XM Radio - Old School Station?

[Milkman]

I remember one time I was traveling, and rented a car with Sirius Satellite Radio, and they had an Old School station which I LOVED!!! I was wondering if XM had something similar to this.

Not OLDIES btw, but Old School... :)

[MikeW]

Soul Street and The Groove are good options...

[Milkman]

hmmm Not what I was looking for.... :(

Any other suggestions?

[Greg Alsobrook]

List a few songs that you would consider "old school"....

[Milkman]

Well admittedly, I haven't been to a club in a few years, but I would expect like something you would hear on a rap radio station playing a old school jam, or perhaps songs at a club

Here are some songs I can think of:

Rob Base - It takes two
Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
C&C Music Factory - Everybody Dance Now
House of Pain - Jump Around
Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina
2 Live Crew songs
Run DMC songs

Those are some examples of both.

2 Live Crew songs

[Greg Alsobrook]

k.. that's what I thought you meant... just making sure...

there really isn't a dedicated old school station... your best bet is probably 90's on 9... but you may also hear a few of those scattered about on 21 (kiss), 22 (mix), or 25 (the blend) as well...

[Milkman]

That makes me sad... :(

Well maybe with the Sirius / XM merger, I will eventually get it. That is, if it even still exists on Sirius, since it has been a few years since I rented that car. :)

[JonSamuels]

That makes me sad... :(

Well maybe with the Sirius / XM merger, I will eventually get it. That is, if it even still exists on Sirius, since it has been a few years since I rented that car. :)

It does still exist on Sirius on channel 43 (Backspin).

[Buster1022]

Also try 65 The Rhyme

[TimGoodwin]

65 the rhyme is your best option. Can't remember what Direcrtv station number it is.

[mjones73]

Backspin 43 with Kurtis Blow, Dana Dane, Lady B, The Awesome 2, and Kool DJ Red Alert as the DJs, it's high up on my presets. Did I mention I was a child of the 80's?

[JClore1950]

Well admittedly, I haven't been to a club in a few years, but I would expect like something you would hear on a rap radio station playing a old school jam, or perhaps songs at a club

Here are some songs I can think of:

Rob Base - It takes two
Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
C&C Music Factory - Everybody Dance Now
House of Pain - Jump Around
Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina
2 Live Crew songs
Run DMC songs

Those are some examples of both.

2 Live Crew songs

Those songs are "old school"?!??!?! :)

[machavez00]

Soul Street (http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=60) (60)is classic R&B, The Groove (http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=64)(64) is old skool R&B, and the Rhyme (http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=65)(65-XL) is old skool hip hop

[mjones73]

I'd consider most of those to be old school hip hop.

[Redlinetire]

Those songs are "old school"?!??!?! :)

I hear you. I thought he meant Bobby Darrin.... :lol:

[mcbeevee]

Rob Base - It takes two
Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina

I've heard these 2 songs on the 80's channel.

:)

[YKW06]

Rob Base - Not played on any XM channel available on D* (on the playlists at XM21 and XM24, but both are Clear Channel stations to which XM has no redistribution rights)

Beastie Boys - They're everywhere on XM. Limiting a search to just "Paul Revere", I show the cut on recent playlists for The Rhyme (845), Raw (846) and 80s on 8 (805).

C&C Music Factory - Heard fairly regularly (but pretty much exclusively) on 90s on 9 (806).

House of Pain - Staple at Lucy (838), The Rhyme (845) and 90s on 9 (806).

Tone Loc - The Rhyme (845) and 80s on 8 (805).

2 Live Crew - Strictly The Rhyme (845).

Run DMC - Shockingly, aside from their holiday songs, it's been nearly a year since a regular XM station other than 80s on 8 (805) laid down a DMC track.

[Rob-NovA]

Rob Base - Not played on any XM channel available on D* (on the playlists at XM21 and XM24, but both are Clear Channel stations to which XM has no redistribution rights)

Beastie Boys - They're everywhere on XM. Limiting a search to just "Paul Revere", I show the cut on recent playlists for The Rhyme (845), Raw (846) and 80s on 8 (805).

C&C Music Factory - Heard fairly regularly (but pretty much exclusively) on 90s on 9 (806).

House of Pain - Staple at Lucy (838), The Rhyme (845) and 90s on 9 (806).

Tone Loc - The Rhyme (845) and 80s on 8 (805).

2 Live Crew - Strictly The Rhyme (845).

Run DMC - Shockingly, aside from their holiday songs, it's been nearly a year since a regular XM station other than 80s on 8 (805) laid down a DMC track.

Rob Base gets played a fair amount on the 80s on 8 channel, although it's pretty much just "Joy and Pain" and "It Takes Two". I heard him just the other day.

I like the Rhyme, but only when it plays the older East Coast rap. Don't much care for the West Coast/gangsta movement. There used to be an Old School channel on the old MusicChoice on D*, but even that was only part time. That station was nearly perfect, at least for my tastes.

And, YKW06 is absolutely right, I rarely hear any RunDMC, and that's a crying shame. If it weren't for Run, there would be nobody else...

[YKW06]

Rob Base gets played a fair amount on the 80s on 8 channel, although it's pretty much just "Joy and Pain" and "It Takes Two". I heard him just the other day.

Yeah... I had searched for Rob Base as a solo rather than "Rob Base & D.j. EZ". Amend that to The Rhyme (845), 80s on 8 (805) and The Groove (844), with occasional play on BPM (859).