93 is early 90s 90-93
94-96 mid
97-99 late 90s
94 is the changing point. Nas made an early 90s album. Biggie smoothed it with the flow & was a don. Nas was sounding old school the entire album. Biggie had some old school flows like in juicy...but he modernized it on big poppa.
But a case can be made for Snoop in 1993 as the changing point for the modern flow.
that 3rd year in a decade is the flexible year. it classifies as early or mid, depending on which era it fits best with, I guess.
the chronic blew up in '93 and changed the landscape of the entire game.
black moon was the sound-changing album for the east. that's '93, and wutang dropped near the end of the year. all this before biggie & nas albums.
'93 also marked the change in direction of r&b. hip-hop soul over-takes new jack swing.
illmatic is not an early '90s sounding album.
'93 is mid-90s breh. the introduction of it.
what da fukk dose this have anything to do on what we debated in this thread
some of these nikkaz, got serious mental issues
you argued me down because I said I thought tribe were gay when they came out.
and then that's when yall started debating about clothes. and I said it was bigger than that.
another example of you not getting the big picture. HOLD THIS L.
youre not swift enough for cliff notes.
listen to the whole thing thoroughly THREE TIMES, then get back at me.
DING DING DING!!!
This is a man who was actually there living it and not just reading about it on the internet.
The Nas/Biggie schism is what changed the history of Hip-Hop.
if you were so much there, then you would know biggie & nas albums didn't kick off the era for the east coast, let alone the entire landscape of hip-hop(LOL).
and youre too goofy.