Hip Hop In The 90s Compared To Hip Hop Now???

I just read the question about what do you liek better, Hip hop in the 80s, 90s, or now and I laughed my a*s off when people said that rappers were not rapping about b*tches, rims, violence, and money back then.





The 90s started off when true Hip Hop Groups such as Pete Rock and CL Smooth, EPMD(late 80s), Rakim(late 80s), Big Daddy Kane, right???





It evolved into the heavily weed influenced, gang bangin music of the West Coast... Remember when the West had it on lock for like 3 years and they were talking about Lowriders, Money, B*tches, Jewelry, and Violence, Correct???





Then Biggie, Nas, Wu-Tang, and Redman dropped good music and showed an alternative to the commercial gangsta of the West Coast back then.





Then, there was the Puffy/Cash Money Era... Money, B*tches, Rims, Cars, Chains... The same thing we criticized Rap of today for happened in what is described as the greatest decade of Rap...





Who agrees?

Hip Hop In The 90s Compared To Hip Hop Now???
Oddly enough I was on this site the other day thinking about the same thing. I totally agree with you on this. The question is what is so different now compared to back then when rappers were conveying these same glamorous lifestyles? I am not sure of the exact answers but I do have my theories. The reality is we all want money, and we all would like to be rich with nice things. I think now that hip hop and rap has become more main stream than ever, and it's reaching larger audiences than ever before. Back then hip hop and rap was just beginning to emerge on a widespread level, well now everyone from the city kids to the suburban kids are claiming to be hip hop, or a rapper. My mom has been saying lately that 1 out of every 10 black men wants to be a rapper. I think people are rapping for wrong reasons now days. I don't think back in the day people were rapping simply because they wanted cash in return, because rappers were not getting paid as much as they are now! There's a lot more money to be made than ever in rapping, and I believe it's drawing a different crowd of rappers and entertainers. It's drawing a crowd that is only concerned with getting paid. They are not putting their hearts into their rhymes anymore. It's more about what will sell to the youth and mainstream.
Reply:I agree. There has always been rappers who talked about the b*tches and the drugs, etc... But then, there has also always been the true dope MCs that were always on dope sh*t, whether it be them flowing about uplifting humanity as a whole or rapping out there dreams of peace of mind on a deeper level than cash money and b*tches but yet they always tend to be overshadowed by the images of lush portrayed on MTV and BET and the booshie music industry today. I'm not saying the industry doesn't have or have had good MCs, I mean Nas, Jay-Z, Tupac, Biggie, and Eminem all possessed sick flows. What I'm saying is that there are MCs like Immortal Technique, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Jin, and Common (Sense) who bring something else to the table as well.
Reply:Best time for rap/hip-hop hands down the 90s


I dont care what they were rappin about the best songs and albums all came from the 1990s.
Reply:It's tricky to rock a rhyme.....
Reply:i agree, but i think the difference is today you dont have a younger generation of the biggies, the nas', the wu-tangs, the redmans..... everyone wants to be a hustla today.