Hubus just posted a cool forum thread: the old school (2007/2008) vs. the new school (2009/2010). I guess technically its mid 2006 to mid 2008 and then from mid 2008 til now to even it up. Go check it here
Double0Negro stepped up to the plate to offer a great selection to get the ball rolling. It’s meant to be 10 emcees, 5 producers, but 12 tracks to an LP sounds right to me, so I’ve included the full 12 that Double0 mentions.
2007/2006 team
Emcees: GHOSAPHAT, MURDOC, GRIPMANE, DUBETTA, DONDADOPEMAN, (daKidStripez) DOTHOLLO, INPHYNIT314, LESBLESD, TRILOGY, HUBUS, PRESTO, STORMIN NORM, HUBUS
Producers: WATKINZ, BEATHICULARHOMICIDE, FRIDAY, DAUNDABOSS, KRISTI KRISIS (thanks man!)
2009/2010 team
Emcees: LogictheDA, SEVEER, CHUCKIE1, MOUF, GIBZ 6. JOEALIAS, PBeezy, MESSO, MONTANA25, CHEESEBURGLAR
Producers: NEEDLES, TWO_AS, POWER_SOL, CHEESEBURGLAR, ZENE
I’m going to suggest a list, but it’s not a case of who is best, it is who would work best as a team. I mean, for example, Sean Price and Mos Def are better emcees than a lot of the Wu Tang, but you’d never change the Wu, would you? (ah shit, that’s a whole new conversation… another time…). So My list is more like – if there was a double CD, with people from the start of DT to mid 2008, and
Old School 2007/2008
Emcees: Spitfire, Murdoc, Trilogy, Hemanifezt, Saphyah, Norm, Don Dopeman, daKidStripz (mDotHollo), Rounds, JusListen, Casino Price
Producers: Beathic, Biggs, Realstyles, Friday, Watkinz (in all honesty, I would put myself, but that’s not gentlemanly)
New School 2009/2008
Emcees: Messo, Corinna, Seveer/HazedCloset, Keyboflow, Lokwan, LogicTheDA, MOUF, Eratik, Hubus, Jacino, Messo, Frost (King of da West, Joe Alias, Wiseguy, hazmat, BBH as an emcee for sure and Presto as guests)
Producers: Sickle, Power Sol (how good is that dude?!), James Cole, Duck alert, Needles (Mozart Jones/ DNG or Harlequin D or DJdee if Sickle/DA have to go to Old School Team)
I’ll admit that a lot of my new school could easily be old school, but that’s partly because they were better more recently (KB, Sickle), and if I’m honest, I kinda missed a lot of good people, so I trust Double0 for the new team. But a lot of old school (tril, norm) are still here and would still get on a new school joint.
There are a few I thought about long and hard and didn’t include: Inphynit314 is amazing but he works best in his own environment, g hosa was top 3 ever, but he don’t fit my LP, and Double, even though he makes DT classic tracks. JusListen will confuse a few people, but check out the KKRUNCH tapes (#2 and #3) and you’ll see. You gotta have a few Ol’ Dirty types and I got Hemanifezt. Actually remember Big Bad Wolf? I might swap someone for him for that ODB role. Oh, Hannibal Jester. Or Drinkinstein. F*ck.
On production, Motion was one of my best ever, but he goes independent. Hell, Aechdot, Fricasee too and I’d put Saphyah and Casino both in on production, so I’m getting ore for my money with them two. This is hard. OK, Drink, Wolf, Heman, Double0, inphynit, LeoB and HJ, and eternal chronicle on a separate CD, produced by me, Fricasee, Aechdot, Watkinz and Motion. OK?
But who would win when it comes to new school and old school? My head says old school, but right now I would be more excited to hear that new school compilation, so I’d have to go with that. However, if you judge it on record/CD sales, Old School would win, because they have that special class and you’d put JC Pretty on the cover to sell muchas units!
So, what’s your list? And who would win?
Peace y’all.
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