Preface: I
used og instead of old head cause that seems to carry negative connotations lol, and it deads any serious convos cause everybody's on the defensive.
Also, while I think it can be objectively argued that the 90s were indeed the GOAT decade , it's by no means my favorite. I was raised on that early 2000s shyt so, nothing from any Era is gne ever touch that music. For example, no album from the 90s is fukkin wit Thug Motivation 101 imo.
With that out the way, the reason I think that Era gets all the adoration and respect it
deserves is because the rappers,and culture as a whole, were really wit the shyts back then when u really think about it. Meaning they were just as pro black as they wanted to be. From the attire
........ on down to the real nikkas they bigged up their bars.
"Indeed we like Khalid Muhammad MCs make me vomit; I get controversial..."
-Fugees (How many mics)
"Bang bang, boom boom, ping ping I'm the black
Whiteboys got a magazine and don't know how to act
I'll attack and make u vomit
Down wit Khalid Abdul Muhammad. "
-Scarface (Hand of the Dead Body ft Ice Cube)
Hell, even SHAQ was wit it
"
Everybody said I got fat, yep, so did my wallet
Still ripping rhymes, dropping bomb like Khalid Muhammad. "
-Def Jef on Shaq's I Know I got skillz
And then u got songs like this :
Ice Cube's 'True to the Game' video:
And then you had nikkas like Brand Nubian, Public Enemy, KRS-one , X-Clan and many many more.
And if that was too preachy for the nikkas in the street, you had Makaveli himself.
It's my theory that bruh was playing the whole thug role up to gain the influence of them folks in the mud and then drop that black knowledge on em in a way that's digestible without being corny wit it.
The gems spit on this joint,
In conclusion, as much as I LOVED the early 2000s, that was the beginning of the buffoonery. nikkas was off that shyt with real substance and it was all about flash and flossing. We as a whole lost that rebellious spirit (cause m'fers would've popped off fr back then) and we've only become more docile as the years pass. And are now in an Era where weirdos like this :
And jew simps like this :
And homos like this:
Are wats moving needle.
So let's pour out a lil liquor for the 90s, the last real Era.