When do you feel hip hop peaked?
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Plankton
Superstar
Mid/Late 80's. If you were there you know. If you weren't there, you aren't qualified to speak on it.
Outlaw
New Hope For the HaveNotz
2015
mid 90s
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Plankton
Superstar
Let me further elaborate on why Hip Hop peaked in the mid/Late 80's
Run DMC took Hip Hop to a commercial level without being some put together group. They were official and raw yet were able to gain mainstream attention. The Fresh Fest was led by Run DMC and was the first commercially successful hip hop tour. Run DMC were also the first to get branding with ADIDAS opening the doors for Hip Hop being a staple for endorsements.
LL Cool J was the template for the successful solo platinum selling rapper.
All of this started in the mid/late 80's. You don't get the direction Hip Hop would later go without these 2 entities pioneering the way.
Run DMC took Hip Hop to a commercial level without being some put together group. They were official and raw yet were able to gain mainstream attention. The Fresh Fest was led by Run DMC and was the first commercially successful hip hop tour. Run DMC were also the first to get branding with ADIDAS opening the doors for Hip Hop being a staple for endorsements.
LL Cool J was the template for the successful solo platinum selling rapper.
All of this started in the mid/late 80's. You don't get the direction Hip Hop would later go without these 2 entities pioneering the way.
BK The Great
Veteran
Early 2000’s was the last of highest highs.
Around 2007.
Seems like we had more mainstream Rap stars than we did, now.
Seems like we had more mainstream Rap stars than we did, now.
Amo Husserl
Superstar
'94. So many great albums dropped that year. After '96 the quality declined but it was slow burn until Soulja Boy dropped and the ringtone era took another chunk of authenticity out the culture. Hip-hop has been too resilient, the fact that it has cooled off now is a testament to that. It had a similar arc to jazz, cooling off in the 70s after a hot period in the 60s if you equate 1960s jazz to 1990s hip-hop.
