Top 10 Hip Hop Songs of the 80s

 

The best hip hop songs of the 80′s were quite different than what we know as rap and hip hop today; there was no auto tune, and many of the best hip hop songs of the era actually weren’t about the money and the honeys. So throw on your best tracksuit and take a trip down memory lane with a mix tape of some of the best hip hop songs of the 80′s here:

 

‘Rapper’s Delight’ by The Sugarhill Gang Okay, so technically this isn’t one of the best hip hop songs on this list that was released in the 80′s, but since it is such a big part of the birth of the music genre, I’ve got to put it here. It’s almost surreal to see the people in platform shoes disco dancing to one of hip hop’s first big hits, but with Saturday Night Fever dying down in 1979, this funky freestyle tune with an addictive bass beat was the new sound the people needed to keep them on their feet. It might be one of the longest of the best hip hop songs of the 80′s on this list, but somehow it’s hard to get tired of hearing it.

 

‘The Message’ by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five But while one of the first of the best hip hop songs to take the 80′s by storm was full of lighthearted lyrics, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five decided to delve a little deeper into the pain of life on the streets with 1982′s ‘The Message’. It’s a slower tune with a little synthesizer, but this song isn’t about the music; it’s all about the message contained in the song’s lyrics. It’s one of the best when it comes to capturing the frustration and heartbreak of living in the ghetto, a unique form of poetry with amazing imagery (including a graphic description of what happens to many of the smugglers, burglars, pickpockets, and panhandlers when they get caught). It may be one of the more heartbreaking hip hop songs of the 80′s, but it’s also one of the most honest, and it’s ability to move you makes it one of the best.

 

‘Planet Rock’ by Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force This is another of the best hip hop songs of the 80′s hailing from the year 1982, but but it is quite a different beat from the one above. The obvious precursor to genres like techno and house definitely sounds like it’s from another planet, with otherworldly synthesizer sounds (including some robotic singing). It’s hypnotic and chaotic, and it makes this list of the best 80′s hip hop songs for being a successful experiment in music.

 

‘Walk This Way’ by Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith Of course you can’t have a list of the best hip hop songs of the 80′s without this one. In what is one of the most ingenuous musical collaborations of all time, Run-D.M.C. took an Aerosmith song from the 1970′s and ran with it in 1986 (I’m sure that was hard to do in their unlaced sneakers). Of course the hip hop crew had a little help from the band behind the original, the result of which was a perfect meshing of rock and hip hop. And if the mixture of rapping and scratching with electric guitar isn’t enough for you, just check out the amazing music video where the long-haired rock band meets the Adidas-adorned rappers. Plus the hit’s power to bring together fans of two very different types of music definitely makes it one of the best hip hop (and rock) songs of the 80′s.

 

‘Fight For Your Right’ by Beastie Boys I know the Beastie Boys ended up hating it, but if you look at one of the best hip hop songs of the 80′s as it’s meant to be seen (a little ditty that delights in poking fun at the frat boys that take its lyrics seriously), you can’t help but smile and sing along to another of the hip hop songs of the 80′s that helped the genre cross over into mainstream popularity. The 1986 tune about living to party was supposed to be a parody, but the fact that it’s silly lyrics about lollygagging around went over everyone’s heads is just further proof that it’s one of the best hip hop songs of the 80′s.

 

‘Pump Up The Volume’ by M/A/R/R/S This is another of the best hip hop songs of the 80′s with an experimental sound, and one of the musical mashups that would help popularize sampling from other songs. The 1987 dance tune contained samples from over a dozen different songs, and even includes a Wolfman Jack quip at the beginning (that’s enough to make it one of the best hip hop songs of the 80′s in my book).

 

‘Push It’ by Salt-N-Pepa What would this list of the best hip hop songs of the 80′s be without the first ladies of the genre? In 1987, Salt-N-Pepa set the stage for many sexy hip hop songs to follow with some very naughty lyrics about getting down and dirty on the dance floor. With their over-the-top style and sex appeal, these lovely ladies spiced up a male-dominated genre and proved that female rappers were going to push it and not let themselves get pushed around.

