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Originally Posted by matious
I don't necessarily know if this is true. The biggest names in hip hop from the 90's were both solo artists-tupac and biggie-as well as grandmaster flash, ll cool j, nas, etc. I think it's always been the same consistency more or less. They'res a lot more marketability in solo artists, which is why i think you seen that more on the radio/music videos.
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I think there may have been more groups than soloists in the 80s (Run DMC, Public Enemy, Salt n Pepa, NWA, Beastie Boys, Fat Boys, etc.) but I definitely agree with you about the 90s. Especially among the super poppy crowd I think it was mostly solo performers like MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice.