Old School Hip Hop Studio Recordings
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Compilations are listed at the bottom
Individual Artists (artist – album – label)
- Afrika Bambaataa – Looking For the Perfect Beat 1980-1985 – Tommy Boy
- Boogie Boys – City Life – Capitol
- Boogie Boys – Survival of the Freshest – Capitol
- Boogie Boys – Romeo Knight – Capitol
- Boogie Boys – Rap Attack – CEMA
- Busy Bee – Thank God for Busy Bee – Pandisc
- Busy Bee – Running Thangs – Uni
- Captain Rock – To The Future Shock – Ol’ Skool Flava
- Cold Crush Brothers – Fresh, Wild, Fly and Bold – Ol Skool Flava
- Cold Crush Brothers – Live in ’82 – Tuff City
- Cold Crush Brothers & The Fantastic 5 – Live MC Battle From Harlem World 1981 – Slammin’
- Crash Crew – We Are Known As Emcees – Sequel
- Davy DMX – F-F-F-Fresh – Ol’Skool Flava
- Die Hard (Melle Mel group) – On Lock – Ignite
- DJ Hollywood – Rarities – Ol’Skool Flava
- DJ Hollywood – Hollywood’s World
- Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew – Oh My God! – Reality
- Doug E Fresh – The World’s Greatest Entertainer – Reality
- Doug E Fresh – Doin’ What I Gotta Do – Bust It
- Doug E Fresh – Play – Gee Street
- Doug E Fresh – Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 – Bust It
- Duke Bootee – Bust Me Out – Mercury
- Fat Boys – Fat Boys – Sutra
- Fat Boys – The Fat Boys Are Back – Sutra
- Fat Boys – Big and Beautiful – Sutra
- Fat Boys – Crushin’ – Sutra
- Fat Boys – The Best of the Fat Boys: All Meat, No Filler! – Rhino
- Fat Boys – Comin Back Hard Again – Tin Pan Apple
- Fat Boys – On and On – Tin Pan Apple
- Fat Boys – Mack Daddy – Emperor
- Fat Boys – The Best of the Fat Boys – Uncle Louie Music Group
- Force MD’s – For Lovers & Others: Greatest Hits
- Funky 4 + 1 – That’s the Joint – Sequel
- Grandmaster Caz – The Grandest of them All – Tuff City
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – Adventures on the Wheels of Steel (Box Set) – Sequel
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – Da Bop Boom Bang – Elektra
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – Message from Beat Street: The Best of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – Rhino
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash… More of the Best – Rhino
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – The Message – Sugar Hill
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – The Source – Elektra
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – They Said It Couldn’t Be Done – Elektra
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – On the Strength – Elektra
- Grandmaster Flash – The Official Adventures of Grandmaster Flash – Strut
- Grandmaster Flash – Essential Mix: Classic Edition – ffrr
- Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five – The Greatest Hits – Sequel
- Herbie Hancock – Future Shock – Columbia
- Jazzy Jay – Cold Chillin in the Studio – UNI
- Kool Moe Dee – Kool Moe Dee – Jive
- Kool Moe Dee – How Ya Like Me Now – Jive
- Kool Moe Dee – Knowledge is King – Jive
- Kool Moe Dee – Funke Funke Wisdom – Jive
- Kool Moe Dee – Interlude – WRAP
- Kool Moe Dee – Greatest Hits – Jive
- Kool Moe Dee – The Jive Collection Series Vol. 2 – Jive
- Kurtis Blow – Kurtis Blow – Mercury
- Kurtis Blow – The Breaks – Mercury
- Kurtis Blow – Deuce – Mercury
- Kurtis Blow – Tough – Mercury
- Kurtis Blow – Party Time? (EP) – Mercury
- Kurtis Blow – Ego Trip – Mercury
- Kurtis Blow – Rapper in Town – Mercury
- Kurtis Blow – America – Mercury
- Kurtis Blow – Kingdom Blow – Mercury
- Kurtis Blow – Back By Popular Demand – Mercury
- Kurtis Blow – The Best of Kurtis Blow – Mercury
- Mantronix – Mantronix: The Album – Sleeping Bag
- Newcleus – Jam on Revenge – Sunnyview
- Newcleus – Jam on This! The Best of Newcleus – Rhino
- Newcleus – Space is the Place – Sunnyview
- Red Alert – We Can Do This – Next Plataeu
- Red Alert – Let’s Make It Happen III – Next Plataeu
- Red Alert – Kool DJ Red Alert Presents – Next Plataeu
- Red Alert – Beats, Rhymes & Battles, Vol. 1 – Relativity
- Roxanne Shante – Greatest Hits – Cold Chillin’
- Roxanne Shante – Bad Sister – Cold Chillin
- Roxanne Shante and Sparky D – Round One – Spin
- Run DMC – Run DMC – Profile
- Run DMC – King of Rock – Profile
- Run DMC – Raising Hell – Profile
