1990s Hip Hop music Review PT.I |
By: Professor Philip Anthony Lujan for
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Growing up in the 1990s Hip Hop music was one of the dominate influences on young people in the poor communities in the United States. There were many influential artists from Los Angeles, California and New York, New York. The style of of Hip Hop from the west coast was very distinct and different from the Hip Hop from the east coast. The west coast has beats that bumped and used a lot of bass. It was music you could cruise to or party to. The West Coast’s style was mainly based on the gangster lifestyle. Gangs were a major theme and influence on the west coast’s most popular artists/rappers. The east coast hip hop was more lyrical and had more break beats. The east coast did have an element of drug dealing and street life from the ghetto.
East Coast Hip Hop
Some of the notable artists/groups that dominated the charts. The list is below.
— East Coast List —
Gangstarr 10 of 10
Big Shug 9 of 10
Wu Tang Clan 10 of 10
Killa Army 9 of 10
Suns of Man7 of 10
A Tribe Called Quest 9 of 10
Phone Dawg 8.5 of 10
Q-Tip 9 of 10
Mobb Deep 9 of 10
Havoc 9 of 10
Prodigy 9 of 10
Nas 10 of 10
Jay-Z 8.5 of 10
Memphis Bleek 7.5 of 10
Beanie Sigel 8 of 10
Rakim 10 of 10
DMX 8 of 10
Drag-on 7 of 10
KRS-1 10 of 10
EPMD 9.5 of 10
Big Daddy Kane 9.5 of 10
Public Enemy 8.5 of 10
Def Squad 9 of 10
Keith Murray 9 of 10
Eric Sermon 9 of 10
Jamal 8 of 10
Pete Rock & CL Smooth 8 of 10
Pete Rock 8.5 of 10
CL Smooth 8 of 10
The Notorious BIG 9.5 of 10
Mase 6.5 of 10
Puff Daddy 7.5 of 10
The Lox 7.5 of 10
Jadakiss 8.5 of 10
Sheek Louch 7.5 of 10
Styles P 7 of 10
Black Rob 4.5 of 10
Funkmaster Flex 9.5 of 10
DJ Clue 5.5 of 10
Busta Rhymes 9 of 10
Rampage 8 of 10
Big Pun 9 of 10
Fat Joe 8 of 10
Cuban Linx 6 of 10
Mad Scientist 7.5 of 10
Nine 8 of 10
Cam’ron 7 of 10
Chino XL 4 of 10
Camp Lo 5 of 10
Foxy Brown 6 of 10
Missy Elliot 6.5 of 10
Timbaland & Magoo 6.5 of 10
MC Lyte 7 of 10
Queen Pen 4 of 10
Mad Lion 7 of 10
The Beatnuts 9 of 10
Psycho Les 8 of 10
Juju 8.5 of 10
Nonchalant 8 of 10
Duck Down Crew 10 of 10
Buckshot 10 of 10
Heltah Skeltah 8 of 10
OGC 8.5 of 10
LL Cool J 9 of 10
Foxy Brown 7.5 of 10
Jeru Da Damaja 9 of 10
— The West Coast —
The west coast was dominated by a hip hop sun genre/culture that was majority influenced by the gang lifestyle on California. The west coast had a lot of chart toppers that are on the list below.
West Coast List
2Pac 10 of 10
NWA 10 of 10
Dr. Dre 9 of 10
Ice Cube 10 of 10
Eazy-E 9 of 10
M.C. Ren 8 of 10
Yella 8 of 10
Snoop Dogg 10 of 10
Mack 10 8 of 10
The Click 8 of 10
E-40 9 of 10
B-Legit 8 of 10
D-Shot 7 of 10
Suga-T 6.5 of 10
Too Short 10 of 10
Ant Banks 9 of 10
MC Eiht 7 of 10
Warren G 8.5 of 10
Dogg Pound 9 of 10
Kurupt 9.5 of 10
Daz 7 of 10
Ice-T 7. of 10
West Side Connection 9 of 10
Cypress Hill 9 of 10
B-Real 8 of 10
Celly Cel 7 of 10
Xzibit 7.5 of 10
Alkoholics 8 of 10
Richie Rich 6 of 10
Suga Free 7.5 of 10
The Pharcyde 7 of 10
Thug Life 9 of 10
DJ Quik 9 of 10
The Mexikans 7 of 10
Rass Kass 7.5 of 10
Psycho Realm 6.5 of 10
Rodney O & Joe Cooley 5 of 10
Spice One 7 of 10
2nd II None 7 of 10
The Luniz 7 of 10
Above the Law 7 of 10
Compton’s Most Wanted 7 of 10
K-Dee 6.5 of 10
Kausion 6.5 of 10
WC and the Madd Circle 7.5 of 10
Souls of Mischief 7 of 10
Hi-C 9 of 10
Whoridas 7 of 10
The list above are the notable rappers/hip hop artists whose music I use to spin when I was a DJ. The list will continuously be updated as I continue to add to the list.
Hip Hop Record Labels.
East Coast
Bad Boy Records
Flip Mode
Def Jam
Duck Down
Roc-A-Fella
Boogie Down Productions
Tommy Boy Records
Wu-Tang Records
Loud Records
Pay Day Records.
Nervous Records
Rawkus Records
Rowdy Records
Ruff Ryders Entertainment
So So Def
West Coast
Death Row Records
Sic Wit It Records
Jive
Ruthless Records
Lench Mob Records
Aftermath Entertainment
Doggy Style Records
D.P.G. Records
Elektra Records
G-Funk Entertainment
Thump Records
Uptown Records
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