Old School Rap, Vol. 3
Thump Records - Thump Records
Various Artists
Release date: 1996-12-03
Audio CD
80's, Club/Dance, East Coast Rap, Electro, Gangsta Rap, Golden Age, Hardcore Rap, Hip-Hop, Old-School Rap, Pop, Pop-Rap, Rap, Rap & Hip-Hop, Rap, Hip-Hop, Rap/Hip Hop Collections, West Coast Rap
1. Grandmaster Flash Intro - Grandmaster Flash
2. Tonite - DJ Quik
3. My Melody - Eric B & Rakim
4. Go See The Doctor - Kool Moe Dee
5. Vapors - Biz Markie
6. La Di Da Di - Doug E. Fresh
7. I Got It Made - Special Ed
8. Killers - Ice-T
9. Cinderfella - Dana Dane
10. My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions
11. Grandmaster Flash Break - Grandmaster Flash
12. Ain't No Half Steppin' - Big Daddy Kane
13. Request Line - Rock Master Scott
14. Have A Nice Day - Roxanne Shante
15. Tonight (Reprise) - DJ Quik
16. Bust A Move - Young MC
17. Wild Thing - Tone Loc
18. Grandmaster Flash Outro - Grandmaster Flash
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Old School Rap, Vol. 3
Date undefinedUnlike the rest of the Old School Rap series, which presents these classic, must have hip hop cuts in their full glory, Vol. 3 ruins them by slicing and dicing them into truncated versions. Some genius decided that simply presenting these immortal songs in their entirety wasn't good enough, and they hired the legendary Grandmaster Flash to chop them up and present them mix tape style. You only get the middle of La-Di-Da-Di, for example. The intro and the last verse are missing. On top of that, the CD is only about 40 minutes or so instead of the usual 60-70 minute length utilized in the rest of the series. The one major benefit of authentic mixtapes (or CDs) is that they're much longer than official releases and can present up to 90 truncated songs. Not so here. You get all of the detriments of the format with none of the benefits. A word to the brilliant mind that envisioned this atrocity: When I want a mixtape (or CD) I'll hit up the bootleggin' brotha on the corner. When I'm buying an official release on amazon or from some other major retailer, I expect to get the full length cuts.
Old School Rap, Vol. 3
Date undefinedhanding the mixing duties to grandmaster flash was a perfect idea -- each of these tracks were well chosen, and he handles the mixing duties perfectly.
the other folks that have gone on about the mixes trimming the tracks down miss the point of this disc -- it's a dj mix, not a compilation. he does a great job of mixing these tracks as they would have been during the time of their release... it's not crazy remixed a la the skratch piklz, but rather a simple 2 turntable mix that lets the vocals breathe.
listening to this makes me feel like i just found an old c60 from back in the day.
Old School Rap, Vol. 3
Date undefinedI am very disappointed in the prior Amazon reviews which gave this album poor ratings. I found the album to be a great compilation of old school rap. I consider myself to be an old school fan with knowledge in the field, and of all the music I have listened to this album is a perfect assembly of the greatest jams from the eighties. Grandmaster Flash's mixes are flawless; he combines the beats in perfect proportion. I give it 5 stars and two thumbs up!
