LunaticVillage415
All Star
Quick recap...
1990- East Coast Rap was deeply conscious and Afrocentric (Brand Nubian, BDP, Public Enemy, Tribe Called Quest, Poor Righteous Teachers etc.). West Coast Rap was also phenomenal. Cube drops Amerikkka's Most Wanted. Modern R&B is on fire. En Vogue "Hold On" was a movement in itself starting the little black dress trend. New Jack Swing is hitting. BBD dropping hits left and right. Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gil from the old New Edition camp still relevant. MC Hammer is the biggest rap star of all time. Vanilla Ice sells a stupid amount of records doing his best Hammer rendition. The Fresh Prince debuts on prime time TV. His style defines the era. The Simpsons becomes a smash hit. In Living Color debuts as well. Crime is sky high in every major city. NYC has over 2,000 murders a year, DC has over 500 with a pop of 600k. Marion Barry mayor of DC caught smoking rocks on tape *slow down slow down*. The crack era is in full swing in every hood in America.
1991- Dance music that took hold in 89-90' really starts influencing all black music. Tribe Called Quest drops their magnum opus, Low End Theory. Gang Starr drops first classic Step In the Arena. Nirvana redefines rock music for Generation X with Nevermind. 2pac drops his debut album. Boyz II Men drop their debut. Crime remains at record highs in every city. Optimism remains high in the culture and is reflected in the upbeat music of Kid 'N Play, Sounds of Blackness and the Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff. NWA drops their last album without Cube. Cube drops the best album of his career with Death Certificate. Jodeci drops their classic debut. Nas debuts on Main Source's "Live at the BBQ". Boyz 'N the Hood drops. New Jack City comes out. MJ scores his first ring with the Bulls. Reebok Pumps become more coveted than Jordan's for a split second because of the higher price tag and Dee Brown's skills at the slam dunk contest. 8ball leather jackets reach their height in popularity and give a reason for jackboys to get at you.
1992- L.A. riots. Mary J Blige debuts with a classic. SWV drop their debut. Martin debuts on TV. Billy Ray Cyrus makes a corny cac anthem. Pete Rock is the producer of the year of the East Coast and drops a classic with CL Smooth. Dr. Dre drops the classic the Chronic. Cross Colours clothing is the dopest shyt you can own, but they want to test you because your hairdo and the loud bright colors that you wear. Grand Puba becomes a Hip Hop fashion icon for being a bigtime Polo head rocking the classic Alpine rugby on a live performance with Mary J on MTV. Das EFX chiggity changed rap for like 2 seconds. Pac makes his silver screen debut with Juice.
1993- Wu Tang drops 36 Chambers. Tribe drops Midnight Maurauders. Snoop drops Doggystyle. Underground classics like Black Moon Enta Da Stage signal a return to more street aesthetics in NY rap. LL falls off with 14 Shots to the Dome. Hammer also shows he's finished, same with Bobby Brown. Reggae influences in Rap and R&B become somewhat more apparent. Menace II Society drops. Karl Kani in funky colors purple, orange, green and yellow is drip. Raekwon rocks the infamous Snow Beach Polo sport pullover on the "Can it be it was all so Simple" video. Dancehall songs like "Murder she Wrote" crossover with American urban music fans. Clinton takes office. Violent crime breaks it's all time record in most major cities.
1994- Nas drops Illmatic. Biggie drops Ready to Die. Jeru drops lowkey classic the Sun Rises in the East. Forest Gump, a movie about literal white mediocrity becomes a cultural meme. Kurt Cobain offs himself. Boyz II Men sing about making love to your girl on her birthday. Mary J drops lowkey classic with My Life. OJ Trial begins and divides America along racial lines. Biggie popularized Coogi sweaters and Versace shades and jesus pieces for the ballers. But if you cant afford all that, theres always Lo and Guess. Aside from Biggie's loud Coogi's and maybe a loud colored Avirex or Pelle, fashion becomes more muted in color compared to the loud colors that defined the early part of the 90's. Snoop popularized wearing hockey jerseys over hoodies and SoCal gangbanger style flannels, khakis and Chucks.
1995- Raekwon drops classic Cuban Linx. Mobb Deep drop classic the Infamous. GZA drops classic Liquid Swords. Pac drops first cerified classic album Me Against the World. Underground independent hood rap churning out full albums of local classics with the Bay Area, California, Memphis and New Orleans being hot spots. R&B still on fire. Faith Evans sings about Biggie cheating on her fine high yellow ass. Brownstone makes songs that sounds like whole choir singing about nikkas cheating. New Jersey Drive comes out. A movie about wildass teenagers called Kids shock white America. The year of Tommy Hilfiger. You were a baller if you had an Acura Legend.
