How Storytelling Changed In Hip-Hop

STONE COLD album: shorturl.at/EPxYb
Beats: www.cranklucas.com
[e-mail]
How Storytelling Changed In Hip-Hop
#cranklucas #hiphop
Tags:
crank lucas,storytelling,80s rap,90s rap,2000s rap,2010s rap,rap,hip hop,skits,funny,studio,rappers be like,parody

[@earnyourimmortality]

That 90s story was hard af!

[@darianbroomfield8361]

Real gritty and boom bap nyc style storytelling way

[@bunnydimples1283]

@@darianbroomfield8361💯

[@mr.starks]

💥🔫

[@theredyeti502]

For real 💯

[@thediaz07]

​@@darianbroomfield8361 shit was the golden era of hip hop.

[@The831hero]

“I duck down behind the aisle with the chips, stole a little soda and even took a sip” 😂😂😂

[@NaturallyGifted77]

Lol! Right!

[@ShawAnthoni]

Stole a soda during a robbery 🤣

[@mo_nzo]

😂😂

[@Rokstarshawty]

Momma said cigarettes gon kill ya but I still smoke😭😭😭

[@dryames4319]

That one got me too🤣😭

[@Meg-wb9se]

If rap is storytelling, 80-90s are plot focused while 2000-onward are character driven.

[@chaylicedominic414]

yup sounds about right. good eye, fam (ear? brain?) lol

[@daviddanley3831]

Craziest part is how he connected each verse to make an entire story

[@drizzo4669]

i dont see the connection

[@electricdebt9607]

​@@drizzo4669in the 80s a guy robbed the store in the 90s, he says Ps pops got shot trying to rob the corner store, in the 2000s, P is the cousin that helped the girl rob bro in the 2010s the federal informant is the guy that got shot in the shoulder

[@uiremote]

😂 damn same beat story, different flow

[@erico1120]

Nah, he didn’t

[@aubreyyoung4610]

​@@drizzo4669 I'm glad someone explained it to you but how did you miss it? Listen to the lyrics, it's not hidden at all.

[@lopezadrian39]

90s sounds like immortal technique

[@WeirdoFoo]

looking at the face of his own mother!

[@RallyElite]

@@WeirdoFoo she had looked back and cried, cause he had forsaken her. that beat sends chills down my spine

[@edb.9184]

I peeped that too

[@deagle2yadome696]

was def intentional. esp with the last bar finding out they family

[@patrickpearson1665]

I was thinking Jadakiss

[@mohdelkorek]

90s hip hop....man.....almost teared up.

[@RuthEsther-nn6qe]

Very ice cube

[@TheStakesAreHigh]

90s hip hop was top tier storytelling, the lyrics were everything. Some rappers today just be saying anything and letting the beat carry the song.

[@Im_Here2]

gUccI GAnG GuCci gANg GuCCi GanG gUCci gAnG

[@Moe.mp3]

You obviously don’t pay very much attention to modern music , have you heard Kendrick Lamar ?

[@Im_Here2]

@@Moe.mp3 You obviously don't pay very much attention when it comes to reading , did you read the part where it said *"some rappers"* ?

[@Lachaud11]

"Some rappers" have always let the beat carry everything. This the music industry kid...

[@akkoismydaughter3573]

Yeah act like some rappers back then wasn't doing that tho​@@Im_Here2 hell atleast now we got flow when there is no lyrics... Back then not having flow just seems more excusable but it's not as catchy as a really good song you find from today

[@jrkin]

The 80s was the reason we looked for story telling in the first place. (Slick Rick)

[@Silkk121382]

...I concur vehemently brethren! Off top of my head...Ghostface & Rae were two who embraced that element in the '90s

[@chesterstevens8870]

Respect to the ones who came before.

[@rudeboysw9]

and Rakim!!

[@dudleypbarrett]

@@rudeboysw9 Rakim is a lyricist not a storyteller. "Mahagony"from the Let the Rhythm Hit Em albulm was probably the only time he told a story

[@rooseveltday6687]

💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@TheKingSalty]

I am 37 and not a hip hop/rap guy but the 90's defines that genre for me.

[@benchwarmerss9165]

Hip hop sounded like this up until about 01 02 … then it was over with.

[@bivvystridents3752]

Yup. This trap shit blows.

[@zam9k8]

Same shit , man 👍🏼

[@HaloHighlightz]

The 90s just hit different in most genres.

[@curlyhairboiakabaddude8922]

@@benchwarmerss9165eh the 2000’s brought a ton of great stuff. Deltron, Kanye, kid cudi, lil Wayne, common, Lupe fiasco, Tyler the creator, N.E.R.D which is Pharrell’s group. There was a lot of good stuff. Plus the production amped up.

