1998 = The Most Underrated Year In Hip-Hop History

[Ronnie Lott]

 

[Ronnie Lott]

 

[Won Won]

11 posts to get a Moment of Truth drop

 

[Wacky D]

rap city used to stay with showing the raw chit

shout out to joe Claire & big lez. remember tigger was doing the news every Friday?

"unifying a hip-hop nation".

 

[Wacky D]

remember when "planet groove", BET's flagship show at the time was spinning "2nd round knockout"? no way that would happen today.




SPEAKING OF PLANET GROOVE, RACHEL WAS THE GOAT VJ WOMEN.

 

[C-Styles]

I have the greatest memories of 98, sh*t even the Shaq album "Respect" had some HEAT! that song with Peter Gunz and quik on the beat

 

[Wacky D]

GIVE UP THE GHOST >>>>> BREAKDOWN

 

[Art Barr]

Im not sure if this album has been touched on in this thread, but Hieroglyphics 3rd eye vision was my sh*t in 1998, which is criminally slept on.

Props to who mentioned Retaliation, Revenge and Getback, that album is classic to me.

EDIT: I see Hiero been given props in the thread

only reason nikkas giving props to heiro and ras is.
They both had a background culturally, originally.
Yet, after their debut.
They only get props because the whole culture and industry was saturated with sellouts making inferior work.
The new sellouts like ras and 95's sellout heiro, especially som.
Just gave them an alternative and most poser ass nikkas would not call it for what it was.
Souls, definitely sold out and lost faith.
Ras sold out and lost faith.
As a matter of fact, you can actually hear his lack of spirit on assassination, too.
I wrote the review for that album.
No way in hell I ever give them a pass in life.
Not to mention, they became wack as fukk and culturally.
shyt, sometimes they were wack in their entire skillset.
To the point none of them have any convincability bar to bar now at all.
Plus, are horrifically offkey.
As they failed to build skill and let down their whole coast.
When the west coast and culture needed them, for a mission.
Both originally, were all about.
Evident by their attention to the culture in their music originally.
Only reason either tried to go back to their roots.
Was after they sold out, and failed to grasp a market.
That should not have been pandered to.
Acey was the one who was culturally relevant making classics.
That pretty much pioneered all the rap music we have now with atmosphere.
Yet, back then....
Rap fans and record labels started the witchhunt for the culture and the internet.
So groups like souls trying to keep pace with outkast who bit them.
Instead of making souls music.
They made a wack bay area street hybrid album.
To try to get outkast's original playa'z ball draw and content.
Biter wack bullshyt, far from where they originally were and never recovered.
Plus, were never good at.
All because souls of mischief are not street.
Casual is the only one with a bit of street edge and it is not much.
When compared to gangsta driven west coast content, or street shyt.


nikkas must have been born late to ever prop 1998.
That is year two, after the take over of the Pac clone war fan.
Mixed with the bullshyt jiggy invasion.
fukk 1998!
You nikkas could not have been cognitive, or aware culturally.
To ever prop 1998,.....
Easily starting in 96, is when the culture of hip hop started to be eliminated from the rap industry.
To the point where we are now.
Where are this wack bullshyt ie our only alternative.

Art Barr

 

[Big Mel]

Rachel was on carribean rhythms years before the planet groove gig.

 

[Wacky D]

Rachel was on carribean rhythms years before the planet groove gig.

yea, but she wasn't hosting it in 1998.

correct me if im wrong.

 

[Kid McNamara]

Old Ass Nigs!

Videogames, Computers, Music, Wrestling.

Bout to make me tear up.

 

[Big Mel]

she was the host of carribean rhythms. that was like...early 90's. ans she was always in a bikini and scantily clad whilst introducing Shabba Ranks or Maxi Priest vids.

grade A jack material at the time.

 

[Wacky D]

LADIES, WHAT YOU NEED IS A SPLACKAVELLIE!!!!

 

[Wacky D]

she was the host of carribean rhythms. that was like...early 90's. ans she was always in a bikini and scantily clad whilst introducing Shabba Ranks or Maxi Priest vids.

grade A jack material at the time.

don't buss that nut just yet..........

that's not 1998.

 

[ThaRealness]

Im not seeing much evidence based on the stuff thats been posted.

If anything hip hop fell the fukk off in '97 and '98