What was Hip Hop Like Back in the 80's and early 90's?

[stealthbomber]

keep this thread goin, ima 90s baby and im interested as fuck lol. where all the old niggas at??? was the chronic pretty hyped when it came out or did its impact grow with time?

 

[Kame]

Id like an answer to the Nas question...........

and who blew up who you thought would never see the light of day?

 

[Wonderland]

The main reason i don't like 80's cos of the Production i can't stand Boom Bap simple Beats and how none of the old skool Rappers could craft Hooks

I really started to get into Hip Hop with 2pac in the 90's

Snoop was the first that caught my attention though but it was 2pac that was the first Artist i could say yeah i'm moved by his Music i feel what he saying, he talking about real shit

But my fave era always been the late 90's and 2000's the balance is dope

You got dudes like Max B making that fly wavy Music, you got dudes like Eminem and ZRO making that real life Deep Music, you got people that just Rap like Nas who nice with Lyrics, you got people like Rick Ross making that Coke Rap

See the good Artists don't just Rap they will do Hooks, Sing, Harmonize, make records about different topics, make records about different emotions etc and that balance we have is dope so much variety

 

[white715]

keep this thread goin, ima 90s baby and im interested as fuck lol. where all the old niggas at??? was the chronic pretty hyped when it came out or did its impact grow with time?

The Chronic was big as soon as it came out people knew it was a classic. Like Jay said in 22 2s too much westcoast dicklickin' Dre and them boys could do no wrong in 92-94

 

[white715]

Nas' buzz was really underground not everyone knew who Nas was but once he dropped it was written he really solidified his place he was imo the best out talent-wise but he didn't have the charisma that other artists did.

 

[king hassan]

I was born in 1973. I remember Blondie's "Rapture" coming on the radio around 81. Beat Street, Breaking, White Lines being played. Wikki Wikki, Pac Jam, I grew up hearing all that shit. LL came out when I was in the 8th grade and cats would come to school with the boombox. Funny that I remember a lot of cats thats out and older now, I remember when they first dropped. I even made a thread about cats being out over 20 plus years in the game. Being in the 10th grade when De La Soul dropped "Me Myself and I" even tho Potholes IN my Lawn was the first single. HIp HOp was everywhere

 

[FoolTime]

It was like gettin head from ya mama while eating frosted flakes

GRRrrrreat!!!

 

[a_list]

shyt was dope......mad variety......

 

[king hassan]

Nas' buzz was really underground not everyone knew who Nas was but once he dropped it was written he really solidified his place he was imo the best out talent-wise but he didn't have the charisma that other artists did.

A lot of cats knew who he was, Illmatic was bumping everywhere. When that shit dropped it was heavily talked about.

 

[Ier30]

shit yall niggas born in 90 got it better than me i was born in 93 but i remember my first favorite song was mo money mo problems lol

 

[white715]

A lot of cats knew who he was, Illmatic was bumping everywhere. When that shit dropped it was heavily talked about.

People heard of Nas but he wasn't a house hold name I don't remember hearing Nas on the radio til "If I ruled the world" but "I was only like 9 when Illmatic dropped but I was listening to rap back then.

 

[king hassan]

The main reason i don't like 80's cos of the Production i can't stand Boom Bap simple Beats and how none of the old skool Rappers could craft Hooks

I really started to get into Hip Hop with 2pac in the 90's

Snoop was the first that caught my attention though but it was 2pac that was the first Artist i could say yeah i'm moved by his Music i feel what he saying, he talking about real shit

But my fave era always been the late 90's and 2000's the balance is dope

You got dudes like Max B making that fly wavy Music, you got dudes like Eminem and ZRO making that real life Deep Music, you got people that just Rap like Nas who nice with Lyrics, you got people like Rick Ross making that Coke Rap

See the good Artists don't just Rap they will do Hooks, Sing, Harmonize, make records about different topics, make records about different emotions etc and that balance we have is dope so much variety

This is a funny post because a majority of the music was sample based and when Biz Markie got sued by the Stever Miller band shit got fucked up. And cats were singing and harmonizing too, how many records have you heard? And a lot of artist had albums with different topics, a wide variety of them. And the dj would scratch the hooks or they would sing the hooks, I'm trying to figure out where you got that from. You had different rappers rapping about different things. LL Cool J's album I"m Bad" album had a wide aray of topics on there off the top. Main Source, a wide variety of stuff. De La Souls' De La SOul is dead talked about drug abuse, pedophiles, partying, wack emcee's, groupies all types of shit.

