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Originally Posted by Soulflower
But that wasn't the last big thing for rap in the 80's. It was really gangsta rap that was the last innovative thing. That was hot in 88 and is still very much visible in today's scene. There are other areas of rap of course that are seen today and was seen in the 90's but none that I would call "innovative." Even the electronic/sampling was done in the 80's, political/social rap, party gimmick rap, etc. These topics/sounds were repeated in the 90s and currently, nothing new.
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i would have to disagree
just saying gangsta rap is so generic, what are you talking about kool g rap or nwa? nwa gave rise to ice cube/g-funk style gangsta rap which mostly manifested in the early 90's. it had its roots in the late 80's with too $hort and all that but really it wasn't refined until dre/snoop/warren g/2pac/etc jumped on board.
where as you did have some gangsta rap on the east coast like maybe kool g or bdp but they sounded nothing like the later hardcore east coast stuff... bcc, wu tang, mobb deep, there's nothing innovative there? find me an album from the 80's that sounds anything like the infamous. or 36 chambers. or even ready to die or illmatic.