[@darrindrones5304]

It’s dope that every decade has a different version of the same beat.

[@FredMason3]

This is one of my favorite things about when he does these videos across the decades. It’s so dope.

[@dora_thedestroyer]

holy cow you're right

[@ciresolstice]

Peeped that!

[@tbtnr9851]

There has to be one great beat out there without another sample

[@blewprent]

And the sounds mirror each era to perfection!!!!

[@Yeezus_Khrist]

2000s storytelling had me dancing to the most depressing ahh story bro!

[@dryames4319]

But they made it sound like it wasn't😭. That's why we loved it

[@ladytamara1503]

Me too

[@1goldenratiopolitics]

@@dryames4319 I'll never forgive your generation for creating the absolute worst era of hip-hop.

[@wm_9640]

“Ahh” 🤡

[@Ssj4vegeta212]

Dont be saying that man... you gotta talk about the 2010s​@1goldenratiopolitics

[@arbedspot]

The writing is so strong in this. All stories are connected. The beats are connected and echo the previous era. Man this whole video is a muthafuckin masterpiece and i ain't even start on the flow and how well you captured each era. You sir is a beast and monster lyricist. Huge respect

[@Th3Will]

That 90s Boom Bap never gets played out.

[@acomedybyec1437]

It can’t its foundation! No matter what it can’t go nowhere.

[@RawDawgginnit]

That's not boom bap tf

[@DonYoGi8331]

Glad it's comin back with Griselda and others today.

[@alexlewiss8221]

@@RawDawgginnitmusic is boom bap

[@RawDawgginnit]

@@alexlewiss8221 boom pap in your cheeks raw dawg!

[@Kinos141]

90's hip hop: Great music, terrible times.

[@jmaguire2232]

Probably not a coincidence either. I feel like the 80s and 90s were a time when the idealism of the previous couple decades fell away and the myth of racial progress came crumbling down. Feelings of frustration and cynism make for good music. In that way 90s hip hop kind of mirrors the way punk music came about in the 80s as a response to Thatcher.

[@TheRealBlueSwan]

What? The 90's was the pinnacle of western civilization.

[@banananoodles]

@@TheRealBlueSwan Literally was the peak of crime rates

[@lakerkid8]

terrible times can create great music

[@chillyoil528]

​@@TheRealBlueSwan take off the rose tinted lens my brother

[@sparton4747]

Man that 90's went fucking hard!!!

[@Ucey365]

All the songs being connected is mad creative.

[@Future-Classic-Cars]

But completely in accurate of actual genres themselves

[@Future-Classic-Cars]

His transitions are pretty inaccurate! here's mine.. *80's Boogie fun disco block/breaking music (Transioning into concious rapstory telling.) *90's Concious rap story telling transitions into Gangster rap. *00's Hip pop! (Just straight R&B Rap/pop!) *10's R&B rap pop transitions into Club bangers (still pop) 20's Emo/Grunge Mumble rap (now starting to transition back to Gangsta hardcore drill rap.)

[@jwdathefax377]

@@Future-Classic-CarsStop repeating that nonsense. No one cares about your ridiculous “transition” of genres that you put IN TEXT.😒 It was about storytelling and the genre’s was about the type of flow used so it was accurate.

[@kbyer]

@@Future-Classic-Cars You did too much

[@Future-Classic-Cars]

@@jwdathefax377 Hyper sensitive much. Wow you've taken my breaking down of genres at full venom lol chill chill you nut job. 🤣

[@SolidSnake240]

Feel like this is becoming a lost art in rap now. A good storytelling track is always 🔥

[@Salmy_Tares]

Joyner got some fire tracks

[@Markblood889]

Aggressive Steven by Aesop is pretty dope

[@Markblood889]

Check out Mind Of A Saint by Skyzoo too. Best album last year imo

[@truelychosen4541]

Isn't definitely not you probably just don't like the stories they are telling

[@esmooth919]

Storytelling is by no means lost. Especially with the so-called "Big Three".

[@Cykelpump33]

Being a teen during the 2000s, that sound has a special place in my heart.

[@kolalawal268]

90's is the best version of hiphop. Hard and punchline delivery.

[@VikingWolf745]

*Facts Doe*

[@KingGreen78]

Well, it was more authentic, the rappers were 99.9999% street dudes,not fakes who studied how to rhyme in their moms homes

[@Aenigmakil]

Can't really take anyone seriously who disagrees. Unless they say 80s.

[@chad8414]

Agree 90s laid the foundation for the art. But it’s just funny/weird hearing those who didn’t live thru that period and actually experience hip hop evolve during that decade talk about it. “Punchline”? Lmao

[@KingGreen78]

@Aenigmakil yes,80s was pure storytelling, i think people just default to the 90s, cause that's when hiphop/RnB made love,and gave us the peak golden era

[@ClassicRapShorts]

90s story is hard. Rakim style

[@Muusik1901]

I heard more prodigy from mobb deep

[@nightempr]

Absolutely

[@leviamendt2355]

More Nas imo

[@dorianlevirapmashup4946]

Nah, immortal technique

[@mcrenn5350]

Defs Technique and Nas vibes with em twist endings

[@PEN-N-PAL]

*90's and 2000's throw-back rap/music that's all over local and national stations has already establish the legendary status of that era.*

[@mysteriousplayer6775]

Not enough people talking about the "I guess mama was right when she would tell me that one of these days cigarettes is gonna kill me" line, and then the delivery on "...but I still smoke em." Clever and hard asf

[@DonMcThrill]

80s - focus on morals lyrically 90s - focus on drama lyrically 00s - focus on rhythmic sound 10s - focus on overall production

[@amnesh]

2020 focus on absolutely nothing, trash, no talent, garbage, Rapploitation is what I name it!

[@davidgood840]

You nailed it ! Good observation !!

[@YoungTCash]

20s - all combined thanks to Kendrick 🙌🏾

[@swaefr]

​@@YoungTCashgiving kendrick way too much credit just because he came out of hiding to do what a handful of rappers have been doing for some time.. seriously it's thanks to any other rapper🤦🏾‍♂️

[@vvsvenice]

Got me wondering what the next evolution is frfr

[@gabrielsanchez4207]

He used to following rappers as reference imo 80s - LL Cool J 90s - Immortal Technique 00s - Dem Franchize Boyz (IDK if the told stories) 10s - Benny tha Butcher Just who came to mind

[@pyeltd.5457]

He sounds like Ice Cube in them all and obviously in the 1990s

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

​@pyeltd.5457 I thought he looked a lil like Cube.

[@PRODUCEDBYMATTIX]

I agree with all. Definitely Benny for 2010

[@ccdani2]

90s story was 🔥🔥

[@KICKBOXER27]

What about 1980's hip-hop.

[@DAAR53]

All of them are the same story

[@daviddoom7853]

"BRING SOME WEED I GOT A STORY TO TELL" 90's the best story tellers.

[@victoronanuga3791]

Best story teller ever

[@4acae86]

90s always hits the hardest, but they were also hard times to live through. lol

[@eddied155]

This dude is insanely talented, nailed every decade and yes 90s was hard af

[@Unknown-UpTown-Resident]

80's and 90's was hard af

[@Senorgreenbean3956]

Fr

[@Energyswordsunday]

okay unc

[@cookieman5987]

@@Energyswordsunday2010 up music trash🚮

[@Marv06576]

@@cookieman5987 true for the most part

[@High5611]

Fr fr

[@DJoka10001]

80s - Witness of Petes father robbery and murder 90s - Pete kills Los 2000s - Pete and his cousin robb a guy and his cousin dies 2010s - Pete gets caught up and does time Man the story of Pete is just sad and filled with death but it could dead ass be a good movie, bruh. Great story telling, broski! And dope bars too! 📖😎🎙🎚🎛🎧💿🔥💯

[@DJoka10001]

Oh wait, i just realized the guy who got robbed was the informant caught up, Pete later on!

[@ndhart3213]

I wonder what pete will have in store for him in this decade!

[@DJoka10001]

@@ndhart3213 Mumble rap about being locked behind bars most likely. Everyone else is doing it.

[@ndhart3213]

@@DJoka10001 ppl would have said that about the 2010s part in the 2010s especially reddit

[@CashOut3]

​@@DJoka10001just ignorant

[@AA30996502]

2000s beats are so crazy. Like actually insane sounding sometimes

[@cyprian4869]

you got any recommendations?

[@AA30996502]

@@cyprian4869 have you really listened to the beat of single ladies by Beyoncé? Not a rap song but still a beat that is insane. If I think of anymore I will reply after work lol

[@171reko]

​@@cyprian4869not OP any song made by Timbaland could come into this.

[@wza223-fo3mc]

@@cyprian4869in my white tee sounds exactly like the 2000s beat

[@Supdex-o1v]

@@cyprian486950 cent

[@MotekiEZ]

Can't beat the golden era. 90s was just too good

[@joshuarush-garrison8417]

Love how the lead melody is the same for each beat but the drums and the BPM change to fit the style of the era. That's some deep talent right there.

[@Mellowdark17]

Bruh bring the 90s back

[@lthecatt9667]

Listen to Conway the Machine, Westside Gunn, and Benny the Butcher. They definitely have some of that style

[@Ddjhsbsj]

Nah we’re pretty good how we are rn with the whole Griselda movement

[@Makaya9s]

We got JID, Cole, Earthgang and coast contra keeping the art alive

[@tkdamusicman]

Then listen to my music

[@tkdamusicman]

​@@Makaya9sdon't forget me too

[@Prizm17]

Perfect ending on that 80s one lmao “But I still smoke em” was the cherry on top 😂😂😂

[@MONTE2LIT]

Frr

[@moristar]

It's amazing how American Rap scene is so in sync with Eastern European history. 80s - chill and friendly even in horrific situations 90s - all about being ruthless towards each other 00s - about finally having some money but losing some authenticity with that 10s - about having it good but still kind of coasting on that 90s bad boy pretence when the world has completely changed (and the authenticity is nowhere to be found)

[@0N3DR3AD]

'Holding more keys than the valet' 💯🔥

[@intyrnet]

Homage to the classic "cause Big L be f**king with more keys than a janitor "Da Graveyard", Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous, 1995

[@The_Local_Tourist_]

1:29 the 1990’s be immortal technique

[@jauandabest4924]

I wish more people knew about him 😮‍💨

[@Inflooence_One]

Tech was just quintessential 90s. So Even if you didn't know who he was back then, he was the best at it. They was all rapping like that, but when you hear this flow you'll think of the best. Tech.

[@stillirise85O]

@0:15 ... kids from the 80's know we didnt have 20oz cokes ... It was 16oz Cokes with the styrofoam on the glass bottles. 😀

[@KINGBublepop]

Styrofoam?

[@xxnightowlxx1185]

☝️ 🤓

[@coinage]

@@KINGBublepop The labels on soda bottles used to be made of styrofoam

[@mr.lelmanjiji4765]

​@@xxnightowlxx1185sharing fun facts on the Internet? NO YOU HAVE TO STOP HIM FROM DOING SOMETHING SO EVIL!!!

[@TwistedFudge]

I miss that so much

[@FrostbiteMadHatter2112]

The 90's will always be the golden age in my opinion

[@FinalFlash2110]

sometimes your opinion is a fact too.

[@CantTellYou]

@@FinalFlash2110 exactly 😂 “that’s just a fact in my opinion!”

[@FinalFlash2110]

​@CantTellYou haha exactly.

[@Ok_Computer_98]

rappers dont seem to take the same pride in their lyricism anymore. I like the melodic shit thats popular now but they should also have something to say it and execute well. There are exceptions but in general they rap about lean, getting their dick sucked, being in the club, getting money and other hedonist stuff. It can hit hard but when it lacks substance when there’s nothing else. JID, Lupe, Kendrick, Denzel and Cole put effort into their craft though, out of the new gen guys

[@burnesray777]

I'm 46 and this dude did the damn thing for real. He really studied the decades and decades of hip-hop vernacular and style. Keep doing your thing.

[@FrankieW00FR]

Love how each beat is the same beat but the version from that decade. It even ties each story together.

[@stevenramiriz]

The adlibs in 2010 🤣

[@Janeazula]

😂 ricky rozay topped this

[@hulkthanos1332]

Son got every decade right ✅️

[@thecutellama76]

80s and 2000s was awesome! Release it as a song.

[@ScarL25]

This is why i prefer listening to the old school hip hop. Its not just a song, its wide stories

[@GrimReaper.999]

Fr bro

[@HimenoWYD]

Kendrick Lamar my king

[@bestcontentever2437]

The 90s were straight up the golden age of Rap. That joint was hard af

[@mako4874]

90s was the golden age of hip hop. Thanks for showing it in such a accurate way

[@AlexanderThaGreat]

That 90s story rap was a straight banger

[@thechampchamp8973]

That 90s joint was crazy 😮

[@Elriuhilu]

That was really good. I expected it to devolve into "current music bad" like many other videos, but this was actually a really good, non-comedic comparison of stylistic evolution. Nicely done, man.