 

‘Straight Outta Compton’ by N.W.A. And now for something completely different. This hard-hitting, hardcore rap hit from 1988 is one of the best hip hop songs of the 80′s for the way it shocked and rocked the world upon its release. The song takes no prisoners from the beginning, assaulting your ears with language that would make a sailor blush and references to guns and bodies being hauled off. Sure it was controversial at the time, but this powerful ode to living on the streets has since become, without a doubt, one of the best rap songs of all time (hard to believe Ice Cube is doing family films now).

 

‘Fight the Power’ by Public Enemy The end of the 80′s saw another of the best hip hop songs of the decade with a message about life on the streets. This 1989 joint featured in the film ‘Do the Right Thing’ contains a political message about standing up to racism (the John Wayne and Elvis lines are great), and was a defiant call to action for a young generation feeling persecuted and frustrated. But the message doesn’t just make this one of the best rap songs of the 80′s; the audio behind the activism is also amazing.

 

‘Bust a Move’ by Young M.C. And I think I’ll end this list of the best hip hop songs of the 80′s on a more lighthearted note with this tune from1989. ‘Bust a Move’ is just so much fun to listen to and to try and “bust a move” to (which might be why it’s so popular at weddings). The song manages to take us through a few vignettes portraying the perfect times to bust moves (at a party, high class luncheon, at the movies, and, of course, at a wedding), and I could seriously listen to Young M.C. tell stories all day long (there’s just something soothing and hypnotic about his voice). And here’s an interesting tidbit of trivia: Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers makes an appearance in the song playing bass guitar.

 

So from the hip hop songs of the 80′s that make us happy to music with a message and the best surreal sounds of the decade, the era was an amazing mix of some of the best beats to ever be blasted from a boom box. So get in the 80′s groove, and don’t just stand there; bust a move.

 

 

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http://www.last.fm/music/The+Sugarhill+Gang/_/Rapper’s+delight
http://www.last.fm/music/Grandmaster+Flash/_/The+Message
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Rock
http://www.last.fm/music/Run-D.M.C./_/Walk+This+Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_UYYPb-Gk&feature=avmsc2
http://www.last.fm/music/Beastie+Boys/_/Fight+for+Your+Right
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_Up_the_Volume
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_It
http://www.last.fm/music/N.W.A/_/Straight+Outta+Compton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_the_Power
http://www.last.fm/music/Young+M.C./_/Bust+a+Move

http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2010/08/oberheim-dmx-vintage-drum-machine-w.html
Oberheim dmx Drum Machine.
Not the most inspiring of images I’ve found some audio samples of it. I’ll download them to have a listen

http://www.dubsounds.com/dmx.htm

Is it live, or is it Memorex???

While there are great new bands today, the music of the 80s will always be my first love. It was the music I came of age to, it was the music I listened to on my old tape deck as I learned to drive, it was the music of first boyfriends – you know, the good stuff.

reference_ http://www.liketotally80s.com/80s-music.html

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I still have lots of them in my room Korea. Also, when I was young(80’s), my parents used to bring tapes and played through little boom-box.

Love analogue stuff!

A look at the 80s’ hip-hop fashion

 

As we wrote down in our mindmap, hip-hop fashion is super important for hip-hop culture.

They LOVED loosed jeans and bling-bling jewellery!

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Hip-hop in the eighties, like jazz, was a manifestation of the development of black culture who’s lineage goes back to Africa. It was, and still is, a medium by which disadvantaged urban black artists could express their creativity.

It encompassed many forms such as dance, m.c.-ing, rap, performance poetry, graffiti and can be considered a genre, rather than just a trend. Hip-hop fashion was inspired originally by the artists themselves, rather than designers. For this reason, there is not a single ‘uniform’, more a collection of elements that can be adhered to to a greater or lesser extent by individuals. There are no rules to the hip-hop look.

Early on in the 80s, the main form hip-hop took was dance, especially breakdance, so people wore clothes that were comfortable to dance in. Loose trousers, with braces, trainers, loose colourful t-shirts. A subversion of the military look was also strongly evident.

As hip-hop developed these principles became more stylised and individually important figures such as Run DMC brought in new elements, such as black leather and hefty gold jewelry. This is a continuing process because the whole point about hip-hop is that it is not a dogma, but a means of individual expression.