 

[king hassan]

People heard of Nas but he wasn't a house hold name I don't remember hearing Nas on the radio til "If I ruled the world" but "I was only like 9 when Illmatic dropped but I was listening to rap back then.

Aha, there we go. I was 20 when it dropped, cats was bumping the shit out of that album. His rhyme from "Live At the BBQ" had niggas waiting on him to drop, he had a buzz and I was in Cali when that shit dropped too.

 

[Daddy_PeaceBuck$]

It was like watching a beautiful baby being born and raising it the correct way.

Then watching the bastard go to jail for life for some dumb shit.

@Hassan. What's poppin

 

[king hassan]

It was like watching a beautiful baby being born and raising it the correct way.

Then watching the bastard go to jail for life for some dumb shit.

@Hassan. What's poppin

What's up homie, just the same ole soup just reheated. And good analogy

 

[white715]

Aha, there we go. I was 20 when it dropped, cats was bumping the shit out of that album. His rhyme from "Live At the BBQ" had niggas waiting on him to drop, he had a buzz and I was in Cali when that shit dropped too.

Yeah you got a point about my age but I reemember how big Snoops Buzz and that was around the same time Live at the BBQ was in 91 and Deep cover was not even a full year after that, Nas had a following but it wasn't on the level of Snopp or even Redman.

 

[thekillingjoke]

Each region had their own distinct sound but it was still dope. Even in NY, each of the 5 boroughs had a distinct sound, style of dress, etc. It was friendly competition amongst each other, cause they all knew it was about the culture, the music. At the same time though, the communities were all fucked up. The President Reagan Era indirectly influenced the music believe it or not. It wasn't all lovely, plenty of people went out partying only to have to duck shots from a shootout. Then AIDS came on the scene, poverty, more violence. Crack cocaine tore ass through the urban areas in America. The music back then was upbeat cause the times were hard. The music was a form of escape. Later on, the music started turning into a reflection of the urban plight. They weren't glorifying it, just painting a picture or telling stories. This line form Chino XL sums up old school rappers:

"As a child, I swore everything a rapper said was the truth

Cause NWA had guns in the booth

Ice-T really pimped hoes in his suit

Rakim was God, Slick Rick wasn't scared to shoot

A lot of the old school rappers used to be former drug dealers, stick up kids, etc. They got into rap to get away from the violence, not to invite it. So when they spoke on some hood shit, you knew it was coming from someone who been through it personally. Nowadays rappers got college degrees and dropping albums talking about being "goons" and Mafia dons. That's what's missing, authenticity. You had your MC Hammers, Fresh Princes, Fat Boys, etc. But they never perpetrated something they weren't. Everyone was being themselves, instead of putting up a front. Nowadays, you can put up a front and become a multimillionaire (yes, Rick Ross, Plies, Lil Wayne, I'm talking about you).

 

[king hassan]

Yeah you got a point about my age but I reemember how big Snoops Buzz and that was around the same time Live at the BBQ was in 91 and Deep cover was not even a full year after that, Nas had a following but it wasn't on the level of Snopp or even Redman.

Oh yeah, was waiting on Snoop to drop too cuz Deep Cover was a monster. But I guess you really had to be around at the time to know. ANd it was hard to get that Deep Cover without buying the whole sound track. And Redman came out right before I went to overseas to the Gulf in Nov 92. Nas's album dropped almost a whole year after that. I remember my homie went home on leave to NYC and came back with a dj SIlver Surfa mix tape with Biggie, Craig Mack and some other shit, but that Biggie joint had niggas waiting too. I still got some of those old mix tapes around here too, nigga had the Mic Geronimo "Shit's Real" on there too where he cut it to extend the song. But my young homie, like I say, you had to have been around at the time.

 

[Daddy_PeaceBuck$]

What's up homie, just the same ole soup just reheated. And good analogy

Appreciate it family. You know I'm bumpin Heav for the rest of the week. Played the In Living Color intro Season 3 back to back to back

 

[Catalyst2012]

anybody that grew up in the 90's, who would u compare Nas' hype from 92-94 to now?

most ppl say j cole fills that void