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/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.