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For cities, easily LA - the early 90s West Coast gangsta rap era was my initiation into hip-hop so that's what I instantly think about. I'll never be able to disassociate that era with NWA and LA.
Only problem is that LA's reign on top pretty much ended once Pac died. 1996 was the end of the West's influence on a national level. NYC still had Wu, which dominated '97 even though No Limit was coming on strong. Then '98 was Hard Knock Life, Flesh of My Flesh and then later the Ruff Ryders. New York was still in the game with a lot of commercially hot albums in the late 90s while Dre, Snoop and the rest were clearly fading by that point. Dre came back hard with his 2001 album, but I consider that more 00s than I do 90s. It came out late 1999.
The late 90s was much more of a mixed bag and it became somewhat clear what direction the genre was going to take after Outkast, Goodie Mobb, Three 6 Mafia, No Limit and Cash Money hit the national scene. But New York was still very much strong during that 96-99 period.
That's for pointing that out to me. But I would still say NYC due to the influence on music and fashion through female artists such as Mary J. Blige, MC Lyte, Moni Love, Salt-N-Pepa and SWV in addition to the bevy of male artists at that time.
SWV was probably the most popular female R&B group at that time and certainly had an influence on trends and fashions. We can't consider the male perspective exclusively considering that there are more Black women in America than Black men.
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