The Best NEW YORK Hip Hop Album of the 90's Was??
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1. Before you start bytchin about whats missing. i said NEW YORK. theres too many great classics OVERALL in all regions in that decade to cover whats the best overall that would be a ? hate filled regional divide probably and open old wounds so lets go with this narrowed down focus.
2. sorry Capone and Nore, Onyx, Busta, Cam and other fans they didnt make my cut!!
3. Young buck 90's Kids Hit up WIKIPEDIA and search the title on Youtube and do your homework before you speak up and say something uninformed and stupid!
4. CAST YOUR VOTE!!! and join the debate!!
MY VOTE!!
ILLMATIC - NAS - 1994
one of the best lyrical albums you'll ever hear and one of the most remembered line for lines in quotes "Im out for presidents to represent me" or "Nas, I analyze, drop a jew-el, inhale from the L
School a fool well, you feel it like braille" or hundreds of other unbelievable rhymes. dude was just 20 when he dropped this gem. 17 years after its release and people still cant talking about it. he was a rappers rapper. did BIG and JAY get a lot of there style from this. Its no doubt. Jay's first Hit "Dead Presidents" sampled NAS and he even quoted the Lifes a ? and then you die in lyrics on his debut album Reasonable doubt. Its the album that Nas will always be measured by its like coming out and winning a Super bowl as a Rookie QB and being the MVP!
THE WORLD IS YOURS, NY STATE OF MIND, LIFES A ? , IT AINT HARD TO TELL
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READY TO DIE - BIGGIE - 1994
This album made you press the rewind button so many times you probably broke your tape deck (yep cassettes were around in those days) took the crown King of New York and still saluted to this day, with only 2 full albums in life, he was like Jimi Hendrix was to his genre!
JUICY, BIG POPPA, UNBELIEVABLE, WARNING
REASONABLE DOUBT - JAY-Z 1996
Dude reinvented himself with mad flow and charisma. Unquestionably hot
AINT NO ? , CANT KNOCK THE HUSTLE, DEAD PRESIDENT
36 CHAMBERS - WU-TANG - 1994
The Killer Bees with those basement raw uncut beats and lethal ryhmes coming at you like 9 Mc's Deep. Completely crazy hot
CREAM, PROTECT YOUR NECK, COULD IT ALL BE SIMPLE
ITS DARK AND HELL IS HOT - DMX - 1998
Got you some amped up you felt you could commit mass murder and start barking!
RUFF RYDERS ANTHEM, GET AT ME DOG, STOP BEING GREEDY
THE INFAMOUS MOB8 DEEP - 1995
Repped for every hard rock slanging on the corner, grimey raw and real
SHOOK ONES, GIVE UP THE GOODS, TEMPATURE RISING
LIFE AFTER DEATH - BIGGIE - 1997
RIP Big Poppa You were the greatest. Just 24 when he checked out. what couldve been!
KICK IN THE DOOR, 10 ? COMMANDMENTS, HYPNOTIZE
THE LOW END THEORY - TRIBE CALLED QUEST - 1991
This is a fantastic Album that just flows continously. Go back and dig it up!
CHECK THE RHIME, JAZZ (We Got It), THE SCENARIO
CUBAN LINX - RAEKWON and GHOST - 1995
This is a lethal album ? went on some basement dusty raw beats
GLACIERS OF ICE, CRIMINOLOGY, ICE CREAM
DAILY OPERATION - GANGSTARR - 1992
THere brilliant underappreciated Masterpiece. Knee deep in Dj Premier Dope Beats
DWYCK, TAKE IT PERSONAL, EX TO NEXT GIRL
2. sorry Capone and Nore, Onyx, Busta, Cam and other fans they didnt make my cut!!
3. Young buck 90's Kids Hit up WIKIPEDIA and search the title on Youtube and do your homework before you speak up and say something uninformed and stupid!
4. CAST YOUR VOTE!!! and join the debate!!
MY VOTE!!
