
- dr. dre - fuck wit dre day
- naughty by nature - craziest
- digital underground - the humpty dance
- ice cube - natural born killaz
- goodie mob - cell therapy
- busta rhymes - woo ha! got you all in check
But - no Guru??? 
Classics.
i’m so sorry
honestly this list only contains tracks from 1990-1995. most of guru’s tracks were released past 1995 
One of my all time favs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKRAFPHD8W4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKRAFPHD8W4
Killer track I used to use all the time.
Ice T - Colors, I’m Your Pusher
Beastie Boys - Girls, Paul Revere, Shake Your Rump
Eric B & Rakim - I Ain’t No Joke, I Know You Got Soul, Paid In Full
Public Enemy - Don’t Believe the Hype, Louder Than a Bomb, She Watch Channel Zero, Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos
Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick
NWA - Express Yourself, F the Police, Straight Outta Compton
Eazy E - We Want Eazy
Too Short - Life Is…Too Short
Schooly G - Fat Gold Chain
Whodini - Freaks Come Out At Night
Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours
Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx, Elementary, The Bridge Is Over, Criminal Minded, My Philosophy
JJ Fad - Supersonic
Slick Rick - The Ruler’s Back, This Was the Moment I Feared
Big Daddy Kane - Raw, Set It Off
Kwame - Only EU
Kid Rock - Yodeling In the Valley (he used to do solely hip hop and opened up for a concert way, way back in the day)
Special Ed - I’m the Magnificent and I Got It Made
X Clan - everything off of Xodus
Arrested Development - Tennessee (only because I had a college class with Speech)
Tone Loc - Loc’d After Dark
Kool Moe Dee - Go See the Doctor
Run DMC, De La Soul, LL Cool J - they’re too obvious
3rd Bass - Pop Goes the Weasel
That’s all I’ve got off the top of my head…
And I’ll assume you’re not looking for Hip House from that era, but if you are…
Fast Eddie, Mr. Lee and Jungle Brothers (I’ll House You) are all great examples
Should have been one of the greatest on the mic but his voice never returned after a car accident.
WC And The Maad Circle
Good call on D.O.C. I forgot about him. Yeah, that car accident robbed him, and us…No One Can Do It Better was also a great tune.