That time in 1993 where artists had to switch up and go hardcore

[BlackMajik]

Still hilarious

 

[TGainz]

Classic thread

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

The Run DMC joint with the G Funk beat was the most egregious

 

[Memorial Stadium Piru]

This was a good ass thread

nikkas went from high top fades and colorful shirts to flannels and Raider hats mean mugging the camera

 

[Reptile]

Pac can't talk about nobody switching up

This nikka was so effeminate lol

 

[Khadafi1982]

it’s crazy cuz it wasn’t just the industry either...on the streets everybody was tryna look/act hardcore...nikkas went the rest of the decade w/o smiling lol...this is why '93 til infinity (album) was such a breath of fresh air for me

Isn’t this era 93 to early 95 called the “Ruff Rugged and Raw” period? This is where a lot of videos are in abandoned buildings with flaming barrels, rapper holding picks and axes.

 

[Redwood]

Isn’t this era 93 to early 95 called the “Ruff Rugged and Raw” period? This is where a lot of videos are in abandoned buildings with flaming barrels, rapper holding picks and axes.

Made me think of Mobb Deep's first album cover

 

[Amor fati]

This nikka was so effeminate lol

like this guy right?

 

[Amor fati]

Isn’t this era 93 to early 95 called the “Ruff Rugged and Raw” period? This is where a lot of videos are in abandoned buildings with flaming barrels, rapper holding picks and axes.

Da Youngstas track comes to mind with Treach and then they had one in an abandoned factory on verbal Glock

 

[tay1]

West Coast shifted the landscape

 

[FTBS]

Its funny how as a kid it didnt occur to me how outrageous it was for Hammer to go from "U Cant Touch This", "Pray", "2 Legit 2 Quit" in colorful genie outfits to "Pumps and a Bump" (Which still goes to this day) and the "streetwear". The funniest part is that was more in line with who Hammer really was. It used to be street dudes fronted like they were upstanding citizens to get on. Hammer was probably the last of them before the flip.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

This was a good ass thread

nikkas went from high top fades and colorful shirts to flannels and Raider hats mean mugging the camera

Everybody had a damn scowl on their faces I may have mentioned this already, but I’m pretty sure it was Diddy that turned the tide around from this era, even though it may have been a gradual shift. You can even tell from the movies and shows that were coming out at the same time.

 

[3rd Ward Swangin]

like this guy right?

Prodigy looks like a young suspect Charleston White.

 

[Awesome Wells]

Da Youngstas track comes to mind with Treach and then they had one in an abandoned factory on verbal Glock

"Crewz Pop" is a CLASSIC though!



This was NOT, lol..

 

[R=G]

Das Efx?