I love the oldies. I'm talking about the Motown, the soul era, jazz works, the funks, James Brown, etc. Mostly because it is so pivotal to the foundation of hip hop. If you don't appreciate older music, you're missing out on a huge part of what makes hip hop so great IMO. Hip hop at its finest is modern soul and funk mashed together with raw attitude.
Art is a progression. And as a friend of mine JohnBronski said, "each one teach one." The elders lay the foundation, the youth learn and take it to the next level, and so on. If you don't appreciate the foundations, how are you going to make anything worthwhile? Same thing applies to movies.
Since I've been listening to Nas's "Take It in Blood" on the regular, I present the original tune by the Fantastic Four:
Fantastic Four - Mixed up Moods & Attitudes (Take it In Blood sample source)
That brings me to Ghostface. One of the most soulful rappers in the game. First of all, Supreme Clientele has to be one of the greatest rap albums ever made. Maybe not top 20 in the grand scheme of things (although it's in my top 20) but still, it's a landmark album. All the songs on there are incredible (terrible skits, though. except for the "Who would you f*ck" skit. lmao).
But one of the tunes that's really close to my heart has to be "Child's Play". One of those hip hop records you can just rock side to side with.
Never mind the sound quality, but I'd love to see this joint live:
Ghostface - Child's Play (Live)
But without George Jackson, that whole record wouldn't exist.
George Jackson - Aretha, Sing One for Me (Child's Play sample source)
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