1. Old School Hip Hop

2. History
• Earliest commercially recorded hip hop music
• 1979-1984
• End in 1984 due to a change in rapping
techniques and accompanying musical
rhythms.

3. • Afrika Bambaataa
• The Sugarhill Gang
• Spoonie Gee
• Slick Rick
• Run-D.M.C.
• The Fat Boys
• Kool Kyle
• Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Artists

4. Musical Features
• Simple rapping
• Battle rap
• “Coming off the top of the head”
• Simple Backbeat

5. Music Tech Features
• Old school hip hop would
often sample disco and funk
tracks
• Scratching was pioneered by
Grand Wizard Theodore in 1977
and the technique was further developed by other
prominent DJs such as Grandmaster Flash
• Production Techniques :
Compression, EQ, Reverb, Sequencing, Sampling, Drum
Machines

6. Examples
• Fat Boys
• Run DMC
• Sugarhill Gang
Examples