Author Topic: 1990s rap (Read 13386 times)

Svengoolie · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2015, 02:10:03 PM »

the best.

denarii · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2015, 02:12:08 PM »

Quote from: Svengoolie on June 08, 2015, 02:10:03 PM

the best.

post some videos then

denarii · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2015, 02:18:18 PM »

NarcissisticDeity · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2015, 02:26:17 PM »

Thong Maniac · « **Reply #5 on:** June 08, 2015, 02:42:19 PM »

Killarmy

Wiggs · « **Reply #6 on:** June 08, 2015, 02:44:44 PM »

The prime era of rap.

SilverSpoon · « **Reply #7 on:** June 08, 2015, 02:46:12 PM »

2 of the greatest hip hop albums of all time came out within a couple of months.

Enter the Wu-Tang
Midnight Marauders by a Tribe Called Quest

Then a few months later, Outkast's first album, Southernplayalisticcadil lacfunkymusic

BB · « **Reply #8 on:** June 08, 2015, 02:48:23 PM »

Kool G Rap, a somewhat unsung hero of the era -

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One of the greatest prison raps recorded -

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For the woman beaters in the crowd

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BB · « **Reply #9 on:** June 08, 2015, 02:57:29 PM »

Brand Nubian -

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You had to watch yourself when this came on -

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Sometimes this one too -

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BB · « **Reply #10 on:** June 08, 2015, 03:09:51 PM »

I've written before about this guy before, he fired the first widely heard shot in the East Coast/West Coast wars around 91. Great beat selection, and while not the most lyrical of rappers, he had an aggression that was hard to turn away from -

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funk51 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 08, 2015, 03:11:53 PM »

rap=bad music.

Bindare_Dundat · « **Reply #12 on:** June 08, 2015, 03:18:53 PM »

What a pile of shit.

Royalty · « **Reply #13 on:** June 08, 2015, 03:25:29 PM »

BB · « **Reply #14 on:** June 08, 2015, 03:27:15 PM »

While NWA, and it's offshoots get the most props for the establishment of the gangster rap sound in California, I'd argue that Ice T did it better -

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Some of the younger kids here might not know it, but here's the original version of 99 problems that Jay Z borrowed the hook from -

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Yamcha · « **Reply #15 on:** June 08, 2015, 03:29:15 PM »

Royalty · « **Reply #16 on:** June 08, 2015, 03:31:34 PM »

BB · « **Reply #17 on:** June 08, 2015, 03:33:45 PM »

Quote from: Royalty on June 08, 2015, 03:25:29 PM

Ha, 9mm Goes Bang was the first rap song I can remember hearing as kid.

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BB · « **Reply #18 on:** June 08, 2015, 03:36:33 PM »

denarii · « **Reply #19 on:** June 08, 2015, 03:54:59 PM »

BB · « **Reply #20 on:** June 08, 2015, 04:01:53 PM »

The Geto Boys had a lot of better songs, but I'll always have a soft spot for this one. It's almost like a caricature of the early 90's gangster rap era. Plus it's got a few hilariously quotable lines in it -

They got in trouble with Steve Miller over the "Joker" sample -

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Not sure if the same happened with the Lynyrd Skynyrd sampled version -

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Mr Anabolic · « **Reply #21 on:** June 08, 2015, 04:08:11 PM »

1993. One of my favs from the movie "Office Space"

OneMoreRep · « **Reply #22 on:** June 08, 2015, 04:15:17 PM »

Quote from: denarii on June 08, 2015, 02:04:30 PM

Back around the mid-90's ('96 I think), I was driving around LA trying to visit a friend. I got lost and ended up in South Central driving down East 36th Street. I stopped at a light and this song (above) was blasting while a group of easily 40 guys were hanging out on the corner all wearing blue and smoking marijuana.

I looked at them for a bit (from the comfort of my car and with a neutral look of course) as I waited for the light to change and while looking over, one of them starting walking towards my car. He barked at me and said, "fuck you looking at?!" and "Is you a faggot?!". I yelled out, "yes, I'm a faggot" and then as if I had the plague, he waved me off and quickly started walking back towards his army, all of which started to laugh at him while slowly passing a blunt towards him.

Tough streets..

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P.S. While they had that song by Luniz playing, I actually had this song by George Michael playing in my car:

BB · « **Reply #23 on:** June 08, 2015, 04:15:52 PM »

They can't all be hard -

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From '88, but was still strong on the party scene in the early 90's -

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Parker · « **Reply #24 on:** June 08, 2015, 04:23:35 PM »

Everything good started to die out in the 90s. We have entered a "Malaise Era" in terms of music among other things.