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1993-1999:
1. Nas- story telling and the production in Illmatic was impeccable. Everything after cannot match this masterpiece.
2. Tupac- his story telling is as good as Nas but I felt some of his songs were a little slow paced for my tasting. In terms of story telling, I think he may even edge out Nas a bit.
3. Mos Def- BlackStar and Black on Both Sides are great albums. Although I will admit I usually skip a few tracks when I relisten to them. I have 5-6 tracks I absolutely love in each album. Mos Def has a very unique voice and always seemed to have a great flow. He also never seemed to have beef with any rappers and purposely tried to stay neutral and its' evident in a lot of his songs or at least I think so. He's still relevant and making millions still.
4. Big L- I think the best lyricist on the list but he was one-dimensional in his hardcore gangsta rap. Greatest punchline king in rap. Didn't have much time on mainstream if any. If he lived, I do believe he would have been top 3 greatest all time. Talent wise, I do believe he may have had more potential than who I think is the GOAT rapper, Nas. I feel if he had better production, he would have had a few legendary albums. I think he was on pace to sign with Rockafella Records (Jay Z). He was so close to exploding on the mainstream scene. Nas has even said he was "scared to death" to compete with him once he heard him freestyling.
5. Modd deep- The Infamous is a great album. Storytelling is good.
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Love that silly, carefree, good time rap. Good vibes.
At the start of gangsta rap... it was comically stupid.
Then it got serious and dark and not fun any more.
Early 90s is probably my favorite era 90-95. I like a lot of 80s stuff too, but i was still pretty young and only had a handful of records back then. Its always hard for me to make these top lists, theres too much Hip Hop I like. But heres my list right now....
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