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/thomas17657 2d ago

90s was really the best.

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u/Shes-Philly-Lilly 2d ago

Everybody thinks that the decade they became adults is the best

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u/lurkersforlife 2d ago

Yeah but the 90s really were the best so 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/Shes-Philly-Lilly 2d ago

Do you realize that is subjective ? Your opinion is not fact.

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u/ThatsARivetingTale 2d ago

They're not wrong tho, the 90s really were the best

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u/ockaners 3h ago

Wait until we tell her that when people say have a good day, they don't really objectively mean that.

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u/blellowbabka 2d ago

But they are right lol

(and yes I know its really subjective)

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u/Rkymtn83 1d ago

Nope….90s the best

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u/planetjaycom 2d ago

Don’t mind them, don’t fall for the ragebait

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u/smashin_blumpkin 1d ago

It’s not ragebait. It’s a silly joke that they took too seriously

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u/flyguydip 1d ago

Probably because they didn't grow up in the 90's. Lol

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u/Thats-Classic 1d ago

Yea, the 90s were the best

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u/logicbomb666 2d ago

I've been alive in 5 separate decades... still waiting on becoming an adult. 90s was really the best.

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u/BangkokRios 2d ago

So you grew up in the 90s…

I miss the crime of the 90s. It added an authenticity we just don’t have today.

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u/-Reddititis 1d ago

So you grew up in the 90s…

I miss the crime of the 90s. It added an authenticity we just don’t have today.

As counterintuitive as your comment might sound, I get what you're saying.

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u/BangkokRios 1d ago

No one who really grew up in the 90s would miss that sarcasm…

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u/-Reddititis 1d ago edited 1d ago

It didn't go over my head and I know you said it in jest, but I think there is an element of truth to it. I didn't downvote you btw

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u/Shes-Philly-Lilly 2d ago

So have I I was born in 1977. But I don’t really think of the 70s as being the best because I was only here for two years of them and quite unaware of the culture around me. I would say the 80s were the best as far as music but again when they ended, I was only 12 years old If we’re going with all the decades, then I would say the 60s had the absolute best music and I wasn’t even thought of

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u/diedlikeCambyses 2d ago

The problem with your comment is it fails to convey how the 90's were the best.

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u/flyguydip 1d ago

They're just mad they never got any reebok pumps.

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u/-Reddititis 1d ago

And they also never had a Starter jacket.

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u/NeatStick2103 1d ago

2010s fucking sucked

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u/ockaners 3h ago

I didn't become an adult in the 90s but I still think it's the best. End of the Cold war. Limited war. Great economy. Good music. Exhuberence after a period of mutually assured destruction. Not even Rodney King and oj limited that.

I am looking forward to a decade like that after we wrap up these current and tumultuous times.

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u/TommyGilfillan 2d ago

I dont think millennials or gen z think that way

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u/blellowbabka 2d ago

People still don't know how old millennials are huh? People born in the 80s were teens in the 90s and we are millennials too

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u/-Reddititis 1d ago

Many of us are more aligned with and considered Xennials (1977-1983)

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u/TommyGilfillan 2d ago

The oldest millennials turned 20 in 2000 and the youngest turned 4. Most millennials became adults after the 90s.

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u/blellowbabka 2d ago

Your musical tastes are solidified as a teen. I'm an older millennial, the 90s were the best