Best Hip Hop artist or group from the 90's?Who really were the legends? (lyric, classic)

[DjRey]

I want to know, Who are your top 7 MC's or Duo from the 90's in general that defined NY hip hop?Who was really spittin?Who was really at THE TOP OF THEIR LYRICAL GAME? Here's mine.

1. BIG PUN
2. NAS
3. RAEKWON/GHOSTFACE
4. *****
5. NOTORIOUS
6. BIG L
7. REDMAN/METHOD MAN

Lets do this!!

[DoubleXAs]

In no order

Big Pun
Biggie
Big L
Jay Z
Nas

[diddiyo]

Only one answer: A tribe called quest.

[K.O.N.Y]

Theres so many. But tribe definantly was that group though

[Guywithacause]

Loved Tribe...I have all their sh**! I was a fan of Nas, JZ, Biggie of course, but we are forgetting Tupac..how did he not make any lists yet?

[TheJickler]

Some of my favorites:

Brand Nubian - Grand Puba was great!
Big L
A Tribe Called Quest
Ultramagnetic MC's - (maybe more 80's but still)
Nas

[TunaBoy]

wow...surprised no one mentioned mobb deep. 95-96 Prodigy was untouchable imo


1. mobb
2. wu
3. boot camp
4. biggie
5. nas
6. cnn
7. big L

[bx718]

Artists

Mobb Deep, WU ,Regie Noble, Roots, Biggie
Boot Camp, CNN ,Dogg Pound, Nas, Big L,
Keith Murrray & MC EIHT ( GGEEEAAAHH)

Albums -

ROOTS - Illadelf halflife
REAL LIVE - The Turn Around ( CLASSIC )
CHANEL LIVE - station identification
Erick Sermon/Def squad INSOMNIA
Many Facez - Tray Lee
Beat Rhymes Life - Tribe
OGC -Da Storm

Tracks

CRIME SAGA - shabbaz da disciple (the video oh the video)
Clones - Roots (damn)
Criminology - Chef & Ghost
Super Lyrical - Pun & Black thought
Firewater - Joey Crap pun (95% alcohol 5% cancer)
Chef vs Meth - chef & meth
Survival Of the fittest - Mobb (makes me wanna slap solja girl)
Mad IZM -chanel live
Real Live Remix - Real Live + Everybody
1,2 pass it - D&D
LA LA - Tragedy etc
Funkorama - Red
Somethings gotta give -Royal Fam
My Kinda Ningga - Heather B
Glamor Life - Pun, Joey Crap etc


Wow - look at any of the songs listed and compare it to the cotton-candy BS of today ... RIP HIP HOP

[jflores]

Originally Posted by DjRey

I want to know, Who are your top 7 MC's or Duo from the 90's in general that defined NY hip hop?Who was really spittin?Who was really at THE TOP OF THEIR LYRICAL GAME? Here's mine.

1. BIG PUN
2. NAS
3. RAEKWON/GHOSTFACE
4. *****
5. NOTORIOUS
6. BIG L
7. REDMAN/METHOD MAN

Lets do this!!

is that in chronoligical order??

For me in no chronoligical order

Big
Jay
Nas
Mobb
Wu
Pun
Tribe
Pac
Face

[Futcha]

Originally Posted by Guywithacause

Loved Tribe...I have all their sh**! I was a fan of Nas, JZ, Biggie of course, but we are forgetting Tupac..how did he not make any lists yet?

Possibly because he's a native New Yorker but then switched his representation to Los Angeles because he believed New York supported Biggie more. Out of all the big cities in America, New York probably dislikes him the most.