Things About 90's Hip Hop You Didn't Like?

[Sick Boy]

Welcome to the ignore list breh.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Garbage ass No Limit and DMX blowing up.

 

[H. Selassie]

am i the only one who likes Aquemini better than ATLiens

I used to prefer ATLiens until recent years. Aquemini is easily Kast's all-around best work. Stankonia's my personal favorite though. First rap cd I ever bought.

 

[Ashtrey]

Having background dancers in music videos which was a trend started by Bad Boy. Even MC Eiht had them in one of his videos in '98

 

[J-Fire]

Also even if West Coast or to a greater extent Southern albums don't get the


Geto Boys put them on the map regionally, but OutKast were big enough to make waves across the country and make people wake up to the South, and Atlanta in particular.

I also love Liquid Swords over any South album, over any album ever, anywhere...hah

I was young 10 in 96....da brat was my put onto the south and that outlast southernplayalistic Cadillac funky music single in 94.

 

[J-Fire]

Having background dancers in music videos which was a trend started by Bad Boy. Even MC Eiht had them in one of his videos in '98

Heavy D and Hammer had background dancers in their videos before puff was puff.

 

[mobbinfms]

Heavy D and Hammer had background dancers in their videos before puff was puff.

Kane.
Scoob and Skrap

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Having background dancers in music videos which was a trend started by Bad Boy. Even MC Eiht had them in one of his videos in '98

background dancers been around longer than you think


mc hammer had background dancers too

BDK had them too in the half stepping video

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Heavy D and Hammer had background dancers in their videos before puff was puff.

Sheeeit... puff was actually a background dancer for heavy dee

 

[Ashtrey]

Heavy D and Hammer had background dancers in their videos before puff was puff.

Yah but when gangsta rap rose that shyt disappeared and it came back around 97 with puffy. Then even gangsta rappers started having them in their videos.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Speaking of puff I still hate how he reinvented the remix.

same vocals over new beat >>>>> new vocals plus guest rappers over same beat

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

You're just listing good to great albums from the west coast. Some, like the Twinz album aren't even good (and I had the cassette in 95). There's probably 100-200 classic albums period. The lions share are from the east. What do you think there are 500 classic hip hop albums?

I definitely think there are more than 200 of them in the entire genre.

Since you think all 35 or so albums you've listed are classics. And about maybe ten are. List me 35 great west coast albums that aren't classics.

Luniz - Operation Stackola
Dru Down - Can-U-Feel-Me?
Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001
Kurupt - Kuruption
C-Bo's Mob Figaz

Etc.

 

[mobbinfms]

I definitely think there are more than 200 of them in the entire genre.



Luniz - Operation Stackola
Dru Down - Can-U-Feel-Me?
Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001
Kurupt - Kuruption
C-Bo's Mob Figaz

Etc.

I think you got a lower bar for what a classic is breh. It's all good though. It's just semantics.

 

[y que]

its the best era and therefore perfect in every way

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

I think you got a lower bar for what a classic is breh. It's all good though. It's just semantics.

To me a classic is an album that

1) slaps front to back
2) brings something new
3) holds up over time

And nothing more than that. I feel like all the albums I mentioned as classics accomplished all of the above but you're free to disagree.

On the same token, I do not see albums like Liquid Swords, Dah Shinin, etc as being in some "other" category of classic. I agree that OB4CL and Breaking Atoms are top 10 New York albums ever in large part because they advanced the genre, there are multiple west coast albums that have advanced the genre though which is why I responded to SirBiatch in the first place. Not all of the albums I mentioned had a comparable impact on the game as an OB4CL but they are classic nonetheless for the reasons I mentioned above.