All the way through the 80s hip-hop fashion had a strong Afro-centred flavour, including African print, rasta colours and dreadlocks. The other major element was branded sportswear which became enormously popular both within and outside of the hip-hop phenomena.

So out of this rather confusing set of elements, how would you go about putting together an authentic 80s hip-hop look? Well, first of all it would help to be black and to have a strong awareness of black history and culture in America. Second, a rule of thumb is ‘big, baggy and branded’

You can go for the sporty look, colourful branded tracksuits with open matching trainers. Individual baggy t-shirts, and jeans with huge legs always work. Alternatively you can go for the Run DMC style of baggy black leather, black t’s, leather shoes, dark glasses (big and branded of course).

If you have African hair you have an advantage because you can go for jerry curls or dreadlocks. In any case a sculpted crew-cut with embellishments such as patterns shaved into it is possible with any hair. Baseball caps and Kangol hats are also worth trying.

To really finish off your look you need to have plenty of heavy gold, or gold effect, jewelry. Big ropes of chains, fat rings. The point is to show how successful hip-hop culture has become.

Most importantly, listen to the music, the poetry, hear what hip-hop was trying to express in the 80s, let it seep into you, let it become part of you. Express yourself.

written by Briar Shaw

 

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Hip Hop culture was a mixture of rap, break dancing, graffiti and DJing.

When you think of Hip Hop fashions you may think of the over sized brand name clothing that was worn on MTV or rap videos, but the eighties was full of differentstyle and some of the
Hip Hop fashions of the eighties included, Adidas jump suits, thick laced puma sneakers, stylish sweatshirts, tight fitting jeans, multi fingered rings, thick gold chains, kangol, jheri curls, glitter, lots of make-up, being creative was the important thing and the hip hop music. Fashion and culture was called a fad though out the eighties and part of the nineties.

The fashions of this Hip hop era have also had a great influence on cultures around the world.
When the eighties fashions introduced hip hop culture, the punk fashions and the yuppie movement also emerged.

Multicolored Mohawks, bleached hair, short spiky hair, Punk was all about rebelling against any and all social structures. The less the real reason to rebel the more punk they were.

The yuppie ladies wore the spike bangs, heavy make-up, both men and women liked to wear the padded shoulder business jackets, also popular were sweater vest that they could be tied loosely around the neck over button down shirts.
The yuppie men were clean shaved, orderly and polite, which made people think of them as conceited snobs that was drunk on dreams.

Even today hip hop and rap are still a favorite among our young people, along with their fashions and music

written by Carolyn Lanier

 

 

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100 Greatest Old School Hip Hop Records (1979-1985)

 

This post really helped me  to understand what was going on in 80’s hip-hop industry!

I was born in 80’s and wanted to know 80’s history. This is reason why Brian, Kevin and I looked at 80’s then we found out 80’s music was interesting for 3 of us and British music experience exhibition.

 

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Rap music has always existed as an element of Hip Hop since the culture’s birth in the early 1970s. The first rappers (called MCs) would rap over funk, reggae, dub, soul, and disco beats and would hold spontaneous rhyming battles that were meant to verbally attack an opponent called “freestyles” (freestyling and flowing were words used to describe the impromptu vocal delivery). Artists that laid the template for such aggressive spoken word set to a funky beat include James Brown, Gil Scott-Heron, The Watts Prophets, and The Last Poets.

By the spring of 1979, the first rap record surfaced with funk band The Fatback Band’s “King Tim IIII (Personality Jock)”. Later, The Sugar Hill Gang debuted in the summer with Hip Hop’s most famous commercial record yet,”Rapper’s Delight”. This list targets critical Hip Hop records during the old school era (1979-roughly 1985) before the revolution of “cut-n-paste” music and Run DMC’s seminal Hip Hop anthem “Walk This Way” in 1986.

REMEMBER:
Hip Hop is first and foremost a culture with five important elements: the b-boys (break dancers), Graffiti/Aerosol artists, MCs, DJs, and the beatboxers. Knowledge and understanding and respect for Hip Hop and its roots are vital.

