Golden age hip hop is a name given to mainstream hip hop music created from the mid-1980s to early-mid 1990s, particularly by artists and musicians originating from the New York metropolitan area. An outgrowth of the new school hip hop movement, it is characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence on hip hop after the genre's emergence and establishment in the old-school era,Cheo H. Coker, "Slick Rick: Behind Bars" , "Rolling Stone", March 9, 1995. Lonnae O'Neal Parker, "U-Md. Senior Aaron McGruder's Edgy Hip-Hop Comic Gets Raves, but No Takers", "Washington Post", Aug 20 1997.</ref>Cheo H. Coker, "Slick Rick: Behind Bars" , "Rolling Stone", March 9, 1995. Andrew Drever, "Jungle Brothers still untamed" , "The Age" October 24, 2003.</ref> and is associated with the development and eventual mainstream success of hip hop. There were various types of , while the music was experimental and the sampling from old records was eclectic.