ILLMATIC - NAS - 1994
one of the best lyrical albums you'll ever hear and one of the most remembered line for lines in quotes "Im out for presidents to represent me" or "Nas, I analyze, drop a jew-el, inhale from the L
School a fool well, you feel it like braille" or hundreds of other unbelievable rhymes. dude was just 20 when he dropped this gem. 17 years after its release and people still cant talking about it. he was a rappers rapper. did BIG and JAY get a lot of there style from this. Its no doubt. Jay's first Hit "Dead Presidents" sampled NAS and he even quoted the Lifes a ? and then you die in lyrics on his debut album Reasonable doubt. Its the album that Nas will always be measured by its like coming out and winning a Super bowl as a Rookie QB and being the MVP!
THE WORLD IS YOURS, NY STATE OF MIND, LIFES A ? , IT AINT HARD TO TELL
----
READY TO DIE - BIGGIE - 1994
This album made you press the rewind button so many times you probably broke your tape deck (yep cassettes were around in those days) took the crown King of New York and still saluted to this day, with only 2 full albums in life, he was like Jimi Hendrix was to his genre!
JUICY, BIG POPPA, UNBELIEVABLE, WARNING
REASONABLE DOUBT - JAY-Z 1996
Dude reinvented himself with mad flow and charisma. Unquestionably hot
AINT NO ? , CANT KNOCK THE HUSTLE, DEAD PRESIDENT
36 CHAMBERS - WU-TANG - 1994
The Killer Bees with those basement raw uncut beats and lethal ryhmes coming at you like 9 Mc's Deep. Completely crazy hot
CREAM, PROTECT YOUR NECK, COULD IT ALL BE SIMPLE
ITS DARK AND HELL IS HOT - DMX - 1998
Got you some amped up you felt you could commit mass murder and start barking!
RUFF RYDERS ANTHEM, GET AT ME DOG, STOP BEING GREEDY
THE INFAMOUS MOB8 DEEP - 1995
Repped for every hard rock slanging on the corner, grimey raw and real
SHOOK ONES, GIVE UP THE GOODS, TEMPATURE RISING
LIFE AFTER DEATH - BIGGIE - 1997
RIP Big Poppa You were the greatest. Just 24 when he checked out. what couldve been!
KICK IN THE DOOR, 10 ? COMMANDMENTS, HYPNOTIZE
THE LOW END THEORY - TRIBE CALLED QUEST - 1991
This is a fantastic Album that just flows continously. Go back and dig it up!
CHECK THE RHIME, JAZZ (We Got It), THE SCENARIO
CUBAN LINX - RAEKWON and GHOST - 1995
This is a lethal album ? went on some basement dusty raw beats
GLACIERS OF ICE, CRIMINOLOGY, ICE CREAM
DAILY OPERATION - GANGSTARR - 1992
THere brilliant underappreciated Masterpiece. Knee deep in Dj Premier Dope Beats
DWYCK, TAKE IT PERSONAL, EX TO NEXT GIRL
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This is a good thread
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36 Chambers
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Moment of Truth>>>>>Daily Operation, for the record
My vote goes to Illmatic -
I love all of these albums, but here are my favorites in order: Illmatic>>The Infamous>>Enter the 36>>It's Dark & Hell Is Hot>>Life After Death>>OB4CL>>Ready to Die>>Reasonable Doubt>>The Low End Theory...
...i have never heard that Gang Starr album in it's entirety though. -
DMTxCannabis wrote: »I love all of these albums, but here are my favorites in order: Illmatic>>The Infamous>>Enter the 36>>It's Dark & Hell Is Hot>>Life After Death>>OB4CL>>Ready to Die>>Reasonable Doubt>>The Low End Theory...
...i have never heard that Gang Starr album in it's entirety though.
? was dope. SMH @ ? in here shittin on Guru and Primo
^^^^sampled in Crooklyn Dodgers -
And SMH @ ? forgettin Enta Da Stage
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? was dope. SMH @ ? in here shittin on Guru and Primo
^^^^sampled in Crooklyn Dodgers
Wasn't Gang Starr the first to use jazz samples? either way, the songs you posted are dope. -
And SMH @ ? forgettin Enta Da Stage
The original version of I Got Cha Opin got mad spins from me...
