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Old school hip hop, Old School Remixes describes the earliest commercially recorded old school hip hop music, Old School Remixes (1979–1984), and often by extension the music in the period preceding it. The image, styles and sounds of the Old School Remixes were exemplified by figures like the Fat Boys, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, The Treacherous Three, Funky Four Plus One, Fab 5 Freddy and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. This Old School Remixes style was later sent into decline with the advent of new school acts Run-D.M.C. and LL Cool J, with these latter acts now themselves often considered Old School Remixes as we move further away in time from their initial impact. Old School Remixes.
Old school hip hop music, Old School Remixes began in the early 1970s in New York City with the advent of breakbeat DJing. Kool DJ Herc, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa and other DJs extended the breaks (short percussion interludes) of funk records. Old School Remixes use of extended percussion breaks led to the development of mixing and scratching techniques. As old school hip hop's, Old School Remixes popularity grew, performers began speaking while the music played, and became known as MCs or emcees. Melle Mel, a rapper in the group Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five was the first to call himself "MC". Old school performers often emceed for hours at a time, with some improvisation and a simple four-count beat and basic chorus. MCs grew more varied in their vocal and rhythmic approach, incorporating brief rhymes, often with a theme. These early old school raps, Old School Remixes had precursors and parallels in other aspects of African American culture, such as the dozens and signifying. During this early stage were prominent rap groups such as Funky Four Plus One, who performed "That's the Joint" on Saturday Night Live in 1981.
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Old school hip hop, Old School Remixes would often sample disco and funk tracks such as "Good Times" by Chic. However the use of funk samples went into a decline from 1983 onwards. A live band was often used, as in the case of The Sugarhill Gang. The use of extended percussion breaks led to the development of mixing and scratching techniques. Scratching was pioneered by Grand Wizard Theodore in 1977, and the technique was further developed by other prominent DJs such as Grandmaster Flash. One example includes Grandmaster Flash's "Adventures on the Wheels of Steel", which was composed entirely from sampled tracks. However very few tracks contained significant scratching techniques prior to 1981. In contrast with the later rhymes of new school hip hop, old school rap was relatively simple in its rhythms and cadences. Old School Remixes.
Old school rap, Old School Remixes was often focused on good times, parties and friendship. An exception was the socially orientated song "The Message", which was written by Melle Mel for his hip hop group, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. The popularity of "The Message" led conscious rap to gain a place in the hip hop canon. Old School Remixes.
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