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
Straight Outta Compton
1988
The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life
1996
Let Me Clear My Throat
1996
Mama Said Knock You Out
1990
No One Can Do It Better
1989
Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age
1994
Break Dance - Electric Boogie
1983
Return of the Boom Bap
1993
Ain't No Half-Steppin'
2018
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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
634749
2
68
2720533
3
62
1644802
4
60
1322949
5
55
1057109
6
39
322794
7
51
685325
8
51
663907
9
65
5533673
10
49
393784
11
41
307634
12
48
528937
13
52
785753
14
49
1382550
15
48
397951
16
31
65968
17
41
178369
18
60
786625
19
50
67196
20
51
251205
21
39
61529
22
43
144470
23
25
85355
24
45
271872
25
51
355369
26
31
240312
27
46
460522
28
36
94455
29
45
401840
30
35
264938
31
36
218548
32
35
22174
33
50
378497
34
23
26543
35
39
255789
36
46
511432
37
36
141618
38
33
64593
39
25
49462
40
49
24629
41
19
7051
42
32
284116
43
60
628127
44
42
119004
45
20
35899
46
5
1904
47
41
422121
48
36
68665
49
41
93334
50
35
60760
51
43
31026
52
33
46561
53
15
8788
54
33
151344
55
21
12775
56
12
13435
57
33
58304
58
30
34899
59
22
9525
60
15
5191
61
22
101810
62
21
35254
63
21
20890
64
28
14162
65
12
2944
66
21
20682
67
18
30779
68
14
9216
69
11
32686
70
26
21885
71
25
68178
72
25
40564
73
24
7733
74
24
4001
75
20
38311
76
24
1110
77
19
16793
78
22
97971
79
11
8908
80
20
57378
81
19
13390
82
11
58366
83
16
3225
84
16
3683
85
8
34772
86
9
4151
87
8
6219
88
15
31594
89
15
7665
90
15
804
91
15
1332
92
14
13893
93
14
2363
94
6
5093
95
12
7082
96
10
8321
97
10
1621
98
9
371
99
7
3592
100
6
2232
old school hip hop playlist created by Chosic
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