That time in 1993 where artists had to switch up and go hardcore

[Zero]

Not to mention the "HorrorCore" phase in 95 that had rappers doing some horror movie type of music videos and... nah man ima stop

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Even cube was guilty of this. He was never a soft rapper by any means, but he went from a political rapper to super gangster. I think 2pac and Monster kody called him out on it.

Nonsense

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

He's right about Cube. Cube is 1 of my GOATs but facts are facts. Pac switched up 2
@ dat time but Cube was way worse.

When he did AMW it was basically a westcoast P.E. album. U mite give him a slight pass 4 dat cuz
he was workin w/ The Bomb Squad (P.E.'s producers) & the subject matter wasnt 2 far off from what he usually spat. Classic album nontheless.

Around '93 came the real switch tho. Grew an afro, his style became more laidback, rapped more about
smokin weed. All of dis cuz it was trending.

We know about the east vs. west issues in '95-'96, w/ 2pac being the front face of it. Here comes Cube & drops "Bow Down" goin @ the east w/ WC & Mack. Great album nontheless.

When P/No Limit hit '97? Now it's Don Mega & the sound & look was identical to No Limit's.

Nonsense

 

[Milk N Cookies]

I was like 3 at the time and I’m so glad I didn’t have to truly experience this beyond Hammer.





Albright guys in order to sell records you’re gonna have to play it tough. Loose the fun guy act and get gangsta.

 

[Milk N Cookies]

Man, Dr Dre,Snoop and Suge Knight and Death Row fukked around and changed the whole landscape.

And now Death Row is owned by a toy company

 

[Death6six6]

And now Death Row is owned by a toy company

What difference does that make in the impact that to this day resonates in the rap game,Whats Your Point?Cartoon c00n Ass c*nt.

 

[NigerianDonDada]

all facts

 

[Playaz Eyez]

That DRS song that soft whimsical beat combined with the care free delivery makes the actual lyrics that much more vicious

 

[Flav]

The switch up I noticed with Ice Cube is after Death Row blew up he jumped on that Funkadelic vibe. Cube wasn’t into funk in his earlier music like that but after DR he was “down with the bop gun” and using more p funk style production.

 

[Milk N Cookies]

What difference does that make in the impact that to this day resonates in the rap game,Whats Your Point?Cartoon c00n Ass c*nt.

The reason used the was cause it’s funny duh. I’m not knocking anything. Just humor. The neg wasn’t necessary but whatever. Carry on.

Never been called a c*nt on here. Relax fam.

 

[DaveyDave]

The switch up I noticed with Ice Cube is after Death Row blew up he jumped on that Funkadelic vibe. Cube wasn’t into funk in his earlier music like that but after DR he was “down with the bop gun” and using more p funk style production.

but there's Parliament/Funkadelic samples on all Cubes albums before Lethal Injection. Predator was out before The Chronic that year and he had the last song on there using the same sample as the last joint on Chronic. Cube was a part of the production crew on Death Certificate which uses a lot of Parliament samples, and he was heavily involved in choosing the samples for AMW. if he kept using the frenetic, fast paced style of beats he would have been played out by 93/94 he just adapted but kept a lot of his own style on Lethal Injection.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

shyt is overstated imo. There was ALOT of non gangsta rap shyt back then.

And a LOT of gangsta shyt in the 80s too. We acting like we went from Run DMC to wu tang. Skipping over the entire era where NWA shined and had all of rap start talking that real shyt

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

My personal fav of this was Busta Rhymes. Dude was THE party rapper.

All the sudden after biggie transformed into Frank White, busta out here rapping bout moving kis and shooting up blocks and shyt. But it was Busta so it was still dope, but also corny as hell

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

The switch up I noticed with Ice Cube is after Death Row blew up he jumped on that Funkadelic vibe. Cube wasn’t into funk in his earlier music like that but after DR he was “down with the bop gun” and using more p funk style production.

I can agree with this

 

[patscorpio]

low key this was a great thread..yes there was some great music..classic music that came out in 93..and there was some outliers to the great classic music lol