old school

A

• afrika bambaataa

B

• busy bee starski

C

• the cold crush brothers

D

• dj kool herc
• doug e. fresh

F

• fab five freddy
• funky four plus one

G

• grandmaster caz
• grandmaster flash, 1970
  • the message 1982
  • greatest messages 1984
  • they said it couldn't be done 1985
  • the source 1986
  • ba-dop-boom-bang 1987
  • on the strength 1988
  • salsoul jam 2000 1997
  • flash is back 1998
  • the official adventures of grandmaster flash 2002
  • the bridge - concept of a culture 2009

J

• jay-z, 1995
  • reasonable doubt 1996
  • in my lifetime, vol. 1 1997
  • vol. 2... hard knock life 1998
  • vol. 3... life and times of s. carter 1999
  • the dynasty: roc la familia 2000
  • the blueprint 2002
  • the blueprint 2: the gift & the curse 2002
  • the black album 2003
  • kingdom come 2006
  • american gangster 2007
  • the blueprint 3 2009
  • magna carta... holy grail 2013
  • 4:44 — 2017 ↺
    • kill jay-z, the story of o.j., 4:44, family feud, marcy me
  • the best of both worlds (with r. kelly) 2002
  • unfinished business (with r. kelly) 2004
  • collision course (with linkin park) 2004
  • watch the throne (with kanye west) — 2011 ↺
    • ni**as in paris, lift off (ft. beyoncé),
  • everything is love (with beyoncé) — 2018 ★↺
    • apeshit, boss, friends, heard about us, black effect
• jazzy jay

K

• kool moe dee
• kurtis blow

L

• lovebug starski

M

• melle mel

R

• rock steady crew

S

• spoonie gee
• super-wolf
• t-ski valley
• the sequence
• the sugarhill gang

T

• treacherous three

W

• warp 9
• west street mob

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golden age

B

• beastie boys
• big daddy kane
• biz markie

D

• de la soul
• dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince

E

• epmd
• eric b. & rakim

F

• the fat boys

G

• geto boys

I

• ice-t

J

• the jungle brothers

K

• krs-one

L

• ll cool j

M

• mc hammer

N

• n.w.a

P

• public enemy

Q

• queen latifah

R

• run–d.m.c.

S

• salt-n-pepa
• schoolly d
• slick rick

T

• a tribe called quest
• tupac (2pac), 1989
  • 2pacalypse now 1991
  • strictly 4 my n.i.g.g.a.z... 1993
  • thug life: volume 1 with thug life 1994
  • me against the world 1995
  • all eyez on me — 1996
    • all about us, skandalouz, got my mind made up, 2 of amerikaz most wanted, no more pain, life goes on, only god can judge me, tradin war stories, holla at me, picture me rollin, check out time, all eyez on me, heaven ain't hard 2 find
  • the don killuminati: the 7 day theory 1996
  • r u still down? remember me 1997
  • still i rise with outlawz 1999
  • until the end of time 2001
  • better dayz 2002
  • loyal to the game 2004
  • pac's life 2006

U

• ultramagnetic mc's

V

• vanilla ice