- Run DMC – Tougher Than Leather – Profile
- Run DMC – Back From Hell – Profile
- Run DMC – Down with the King – Profile
- Run DMC – Together Forever: Greatest Hits 1983-1991 – Profile
- Run DMC – Crown Royal – Arista
- Run DMC – Greatest Hits – Arista
- The Sequence – Sugar Hill Presents The Sequence – Sugar Hill
- The Sequence – The Best of Sequence – Deep Beats
- Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick – Def Jam
- Sparky D – This is Sparky D’s World – B Boy
- Spoonie Gee – The Godfather of Rap – Tuff City
- Sugarhill Gang – Sugarhill Gang – Sugar Hill
- Sugarhill Gang – Jump on It – Rhino
- Sugarhill Gang – The Best of Sugarhill Gang: Rapper’s Delight – Rhino
- Sugarhill Gang & Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – The Showdown: The Sugarhill Gang vs. Grandmaster Flash and TheFurious Five – Rhino
- T La Rock – Lyrical King – Fresh
- Treacherous Three – Old School Flava – EasyLee
- Treacherous Three – Treacherous Three – Sugar Hill
- Treacherous Three – Turn It Up – Sequel
- Two Sisters – Two Sisters
- UTFO – UTFO – Select
- UTFO – Skeezer Pleezer – Select
- UTFO – Lethal – Select
- UTFO – Doin’ It – Select
- UTFO – Bag It and Bone It – Jive
- UTFO – The Best of UTFO – Select
- Whodini – Whodini – Jive
- Whodini – Escape – Jive
- Whodini – Back in Black – Jive
- Whodini – Open Sesame – Jive
- Whodini – Bag-A-Trix – MCA
- Whodini – Six – So So
- Whodini – Greatest Hits – Jive
- Whodini – The Jive Collection Series Vol. 1 – Jive
OLD SCHOOL COMPILATIONS (album – label)
- Back in The Day – BGP
- Back in The Day: The Birth of Rap – LaserLight
- Back to the Old School – Republic Records/Rough Trade
- The Best of Enjoy! Records – Enjoy!
- The Best of Sugar Hill Records – Rhino
- Breakdance: Return of the B-Boy – ColdFront
- Breakin’ (Soundtrack) – Mercury
- Celluloid Records: Roots of Rap The 12 Inch Singles Volume 1 – Celluloid
- egotrip’s The Big Playback – Rawkus
- The Enjoy! Story – Street Sounds/Dance Music LTD
- Fat Beats & Brastraps: Women of Hip-Hop- Battle Rhymes & Posse Cuts – Rhino
- Fat Beats & Brastraps: Women of Hip-Hop- Classics – Rhino
- First Generation Rap: The Old School Vol. 1 – Collectables
- First Generation Rap: The Old School Vol. 2 – Collectables
- First Generation Rap: The Old School Vol. 3 – Collectables
- First Generation Rap: The Old School Vol. 4 – Collectables
- Fresh (Soundtrack) – Loud
- Harlem World (The Sound Of The Big Apple Rappin) – Heroes & Villians
- Hip Hop Back in the Day – Priority
- Hip Hop Greats: Classic Raps – Rhino
- Hip Hop Heritage Vol. One – Jive
- In Tha Beginning…there was rap- Tha Originals – Priority
- Krush Groove (Soundtrack) – Warner Bros.
- Kurtis Blow Presents The History of Rap Vol. 1 – Rhino
- Kurtis Blow Presents The History of Rap Vol. 2 – Rhino
- Kurtis Blow Presents The History of Rap Vol. 3 – Rhino
- Marley Marl’s House of Hits – Cold Chillin
- MTV Presents: Hip Hop Back in The Day – Priority
- Old School Rap Volume 1 – Uni
- Old School Rap Volume 2 – Uni
- Old School Rap Volume 3 – Uni
- Pop Art Records Hip Hop Classic ‘World Premiere’ Vol.1 – Pop Art
- Raiders of the Lost Art – Street Life
- Rap 1 – Profile
- Rap 2 – Profile
- Rap Archives Vol 1 – Sounds of Urban London Records International
- Rapmasters Vol 10: Scratchin’ – Priority
- Rappin (Soundtrack) – Atlantic
- Sleeping Bag Records Greatest Rap Hits – Warlock
- Still The Joint – Sequel
- Street Jams: Electric Funk- Part 1 – Rhino
- Street Jams: Electric Funk- Part 2 – Rhino
- Street Jams: Electric Funk- Part 3 – Rhino
- Street Jams: Electric Funk- Part 4 – Rhino
- Street Jams: Electric Funk [BOX SET] – Rhino
- Street Jams: Hip Hop From the Top- Part 1 – Rhino
- Street Jams: Hip Hop From the Top- Part 2 – Rhino
- Street Jams: Hip Hop From the Top- Part 3 – Rhino
- Street Jams: Hip Hop From the Top- Part 4 – Rhino
- Street Jams: Hip Hop From the Top [BOX SET] – Rhino
- The Sugar Hill Records Story [BOX SET] – Rhino
- Tommy Boys Greatest Beats – Tommy Boy
- True School: Lyrical Lessons from the Rap Legends Vol. 1 – K-tel
- True School: Lyrical Lessons from the Rap Legends Vol. 2 – K-tel
- True School: Lyrical Lessons from the Rap Legends Vol. 3 – K-tel
- Vinyl Exams – Sony
- When Hip Hop Was An Art…Volume 1: The Legends – White Label
- Wild Style (Soundtrack) – Rhino