This how the Billboard charts looked back in 1993

[darealvelle]

It's all a cycle. The 90's music that gets glorified now was shat on by the older generations at the time. Now that those who grew up listening to that are all grown up, they put it on a pedestal and shyt on the next generation's music. 10-15 years from now the people that grew up on this Kanye, Wayne, Drake, Ross era will be glorifying the music they grew up on and talk about how the next generation's music ain't shyt compared to the good ole days.

Now the r&b songs back then were crack and are still crack till this day.

 

[Xtraz2]

 

[mrken12]

Snow

 

[Xtraz2]

Snow

Nah that shyt wuz raw

 

[Blackking]

Why not exactly....as if people born from 86 to 91 didn't grow up on the exact same music. It's not as if these songs stopped being played my guy, music sat with people a lot longer back then. And yeah, it's a definite fall off as far as R and B goes. No question. But there is no one raised in any black household between the ages of 22 and 26 who doesn't know and appreciate most of these songs.

Naw... most of the chicks I fukk w can not related... born after 86 is an L. Even my lil bros cant relate and they heard the same shyt from the same radio. If you were not at least 8 or 9 years old in 93 then your weren't even in a high enuf grade level to discuss this shyt at school.. like janet and Whitney shai... definitely not the rap that wasn't on the radio.

 

[No1]

Naw... most of the chicks I fukk w can not related... born after 86 is an L. Even my lil bros cant relate and they heard the same shyt from the same radio. If you were not at least 8 or 9 years old in 93 then your weren't even in a high enuf grade level to discuss this shyt at school.. like janet and Whitney shai... definitely not the rap that wasn't on the radio.

That's on your fam, but definitely not anyone I've ever come across and I'm from the East Coast and went to college in Michigan. I have no idea what you mean by "relate" because that means absolutely nothing in the context that you're using it. If your family passes down good music, and keeps playing it then you'll be aware. This is another bizarro world moment right now....the shyt I hear on the coli is always to me. Those same music videos were getting played on BET and MTV when I was like 8. I had no idea Thriller didn't drop in the 90s until I was like 10. A black kid from a two parent black household that is 25 that doesn't appreciate this music

 

[Whitty Hutton]

It's all a cycle. The 90's music that gets glorified now was shat on by the older generations at the time. Now that those who grew up listening to that are all grown up, they put it on a pedestal and shyt on the next generation's music. 10-15 years from now the people that grew up on this Kanye, Wayne, Drake, Ross era will be glorifying the music they grew up on and talk about how the next generation's music ain't shyt compared to the good ole days.

False
My pops stay stay playing some Jackson 5, The Silvers, Stevie Wonder, Heatwave, Queen, Billy Joel.....but in the 90's he became a Babyface, Boyz II Men, Jodeci, Tevin Campbell stan too lol

 

[SchoolboyC]

False
My pops stay stay playing some Jackson 5, The Silvers, Stevie Wonder, Heatwave, Queen, Billy Joel.....but in the 90's he became a Babyface, Boyz II Men, Jodeci, Tevin Campbell stan too lol

Just wait 10-15 years from now when the people who grew up on this Wayne/Drake/Kanye/Ross era are all older, they'll be on some "Back in my day" shyt too. It always happens.

 

[Blackking]

That's on your fam, but definitely not anyone I've ever come across and I'm from the East Coast and went to college in Michigan. I have no idea what you mean by "relate" because that means absolutely nothing in the context that you're using it. If your family passes down good music, and keeps playing it then you'll be aware. This is another bizarro world moment right now....the shyt I hear on the coli is always to me. Those same music videos were getting played on BET and MTV when I was like 8. I had no idea Thriller didn't drop in the 90s until I was like 10. A black kid from a two parent black household that is 25 that doesn't appreciate this music

Well... most chicks I smash are younger than me. Im very into music. Only the women around my age can fill in my sentences on the music conversations, usually. A boy or girl who isnt even 26 years old yet more than likely cant relate.

 

[L. Deezy]

False
My pops stay stay playing some Jackson 5, The Silvers, Stevie Wonder, Heatwave, Queen, Billy Joel.....but in the 90's he became a Babyface, Boyz II Men, Jodeci, Tevin Campbell stan too lol

he has great taste in music

Tevin Campbell got a mean discog...

 

[IllmaticDelta]

whitney used to run shyt man

Whitney was Mariah Carey before Mariah carey

 

[DaveyDave]

Whoop there it is, rump shaker and informer all in front of a classic like g thang. I hope this will help put to rest the thought some of these nikkas have that only classics were popping in the 90's. It was just as much bull shyt or more than it is now, y'all just try to tune it out

the problem isn't that "only classics were poppin in the 90's" more the balance that was given back then. the diverse subject matter, sound and regions.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

up

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

this thread being upped is right on time cuz ive been listening to my old radio cassettes from that summer.

and I don't know where everybody is from here, but out of the rap songs on the radio, majority of them were "real hip-hop" up here. the only joints I remember getting regular rotation up here that didn't fit that mold were:

rumpshaker - altho this wasn't a pop jam like yall are making it out to be. it was moreso a '92 joint anyway. it just lasted extra long cuz it was that dam great.

other than that:
tag team - whoop! there it is
duce - daizy dukes
K7 - come baby come
jazzy jeff & fresh prince - boom! shake the room
and real talk, I'm not even sure if power 99 played all 4 of these joints. cuz looking back, I listened to Q102 just as much that year, back when they went thru that phase of being a hip-hop/r&b station, even tho they had like all white radio personalities. but they kept virtually the same playlist and were playing the raw chit. but yea, I think Q102 were the only ones playing a couple of these. lol.

and by the raw chit, I mean these joints were on daytime radio. getting spins on both stations
lords of the underground - funky child
lords of the underground - chief rocka
das efx - freak it
eric sermon - stay real
onyx - slam
onyx - shiftee
krs-one - black cop
krs-one - outta here
krs-one - sound of the police
naughty by nature - its on
run dmc - down with the king
pete rock & cl smooth - TROY
mc lyte - ruffneck
ice cube - check yoself

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
whens the last time yall saw a daytime playlist like this?


and then you had other popular jawns like:
the dre & snoop stuff
cypress hill - insane in the brain
2pac - I get around & keep ya head up
salt n pepa - shoop
naughty by nature - hip hop hooray


and that's just rap. cuz r&b was KILLIN back then. but that's besides the point. I'm just addressing the idea that radio was always complete garbage.

Whitney was Mariah Carey before Mariah carey

bigger than mariah

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Whoop there it is, rump shaker and informer all in front of a classic like g thang. I hope this will help put to rest the thought some of these nikkas have that only classics were popping in the 90's. It was just as much bull shyt or more than it is now, y'all just try to tune it out

I'll throw on rumpshaker before g thang actually.

you act like g thang is some sort of holy grail. you got dr dre spittin ghostwritten raps over a str8 loop of leon haywood. and snoop dogg was nice but he wasn't nobody's grandmaster caz.