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Who Ran Hip Hop In 1996

I was reading something earlier today that said De La's Stakes Is High album came out on July 2, 1996, the same day as Nas's It was written.

The article went on to say that those two albums were polar opposites and started the divide in Hip Hop. It was a good read. If I can find it I'll repost it.

But yeah, Stakes is High was a good album, but I wouldn't go as far as to say De La Soul "ran Hip Hop in 1996".

Pac
Nas
The Fugees
Master P was starting to come up
Outkast had an album
Snoop had an album
Mobb Deep had an album
Tribe Called Quest had an album

But if we're being honest with each other, its between 2Pac and The Fugees with Nas coming in a distant 3rd.
 
5 Grand said:
I was reading something earlier today that said De La's Stakes Is High album came out on July 2, 1996, the same day as Nas's It was written.
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So you just so happen to have been reading an article about 1996 hip hop albums earlier on the same day the homie 5th Letter decides to make this thread.....


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Tupac Shakur, and you couldn't go anywhere in the city without hearing All Eyes On Me.
 
I almost forgot about Busta Rhymes.

Busta had a huge buzz before his album dropped. He was destroying posse jams and had a style that was unique. Everybody thought he had next. His hype was like 50 Cent in 2003.

His album was cool. I'd give it 4 mics, but he didn't live up to the hype. Not saying that he wasn't successful because he was, but he didn't go multi-platinum.

He had enough buzz to go multi-plat, and he had the talent, but the album just wasn't a 5 mic classic.
 
Nas had my stereo on smash that and blend tapes boot camp whatever the wu had going on. I didn't give pac that much burn. Muddy waters tho smh that and it was written are my favorite albums ever.
 
Can't be nobody but Pac as the MVP, dropped two albums, the head of east/west beef and him getting killed made his stock soar
 
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