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Featuring 20 old school hip hop tracks, this list includes songs by Salt-N-Pepa, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, and Grandmaster Melle Mel. Each track highlights the foundational sounds of hip hop, blending rhythmic beats, sampling, and impactful storytelling, capturing the style that established hip hop as a cultural force in the 80s and 90s.
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s ‘The Message’ is their debut studio album produced by Sylvia Robinson and released in October 1982 by Sugar Hill
How well do you know the music of The Cool-Notes, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Agnetha Fältskog, Curiosity Killed The Cat, Shakatak, Liza Minnelli, Evelyn 'Champagne' King, Phyllis Nelson, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Shakin' Stevens, Commodores, Sabrina ? Take our 12-track quiz.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Prince & The Revolution, Alyson Williams, Madonna, Break Machine, Afrika Bambaataa & UB40, Coldcut, Mel & Kim, Soul II Soul, Ten City, Carmel, Eighth Wonder
How well do you know the music of Longsy D, LL Cool J, Grandmaster Flash , Level 42, Johnny Clegg & Savuka, Vanessa Paradis, Hot Chocolate, The Selecter, Commodores, JoBoxers, S-Express, Dire Straits ? Take our 12-track quiz.
MC Hammer’s “Pray” blends gospel exuberance with pop-rap accessibility, hammering the word “pray” into listeners 147 times atop a Prince sample, while Nas’s “Street Dreams” turns gritty ambition into cinematic storytelling. LL Cool J’s “Hey Lover,” with Boyz II Men, weaves longing into smooth nostalgia, and Barry White’s “Practice What You Preach” marries sensuality with sincerity in a late-career triumph.