The "Jiggy Era" appreciation thread

[Danie84]

All those shiny colors

Hip-Hop was looking like a

 

[prophecypro]

*Hops out the SL or the Lex with TV sets cause that be the minimum whatever you like*
*White gold on Platinum linx with the matching earrings*
* rocks the YSL Frame Glasses with the Tommy gear skully covering the waves on top of the fades*
*Stays dipped in Hilfiger Jacket with the black Versace shirt and Pelle Pelle jeans with the dark timbs to match*
*posts up in the thread lounging to some Luther Vandross in the back thinking of how flip it into a hit for the Radio and Clubs*
*Calls up Trackmasters and Timbo*

 

[prophecypro]

Forgot to mention:
*Shops at Bloomies and spends it all eating good off this everyone goes Platinum/Clinton Economic Surplus era*
*Gets a chick from Boston University he met while on tour to pull a Lewinsky in tribute*
*No Shows a ton of concerts, cuts his arena tour short, doesnt turn up to award shows...still goes Platinum first week out*
*Plots clothing line and UPN Cameo sitcom apperance as branching out*
*convinces Chris Webber and Penny Hardaway to appear in his next Hype Williams video along with Veronica Webb and Traci Bingham on some James Bond in New York concept*
*doesnt get Hype, wonder what the fukk this Little X guy can do*
*Does the winter fashion shoot for Vibe*
*Splits the XXL cover with Young Bleed or some random bamma*
*Gets 3 and a half mics in the Source for all his troubles*
*second album gets pushed back to Bolivia around 98-99*
*Claims its cause of bootlegging from heavey demand in the streets*
*Clue dont even want his shyt tho*
/Jiggy Era'd

 

[the cool]

Mariah Carey ft. Diddy, Mase, & Jadakiss - HONEY (Bad Boy Remix) [HD] - YouTube

damn mariah before implants.


mariah carey has the worst implants i have ever seen in a women

 

[2Pac]

I just watched the Mo' Money Mo' Problem video for the first time in years thanks to this thread!

 

[Reality Check]

Most of the people who like the jiggy/shinny suit shyt were either a child or female during that era

The Jiggy or shiny suit era got started up around the time Pac and Biggie were killed and it marked the end of Hip Hop's creative peak(87-96). You still had quite a few classics on majors but mainstream Hip Hop for the most part was trash while the underground was striving in the beginning and then, for the most part, became corny like the mainstream.

These two post sum up those years. Jiggly era really started with "Mo Money, Mo Problems". As soon as I first heard that trash and saw the video, had the face. Only went downhill from there.

Was a dark time for me. At the time, the alternative was No Limit, which I found equally disgusting. I almost swore off hip-hop altogether. During that time I listened to nothing but G-Funk, Bay Area Mob and grimey East Coast stuff.

Same here for most part. Really got into Bay Area at that point.

Will Smith - Just Cruisin' - YouTube

Wonder how much Nas made off that album since he wrote this track and MIB.

 

[Rapmastermind]

The Jiggy or shiny suit era got started up around the time Pac and Biggie were killed and it marked the end of Hip Hop's creative peak(87-96). You still had quite a few classics on majors but mainstream Hip Hop for the most part was trash while the underground was striving in the beginning and then, for the most part, became corny like the mainstream.

I agree with this to an extent. But I would add that The Jiggy Era which I would say ended about early 2000's was the end of Hip Hop Creative Peak thus far in it's history. Where it goes from here, who knows but right now that was the last great era in Hip Hop. Big and Pac through death lead the forfront of the Jiggy Era and then others rode the train. Puff and Bad Boy seems to be the symbol that lead the Jiggy Era.

They had haters but they had historic success that has been copied but no Label has sold more records than Bad Boy in 97', they killed the game. To run the streets, clubs, suburbs it was a crazy era. Also for people that said "DMX killed the Jiggy Era", that's a myth. Cause DMX had Faith, Lox and Ma$e all on his debut album and even rapped on a few Jiggy Era songs. The game was still on the Jiggy ish after DMX. At the end of the day The Jiggy Era was the last great era in Hip Hop.

 

[Polofresh4]

If you are between 28-24...All of your childhood/middle school memories have this music playing in the background....

30% of which was remixed by diddy and made a video by hype williams

 

[Family Man]

I agree with this to an extent. But I would add that The Jiggy Era which I would say ended about early 2000's was the end of Hip Hop Creative Peak thus far in it's history. Where it goes from here, who knows but right now that was the last great era in Hip Hop. Big and Pac through death lead the forfront of the Jiggy Era and then others rode the train. Puff and Bad Boy seems to be the symbol that lead the Jiggy Era.

They had haters but they had historic success that has been copied but no Label has sold more records than Bad Boy in 97', they killed the game. To run the streets, clubs, suburbs it was a crazy era. Also for people that said "DMX killed the Jiggy Era", that's a myth. Cause DMX had Faith, Lox and Ma$e all on his debut album and even rapped on a few Jiggy Era songs. The game was still on the Jiggy ish after DMX. At the end of the day The Jiggy Era was the last great era in Hip Hop.

Cosign. There was different types/styles of rap music coexisting at that time.

 

[Illuminatos]

Jiggy era? You mean shiny suit era

 

[Jone2three45]

 

[Family Man]

4:15 - 6:20

 

[Jone2three45]

I would say these three video below kind of set the trend, standards and inspiration for the jiggy era. Although the west coast never produced jiggy music, but with California love they set a standard, especially with have Hype Williams as the director. MJ Scream is the most "costing music video ever. Fantasy, I think set the standard for having all the background people dancing in every scene. Ironically, Puffy produced the remix of Fantasy.

 

[Rakim Allah]

I was in college during the Jiggy Era and the atmosphere was as fuc but the music was esp after growing up off the New School(Run DMC/LL/Whodini/Fat Boys/UTFO, the Lyrical Era(Rakim/Kane/G Rap/Slick Rick/KRS), the Next School(De la/Tribe/Hiero) and the Gangsta/Grimey era(Pac/Snoop/Biggie/Nas/Wu Tang).

So I on this era...it was so candy to me. Puff figured out how to make pop rap w/o getting ridiculed and sounding like MC Hammer/Vanila Ice/Snap/CC & The Music Factory...shyt was still tho.

 

[razassin]

I agree with this to an extent. But I would add that The Jiggy Era which I would say ended about early 2000's was the end of Hip Hop Creative Peak thus far in it's history. Where it goes from here, who knows but right now that was the last great era in Hip Hop. Big and Pac through death lead the forfront of the Jiggy Era and then others rode the train. Puff and Bad Boy seems to be the symbol that lead the Jiggy Era.

They had haters but they had historic success that has been copied but no Label has sold more records than Bad Boy in 97', they killed the game. To run the streets, clubs, suburbs it was a crazy era. Also for people that said "DMX killed the Jiggy Era", that's a myth. Cause DMX had Faith, Lox and Ma$e all on his debut album and even rapped on a few Jiggy Era songs. The game was still on the Jiggy ish after DMX. At the end of the day The Jiggy Era was the last great era in Hip Hop.

Come on daddy, thats some revisionist shyt... Of course X collab'd with all them nikkaz but he was never jiggy to begin with...

X had two multi platinum sellin albums in 99 and broke first week sales records... Him n the ruff ryders movement brought back that street shyt, specially him... He was the biggest rap artist until Eminem's MMLP success...

Lox themselves went onto the street shyt when they got with Ruff Ryders... I remember this perfectly cause DMX was my first favorite rapper n he had everybody on his dikk back then.