You better run!!! :eek: Rakim is the first person I think of when it comes to hip hop, eventhough there were trailblazers and movers and shakers before him.

You didn't even have him on the list. OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!!!!! :p

:( I'm ---->, LOL. I mean of couse Rakim. I wish they really went in order though but I guess that's to each's personal list. I would like to see them do Common as well, not before the other's listed of course. I have to wait until midnight because I missed the first 3/4 of it.


Now if we could get one for the R & B/ Soul section where they do a tribute to my dads Mr. Richie and Mr. Wilson I would be complete.

as much as I love the 18th letter, krs-1 should get that #1 spot.

big-ups to russell simmons for his contributions to hip-hop and for introducing run-dmc to the world. they, bar none at age 13, inspired my absolute love for this hip-hop. RIP Jam Master J and Scott La Rock.

Ok, I just getting to see it from the top. Yeah she is the greatest female rapper of all time. I wish they would of had Yo Yo perform one of her songs and she should have got to perform a little longer. But Kim did a good job and Remy kind of sounded like her which was cute.

This list is interesting because most of these people came from the 'Golden Era' of hip hop. We could argue that this era changed the game, period. There were so many artists at that time that brought something new to the rap game - the whole De La/ATCQ/Jungle Brothers movement, the whole consciousness movement with X-Clan, Poor Righteous Teachers, Lakim Shabazz, etc. I think that era as a whole changed the rap game. Can you tell I'm just a little bit into my old school? lol


I'm with you. Rakim needs to be on that list.

I agree. Kris Parker definitely needs to be on the list as well.

Where was Ghostface during the Wu Tribute:rolleyes: ...as much as I love Triumph I wanted them to do more from Enter the 36..Protect, Da Mystery, anything but CREAM. I am tired of hearing that song....

The 18th Letter--> Doing it with the R..wish he did Lyrics of Fury though but he still rocks it.

Now riddle me this..If they had Cube there and Yella (where has he been, he is the last perosn I expected to be there) you mean to tell me they couldn't find Ren, The DOC and Dre to be there for Easy's tribute? and yes Lil Eazy sounds just like his daddy. I like angry Cube....

Lyte..what can i say...in college that was my nickname (folks thought i looked like her) still can rock it. She has a cameo on one of De La''s later albums (either Grind Date or Bionix I think) and as usual she rips it. :D


It was good but to me there was nothing that matched Big Daddy's performance from last year.

I loved how Russell was just sitting there like "all this for me? gee thanks!" Thanks Russ (and Rick).

And George Clinton is as crazy as ever....but BOOTSY....BOOTZILLA BABY!:D


And to my hip hop head MulattoGyrl...we should compare personal collections.:D ...I think we would have a fabu time with the golden era of Rap..

I really enjoyed last nights performance!! Lyte was beautiful and it was wonderful to see Kim with CLOTHES on.

No....

True dat and that's because Kane is the ONLY lyricist/MC/performer/entertainer that has been honored so far.

Afrika Bambata is technically an entertainer/edutainer but he had a different type of stage presence. He wasn't trying to entertain so much as he was trying to educate about the Zooloo Nation or something...LOL.

Props to you for recognizing the different eras of hip hop. I loooooved X-Clan, PRT, and Lakim ("I'm pure righteousness...righteous and pure..."). Lakim was basically a yellow version of Rakim. :p They were both talking about 5% but Rakim disguised it a little more with battle rhyme hype.

<---if it isn't old school hip hop or SOUND like old school, it isn't hip hop.

Well thank youuuu. :o . I actually wrote a paper on hip-hop culture, so I know a little something about it. ;)

Lyrics of Fury was hot. And yeah, where was Ghostface?

True.


Yes, we should compare collections...I have a duffle bag of tapes in my car that I haven't even gone through yet, lol.

This is the record collection: (and not giving them up)

I have the first album cover Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff's "Rock the House" the one that looks like Run-D.M.C's King of Rock,
I have Mantronix's "Fresh is the Word"
MC Shan's Down by Law
Mc Lyte's Lyte as a Rock
PE's Nation of Millions/Yo Bum Rush the Show
Kane- Long live the Kane
EPMD 12 inch of You a customer /b-side It's my thing (was spelled EPEE MD)
The Skinny Boys- Jockbox (12 inch)
LL's Rock the Bells (12 inch)
Kane- Long live the Kane
BDP- Criminal Minded
Rakim- Follow the Leader
Mc Breeze (Discombobulator Boobulator 12 inch-Philly thing)
Bizmark- Nobody beats the biz
Sugarhill Gang- Rappers Delight
Afrika Bambaata- Planet Rock
Run-DMC- Raising Hell (had it lent to DJ Friend)

This is just the wax stuff, not the tapes or CD's:D

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYUUM @ The Skinny Boys!! My brother, unfortunately, sold our collection of 12 inches. :( . We had the Skinny Boys though. The only ones I can remember off the top of my head that might still be back home are the single Eric B. for President, LL's first album, MC Shan's first album, Criminal Minded, and The Message. We had SO many more though.

Awww, look at ya'll talking about old school hip-hop. I *heart* y'all.

KICK THIS ONE HERE FOR BROOKLYN!!!! :D :p :D