Which is your favorite Rap Era?

[UpAndComing]

Alot of Hip Hop eras are PIFF to me. But to me hands down it's the 1993-1998 era

An era of pure honesty. An era of blending hardcore street themes and hard drums, mixed with progressive eclectic instrumentals. Plus lyricism was at it's peak IMO

Illmatic
Ready to Die
Doggystyle
Safe + Sound
All Eyez on Me
Ironman
Enter the 36 Chambers
The Infamous
Capital Punishment
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Reasonable Doubt
In My Lifetime Vol 1
Life After Death
Atliens
Aquemini
Resurrection
Ridin Dirty
The Diary

Hands down it's this era. Just unbelievable. There's too many Classics to name

 

[Prince Cairo]

Late 90s.

1997 is the GOAT year in Hip Hop.

 

[Tha_Mac]

I didn't vote in the poll becuz my favorite period overlaps. But my favorite time was from 1993-2003. That ten year period imo was the pinnacle for rap music.

 

[Blackout]

Golden Era

Black power

 

[28 Gramz]

Hardcore Rap Era tied with early 00's street shyt. Pretty much 93-03..GOAT decade.

 

[UpAndComing]

Late 90s.

1997 is the GOAT year in Hip Hop.

1996 is the GOAT year for me
1994 is a close second

 

[SouljaVoy]

Really 1991-1999 was the Golden Era of hiphop

 

[Rakim Allah]

87 - 96 will always be the best and most creative 10 years of Hip Hop/Rap music.

 

[kingofnyc]

Alot of Hip Hop eras are PIFF to me. But to me hands down it's the 1993-1998 era

An era of pure honesty. An era of blending hardcore street themes and hard drums, mixed with progressive eclectic instrumentals. Plus lyricism was at it's peak IMO

Illmatic
Ready to Die
Doggystyle
Safe + Sound
All Eyez on Me
Ironman
Enter the 36 Chambers
The Infamous
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Reasonable Doubt
In My Lifetime Vol 1
Life After Death
Atliens
Aquemini
Resurrection
Ridin Dirty
The Diary

Hands down it's this era. Just unbelievable. There's too many Classics to name

da greatest era of all time

BUT i would NOT categorizes it as hardcore era
when u have all time classic that was NOT hardcore albums

• midnite marauders -tribe
• the score -fugees
• aquemini -kast
• ressurrection -common
• black star -mis & kweli
• miseducation -l boogie
• main ingredient -pete rock & CL
• illedelph halflife -roots

in my office at work: as im typing this shyt

i wanna go back !!!!

 

[SirBiatch]

The worst era by far is the Kleenex Emo era. The fact that we've accepted this bullshyt as popular music shows that most will accept anything as long as it's force-fed down their throats.

Generation Kanye West. The type that find traditional rap too threatening but love disposable fluffy ratchet pop.

Alot of Hip Hop eras are PIFF to me. But to me hands down it's the 1993-1998 era

An era of pure honesty. An era of blending hardcore street themes and hard drums, mixed with progressive eclectic instrumentals. Plus lyricism was at it's peak IMO

I wouldn't say it was an era of pure honesty (I think the 80s were far more honest), but I cosign the bolded to the fullest.

One thing that vastly separates mid 90s from mid-to-late 80s are the progressive eclectic instrumentals. The mid 90s basically kept the hard drums/hard attitude of the 80s but decided to make shyt more melodic. and that stuff is irresistible as fukk and holds up longer.

e.g. Feel Me Flow/Flava in Ya Ear compared to Raw (and that's no shot at the legendary Kane).

The beats in the 90s are way better than the 80s.

 

[TheBeigeBomber]

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/early-2000s-nostalgia-appreciation.315976/

 

[Rakim Allah]

The worst era by far is the Kleenex Emo era. The fact that we've accepted this bullshyt as popular music shows that most will accept anything as long as it's force-fed down their throats.

Generation Kanye West. The type that find traditional rap too threatening but love disposable fluffy ratchet pop.



I wouldn't say it was an era of pure honesty (I think the 80s were far more honest), but I cosign the bolded to the fullest.

One thing that vastly separates mid 90s from mid-to-late 80s are the progressive eclectic instrumentals. The mid 90s basically kept the hard drums/hard attitude of the 80s but decided to make shyt more melodic. and that stuff is irresistible as fukk and holds up longer.

e.g. Feel Me Flow/Flava in Ya Ear compared to Raw (and that's no shot at the legendary Kane).

The beats in the 90s are way better than the 80s.

2011 was one of the best yrs since the new millennium. You had vets and new jacks bringing heat.

The late 80s production was so raw and exciting and the early 90s the production was so creative because sampling laws hadn't put a stranglehold on Hip Hop yet.

 

[raoulduke187]

late 90s

 

[SirBiatch]

2011 was one of the best yrs since the new millennium. You had vets and new jacks bringing heat.

what was notable from 2011?

 

[SuburbanPimp]

92'-98' was just