The misuse of jazz samples but the C tier east coast artists and wack funk flips from C level west coast artists
Things About 90's Hip Hop You Didn't Like?
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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
I don't like how I missed because I was born in '96.
Facts
I don't know where people come from with that G-funk shyt
BIG, from everything I've seen, was just a big hip-hop fan... he listened to everything. Liked all types of shyt, listened to every album, watched all the videos, etc. So he was influenced by all of it, and I think that come across in the music. Of course he just wanted to make hardcore records and Puff pushed Juicy and Big Poppa on him, but he was probably the most diverse rapper in NY at the time that was able to do songs that appealed everywhere without blatantly dikkriding like Masta Ace and some others were.
detroit devil 3
All Star
Legit, there is nothing more clutch than smashing a post-98 bytch to rap music before 98; shyt lowkey might be the greatest feeling ever.
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As I keep thinkin' about it...
The saddest thing about this thread is that you find out so many people who claim they hip-hop and this and that, are really just fans of where they're from. To me, one of the best things about hip-hop then is that you could hear all kinds of different shyt- you could hear NY dudes talk about NY, hear a Cali dude talk about Cali, hear nikkas from ATL talk about ATL shyt... and do it all in their own way. You could even get different angles- Snoop was from Cali and the Pharcyde was from Cali, two totally different sounds tho'. On the East you had ur Wu-Tang & Mobb, but then you also had BIG & Jay who were a lil' more 'mainstream' but still made good shyt. Down South, you could get Scarface or Master P or Outkast. It wasn't just easy to take it all and put it in a box. And that's what I feel like nikkas do now, even with old music. Ride for everything Cali while cryin' about NY and album ratings, and acting like "nobody" was listening to anything from there... it's like, do you like music or do you just like your neighborhood? I'm just one of them dudes who could fukk with Dru Down and Black Moon at the same time... the point was the be different anyway. Most of the best artists (not the C & D level nikkas) were the best BECAUSE they weren't following the next nikka. Now shyt's gotten so integrated, you can't even tell the NY dudes if they ain't wearin' Yankee hats...
The saddest thing about this thread is that you find out so many people who claim they hip-hop and this and that, are really just fans of where they're from. To me, one of the best things about hip-hop then is that you could hear all kinds of different shyt- you could hear NY dudes talk about NY, hear a Cali dude talk about Cali, hear nikkas from ATL talk about ATL shyt... and do it all in their own way. You could even get different angles- Snoop was from Cali and the Pharcyde was from Cali, two totally different sounds tho'. On the East you had ur Wu-Tang & Mobb, but then you also had BIG & Jay who were a lil' more 'mainstream' but still made good shyt. Down South, you could get Scarface or Master P or Outkast. It wasn't just easy to take it all and put it in a box. And that's what I feel like nikkas do now, even with old music. Ride for everything Cali while cryin' about NY and album ratings, and acting like "nobody" was listening to anything from there... it's like, do you like music or do you just like your neighborhood? I'm just one of them dudes who could fukk with Dru Down and Black Moon at the same time... the point was the be different anyway. Most of the best artists (not the C & D level nikkas) were the best BECAUSE they weren't following the next nikka. Now shyt's gotten so integrated, you can't even tell the NY dudes if they ain't wearin' Yankee hats...
Exactly. Someone posted in this thread earlier about how nobody down south was listening to Jeru or CNN, they only listened to southern rappers. Those aren't real hip hop fans to me. If you true blue about this shyt, you should be striving to listen to the best shyt from every region. Not saying any one artist in particular is a requirement, but if you from the South and only listened to Bad Boy in the mid 90s, cause that's what was on the radio, you wasn't really a hip hop fan.
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He loves Illmatic. I got Whitney if he denies it.
FruitOfTheVale
Superstar
Your quote applies equally to NY fans who find something salty or flat out dumb to say about music from other regions which there was plenty of in this thread.
On some other shyt, I honestly don't see how people equate trend-hopping mixtape rappers with being representative of their region. If you want to get a movement going in the Bay Area music scene (doing shows, in-stores, etc.) you have to make music that appeals to the Bay Area... The same is true in LA, Chicago and pretty much anywhere else I've been. Regionalism is still alive if you're really trying to make a career out of rap, mixtape rappers who want to get discovered online without putting in the work in the streets will always sound like knockoffs of whatever is popular online / on the radio at the moment.