It's a cool tune, nobody cares about the locations. While it's not exactly old school, Insane Clown Posse do a pretty decent cover/remake called "Posse of Vernor".

CLOSE THREAD.

Yeah, Sir Mixalots "My Posse's On Broadway" isn't super old but I do remember my brother always pumping that song up and hearing the bass just rattle the whole car.

Remember not to forget the chick rap anthems

Supersonic
We Like The Cars(The Cars That Go Boom)
Mentirosa - Mellow Man Ace
It's a Shame - MC Lyte
Push It - Salt n Peppa



Oh and don't forget

Breaker's Revenge - Arthur Baker
Frantic Situation - Afrikaa Bambaataa
It's Like That - Run DMC

KRS One had alot of hits too but I cant remember them

Masta Ace- Me And The Biz
Big Daddy Kane- Raw
3rd Bass- Gas Face
Nice & Smooth- Funky For You
Tribe Called Quest- Can I Kick It?
Gang Starr- DWYCK
Special Ed- Think About It
De La Soul- Potholes In My Lawn
Eric B and Rakim- Microphone Fiend
Boogie Down Productions- The Bridge Is Over
Brand Nubian- All For One
House Of Pain- Jump Around
Above The Law- Murder Rap
Black Moon- How Many Emcees(Must Get Dissed)
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo- Streets Of New York
Ultramagnetic Mc's- Two Brothers With Checks(San Francisco, Harvey)
Jeru The Damaja- Come Clean

Wow, you guys are bringing me back to the days of watching Yo MTV Raps after school.

Kool Moe Dee - Wild Wild West
LL Cool J - I Need Love
Biz Markie - The Vapors
Eazy E - Radio
LA Dream Team - Whoomp there it is
Two Live Crew - Hey, we want some *****
Bloodhound Gang - Fire Water Burn

Damn it, I meant to bring up 2 Live Crew! I think even older than that tune by them is "Throw that D*ck"....do you remember the female response (and I think put on the same label) "Throw that P***y"?

Can Bloodhound Gang count as rap? I certainly love the tune...but I don't know if it's rap.

Hmm....when does rap stop being rap? Rage Against The Machine isn't rap, is it?...despite the fact that the vocalist raps. Where does it end?!?!?!??!?!?

It's not old school anyway.

I loved this song:

Basketball - Kurtis Blow

I was just listening to this song, awesome Album.

Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders / Album that got me into hiphop

Little Brother - The Listening / Most recent album that has an old school feel

It's more rap than previously mentioned Tour De France and Breaker's Revenge. Might as well throw in Herbie Hancock with that group.

More important.. what is considered old school?

I would add

New York, New York by Grandmaster Flash
Public Enemy-You Gonna Get Yours

What about that song 'I Wish' by Skee Lo?

Not old skool but definitely a cool song. Very catchy.

To me old skool is mid 70's all the way up to 90.

Speaking of old skool

Does anyone know the name of the jam that's playing during the breakdance scene on Flashdance?? Where her and her friend are walking down a street and there are some dancers just getting down....I have no idea what that song is but I do like it. I think the last guy doing the dancing was Crazy Legs from RockSteady Crew but I am not sure

The Converse Weapon, that's the shoe, let's Magic do what he was born to dooooo ...

(enter Isaiah) Maybe so, but that's not all, it let's Isaiah play like he's ten feet tall ...

(now i'm relying on memory for the sequence and lyrics)

(enter McHale) For the kind of moves that never fail, the Weapon's the choice of Kevin McHale ...

(enter Mark Aguirre) ... Mark Aguirre, when I wear Weapons i'm on fire ...

(enter Benard King) What can the Weapons do for King? Well, I can do just about anything (holding the Cons upside down)

(enter Larry Bird) Want to know what they did for me? I walked away with the MVP.

Something like that anyways.

But back to the topic at hand ...

When I think of old school rap I automatically think of:

Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock and Renegades of Funk. Awesome vid for Renegades of Funk by the way.

Kool Moe Dee - Do you know what time it is?

ATCQ - Can I kick it?

Digital Underground - Dowhutchalike (another great vid)

LL Cool J - Going back to Cali

EPMD - You gots to chill (love that Erick and Parrish Making Dollars - that's damn original)

Some other stuff from Grandmaster Flash, Slick Rick, Boogie Down Productions, Too Short, Big Daddy Kane ...

