Article: Hip-hop’s golden age isn’t the 1990s, it’s the 2000s

[Ian1362]

And thats just the issue. Was he alive then? Where are the receipts?

In 98, I was bumping 400 Degreez, Its Dark And Hell Is Hot, Aquemini and The Pillage. I had older cousins, friends with big brothers and sisters, and I read The Source every month. I didnt like EVERYTHING, but most hip-hop heads had a general understanding of what was happening around them. People really think that we were ignorant as hell before the Internet was in every home in America

Hes talking out his ass

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[boskey]

2000s is when they came with the album formula and mainstream record ended up sounding the same. Same producers, same features, same content.

Mix tapes saved the decade

 

[MikeyC]

Oh word, you wanna play that game?

 

[Larry Lambo]

01-05 was hot, but it's not messing with 93-97.

 

[Hamza B.]

fukk this idiot.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

2000s is when they came with the album formula and mainstream record ended up sounding the same. Same producers, same features, same content.

Mix tapes saved the decade

nah, there has been a certain type of commercial album formula since the 90's that IMO, originated with bad Boy Records.

 

[Still Benefited]

I noticed a lot of new age hip hop fans Aand Ktt posters (white people) share the same sentiments as the writer

They could just say "I like that hip hop has become soft, sucked of its culture commercially and doesn't make me feel left out" cause we know that's what they really mean

Yup,soon as he start talking about hiphop becoming great because of the boundaries being pushed and walls being broken down,you knew what was up

He made a couple powerful points though
"E-40 finally got his due for his incredible longevity, his revolutionary style and, of course, his numerous contributions to the lexicon"

THe only problem with hiphop was the people controlling the narrative,and writing the history had bias....But the cream still got to rise to the challenge,and rise to the top in spite of that

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

It seems like his opinions about 90s hip hop are very "received"

Like he calls IWW a "jiggy turn", which you can see if you read disappointment from "real hip hop head" reviews in 1996.

But you need to cross-reference beyond those guys, because on the mainstream level, "If I Ruled The World" was well received.

I think he also plays up the coastal wars too much... like people weren't rapping on posse cuts throughout the 90s

It's very after the fact. Like he knew what happened from people's opinions after it happened. Street Dreams was also a big record. If I Ruled The World was one of the biggest songs that year and probably the most lasting. 'Even with Nastradamus...You Owe Me' got a lot of spins as well but ended up being panned as his worst song ever in hindsight.

 

[MalikReloaded]

Coming of age in the 2000s, that's a stretch.

I'd call the early 2000s (2000-2005) "the Silver age". Almost as good but, not quite.

2006 and after was the Great Depression though

 

[Loop Ba$eCrawler]

95-2005 were probably the best years. Pretty gay how you misquoted the article though. The Kanye paragraph at the end in your quote is near the middle and not the end in the actual article.

 

[Jimi Swagger]

I must say the gold era was during the mid 90s to early 00s during junior high/high school. Distinctly remember the school year 96-97 and Fugees' The Score dropped, Lost Boyz Legal Drug Money, Nas It was Written. Remember Master P's Icecream man (thought it was bama until we snuck and watched the Ice cream Man vhs with the *bonus* stripper footage. fukked my young world up). Funk Master Flex Vol II. Pac All Eyez on me...after then music became ass. Almost lost a friendship with one of my homies when I lost his Outkast ATLiens. For some reason 1996 stands out in my childhood. Was first introduced to UGK that year by my cousins (Diamonds & Wood rip Pimp C). Pac died and released an album post mortem. So you had North, South, East and West classic hip-hop dominating the radio wherever you went in the country...I digress but during the 00s I only can recall Wayne and 50 cent in college. Nothing sticks out.

 

[Mr Clean]

You could argue '96 was better than the 00's

I don't think it's getting across to people that weren't there that it was like a fukking avalanche of dope ass music. If you add up the whole 00s yeah maybe but you aren't including the downtime. 90s had its share of trash too but that didn't matter when you still had 3 albums you needed to cop.

 

[JustCKing]

From the opening of the article, it seems the writer is salty about how nostalgic everyone is about 1996. What the writer doesn't realize is that the love for '96 isn't just a Hip Hop thing. There's writers who write for music in general that are writing pieces on that year.

 

[AkaDemiK]

these dweebs need to stop writing about our culture....fukk all your opinions on rap...

 

[Wild self]

Yea... no

Though the early 2000s were special, I think it all goes to shyt after 2005

When that Summer of 2005 came up, and all the NY Playlists became southern, it was and to the older Hip Hop fans. When Jeezy, Gucci Mane, D4L, Boosie, and others just came up and changed the game.