POO: Year for Hip-Hop

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Round 30 years to pick from. What year had the best singles? Best albums? I won't act like I know. Take it away, real heads.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 30 March 2007 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

1988 is the obvious answer for both

Just scratching the surface:
Public Enemy - Nation Of Millions...
NWA - Straight Out Of Compton
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
EPMD - Strictly Business
Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane
Biz Markie - Goin Off
Slick Rick - Great Adventures
Jungle Brothers - Done By The Forces...
Run DMC - Tougher Than Leather
Eric B And Rakim - Follow The Leader
JVC Force - Doin Damage
Super Lover Cee And Casanova Rud - Girls I Got Em Locked
King Tee - Act A Fool
Too Short - Life Is...
2 Live Crew - Move Something
MC Lyte - Lyte As A Rock
Eazy E - Eazy Duz It
Salt-n-Papa - A Salt With A Deadly Pepa
Marley Marl - In Control
DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince - He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper
Kool G Rap And DJ Polo - Road To The Riches
Stetsasonic - In Full Gear
Lakim Shabazz - Pure Righteousness
Doug E. Fresh - World's Greatest...
Chubb Rock - Chubb Rock
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Swass
Kid N Play - 2 Hype
Mark The 45 King - Master Of The Game
JJ Fad - Supersonic

Plus "It Takes Two"

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:14 (nineteen years ago)

The hard part is picking a follow-up year...

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:19 (nineteen years ago)

88 or 89 for me. both those years are just a blur to me. so much stuff coming out that was strong. it was all you could do to keep up. it was endless.

wasn't done by the forces of nature out in 89?

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

1978 - or any year before that.

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:20 (nineteen years ago)

geir made a funny

― scott seward, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:28 (nineteen years ago)

Scott is right... I meant Straight Out the Jungle

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:30 (nineteen years ago)

never pegged geir as a dolemite fan but ok

― am0n, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:31 (nineteen years ago)

Haha Geir is totally ILM's crazy neighbor.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:33 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.tvacres.com/images/wilsonfence2.jpg

"Hi de ho, neighbor. Any year before 1978!"

― max, Saturday, 31 March 2007 01:56 (nineteen years ago)

geir's been ilm longer than anyone else in this thread!

― deej, Saturday, 31 March 2007 02:49 (nineteen years ago)

? no one said he hadn't

― max, Saturday, 31 March 2007 02:53 (nineteen years ago)

i've seen his name in newgroups circa 95, i know dude is og, doesn't make him any less the crazy neighbor! besides, i meant "crazy neighbor" in the most amicable way.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 02:54 (nineteen years ago)

eh i am not really invested in this i just thought 'neighbor' implied he was not a part of ilm or something and really hes as ilm as apple pie

― deej, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:13 (nineteen years ago)

if ilm is a neighborhood then we're all neighbors, right? unless this is some kind of filthy hippie cohabitation squat and in that case I'm outta here.

I was gonna rep for '86 or '87 but I can't argue with whiney's list.

LOCK THREAD

― Edward III, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:18 (nineteen years ago)

fiteeee fiiiiite

― max, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:22 (nineteen years ago)

wow derail

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:37 (nineteen years ago)

MotherFUCK Internet Explorer

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:47 (nineteen years ago)

I was tryna rep 94 and had listed about 20 albums and that shit closed on me.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

1994 is a contender.

Nas - Illmatic
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
Common Sense- Resurrection
O.C. - Word...Life
Outkast - Southernplaylisticaddilacmuzik
The Beatnuts - The Beatnuts (Street Level)
Odd Squad- Fadanuf fa Erybody!!
Jeru The Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East
Organized Konfusion - Stress
The Roots - Do You Want More??!!??!
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Main Ingredient
Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside
Gravediggaz - Six Feet Deep
Scarface - The Diary
Gang Starr - Hard To Earn
Method Man - Tical
Digable Planets- Blowout Comb
Artifacts- Between a Rock & a Hard Place
Warren G- Regulate...G Funk Era
Del tha Funky Homosapien- No Need For Alarm
Keith Murray- The Most Beautifullest Thing in this World
Saafir- Boxcar Sessions
Kurious- A Constipated Monkey
Dru Down - Explicit Game
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Bones Thugs - Creepin' On Ah Come Up EP
King Tee - IV Life
MC Eiht - We Come Strapped
UGK - Super Tight

