Keyblade: Forgotten era of hip hop

Hawks 02.11.19	Fuck I love this list and absolutely agree. Def needs Ghetto Fabolous though.
Keyblade 02.11.19	ah shit i always thought that came out in 02, lemme add it
bloc 02.11.19	Dig a few of these quite a bit, but I'd say this is the year where I started to not like much from the genre
parksungjoon 02.11.19	capital punishment destroys, rest in peace big pun
Hawks 02.11.19	Late 90’s-early 00’s is seriously so under appreciated. I love late 80’s/early 90’s too but this is the era I remember most fondly.
Keyblade 02.11.19	yea same, this is what i grew up on
Hawks 02.11.19	I remember getting Country Grammar on cassette when it first came out. Fuck time flies.
rabidfish 02.11.19	early 2000's nostalgia starting to set in already, wouldn't surprise me to see many of these revisited in the next 2-3 years.
Hawks 02.11.19	JADA’S GOT A....JADA’S GOT A GUN
suppatime 02.11.19	laughs in jadakiss
TheMightyScoop 02.11.19	a lot of these are still extremely popular
Relinquished 02.11.19	bruh hold atlaliens is not a ‘98er
Keyblade 02.11.19	"a lot of these are still extremely popular" not on here. at least half of these dont even have reviews
Keyblade 02.11.19	idk why i put atliens lol, fixed
TheMightyScoop 02.11.19	ya but sputnik represents a very small portion of the hip hop community. I here a bunch of these records played on college campuses and the radio all the time
DoofDoof 02.11.19	need to update your profile pic - you're a manager now champ
Drifter 02.11.19	33 ♥♥♥♥♥♥ Yeah dope stuff here. Master P, Big, Puff, DMX, Paris, Suga Free, so much dope stuff in this era.
Drifter 02.11.19	Needs Daz and Nate though cmon Edit: Nvm you got Daz thats what I'm talking about key 🔥🔥🔥
EphemeralEternity 02.11.19	Dead in the middle of Little Italy little did we know That we riddled some middlemen who didn't do diddly
Keyblade 02.11.19	I was thinking about adding g funk classics vol. 1 & 2 but I wanted to emphasize how played out the style was by that time also cheers for the feature
bloc 02.11.19	Eph I was waiting for someone to post that lol
ilovewhiskey 02.11.19	hot boys - guerilla warfare was one of the first albums i've ever owned and i have no idea why. if the album cover was "blinged out" you knew it was going to be awful, aka cash money and no limit
Hawks 02.11.19	Old Cash Money is up there with the very best wtf lmao.
JoeTex 02.11.19	jmt
Uzumaki 02.11.19	I’ma have to bookmark this list, seems like a a lot of good stuff to check out here.
Hawks 02.11.19	Whole list is fire yeah.
Uzumaki 02.11.19	I’ve been dipping my toes into the old school stuff lately, and this list seems like a good way to expand my appreciation.
twlight 02.11.19	ah, the era of god-awful album artwork
JoeTex 02.11.19	mostly good but some weak ones such as missy & mase
AlexKzillion 02.11.19	damn this list is quality... def the era of hip hop I'm least educated on tho not even gonna lie.
Hawks 02.11.19	Get on all of these Alex.
EyesWideShut 02.11.19	awesome list and your description of Stillmatic is spot on haha but why no mention of that infamous pigeon in the corner yo..
EphemeralEternity 02.11.19	There was actually an assload of good shit released during this time, I suppose the novelty’ of rap/hip hop had blown over after the explosion in the early- mid 90s. I guess a lot of the greats were firing blanks relative to their earlier output too, tho I’m thinking that often with hip hop more so than other genres people stick to the artists classics so they don’t even give other releases the time of day or go into them with such tainted expectations.
Trundle 02.11.19	baaaaaaaaaaam, list is tight
brainmelter 02.11.19	god bless
ilovewhiskey 02.12.19	DO YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? (WOO WOO) SAY DO YOU WANT A REVOLUTION? (WOO WOO)
Hawks 02.12.19	List also needs The Pimp & Da Gangsta by Dirty. Prob the most under appreciated rap classic ever. Everyone jam if you haven’t yet.
Keyblade 02.12.19	haven't even heard that, looks dope
Hawks 02.12.19	BRO GET ON IT NOW. Top 10-15 rap album ever for me hands down.
Hawks 02.12.19	Actually 2001 is prob the most underrated year for rap in general to me. So many classics released that year that don’t get enough attention.
EyesWideShut 02.12.19	can add Mystikal's Lets Get Ready and for an underrated joint Young Bleed's My Own.
Ecnalzen 02.12.19	Heck yeah, love me some Aaliyah, Outkast, Missy E, and Lauryn Hill. "Mos Def - Black on Both Sides" and "Roots - Things Fall Apart" both released in 1999 if you are into it, unless you are trying to go for the more obscure side of the years.
Hawks 02.12.19	Take It or Squeeze It by The Beatnuts is another one from 2001 that doesn’t get enough love damn.
Avagantamos 02.12.19	so do you
Hawks 02.12.19	Big retard yeah.
TheMightyScoop 02.12.19	I wonder if r kelly was listening to 33 while he was pissing on kids
Drifter 02.12.19	smfh
GUNGFUHAMMERFIST 02.12.19	Artifacts - That's Them
botb 02.13.19	No Black Star no list
Keyblade 02.13.19	^ and that's exactly why I made this list and didn't include BS, as much as I like them
Source 02.13.19	12 is sweet
botb 02.13.19	Because you think they aren’t underrated I’m assuming?
