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Old-school hip-hop

Old-school hip-hop, stylized as old school (originally known as disco-rap) is the earliest commercially recorded hip-hop music and the original style of the genre. It typically refers to the music created around 1973 to 1983, as well as any hip-hop that does not adhere to contemporary styles.

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Cultural origins
Early 1970s, The Bronx, New York City, U.S
Other names
Disco-rap (early) · old skool
Stylistic origins
Poetry · jazz · funk · soul · disco

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Old-school hip-hop

Nodes85
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Triples27
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Old-school hip-hop

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Stylistic origins · 8
Old-school hip-hop → disco, funk, jazz, Poetry, rhythm & blues, soul, toasting, underground
related to Musical characteristics and themes · 8
Old-school hip-hop → Artists, How, Immortal Technique, In, Melle Mel, Much, Old-school, Rap
related to history · 4
Old-school hip-hop → Here Comes, Judge, Old-school, Pigmeat Markham
Other names · 2
Old-school hip-hop → Disco-rap (early), old skool
Cultural origins · 1
Old-school hip-hop → Early 1970s, The Bronx, New York City, U.S

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hip-hop old-school rap songs like rapping music disco also kool one moe dee flash 1970s freestyle rock part popular years

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Old-school hip-hopCultural originsEarly 1970s, The Bronx, New York City, U.S1.00infobox
Old-school hip-hopOther namesDisco-rap (early)1.00infobox
Old-school hip-hopOther namesold skool1.00infobox
Old-school hip-hopStylistic originsPoetry1.00infobox
Old-school hip-hopStylistic originsjazz1.00infobox
Old-school hip-hopStylistic originsfunk1.00infobox
Old-school hip-hopStylistic originssoul1.00infobox
Old-school hip-hopStylistic originsdisco1.00infobox
Old-school hip-hopStylistic originsrhythm & blues1.00infobox
Old-school hip-hopStylistic originstoasting1.00infobox
Old-school hip-hopStylistic originsunderground1.00infobox
Melle Mel would use few syllables per bar of musicinstance ofArtists0.80text

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