1996- Jay Z drops classic Reasonable Doubt. Nas drops It Was Written. Outkast drops ATLiens. Pac drops All Eyez On Me. Mobb Deep drops Hell on Earth. Pac gets murdered in Vegas. ATL makes classic songs about bytches thinking about us late at night calling us boo and shyt. Fresh Prince goes off the air. Monster snow storm hits the East Coast during the first week of the year. Adam Sandler is white people's Dave Chappelle making Happy Gillmore movie and dropping a platinum comedy record in 96'. Coolio drops Gangstas Paradise. Bubble coats are the go to winter uniform, especially a North Face bubble coat. Space Jam movie drops.
1997- Biggie murdered in L.A. Big drops last album Life After Death. Mase becomes Puffy's new protege. Wu Tang drops Forever double CD. No Limit independent hustle finally starts paying off when P dropped Ghetto D. The quality of Hip Hop noticeably dips. The internet becomes available for phone usage via dial up internet for most people. Princess Di dies in Great Britain. People have money now. Tech boom time. The subject matter of rap has become opulent and braggadocious.
1998- Clinton caught getting top in the oval office, asks what your definition of is...is. Jay Z finally crossed over to the mainstream by pandering to cacs with an Annie sample. Big Pun drops Capital Punishment. DMX drops debut. Lauryn Hill drops classic album too. OutKast drop Aquemeni. No Limit goes platinum or gold every week. Nore makes solo debut. MJ wins last championship. He Got Game movie drops. Yankees stay winning the World Series. Urban black owned brands like Fubu, Phat Farm, Maurice Malone run the urban fashion game.
1999- Columbine high school shootings. Cash Money run the rap game, 16 year old Lil Wayne is the breakout star but Juvenile and BG are also still important in this era. Q Tip finally drops solo album. Big L murdered in Harlem. Slick Rick drops album after years of silence and incarceration, scores hit with Outkast. Cac Eminem makes debut making Weird Al Yankovich tongue in cheek shock raps to massive critical acclaim in white America. Corny middle American suburban pop culture makes a comeback with boybands like N'Sync and white girl singers like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. TRL gives these people a platform. New Era hats with Chinese logos. Urban brands like Enyce, Avirex, Pelle, Ecko are popular. Iceberg History and Coogi sweaters still popular too.
1990- East Coast Rap was deeply conscious and Afrocentric (Brand Nubian, BDP, Public Enemy, Tribe Called Quest, Poor Righteous Teachers etc.). West Coast Rap was also phenomenal. Cube drops Amerikkka's Most Wanted. Modern R&B is on fire. En Vogue "Hold On" was a movement in itself starting the little black dress trend. New Jack Swing is hitting. BBD dropping hits left and right. Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gil from the old New Edition camp still relevant. MC Hammer is the biggest rap star of all time. Vanilla Ice sells a stupid amount of records doing his best Hammer rendition. The Fresh Prince debuts on prime time TV. His style defines the era. The Simpsons becomes a smash hit. In Living Color debuts as well. Crime is sky high in every major city. NYC has over 2,000 murders a year, DC has over 500 with a pop of 600k. Marion Barry mayor of DC caught smoking rocks on tape *slow down slow down*. The crack era is in full swing in every hood in America.
1991- Dance music that took hold in 89-90' really starts influencing all black music. Tribe Called Quest drops their magnum opus, Low End Theory. Gang Starr drops first classic Step In the Arena. Nirvana redefines rock music for Generation X with Nevermind. 2pac drops his debut album. Boyz II Men drop their debut. Crime remains at record highs in every city. Optimism remains high in the culture and is reflected in the upbeat music of Kid 'N Play, Sounds of Blackness and the Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff. NWA drops their last album without Cube. Cube drops the best album of his career with Death Certificate. Jodeci drops their classic debut. Nas debuts on Main Source's "Live at the BBQ". Boyz 'N the Hood drops. New Jack City comes out. MJ scores his first ring with the Bulls. Reebok Pumps become more coveted than Jordan's for a split second because of the higher price tag and Dee Brown's skills at the slam dunk contest. 8ball leather jackets reach their height in popularity and give a reason for jackboys to get at you.
1992- L.A. riots. Mary J Blige debuts with a classic. SWV drop their debut. Martin debuts on TV. Billy Ray Cyrus makes a corny cac anthem. Pete Rock is the producer of the year of the East Coast and drops a classic with CL Smooth. Dr. Dre drops the classic the Chronic. Cross Colours clothing is the dopest shyt you can own, but they want to test you because your hairdo and the loud bright colors that you wear. Grand Puba becomes a Hip Hop fashion icon for being a bigtime Polo head rocking the classic Alpine rugby on a live performance with Mary J on MTV. Das EFX chiggity changed rap for like 2 seconds. Pac makes his silver screen debut with Juice.
