Method Man Says Hip Hop Was Better In The ’90s
August 20, 2008 · Print This Article
With a dissatisfaction with the state of Hip Hop seemingly at an all time, another veteran emcee is weighing in on the game in the 21st century. In a recent interview with The Press Association, Method Man says that Hip Hop was better in the ’90s—and backs up his allegation by citing several artists.
“The music was way more grounded than it is today. Today, you don’t feel the movement. Back then, you felt the movement,” he says.
While many artists today say they have “movements” of their own, Method Man elaborates on what he meant. “I mean, the whole Hip Hop movement. Like when Wu-Tang Clan came in, it was like regardless of where we went, people knew who we were. Or if we were in a new city, there was one person who knew who we was, and that would spread to 10 more people, and so on and so forth, up until it was, ‘Oh, you ain’t up on that Wu-Tang stuff? Oh you ain’t down homie!’”
For those who want to accuse Meth of having an east coast bias, he also shouts out several pioneers of southern and west coast Hip Hop.
“Same thing with Cash Money, No Limit, Death Row - it goes on and on, all these movements. You don’t have that any more.”
hi wasst up method men you say hip hop was better in tha 90 will hip hop come a long way seeing tha 90 and 8o i thing hip hop is way better in 2008 and 2009 they call method men where the method at men you say you is from new york you a york peaper mint so is from the west coast are thA east coast or north coast or south side i still a bigg fan of you method man and redmen yall my two favrtie rapper of all time seeing big small and diddy yall still thest rapper alive right two they day i still listing two yall music all tha time method men and redman so won is going two be a neard method men and redman new cd coming outta we yall u no
1st off i can’t understand half the stuff the dumbshyt wrote ,but anyways i agree 110% with Method Man !
I started listening to rap back in the early 1990’s.
Everything from Wu-tang,souls of mischief,digable planets,scarface,big daddy kane,outkast,cypress hill,warren g & nate dogg,dr. dre,snoop,da bush babees,ice-t,ice cube,eazy e,mack 10,big pun,naughty by nature, Damn there are so many to name,and one thing is for sure they made the impact they started it !
Take a look back further to the God Fathers Run Dmc and Jam master j If not for them we would’nt even have a rap industry today.