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What Is The Best Golden Age of Hip Hop Song
Posted on 12/14/12 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 12/14/12 at 3:52 pm
According to Wikipedia:
My Vote is LINK and it ain't even close. What says the Music Board??
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Hip hop's "golden age" (or "golden era") is a name given to a period in mainstream hip hop, usually cited as being a period varying in time frames during the 1980s and 1990s said to be characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence. There were strong themes of Afrocentricity and political militancy, while the music was experimental and the sampling eclectic. The artists most often associated with the phrase are Run–D.M.C., Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul, EPMD, Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Jungle Brothers.
My Vote is LINK and it ain't even close. What says the Music Board??
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Posted on 12/14/12 at 3:59 pm to Notro
whenever drake and rick ross came on the scene.
This post was edited on 12/14/12 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 12/14/12 at 4:00 pm to trillhog
Either Paid in Full or Scenario
Posted on 12/14/12 at 4:02 pm to trillhog
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whenever doggystyle and the chronic hit the scene that was the start of the golden age.
Maybe Rap, but not Hip Hop. I think we can make a distinction there.IMHO.
Posted on 12/14/12 at 4:08 pm to lpgreat1
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Either Paid in Full or Scenario
Scenario is a good choice. Paid in Full while I like it was sample heavy and is why I like the clean sound and crispness of the rhyme delivered by Rakim in Follow the Leader.
Posted on 12/14/12 at 4:19 pm to Notro
Bring the Noise. But I do love Johnny Ryall by the Beasties as well.
Posted on 12/14/12 at 4:40 pm to Notro
Posted on 12/14/12 at 4:40 pm to Matisyeezy
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Matisyeezy
Golden Age was the 1980's till the early 1990's. I don't think Soulja Boy qualifies.
Posted on 12/14/12 at 4:41 pm to moon
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T.R.O.Y.
Top 5 for sure.
Anything by A Tribe Called Quest, but I'm leaning towards Electric Relaxation.
This post was edited on 12/14/12 at 4:43 pm
Posted on 12/14/12 at 4:49 pm to Notro
Posted on 12/14/12 at 4:53 pm to eye65
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eye65
Posted on 12/14/12 at 4:54 pm to Matisyeezy
Big Daddy definitely qualifies!!!!!
Posted on 12/14/12 at 4:56 pm to Notro
quote:
Hip hop's "golden age" (or "golden era") is a name given to a period in mainstream hip hop, usually cited as being a period varying in time frames during the 1980s and 1990s said to be characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence. There were strong themes of Afrocentricity and political militancy, while the music was experimental and the sampling eclectic. The artists most often associated with the phrase are Run–D.M.C., Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul, EPMD, Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Jungle Brothers.
This description is terrible. It is both overly vague and needlessly specific. After reading it, I have no idea what on earth is meant by the term Golden Age, and I have no idea when this nebulously-defined Golden Age took place. In fact, I think it is fair to say that I am now stupider as a result of reading it.
This post was edited on 12/14/12 at 4:57 pm
Posted on 12/14/12 at 5:04 pm to bobbyray21
I think Golden Age is generally everything from Run DMC's first album to Dr. Dre's The Chronic (the first landmark of gangsta rap). The first rap artist on a major label is Kurtis Blow, so those first few years in the 80s are still pretty much a free for all. So, from Run DMC on, it became more of its own genre instead of a subset of disco.
I do love the love Eric B and Rakim are getting. Eric B for President.
I do love the love Eric B and Rakim are getting. Eric B for President.
Posted on 12/14/12 at 5:05 pm to bobbyray21
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bobbyray21
It's Wikipedia's definition. I don't agree with it as a whole, but at least it puts some parameters on the "golden age".
LINK
Posted on 12/14/12 at 5:06 pm to Baloo
Posted on 12/14/12 at 5:08 pm to Baloo
I think I can agree with that.
Posted on 12/14/12 at 5:15 pm to moon
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