 

1979

Hip Hop music on record is born by Fatback Band’s “King Tim III”, Younger Generation’s “We Rap More Mellow”, and The Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” (Hip Hop legend Grandmaster Caz wrote the lyrics but never got credit). Important artists such as Kurtis Blow and Grandmaster Flash also begin their careers, and some of the first socio-political-conscious records arise on the Paul Winley label through chiefly Tanya Winley. Philadelphia’s legendary radio personality Lady B becomes the first female rapper to have a record, and Steve Gordon’s “Take My Rap” is considered to be the first white rap record. Afro-Filipino Joe Bataan creates a hit with his “Rap-O, Clap-O”, the first signs of Hip Hop’s diversity. Enjoy Records and Sugar Hill Records become the defining Hip Hop labels of the old school era.

1. Rapper’s Delight – The Sugar Hill Gang

2. King Tim III (Personality Jock) – Fatback Band

3. Rappin’ and Rocking the House – Funky Four Plus One

4. Christmas Rappin’ – Kurtis Blow 5. Superrappin’ – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

6. To the Beat Y’All – Lady B

7. We Rap More Mellow – Younger Generation (a.k.a. Grandmaster Flash, et al)

8. Rhythm Talk – Jocko

9. Rhymin’ and Rappin’ – Paulette and Tanya Winley

10. Rap-O, Clap-O – Joe Bataan

11. Lady D – Lady D

12. Jazzy 4 MCs – MC Rock

13. Rhapazooty in Blue – Sickle Cell and Rhapazooty

14. Spiderap – Ron Hunt

15. Looking Good (Shake Your Body) – Eddie Cheba Honorable Mention: Take My Rap…Please – Steve Gordon & The Koshers

1980

This is Kurtis Blow’s year. He becomes the first rapper signed to a major record label, Mercury Records, where his song “The Breaks” becomes a certified gold record. He is the first to release a Hip Hop album, to embark on a Hip Hop tour, to be featured on television (“Soul Train” in October), and the first to give rap mainstream marketability (he also opened up for The Commodores and Bob Marley on tour). Rap is still seen as a fad although several disco-Hip Hop hybrids prove successful such as “Funk You Up”, “Zulu Nation Throwdown Part I”, “The New Rap Language”, and “Monster Jam”. Casper has the first rap record in Chicago, and The Sequence become the first all-female rap crew on record. Treacherous Three’s “Body Rock” is the first Hip Hop song to use rock guitars, and Blondie member Deborah Harry’s “Rapture” is the first massive Hip Hop record done by a white artist.

1. The Breaks – Kurtis Blow

2. The New Rap Language – Spoonie Gee and The Treacherous Three

3. Zulu Nation Throwdown Part I – Afrika Bambaataa & Cosmic Force

4. Funk You Up – The Sequence

5. Monster Jam – Spoonie Gee and The Sequence

6. Rapture – Blondie

7. 8th Wonder – The Sugarhill Gang

8. Freedom – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

9. Love Rap – Spoonie Gee and The Treacherous Three

10. Adventures of Super Rhyme (Rap) – Jimmy Spicer

11. Death Mix – Afrika Bambaataa

12. Spoonin’ Rap – Spoonie Gee

13. Body Rock – The Treacherous Three

14. Vicious Rap – Tanya Winley

15. How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise? – Brother D with Collective Effort Honorable Mention: Papa Dean – Sister Nancy

1981

Another great year for Hip Hop. Funky Four Plus One’s “That’s the Joint” becomes a seminal all-time classic record and the first Hip Hop group to perform on national television (Saturday Night Live). Grandmaster Flash’s “The Adventures…” and Afrika Bambaataa’s “Jazzy Sensation” are landmark recordings as well. Disco Daddy & Captain Rapp birth the first West Coast record, and the go-go group Trouble Funk has a success with its hybrid song “Drop the Bomb”. Mean Machine’s “Disco Dream” is the first Latin rap record, and The Evasions “Wikka Rap” is a British Hip Hop pioneering classic. Cybotron, the future creators of the electronic variant techno, usher in the Kraftwerk-inspired “Alleys of our Mind”.

