Hip-Hop Thread [ARCHIVED] Genre • Page 532

My first rap album was LL Cool J’s G.O.A.T. I bought it in 2000, the year it came out. I was 11 I think. A day later my sister’s boyfriend gave me Mobb Deep’s Hell on Earth, Nas’s It Was Written and Wu-Tang Clan’s Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). It was a pretty solid start, haha. When I was 12 or 13 I then really started getting into current stuff as well as all the classics (and then whole discographies) from the 80s and 90s. I liked digging. I still do, but Spotify has made it a different experience.

 

Internal Affairs by Pharoahe Monch is probably my favourite 90s record. But it changes all the time.

Edit: actually, it alternates with 36 Chambers

 

This is like a opinion gaining steam but I disagree. I think it’s just that the remix/remake is overplayed.

 

My first 90’s hip hop album had to have been The Slim Shady LP. Then I listened to a lot of Beastie Boys but mainly their greatest hits. After that probably Illmatic and Big L - Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous.

 

My favorite 90s record by default is Illmatic because its my favorite album in all of music

 

That Big L album is a slightly overlooked classic that has really aged well imo

 

Fuck, forgot this too. Picking a favourite 90s record is harder than I thought haha

 

I don’t listen to it too often these days but N.Y. State Of Mind is one of my favorite songs period

 

Aquemini though

 

I go through phases. I might not listen to it in two years but then I dig it up and constantly listen to it for two days lol

 

tha carter III was my first hip hop album

 

I just like that the original is a lot darker than the remake. The remake isn't bad or anything, just find it a bit poppier. I would argue that the original Crossroads is one of their best songs overall.

 

I can see that. I like poppy 90s rap though lol I will ride hard for Big Willie Style

 

I used to seek out old 90’s classics and just generally try to better familiarize myself with the genre but I’ve been slacking for years lol need to get back on it. There’s sooo much out there it can be overwhelming.

 

Not 90s but I LOVE Mac Dre's Ronald Dregan. A classic to me.

 

Wow you started out on an extremely high note, what followed it?

 

Second hip hop album I ever owned haha. On cassette too. Still have it somewhere.

 

FACTS

 

If we're talking 90s rap, I need to see some more love for No Limit Records, please.

 

My first hip hop record was Lil Bow Wow Beware Of Dog, sorry to flex like this but you know I had to

 

I remember hearing make em say uhhh in a basketball game and my life was changed forever

 

Soul, Funk and Motown • forum.chorus.fm

Talking of soul and funk earlier, I made this thread a couple of weeks back. It’s a bit empty at the moment, gonna try and keep it going

 

this is pointless talk because it’s obvious but like Nipsey’s second verse on Dedication is such a great verse. The flow and charisma he has on it is top notch.

 

wait, no.

This was a few years earlier

 

Wait, does Logic say the N word in that new song with Eminem? I don’t listen to Logic or know anything about him but I thought he was white?