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Originally Posted by zachsd
Easily 90s.
- Low End Theory
- Illmatic
- Enter the Wu-Tang
- Cuban Linx
- etc...
Personally, I find 80s rap to be dull and uninteresting. Of course it was extremely influential, but that doesn't mean it was necessarily good. For instance, Run-DMC is overrated in my opinion.
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Yep I hear you... 80s was definitely influencial but it just doesn't do it for me. A lot of the pre 90s rapping is just too basic for me. Slow rhyming, not as much variation in rhyme schemes. To me, the 90s was just raw. Guys that were actually from the streets, rhyming about the streets with great flow and lyrics. Wu Tang is especially awesome in my mind because it's an actual group. A group who is all similar but they each have distinct styles, but common beliefs and understandings of things. Nas is just awesome because of his diversity and unmatched lyricism. Rap won't ever be that raw again. Cause even the guys who are from the streets get scooped up and changed so much by labels. You can say guys like Wayne are from the hood, but cmon the guy has been involved with entertainment business since he was a young teen.