When Kris Kross was trying to twist and cross out rappers:
That time in 1993 where artists had to switch up and go hardcore
- Thread starter DaHNIC82
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When Kris Kross was trying to twist and cross out rappers:
Now Jermaine Dupri on the other hand...
That negro didn't have an original bone in his body. He was THEE trend-hopper of the '90s. One year, he had these kids from Atlanta wearing Yankees hats and rappin' like Treach, the next year they're dressin' and rappin' like Snoop Dogg over funk beats... if they had made it to '97, you woulda seen 'em in shiny suits just like he was 
Atsym Sknyfs
Superstar
i thought the story goes that Main Source minus large stepped to Stu
Digital Omen
All Star
To play devil's advocate maybe he was just adapting to the times.
Now Jermaine Dupri on the other hand...
Biggie came out on some hardcore hoodies and timbs shyt cuz that was the style in 93
Next thing you know he's Coogi down to the socks rings and watch filled with rocks in 95
To the million dollar videos in 97
To the point of this thread, that "ruff rugged and raw" image and sound took over in 93 and rappers risked falling off (some tried going hardcore and fell off anyway). But for new rappers coming in like Biggie it was natural to look and sound like that. Same with Wu-Tang.
Notice the ones that blew up from that image (Onyx) couldn't adapt as the 90s progressed whereas Biggie and to a lesser extent Wu did (never shiny suits but they and specifically Method Man had women on lock)
Nah, it was/is still the best or one of the best, because regardless of the fukkery that existed, the greatness overshadows all of that. The music and cultural shift of that year is bigger than the stuff we don't celebrate and is mostly forgotten.
This is true as well... and this is how you can tell who was and wasn't there, or who WAS there but only paid attention to certain shyt.
Amor fati
Superstar
Album version goes hard.
73 Hip Hop Born
83 Goes Global
93 Golden Era begins (turn to almost 100% Gangsta Rap)
2003 Trap takes over
stopped listening to new music
2013 ??
2023 Maybe Classic Hip Hop returns?
point being, Hip Hop seems to pivot every decade on the "3"
83 Goes Global
93 Golden Era begins (turn to almost 100% Gangsta Rap)
2003 Trap takes over
stopped listening to new music
2013 ??
2023 Maybe Classic Hip Hop returns?
point being, Hip Hop seems to pivot every decade on the "3"
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
These East coast cats were rejoicing when 36 Chamber dropped and they could stop tryna fake the G Funk sound.
2013=Beginning of the Drill/Lean era
2023=A reinvented Westernized version of Grime (Hence most Drill rappers and slick talking rappers embracing the Detroit style with their own flair)
Pool_Shark
Can’t move with me in this digital space
Gangsta rap was before 93
vdfebduderocks
Pro
also rough
Ethnic Vagina Finder
The Great Paper Chaser
That song actually was about God.
Ethnic Vagina Finder
The Great Paper Chaser
It was no more rougher than Momma Said Knock You Out.
Ethnic Vagina Finder
The Great Paper Chaser
The Golding era didn’t begin in 1993. More like 1988. The Chronic even dropped in 1992. 2003 was the ring tone rap era.
But then again, that was the height of dipset, Ja Rule was still poppin and 50 Cent just dropped. So that wasn’t no real era either.