1. That’s the Joint – Funky Four Plus One

2. The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3. Jazzy Sensation – Afrika Bambaataa

4. Gigolo Rapp – Disco Daddy & Captain Rapp

5. Feel the Heartbeat – The Treacherous Three

6. Apache – The Sugarhill Gang

7. Do It, Do It – Disco 4

8. Let’s Dance (Make Your Body Move) – West Mob

9. Rappin’ Ain’t No Thang – The Boogie Boys

10. A Heartbeat Rap – Sweet G

11. Drop the Bomb – Trouble Funk

12. Wikka Rap – The Evasions

13. Disco Dream – Mean Machine

14. Alleys of Your Mind – Cybotron

15. It’s Rockin’ Time – Kool Kyle the Starchild

1982

This is the year of seminal rap and the birth of a new genre in Hip Hop: electro-funk, initiated by Afrika Bambaataa’s & The Soul Sonic Force’s “Planet Rock”, the most sampled Hip Hop record of all time (James Brown’s “Funky Drummer” is the most sampled record in Hip Hop). There is a great revival of interest in the Hip Hop elements, and this subgenre steers the music away from pure disco beats. The other most important Hip Hop record of all time is Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s “The Message” which jumpstarts political/social rap. The Cold Crush Brother’s “Punk Rock Rap” is another record that fuses Hip Hop with rock, and Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force’s “Looking for the Perfect Beat” is another seminal all-time Hip Hop classic. The first strands of Hip Hop soul also arise out of artists such as Planet Patrol and C-Bank (“One More Shot”), and the “Smurf” craze becomes one of Hip Hop’s most important trends.

1. The Message – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

2. Planet Rock – Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

3. Looking for the Perfect Beat – Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

4. Play At Your Own Risk – Planet Patrol

5. Punk Rock Rap – Cold Crush Brothers

6. Rockin’ It – The Fearless Four

7. Country, Rock, and Rap – Disco 4

8. Pac Jam (Look Out for the OVC) – The Jonzun Crew

9. Walking on Sunshine – Rocker’s Revenge feat. Donnie Calvin

10. The Smurf – Tyrone Brunson

11. Magic’s Wand – Whodini

12. Change the Beat – Fab 5 Freddy

13. Scorpio – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

14. Body Mechanic – Quadrant Six

15. It’s Magic – The Fearless 4 Honorable Mention: E.T. Boogie – Extra T’s

1983

Another successful year for Hip Hop. Jazz legend Herbie Hancock and Grandmaster D.St. release the electro-funk Grammy winning “Rockit” while Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five release their second most important recording that ranks with Afrika Bambaataa’s “Looking for the Perfect Beat”: “White Lines (Don’t Do It)”. Man Parrish also releases the seminal “Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)”. More importantly, Run DMC debut with “It’s Like That/Sucker MCs'” single and begin their conquest as Hip Hop’s biggest and most influential group of all time (“Sucker MCs'” is regarded as the first hardcore rap track). T. La Rock & Jazzy Jay kick start Hip Hop’s biggest record label, Def Jam, as Ice T. debuts with the first “hardcore” rap as do punk rockers Beastie Boys with their first rap record “Cooky Puss”. Kraftwerk venture into Hip Hop with “Tour De France”, and Cybotron birth techno with their electro-funk anthem “Clear”. Electro-funk remains prosperous as the Hip Hop soul movement grows with C-Bank which foreshadows Shannon’s “Let the Music Play” which truly begins another Hip Hop variant born out of electro-funk: freestyle music or Latin Hip Hop.

1. Rockit – Herbie Hancock and Grandmaster D.St.

2. White Lines (Don’t Do It) – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

3. It’s Like That/Sucker MCs – Run DMC

4. Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop) – Man Parrish

5. Al Naafiysh (The Soul) – Hashim

6. Clear – Cybotron

7. Buffalo Gals – Malcolm McLaren & The World’s Famous Supreme Team

8. Lookout Weekend – Debbie Deb

9. It’s Yours – T. La Rock & Jazzy Jay

10. No Sell Out – Malcolm X with Keith LeBlanc

11. The Payoff Mix – Mastermix of GLOBE and Whiz Kid’s Play That Beat Mr. DJ

12. Jam on Revenge – Newcleus

13. Cooky Puss – Beastie Boys

14. Cold Winter Madness – Ice T

15. Play That Beat Mr. DJ – G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid Honorable Mention: King of the Beat – Pumpkin

