nolvorite

I didn't say all Hip-Hop was bad, I do listen to mainstream artists(don't ask me who they are though). I was just saying that the average mainstream rap--head these days usually doesn't recognize the quality of the rap verses they listen to, it's mostly just the beat and some autotuned verse in the chorus that somehow sounds really catchy

Surell

I like today's rap but i'm not picky at all these days and i do love the bumping quality of it.

I do highly appreciate Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane as artists. I also very much appreciate Yung Jeezy when he puts out his singles, same for Rick Ross (kinda). I've even found some love for Drake, even though i certainly don't think he's so talented, he's not the worst (still a good but like Wayne). I think Ghostface Killah's 2000's albums (or at least Fishscale and The Pretty Toney Album) are his finest ones, though they are all grade A stuff (i'm hoping this will save me from abuse).
One of the things I put high on my list for today's hip hop is the production quality. Kanye West does great stuff, Bangladesh is a newer one i also like, Swizz Beats, and the random singles i hear on the radio usually have pretty good beats. The only producers i can really say i like a whole lot from the 90's are RZA and The Dust Brothers. Dr. Dre is alright, i've never found him so special. Oh, but Terminator X is pretty hot in my book.

Now maybe i've become rusty on my hip hop and my taste less acquired, but i certainly don't hate today's hip hop. Maybe i wouldn't call it my all time favorite because with my time away from intense listening and critiquing and also my admittedly limited knowledge compared to some of the board members, which puts me in a position of neutrality, but as i said, i don't see anything too wrong with it. Sometimes it's stale but there's fresh qualities amongst it, especially with this turn point of an era.

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Jester

DJ Premier? Large Professor? Pete Rock? DJ Quik? Jay Dee? MF DOOM? Q-Tip? Prince Paul? Dan the Automator?

Come on, man.

Surell

I could use brushing up obviously. Though I will throw in that i do like Donuts, as for everything else i'll have to research.

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IWP

80s and 90s rap will tag team rape today's ****.

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rammetal7

I choose 90s rap cause I like more rap artists from that decades than all the other decades.

wow, that made insanely good sense.

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crash_override

The 'golden age' of hip-hop, if you will, was between 1994-2005 IMO. So it's hard to pick between 90's and 00's stuff. i went 90's for the sake of the poll though.

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Dylanist

I myself had always thought the Golden Age was much earlier. Like we're talking Slick Rick and Will Smith stuff. Not that I favor that era, it's just what I always thought was the so called Golden Age.

midnight rain

You're right on that, the golden age is actually linked to a certain rap sound, not just personal preference. It's generally considered to be the late 80's and early 90's.

crash_override

I should re-phrase, I knew that wording would confuse. More like the peak years.

Both. It was the most groundbreaking era for hip-hop albums. Look at any legitimate Top 10 Albums list for hip hop and that era dominates.

Again, I should have worded that differently. I was merely using the expression to describe the strongest time for hip-hop. I honestly don't think hip-hop is old enouh to have a golden age by that definition yet.

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