Here I'll list sources of info for early rappers: Child pages (Children Display)
Related websites
- Metal In Theory ← You can use this to get ideas for how to analyze rap songs.
Early rappers
Hop hop music - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music
List of hip hop albums considered to be influential - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hi ... nfluential (I used this list to start this page)
- Biggie lists a bunch of influences in "Juicy" - http://rapgenius.com/The-notorious-big-juicy-lyrics
- Brucey B
- Funkmaster Flex
- Heavy D (albums in 87/89/91)
- Kid Capri
- Lovebug Starski
- Rappin Duke
- Ron G
- Salt-n-Pepa
Books
- The Rap Year Book
- A list of the songs they cover: