East Coast
Black Moon’s brutal entrance on da stage
The filthy and furious revolution, “Enta Da Stage”
Organized Konfusion’s poetic lamentations
“The Equinox”, a powerful boom bap with aggressive fury
Brand Nubian’s candid activism
The magic of the beginning, “One For All”
Daily Operation, Gang Starr
The symbiosis of the rapper and the producer on a jazzy and raw boom bap
4,5,6, Kool G Rap
Narrative quality in the service of violent mafia stories
It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot, DMX
Heaven is love and light. Ruff Ryders Forever ! RIDE AND NEVER DIE !
Critical Beatdown, Ultramagnatic MCs
Surreal and abstract lyrics on samples dissected chirugically
Rule 3:36, Ja Rule
The balance of a Thug Lover as gangsta as emotional
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West Coast
The Nonce’s ephemeral beauty
“World Ultimate”, a hypnotic and elusive charm
Music & Me, Nate Dogg
Nate’s captivating voice dedicated to his love for music
At The Speed Of Life, Xzibit
Raw punchlines for an introspective album
Regulate… G Funk Era, Warren G
A melodious and relaxed G-Funk for a timeless classic
No One Can Do It Better, The D.O.C.
No one could do it better than The DOC at that time
Lethal Injection, Ice Cube
A lethal injection of funk!
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, Makaveli
What is Tupac’s ultimate message? IM ALIVE.
Funk Upon A Rhyme, Kokane
Experimental G-Funk, very trippy. It’s eccentric, it’s smoky, it creeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaks.
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Dirty South
8Ball & MJG’s rise to the top of the world
“On The Top of the World”, the Funk made in Memphis
The spiritual poetry of Goodie Mob
A sticky and melancholic “Soul Food”
Lord Willin, Clipse
The Neptunian avant-garde touch for a tough “drug rap”
The Fix, Scarface
After taking this fix proposed by Scarface, we are fixed.
West Coast Bad Boyz: High Fo XMas
When Master P’s G-Funk parodies Christmas
ATLiens, Outkast
A journey in space, outside of time…
Chicago / Detroit
The pure elegance of Slum Village
A low frequency soundprint, “Fantastic Vol. 2”
Obie Trice, real name, no gimmicks !
“Cheers”, the Detroit rapper’s humble performance
Electric Circus, Common
The experimental turn to electric sounds
808s & Heartbreak, Kanye West
An experimental R&B turn a la Kanye West
Alternative rap
Deltron 3030, Deltron 3030
Epic adventures in a cyber-punk atmosphere for a powerful social message
Whodini, Whodini
The beginnings of rap with an Electro synthesizer
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, Tyler The Creator
The mix of a career in double measure
Madvillainy, Madvillain
Two acid soaked brains defying the laws of music
French rap
Stomy Busgy’s comical ego-trips
“Le Calibre Qu’il Te Faut”, a French-style mafia comedy
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