The early 90's is the golden age of Rap/ Hip Hop

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[rQUOTEr]"We prefer to fight you on like a man
And beat you down with our hands and bodyslam"[/rQUOTEr]

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Thinking about it, there was

gangster rap,
soft pops raps,
hardcore street rap,
dance,
love raps,
sexy/dirty raps,
booty bass,
instrumental bass,
"alternative",
jazzy raps,
educational / positive
political / "conscious"
horrorcore,
female raps,
southern rap,
comedy / weed raps
multi-ethnic / chicano,
etc...
not even counting freestyle which is a staple, fast raps, "posse" & b-boy raps which started it all


Early 90s - most VARIETY ?


Now what it is, trance & techno posing as hip hop?

 

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My name is D Nice although I hate to admit it Taking out you suckers and you don't know how I did it See every episode remains in this mode Very cool very calm there's no sweat in my palm I just pick up the mic, precede wit a sond I get right to the point, my competition's not long or short It's like a sport hanging in the middle But now if you're puzzled, let me kick the whole riddle That my name is Derek and if I didn't mention D-Nice is just a description It describes the kid on the mic I'm the TR-808, huh, but just call me D-Nice.

 

Geto Boys?