Your favorite era of HIP-HOP!

Poll is for your PERSONAL FAVORITE, not the best

Um, when did I contribute to creating this poll?

Fuck the East Coast... lame ass poll.

steve shasta otm this poll displays geo bias

i voted 90s

Pac, Nelly, P, Juvie, Timbo, Neps, crunk,'Kast, 3-6. Tip, snap trap hyphy jerk

I mean sorry I'm not doing Spice 1 by era, but we're talking about judging huge patches of a very diverse culture, you fucking complaining clowns

OMG WHY DIDN'T I PUT "BATTERAM" ON THIS I'M SUCH A RETARD

i should have googleproofed "Gucci" so deej wouldn't stumble in here on his hourly search

u mad

like 'needs anger management' mad

guys it's not like it even matters what names he put in front of or behind the years. vote for the years, not whether it was "the Mase era" or "the Chingy era."

97-01

objectively i would say that it's classic 90s but i came of age in the JIGGY ERA so i have a special place in my heart for that

i came of age in the GO HARD 00s but listened to mainly CLASSIC 90s

voted 86-91 tho my version would probably be 84-89

rethinking 97-01 in light of remembering that the two rappers i hold closest to my heart, t.i. and trina, aren't from that era at all

Also, it the right answer always, "When I started listening to rap"?

nuh uh, when i started listening to rap it was because i discovered nwa and public enemy was all "holy shit this sounds way better than anything i've ever heard before!" not sure i'll vote for CLASSIC 90's, though, because since then i have grown to love 00's hip hop more than i ever thought possible.

golden era vs classic 90s

sp1200 vs. mpc

Records vs. live bands vs. TR-808 vs. SP-1200 vs. MPC vs. ProTools vs. ProTools vs. ProTools

GOLDEN ERA (1986-1991): P.E., Eric and Ra, Marley, BDP, Kane, Biz, EPMD, De La
CLASSIC '90s (1992-1997): Dre, Biggie, Pac, Nas, Wu, Jigga, Red

one of these, though mostly because of artists not mentioned here

golden era (which I guess is when I started to seriously pay attention to hip-hop, but as a kid growing up I definitely remember Sugarhill Gang n Run DMC/Beasties/LL etc.)

Golden Era (yeah, it's when I started listening to rap seriously) over Jiggy 90s

classic 90s.

Golden era ftw. Honorable mentions go to 2 Live Crew ('Nasty' and 'Banned') and the brilliant s/t Geto Boys in that one.

objectively i would say that it's classic 90s but i came of age in the JIGGY ERA so i have a special place in my heart for that

― iirc flair (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 26 September 2009 18:16 (2 hours ago) Bookmark

^^^this is like my exact answer. JIGGY ERA

classic 90s for me

just barely beating out jiggy 90s

though i feel like i am voting for consistently great over sporadically awesome

Also, is the right answer always, "When I started listening to rap"?

think this historically is true with lots of genres - the first stuff that was new & kickin when you got into it will be the stuff that burned in hardest. people who get into metal are always blown away by the first newest stuff they hear & they keep real current & develop a real fondness for the stuff that was their scene when it first became their scene.

I started listening to rap in '83 or '84 & voted Golden Era mainly for late Golden Era stuff like the 2nd D.U. album & the 2nd X-Clan album which reminds me can someone please for the love of God find me an affordable copy of the Queen Mother Rage album.

never knew there was so many jiggy 90s fans!

where's xchucxk? he always stumps for disco era!

Voted 1972-79 because the world was largely unaware of hip-hop's existence back then. Which was good.

also, geo bias crybabies, feel free to include Houston circa 04 as the first official 'net era microtrend

CLASSIC '90s and MODERN INTERNET ERA.

HIP

HIP HOP

HIP HOP ANONYMOUS

BIG DADDY aka the sandlervehicle

Disco era of hip-hop might be my favorite era of anything.

Poll is for your PERSONAL FAVORITE, not the best

Silly.

Poll Closing Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009 6:00 PM (in 2 months)

Sillier.

classic 90s, no question. the point where the beats/lyrics had evolved past simple funk loops/barney rubble type rhyme/rhythm schemes, but before the whole culture imploded due to its own weight and became a glossy shell.

SB'd you for that

cool man thanks

i didn't really

i voted silver age mostly for fin fang foom and new gods, but i got mad love for bombast and galactic rangers-era kirby.

