Do you miss the early 2000s or Mid 90s More

[Suicide King]

too much low-balling & blackballing in those days. jay-z is one of the main culprits. thus, we have a 60 year old jay-z putting out horrible records and still being in the forefront. this is not the hip-hop that I came up on.

like @Big Mel said a week or so ago, things got "hairy" after '96. it wasn't really about rap no more.

and im sorry, but out of those crews you mentioned, 3 of them were industry plants. that's not the spirit of our music. GBE aren't plants but they suck.

The industry has always been crap since Motown and Capitol records in the 50's, so you are not really saying anything new. Wow, your post was pretty subpar.

 

[darealvelle]

mid 90's

 

[The Bilingual Gringo]

90's without a doubt

Although, 00's is when I made a transition to trip-hop, electronic and downtempo so I can't be too mad.

 

[Big Mel]

The industry has always been crap since Motown and Capitol records in the 50's, so you are not really saying anything new. Wow, your post was pretty subpar.

Motown? MOTOWN????


I can't. I just can't anymore.

 

[Wacky D]

The industry has always been crap since Motown and Capitol records in the 50's, so you are not really saying anything new. Wow, your post was pretty subpar.

NO JOKE.

of course the record business has always been corrupt. the rap game is just an absolute joke now. I don't know when you got into hip-hop, but if you were into it anywhere near as long as I was, you can see the clear difference.

no need to throw lil pop-shots and insults. im not even on that tip in here. obviously, I mustve said something you didn't like concerning a rapper that you cared for. deal with it.

 

[Mastamimd]

Mid 90s, easily. I remember being able to go to a barber shop and talk about nothing but which rapper is doper, which is your favorite album, shyt some nikkas in the 'hood I came up in were big uppin' Quik and I came up in a crip neighborhood. shyt like that is what we talked about, in the 2000s it started to fade to what it is today...nikkas in the shop talkin about twitter wars and fukking Love and hiphop in ATL or some shyt

 

[Malik]

I grew up on early 00s. 2000 to 2003/2004 was


From when DMX dropped What These bytches Want to when Kanye West dropped Jesus Walks. Beautiful era The years directly after that though. Absolute worst period of hip hop

 

[Wacky D]

Mid 90s, easily. I remember being able to go to a barber shop and talk about nothing but which rapper is doper, which is your favorite album, shyt some nikkas in the 'hood I came up in were big uppin' Quik and I came up in a crip neighborhood. shyt like that is what we talked about, in the 2000s it started to fade to what it is today...nikkas in the shop talkin about twitter wars and fukking Love and hiphop in ATL or some shyt

bu bu "but he got money tho".