― mulla atari, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:50 (nineteen years ago)

srsly

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 03:52 (nineteen years ago)

Great singles in 94 too (Ima just gonna steal from Ego Trip's list):

Craig Mack: "Flava in Your Ear" (Bad Boy)
Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Gin & Juice" (Death Row)
Wu-Tang Clan: "C.R.E.A.M." (Loud)
The Notorious B.I.G.: "Juicy"/ "Unbelievable" (Bad Boy)
Method Man: "Bring the Pain" (Def Jam)
O.C.: "Time's Up" (Wild Pitch)
Common: "i used to love h.e.r." (Relativity)
Black Moon: "I Got Cha Opin (Remix)"/"Reality (Killin' Every Nigga in Sight)" (Nervous)
Keith Murray: "The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World" (Jive)
Above the Law: "Black Superman" (Ruthless)
Nas: "It Ain't Hard to Tell" (Columbia)
Smif-n-Wessun: "Bucktown"/"Let's Git It On" (Nervous)
Fugees: "Nappy Heads (Remix)" (Ruffhouse)
Jeru the Damaja: "D. Original" (Payday)
Gang Starr: "Mass Appeal" (Chrysalis)
Nas: "The World is Yours" (Columbia)
Outkast: "Player's Ball" (LaFace)
Scarface: "I Seen a Man Die" (Rap-a-Lot)
Group Home: "Supa Star" (Payday)
Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Murder Was the Case" (Death Row)
Too $hort: "Money in the Ghetto" (Jive)
The Lady of Rage featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg: "Afro Puffs" (Death Row)
Wu-Tang Clan: "Can It Be All So Simple" (Loud)
Channel Live featuring KRS-One: "Mad Izm" (Capitol)
Black Moon: "How Many MCs" (Nervous)
Redman: "Rockafella (Remix)" (Def Jam)
Redman: "Can't Wait" (Def Jam)
Black Moon: "Buck 'em Down (remix)"/"Murder MCs" (Nervous)
De La Soul: "Ego Trippin' Part Two" (Tommy Boy)
Gravediggaz feat. Shabazz the Disciple & Killah Priest: "Diary of a Madman" (Gee Street)
Crooklyn Dodgers: "Crooklyn" (MCA)
Outkast: "Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" (LaFace)
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" (Relativity)
Dru Down featuring Luniz: "Ice Cream Man" (Relativity)
Craig Mack featuring Q-Tip: "Get Down (Remix)" (Bad Boy)
Shyheim: "On and On" (Virgin)
JT the Bigga Figga featuring Mac Mall: "Game Recognize Game" (Get Low)
E-40 featuring the Click: "Captain Save a Hoe" (Sick wid It)
Ill Al Skratch: "Where My Homiez" (Mercury)
Nate Dogg & Warren G: "Regulate" (Death Row)

― Alex in SF, Saturday, 31 March 2007 04:01 (nineteen years ago)

Innercity Griots, Enta Da Stage and So Far the Ghetto's Been Good to Me are all 94, too, I'm pretty sure.

― Oilyrags, Saturday, 31 March 2007 04:06 (nineteen years ago)

Enta Da Stage is definitely 93.

― Alex in SF, Saturday, 31 March 2007 04:11 (nineteen years ago)

So is Inner City Griots according to AMG.

― Alex in SF, Saturday, 31 March 2007 04:13 (nineteen years ago)

Okay all three are '93 apparently.

― Alex in SF, Saturday, 31 March 2007 04:14 (nineteen years ago)

Still great year.

― Alex in SF, Saturday, 31 March 2007 04:14 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, I think if 88/89 is counted as one year in sewardworld, 93/94 is the easy runner-up.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 31 March 2007 05:04 (nineteen years ago)

Third place: 82/83?

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 31 March 2007 05:05 (nineteen years ago)

haha sewardworld

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 05:47 (nineteen years ago)

where everything has exactly as much viking metal as it needs

― max, Saturday, 31 March 2007 05:50 (nineteen years ago)

This thread very easily lends itself to boring answers.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 31 March 2007 08:28 (nineteen years ago)

Come up with an exciting one.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 31 March 2007 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

Nah, my answer would be one of the boring ones. ('93 for the record)

― The Reverend, Saturday, 31 March 2007 21:51 (nineteen years ago)

2001

― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 31 March 2007 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

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