90's Hip Hop - A Decade of Sharpness - Part 1

So I've decided to incorporate something regular on my blog... A tribute (if you will).. to the 90's Hip Hop era... when hip hop was truely great... an era I miss.. While there is still some good hip hop music today... it seems as though we have to dig deeper to find it... the 90's was an era when lyrics meant something, when rappers actually talked about something substantial... So lets start with 1990...

Don't You Hate That??

I'm always intrigued when I figure out that a hip-hop beat was sampled from an old song. Like when D-Dot sampled 'Let Your Hair Down' by Yvonne Fair for Jay'Z 'Where I'm From'... But I really hate when this happens....



Come On Diddy... Singin? ... Now if you had rhymes sharper than Jay (especially on this track) you'd get a pass... but you just made me sick to my stomach with this!!

RIP Saigon's Mom

The beat on this track is HOTTT!!!

Kanye is such a weirdo...

.... but I love him anyway.

5 Things:

1. Yes I've always thought the VMA thing was a publicity stunt...
2. Yes Kanye... I know that song... and is one of my favs from 808's.
3. Yes.. I'm just tryin to have a conversation also...
4. WTF?????
5. OMG... the little creature killed himself.

Inspirational Video of the Day:

Ok maybe Two cause they go together.

These are old but I love these videos of Stripped with Kanye West. I used to watch them once a day at work. They are so inspirational... in my opinion. I love seeing stuff like this.... music being made....

I HAD to critique this video

1. Too much singing.
2. Singing about colors... kinda Lame.
3. Whats with the hair??? Also Lame.
4. And lastly... this video is too colorful for more than 1 guy.

They should have done less singing and more rappin. The beat is not bad but not hot either.

This makes me excited about hip hop vids again.

Run This Town Preview:

Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West - "Run This Town" Trailer