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View Poll Results: today's rap, 90's, or 80's rap?
today's rap 21 26.25%
90's rap/hip hop 47 58.75%
80's rap 8 10.00%
NONE DANG IT 4 5.00%
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Old 12-01-2010, 09:50 PM   #161 (permalink)
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I think it was the 90s the ushered in the best of hiphop and rnb music. Though, I still give due credit for the Sugarhill Gang who cemented the brand of hiphop and rap music into the mainstream.
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Old 12-01-2010, 09:53 PM   #162 (permalink)
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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.
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.
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Old 12-02-2010, 02:56 AM   #163 (permalink)
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Nas is just awesome because of his diversity and unmatched lyricism
Yeah, his lyrics are what really get me. This song is one of my favorite examples of his ability as a lyricist. The story it tells and the statement it makes are just ****ing amazing. On par with songwriters like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen in my opinion.



Now they're just making songs that appeal to suburban teenagers. That's where the money is, after all, Illmatic was a commercial failure in comparison to a lot of his more mainstream stuff. My 14 year old cousin and all his friends are Lil Wayne fans. No rapper should have 14 year old fans.
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Old 12-02-2010, 06:03 AM   #164 (permalink)
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No rapper should have 14 year old fans.
Why not?
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Old 12-02-2010, 09:56 PM   #165 (permalink)
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the southern takeover of the early 2000s really hurt their chances. nothing touches that good old 90s New York hip hop. nas, jay, mobb deep, atcq, de la soul at their best
Not to mention, 1990's New York Shaolin Style take-over Staten island at their finest, the Wu-Tang Clan ain't nuttin ta **** wit!
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Old 12-13-2010, 04:51 PM   #166 (permalink)
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Hi ya'll. I was wondering if anyone could put together a compilation of hip hop tracks that span over the three decades discussed in this thread. I'd do it myself but I'm just not feeling up to it and then I thought why not ask a bunch of music addicts. Three songs minimum from each decade would be ideal and then songs can be added based on personal taste and/or public choice. It would be much appreciated. Also 90's HIP-HOP is the shiznit.
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Old 12-14-2010, 12:39 PM   #167 (permalink)
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90's was the Golden Age of Hip Hop, which I can say with absolutely no doubt about it.
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Old 12-14-2010, 06:29 PM   #168 (permalink)
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Shucks, I totally should have waited a year before I started listening to Wu-Tang.
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Old 12-14-2010, 07:02 PM   #169 (permalink)
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The 90s are my fave but I do like newer stuff too. Its hard to find current hiphop albums you can bump from start to finish nowadays.
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