NYC dominated hip hop from the beginnings to the end of the 90's. Putting the downfall of NY hip hop on one label is silly. Same as blaming it on 50 for dissin people. NYC rappers and producers just aren't putting out the product like they did in the 80's and 90's. There was so much talent back then.
80's - Kurtis Blow, The Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Run-DMC, Whodini, The Fat Boys, LL Cool J, Eric B. & Rakim, KRS-1, Kane, Slick Rick, EPMD, MC Lyte, Kool G Rap, Shan, Roxanne Shante, Stetsasonic, Latifah, Salt & Pepa, Kid & Play, Doug E. Fresh, Biz, ATCQ, to name a few.
90's - Redman, BIG, Wu-Tang, Nas, Jay-Z, Jeru, AZ, Foxy, Lil Kim, Nore, The Fugees, Busta, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, DMX, Pun, to name a few.
2000's - 50 Cent, Fabolous, Nikki Minaj and uhhh
I don't know what happened to all the talent coming out of NYC. Laziness? Indifference? I don't know. But the fall off has little to do with the downfall of Rocafella.
80's - Kurtis Blow, The Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Run-DMC, Whodini, The Fat Boys, LL Cool J, Eric B. & Rakim, KRS-1, Kane, Slick Rick, EPMD, MC Lyte, Kool G Rap, Shan, Roxanne Shante, Stetsasonic, Latifah, Salt & Pepa, Kid & Play, Doug E. Fresh, Biz, ATCQ, to name a few.
90's - Redman, BIG, Wu-Tang, Nas, Jay-Z, Jeru, AZ, Foxy, Lil Kim, Nore, The Fugees, Busta, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, DMX, Pun, to name a few.
2000's - 50 Cent, Fabolous, Nikki Minaj and uhhh
I don't know what happened to all the talent coming out of NYC. Laziness? Indifference? I don't know. But the fall off has little to do with the downfall of Rocafella.