Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
man i miss that early 90s aestheticshyt was so colorful and fun
Best time in Hip Hop.
That era was definitely the most fun.
The 3 albums that put Atlanta Hip Hop on the map all came out in 1992.
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Best time in Hip Hop.
That era was definitely the most fun.
YakSpiller
Veteran
Had all 3 albums when I was a kid 
LV Koopa
Jester from Hell
TLC was considered hip-hop? After 92 they were straight RnB
Long Live The Kane
Tyrant Titan
We don’t give a fukk what’s impacting internationally NOW, let alone in ‘92….why is that presented as the bar?
Stop the cap. Which Shy D song is super popular internationally and well known? I'll wait.
"I've Got to Be Tough" and "I Don't Want to Treat You Wrong".
Plankton
Superstar
You forgot to put this
emoji at the end of that sentence because you are trolling if you think those were international hits.
Plankton
Superstar
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
At that point, we didn't care about popping outside the city/state. Who cares about internationally? Nobody cared about 2 of them acts you mentioned in your OG posting.
Stop the cap. Which Shy D song is super popular internationally and well known? I'll wait.
Plankton
Superstar
Thank you for being honest and admitting that Shy D was not international.
And I don't know which 2 you are speaking on but all 3 acts in the OP were popping in NYC so that international impact is all that matters, hence the reason they put ATL on the map.
Pegasus Jackson
Trump's Amerikkka
Kilo put Atlanta on the map. You clearly ain't from here.
Plankton
Superstar
What international hit song did Kilo have that had the whole USA acknowledging? I'll wait.
Bigblackted4
Superstar
Couldn’t name a single Arrested Development song
Long Live The Kane
Tyrant Titan
No hostility intended, was just genuinely confused as to why international acclaim is used as a caveat here... it's not the typical standard considered in these type of conversations...maybe just a matter of semantics, cause I can't say I fully disagree with the larger point (Kilo Ali, Raheem, etc. were regional acts) ... other than the fact that Arrested Development, Kriss Kross and TLC didn't make me feel like ATL acts that broke big...moreso like big acts that just so happened to be from ATL, if that makes sense...Raheem and Outkast scream Atlanta
Plankton
Superstar
But see that's the thing, outside of ATL we going by what reaches us. Raheem sounded like Miami bass. Kast was reeling off of the funk era that was popular so to us it had a west coast look and vibe more then a down south vibe, similar to how Bone Thugs took off resembling west coast or how Da Brat's whole image at first looked like something west coast. So seeing all these Atlanta acts with various sounds to us didn't give Atlanta a distinctive sound. So to us it was about who was making international hits.
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
Right. nikka acting like folks in Atlanta was really fukkin with Arrested Development or Kriss Kross. Bu-bu-but what international hits there they have? There’s songs that were extremely popular in the city that didn’t crank no where else