Storm In A Teacup 02.13.19	"forgotten"? my god it's the only thing some of ya'll can talk about
Killatrigga 02.13.19	Dope list nigga lots of fine shit yall get sum weed
Keyblade 02.13.19	"forgotten"? my god it's the only thing some of ya'll can talk about" there are discussion threads for maybe 25 of these but ok
Hawks 02.13.19	Yeah I’m not sure what you’re getting at there Storm lol.
Drifter 02.13.19	I never see people talking about like 70-80% of these lol
Storm In A Teacup 02.13.19	I didn't look at what was on the list all I'm saying is "90s rap lol"
Keyblade 02.13.19	well yea, '90's rap' usually just means 'early to mid 90's' rap...which is what i was trying to illustrate here it's like hip hop died in 96 and was revived by kendrick in 2012 or some shit if u were to believe the internet
SmurkinGherkin 02.13.19	fuck yeah craig david fill me in is a stone cold classic track
Keyblade 02.13.19	my man 7 Days as well
SmurkinGherkin 02.13.19	oh indeed! a generation of english kids know all the words to those songs if you haven't already you have to watch this vid of craig singing fill me in and rapping over the jack u - where are u now remix on radio 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYu8HgWJ9QU
Keyblade 02.13.19	will do man Verm, take a look around. we're on a major music review/discussion site and 2 for example doesn't even have a review and ~50 ratings. a 7x platinum album. ofc a lot of these got love in their day and even today from regular peeps and heads alike, but not from "music heads" for whatever reason anyway, how u feeling about my boy OGS?
JasonCarne 02.13.19	Missing a bunch of serious classics from that era here, but good list still. 1997: Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night, Kool Keith - Sex Style, Del the Funkee Homosapien - Future Development, Killarmy - Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, Artifacts - That's Them 1998: Pete Rock - Soul Survivor, Aceyalone - Book of Human Language, The Coup - Steal This Album, Killah Priest - Heavy Mental, Goodie Mob - Still Standing 1999: Mos Def - Black on Both Sides, Blackalicious - Nia, Roots - Things Fall Apart, Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs, Dr. Dooom - First Come, First Served, Handsome Boy Modeling School - So... How's Your Girl? 2000: Quasimoto - The Unseen, Slum Village - Fantastic, Vol. 2, Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought, Dead Prez - Let's Get Free, Deltron 3030 - s/t, Jurassic 5 -Quality Control, Aesop Rock - Float, Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent by Design, D.I.T.C - s/t 2001: Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein, J-Live - The Best Part, Aesop Rock - Labor Days, Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 1, CunninLynguists - Will Rap for Food
Keyblade 02.13.19	I tried to move the focus away from the underground, as a lot of those u mentioned are the few that are appreciated on music sites anyway also I foolishly tried to keep it to 66 albums so there's that lol
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.14.19	For me these are the last years of a lot of golden era artists good material, or when they were already getting bad, and when new hip hop was staring to go one of the worst routes
bigguytoo9 02.14.19	Man I used to own a MA$E record back then. Fuck yeah!
random 02.14.19	Aqua's "Aquarium" and "Aquarius" are probably both on Amazon for 1 cent now.
Emim 03.01.19	Hieroglyphics is so good
Drifter 03.01.19	Jammed the second half of Blueprint 1 today. Classic classic album
theNateman 04.19.19	Claims 97-01 most underrated year in hip hop. Completely leaves out MF doom, Atmosphere, El-P, cannibal ox, deltron 3030, mos def, and Doc Octagon.
Keyblade 04.19.19	MF Doom debut, 900 ratings and 4 reviews No Way Out, 50 ratings and 0 reviews that's the point I was making. those guys u mentioned get plenty of love in the internet era whereas the records that went diamond at the time are forgotten
GodLovesUgly 08.08.19	Dope shit!
Keyblade 08.08.19	my man u just reminded me i need to turn this into a playlist
Drifter 08.08.19	98 probably is the most underrated year in hip hop. It was like the second 96 everyone was dropping some kind of project, especially those on no limit lol
Keyblade 08.08.19	lmao autechretoolaesop, that combo tho
VlacDrac 01.08.21	Great list.
Keyblade 01.08.21	thanks dawg. should make a playlist of this one if these days
ieatbabies795 01.08.21	Where’s Busta Rhymes, his early stuff was great Great list, maybe it’s overlooked because some of these releases were overshadowed by the ‘bling-bling’ era?
ieatbabies795 01.08.21	I’ve fallen out of hip-hop as a genre but I’m gonna revisit some of these and maybe check out ones I haven’t heard
combustion07 01.08.21	Definitely a solid era for rap and the era I really came up on. Ludacris- Back for the First Time was the pinnacle for me back then. Props for 11 too. Love that album
VlacDrac 01.08.21	I'm listening to Harlem World right now, it's a decent album with good beats, but Jealous Guy it's fucking horrible.
VlacDrac 01.08.21	Nevertheless, this is a good list and I'll check some more albums on it, as you said, this is an overlooked era in rap, especially when it comes to the bigger names in the genre back then, not necessarily the underground stuff as you have pointed out before.
VlacDrac 01.08.21	25 is fucking crazy, tho. Amazing album and way ahead of its time.
Keyblade 09.07.22	man it's crazy, when I first started listening to 60 back in the day I felt hip, now I feel like a boomer lmao