1984 ←when I was born! important haha 🙂

Another healthy year. Run DMC continue to be a strong force in the post-seminal song era of Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa, having their “Rock Box” video being the first rap song played on MTV. Freestyle music flourishes with Alisha (“All Night Passion”), Debbie Deb, Shannon (“Give Me Tonight”), and Nayobe (“Please Don’t Go”). Kurtis Blow releases the last batch of his greatest songs before fading, giving way to newcomer Doug E. Fresh and Whodini. U.T.F.O., originally backup singers for Whodini, record “Roxanne, Roxanne” which creates the biggest and most influential all-time trend in Hip Hop. Somewhere between 50-100 response records ensue, and two of them (“The Real Roxanne” and “Roxanne’s Revenge”) become massive classics, opening the door for female MCs to gain massive success in the future such as MC Lyte, Salt N Pepa, and Queen Latifah. 2 Live Crew’s “It’s Gotta Be Fresh EP”, released in late 1984, IS THE first significant Hip Hop record from the south and births what is know as Miami Bass, another Hip Hop variant alongside electro-funk and freestyle and early techno. Also, Afrika Bambaataa, “The Godfather of Hip Hop”, unites with “The Godfather of Soul”, James Brown, to record “Unity” which later causes an explosion in the sampling of James Brown records, a vital Hip Hop feature. Divine Sounds score a hit with their Run-DMC-like “What People Do for Money” as The Fat Boys become the most comical characters in Hip Hop (later collaborating with The Beach Boys and Chubby “The Twist” Checker).

1. Rock Box – Run DMC

2. Roxanne’s Revenge – Roxanne Shante

3. Roxanne, Roxanne – U.T.F.O.

4. Freaks Come Out At Night – Whodini

5. Jam On It – Newcleus

6. Unity – Afrika Bambaataa and James Brown

7. One for the Treble – Davy DMX

8. The Real Roxanne – The Real Roxanne

9. When I Hear Music (It Makes Me Dance) – Debbie Deb

10. Egypt, Egypt – Egyptian Lover

11. Just Having Fun (Do the Beat Box) – Doug E. Fresh

12. Request Line – Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three

13. Jail House Rap – The Fat Boys

14. 8 Million Stories – Kurtis Blow

15. It’s Gotta Be Fresh (Revelation/2 Live) – 2 Live Crew Honorable Mention: What People Do for Money – Divine Sounds Honorable Mention: Reckless – Chris “The Glove” Taylor with Ice T and David Storrs

1985

The last great year of old school Hip Hop before the advent of overblown sampling and “Walk This Way” which took Hip Hop into a new direction both musically and culturally. Toddy Tee releases a seminal West Coast jam that foreshadows “gangsta” rap (along with rapper Schoolly D.’s “PSK-What Does it Mean?”). Freestyle hits it big with Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam, Nu Shooz (“I Can’t Wait”), Connie (“Funky Little Beat”) and Trinere (“All Night”). Miami Bass evolves and garners hits with records such as MC A.D.E.’s (Adrian Does Everything) “Bass Rock Express”. Clearly, Doug E. Fresh, the king of beatboxing, owns the year 1985 as his records “La Di Da Di” and “The Show” took Hip Hop into a new direction and stand as massive influential classics.

1. The Show – Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew

2. La Di Da Di – Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew

3. I Can’t Live Without My Radio – LL Cool J

4. I Need a Beat – LL Cool J

5. I Wonder If I Take You Home – Lisa Lisa & The Cult Jam

6. The Roof is on Fire – Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three

7. The Show Stoppa (Is Stupid Fresh) – Super Nature (Salt N Pepa)

8. P.S.K.-What Does It Mean? (Park Side Killers) – Schoolly D

9. Batterram – Toddy Tee a.k.a. Todd Howard 10. Alice, I Want You Just for Me – Full Force

11. Big Mouth – Whodini

12. Fresh is the Word – Mantronix

13. Don’t Stop the Rock – Freestyle

14. Terminator – Kid Frost

15. A Fly Girl – The Boogie Boys Honorable Mention: Bass Rock Express – MC A.D.E. Honorable Mention: If I Ruled the World – Kurtis Blow Honorable Mention: Girl (Cocaine) – Too Short

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