Late nineties hiphop recommendations

Off the top of my head...

Camp Lo - Luchini
Black Star - Definition
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz - Deja Vu
Big L - Ebonics

all of extinction level event by busta rhymes. used to listen to this on tape and play computer games, loved it then, still love it now. nearly all of it anyway.

What about the sublime and horrendously lost and forgotten New Kingdom?

This is also my favourite period of hip hop. It was around '98/'99 that I first really started getting into hip hop; a friend of mine from Michigan whose family had access to a CD-burner before everybody else would give me stacks of this stuff whenever we'd meet at my cottage. This meant that I was listening to things like Eminem, Hot Boyz, Big Tymers, Ruff Ryders, No Limit, and Jay-Z long in advance of me even hearing about anything like Wu-Tang Clan, KRS-One, Eric B and Rakim, et al.

The Rub's installment for 1999 as part of their excellent ongoing History of Hip Hop series is a really good snapshot of this era, and captures a lot of my favourites from that year.

http://www.prefixmag.com/forum/prefix-forum/492/

Youngbloodz "85" feat. Big Boi
DJ DMD "25 Lighters" feat. Lil' Keke & Fat Pat
Cool Breeze "Cre-A-Tine (I Got People)"
Mac Mall "Pussy Whipped"
Missy Elliott "Hot Boyz"
Nelly "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)"
DMX "What These Bitches Want" feat. Sisqo
Nas "NY State Of Mind, Pt. II"
Gang Starr "All 4 Tha $"
Thirstin Howl III "Brooklyn Hard Rock" feat. Unique London
Eminem "My Name Is"
Dr. Dre "XXPlosive" feat. Devin The Dude & Nate Dogg
Jay-Z "Snoopy Track" feat. Juvenile
Black Rob "Whoa"
Common "1-9-9-9" feat. Sadat X & Talib Kweli
Common "Car Horn"
Method Man "Break Ups 2 Make Ups" feat. D'Angelo
Quasimoto "Microphone Mathematics"
Goodie Mob "Chain Swang"
Mos Def "Ms. Fat Booty"
Choclair "Flagrant"
Noreaga "Cocaine Business (Hysteria)" feat. Kelis
Rahzel "All I Know"
Geto Boys "Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster"
E-40 "Earl, That's Your Life"
Eve "Gotta Man"
C-Murder "Down For My Niggas" feat. Snoop Dogg
Juvenile "Ha" (Remix feat. Jay-Z)
Eminem "Guilty Conscience" feat. Dr. Dre
Pharoahe Monch "Simon Says"
Tear Da Club Up Thugs "Hypnotize Cash Money"
Ja Rule "Holla Holla"
Jay-Z "Girls Best Friend"
Naughty By Nature "Jamboree" feat. Zhané
Common "Dooinit"
The Roots "Act Too... The Love Of My Life" feat. Common
Jay-Z "So Ghetto"
Grand Agent "Mingling (With Mayhem)"
Beanie Sigal "What A Thug About"
Mos Def "Mathematics"
Jurassic 5 "Without A Doubt"
The Beatnuts "Muchachacha"
Snoop Dogg "Bitch Please" feat. Xzibit
Gang Starr "Full Clip"
Nas "Nas Is Like"
Natural Elements "Two Tons"
Q-Tip "Let's Ride"
Screwball "F.A.Y.B.A.N."
U-God "Bizarre"
The Roots "You Got Me" (Remix)
Dr. Dre "The Next Episode" feat. Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg
Hobo Junction "Greenlite Monks"
Hot Boys "I Need A Hot Girl" feat. Big Tymers
Tash "Pimpin' Ain't Easy"
GZA "Breaker, Breaker"
50 Cent "How To Rob An Industry Nigga"
B.G. "Bling Bling"
Whoridas "Do Or De" feat. Yukmouth
Dr. Dre "The Watcher"
Phat Kat "Don't Nobody Care About Us"
Slum Village "Get This Money"
Lootpack "Whenimondamic"
MF Doom "Doomsday"
Handsome Boy Modeling School "Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)" feat. DJ Shadow & DJ Quest
Q-Tip "Breathe And Stop"
Mobb Deep "Quiet Storm"
Mobb Deep "Quiet Storm" (Remix feat. Lil' Kim)
Method Man & Redman "Da Rockwilder"
DMX "Party Up"
The Beatnuts "Watch Out Now"
Slick Rick "Street Talkin'" feat. Outkast
Lyrics Born "I Changed My Mind" (Stereo MCs Rattlesnake Remix)
Ol' Dirty Bastard "Got Your Money" feat. Kelis
Prince Paul "More Than You Know" feat. De La Soul
Wu-Tang Clan "Protect Ya Neck (The Jumpoff)"
Redman "Da Goodness" feat. Method Man
Mos Def "Umi Says"
Busta Rhymes "What's It Gonna Be!?" feat. Janet Jackson
Dr. Dre "Forgot About Dre" feat. Eminem
Jay-Z "Big Pimpin'" feat. UGK
Ruff Ryders "Down Bottom" feat. Drag-On
Trick Daddy "Nann Nigga" feat. Trina
dead prez "Hip-Hop"

