Rap 3

Continuing on with the Rap pick, this is volume three. Some of these tracks I think many people will not even remember, but some of these are now classic tracks. I made this some time ago based on what I was actually listening to, actually exposed to at the time. This all happened fairly quick, it went from being a joke genre (disco rap) getting played nowhere to stations all adding songs. The alternative clubs were playing The Egyptian Lover and the Roof is On Fire next to the Cure. I was still playing Grandmaster and Sugarhill gang, but you could not ignore punk band Beastie Boys changing to rap. And soon after NWA dropped Dopeman! Obviously that changed things a bit. Rap was at the time very masculine oriented with a few exceptions (see upcoming volume with all women rappers). Ice T before his TV career was protesting that women were taking his songs as misogynistic and he claimed they weren't. Lots of sexist stuff starting (remember The Alzeby Inn) We got the smooth LL Cool J and one of my favorites of the time Eric B and Rakim. I loved that they sampled Ofra Haza, which most people had no idea about, but that I loved. I didn't include the novelty rap song at the time Roaches, which had a funny video, but was basically Rumors in disguise. Run DMC also changed things by getting Aerosmith on board, which meant mainstream radio and MTV airplay for them and the Beastie Boys.

Rap 3

01 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Gold

02 Timex Social Club - Rumors

03 Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three - The Roof Is On Fire (Club DJ)

04 The Egyptian Lover - The Lover (12- Long Mix)

05 LL Cool J - Going Back To Cali

06 Fat Boys - Sex Machine

07 Boogie Boys - A Fly Girl

08 Ice-T - Sex (Club Mix)

09 Run DMC - Walk This Way

10 Sugarhill Gang - Apache (Jump On It)

11 NWA - Dopeman (Remix)

12 Beastie Boys - She's Crafty

13 Eric B And Rakim - Paid In Full (7 Minutes Of Madness Coldcut Remix)

14 UTFO - S.W.A.T. (Get Down)

15 Audio Two - Top Billin'

16 Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - La Di Da Di