1993- Wu Tang drops 36 Chambers. Tribe drops Midnight Maurauders. Snoop drops Doggystyle. Underground classics like Black Moon Enta Da Stage signal a return to more street aesthetics in NY rap. LL falls off with 14 Shots to the Dome. Hammer also shows he's finished, same with Bobby Brown. Reggae influences in Rap and R&B become somewhat more apparent. Menace II Society drops. Karl Kani in funky colors purple, orange, green and yellow is drip. Raekwon rocks the infamous Snow Beach Polo sport pullover on the "Can it be it was all so Simple" video. Dancehall songs like "Murder she Wrote" crossover with American urban music fans. Clinton takes office. Violent crime breaks it's all time record in most major cities.
1994- Nas drops Illmatic. Biggie drops Ready to Die. Jeru drops lowkey classic the Sun Rises in the East. Forest Gump, a movie about literal white mediocrity becomes a cultural meme. Kurt Cobain offs himself. Boyz II Men sing about making love to your girl on her birthday. Mary J drops lowkey classic with My Life. OJ Trial begins and divides America along racial lines. Biggie popularized Coogi sweaters and Versace shades and jesus pieces for the ballers. But if you cant afford all that, theres always Lo and Guess. Aside from Biggie's loud Coogi's and maybe a loud colored Avirex or Pelle, fashion becomes more muted in color compared to the loud colors that defined the early part of the 90's. Snoop popularized wearing hockey jerseys over hoodies and SoCal gangbanger style flannels, khakis and Chucks.
1995- Raekwon drops classic Cuban Linx. Mobb Deep drop classic the Infamous. GZA drops classic Liquid Swords. Pac drops first cerified classic album Me Against the World. Underground independent hood rap churning out full albums of local classics with the Bay Area, California, Memphis and New Orleans being hot spots. R&B still on fire. Faith Evans sings about Biggie cheating on her fine high yellow ass. Brownstone makes songs that sounds like whole choir singing about nikkas cheating. New Jersey Drive comes out. A movie about wildass teenagers called Kids shock white America. The year of Tommy Hilfiger. You were a baller if you had an Acura Legend.
1996- Jay Z drops classic Reasonable Doubt. Nas drops It Was Written. Outkast drops ATLiens. Pac drops All Eyez On Me. Mobb Deep drops Hell on Earth. Pac gets murdered in Vegas. ATL makes classic songs about bytches thinking about us late at night calling us boo and shyt. Fresh Prince goes off the air. Monster snow storm hits the East Coast during the first week of the year. Adam Sandler is white people's Dave Chappelle making Happy Gillmore movie and dropping a platinum comedy record in 96'. Coolio drops Gangstas Paradise. Bubble coats are the go to winter uniform, especially a North Face bubble coat. Space Jam movie drops.
1997- Biggie murdered in L.A. Big drops last album Life After Death. Mase becomes Puffy's new protege. Wu Tang drops Forever double CD. No Limit independent hustle finally starts paying off when P dropped Ghetto D. The quality of Hip Hop noticeably dips. The internet becomes available for phone usage via dial up internet for most people. Princess Di dies in Great Britain. People have money now. Tech boom time. The subject matter of rap has become opulent and braggadocious.
1998- Clinton caught getting top in the oval office, asks what your definition of is...is. Jay Z finally crossed over to the mainstream by pandering to cacs with an Annie sample. Big Pun drops Capital Punishment. DMX drops debut. Lauryn Hill drops classic album too. OutKast drop Aquemeni. No Limit goes platinum or gold every week. Nore makes solo debut. MJ wins last championship. He Got Game movie drops. Yankees stay winning the World Series. Urban black owned brands like Fubu, Phat Farm, Maurice Malone run the urban fashion game.
1999- Columbine high school shootings. Cash Money run the rap game, 16 year old Lil Wayne is the breakout star but Juvenile and BG are also still important in this era. Q Tip finally drops solo album. Big L murdered in Harlem. Slick Rick drops album after years of silence and incarceration, scores hit with Outkast. Cac Eminem makes debut making Weird Al Yankovich tongue in cheek shock raps to massive critical acclaim in white America. Corny middle American suburban pop culture makes a comeback with boybands like N'Sync and white girl singers like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. TRL gives these people a platform. New Era hats with Chinese logos. Urban brands like Enyce, Avirex, Pelle, Ecko are popular. Iceberg History and Coogi sweaters still popular too.
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