Philly hip hop GREATEST HITS!!!!!!!
bass_fever
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What's the best? Schooly D? Tuff Crew? Cash Money & Marvelous? I think my favorite track of all time would have to be Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's "brand new funk"...I used to wear that tape out back in the day...Philly Hip Hop!!!!
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gang of othershit deserves mention
Co-sign.
Not sure if they were from Philly or Camden, but Kick The Ball by Krown Rulers definitely deserves a mention. One of my all time favorite hiphop tracks.
So that's your History of Philly Hip Hop?
As it is I've been working on a Best Of Philly double CD for the better part of this year but it's still not done yet. I was teaming up with a pretty well known old-school Philly DJ to do it, but he got shook after the whole DJ Drama getting busted fiasco so it's up in the air right now how and when I'm gonna finish it. I'll keep you all posted, as if you wouldn't know when I dropped a new jawn.
The Glamorous Life- Cool C
Brand New Funk- Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
Ugly People be quiet - Cash Monay and Marvelous
you and Shante I know where you got your start
right here in Philly on Pop Art
good point- i cant forget about Peedi Crack,Freeway or Beans.
What do u mean alot of people here have thought of Hip Hop as a NY thing? A gang of dudes on here are young and/or from other cities outside of NY. Alot of cats "here" dont have a NY centric outlook to the game.
Alot of dudes came up during the West Coast reign or even the current South reign. Or even outside of the U.S.
And as far as "Philly is a smaller NY" thing.......That's an old chip on YOUR shoulder and not how people view Philly.
It's rediculous to say that Philly is absent from hip-hop for 8 years. What are you even talking about? How old are you? What does that even mean? You're discounting years of serious work by many great artists, for starters the fellas that are represented by your avatar.
And as for the whole "Philly is a smaller New York" indeed you're correct that we have and have always had our own identity, but it's impossible to front on both the impact that the spectre of New York has had over us, as well as the inate need to please/refuse New York styles and trends.
Do u mean corny in the Philly community? Or do you mean corny to cats outside of Philly?
I still play that tune out sometimes. That siren sound is a total headfuck.
i can remember hearing that shit on power 99 in middle school. still love it.
I only heard that track for the first time a few weeks ago and thought it sounded dope even now.
Anything from that era with the name Lawrence Goodman on it seems to be dope, that guys a legend.
YES!
Maybe in Philly, but in NYC we all tried to rap/dj/graf/break/boogie/etc. It wasnt seen as an occupation or a way to get paid. It's was just somethin u did.
Certain cats excelled and certain cats realized in wasnt their forte.
thats why you see so many golden era emcees who can also deejay... shit, probably the majority of them. you also find a lot of them that were dancers or writers too. it's was just the thing to do BITD and damn near everybody (in the nyc area but specifically da BX) messed around with it on some level ... kids, girls, whuteva.
(will this now deteriorate into one of those "four elements" clon fests that SS loves so much? )