Old school hip hop is a genre that emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s, characterized by its use of funk and soul samples, breakbeats, and spoken-word rhymes. It often addresses social and political issues, as well as personal experiences and struggles. This genre paved the way for modern hip hop and rap music, and its pioneers are still celebrated for their contributions to the genre.
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Popular old school hip hop Songs
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Straight Outta Compton
1988
The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life
1996
Let Me Clear My Throat
1996
Mama Said Knock You Out
1990
Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age
1994
No One Can Do It Better
1989
Break Dance - Electric Boogie
1983
Return of the Boom Bap
1993
Ain't No Half-Steppin'
2018
Sports Weekend (clean)
1991
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List of old school hip hop artists
Here is a list of old school hip hop artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the old school hip hop genre. You can find out what old school hip hop genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.
# name popularity followers
1
53
638802
2
69
2745261
3
62
1659888
4
61
1333131
5
56
1063712
6
39
324137
7
52
688579
8
52
666856
9
65
5595992
10
49
395836
11
42
309557
12
49
531305
13
53
789640
14
49
1396248
15
48
400477
16
31
66313
17
42
179188
18
61
793913
19
51
67943
20
40
61948
21
51
252574
22
46
273232
23
26
85850
24
43
145407
25
32
242143
26
51
357143
27
47
463445
28
37
95208
29
46
405093
30
35
266988
31
37
219665
32
35
22174
33
51
380721
34
24
26669
35
39
257240
36
46
514929
37
37
142837
38
33
65029
39
26
49844
40
49
24768
41
19
7144
42
32
286550
43
60
635966
44
43
120089
45
41
423652
46
21
36143
47
5
1909
48
37
69196
49
41
93862
50
35
61184
51
33
46776
52
43
31142
53
16
8878
54
33
152205
55
21
12884
56
12
13458
57
34
58851
58
30
35178
59
23
9623
60
23
102629
61
22
21178
62
15
5191
63
21
35659
64
29
14277
65
19
31720
66
13
2980
67
21
20820
68
14
9274
69
11
32823
70
27
22147
71
25
40848
72
21
38705
73
25
1153
74
25
7892
75
25
4086
76
19
16907
77
12
8950
78
22
98600
79
21
57844
80
21
69419
81
19
13438
82
11
58983
83
17
3249
84
9
4191
85
16
3705
86
16
820
87
16
7697
88
9
6254
89
8
34772
90
15
1332
91
15
31963
92
15
2384
93
7
5129
94
13
7133
95
13
13931
96
10
1646
97
10
8359
98
9
389
99
8
3620
100
6
2257
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