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Nah, Hip-Hop peaked in 1988, but was at it's best between 1986-2004. Everything after has just dragged been in the fall out of a great era.
i miss buying CD singles just to have the b-side songs
back in the day when u had to call Pete Rock to do a remix for ur b-side,,that was probly the peak creatively , so called "golden era", hiphop was still fresh/ innoventive as a music-genre, wit unconventional (not to mention talented) groups like Das EFX, naughty by NAture n Fu-Shnickens on the forefront,, and then came the wave wit boombap n lyricism wit guys like O.C., Wu, BCC, Jeru n Nas etc etc. and every kid read the Source MAgazine or Rap Pages, no such thing as intenret98 was teh startin point for its peak commercialy, when the industry understood that money could be made as a francise off of rap. Death Row were very succesful, but nobody did it like Master P when he came through and taught ppl how to get paid wit No Limit when he oversaturated teh game wit a perfect distirubtion deal (for its time),,,, and Def Jam raped the game wit 2 backtoback triple-plat albums from DMX that year (which was incredible). not to mention Bad Boy/Puff, Cash Money etc. after that, u had the Eminem/aftermath-era. and then the g-unit era.. so on n so on
Quote from: M Dogg on April 18, 2012, 10:20:33 AMNah, Hip-Hop peaked in 1988, but was at it's best between 1986-2004. Everything after has just dragged been in the fall out of a great era.93>>88lyricism was sharper, beats were betternot saying 88 didnt have its share of classics, in fact Kane, Rakim, Chuck, and Krs One were in their primes
Quote from: The Fonz on April 18, 2012, 11:22:02 AMi miss buying CD singles just to have the b-side songsI think what I miss is artists didnt have to rush projects out to make cash, now on the independant tip rappers are flooding the listener with product and to be honest a lot of it sounds rushed.Think of how many DPG related projects have dropped in the last 2-3 years and how if they had cut and diced them you could have been left with 1-2 classic jointsThe average listening span has shortened to since the the advent of the MP3 and the various devices associated with itYou get people with hours and hours of music that they havent invested any listening time in
Quote from: Cavvy on April 18, 2012, 11:26:14 AMQuote from: M Dogg on April 18, 2012, 10:20:33 AMNah, Hip-Hop peaked in 1988, but was at it's best between 1986-2004. Everything after has just dragged been in the fall out of a great era.93>>88lyricism was sharper, beats were betternot saying 88 didnt have its share of classics, in fact Kane, Rakim, Chuck, and Krs One were in their primesTrust me, I listen to songs from the early 90's way more than the late 80's, but what Hip Hop represented was in it's purest form in 1988. Plus more classic albums came out in 1988 than 1993.1988http://rateyourmusic.com/list/jlagor1/1988_hip_hop1993http://rateyourmusic.com/list/musicman07/1993_hip_hop1993 would be a goldyn year now, but compared to 1988, 1988 was just too deep of a year and Hip-Hop was still at it's purest.
Thats why I can put a track like this on and it shits on anything released in the last 15 years. I guess its kinda like Hendrix and the Beatles for rock music in 67 , or Davis and Coltrane for Jazz. Not dissing the scene now at all
what album was this track on, btw
Quote from: M Dogg on April 18, 2012, 11:43:23 AMQuote from: Cavvy on April 18, 2012, 11:26:14 AMQuote from: M Dogg on April 18, 2012, 10:20:33 AMNah, Hip-Hop peaked in 1988, but was at it's best between 1986-2004. Everything after has just dragged been in the fall out of a great era.93>>88lyricism was sharper, beats were betternot saying 88 didnt have its share of classics, in fact Kane, Rakim, Chuck, and Krs One were in their primesTrust me, I listen to songs from the early 90's way more than the late 80's, but what Hip Hop represented was in it's purest form in 1988. Plus more classic albums came out in 1988 than 1993.1988http://rateyourmusic.com/list/jlagor1/1988_hip_hop1993http://rateyourmusic.com/list/musicman07/1993_hip_hop1993 would be a goldyn year now, but compared to 1988, 1988 was just too deep of a year and Hip-Hop was still at it's purest.Those lists arent comprehensive enough, Ill try and find a better linkEazy Duz it a classic? not sure about that
But like the African proverb says, "The body is easily satisfied but the heart not so easy".