Who was the king of NYC rap in 1993.....

[Art Barr]

The easy correct answer culturally. for all of rap in that era.

till 1997 was :

krs one


yet if we wanna go real indepth.
after yes you may. Before finesse delivery moved to full fruition.
on the later awakening.
Plus the impact of ditc and showbiz and ag.



Big l = was the best and illest emcee in 1993 in nyc easy.

After that was jeru.

Both suffer from the worst admin errors of the era historically.
Which ruined what should have been.


@maxamusa

Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

tbh there was no king of nyc till Big came along

Krs ended what would have been the transistion of ll's boy king run.
To the later sellout jiggy restart of the socalled king of nyc era bullshyt.


That would eventually bring ruin to nyc just like krs one said. Yet krs was complicit in aiding this perception and keeping it going.
by endprsing puff in the wake of the grief from big's passing. Which exasperated and moved nyc culturally away from hiphop. into sellout jiggy-dom. Which has been nyc's ruin. Plus the world by aiding in the erosion and eventual destruction of hiphop culture.


Art Barr

 

[Stuckinthe90s]

36 Chambers is the best album of 93.

Q-Tip or KRS deserve the title more than any Wu member though.

 

[OGBobbyJohnson]

If it was anybody it was him

LL was the face of the pack mid 80s on, fell off, came back in full force and still was putting out hits after the fact. He was the only rapper MTV asked to do unplugged and was getting booked to do Hollywood movies. Kane was done, Rick was locked & Rakim was about to be on hiatus/phased out. The younger nikkax didn’t get the ball rolling yet either

It was still LL

it was a transitional year for NY. i think LL was the KONY by default even though several other artists were more interesting at the time.

it was def LL

 

[TEKBEATZ]

Treach




Edit:

Only because of buckshot...my remix

 

[Bigblackted4]

That joint with Mary J Blige 'Whats the 411' that sh1t is a classic to me. I hear back then Grand Puba was a polo head and put a lot of dudes on style wise too.

Why didn’t his solo career pop off

 

[nieman]

I'm going with Buckshot as top contender, but it may have been

Hev - radio hits, lyrics, style and respected and loved by all

LL was cold, and c/o '87 were done except G Rap. Everyone else - Sticky, Tip, Puba were in groups with other members contributing. Plus '93 was a transition year

 

[Mac Ten]

That joint with Mary J Blige 'Whats the 411' that sh1t is a classic to me. I hear back then Grand Puba was a polo head and put a lot of dudes on style wise too.

Grand Puba should have gotten a check

 

[Art Barr]

Why didn’t his solo career pop off

Souled't out to far past no return.
Yet culturally along with diamond d who went jiggy and were boycotted.
To being culturally bankrupt draws.
Like wtf used to happen to culturall hiphop draw based artist. Who souled't out.
While nas and other jiggy sellout artist were given passes.

Now here we are.

@Bigblackted4

Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

Grand Puba should have gotten a check

Puba did get a check.
Then went to far.
past the point of no return.


Art Barr

 

[god shamgod]

LL , krs one & naughty by nature

Black moon album dropped at the end of ‘93

 

[Stick Up Kid]

The term "KONY" didnt really start catchi on until about 1994/1995.

but I would give it to Onyx

 

[maxamusa]

Method Man in 93? His album dropped in November of 94? How the fuk was he a king of anything? Back then, no one cared about 1 guy being a "king". We listened to whatever was hot from any region. NY hip hop at the time, Run DMC dominated with "down with the king" for most of the year until the 4th quarter. That's when Krs, Black moon, tribe, and Wu dropped. So back then (I started 11th grade in the summer of 93), we weren't acting like you could only listein to ONE artist.

So in your opinion being a member of a group disqualifies you from being that guy?


crazy cause almost everyone mentioned in here is a member of a group.....I wasn't there just asking

 

[maxamusa]

The easy correct answer culturally. for all of rap in that era.

till 1997 was :

krs one


yet if we wanna go real indepth.
after yes you may. Before finesse delivery moved to full fruition.
on the later awakening.
Plus the impact of ditc and showbiz and ag.



Big l = was the best and illest emcee in 1993 in nyc easy.

After that was jeru.

Both suffer from the worst admin errors of the era historically.
Which ruined what should have been.


@maxamusa

Art Barr

Big L was buzzing back then? the only commercial record I ever heard from him was "put it on" or "mvp" ..... and that was mad late. I thought he was always underground.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

So in your opinion being a member of a group disqualifies you from being that guy?


crazy cause almost everyone mentioned in here is a member of a group.....I wasn't there just asking

No, but not having any releases does .