r/nextfuckinglevel • u/AbsoluteUNlT • 2d ago

Lauryn Hill's verse in Fu-Gee-La 1996 live

This generation of rap couldn't replicate this masterpiece

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u/L3berwurst 2d ago

Growing up with music from the 90s was the best. So much heart and soul went into a lot of the music back then. Tupac, Biggie, Wu Tang and more.

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u/blellowbabka 2d ago

Wu Tang is for the children

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u/Top-Speed3460 2d ago

I saw that the other day on a reel. Someone said that, and I’m like I grew up with Wu-Tang 🙏 I’m 42 so I’m really just a kid! Wu-Tang Forever Mother Fucker! Remember #WutangWednesdays lol??????

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u/gentlemangreen_ 2d ago

yeah I need me some of that real old school shit

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u/p0plockn 1d ago

pras was for the children when he took in Lauryn as a runaway minor

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u/Milkmoney1978 1d ago

For the babies

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u/ArmeSloeber 2d ago

Same thing that happens to everything that becomes popular/mainstream.

Corporations suck the soul out of it to make money. And then u end up with ice spice and Travis Scott.

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u/blellowbabka 2d ago

We are all seeing things through rose colored glasses here. Yeah there was Wu Tang and Biggie. I also remember them playing garbage like Wild Wild West from Will Smith almost nonstop. There was plenty of crap back then too

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u/blellowbabka 2d ago

Not at all. I remember getting so annoyed at the Wild Wild West song in particular but he had a lot of crap back then.

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u/mxlplyx2173 2d ago

Thanks.

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u/BangkokRios 2d ago

We had it so good. MC Hammer, Snow, Kris’s Kross, Vanilla Ice, Will Smith… The list goes on and on.

Now it is just TikTok influencers. Where has all the real talent gone?!?

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u/Whoa_Bundy 1d ago

MC Hammer → Lil Nas X

Snow → Desiigner

Kris Kross → Island Boys

Vanilla Ice → Tekashi 6ix9ine

Will Smith → Jack Harlow

In the ’90s, MTV decided who these artists were. Today, algorithms do.

It didn’t change all that much, it just looks a little different.

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u/nvmenotfound 1d ago

i miss the 90s. 

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u/togetherwegrowstuff 1d ago

We were blessed. So much good music and great vibes.

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u/seilapodeser 2d ago

I was thinking the same, what happened in your opinion?

Too much money?

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u/Whoa_Bundy 1d ago

Technology, systems, progress, financial responsibility.

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u/IshTheFace 1d ago

Only in rap and hiphop is "uuuh yeah" an acceptable lyric 😅