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AWWW JYEAH I like this Rawkus community, real heads talk on here!! Which era reigns supreme??? If you're posting to this you already done your research and /or know what time it is, but feel free to enlighten everyone else....
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I'm with 94. 94/95 was the time where most of my favorite albums came out. Main Ingredient, Illmatic, Midnight Marauders, Resurrection, Lifestylez of the poor and dangerous, Sittin on Chrome, Ready to die... I could go on and on. Don't have a lot of the 88 stuff basically because it's hard to get.
Thats a tough one, cause 88 was when hip hop artistically came of age and 94 was the last year that the music mattered more than sales and chart position, I would have to say 94 was a better year for two reasons Illmatic & jerus Sun rises In The East.
94' was a good year... Don't get me wrong... But, 88' was waaaaaaayyyyyyy more important to Hip Hop as a whole... These albums y'all name did nothing new... The foundation was 88'... Everybody has their own favorite albums... But we not talking personally… We talking Hip Hop as a whole… We talking consensus… AND all of Hip Hop can agree that really only 2 classic albums dropped in 94'... Nas and Big... Now look at 88'... Almost all Hip Hop scholars agree that P.E.'s album that dropped that year, is the top Hip Hop album of all time... All you favorite rappers, favorite rappers come from that era... 88' out weighs 94' in every aspect...
I disagree... Anywhere pass 94'-95' and Hip Hop got lost... And you had the foundation and the 4 fathers before 88'... What I like to call the "Hip Hop Genesis Era"... So, you can't rule those years out neither... 73' to 86'-87'...
Yo,I was just peepin' everybody's post about hip-hop from the 80's and the 90's. In my most humble opinion, I'd say that the 80's was the beginning of the dope music that was to drop. Now, for me to say that 1994 (by itself) was the best year of hip-hop would be unfair, especially when the whole 90's had tons of dope music that came out. While the 80's was indeed the foundation, I gotta give it to the 90's. Trust me, I have a long list of folks that came out during the 90's that either drop albums or got shelved. Here goes a portion of that long-ass list:
From the 90's
Ill Biskits-The Chronicles of Two Losers(1995), Scientifik-Criminal(1994), Society-Yes 'N'Deed(1994), World Renown-Word Renown(1995), Mother Superia-Levitation(1997), Pete Rock & CL Smooth- Mecca & The Soul Brother(1992) and The Main Ingredient(1994), Goodie Mob-Soul Food(1995), Outkast-Aquemini(1998), Southernplayalisticmuzik(1994), and ATLiens(1996), Witchdoctor-A S.W.A.T. Healing Ritual(1998), KRS-One-Return of the Boom Bap(1993), J-Zone-Music For Tu Madre(1999), Gang Starr-Step In The Arena(1990), Daily Operation(1992), Hard To Earn(1994) and Moment of Truth(1998), Jeru Tha Damaja-Sun Rises In The East(1994) and Wrath Of The Math(1996), Group Home-Living Proof(1995), Wu-Tang Clan-Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)(1993) and Wu-Tang Forever(1997), Onyx-Bacdafucup(1993), Shut Em Down(1998), and All We Got Iz Us(1995), Artifacts-That's Them(1997) and Between A Rock And A Hard Place(1994), Poison Clan-2 Low Life Mothas(1990) and Poisonous Mentality(1992), Da Youngsta's-The Aftermath(1993) and No Mercy(1994), Omniscence(1995), KMD-Mr. Hood(1991) and Black Bastards(1994), Diamond-Stuns, Blunts, & Hip-Hop(1992), Lord Finesse-Funky Technician(1990), Return of the Funky Man(1992), and The Awakening(1995), Showbiz & AG-Runaway Slave(1992), Goodfellas(1995), and Full Scale(1998), Fat Joe-Jealous One's Envy(1995), Big Pun-Capital Punishment(1995), Souls of Mischief-93 Til Infinity(1993) and No Man's Land(1995), Ice Cube-Amerikkka;s Most Wanted(1990), Death Certificate(1991), The Predator(1992), and Leathal Injection(1994), Rasco-Time Waits For No Man(1998), Planet Asia-Planet Asia(1998), MOP-To The Death(1994),World Famous(1996), and First Family 4 Life(1998), Beatnuts-Intoxicated Demons EP(1993), Beatnuts(1994), Stone Crazy(1997), and Musical Massacre(1999), Al Tariq-God Connections(1996),Cella Dwellas-Realms & Reality(1996),Heather B-Takin' Mine(1996), The Lady of Rage-Necessary Roughness(1997), Nikki D(1991), Boss-Born Gangstaz(1993), Nas-Illamtic(1994), It Was Written(1996), I Am...(1999), and Nastradum(1999), Cormega-The Testament(1998), MF Doom-Operation Doomsday(1999),Juggaknots-Clear Blue Skies(1997), Ol' Dirty Bastard-Return of the 36 Chambers:The Dirty Version(1995), Twista-Resurrection(1995) and Adrenaline Rush(1997), Company Flow-Funcrusher Plus(1997), Ras Kass-Soul On Ice:Demo(1995) and Soul On Ice(1996), Vooodu-Dark Regions(1996), Aceyalone-All Balls Don't Bounce(1995) and Book of Human Language(1998), Crooked Lettaz-Grey Skiez(1999), Blackface-Long Enough(1997)...
I will have to stop right here. See, I warned y'all about this long list of albums that dropped throughout the 90's. It gets even longer, but I won't even go there. Nonetheless, the 90's definitely had some hard sounds that people can appreciate now, even if we've slept on half of them back then.
yo... !!! when aliens come back to this planet, after its been destroyed and froze over, and they dig up hip hop history..... the years of 93-97.....IS BEST BEST 4 YEAR STRETCH OF NON STOP CLASSICS. PERIOD!
