Old Gansta Rap

[Me!]

Oh and the in sound from way out is one of the dopest albums ever!!

Abso-lutely!!  THis used to be the Breakfast house music all the time.

[Marcial]

I love Old Skool Rap.  Sirius 43 Backspin is easily my second most listened to station on Sirius after Jam On.  They play everything... Dre, Snoop, Ice Cube, Ice T, LL, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe D, BDP, Public Enemy, Tribe Called Quest, Tone Loc, Too Short, Young MC, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Whoodini, Digital Underground, Easy E, Warren G, Naughty By Nature, to name a few...

[Wolfman]

I just started reading Can\'t Stop, Won\'t Stop by Jeff Chang. "A History of the Hip-Hop Generation"

Really good stuff. I am just wrapping up the section on the 70\'s. No glorified gangsters yet.

*posted while halfway through first of 3 straight listens to all of Billy Breathes*

Awesome book Can\'t Stop Won\'t Stop, I\'ve pimped that on here before.  If you\'re into this music you have to read it.  Also make sure to get movies Wild Style and Style Wars.

Funny this thread should come up today...had another DJ gig last night and made my first hunj!  I\'m spinning everything mentioned in this thread and other old school too.  People eat it up man.  I also spin some more modern underground stuff, funk, and enough hiphop club bangers to keep the ladies happy.  It\'s working so far.  Hiphop forever baby!

Also funny I went through the same phases a lot of people here are mentioning.  Age 10-11, all pop hiphop.  Go to summer camp summer \'91 11 years old, counselors get me into Phish and Dead, switch to that and also start picking up jazz.  Give up hiphop for 10 years.  21, in college, all rock and jazz.  Get back into hiphop mostly because of Jurassic 5\'s Quality Control.  Start listening to all the other non-radio hiphop stuff.  25, buy turntables, dig out all the stuff I listened to when I was 10, start doing parties and people go nuts for the shit.  The circle of life is complete.

BTW right there with ya Marical...Jam_On and Backspin are my 1-2 most listened to Sirius stations.  Backspin doesn\'t pull any punches boy...they\'ll play like the 4th song off the B-Side of an MC Wren album without blinking.  Great channel overall but you gotta have a few screws loose to really like everything they play.

[MakisupaPJ]

yahhhhhh.....I guess Im not alone! Well since when I started this thread Ive had a resurgence of Marley...anyway...the other day at school I was waiting for my 85 FJ60 landcruiser to warm up..(quite possibly the best vehicle ever made...but that should be another thread) and I started reading a booklet with my Bob Marley box set....it totally explains the whole Rasta religion and what Bob sang about...I guess I never knew the complete story, but it made me think that he was pissed at the white man (the baldheads)....which I would be too if I was forced into slavery...but it made me think about gangsta rap and reggae....they are very similar in the sense of a different race and the music that comes from their life or lifestyle...it really made me think....anyway music is music and it should be enjoyed by all...however I think its fucked up when I see a scrony little white boy at Subway in New MIlford (right Mandler...I know you\'ve seen it too..and we live in the woods for the most part) wearing his baseball hat crooked with HUGE chains and medalions with beyond extra saggy clothes....Lately I\'ve been going up to them and being like "YO YO YO" just to have them check themselves..Im just buzzed and rambling so take this with a grain of salt....peace, PJ

[MakisupaPJ]

Now that I am sober...I realized a few things...first off Marley\'s father was white....also I realized its got to be soooo damn hard to grow up in rough city where you have to be a gansta to survive..I think most of us are pretty damn lucky (how and where we grew up) and I see it everyday at school that these kids dont realize how good they have it....they need a good beat down from some real GAGSTAS