Oh, 2 Live Crew's HBC. (Michael J likes!)

Just for fun i'll crack open some 2 Live and crank it on the stereo ... when no one's around.

Anyone watch Rap City on MuchMusic back in the day with Michael whatshisname?

Ok, so I might be bringing up a REALLY OLD topic, but I don't care...I wanted to post.
Old school rap to me is the very first stuff...late seventies to late eighties. When the pioneers of rap were running free... Slick Rick, Grand Master Flash/Melle Mel (and the Furious Five), Dougie Fresh (and the Get Fresh Crew), Kurtis Blow, Newcleus, Sugar Hill Gang, Kool Moe Dee, UTFO, Mantronix, The Real Roxanne, Whodini, Africa Bambaataa, EPMD, LL, BDK, Eric B. and Rakim,... True old school is the stuff that still carries weight...Vanilla Ice?...NO WAY! WHO SAID THAT?!?!

A terrific movie that reflects upon old school rap is "Brown Sugar". What a trip back to the old days! Can't recommend this enough to those of you who aren't sure what old school is.

My favorites are

You gots ta chill
The Message
Children's story
Drop that Zero
Freedom
Goin' back to Cali
Friends
The Breaks
Rapper's Delight
Beat Streat
Jam on it
Planet Rock
One Love
Looking for the Perfect Beat
Get Stupid Fresh
Strictly Buisness

There are too many songs and too many rappers/groups to mention, let alone remember

Good Classics: Arabian Prince, DOC, BDP, 3rd Bass, MC Rob Base & DJ Easy Rock, Easy E, Dr. Dre (The Chronic), JJ Fad, Public Enemy, Paris, MC Eiht, Digital Underground, Pharcyde, Luniz, NWA, Compton's Most Wanted, Too Short, Ice T, 2 Live Crew, MC Lyte, Boss............on and on

Best Bass Album???? Kings of Bass by Bass Patrol --- Hands Down...it needs to come back in print!

And the kicker of it all people........
I'm a 31 yr old white woman....oooohoooohoooo
.....didn't expect that did ya?

So I gotta give it up to Blondie for being the very first white female rapper EVER!!! on her song "Rapture" in 1982.

Speaking of old school: Is that "Dah haaaa dah haaaa" song by the Rappin' Duke available on any cd? I have never been able to find it.

Hip-Hop From The Top (Part 2)

EDIT: More info on the Duke

I can't believe that it took 30 posts for someone to mention Eazy -E-. Shameful.

I saw some nice mentions in here. I'd call regular commercial rap "old school" if it came out before The Chronic or doesn't hold influences from that album. As far as more underground stuff, stuff from the mid and late 90's is "old school" to me; say, anything from J5's EP ("Jayou") or old Arsonists joints or Haiku d'Etat or "Full Clip" or "Work" or damn... I'll mention these some other time.

I first heard early Sir Mix-a-Lot years and years after it came out and "Posse on Broadway" was always a standout track to me. To me it's extremely difficult to listen to a lot of old school stuff because it dated itself so quickly (cowbells, etc.)

These, however, have and always will stay fresh in my mind:

3rd Bass - "Pop Goes the Weasel"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Scenario" (my vote for the best song in rap, period)
A Tribe Called Quest - "Award Tour"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Can I Kick It"
Another Bad Creation - "Playground" (which I always preferred over the almost identical "Iesha")
Arrested Development - "Tennessee" (better than "Mr. Wendal" by 3 miles, 5 feet, and 2 inches)
Basehead - "Hair"
Biz Markie - "Just a Friend"
Das Efx - "They Want Efx"
Del Tha Funky Homosapien - "Mr. Dobalina"
DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - "Summertime"
Eric B. & Rakim - "Don't Sweat the Technique" (one of the best beats ever)
Grandmaster Flash - "The Message" (worst Puffy 'remake' ever)
Ice Cube - "Today Was a Good Day"
Nas - "Halftime"
Nice & Smooth - "Sometimes I Rhyme Slow"
Paperboy - "Ditty"
Public Enemy - "Terminator X to the Edge of Panic" (that tea-kettle whistle that builds tension without ever releasing it)
Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight" (obligatory)
TLC - "What About Your Friends?" (not really rap)
US3 - "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)"
Young MC - "Roll with the Punches"
Young MC - "Pick Up the Pace"

Something no one has mentioned yet that I love...

Black Sheep - Similak Child...