old school

Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music (1979–1984),and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended. Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983-1984 with the emergence of Run DMC, the first new school hip hop group.The image, styles and sounds of the old school were exemplified by figures like Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, The Sugarhill Gang,and it is characterized by the simpler rapping techniques of the time and the general focus on party related subject matter.

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