Who has the better family tree? RED ALERT or MARLEY MARL?

[get these nets]

Kool DJ Red Alert

Boogie Down Productions
Jungle Brothers
Chris Lighty
De La Soul
A Tribe Called Quest
Monie Love
(Native Tongues)
DJ Mark the 45 King
Queen Latifah
The Flavor Unit
Soul II Soul



DJ MARLEY MARL

Roxanne Shante
MC Shan
Biz Markie
Big Daddy Kane
Kool G Rap
Craig G
Master Ace
Tragedy/Khadafi
(Juice Crew)
Pete Rock
Lords of the Underground

 

[SoulController]

good one. i'll go with Marley but when you see the names on the screen you have to think twice

 

[Mr. Negative]

marley.

 

[Sweet Pea]

Dang I’m a have to go with Red Alert. The Native Tongues were so impactful and different. And Lighty was involved with some great artists

 

[Mr. Negative]

who would be the GOATs when it comes to this premise? ( outside of smart dumb nikkas saying shyt like Kool Herc/Grandmaster Flash or any equal smart dumb nikka answer)


But really.... Dr Dre? Fat Joe?

 

[Yehuda]

Marley Marl.

 

[get these nets]

@Newark88

 

[NYSTATEOFMIND]

I'm from the Bronx and I'm going with Marley

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

That's like only half of Red Alerts Tree if we're being honest but the names Kane, G Rap, and Tragedy hold a lot of weight.

 

[get these nets]

That's like only half of Red Alerts Tree if we're being honest but the names Kane, G Rap, and Tragedy hold a lot of weight.

Which notable artists/figures did I leave out for Red?

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

Which notable artists/figures did I leave out for Red?

There's a lot of classic hip hop songs by artist/groups that didn't pan out in the long run that Red Alert was behind. The dismasters small time hustler was produced by Red and is a classic but it was there only hit. There's a lot of artist like that Red had a hand in. Funkmaster Flex came up under Chuck Chillout but Red Alert was the first person to give him a shot to hold down a radio slot and alley-ooped him the job at Hot 97 that they originally wanted Red for. The same spot that Flex been holding down for 30 years.

Red Alert is arguably the most important person in NYC hip hop history next to Ralph McDaniels. Nothing against Marley

 

[Budda]

Red alert

 

[Alvin]

Rapping wise, Marley Marl
Red Alert for Chris Lighty though

 

[BmoreGorilla]

At first glance I wanna say Marley. But then I thought about that Native Tongues shyt. Without them we don’t get Busta Rhymes and the Flipmode Squad. Roc Marciano has been one of the top underground acts for years. Then you got Q Tip who introduced us to Dilla and without them don’t get the whole Soulquarians collective. Dilla was responsible for the some of the better songs to come from that. Plus Q Tip took Havoc under his wings

Queen Latifah is an icon and was down with Native Tongues and discovered Naughty By Nature

Without BDP we don’t get the classic Mad Izm and D Nice never woulda been in the position he is today

Yea gotta go with Red Alert by a mile

 

[get these nets]

There's a lot of classic hip hop songs by artist/groups that didn't pan out in the long run that Red Alert was behind. The dismasters small time hustler was produced by Red and is a classic but it was there only hit. There's a lot of artist like that Red had a hand in. Funkmaster Flex came up under Chuck Chillout but Red Alert was the first person to give him a shot to hold down a radio slot and alley-ooped him the job at Hot 97 that they originally wanted Red for. The same spot that Flex been holding down for 30 years.

Red Alert is arguably the most important person in NYC hip hop history next to Ralph McDaniels. Nothing against Marley

Thanks.
Your post made me go back and reference an old JB video that used to run on Video Music Box. Red name checked all the crews/artists that were down with him.

I adjusted the list to include Latifah and the 45 King directly. I thought that La was loosely associated, but she's in Red's family tree directly.

I have Red and Ralph in my Hip Hop Mount Rushmore. Funny thing is, I have Mr Magic on there, but not Marley Marl.

* I have Flex under Chuck Chillout's family tree. He used to speak all the time on the radio about being a flunky/crate carrier for Chuck. His famous line was "I was bacon"