...and while i'm at it, Styles P ripped that beat^. -
DMTxCannabis wrote: »Wasn't Gang Starr the first to use jazz samples? either way, the songs you posted are dope.
Might have been ATCQ. Don't quote me on that, but they're the first ones I remember doing it. -
good thread idea, but if you want to nit pick, gang starr isnt new york hip hop. guru was from boston and premo is from houston.
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DMTxCannabis wrote: »The original version of I Got Cha Opin got mad spins from me...
...and while i'm at it, Styles P ripped that beat^.
That's my ? . The Flipmode version was crazy too
And Styles and Talib redid Buck em Down too
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ILLmatic or 36 Chambers. Close Thread
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other notable albums dropped in the 90's (some of these albums better then the choices to vote on)
Wu: Forever
Ghostface: Ironman
ODB: Return to the 36
Tribe: Midnight Marauders
Big Pun: Capital Punishment
Gangstarr: Moment of Truth
Fugees: The Score (NY/NJ= same thing)
Redman: Muddy Waters (NY/ MJ= same thing)
Mos Def: Black on Both Sides
Jay-Z: Hard Knock Life
Mos Def/ Talib Kweli: Black Star
Mobb Deep: Hell on Earth
Camp Lo: Uptown Saturday Night
Busta Rhymes: Extinction Level Event
Lil Kim: Hard Core
Keith Murray: The Most Beautifulest Thing
The Beatnuts: Musical Massacre
Cocoa Brovas: The Rude Awakening
Jeru the Damaja: Wrath of the Math (arguably Premier's best work)
Eric B & Rakim: Dont Sweat the Technique
Eric B & Rakim: Let the Rhythm Hit Em
Pete Rock/ CL Smooth: The Main Ingredient
Pete Rock/ CL Smooth: Mecca and the Soul Brother
Brand Nubian: One for all
Brand Nubian: In ? We Trust
Grand Puba: Reel to Reel
Grand Puba: 2000
Black Moon: Enta Da Stage
Black Moon: WarZone
DefSquad: El Nino -
What about Onyx bacdafuckup?
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Illmatic.....
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Of these choices i gotta go with OBFCL.
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RD and Infamous
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Illmatic
Nas was the reason I got up on 90's hip hop and really started paying attention to lyrics. when i heard "It ain't Hard to Tell" I was like this dude is that ? . i know yall clown young ? but i dont feel all that dancing and ? ? either -
Smif-N-Wessun - Da Shinin'
Raekwon - Cuban Linx
Ghostface - Ironman
GZA - Liquid Swords
Killarmy - ? Weaponry [beats on this album are ? gems]
De La Soul - Stakes Is High
Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
Killah Priest - Heavy Mental
Mobb Deep - Hell On Earth
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst -
gangstarr - moment of truth
daily op and hard to earn was dope, but moment was the best imo -
Obviously Nas's Illmatic
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Yea Nas- Illmatic
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Not only is Cuban Linx the best album to come out of NY in the 90's, it's the best 90's rap album period....
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what is it that you have against NAS did steal from you or something??. you cant hate on him all you want but hes murdering the poll here. If you chose 36 Chambers your opinion but would be more valid but you are doing some real REACHES. Showbiz and AG album you mentioned is probably so obscure that i doubt that there Label is still even printing it. and if it was so good then it wouldnt be because there would be a market for it!
your response sounds delusional!Tommy bilfiger wrote: »Gang Starr - Hard to Earn>>>>Illmatic
Showbiz & AG -good fellas>>>>>Illmatic
ATCQ- Midnight Marauders>>>>>Illmatic
Masta Ace -Slaughterhouse>>>>>Illmatic
Homie a revisionist 90's fan
he was in huggies when these albums dropped hard to keep up wit stuff the consensus didn't recommend for him -
Tommy bilfiger wrote: »Gang Starr - Hard to Earn>>>>Illmatic
Showbiz & AG -good fellas>>>>>Illmatic
ATCQ- Midnight Marauders>>>>>Illmatic
Masta Ace -Slaughterhouse>>>>>Illmatic
Homie a revisionist 90's fan
he was in huggies when these albums dropped hard to keep up wit stuff the consensus didn't recommend for him
agree with that list