To a fan coming up in the era of Cardi or Tyler or Polo G or Playboi Carti, the golden age is now. One of the incredible things about hip-hop is that it evolves and expands faster than any other genre in music history. to Houston to Chicago, and beyond.Īs we dug and listened, we found ourselves a little less swayed by “golden age” mystique than we might’ve been had we done this list 10 or 15 years ago. and Rakim and others, through the gangsta era, the rise of the South, the ascendance of larger-than-life aughts superstars like Jay-Z and Kanye West and Nicki Minaj, and on and on into more recent moments like blog-rap, emo-rap, and drill, from New York to L.A. The result was a list that touches on every important moment in the genre’s evolution - from compilations that honor the music’s paleo old-school days, to its artistic flourishing in the late Eighties and early Nineties with Public Enemy, De La Soul, Eric B. When confronted with a choice between the third (or fourth or fifth) record by a classic artist (Outkast, for instance, or A Tribe Called Quest) and an album from an artist who would make the list more interesting (The Jacka or Saba or Camp Lo), we tended to go with the latter option. Relatedly, a list of hip-hop-adjacent albums from the worlds of dancehall or reggaeton or grime would be fun and fascinating, and something for us to revisit down the road. That’s one reason we limited our scope to English language hip-hop. But the history of rap LPs is so rich and varied, we were forced to make some painful choices - there are so many iconic artists with deep catalogs, so many constantly evolving sounds and regional scenes. No one will ever know if it was set up by Wallace or not, but Shakur was so sure he declared war. You can hear more about the beef in the video below.Two hundred seems like an almost luxuriantly expansive number when you’re making an albums list, and in any other genre, maybe it would be. East Coast hip hop in the early 1990s was dominated by the Native Tongues posse and artists such as Nas and Notorious B.I.G. This is why there was an East Coast vs West Coast rap feud. ![]() After Shakur’s murder, it is widely agreed that B.I.G’s murder the following year was a retaliation killing. But it was not long after 2pac’s ‘Hit ’em Up’ diss track that he was murdered. However, there was never much response from the Notorious B.I.G. In interviews, Suge Knight and Shakur would look down and send direct condescending taunts towards Bad Boy Records. With one headquartered on the West Coast in LA and one headquartered on the East Coast in New York, it spread like a virus going from two artists to two labels to two whole states. ![]() With 2pac effectively forcing his record label and crew to pick a side in what he considered a war, the two labels were officially enemies. Despite The Notorious B.I.G’s insistence that he had not ordered any sort of hit on Shakur and would never do so, Shakur was insistent it was orchestrated by the Bad Boy rapper, and he remained on 2pac’s hit list until the day he died. According to the rapper, he recognised two of the three men as associates of his friend, The Notorious B.I.G. Twice in the head, twice in the groin area, and once in his left hand. The attackers thieved his jewellery, then shot him, hitting him in the chest. According to the rapper, the shooters were wearing labelled garments worn by gangs in Brooklyn. Shakur turned up for the recording as arranged, and all went as planned however, upon his exit from the building while in the lobby, the rapper was ambushed and shot. He had been told it was all to be recorded at Quad Studios, located on Seventh Avenue between 48th and 49th street near the famous Times Square. ![]() According to several police reports, Shakur was invited by a man by the name of Ron G to record some tracks with two upcoming rappers named Booker and Lil Shawn. In 1994, to work on his album Me Against The World and collaborate with East Coast artists, Shakur took a trip to New York. However, one incident changed all of that. 2pac (real name Tupac Shakur) was born in New York, so he initially had nothing against New York. The two, as the biggest rap stars in the US, were, at first, close friends. The origin of the regional feud actually began with 2pac and B.I.G’s friendship. Neither did he have any issues with rappers from Philadelphia or Miami. However, 2pac once lived in Baltimore and, most probably, had nothing against rappers from Baltimore. However, the so-called ‘East Coast vs West Coast’ feud really had nothing to do with the coasts. Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Suge Knight, Lil Kim, Faith Evans and Diddy, were ruling the rap charts and selling unfathomable amounts of records with their feud actually fuelling sales. Respectively, these two artists, with their affiliates, i.e.
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