SPIN: Whats The Most Overrated Year For Hip-Hop?

[Mike Statik]

Any year before 94.

 

[Rakim Allah]

To '93's credit, The Chronic came out in the last 2 weeks of '92, so that has its own mark left in '93. Matter fact, it was the most-loved, played, bought album of that year all the way til damn near the end. Because '93 had a lot of good singles and a nice batch of albums, but it didn't get GREAT until like the last three months. It was OK up until the fall, THEN all the great stuff came out. It still counts as '93, sure... but there was a whole 9 months of that year that was just... good. Whereas '94? From top to bottom, consistently high quality shyt coming out.

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde rolled over into 93 esp when Passin Me By blew up.

94 was better but 93 had a lot dope albums and many were classic.

Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots
Brand Nubian - In God We Trust
Poor Righteous Teachers - Black Business
Tha Alkaholiks - 21 & Over
Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Mauraders
Del - No Need For Alarm
Snoop - Doggystyle
De la Soul - Buhloone Mind State
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
Scarface - The World Is Yours
Masta Ace - SlaughtaHouse
Spice 1 - 187 He Wrote
K Rhino - Stories From The Black Book
KRS One - Return of the Boom Bap
Lords of the Underground - Here Come The Lords
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
King Tee - Tha Triflin Album
2 Pac - Strictly 4 My nikkaz
Mobb Deep - Juvenile Hell
Big Daddy Kane - Looks Like A Job For
Ultramagnetic MCs - The Four Horsemen
Digable Planets - Reachin
Onyx - Bacdafucup
Intelligent Hoodlum/Tragedy - Saga of a Hoodlum
Leaders of The New School - TIME
LL Cool J - 14 Shots To The Dome
The Coup - Kill My Landlord
Too Short - Get In Where U Fit In
Ant Banks - Sittin on Somethin Phat
Ice Cube - Lethal Injection
Guru - Jazzmatazz Vol.1
The Roots - Organic
Kam - Never Again
Boss - Born Gangstaz
Menace II Society Sndtrk
Poetic Justice Sndtrk
Das Efx - Straight Up Sewaside
Akinyele - Vagina Diner
Threat - Sickinnahead
Above The Law - Black Mafia Life
MC Ren - Shock of the Hour
Original Flavor - Beyond Flavor
Apache - Apache Ain't shyt
Naughty By Nature - 19NaughtyIII
Da Youngstas - The Aftermath
Justin Warfield - My Field Trip to Planet 9
Madkap - Look Ma Dukes No Hands
Rumpletillskins - What is a Rumpletilskin?
Funkdoobiest - Which Doobie U Be
Eazy E - It's On(Dr Dre) 187um Killa EP
Nefertiti - Life
Queen Latifah - Black Reign
Run DMC - Down With The King

 

[Wacky D]

^looks better than '94 to me.

dont forget illegal, eric sermon, mc lyte, kriss kross & the soundtracks to CB4, house party 3 & whos the man.

im riding with '93 on the singles too:
naughty by nature - hip-hop hooray, its on, written on ya kitten
onyx - throw ya gunz, SLAM, shiftee
run dmc - down with the king, the jawn with onyx
pete rock n cl smooth - TROY, straighten it out, lots of lovin
dr dre - nuthin but a g thang, dre day, let me ride
snoop - whats my name?, lodi dodi
2pac - keep ya head up, i get around, holla if ya hear me
mc breed - gotta get mine
ice cube - today was a good day, check yoself
eazy-e - real compton city gs
mc ren - may day on the frontline
mc eiht - str8 up mennace
spice-one - trigga gots no heart
bloods n crips - piru love
mc lyte - ruffneck
queen latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.('93 or '94?)
boss - deeper, recipe for a ho
salt n pepa - shoop
kid n play - bounce
heavy d & the boys - blue funk
ll cool j - backseat of my jeep, pink cookies, im coming?, crossroads
pharcyde - she keeps on passing me by
souls of mischief - '93 til infinity
black moon - who got the props, how many mcs
krs-one - black cop, sound of da police, outta here
eric sermon - hittin switches, stay real
illegal - gets busy & their other joints
da youngsters joints
kriss kross - the bomb
tag team - whoomp! there it is
95 south - whoot! there it is
luke - cowards in compton
that beastie boys joint in the jungle or whatever
geto boys - feels good to be a gangsta('93?) & that dead homies joint
ugk - pocket full of stones
tribe - electric relaxation
de la soul - break of dawn
brand nubian - punks jump up to get beatdown
wutang - protect ya neck, m.e.t.h.o.d. man
big daddy kane - joint with ol d b, jay-z, sauce money, shyheim & scoob
cypress hill - insane in the brain & the other joint
original flavor joint w/ jay-z
trendz of culture - off & on
digable planets - cool like that('93?)
arrested development - tennessee, everyday people & the remix, mr wendell(not sure if all this was '93)

