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I would never say that 96 was the greatest year in hip hop. For me that would be 95 (with 94 coming in second). I know others would point to 88.

But this thread is just about the rhyme side of things.

Check the resume:

Nas - yeah, It Was Written wasn't as good as Illmatic, but Nas' pen was just as sharp.


Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt was Jay's peak as an emcee, he never rhymed that well ever again.


Prodigy - Hell On Earth. The greatest rapper of all time at his absolute peak. Hell on Earth second verse. :wow:. Apostles Warning :wow:Nighttime Vultures :wow:Predicting that a certain someone's days were numbered in low digits :mjcry:
:pachaha:


Andre 3000 - Duke ramped up in a way nobody saw coming :whoo:


Ras Kass - West Coast god :whoo:The album may have had its flaws :manny: But some consider it the most lyrical album ever.

Heltah Skeltah - Overlooked album at the time. But Ruck and Rock were killing shyt the whole way through :ooh:


Am I dead wrong about this brehs? :sas1:
I could be :huhldup:
But what year was better though :sas2:
#tpc #tnt
 
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mobbinfms said:
I would never say that 96 was the greatest year in hip hop. For me that would be 95 (with 94 coming in second). I know others would point to 88.

But this thread is just about the rhyme side of things.

Check the resume:

Nas - yeah, It Was Written wasn't as good as Illmatic, but Nas' pen was just as sharp.


Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt was Jay's peak as an emcee, he never rhymed that well ever again.


Prodigy - Hell On Earth. The greatest rapper of all time at his absolute peak. Hell on Earth second verse. :wow:. Apostles Warning :wow:Nighttime Vultures :wow:Predicting that a certain someone's days were numbered in low digits :mjcry:
:pachaha:


Andre 3000 - Duke ramped up in a way nobody saw coming :whoo:


Ras Kass - West Coast god :whoo:The album may have had its flaws :manny: But some consider it the most lyrical album ever.

Heltah Skeltah - Overlooked album at the time. But Ruck and Rock were killing shyt the whole way through :ooh:


Am I dead wrong about this brehs? :sas1:
I could be :huhldup:
But what year was better though :sas2:
#tpc #tnt
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Tough for me. I'd go with 94 or 95. 96 just may be hip hop at it's lyrical peak though...:obama:

And yea, P on Hell on Earth was one of the Top 5 human beings to ever decide to rhyme words together.
 
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Possibly. I don't know what it was, but a lot of the lyrics from '96 sounded like MC's were taking a more spiritual approach to lyrics. Like, it wasn't just rhyming, there was a lot of depth there even if it wasn't personal experiences they were talking about. Lauryn Hill and even Wyclef were going in on The Score or what Pac was doing on 7 Day Theory specifically with songs like "Blasphemy".
 
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No.


Rhyming wise, I would argue 93/94(Illmatic, 36 Chambers, Return of the boom nap, Ready to Die, Hard to Earn, Resurrection, Word..Life, Lethal Injection) was. Notice, I'm putting whole albums cause all these joints were rhyming gems and arguably great albums (I left all Behind Bars although I liked that album).

Since then, 2001 (Blueprint, word of mouf, stillmatic, bulletproof wallets) would like a word with you.
 
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