Rump Shaker??? Baby Got Back???? You guys must be kidding me. 92 was the year of the Chronic, easily one of the top 5 rap albums/cd of all time.
That's right, Ugly Kid Joe! <i>"Cause I... think sex is overrated too."</i> And how could I forget Metallica... "Wherever I May Roam" just may be my all-time favorite song to this day... Would still prefer Baby Got Back/ Rump Shaker/ other "booty rap" to Dr. Dre, just because that's not really my genre... I never felt like listening to people talk about shooting each other.
What?!! You are TRIPPIN. Hip-hop has more variety that it has ever had. You ever heard of Tu Pac? Are you saying that "hip hop to da hippidee hip hip hop you don't stop" is more profound than Pac? Please don't comment on something that you apparantly know nothing about
since you mentioned "rapper's delight" i just wanted to say DAMN that song is long. my cousin had it burned on a cd we were listening to driving back up to austin last weekend and after about 5 minutes we were like this is kinda long, and at about the 7 minute mark we just wanted to see how long it could go. 14 MINUTES!!!! dude was talking about eating at a friend's house and the food sucking but he didn't wanna say it and finally he just left and on and on. kinda funny but so damn long. also, give me a good/catchy beat over "meaningful" lyrics anyday. not that i can't appreciate lyrics every once in a while but a great beat is always the way to go. probably a good reaon i actually like a lot of top 40 stuff.
Lol... I loved 'Rappers Delight' and the part about the chicken tasting like wood. My song from 92 was T.R.O.Y ( They Reminise Over You) by Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth. I also liked "Slam" by Onyx. I dont remember if that was in 92 though. I was only in 4th grade in 92.
Rapper's Delight is so much fun... from what I heard, this is the song that started it all in terms of recorded rap. It may seem long now, but back then they would jam in the street for a lot longer than that... someone said it was like condensing a three-hour thing down to 15 minutes... I'm sure there are some music historian types on this BBS somewhere who could give a much better description, but the important things were to make up or remember rhymes on the spot, and to be able to keep going.
1992 was actually a great year as far as the rock and rap industry goes. Pearl Jam had just come out with "Ten", by far their best album. Bands like Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Tool, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Primus were becoming huge successes. Alice in Chains' "Dirt" and Stone Temple Pilots' "Core" both came out in 1992, and those are some of the best rock albums ever, IMO. As for rap, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg 'emerged' in 1992. Snoop Dogg went on to release "Doggystyle" in 1993, which is without question the greatest rap album ever. Music now is MUCH MUCH worse than it was 10 years ago.
Yeah, that is your old-fartiness talking. There is some really moving electronic music out there; there's also a lot more to sampling and turntablism than you're giving it credit for, I think. There are some amazing artists that can 'play' a turntable with just as much skill as a guitar - DJ Shadow or Qbert, for example - or blend samples in such an amazing way that you're amazed. The Avalanches' album from 2001 used something like 900 samples to make up its tracks and it's the most lovely summery thing in parts, really beautiful. House music in its purist form does kind of suck, I think. But there's so much more to electronic music than house.
dimsie, I agree to an extent, and I was way too old-farty yesterday. I own some DJ Shadow, and I like a lot of weird drony electronic ambient stuff too, like Windy and Carl, Grimble Grumble, and Zoviet France, but must of these mix in a lot of guitars and live drumming here and there. It's easy to be dismissive, but I've sat at a computer with the new software, and it is way too easy to just sit and create a "song" now. I guess that's good, giving a lot of people the ability to create without getting 4 or 5 personalities to get along... I just know how difficult the non-comupter, collaborative music angle is, and I respect it.
I'm with RimRocker. I guess that's why I still own and use a turntable on the 150+ vinyl albums I have of great music that has yet to be re-released on CD.
Just wanted to note that 'such an amazing way that you're amazed' is possibly the worst phrase I've ever written. Don't post at 1am anymore, Danielle.
I can't beleive people think this was a great year for music. The reason some of those bands dropped off the face of the earth was because the music sucked. I graduated in 93 and I hardly listen to anything from my high school years. Music in general was definitly in a transition period. If you go back to that list from 1983, I think you will see more of those groups could sell more records today than the ones from 1992. Since I listen to hip hop mostly, I think hip hop is much better. Anyone heard of a group called the Roots. You would have never heard anything like that in 92. As far as lyrics being drowned, lyrics and lyricist today are much better. Jay-Z, Nas, Sir Mix a Lot couldn't hold these guys mikes. I think hip hop from 86 is better than 92. Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Eric B and Rakim, Public Enema (for those who get the joke), L.L., much better than Kriss Kross and Wrecks in Effect. I'm sorry, that is just my Humble Opinion. But I must admitt, the chronic is an all time great.
I agree. The only hip-hop/rap year better than 86 is 88. The ones that you mentioned were still at the top of their game (especially PE with It Takes A Nation of Millions) with the exception of the fast fading Run DMC. But also in 88 there was the emergence of DeLa Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Big Daddy Kane, NWA (although they did debut around 86), and Too $hort.