man its so much. i know im forgetting alot. this was one of the deepest years. '94 wasnt all that deep.

 

[GodMC]

The two ****** above me is frontin. I bet they was listening to half the albums they mentioned. Where yall even atleast 13 in 93-94??

 

[ManBearPig]

the most "overrated" year of hip hop?

how can this even be a topic?

 

[Gifted one]

2005-2006

 

[Rakim Allah]

The two ****** above me is frontin. I bet they was listening to half the albums they mentioned. Where yall even atleast 13 in 93-94??

I was in High School in 93/94.

 

[DANJ!]

^looks better than '94 to me.

dont forget illegal, eric sermon, mc lyte, kriss kross & the soundtracks to CB4, house party 3 & whos the man.

im riding with '93 on the singles too:
naughty by nature - hip-hop hooray, its on, written on ya kitten
onyx - throw ya gunz, SLAM, shiftee
run dmc - down with the king, the jawn with onyx
pete rock n cl smooth - TROY, straighten it out, lots of lovin
dr dre - nuthin but a g thang, dre day, let me ride
snoop - whats my name?, lodi dodi
2pac - keep ya head up, i get around, holla if ya hear me
mc breed - gotta get mine
ice cube - today was a good day, check yoself
eazy-e - real compton city gs
mc ren - may day on the frontline
mc eiht - str8 up mennace
spice-one - trigga gots no heart
bloods n crips - piru love
mc lyte - ruffneck
queen latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.('93 or '94?)
boss - deeper, recipe for a ho
salt n pepa - shoop
kid n play - bounce
heavy d & the boys - blue funk
ll cool j - backseat of my jeep, pink cookies, im coming?, crossroads
pharcyde - she keeps on passing me by
souls of mischief - '93 til infinity
black moon - who got the props, how many mcs
krs-one - black cop, sound of da police, outta here
eric sermon - hittin switches, stay real
illegal - gets busy & their other joints
da youngsters joints
kriss kross - the bomb
tag team - whoomp! there it is
95 south - whoot! there it is
luke - cowards in compton
that beastie boys joint in the jungle or whatever
geto boys - feels good to be a gangsta('93?) & that dead homies joint
ugk - pocket full of stones
tribe - electric relaxation
de la soul - break of dawn
brand nubian - punks jump up to get beatdown
wutang - protect ya neck, m.e.t.h.o.d. man
big daddy kane - joint with ol d b, jay-z, sauce money, shyheim & scoob
cypress hill - insane in the brain & the other joint
original flavor joint w/ jay-z
trendz of culture - off & on
digable planets - cool like that('93?)
arrested development - tennessee, everyday people & the remix, mr wendell(not sure if all this was '93)

man its so much. i know im forgetting alot. this was one of the deepest years. '94 wasnt all that deep.

Ahhhh, Wacky on his different opinion/contrarian shyt again... Wacky... Wacky... do you wanna go down this road?

The bolded were singles in '92. I think "Lots of Lovin'" dropped in early '93 but that about it.

And if ya wanna run down the singles... let's go with '94's then... since it wasn't all that deep... You Gon' Get This Work...

