Great List! Here's a few others worth considering: A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother Black Sheep - Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Scarface - Mr. Scarface is Back Compton's Most Wanted - Music to Driveby Too Short - Born to Mack Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
so glad you included paul's boutique in this list, the album is absolutely incredible, the first hip hop album i fell completely in love with. i was working a job at a record shop for about 2 months and every single day on the commute there i listened to this album in full.
That's gonna be hard considering how expansive the genre punk is, I mean you could name the classics like the sex pistols or the ramones and black flag but you're not getting the full picture of what punk music is
ragon In my opinion these starter pack videos benefit genres that are extremely expansive. When looking at genres like punk that have a lot of sub genres and deviations from the original New York movement in the 70s, a list of 5 or 6 great punk albums provides a good base for people who want to get into the genre, but have no idea where to start because of its expansiveness. I can definitely see where you're coming from though
Hating on asians isnt a good reason to exclude psy gangnamstyle. You even said that you loved the structure, vocals, etc. The only thing you didnt like were their eyes. You described them as "disgusting". Fantano im gonna be honest. You are disgusting. Subscribed. Cant wait for more videos!
What? have you not heard Bad Boyz in Barbarossa, or It Takes Several Nations of Millions to Stop My Holocaust? those records where so fucking gritty and ahead of their time and influenced so many people. You must be a fucking pleb.
I'm 34 years old, about to be 35 this November 2019 and I have to say it like this: I grew up on Golden Age Hip Hop since I was born when Run DMC's first album was released. By the way, try listening to the other Golden Age Hip Hop classics. Here's the list: Radio (L.L. Cool J, 1985) Escape (Whodini, 1984) Back to the Old School (Just-Ice, 1986) In Full Gear (Stetsasonic, 1988) Kool Moe Dee (Kool Moe Dee, 1986) Mantronix: The Album (Mantronix, 1985) Saturday Night (Schoolly-D, 1987) Grip It! On That Other Level (Geto Boys, 1989) Straight Outta Compton (N.W.A., 1988) Eazy Duz-It (Eazy-E, 1988) Rhyme Pays (Ice-T, 1987) Criminal Minded (KRS/BDP, 1987) Big Tyme (Heavy D & the Boyz, 1989) Let the Hustlers Play (Steady B, 1988) Long Live The Kane (Big Daddy Kane, 1988) Straight Out the Jungle (The Jungle Brothers, 1988) He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper (D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, 1988) Act a Fool (King Tee, 1988) Goin' Off (Biz Markie, 1988) The list goes on and on. Real talk!! Give it a try for yourself.
Here's my personal golden age hip hop starter pack: The New Calassic Lil Boat Beautiful Thugger Girls My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy In the Aeroplane Over The Sea
My boy Antnee, do you think you´ll be doing more hip-hop starter packs. Kinda would like to see one for Trap, G-Funk, Instrumental Hip Hop, and if you can count it as Hip-Hip, Trip Hop.
Thanks for the recommendations. I've been listening to a lot of Hip-hop lately, but mostly on it's modern scene. I might check some of these out, I'm completely aware of how different will these sound to the artists I already listen to, but that's going to make the listen much more interesting.
Is the golden age really the golden age? I don't want to sound ignorant but in my opinion "golden age" hip hop is great but feels more like a renaissance era for hip hop really elevating the genre. Personally I feel like the best hip hop came mid to late 90s just me though I feel like that's the real golden age
A renaissance would imply it that it is going back to what made it great in the first place. I think it was just more of an advancement from early hip-hop. The real golden age imo would be the 90s or 2000s as so much was improved upon and original material came from it.
"golden age" is generally used to imply a very early time when something started having a lot of success and where a lot of quality content was released. I think calling anything after the mid 90s a golden age is just a bit wrong because of that.
Here is a must listen collection if you want to go further : Ultramagnectic MCs - Critical Beatdown Paris - The Devil Made Me Do It The D.O.C. - No One Can Do It Better Ice T - The Iceberg, Power and Original Gangster albums Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane L L Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out Organized Konfusion - Organized Konfusion Kool G Rap & Dj Polo - Wanted Dead Or Alive BDP - Criminal Minded and By All Means Necessary Ice Cube - Amerikkka's most wanted EPMD - Strictly Business and Unfinished Business Like you said Anthony, the term "Golden Age Hip Hop" is not only limited to the 80s. Many would say that it ended around 1993-1994. Anyway, keep up the good work.
I would also say the golden age ends around 93/4, which begs the question, how do you skip Biggie and Wu Tang? Snoop and Dre? Biz Markie, Pac, Nas? EPMD is the only thing on your list I disagree with. They were always the most mediocre hip hop group of the early age, and sort of the minimum bar one needed to clear to be considered decent.
If that's the case, then you could even include outkast's debut, there's a lot good on that that made them stand out even with that pretty mainstream sorta album.
Great list although i feel like Critical Beatdown by Ultramagnetic MC's is another great album to add to the starter pack. That album is so underrated, it's damn near a crime.
i was lucky enough to grow up in the fat laces and boom box with the guitar strap era. Album wise, Paid in Full was the most mind blowing from start to finish, in my opinion. They got the sound AND lyrics and delivery down so cold.
Love the list but I wish you would have included Criminal Minded by Boogie Down Productions to show hip hop moving into a darker and more hardcore direction
Elijah Ruby to me "golden era" implies east coast, not west coast gangsta rap. BDK should have been mentioned (I didn't finish the video yet, maybe he was.)
The 90s may be some people’s favorite now but Golden Age refers to a specific timeframe. It doesn’t mean “the best” it’s like the Greatest Generation or Gen Z-just a name
Run-DMC became the undisputed kings of Golden Age Rap BECAUSE of their sparse beats: this feature of their music shouldn't elicit a disclaimer from Fantano, but should in fact be noted as a selling point. It was this stripped sound that made early rap unusual/exciting - esp. next to overblown 80s pop music. Licensed To Ill was a huge hit throughout the entire rap world (still a subculture in 1985-6) - not just with the white/suburbans; just witness groups like Eric B. & Rakim, and NWA heavily sampling LTI. Paul's Boutique was a commercial dud upon release because it was nothing like LTI. When the Beasties returned in '92 with Check Your Head, it was a major surprise, even to fans, who assumed they were finished in the business after such a monumental failure. PB does not belong to the same Beasties era as CYH (and all the following Beasties albums). It is an era and a genre unto itself, though it did presage the 90s layered-sample aesthetic. Also worth noting, with PB the Beasties instigated the 70s retro fashion craze that became mainstream a few years later.
