Share some of your favorite hip hop moments/songs/lore that either isn’t discussed much by the GP, is lesser known, or you feel is an underrated moment.

This was inspired by listening to 4,3,2,1 by LL Cool J and how he dissed a rapper that was a feature on the god damn song with him

Only for Canibus to recruit motherfucking Mile Tyson and systematically rip LL to shreds on his response

Pharrell rap city freestyle

“Solid gold blackberry like im richy rich” my mind was blown i stg

The moment that was…Fetty Wap

This is one that I feel will definitely get lost in time but he had a literal chokehold on music during his run

g funk era

It’s hard to think of another rap album that had 4 smash hits on it since then

rick ross mmg press conference where he announced signing omarion / god forgives i don’t release date

Alotta of the cypher's tbh.

And I'm not talking bout xxl

679 is one of the best pop hits of the 2010s, literally perfect

Also re: thread title

uhh cruel summer, wiz khalifa’s imperial phase, pre-srs earl sweatshirt, 90’s Jay, Bad Boy’s imperial phase, etc

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The whole Khaled being down bad to meming and grinding back to having hits is really a forgotten time

MMG Era

When 50 Cent was up and coming dropped How To Rob which sent shockwaves all the way up to THE NY rapper Jay Z

And Jay Z bring so impressed that he told him backstage at Summerjam ‘99 I’m gonna have to get you back then proceeding to get on stage and say “I’m about a dollar what the f*** is 50 Cents” therefore legitimizing him before he started his unprecedented run in the 2000s

MMG definitely was a powerhouse label with Meek becoming one of the hottest names in rap, Rick Ross being consistent and an established respectable name, and the left field signing of Wale who was arguably at the peak of his career

Hov and nas performing dead president and the world is your

When Wayne showed why he was the greatest rapper alive

One of the most powerful moments in music history bruh

No dancers, singers, entourage, jumping around. He just went off

If you look at the comments you can see a few people mentioned when this first aired on BET. That’s when I knew Wayne was a living legend

Wiz Khalifa smoking a blunt and freestyling is one of the earliest moments I remember of YouTube and rap colliding may be his most iconic video imo

classic

Drake almost causing a riot in nyc for a free concert during thank me later era

over 20k people came when they only expected 10k

shows how crazy drakes buzz was in 2010 man that s*** was bonkers

This reminds me of the Kid Cudi 88 Keys freestyle. I remember seeing this video right before Day N Nite blew up. I don’t even think A Kid Named Cudi was out yet nor was he signed to Kanye.

His whole come up was incredible.

We don’t talk enough about how the literal best rapper alive in the apex of his career gave a co-sign to an up and coming artist and proceeded to exceed anyone’s wildest expectations. Incredible

when madlib rapped over those circa millenium j dilla beats that j rocc gave him, creating the first jaylib tape which imo far surpasses their later jaylib album. absolute magical moment

i’m like hey what’s up hello

baby won’t you come my waaaaaay

Pre-MOTM Kid Cudi doesn’t get talked about or appreciated nearly enough man