B.I.G.- Juicy & Big Poppa
Wu-Tang- CREAM, Can It Be All So Simple
Snoop- Gin & Juice, Doggy Dogg World, Murder Was The Case (Rmx)
Craig Mack- Flava In Ya Ear (orig. and remix)
Nas- Ain't Hard To Tell, World Is Yours, One Love
Keith Murray- Most Beautifullest
Black Moon- Got Cha Opin rmx, Buck Em Down rmx
Scarface- I Seen A Man Die
Warren G- Regulate, This DJ
Method Man- Bring The Pain
Outkast- Players Ball, Southernplayalistic, Git Up Git Out
Smif N Wessun- Bucktown
Bone Thugs N Harmony- Thuggish Ruggish Bone
Common- I Used To Love HER
Fugees- Nappy Heads rmx
Crooklyn Dodgers- Crooklyn
Lady Of Rage- Afro Puffs
Thug Life- Cradle To The Grave, Pour Out A Little Liquor
Dr. Dre/Ice Cube- Natural Born Killaz
O.C.- Time's Up
Group Home- Supa Star
Jeru- D-Original and Can't Stop The Prophet
GangStarr- Mass Appeal, Code of The Streets
Above The Law- Black Superman
Da Brat- Funkdafied
Ice Cube- You Know How We Do It, What Can I Do remix
Ill & Al Skratch- Where My Homiez, I'll Take Her
Ahmad- Back In The Days
Masta Ace- Born To Roll
Heavy D- Got Me Waiting, Nuttin But Love
Pete Rock & CL Smooth- I Got A Love, Take You There
A Tribe Called Quest- Electric Relaxation, Oh My God
Big Mike- Havin' Thangs, Playa Playa
Raekwon- Heaven or Hell
GZA- I Gotcha Back
Gravediggaz- Diary Of A Madman
The Roots- Distortion To Static, Proceed
Mic Geronimo- shyt's Real
Nine- Whatcha Want?
King Just- Warrior's Drum
Dru Down- Pimp of The Year
Da Bush Babees- We Run Things
Organized Konfusion- Stress
MC Eiht- All For The Money
Domino- Sweet Potato Pie
Redman- Rockafella
Terminator X/Whodini- It All Comes Down To The Money
Jayo Felony- Brothers & Sisters
Queen Latifah- Just Another Day, Black Hand Side
Fat Joe- The shyt Iz Real (rmx)
Artifacts- Wrong Side Of The Tracks, Cmon Wit Da Get Down
ERULE- Listen Up
Casual- I Didn't Mean To
Beatnuts- Props Over Here
Slick Rick/Warren G- Behind Bars
Da Youngstas- Hip-Hop Ride
Nice & Smooth- Old To The New, Return of The Hip-Hop Freaks

Are You Serious, Bro??!?!!

 

[DANJ!]

Wacky... are you there?

 

[Pool_Shark]

88-96

 

[Wacky D]

Wacky... are you there?

obviously not.

im here now.

yea, i'll still take '93s singles. and i'll take '93s albums as well.

The two ****** above me is frontin. I bet they was listening to half the albums they mentioned. Where yall even atleast 13 in 93-94??

i was nowhere near close to 13.

most of those albums, i didnt hear til years later. some of the joints dude mentioned, i never heard. but i was following HEAVY and heard alot of the albums in real time. it aint no fakin in my funk.

plus, i listed nothing but singles, most of which, i knew like the back of my hand back then.

 

[DANJ!]

obviously not.

im here now.

yea, i'll still take '93s singles. and i'll take '93s albums as well.

It's cool... I didn't expect you to stand corrected anyway, and besides you were like 6 'nshyt, so... but that list speaks for itself bruh... wayyyyy more than '93's does.

 

[god shamgod]

Its Dark & Hell Is Hot
Capital Punishment
Miseducation
Black Star
400 Degreez
I Am

I am dropped in 99, and 1998 had the no limit movement and a few good albums

98 was a weak year compared to 94 and 96

 

[Wacky D]

It's cool... I didn't expect you to stand corrected anyway, and besides you were like 6 'nshyt, so... but that list speaks for itself bruh... wayyyyy more than '93's does.

6?

i was 8, ballin in the 10 & under league at the top of the year and we can start from there.......well i was ridin the bench but i shouldnt have been allowed in that league anyway.

back to you, nugga. yea, we can start from the top of the year and break down the albums & singles from best to worst.

better yet, i'll start a thread for it:
http://www.the-coli.com/booth/43802-1993-vs-1994-a.html