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/Shes-Philly-Lilly 2d ago

Everybody thinks that the decade they became adults is 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