Original Concept was an American 1980s hip-hop group from Long Island, New York, best known for their single "Can You Feel It".

Their show "The Operating Room" was broadcast on Monday nights from Adelphi University on the same station which featured the Spectrum City DJs (Chuck D and Flavor Flav) who later went on to form Public Enemy.

The members were Doctor Dré, T-Money, Rapper G, Easy G. By 1986, the group began calling themselves Original Concept and had released their first record, "Knowledge Me" in February of that year.

[1] In 1988, the group was signed to Def Jam Records and late in that year they released their first and only album, Straight From the Basement of Kooley High!

[2] The album featured a cameo by Beastie Boys member, Mike D. on the track "She's Got a Moustache".