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      14
     
    
   
   
    
     
      BEST
      OF
      THE
      90'S:
      HIP-HOP
      EDITION
     
     
      by
      Marc
      Macdonald
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Wu-Tang
      Clan
      -
     
     
      Enter
      The
     
     
      Wu-Tang
     
    

    
     
      (36
      Chambers)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Hip
      hop’s
      best
      group
     
     
      cd
      ever
      comes
      curtsey
     
     
      of
      the
      eight
      (now
      nine)
     
     
      man
      collective
      from
     
     
      Staten
      Island.
      36
     
     
      Chambers
      which
     
     
      doesn’t
      carry
      a
      weak
     
     
      song,
      beat
      or
      rhyme,
     
     
      started
      the
      empire
      that
     
     
      has
      since
      brought
     
     
      countless
      solo
      projects
     
     
      and
      extended
      groups
      as
     
     
      well
      as
      a
      clothing
      line,
     
     
      comic
      book
      series,
     
     
      beauty
      salon
      and
      soon
     
     
      to
      come
      a
      fighting
      style
     
    
   
   
    
     
      video.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Snoop
      Doggy
      Dogg
     
     
      -
      Doggystyle
      _
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1993’s
      Doggystyle
      hip
     
     
      hop’s
      best
      solo
      album
     
     
      ever
      released
      was
      the
     
     
      product
      of
      Death
      Row
     
     
      Records
      at
      its
      height.
     
     
      Snoop’s
      solo
      debut
     
     
      used
      The
      Chronic’s
     
     
      successful
      formula
      but
     
     
      took
      it
      to
      tha
      next
      level.
     
     
      Tha
      G-funk
      sound
      of
     
     
      Dre’s
      funky
      beats
     
     
      added
      to
      Snoop’s
      hard
     
     
      and
      smooth
      rhymes
     
     
      along
      with
      the
      help
      of
     
     
      Kurupt,
      Daz,
      Warren
     
     
      G,
      Nate
      Dogg,
      Rage,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      RBX
      and
      D.O.C.
     
     
      made
      it
      an
      instant
     
     
      classic.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Lost
      Boyz
      -
      Legal
     
     
      Drug
      Money
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Legal
      Drug
      Money
     
     
      was
      an
      album
      that
      was
     
     
      slept
      on
      by
      many
      but
     
     
      still
      loved
      by
      countless
     
     
      hip
      hop
      headz.
      Tha
     
     
      Lost
      Boyz,
      fronted
      by
     
     
      Mr.
      Cheeks
      and
     
     
      assisted
      by
      recently
     
     
      deceased
      Freky
      Tah
     
     
      came
      through
      on
      every
     
     
      track.
      Songs
      such
      as
     
     
      “Renee”,
      “Music
     
     
      Makes
      Me,High”and
     
     
      “Lifestyles
      of
      the
      Rich
     
     
      and
      Shameless”
      made
     
     
      it
      one
      of
      tha
      decade’s
     
     
      best.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      DMxX<
      ;
      It’s
      Dark
     
     
      And
      Hell
      Is
      Hot
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      growls,
      barks
     
     
      and
      hardcore
      raps
     
    
   
   
    
     
      DMxX
      brought
      back
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ~
      the
      energy
      to
      the
      East
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Coast
      and
      hip
      hop
      .
     
     
      that
      many
      thought
      was
     
     
      lacking
      for
      a
      few
      years.
     
     
      Dark
      Man
      X
      used
     
     
      limited
      guest
      spots
      and
     
     
      hardlife
      reality
      rhymes
     
     
      combined
      with
      hard
     
     
      and
      eerie
      beats
      to
      blow
     
     
      up
      on
      his
      solo
      debut.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Outkast
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Aquemini
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Atlanta’s
      “Dungeon
     
     
      Kings”
      Outkast
      flipped
     
     
      tha
      script
      again
      for
      their
     
     
      third
      album
      Aquemini.
     
     
      With
      a
      zodiac
      theme
     
     
      and
      bumpin
      songs
      like
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “Rosa
      Parks”and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      .
      “Slump”
      Dre
      and
      Big
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Boi
      put
      together
      a
      solid
     
     
      ablum
      that
      earned
      them
     
     
      the
      prestigious
      5
      Misc
     
     
      from
      Source
      Magazine.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dr.
      Dre
      -
      The
     
     
      Chronic
     
     
      Dre’s
      post
      N.W.A.,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Grammy
      nominated,
     
     
      solo
      debut
      opus
      the
     
     
      Chronic
      brought
      many
     
     
      firsts
      to
      tha
      rap
      world,
     
     
      It
      was
      Deathrow’s,
      as
     
    
   
   
    
     
      .
      well
      Snoop’s
      and
      most
     
     
      ‘of
      the
      other
      Deathrow
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Inmates,
      first
      record
      and
     
     
      brought
      tha
      respect
      to
     
     
      tha
      West
      Coast
      that.it
     
     
      deserved.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Public
      Euienay
      -
      He
     
