Naw bruh.... You must not of heard "Straight outta Compton" or "Amerikkka's Most Wanted". You got it backwards... Ice Cube's early music was the Gangsta shyt... his later albums were less gangsta and more political.
That time in 1993 where artists had to switch up and go hardcore
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Naw bruh.... You must not of heard "Straight outta Compton" or "Amerikkka's Most Wanted". You got it backwards... Ice Cube's early music was the Gangsta shyt... his later albums were less gangsta and more political.
Real shyt. I'm readin' this thread like "what were these nikkas hearin'"? Yeah, Cube wasn't goin' to NWA-type extremes on those albums like AMW and Death Certificate, but nikkas makin' it out like he went straight Chuck D. Chuck woulda never called himself the "bytch Killa" or made songs like "Once Upon A Time In The Projects" or "Gangsta's Fairytale" or "Steady Mobbin". Where did they get this idea that he turned into some straight political rapper just because he put that content into his music? Startin' to believe dudes don't really know his music from that era at all.
One thing about this whole trend that went on is kinda the same thing that SOME posts in the thread reflect... even back then, people tried to box artists in, so artists were kinda put in the position where they had to make shyt to fit into a neat little box. And whoever didn't place themselves in certain boxes, they ran the risk of not being popular anymore, not going gold or platinum, etc. Record labels have always been about money first and foremost, so if they look at Dr. Dre's album or Naughty By Nature or Digable Planets or whomever was selling, their mentality was "do the same thing these guys are doing". So then, you either "gangsta rap" or "jazz rap" or "underground rap" or "R&B rap"... that kinda shyt's been goin' on. That's why so much of this shyt seems/appears strange, because most people associate these artists with one thing. Some of the Run-DMC shyt seems outta character and "Oooh Whatcha Wanna Do" was trash, but that's mostly cause most nikkas assume they wore Adidas sweatsuits and rapped over rock records their entire career... Heavy D was able to transition thru different eras cause he was able to adapt, but most people think he made nothing but love songs and wore suits...
This same thing happened in the later-'90s when a lot of the hard nikkas from this era had to adapt to the changes and people were like "ohh they gettin' jiggy now."
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livindajetlife
Superstar
You old nikkas really in here juelzin this shyt was trash mostly 
Which was weird as fukk to begin with... because yeah, GS used jazz samples, Premier collabed with Marsalis, and Guru did 'Jazzmatazz'... but GangStarr also made shyt like "Just to Get A Rep","DWYCK", "Take It Personal"... why people tried to lump them in with the jazz trend was crazy AF, lol. But that's what they did even back then. You make one record that sounds a certain way, they expect you to make that same record your whole life
Same with Digable Planets... I wouldn't even say they went hardcore at all- but they def. made it a point to rebel against the way people expected them to remake the 1st album and give 'em a big hit- which is also what De La Soul did with 'De La Soul Is Dead'. 
$cam-U-Well_Jack$on
Superstar
Not to mention the "HorrorCore" phase in 95 that had rappers doing some horror movie type of music videos and... nah man ima stop
That was da worst.
$cam-U-Well_Jack$on
Superstar
It was dope seeing these transitions in real time.
Majestyx
Duck Season
nah, especially the run-dmc one. shyt was wild corny
They did score a comeback with Down With The King, quiet as it's kept.nah, especially the run-dmc one. shyt was wild corny
Majestyx
Duck Season
pete rock blessed them thats why.
As well as Q-Tip.
Yo, watching dudes like will smith, run dmc or mc hammer pretending to be street rappers was one big embarrassing moment in hip hop history
Even rookie shaq had to jump on this trend
I thoroughly enjoyed this
$cam-U-Well_Jack$on
Superstar
nah, especially the run-dmc one. shyt was wild corny
Don't think I seent that one. But dope as in seeing da changes not da changes themselves.
Black_Panther_JS
Superstar
I’m glad I ain’t have to live thru some of these times, I like too much different kinds of rap to listen to mfs being corny studio gangstas
