80s Hip Hop Songs

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80s hip hop songs. The decade in which hip hop grew from a local phenomenon into a major worldwide musical and cultural force. Early on it was all about parties and jam sessions propelled by bootleg cassettes. See also top 100 hip hop rap songs of the 90s top hip hop rap songs of the 2000s. When hip hop emerged it was an urban phenomenon ignored by pop radio.
This was the time it started to blow up. Because the song was performed by three studio rappers who hadn t been among the ones who pioneered hip hop on the bronx streets this song was initially dismissed by some. In 2008 it was named the 19th greatest hip hop song of all time by vh1. Roxanne roxanne 1985.
Only the best are in this classic 90s hip hop playlist including 2pac ll cool j n w a nas beastie boys the notorious b i g. But it was in the 1980s that hip hop went from having a small cult following on the east coast to being a huge international phenomenon. To answer that question let s rank the best 80s rap songs that truly defined the decade and inspired future hip hop artists to come. The single fight for your right is among the most popular pop songs of the 80 s the best songs on the album however are the hip hop singles the new style paul revere hold it now hit it.
Hip hop wasn t born in the 1980s the hip hop culture was created in new york in the late 1970s and early rap acts like kurtis blow grandmaster flash the furious five and the sugarhill gang started recording before 1980. Be that as it may rappers delight was the first or actually the second hip hop song that was released as a single. Sucker m c s by run d m c is a good place to start when ranking the best rap songs from the 80s. Fresh la di.
Pioneered in new york city in the early 1970s it was not until 1979 that the first hip hop song even though still heavily influenced by disco sounds was recorded and released rapper s delight by the sugarhill gang. From the streets of harlem new york to compton california hip hop quickly started spreading throughout the world. The 1980s is when hip hop was at its golden age. Slick rick doug e.
Top 25 best hip hop songs of the 80s. What are the best songs from the golden age of hip hop. 31 ultramagnetic mcs ego trippin 1988 32 rammelizee and k rob beat bop 1983 33 too short freaky tales 1987 34 mc shan the bridge 1986 35 u t f o.