The Downfall of HipHop began when...

[keon]

i say the fall out between Rza and Rae leading to Immobilarity

LOL

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

at there not being an Eminem option.

at there NOT being a CORPORATE TAKEOVER hip hop option since the days of the first rap records i.e (rappers delight, the message)

 

[Danie84]

The Ringtone/Snap Era threw the game in the bushes

...can't believe a song called Laffy Taffy was a hit

 

[keon]

at there not being an Eminem option.

i dont fukk wit em but truthfully he wasn't a downfall to hiphop at all imo

he was a battle rapper & real spitter when he 1st dropped..

yea he was more successful because of his skin color but vanilla ice blew for that reason 1st, which is why I put him on the list instead

 

[radio rahiem]

When the 90s ended

 

[Shadow King]

When the South started taking over

This. And if I had to name an individual I'd say Lil Jon.

 

[jmspro]

When Run DMC collabbed with Aerosmith it was the first nail. Nobody knew it yet. The seed had been planted.

 

[hoodheronova]

No one will agree on an answer because hip hop means different things to different people
As it should because hip hop in essence is a combination of many art forms with the sole purpose of delivering a message. If the message isn't the one you want to hear then you get upset

 

[samutahjazz]

i believe it was the master p shyt... wen he started cranking out cookie cutter album after album full of terrible rapping over terrible production... cheap beats became cool/the norm... i thought it got a lil better once 2001 dropped in 1999, but that was so long ago and with no monumental albums coming around to change the course, it has become stagnent and terrble again....

 

[Cabbage Patch]

Where's 'When Heller fukked NWA'?
Where's 'When Beastie Boys represented rap'?
Where's 'When Rick Rubin thought it was funny to hold a funeral for the 'Def' in Def American'?
Where's 'The Source 5-mic Gate'?

How you gonna name Will Smith, but not Young MC?

Where's 'When R&B artists thought they were rappers'?

 

[Cabbage Patch]

When Run DMC collabbed with Aerosmith it was the first nail. Nobody knew it yet. The seed had been planted.

(Those brothers singlehandedly resurrected that band's career.)

 

[Cabbage Patch]

When it became cool to be ignorant

don't misunderstand me, with ignorant I don't mean gun and talk about violence. I mean by the fans supporting and defending dumbed down lyrics and beats

White kids could only take so much pro-black and Fruit of Islam talk, though. But the white dudes had stronger stomachs than the white chicks, who only had to hear 'Cave Bytch'.

 

[Zero]

You "hiphop is dead" nikkas need to give it a rest already

 

[Zero]

The 90's is over and never coming back.

And honestly, this exact discussion was had in the 90s

don't believe me? ask these guys:

 

[BXKingPin82]

Been some good shyt dropping lately

Buuuuuuuut...

Puff Daddys existence