It was Niggaz4life, by N.W.A., which had. But the '90s rappers matured the form, modernizing rap to the style that’s still prevalent today. Though the era was marred by controversy, violence, arrests, coastal rivalries, and finally tragedy, the '90s stand as the heyday of the greatest, most impactful, influential artists rap has ever produced. Powerful, uncategorizable, and expansive, this article will reveal the 51 best 90s hip hop songs from worldwide artists in. Saved Stories On June 22, 1991, Billboard announced a new album had surpassed Out of Time, by R.E.M., to become the most popular in the country. Maybe '90s rappers weren’t as revolutionary as their '80s counterparts, the forefathers who laid the groundwork for hip-hop. By the end of the decade, it was a full-on commercial monster, a dominant force- the dominant force-in pop music. Artists like Ice Cube, Method Man, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Busta Rhymes, and De La Soul were shaping youth culture worldwide. In the early part of the decade, the genre was ushering in its platinum era. Still, the '90s really were a golden age for rap. Lest y'all forget, for every Doggystyle, there's a Doggfather.
But there’s nothing more dangerous than being blinded by nostalgia. There’s no denying that the '90s yielded a huge amount of top-shelf rap music. Here at Complex, we often go out of our way to catalog and defend the contemporary era because hey, we got now and we don’t care who got next. It’s fashionable to say that the ‘90s were better, especially when it comes to rap. This feature was originally published in 2013.
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