Marcberg was undoubtedly the album that started and popularised that style of rap, but Prodigy and Alchemist were not far behind with the Albert Einstein album. Quite possibly some of the best work either have done IMO.
Already cleared up a lot of my (minor) beeves here tbf!
Great list, great work on putting it all together, great loopy loop hole to get another few hundred tracks in (my attempt at doing 1990-2019 ended up in a 1000 song long list that never went anywhere so I appreciate the hard yards put in)
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Dunno if this is a hot take, but this is my least favourite track from the opening run on GRODT. Pretty plodding/boilerplate Dre beat that 50 can only just about save by loading it with hooks
Many Men > In Da Club > What Up Gangsta > Heat > Patiently Waiting > High All the Time > If I Can’t
ooft, reckon you were attempting the impossible there. 90s alone would be daunting!
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Made a typo, was attempting *1990-2009, but yeah, I was in too deep making anything digestible from it. Might repurpose it as a playlist/s at some point though
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25 years is such a massive chunk of time to figure out a top 100 for! especially coming out of the 2nd golden age (98) and with a genre trying to figure out where it wanted to go and be. 99-04 seems like a specific timestamp that you could pull an easy 100 with a kind of unified sound, or at least only a couple paths to explore. soon after came mixtapes and blogs and things just splintered even more from there. some of the songs in this list still feel very 90s to me! especially contrasted with the more modern stuff.
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when i saw him, he went into the crowd at the end and i was squashed shoulder to shoulder with him as he did exhibit c. was well impressed with his vocal control at those close quarters
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