What do you miss about old school hip hop music and why?

@tostadosunidos there's the starter list. Some of you might dig. Some of it you won't but I love lot's of different kinds of music.  I'm deep into jazz, blues and r&b. Lightnin Hopkins is something I grew up on.  Riding with my Grandpa in the Cadillac listening to a Lightnin Hopkins on a blues 8 track tape in his car on our way to get a chopped beef sandwich Sonny Bryan's Bar B Q. 

No. 5,7,10,17 good choices, the others are unfamiliar but prolly good too. 

Whoa, that's a lot of tracks, thanks.  I'll jump in ASAP.

@tostadosunidos what do you think?

calvinj, at first I was wishing you had listed fewer tracks but now I'm glad you went beyond three. I've listened to the first five. Didn't care for the first one much at all.  Second one (if I have this right) had an interesting backing but it sounded like a loop which I didn't care for (reminded me of Philip Glass, not in a good way).  Jay Z was way more interesting, getting more in the direction I was hoping to go.  Will have to give that more listens to see if it really grabs me or not.  But #4 and #5 had me grooving, esp. Will Smith.  That must have been a big hit but somehow it was under my radar whenever it was released.  Summertime has some great stuff going on and it a great groove, looking forward to giving it another spin.  Definitely want to hear Doug E. again, too.  Unfortunately it's been a busy week but I did get the one session two nights ago.  Listened to each of the first five all the way through, one time, undistracted, with decent phones (AKG 701Q through a tube amp).  More later, and thanks again.