Everything about Golden Age Hip Hop totally explained
Hip hop's "golden age" is a name given to a period in mainstream
hip hop—usually cited as late 1980s—said to be characterized by its diversity, quality, innovation and influence. There were strong themes of
Afrocentricity and political militancy, while the music was experimental, the
sampling, eclectic. The artists most often associated with the phase are
Public Enemy,
KRS-One and his
Boogie Down Productions,
Eric B. & Rakim,
De La Soul,
A Tribe Called Quest, and the
Jungle Brothers. Releases by these acts co-existed in this period with those of
gangsta rap artists
Schoolly D and
N.W.A, the sex raps of
2 Live Crew, and party-oriented music by acts such as
Kid 'n Play,
Heavy D, and
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.
Some writers, such as Tony Green, have referenced the two year period 1993–1994 as "a second Golden Age" that saw influential, high quality albums using elements of past classicism—
E-mu SP-1200 drum sounds, turntable scratches, references to
old school hip hop hits, and "tongue-twisting triplet verbalisms"—while making clear that new directions were being taken. Green lists
Enter the Wu-Tang,
Illmatic,
Buhloone Mindstate,
Doggystyle,
Midnight Marauders and
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik as releases of this ilk.
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