Can anyone recommend any old school hip hop groups?

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I'm looking for music which is old school hip-hop a bit like beastie boys but more street (if you like) and less commercial. It doesn't necessarily have to have rapping or vocals in it.

Thanks in advance!

not Stidge again · Accepted Answer

A Tribe Called Quest
Gang Starr
De La Soul
Run DMC
BDP
Public Enemy

Anonymous · Answer

De La Soul
A Tribe Called Quest
Run DMC
Das EFX
Wu-Tang Clan (still going strong)
Boogie Down Productions
N.W.A
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5
Kool Herc & the Herculoids
The Sugarhill Gang
Children of the Corn
Junior M.A.F.I.A.
Cypress Hill
South Central Cartel
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (still goin strong)
Eric B & Rakim
Gang Starr
Ultramagnetic MCs
Compton's Most Wanted
Mobb Deep
The Firm
Naughty By Nature
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Geto Boys
Public Enemy
U.G.K. (been going for a long time)

♥BMore Chick♥Tiki&#39;s are HOT♥ · Answer

De La Soul
Jungle Brothers
A tribe called Qwest
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 
Run Dmc

Mechanical · Answer

Kool G Rap and DJ Polo
Eric B and Rakim
Boogie Down Productions
N.W.A.
Main Source
Three Times Dope

EDIT: According to your additional detail I think your best bet would be Kool G Rap and DJ Polo

Elle Jay C · Answer

Nomad, C & C Music Factory, Inner City, Bomb The Bass, Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam. These are all good

Anonymous · Answer

The Roots?

Anonymous · Answer

Jurassic 5
A tribe called quest
Run DMC

Crazy Diamond · Answer

Don't remember any of the artists but I used to collect the electro tapes.  As in cassette tapes or LP's

Anonymous · Answer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQUclg7Kjtw&feature=related

The other Electro albumns are in the box on the right.

Loved listening to these back in the 80's

Hemsley Boy · Answer

NWA

they old school group

they still around too but they split and do their own stuff!

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