     
      Got
      Game
      (sound-
     
     
      track)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      P.E.
      provided
      a
      hype
     
     
      soundtrack
      to
      accom-
     
     
      pany
      a
      wicket
      movie
      and
     
     
      show
      they
      can
      hit
      da
     
     
      shots.
      Chuck
      D’s
     
     
      attacks
      on
      the
      politics
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      basketball
      and
      Flava
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Flav’s
      crazy
      ass
      rhymes
     
    
   
   
    
     
      proved
      that
      Public
     
     
      Enemy
      still
      got
      game.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Maestro
      -
      Built
      To
     
     
      Last
     
    

    
     
      Canada’s
      best
      known
     
     
      MC
      returned
      in
      tha
      98
     
     
      wit
      Built
      To
      Last.
     
     
      Maestro
      proved
      that
      he
     
     
      still
      gots
      it
      and
      man-
     
     
      aged
      to
      bring
      hard
     
     
      rhymes
      as
      well
      as
      party
     
     
      jams,
      throw
      in
      some
      |
     
     
      newer
      artists
      and
      make
     
     
      it
      all
      fit
      together.
     
     
      Although
      Canada’s
      new
     
     
      breed
      of
      MC’s
      are
     
     
      currently
      makin
      noise,
     
     
      Wes
      showed
      with
      this
     
     
      album
      that
      he
      can
     
     
      reinvent
      himself
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      .
      still
      keep
      it
      bagin
      as
     
    
   
   
    
     
      well
      as
      real.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Naughty
      By
      Nature
     
     
      -
      Natures’s
      Finest
     
     
      (Naughty
      By
      Na-
     
     
      ture’s
      Greatest
      _
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Hits)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Although
      Naughty
      By
     
     
      -Nature’s
      four
      albums
      of
     
     
      the
      90’s
      are
      or
      will
      all
     
     
      be
      considered
      classics,
     
     
      one
      album
      with
      all
     
     
      their
      hits
      can’t
      be
     
     
      ignored.
      The
      Illtown
     
     
      crew
      made
      numerous
     
     
      hip
      hop
      anthems
      and
     
     
      those
      combined
      with
     
     
      remixes
      and
      harder
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Guilty
      Parties:
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      bruyreel
     
    

    
     
      ;
      walker
     
     
      find
      Naughty
      tracks
      haines
     
     
      make
      this
      one
      of
      da
      sg
      ne
     
     
      90’s
      best
      albums.
      Se
      ea
      P|
     
    

    
     
      muir
     
    

    
     
      2Pac
      -
      All
      Eyes
      On
      Me
      ed
      2
      hf
     
     
      Tupac’s
      arrival
      on
     
     
      Death
      Row
      didn’t
      help
     
     
      settle
      the
      East/West
     
    
   
   
    
     
      feud
      and
      may
      have
      even
     
     
      contributed
      to
      his’
     
     
      death
      but
      it
      also
      left
      us
     
     
      with
      some
      of
      Pac’s
      best
     
     
      work.
      The
      two
      disks
     
     
      do
      carry
      some
      weak
     
     
      songs
      but
      the
      thug
     
     
      songs
      collaborations,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Cadre
     
     
      is
      published
      by
     
     
      the
     
     
      Student
     
     
      Unien
      eof
     
     
      U.P.E.1I./The
     
     
      Cadre
      is
      a
      C.U.P.
     
     
      Tea
      he
      Cadre
     
     
      is
      the
      feunding
     
     
      member
      ef
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cadre
      Press
      Syn—-
     
     
      eRe
      TA
     
    
   
   
    
     
      commercial
      songs,
      and
     
     
      poetic
      thoughtful
      songs
     
     
      carry
      this
      album.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Method
      Man/
     
     
      Redman
      -
      Blackout
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Blackout
      wasn’t
     
     
      dropped
      until
      the
      last
     
     
      year
      of
      this
     
    

    
     
      decade
      but
      it
      was
      the
     
     
      result
      of
     
    

    
     
      years
      of
      teamwork.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      duo
      of
      Red
      and
      eer
      Tere
     
     
      Meth
      always
      flowed
      Cn
     
     
      well
      together
      and
      Sat
      ba
     
     
      made
      great
      songs
      but
      Submissiens,
     
     
      some
      weren’t
      sure
      if
      Threats,
     
     
      they
      could
      do
      if
      Manifestes?
     
     
      for
      an
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Send
      them
      te:
     
     
      Dead
      Letter
     
     
      Office
     
     
      wh
      The
      Cadre
     
    
   
   
    
     
      entire
      album.
      Blackout
     
     
      proves
      without
      a
      doubt
     
     
      that
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Shakwon
      and
      Reggie
      Basement
      (06)
     
     
      together
      equals
      nothing
      Main
      BuileLR
      4
     
     
      but
      flawless
      hip
      hop