Is it safe to say Dr Dre’s The Chronic is responsible for hip hop going mainstream?

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Beastie Boys had a diamond plaque before they left the 80s

 

[DaKidFromNoWhere]

Just overlook Run DMC bruh

 

[Iverson_64]

Initially, I would say Run DMC.

But the deaths of Tupac and Biggie mark the era where hip hop officially dominated over rock and the genre became bigger than ever before with a grimy dude like DMX being able to do pop star numbers without even pandering to White folks.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

 

[Bolzmark]

SMH @ these lil young boys. The answer is Run-DMC. Almost a decade before The Chronic came out

 

[get these nets]

SMH @ these lil young boys. The answer is Run-DMC. Almost a decade before The Chronic came out

For a hip hop centered forum, always surprises me that basic details about hip hop history are overlooked here.

 

[NoirDynosaur]

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[KingsOfKings]

 

[ROFL_GUY]

good point, “you can’t touch this” utilized the synth sound that became synonymous with g-funk before Dre did

although an argument can be made it was more of a pop/dance record than hip-hop due to its content

There's no interpolation just strait rick James

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

There is this group from Hollis, Queens in NYC. They wear fedora hats and Adidas with no laces. You may want to check them out some day...

Cot damn these guys don’t know shyt lol

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

No Sugarhill?
No Kurtis Blow?

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

The chronic was 99

Before that, Snoop, 2Pac, etc. All had multi-million selling albums with big hits on the hot 100.

Heck, Mariah low key had a influence by featuring rappers on contemporary mainstream pop songs on radio

Edit: my bad confused the chronic with 2001

 

[Awesome Wells]

These guys are responsible for Hip Hop going mainstream.

Do the knowledge.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

the jews are to blame

 

[Overpss]

No