Further Listening

From compilations, to playlists and websites with a selection of proto rap music and rap tracks before rap music became mainstream.

Compilations

• Ancestors Of Rap (A Collection Of Highly Underrated Prototype Rap Songs)
• Early Rappers: Hipper Than Hop - The Ancestors Of Rap
• Hip Hop Roots
• Old School Rap - The Roots Of Rap  
• Roots Of Hip Hop 
• Roots Of Hip Hop (Music Guide Vol.2)  
• Soul Of A Nation (Afro-Centric Visions In The Age of Black Power: Underground Jazz, Street Funk & The Roots Of Rap 1968-79)
• Soul Of A Nation 2 (Jazz Is The Teacher Funk Is The Preacher: Afro-Centric Jazz, Street Funk And The Roots Of Rap In The Black Power Era 1969-75) 
• Waxin' Lyrical Part.One (The History Of Rap From The Lyrical Masters Of The Late 60's To The Early 80's)

Playlists

• Roots of recorded Rap 1920-1972
• Roots of recorded Rap 1972-1979
• Spotify: The Roots of Rap
• You Tube: Proto-rap (rap before hiphop)

Websites

• History of Rap 
• Soul Music Songs: History of Rap