1996 20 Year Anniversary Appreciation Thread

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[Newportbox]

 

[oO J Smooth Oo]

96 probably my favourite year in hip hop

Iww
R.d.
Hell on earth
Soul on ice
Aeom
Iron man
Atliens
Muddy waters
Here to save you all

shyt thats just off the head


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shyt

Da storm
Nocturnal
Aaliyahs joint

 

[$cam-U-Well_Jack$on]

Dope ass thread.

 

[big_controversy]

I actually like 96 over 94 personally

Rap was at it's height in 96

BIG was established, Pac was established, Nas was established

Newcomers like the Fugees, Jay-Z, Kim & Foxy dropping debut albums

Summer 96 had hits for days

Puff Daddy on top of the world

Mase debuts on the 112 Only You Remix

Don't even get me started on r&b back then: Ginuwine, Aaliyah, 112, Dru Hill, Monica, Brandy, Maxwell, Mary J, D'Angelo, Jon B!!!

 

[patscorpio]

the soundtracks

if i missing anymore forgive me

 

[H. Selassie]

GOAT Year in Hip-Hop especially for my two personal GOATS (Nas, Pac). Some of my favorite albums all dropped that year.

All Eyez On Me
It Was Written
Makaveli
Ridin Dirty
Ice Cream Man
ATLiens

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Best album of 1996

1996 probably top 3 year in hip-hop

 

[Newportbox]

I actually like 96 over 94 personally

Rap was at it's height in 96

BIG was established, Pac was established, Nas was established

Newcomers like the Fugees, Jay-Z, Kim & Foxy dropping debut albums

Summer 96 had hits for days

Puff Daddy on top of the world

Mase debuts on the 112 Only You Remix

Don't even get me started on r&b back then: Ginuwine, Aaliyah, 112, Dru Hill, Monica, Brandy, Maxwell, Mary J, D'Angelo, Jon B!!!

The Score was the Fugees second album.

 

[osama bin fly]

We really got people pushing 40 on this website god damn

 

[DANJ!]

'96 was/is my favorite year ever...

It was the year a lot changed, and you got a whole lot of different music in the mix. You had the street/underground music still getting above-ground play, you had the Bad Boy/Trackmasters sound ruling rap and R&B, the Cali sound was still moving, the Timbaland sound was coming in, the neo-soul was starting to bubble... just a mixed bag going on. It didn't stay still for shyt, there was really something for everybody, and it seemed everybody was able to appreciate a little bit of everything. There was still that element of diversity... of course at the time, there was also conflict going on where there was the East/West shyt, and the "commercial"/"underground" split... but in retro, just having all those different sounds clashing is what made me such an obsessed music fan back then. There was so much music out there that I liked- whether it was Pac, Outkast, Mobb, Jay, De La Soul, Xzibit, Wu-Tang, whoever. What a time.

 

[Knicksman20]

94-96 were the goat years of the 90s.

I'll add 97 to that, but after that shyt went downhill fast IMO.

Definitely agree with you fam

 

[Manuel Hot Pepper Lopez]

No greater time to be alive as far as I'm concerned....R&B and Hip-hop was amazing, too many classics to name
Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Polo, Timberland
Some of Nike's most popular shoes that are still high sellers came out in 95-96
Rice/Young 49ers, Irvin/Sanders/Smith Cowboys, Favre Packers, Barry Sanders Lions
Jordan/Pippen/Rodman Bulls, Kemp/Payton Sonics, Shaq/Penny Magic, Webber/Howard/Wallace Bullets, Knicks/Heat/Pacers goons, Grant Hill, Damon Stoudamire, Kevin Garnett
NCAA Iverson, Ray Allen, Marbury, Marcus Camby, Kerry Kittles
Martin, Living Single, Fresh Prince
Don't Be A Menace, Independence Day

 

[oO J Smooth Oo]

96 is definitely my favourite year

94' is 2nd

 

[patscorpio]

one album that i want to mention that I thought I was underrated when it came out in 96



shyt had a nice vibe and whodini are some of my fav rappers from the old school