Old Skool Rap comps

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   Does anyone know of any good compilations with old school rap songs on it?  I'm looking for artists like "tribe called quest," "jungle brothers," "KRS one," and anything else from the late 80s.  I would prefer to find one with the 45 or single versions so they are clean and edited.

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chendagam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 27 August 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote chendagam Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Old Skool Rap comps Posted: 19 October 2008 at 10:36am
	Does anyone know of any good compilations with old school rap songs on it? I'm looking for artists like "tribe called quest," "jungle brothers," "KRS one," and anything else from the late 80s. I would prefer to find one with the 45 or single versions so they are clean and edited.

jimct Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 07 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote jimct Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 October 2008 at 12:21pm
	Chendagam, our good friend on the Board, Aaron K, might just be the world's leading expert on "old school rap" single versions; it's his #1 all-time favorite genre of music, so you may just wanna PM him with your questions, if he doesn't respond sometime soon, because he will definitely be able to help you out here.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19 October 2008 at 11:07pm
	Jim is correct that I've spent a considerable amount of time tracking down old school hip-hop tracks in their original, radio-edited versions. Sadly, there were many that I had to spend loads of money on the original promo CD singles, because the clean versions were not available elsewhere. Normally, I wouldn't recommend K-Tel, but that particular label put out a bunch of compilations in the late 80s and early 90s, and they were pretty good about supplying the original radio edits (with a few exceptions). Most of K-Tel's comps are out of print but can still be found very cheap. Some of Rhino's old school hip-hop compilations use clean versions, while others do not. Avoid all volumes of the "Tommy Boy Presents Hip Hop Essentials" series. They all suck due to unofficial edits and poor vinyl transfers. If you can list some specifics that you are looking for, I'd be happy to share where I found them. I've tracked down just about every top 10 rap single (from Billboard's Hot Rap Singles chart) from 1988 to 2000.

chendagam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 27 August 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote chendagam Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 October 2008 at 2:11pm
	Thanks for the info Aaron...I'll begin my search :) I'm mainly interested in that really good era from 1987-1991...particularly 88-89.

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 88	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 October 2008 at 11:19pm
	Sure thing. You might want to check out this compilation, for example: Boom Box Flava Universal 83567 Black Sheep - Strobelite Honey (Street Mix) EPMD - Gold Digger (E And P's Remix) Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader (7" Edit) Father MC - Treat Them Like They Want To Be Treated Heavy D & The Boyz - We Got Our Own Thang Kurtis Blow - If I Ruled The World MC Brains - Oochie Coochie (7" Version) Onyx - Slam Slick Rick - Children's Story Wreckx-N-Effect - Rump Shaker (Radio Mix) Most of this album has what we would call the "45 version," although I don't use that term when talking about hip-hop hits. Many hip-hop tracks didn't have vinyl 45s, and even several of the cassette singles used the dirty versions. On the above mentioned CD, only "Strobelite Honey" would be a non-45 version; however, that particular mix was included on the original promo CD single.