The old skool Hip Hop thread.

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Herbie Hancock became a famous jazz artist when he played in Miles Davis' band in the 1960s.
He later scored a surprise instrumental hit, with some rap effects quite common in the disco-influenced hip-hop of the time - scratching, and synthesiser effects...
Herbie Hancock - Rockit (1983)



The title song of Buckshot Lefonque's second album. Because jazz artist Branford Marsalis founded this group, this was called jazz, but this was a rap song...
Buckshot Lefonque – Music evolution (1997)

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Gang Starr – Mass Appeal (1994)


While DJ Premier also produced many tracks for other artists, the rapper of the duo - Guru - also released "solo" albums under the Jazzmatazz banner, in which he collaborated with some of the most popular jazz and R & B artists...

Guru feat. Angie Stone - Keep Your Worries (2000)

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Not Hip Hop BUT I Loved me Some Iseley Bros and Parliament Back in the Day...
Met Rick James Once at a Studio in Pasadena
Looked Like a Black Maria Carey! Hah!














Apologies for T-Boning...

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Not Hip Hop BUT I Loved me Some Iseley Bros and Parliament Back in the Day...

I have no less than 3 "famous" rap songs that were based on the artists you posted...


Hammer had already released 2 albums that sold well but nobody could have expected that "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" would sell more than 17 million copies.
The silly wide pants should have been reason for a flop...
MC Hammer – U can’t touch this (1990)


With a prominent sample of...
Rick James - Super Freak (1981)



While Hammer had some sort of crebibility, Vanilla Ice quickly become the most ridiculed rapper of all time. In part over his stupid comments in interviews. Among others he denied that his big hit sampled "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie.
Vanilla Ice – Ice, ice baby (1990)


Vanilla's first single, a cover of Wild Cherry's song, was a flop...
The version appearing on his multimillion selling first album "To the extreme" has some background noise that sounds like a crowd (giving the impression of a live version).
Vanilla Ice – Play That Funky Music (1990)



The following is maybe best known in the version of the Beatles, which was preceded by the (cover) hit single by the Isley Brothers...
Salt 'N Pepa - Twist and shout (1988)

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Not Hip Hop BUT I Loved me Some Iseley Bros and Parliament Back in the Day...

I have no less than 3 "famous" rap songs that were based on the artists you posted...

And here's a fourth!
Ice Cube actually featured funkmeister George Clinton as a guest for his remake of Funkadelic's "One Nation Under a Groove"...

Ice Cube ft. George Clinton - Bop gun, One nation (1993)

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How Boadicea Got Her Groove Back!
Mammeries....

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For a couple of years in the mid-90's Coolio was one of the most popular rappers.

This was his breakthrough hit...
Coolio - Fantastic voyage (1994)


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Not Hip Hop BUT I Loved me Some Iseley Bros and Parliament Back in the Day...

I have no less than 3 "famous" rap songs that were based on the artists you posted...

To make it a full house, 5 out of 5. Coolio later scored a hit with a remake of Kool & the Gang's same-titled song.
Coolio - Too hot (1995)

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[Warp75]

Not Hip Hop BUT I Loved me Some Iseley Bros and Parliament Back in the Day...
Met Rick James Once at a Studio in Pasadena
Looked Like a Black Maria Carey! Hah!














Apologies for T-Boning...

Can’t go wrong with uncle George & the Isleys