Thread: Defining "old school" Hip Hop..
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Old 02-05-2007, 01:36 AM   #41
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I didn't read through the thread...but I'd say "old school" hip hop died off around when Pac and Biggie became popular, and then certainly when they died.
Rap had gone through the gangsta rap changes in the early 90s, but after pac and biggie rap was huge. Old school hip hop I guess would be defined pre-gangsta, even though I'd consider gangsta rap and pre-pac and biggie death rap old school too.
I guess the big changes were the mainstream break in with Run DMC and Beastie Boys (say what you want, they made it acceptable for whites) and then after NWA and Death Row things really started to change.
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