"What was the first song you heard that made you LOVE hip hop?"
I have to say, that EPMD REALLY caught my ear in the mid 80's. I was between the age of 12 and 14 when they started to get hot. Everytime they dropped something I was like "oooooooh". I remember "You Gots To Chille" and "It's My Thing" really impressing me. Yes, there were more popular acts out, but EPMD really connected with me for some reason.
1. "Brand Nubian: "One For All"" In response to Reply # 0
Sure there was great and classic hip hop track before this, but this unexplainable….sensation of bless over came me, 1st time hearing that beat, Puba’s flow and Sadat (aka “Derrick X”) voice.
3. "Hearing Snoop's voice on "Nuthin But A G Thang"" In response to Reply # 0
I don't remember the date, but I remember the time of day and where I was, exactly. Shit felt like a light switch got turned on like "This is what you're supposed to be listening to".
I wanted to say "Rapper's Delight," but in truth, if I think about it... as much as I loved that record, it was more like a novelty disco record to me.
"THe Message" was the one that made me feel "Damn, I need to listen to more records like this... and if possible, listen to nothing BUT records like this."
Yeah I loved Rapper's Delight but at the age I was it didn't sound that much different than anything else that was playing on the radio. The Message was different. It sounded different, felt different and I remember even my parents were like damn...that's a serious ass record.
10. "Love it? Gangstarr - "The Planet."" In response to Reply # 0
"Slaves got options...cowards aint got shit." --PS "Once upon a time, little need existed for making the distinction between a nigga and a black—at least not in this country, the place where niggas were invented" -- Donnell A
14. "Either Gravel Pit by the Wu or Ms Jackson by Kast" In response to Reply # 0
Don't hate, I'm still a young'un. I was about nine when they came out. The energy of the MC's and the innovative production on both songs, which was in both direct contrast to my previous exposure of commercial hip-hop on the radio (I live in the UK so I hadn't really been exposed to much hip-hop before this, I tended to just listen to Radio 1 when I was young and in 1998/99 the charts tended to be filled with UK pop more than anything) really made me take notice. And I've never looked back since then - Wu-Tang and OutKast remain my two favourite hip-hop groups of all time.
21. "Doug E.Fresh & Slick Rick - "The Show" / "La Di Da Di" " In response to Reply # 0
This was the first time I can remember a song being so much fun to dance to (The Show), and a song that everyone in my class knew word for word (La Di Da Di). That was like 4th/5th grade.
And I'm not sure, but I think hip hop dancing began to change around that time as well, like 84-85. You still had b-boying of course, but more people started doing stuff like the Wop, the Snake and the Pee-Wee Herman at the parties. There used to be weekend parties at the YMCA for all ages. Let the DJ throw on "The Show" and mad people were wopping the entire song.lol
30. "Run DMC - Peter Piper" In response to Reply # 0
When I was a kid, we got a rental car when ours was in the shop, and someone left a tape in the deck, and when I got in with my fam and we started the car the first thing I heard was "Now Peter Piper picked peppers..." and my mind was blown. I played that tape non-stop.
41. "Fight for Your Right to Party and You Be Illin'" In response to Reply # 0
My first exposure to any kinda hip hop I was five, lol, rented some corny lil music video compilations from The Movie Set with Run DMC and the Beasties. I remember we had to do hand puppets and I did a Run one, it was a pretty milquetoast town, too hahahaha.
I didn't really immerse myself in it until I was about 13 though, I'd say three records really caught my attention: Stakes is High, The Score and Uptown Saturday Night.
And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
42. ""The Message"...And "King Of Rock"" In response to Reply # 0
Like everyone else that fits the description of an old head I knew rap existed when "Rappers Delight" and Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" came out...I was still a little kid....
But"The Message" helped me understand that rap was also called hip-hop....And that it was serious shit...
However, Run-DMC's "King of Rock" shaped me into a do-or-die fan of hip-hop...It became the music my parents hated...lol
GOAT of his era......long live Prince.....God is alive....
I still remember when I first saw this movie. I'd never heard of LL before that scene... I was front and center at the record store when that album dropped. I got the vinyl and cassette. It was the first album I bought with my own money.
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