Old School Rap

"Part of the late, great Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace‘s immense talent as a lyricist was his ability to craft rhymes so memorable you could practically visualize them. Designer/illustrator/lettering artist Jay Roeder obviously agrees. Self described as being “addicted to drawing letters, lyrics and random stuff,” Roeder devoted a series of fly illustrations to Biggie’s lyrics from his breakthrough hit, “Juicy,” finishing one per week between April 2011 and May 2012 until (almost all) the words to the entire song were completed." - Eric - Too Hot from Bookmarklet

De La Soul Blast 'Redundant' Hip-Hop With First Single Since 2004 - Eric - Too Hot from Bookmarklet

Once they finally show up... Incredible! - Adrian from Bookmarklet

"Joe Ski Love discusses the making of his hit recording Pee Wee Dance." - Eric - Too Hot from Bookmarklet

June 29th 1989 - Party on the rooftop of the Capitol Records building in Hollywood for the release of the album dubbed "the Sergeant Pepper's of Rap." - Adrian from Bookmarklet

"Grandmaster Flash" on BBC 6 Mix. Only two days left to listen to this mix. - Eric - Too Hot from Bookmarklet

The only WuTang / Gangstarr collaboration, I think. - Adrian from Bookmarklet

"Marley Marl recreates his classic production for Biz Markie‘s “Make the Music With Your Mouth.”" - Eric - Too Hot from Bookmarklet

This is too funny! - Adrian from Bookmarklet

"Friday April 19th marks the three-year anniversary of the passing of Guru and this track, “G.U.R.U.” f/ Talib Kweli & DJ Premier is dedicated to his memory and a celebration of his life, legacy and all of the vast accomplishments and great music he and DJ Premier gave us. “G.U.R.U.” also serves as the lead-single from Marco Polo’s forthcoming LP, PA2: The Director’s Cut, which will be released in July 2013 on SoulSpazm Records." - Eric - Too Hot from Bookmarklet

"Erykah Badu spent some time recently with The Music Snobs to chop it up with Arthur, Isaac, Jehan and Scoop about the massive career and genius of the Wu-Tang Clan‘s Ghostface Killah." - Adrian from Bookmarklet

Their breakdown of Ghostface starts at 13:20. It's a long-ass interview. :) - Adrian

From 2010. I totally missed this. - Adrian from Bookmarklet

"Says Posdnuos: “I’ve always loved the ‘Intro’ on Disc Two of Wu-Tang Forever – this erie sample with no beat, that they only talked over, I stumbled on the original sample while crate digging one day, took it straight to the lab and added drums. The feel is definitely gritty, hard and sounds like a Wu record, so out of inspirational respect, we included featuring ‘The Spirit of the Wu’ in the song title.” - Adrian from Bookmarklet

OMG! Trippy. Before I was nuts about Wu-Tang, I was nuts about De La Soul. O_o - Adrian

Apparently they were unable to clear the main piano sample and this was never released. I got really used to the keyboard they had on the album version, so this sounded strange at first, but once you get past the strangeness, this is way more atmospheric and poetic sounding. Sweet. - Adrian from Bookmarklet

If you listen to this back to back with the album version, it also nicely illustrates why hip hop is just not the same without the dusty old samples. Album version: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Adrian

The year was 2000, but now it's timeless. Also the last truly great Wu-Tang album. - Adrian from Bookmarklet

Nice wiki on this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Adrian

"This year marks the 20th anniversary of a remarkable year in music. Over the 12 months of 1993, Queen Latifah, De La Soul, Salt-N-Pepa, Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Called Quest and more than a dozen other rappers released albums that helped to change the sound of America. One of those albums wasn't just a collection of songs — it was a business concept, too. The Wu-Tang Clan's 1993 debut was the opening shot of an audacious plan to open the music industry to hip-hop made way outside the mainstream." - Adrian from Bookmarklet

Gary, check this out: https://friendfeed.com/old-sch... Some people CAn still pull it off. :) - Adrian

Hard to believe this was recorded recently. It's an amazing recreation of 70's psychedelic soul / funk. - Adrian from Bookmarklet

It would be helpful if you followed that advice <headache> It's all reverb in here. - Anika

Sweet sweet reverb. Ok, I'm leaving anyway. MORE LATER. :P - Adrian

Best line ever: "shot him in the ass on the downstroke" - Adrian from Bookmarklet

Ok, well, you have to hear THEM say it. :D - Adrian

I'm sure. - MoTO #TeamMonique from Android

"http://youtu.be/J8AMkPuu3jg" - Eric - Too Hot from Bookmarklet

Muggs produced Soul Assassins shit. Used to love these guys. - Adrian from Bookmarklet

1UP - bde

Golden Cali era primo green. - Adrian from Bookmarklet

This is how we chill from 93 till - Eric - Too Hot

I appreciate E-40 and the like more now than I did back then. Plus, don't forget some of that darker stuff like Brother Lynch Hung. - Eric - Too Hot

Punk-rock, new-wave, and soul Pop music, salsa and rock and roll Calypso, reggae rhythm, and blues Master mix those number one tunes - Eric - Too Hot from Bookmarklet