This could literally be something made in 1993

made this thread the other day. Really helped me appreciate every era in rap tbh 80s rap was awesome lol

ktt2.com/hip-hop-evolutionnetflix-series-appreciation-thread-115752

Eminem got his WHOLE style at first from this dude lmaooo

80s Rap was like the beta version

Ultramagnetic MC's Critical Beatdown from 1988 has held up extremely well. Kool Keith always been forward thinking

slick rick my fav rapper from that era

don't post this no mo

rap changed too much by the time a lot of these cats was established. they coulda went and rapped on a bunch of dre beats or try to get on the whole money cash hoes s*** bad boys/rocafella was doing but it woulda been inauthentic to a lot of them

You're obsessed

I love this album. KKKill the Fetus is fire too.

Hes a jersey nigga thats why he dont get respect

Ice T-Colors such an underrated track. 6 In The Morning too. T was nice

Says the Drake "stan"

it’s how the music aged imo

90s rap sound still sounds fresh to some people

80s rap was vastly different, because inspired by the music before it, which wasn’t rap

all rap after the 80s was inspired by rap

Probably worth pointing out that the gap between 1984 and 1988 is much larger than the gap between 1988 and 1992. Even within the 80s there was a lot of evolution, something like 3 Feet High and Rising would have been inconceivable in 1982 and I'd argue most present day rap fans would be able to appreciate the classics from 1987-1989 without much issue.

Truth be told, a lot Jersey dudes in the past were just as likely to ride for the West as the East because we also have a love/hate relationship with NYC...lol.

Pac's Outlawz click was even from Jersey and they said it on record even in the middle of the "West Coast/East Coast" feud lol.

Yeah i know s*** was weird to make s*** even more confusing, the top rapper on the west side is from new york 😂

Let me just block

DORK!

You suburban f***ers kill me

Hot take: Rakim's verse on The Watcher II should get the praise Rick Ross' verse on DIAND gets. Jay just made it so f***ing difficult to listen to his music, until recently, that most of KTT has probably never heard the song lol

Watcher 2 MAD underrated

BP2 in general is just underrated

its got that early 2000s vibe on lock