Old School Hip Hop refers to the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music from 1979-1984, characterized by simple rapping styles like battle rap done improvisationally over simple backbeats. Key artists included Afrika Bambaataa, The Sugarhill Gang, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Musical elements included sampling from disco and funk tracks, with scratching pioneered by DJs and further sampling, sequencing and other production techniques developed.

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