“I think 2 albums define the era: Dr. Dre - The Chronic & Nevermind - Nirvana; those 2 albums by themselves held the 90’s together IMO” Idalis DeLeon

[I love Latina women]

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

I don't know why people try to define an entire decade off of one or 2 albums. This is the dumbest shyt ever. The entire 90s wasn't an era. Eras change sometimes every 2 years. In the 90s we started in the pro black era, went to the gangsta rap era, that overlapped with the boom bap era, then shifted to the jiggy/80s sampled hits loops era, which went to down south and the street era again with DMX. All of that took place in 10 years of the 90s in hip hop. In Nirvana's form of music, there were multiple You had Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, etc. We were not just listening to 3 or 4 albums in the 10 year period of the 90s

 

[PHamm]

Those were probably the 2 most iconic albums from the 90s.

 

[Amo Husserl]

Maybe the early 90s. The whole decade?
Illmatic dropped exactly two weeks after Kurt Cobain passed.
Better albums came out after Nevermind but didn't have enough impact.
Gotta say there were better albums by '93 that were better than The Chronic that defined that era of the 90s....

Holla at me 'cause it gotta be like six or twelve albums that defined the 90s if it is what it is.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Definitely true for the early 90's.

Two groundbreaking projects that spawned whole sounds and opened the floodgates for copycats and labels to try and go in the same direction.

She's right about that.

 

[ScoopNScore]

I don't know why people try to define an entire decade off of one or 2 albums. This is the dumbest shyt ever. The entire 90s wasn't an era. Eras change sometimes every 2 years. In the 90s we started in the pro black era, went to the gangsta rap era, that overlapped with the boom bap era, then shifted to the jiggy/80s sampled hits loops era, which went to down south and the street era again with DMX. All of that took place in 10 years of the 90s in hip hop. In Nirvana's form of music, there were multiple You had Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, etc. We were not just listening to 3 or 4 albums in the 10 year period of the 90s

Tbf before the 90s, it was easier to make generations once a decade...like we know what 70s and 80s music sound like and so forth but the 90s became the first recent one to be chopped up in like 3 eras, especially for both hip hop and rock...always been my pet peeve when some1 tries to talk about the decade and make it like one scene

 

[Iverson_64]

I don't know why people try to define an entire decade off of one or 2 albums. This is the dumbest shyt ever. The entire 90s wasn't an era. Eras change sometimes every 2 years. In the 90s we started in the pro black era, went to the gangsta rap era, that overlapped with the boom bap era, then shifted to the jiggy/80s sampled hits loops era, which went to down south and the street era again with DMX. All of that took place in 10 years of the 90s in hip hop. In Nirvana's form of music, there were multiple You had Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, etc. We were not just listening to 3 or 4 albums in the 10 year period of the 90s

Exactly.

Plus, Mariah Carey was technically the best selling artist of the 90's anyway.

 

[bigde09]

Ny Nikkas about to come in here mad

“B-but ready to die, b-but Illmatic”

 

[Controversy]

Ny Nikkas about to come in here mad

“B-but ready to die, b-but Illmatic”

Those albums were better than the chronic breh

Ironic thing is Dre sought out Nas bc of how dope Illmatic was

 

[PHamm]

Ill

Maybe the early 90s. The whole decade?
Illmatic dropped exactly two weeks after Kurt Cobain passed.
Better albums came out after Nevermind but didn't have enough impact.
Gotta say there were better albums by '93 that were better than The Chronic that defined that era of the 90s....

Holla at me 'cause it gotta be like six or twelve albums that defined the 90s if it is what it is.

Illmatic ? Lol. shyt couldn't even go platinum in the 90s when everyone was going platinum.

 

[PHamm]

Ny Nikkas about to come in here mad

“B-but ready to die, b-but Illmatic”

Lol east coast dusties were fuming reading the thread title

 

[Awesome Wells]

Exactly.

Plus, Mariah Carey was technically the best selling artist of the 90's anyway.

It's not about sales though.

Because if it were, we'd be talking Hammer, Whitney, Celine Dion, Garth Brooks and Metallica and sh*t like that.

She said two albums, not artists. The Chronic changed Hip Hop, more than any other project for the first 1/2 of the decade. And anybody that was around back then, knows that Nevermind did the exact same for grunge/rock. It's not about sales or who we think was better. It's about impact. Which is why Buzz from The Melvins said, "We taught Nirvana everything, and they took what we gave them and became the face of the era." That's just a fact.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Accurate statement...The Chronic is arguably the most impactful hip hop album of all time.

 

[Controversy]

It's not about sales though.

Because if it were, we'd be talking Hammer, Whitney, Celine Dion, Garth Brooks and Metallica and sh*t like that.

She said two albums, not artists. The Chronic changed Hip Hop, more than any other project for the first 1/2 of the decade. And anybody that was around back then, knows that Nevermind did the exact same for grunge/rock. It's not about sales or who we think was better. It's about impact. Which is why Buzz from The Melvins said, "We taught Nirvana everything, and they took what we gave them and became the face of the era." That's just a fact.

Illmatic changed the way nikkas rap altogether

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Those were probably the 2 most iconic albums from the 90s.

All Eyez on Me >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>