Hey Y'all,

Rap and Hip Hop were born in the 80's and certainly flourished, out of all the acts and collaboration/duets during the formative years, what pairing or grouping was your favorite?

Eric B. and Rakim or Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel...tough choice :rolleyes:

Snoop Dogg and Dr.Dre

I liked Run DMC with Aerosmith singing "Walk This Way"! :thumb: This song really broke down the walls for hip-hop to become more mainstream.

Originally posted by Christine
This song really broke down the walls for hip-hop to become more mainstream.

What a shame. :lol: Although the song was O.K. :p

Originally posted by Ted Nugent
What a shame. :lol: Although the song was O.K. :p

:lol: I agree, Ted. I am definitely not a fan of hip-hop, but I did like the Run-DMC version of the song.

I'll tell you what's a real shame...hearing a Led Zeppelin song (Rock and Roll) played in a car commercial....I hate that...with a passion!:mad:

sorry...didn't mean to get off on a tangent...back to the rap duos.

Originally posted by Christine


:lol: I agree, Ted. I am definitely not a fan of hip-hop, but I did like the Run-DMC version of the song.

Funny...the original version of "Walk This Way" sounds almost the same. Okay, minus the input of RUN D.M.C., it sounds a little bland, but hey... ;)

Anthrax and Public Enemy! Yup, that was a kickass collaboration...and Public Enemy had no chance to mix in their highly annoying loop samples. :lol:

I went with Eric B. & Rakim, they had a great sound and lent it well to artists like Jody Watley in "Friends"! :thumb:

Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel! White Lines is still a Classic!

Doug E Fresh/Slick Rick were a great duo, but then Eric B/Rakim were just as great...very tough question. Honorable mention to the fun duo of Kid & Play in the late 80's. Not quite on the level of the previous two mentioned rap pioneer duos, but good none the less.

If I had to choose, I'd go with Eric B/Rakim though....often imitated, never duplicated :verycool:

I go with Eric B & Rakim but I did like Kid & Play but Run Dmc is the bomb. I think Run Dmc made "walk this way" reach a level higher than other older rock songs sampled.

Eric B & Rakim or Mantronix. I didn't really like a whole lot of Rap back then, but Mantronix always surprised me.

Back in the day Mantronix was the bomb no one could hang!

Also Whoudini !!!! how could we forget. Freaks come out at night!
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