@Buster, a good sample. You should listen to Nas' Illmatic n tell me your perspective of a classic album/record won't change

Crooked Q in Westlands.

Huge Nas fan here. I really enjoy his lyricism. Untitled and Stillmatic are my favourite

What? I hated 90's rap! It glorified violence too much especially those Westside Connection guys, Ice T, kina Dre,Snoop etc.
My best Hip Hop era was the early 2000s. When Kanye was still College Dropout Kanye, Xhibit was still doing 'X', when Nas had that beef with Jay, when Foxxy Brown was still a rapper....I could go on and on and on...I still have my copies of The Source and Vibe magazines from back in the day.
I remember how Aaliyah was in the cover of Vibe the very month she died. Such wasted talent.
Even the bubble gum rappers then were more tolerable, who can forget Lil' Zane, the 502 Boyz, the No Limit crew.
You just had to take me there....*sigh*

Nas won lyrically but Jay Z won overral when Nas got signed to Def Jam. Jay Z was his President