Almost feel like voting Golden Age as i've been listening to a ton of PE, Gang Starr & Mac Dre lately but gotta give it to Classic 90s because i could never live without the first two Wu albums & "Shook Ones". Plus Mac Dre killed it during that era too.

Geir, serious question here, name your fuckin price, how much do I have to pay you to shut the fuck up

it would be worth so much to me that my family has been organizing its finances with a view toward eventually purchasing your sweet, sweet silence so no-one ever has to hear you say anything moronic about rap ever ever ever again

John, I've just named you vice president of this thread. If I should get sb'd please make sure you run it with class and precision

xp- that's fucking hilarious. i kind of find in situations like this his idiotic, predictable redundance is kind of funny as long as it doesn't go on for too long, like a character in a slapstick film who keeps bumping his head on a door frame.

I don't really have an opinion other than "oh it's geir"

i should have googleproofed "Gucci" so deej wouldn't stumble in here on his hourly search

― Moribund the Burgerphone (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, September 26, 2009 11:28 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

man yr burning a potentially decent zing real quickly on this butthurted posting

yes, whiney is the one that is butthurt...

79-83. Easy.

yes, whiney is the one that is butthurt...

― iirc flair (J0rdan S.), Saturday, September 26, 2009 8:04 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yes

http://www.motifake.com/demotivational-poster/0808/jesus-facepalm-facepalm-jesus-epic-demotivational-poster-1218659828.jpg

rolling my damn eyes @ u jordan sargent -- whiney sounded madd butthurt

chill, dawg

do a quick check & see who's doing all-caps posting about batteram

potentially decent zing

in the maelstrom of emotion people are overlooking this instant classic screenname

A Tribe Called Quest
Beastie Boys
Boogie Down Productions
Cypress Hill
De La Soul
Digable Planets
Doug E. Fresh
EPMD
Eric B and Rakim
Jungle Brothers
Kool G Rap
KRS-One
LL Cool J
MC Lyte
Public Enemy
Roxanne Shante
Run DMC
Slick Rick

as vice pres of this thread btw I am introducing a bill to the senate demanding that somebody hook J0hn D up w/the Queen Mother Rage album, it's going to be bad news for lots of other legislation on the house floor if I cannot get it

I voted for Classic, only because Dj Premier's Crooklyn Cuts and New York Reality Check 101 was the first hip hop I really liked. I still like NY hip hop from the era.

Those four Crooklyn cuts tapes are the only tapes I listen to in my jeep.

I still like NY hip hop from the era.

bold proclamation imo

from the era=from that era

When was the first third bass album out?...

Golden

I'd just like to pop in real quick to be like Whiney Goatse Weingarten tbh

Also, it the right answer always, "When I started listening to rap"?

Untrue for me.. Up until around 2001 I viewed hiphop as novelty.. Since then I enjoy the most popular stuff between 89-94 as some of my favorite music ever recorded.

^^^^yeah and i am pretty sure there are plenty of white dudes <25 in this thread who started out with golden era/classic 90s and then realized that they love current mainstream rap even more (haven't really checked but imma go out on a limb)

the kristi swagaguchi era

Is my whiteness that obvious?

haha i wasn't really referencing you, just indicating that i was responding to the same quote

everybody say DISCO

I voted Jiggy Era in part because it was when I started listening to hip-hop but the singles from the time were pretty unfuckwithable: 10 Crack Commandments, B.O.B., Snoopy Track, Big Pimpin, Ruff Ryders Anthem, Ante Up, Apollo Kids, Southern Hospitality, Get Crunked Up, Sippin' On Some Syrup, Special Delivery Remix, Bonnie & Shyne etc. etc. etc. etc.

Classic 90s

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Dope poll. Y'all know I'm 88 to the bone gristle.

in a suprise twist i'm voting for the classic era

for j0hn:
http://goriawepresenta.blogspot.com/2009/11/queen-mother-rage-vanglorious-law-1990.html

omg THANK YOU STEVIE

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Very accurate results.

Missed seeing this. I would voted either disco era or golden. Alright, <flips coin> golden era.

Damn, the posts in this thread don't even reflect the ilx golden era contingent!

classic 90s barely over go hard 00's

jiggy 90s got robbed

I voted 'Golden' it seemed obvious this was the best maybe that's why not many spoke in its defense. Obviously it wasn't that obvious.

Golden Era was robbed.

OOOOOOHHHHHHH (2010-): It's raining Gucci 2
MODERN INTERNET ERA (2004-2009): Kanye, Tip, snap trap hyphy jerk ringtone hipster microtrends 0

things are getting better!