How would you rank the decades musically?

[Crank Lucas]

70s for disco,classic rock and soul. 80s for also classic rock and blue eyed soul. 90s& late 90s for hip hop,alternative rock and dancehall. 2000s for hip hop, alternative rock and dancehall.

 

[unspoken_respect]

70s Vs 80s

So much shit has been sampled and recycled from these decades.

Your favorite music wouldn't even exist.

Word to Bob James

Plus above all, MJ and Stevie dominated during these decades.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

in terms of popular music prince michael and madonna dropped timeless classics

then you got stevie wonder, whitney, george michael, phil collins, tina turner revived her career, luther, anita, sade, new edition, kool and the gang, rick james

u2, guns n’ roses, bruce springsteen,bon jovi, billy joel, lionel richie

let’s be real here…1990s was monumental for hip hop, yes…but overall music. 1980s reigns supreme and it’s not even close

to me

It wasn't just Hip Hop though. 90s had great R&B. You had shit like Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc... Not to mention that most of the people you named were still making good music into the 90s.

 

[Black_Samson]

See the thing is…

You are attempting to assign a date to something that has long been agreed upon to decide by era.

Better margin for error.

Especially due to the fact that we each have the privilege of looking and determining when the “algorithm” took over.

That is the real conversation.

Beggin Blues had a bigger impact than some of yall choose to acknowledge.

 

[314slim1]

70s for me. Any decade that had the isleys, the ojays, Curtis Mayfield, the Spinners, stevie wonder, al green, the stylistics, earth wind fire, Aretha, and marvin gaye all at their peaks cannot be topped.

 

[CaptainJackson]

90s
80s
00s
70s
10s
20s

 

[The Lonious Monk]

70s for me. Any decade that had the isleys, the ojays, Curtis Mayfield, the Spinners, stevie wonder, al green, the stylistics, earth wind fire, Aretha, and marvin gaye all at their peaks cannot be topped.

If the only thing you listen to is "black music," I could definitely understand putting the 70s at #1. That said Hip Hop is my favorite genre, so even if we're talking black music only, I'd rank 90s above it.

 

[konceptjones]

For me:

80's
70's (thought the more I listen, the more I'm willing to put it at #1)
90's

and the rest of them shit.

I've been getting into psychedelic soul and rock, prog rock, and even disco lately, The 70's had FIRE in them albums.

If it was on the list, the late 60's was giving birth to a lot of heat too, and I'd prolly have it tied with the 70's. I copped this last week, it should be arriving by tuesday

^^^ Rotary Connection was the group Minnie Ripperton was in before her solo albums. Dropped in '69 tho. The joints I've heard from it were dope so I found a copy on vinyl.

 

[konceptjones]

If the only thing you listen to is "black music," I could definitely understand putting the 70s at #1. That said Hip Hop is my favorite genre, so even if we're talking black music only, I'd rank 90s above it.

There's just so much good music that came out of the 70's tho. The 80's is only #1 on my list because of hip hop, Chicago House, and Detroit Techno. Take those three genres away and the 70's would reign supreme.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

For me:

80's
70's (thought the more I listen, the more I'm willing to put it at #1)
90's

and the rest of them shit.

I've been getting into psychedelic soul and rock, prog rock, and even disco lately, The 70's had FIRE in them albums.

If it was on the list, the late 60's was giving birth to a lot of heat too, and I'd prolly have it tied with the 70's. I copped this last week, it should be arriving by tuesday

^^^ Rotary Connection was the group Minnie Ripperton was in before her solo albums. Dropped in '69 tho. The joints I've heard from it were dope so I found a copy on vinyl.

I just saw a mini documentary on Minnie. It's wild to think she died at 31. I always thought she was older because I saw pics of her where she looked older, but I guess that was due to the cancer and not actually age.

 

[Goldie]

90s
80s
00s
70s
10s
20s

This. 70s and 2000s is debatable tho