I have just been disocovering 90's era rap music.
This is a good thing. :D
JahRed said:
Anybody give me any other good 90's era type flow rap/hip-hop for me to check out?? I think like 1994 - 1995 was ridiculous sick years for music.. sublime, smashing pumpkins, nin, shit, ect.. the 90s were nuts for music.
Ok, this is by far, my favourite hip hop album. It was released in 1994:
Nas - Illmatic
Released in 1994. It's perfect. There are no stupid skits. Just 10 tracks. All with magical sounding beats, and verses consctructed so well that Nas spent the rest of his career in his own shadow.
It has one guest spot on it, and it happens to be AZ, who maybe drops one of the best verses on the album.
If you like that, then check out Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
Also released in 1994. It's production is in a similar vein to Illmatic, with the kind of spaced out, yet grimey and funky beats. Biggie's verses are really entertaining, give him a chance if you don't get it at first. He doesn't use big words or overly complex rhymes. But for me the appeal is in his charisma, sense of humour, and the ordering and phrasing of his lines just sounds cool.
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Released in 1996. There was a time when Jay-Z was actually good, and this is it. I find a lot of his other stuff hit and miss, and with not nearly as much enthusiasm and charisma (though he's always pretty charismatic). Get this.
Then check out A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders, Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). I could go into more detail about them but if you're like me then you don't wanna be swamped by too much new music at once.
It's all east coast. But you did say you loved AZ, so Nas just makes sense to start with.
