I’m putting together a CD of classic hiphop… your Run DMC, Tone-Loc, Kurtis Blow, and so forth. I’m not much of a hiphop fan, but sometimes I want the One CD of the stuff. Make me some recommendations of songs. Note: should be fun, not heavy-handed or serious. Should be classic. To be at all useful to me, it should be available via iTunes.
You definitely need “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugar Hill Gang, and “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
I would reccommend LL Cool J-- “I need love” probibly the sappiest hip hop love song ever.
This I can contribute to!
KRS-One - You must learn
Gangstarr - Step in the arena
EPMD - I’m housin’
A tribe called quest - Sucka nigga
De La Soul - Peas porridge
Now that’s crème de la crème.
It may be embarassing, but you need this: Rapture, by Blondie. First rap video to be played on MTV.
It’s Tricky
My Adidias, Run-DMC
Most of the Licensed To Ill album by the Beastie Boys.
“Just a Friend” by Biz Markie.
“Walk This Way” (Aerosmith with Run DMC; first rap/rock collaboration… or was that “Bring the Noise” by Public Enemy with Anthrax?)
Flava Flav’s (with Public Enemy) Can’t Do Nuttin For Ya.
Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock.
Rob Base and DJ EZ’s It Takes Two.
Ini Kamoze Here Comes the Hotsteppa.
**D.J. Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince “Parents Just Don’t Understand”? **
De La Soul "Jennifa Taught Me"
Beastie Boys “Brass Monkey”
Houdini "Freaks Come Out At Night"
M.C. Hammer “Can’t Touch This”?
Stesasonic “All That Jazz”? (Might qualify as “heavy” too though)
M.C. Lyte “Cappuchino”
T.L.C. “Hat 2 Da Back”
Salt -N- Pepper “Tramp” and "Shake Your Thing"
A Tribe Called Quest "I left my wallet in El Segundo"
Digital Underground “Humpty Dance”?
Thanks, everyone. The final product has Sir Mix-a-lot, The Notorious BIG, Young MC, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, Tone-loc, NWA, De La Soul, LL Cool J, A Tribe Called Quest, Arrested Development, Salt-N-Pepa, The Sugarhill Hang, KRS-One, Grandmaster Flash, and Beastie Boys. Whew. I see plenty of suggestions here for the second (third, and fourth) CDs.
GAAAH!!! I KNOW better than to spell that artist’s name the same as the famous magician! It’s Whodini “Freaks Come Out At Night” :o
Which songs did you use, if I may be so bold as to inquire? 
I was afraid to say since I might get a lot of “you ought have…”
But, here it is… the prefernce was for songs I remembered and kind of liked.
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[li]Baby Got Back[/li][li]Big Poppa[/li][li]Bust a Move[/li][li]Funky Cole Medina[/li][li]Going Back to Cali[/li][li]I Left My Wallet in El Segundo[/li][li]I’m Chillin’[/li][li]It’s Tricky[/li][li]Me Myself & I[/li][li]Mr Wendall[/li][li]Push It[/li][li]Rapper’s Delight[/li][li]South Bronx[/li][li]Straight Outta Compton[/li][li]The Message[/li][li]Wild Thing[/li][li]You Gotta Fight For Your Right to Party[/li][/ol]
I just left the mix in alphabetical order… it actually works out pretty well.
what you NEED is a complation…disc one for the 80s…and then another disc for 90 to 95…another for 95 to 2000 and so forth.
oh, we could fill you up some cds.
then again, i’m biased towards gangsta rap so, i’d end up telling you to have a cd full of just NWA and westside connection.