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Old-school hip hop. 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 album was an immediate and widespread critical success, and reviewers lauded the maximalism. It was listed as the best album of 2010 in many publications' year-end lists. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was awarded Best Rap Album at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards and CD of the Year at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards.
Doggystyle was included on The Source magazine's list of the 100 Best Rap Albums, as well as Rolling Stone magazine's list of Essential Recordings of the '90s. [citation needed] About.com placed the album in No. 17 of the greatest hip hop/rap albums of all time. [6] The album was certified 4× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of ...
AllMusic said the golden age "witnessed the best recordings from some of the biggest rappers in the genre's history... overwhelmingly based in New York City, golden age rap is characterized by skeletal beats, samples cribbed from hard rock or soul tracks, and tough dis raps... rhymers like PE's Chuck D, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Rakim, and LL ...
Released: January 6, 1989. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on June 28, 1988, [ 6] by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. It was recorded from 1987 to 1988 in sessions at Chung King Studios, Greene St. Recording, and Sabella Studios in New York.
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "the soundtrack to a lightweight comedy co-written by Ice Cube, the record conveys all the strengths of hit urban radio. Keeping all the good elements of the format -- including the G-funk of Dr. Dre, old-school soul, contemporary R&B, and gangsta rap-- the record sounds like a "Best of the '90s" collection". [2]
Released: September 20, 2019 [1] "Bad Name". Released: October 18, 2019. One of the Best Yet is the seventh and final studio album by American hip hop duo Gang Starr, released on November 1, 2019. [2] The album features previously unreleased and posthumous vocals from Guru, who died nine years prior to the album's release. [3]
Nick Cannon (all) feat. Suge Knight (track one), Hitman Holla, Charlie Clips, Prince Eazy (tracks one and two), Conceited (track two) Eminem. Stemming from Eminem's feud with Cannon's ex-wife, Mariah Carey ten years earlier. These are a response to Eminem's feature on the song "Lord Above", in which he disses Cannon.