Depends on what pure hiphop is.
The first songs before the labels when cats just hung out in the parks are obviously the purest since that's what started hiphop. 92-94 might just as pure as 2011-13 depends on what pure hiphop is.
There's always been influences of other genres mainly rock, electronic music and soul.
Rock and electronic music influences was hiphop before soul, yet certain people seem to think soul samples is more hiphop than electronic and rock samples.
The first songs before the labels when cats just hung out in the parks are obviously the purest since that's what started hiphop. 92-94 might just as pure as 2011-13 depends on what pure hiphop is.
There's always been influences of other genres mainly rock, electronic music and soul.
Rock and electronic music influences was hiphop before soul, yet certain people seem to think soul samples is more hiphop than electronic and rock samples.
