The blog era was a unique time in rap that can’t be compared to any other era
The variety came from need to appeal to different audiences which was my original point in this thread. You don’t need to appeal to R&B fans, you don’t need commercial records made specifically for radio anymore.
The street records become hits these days. They don’t need hooks or anything.
And let’s be real. Most hiphop heads use to complain about the “song for ladies/momma/heal the world” that had to be on every album
It was unique - every single era had multifaceted records and/or artists
88-92 everything from rakim, to nwa, to de La soul, to heavy d and kid n play
92-97 - ATCQ, to snoop, to wu, to nas, to black moon and souls of mischief
97-04 jay to Missy to mase to dmx to common, mos def and talib, OutKast
05-09 ti, kanye, bunch of dancing ringtone rappers, jeezy, more common, gentrified jay z
Like what are you talking about?
And what are you defining as a hip hop head? Because when I see that I think hip hop snobs running around talking about “that real” who only listen to 90’s boom bap or underground lyrical miracle shyt, they hate everything