Favourite Year In Hiphop

[kingpin_4eva]

My favourite year in hiphop has to late 93 to 94. They had some dope out those times.

[DonCorleone187]

My favourite year in hiphop has to late 93 to 94. They had some dope out those times.

yup those were the best years the industry was just flooded with quality material

[IKON]

I dont really have a fav. year but my favorite era was that 92-98 era, damn so many many dope and classic westcoast albums came out ( including the bay area)
many artist from that era have not been able to duplicate classic albums they released

[Twentytwofifty]

My favourite is 1988, easily.  
I wasn't into hip-hop back then but the albums that were released that year  

Debut albums from Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, EPMD, Biz Markie...

Too many classics dropped that year.

[40oz GRApHire]

If you are talking about real Hiphop? then I dont know but about Rap/Hiphop, I'd say 95-96 era because from 92 til 95 it grew very fast to a maximum of sound quality we like to call G-Funk & in 95-96 it was at hes highest point, from 97 till today it only went downwards...

My answer: 1995-1996

[Vigilante]

If you are talking about real Hiphop? then I dont know but about Rap/Hiphop, I'd say 95-96 era because from 92 til 95 it grew very fast to a maximum of sound quality we like to call G-Funk & in 95-96 it was at hes highest point, from 97 till today it only went downwards...

My answer: 1994-1996

[hector]

93 for me

[Don Seer]

'94

doggystyle / regulate... g-funk era / illmatic / ready to die


 

[Yeah!]

'94

doggystyle / regulate... g-funk era / illmatic / ready to die


 

Also the year when ATL and Kokane were at their prime and dropped the best albums of their carrers.

[Don Seer]

ohh yeah... had to check which ATL album to be sure.. uncle sam's curse. damn...

shame its such a bitch to get hold of compared to every single other ATL album (diff distributor.. earlier ruthless ones were on giant.. u.s.c. was on red distribution.... maybe thats the prob?)

'94 for sure then.. theres probably a few more hidden gems from then too

[Yeah!]

ohh yeah... had to check which ATL album to be sure.. uncle sam's curse. damn...

shame its such a bitch to get hold of compared to every single other ATL album (diff distributor.. earlier ruthless ones were on giant.. u.s.c. was on red distribution.... maybe thats the prob?)

'94 for sure then.. theres probably a few more hidden gems from then too

Hey I Never knew that. Its always seemed odd that i see cds that came out in the early 90s like black mafia life and livin like hustlers all the time, but Uncle Sam's Curse is so damn rare. Thats a shame though huh. That album was too raw.

And Im pretty sure Kokane dropped his best in 94 too. Didnt Funk Upon A Rhyme Come Out that year?

And for me... It would have to be 94-96. I was checkin my collection and too much dope and classic shit came out in those years. Like E-40's best, Quik's best, Westside Connection... Man, lots of stuff. I miss that.

[tnp]

It has to be 91 for me. Before the West Coast became so identified with one sound, when it was at its rawest:
2nd II None-S/T
Above the Law-Vocally Pimpin'
AMG-Bitch Betta Have My Money
CMW-Straight Checkn 'Em
Cypress Hill-S/T
Digital Underground-Sons of the P
DJ Quik-Quik is the Name
Ice Cube-Death Certificate
Ice T-OG Original Gangster
NWA-Efil4zaggin
SCC-South Central Madness
2Pac-2Pacalypse Now
WC & the Maad Circle-Ain't A Damn Thang Changed
Yo Yo-Make Way for the Motherlode
Boyz N The Hood soundtrack

^^^ all that in one year!! This is the year I got into hip hop, West Coast in particular (though through Fear Of a Black Planet). When there were stories about Cube,NWA,Quik,Ice T in every Source, when NWA was entering at #2 on the Pop Charts, when Cube could drop Death Certificate and it could make the news for its controversy and climb the charts. When I could turn on the radio and hear Dress Code, Tonite, New Jack Hustler or Jackin for Beats at any given time. When it sold well but wasn't commercial yet.

peace,
tnp

[TobyTizzle]

95-early 97

Death Row, Bad Boy, Wu Tang all making moves in the game, Death Row specifically.
This era saw the emergance of the hungry 'Pac...the beef...and ended tragically. Not a good memory as such, but this era will define hip hop for me forever.

[Don Seer]

ohh yeah... had to check which ATL album to be sure.. uncle sam's curse. damn...

shame its such a bitch to get hold of compared to every single other ATL album (diff distributor.. earlier ruthless ones were on giant.. u.s.c. was on red distribution.... maybe thats the prob?)

'94 for sure then.. theres probably a few more hidden gems from then too

Hey I Never knew that. Its always seemed odd that i see cds that came out in the early 90s like black mafia life and livin like hustlers all the time, but Uncle Sam's Curse is so damn rare. Thats a shame though huh. That album was too raw.

And Im pretty sure Kokane dropped his best in 94 too. Didnt Funk Upon A Rhyme Come Out that year?

And for me... It would have to be 94-96. I was checkin my collection and too much dope and classic shit came out in those years. Like E-40's best, Quik's best, Westside Connection... Man, lots of stuff. I miss that.

i never knew either... just had a quick check up on a hunch there must be some reason the rest are easier to find... not sure if kokane's came out that year or later

[kingpin_4eva]

I wanna thank everyone for posting their thoughts. I can't really disagree with anybody who posted their suggestings. Hiphop has had its ups and downs, right now to me being the down side. Hopefully we will hear some more classic albums like back then. Probably the last classic album that came out was dr. dre's chronic 2001. I could be wrong.