The "shiny suit" era was a myth

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Outside of Puffy/Mase, Jay in the Sunshine video and Missy in the "I Cant Stand The Rain" video, who was really rocking "shiny suits" on some "im jiggy you playa hatin" shyt?

I feel like the shiny suits were a real small part of all the shyt that was going on

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

NaS
R. Kelly
will smith
112
Total
Biggie

And while it was mostly a bad boy thing,they had shyt on lock so they defined that era. Also the flossing in their lyrics was influencing others even if they didn't rock those suits.

 

[daze23]

it was about more than just the actual "shiny suit"

 

[Rohiggidy]

love that era in music

 

[Long Live The Kane]

it was about more than just the actual "shiny suit"

Yeah...the shiny suits were just something visual easily associated to the whole "big willy-ism...flossy rap" thing going on at the time...and it definitely wasn't a myth...you can't dismiss the entirety of Bad Boy (the Lox and Big were doing the shyt right along with Puff and Mase) and Jay-Z and even Hate Me Now era Nas like they weren't titans in that scene and largely defining the times...

that whole vibe and aesthetic to a large part dominated mainstream east coast late 90's rap, to the point that you had random tough guy thug rappers like Mic Gerimono going from this:




to this

 

[cleanface coney]

cash money records

 

[daze23]

that whole vibe and aesthetic to a large part dominated mainstream east coast late 90's rap, to the point that you had random tough guy thug rappers like Mic Gerimono going from this:




to this

 

[re'up]

Shiny Suit era was when I was like 12- 13 just getting into rap, looking back it's hilarious and cringeworthy, but we loved all that back then, didn't think anything of the grandiose, big budget videos, like 'Mo Money Mo Problems', and 'Can't Nobody Hold Me Down', 'Hypnotize', with the Arellano Felix Versace shirts on and shyt, that's just what we came up on, X coming thru in 98 really switched things up a little, or at least created an alternative...it's just surreal sometimes thinking how far away that era was, and how close it still is to us who grew in that generation, I was thinking the other day...we are about 5 years way from kids not even knowing or recognizing who Pac was...

 

[OG Talk]

Outside of Puffy/Mase, Jay in the Sunshine video and Missy in the "I Cant Stand The Rain" video, who was really rocking "shiny suits" on some "im jiggy you playa hatin" shyt?

I feel like the shiny suits were a real small part of all the shyt that was going on

If it was a myth why was DMX premiering the Get At Me Dog video from The Tunnel viewed as such a sea change?

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

If it was a myth why was DMX premiering the Get At Me Dog video from The Tunnel viewed as such a sea change?

nikkas got bad memories?

Look at the albums that dropped in 97-98 (when Harlem World and No Way Out dropped)

The War Report
Wu Tang Forever
Ghetto D
Slim Shady LP
In My Lifetime Vol 1 & 2
Aquemini
400 Degreez
Capital Punishment
Its Dark and Hell Is Hot

And mind you, all this shyt had songs on the radio and videos on the major outlets... its not like Puffy n Mase were the only nikkas getting exposure

Plus I dont think anybody had done a video from The Tunnel... it was like a peek into a whole different world for a lot of people.

I just think people dont actually remember what the hell was going on. The late 90s were a GREAT time for hip hop.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Yeah...the shiny suits were just something visual easily associated to the whole "big willy-ism...flossy rap" thing going on at the time...and it definitely wasn't a myth...you can't dismiss the entirety of Bad Boy (the Lox and Big were doing the shyt right along with Puff and Mase) and Jay-Z and even Hate Me Now era Nas like they weren't titans in that scene and largely defining the times...

that whole vibe and aesthetic to a large part dominated mainstream east coast late 90's rap, to the point that you had random tough guy thug rappers like Mic Gerimono going from this:




to this

@ Mic... Mic Geronimo is a bad example... I love a lot of his music but hes been a biter since day 1. He came out as a store brand Nas and then tried to ride the jiggy wave.

You are talking about a handful of artists out of hundreds though. There were a lot of people in the mainstream doing other things. If anything, mainstream wise, the era we are in now is more limited.

 

[JuvenileHell]

I think it was more the era when rap music that was geared more towards having a good time/living the good life really took center stage. Remember that Pac and Big had died not too long ago...sorta killing the thug rap thing for a while. (I guess shyt got too real) and people more wanted to have a good time as opposed to thuggin out...

 

[re'up]

Of course it was a great time for hip hop/rap, shiny suits included, but you're being kinda disingenuous in you're argument, Jay's Vol. 1/Vol. 2, both have traces of 'Shiny Suit', in them, as far as Master P, the South was always doing it's own thing...there were grimy, renowned NY rap albums, but the mainstream focus and what captured an entire generations attention was the Bad Boy/Shiny Suit era....

 

[Mastamimd]

Wasn't just hip-hop either ya'll...look at many of the RnB acts out there from that era...they followed suit as well.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

I still dont buy it. Wu Tang went platinum. Eminem went platinum. If I recall correctly Master P and Juvenile went platinum. I dont think Jay went platinum until Vol 2. NY had Mase and Puffy but it also had Wu Tang, Big Pun, Black Star... the shiny suit shyt was a small piece. Its not like now, where the only nikkas in the mainstream are Jay, Ye and all the nikkas Khaled got on speed dial, with the same shyt being hot everywhere in the country.