98 was when I got into Hip-Hop, I still have the tape of the first Westwood show I ever listened to lol

I was really into Rawkus and all that... a lot of its a bit worthy/bland when you listen back to it but also a lot of really sick stuff (see: Soundbombing 1) with a rawness and self-belief to it.

I also remember that the big newcomers then were DMX, Canibus and Big Pun (at least on Westwood). 'Niggaz Done Started Something' off DMXs first album is great... Canibus' album was pretty shit but 'Buckingham Palace' still does it for me...

Gang Starr - Moment of Truth too...

You can't go wrong with...

Any releases from the following labels (albums or 12"s):

Rawkus
Fondle 'Em
Solesides/Quannum Projects
ABB
Eastern Conference
Beyond Real Recordings
Dolo
Hydra
Fortress Entertainment
Raw Shack
Goodvibe
Makin' Records
Bomb Hip Hop Records
Blackberry/Ill Boogie
B.U.K.A.Rance
Brick Records
Bad Magic
Son
Audio Research
OM Records
Axiom
Ninja Tune

Lotsa great music was made from 1996-1999 from those labels.

One.

have to admit this is my least favourite period for hip-hop quite comfortbaly, still some bangers though
banned from tv like you mentioned in the first post for instance, and john blaze too./

This is my possibly my favourite period of hip-hop too...and not so much the Rawkus type stuff, though some of that was alright. It's all about Ruff Ryders, Cash Money, No Limit, 3-6 Mafia etc. I'd say, check any of those first-wave Cash Money albums, like '400 Degreez' or 'Chopper City In Da Ghetto'...also 'Ghetty Green' by Project Pat. Some of the beats from this period are quality - Mannie Fresh was on fire, Beats By The Pound are waaaaay underrated, and I really like Swizz Beats' old sound.

off the top of my head:
'Off The Wall' - Redman and Eminem
'World War 3' - Ruff Ryders
there was a great ODB and Mystikal freestyle thing i DLed back then, that went 'THAT WU-TANG CLICK THAT NO LIMIT CLICK'...not sure what it was from. maybe a radio jobby.
'Ballers' - Project Pat, Hypnotize Minds, Hot Boyz
fuck there's loads more, brain's on the blink..

e-40 - Big Ballin' With My Homies

Some undergound tracks that had more crossover appeal:

Missin Linx - MIA
All City - The Actual
DITC - The Enemy
DITC - Day One
Show & AG - Spit

Sorry, but this is 95, so not very late, but just listening to it now. So glad I brought the record at the time, because it seems to be rare and forgotten now, but listen to this BEAUTY:


This album is better than their first one. I'm sorry, it just is.

Whatever happened to Tippor Gore's PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT LYRICS stickers? Are they still around? Surely EVERY new album would have them now?

Sorry, too early again, but remains amazing:


Also, does no one agree that this is one of the greatest lyric performances ever committed?


Just asking.

oliver craner said:

This album is better than their first one. I'm sorry, it just is.

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crazy talk.

oliver craner said:

Also, does no one agree that this is one of the greatest lyric performances ever committed?

Just asking.

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that's pretty widely considered a classic and was the biggest tune of its year. but this mid 90's stuff is a distinctly different chapter in hip hop

oliver craner said:

Also, does no one agree that this is one of the greatest lyric performances ever committed?


Just asking.

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"Broken Language" is a classic and a half.

yeah craner, you missed the point.... this is the synthetic era of swizz and neptunes etc
which had its moments but the thing is... the mcs were third rate at best, with the exception of big pun. thats why i can't love it that much
but yeah goodfellas actually is their best work though.... its a fact

I know! I know! I only wanted to mention a record I really like. It was a late night enthusiasm I'm sure.

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