by KillahBee » Aug 18th, '10, 12:33
Hip hop was still pretty good in the 2000's, but nothing compared to what it was in the 90's, in my opinion of course. Sure I've noticed that most of the main rappers of the last decade where out in the 90's anyway (Jay-Z, Eminem, Nas, Ghostface, MF DOOM, even Jedi Mind Tricks)
I mean come on, back in 1993 Enter The Wu and Midnight Marauders dropped on the same DAY, a week later Enta Da Stage dropped - thats 3 of the best hip hop albums ever released dropping within a week of eachother - you'd never get that nowadays, to me there hasn't been a classic rap album released in the last 4 years - and thats being kind
I'd also say underground rap was better in the 90's too - Illmatic was underground for fuck sake! Underground hip hop is boring and stale nowadays, everybody is doing the same thing - back then it had creativity, plus production wise most underground rap albums these days have shit production - give me RZA at his best, Primo at his best, Dre at his best, Pete Rock at his best over anybody producing right now - actually I can guarentee that Celph Titled's new album will have some of the best beats this year on it, why? Because he's using unreleased 1990's beats produced by Buckwild
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