[@otrwarrior]

Watching this made me realize I exited hip hop in the 2000's😢

[@starlightradio3285]

Yeah true, not all hip hop was like that but that was the style then overall

[@authentictalkpodcast]

That Soulja boy shyt wasn't the whole 00's

[@frequentiis]

@IStevenSeagal you right, im a 1985 millennial myself, but dem franchise boyz "my white T's" was 2005, so you were off by a few years tho, i still blame 50, wayne, jeezy for killing hphop, just like i blame my millennials for betraying nas for drake, betraying busta rhymes for future, betrayed bone thugz for migos, millennials are responsible, so imm a start being nicer to genZ since its my millennials that killed hiphop

[@frequentiis]

@IStevenSeagal r/whoooosh , dude, i hate dem franchise boys you're so clueless, the song that crank lucas is sampling for 2000s is dem franchise boys song from 2005 i hate dem franchise "my white T's" i hate that song, i am identifying the style crank lucas picked for 2000s man, you're stupid

[@frequentiis]

@IStevenSeagal yeah, 50 cent is lyrically garbage, lloyd banks was the real poet, lloyd banks was the EMCEE, fucking casual you are

[@Allegedly_Angel]

80s story telling is my favorite kind of rap 😂💜

[@nmarcus7233]

Me too 😂

[@alladeen2k]

The 90s one reminded me of Dance with the devil by Immortal Technique.

[@djinntonix1481]

All decades on point and 🔥 But 90s was the best out of all of them.

[@C-Crystal2002]

80’s - Comedy 90’s - Action Crime 2000’s - Comedy Music 2010’s - Action Comedy

[@alexp8455]

💯

[@playaloc]

2020s - ?

[@alexp8455]

@@playaloc 2020s gay.

[@Future-Classic-Cars]

His transitions are pretty inaccurate! here's mine.. *80's Boogie fun disco block/breaking music (Transioning into concious rapstory telling.) *90's Concious rap story telling transitions into Gangster rap. *00's Hip pop! (Just straight R&B Rap/pop!) *10's R&B rap pop transitions into Club bangers (still pop) 20's Emo/Grunge Mumble rap (now starting to transition back to Gangsta hardcore drill rap.)

[@himynameisjumbo]

​@@playalocmumble rap

[@Reparo96]

This was very accurate! The flows and beats were all accurate to each decade. I’m amazed

[@graphicsdbj]

Even the production is Mixed to the timeline! 🫡

[@justacory]

Crank is the king of hip hop timeliness it's always amazing eveeytime

[@danger_design]

Some real decent homages to the solid sounds of the 80s and 90s in this, I love it

[@Mattyp24]

I can't even begin to explain how on point this man made every vibe to every year precise

[@p.b.2286]

80's and 90's told a story you can understand. 00's and 10's are all about material goods and disrespecting ourselves.

[@khalil7708]

80s flow sounds cold though 90s always detailed standards really fell You an ill spitter OG

[@the_SolLoser]

Word up

[@ritomase81]

00's and 10's mainstream for sure was that way. The underground on the other hand was still pushing substance.

[@leaffinite2001]

Im not trynna be that guy but you guys like. Have heard of Kendrick Lamar? One of the most popular rappers of the 2010s...? Tf?

[@SS-zd7bn]

@@leaffinite2001they haven’t they don’t even know how to look for new music so they put themselves in echo chambers and say rap is dead when they don’t put in any effort to support rap of today or to keep the ones they cherish relevant. They couldn’t wrap their minds a triplet flow that was created in the 90s or auto tune which was created in the 90s and called it mumble rap then wonder why their generation doesn’t get respect when they should know first hand how to fight for hip hop because they were calling it a fad when it first came out those 80s and 90s rappers proved to the world we could make money (and that’s why the old heads are still touring because they didn’t see that kind of money back then) and we became the most popular genre in the world headed by people who started in the 90s like Jay Z and lil Wayne the argument is old and tired just like their generation is

[@DaveSimkus]

2:47 "Spirit" that was hilarious

[@EJA5389]

yooo I hollered when you said " in my 12X White tee" lmao them white tees were gettin bigger as the years went when i was in middle school 🤣🤣

[@anjourdezjuan8666]

Tall Tee wit da sticker 😭😭

[@EJA5389]

@@anjourdezjuan8666 🤣

[@papaproduction]

Nothing will ever beat 90s hip hop. But 2000s underground was personally my favourite era

[@tonyp1376]

Agreed. 90s *mainstream* hip hop was the best era of *mainstream* hip hop but in the 00s there were TONS of artists who were influenced by those 90s cats that were impeccable MCs, unfortunately they were all relegated to the underground as the mainstream was taken over by outside interests who saw the profitability of hip hop and pushed artists who were the most marketable as opposed to the most lyrical. For example, I grew up in Boston, Id put the underground hip hop scene here from about 2006 to 2011 up against anyone. TONS of great hip hop music, MCs and producers were doing their thing here at that time. They just got no love from major labels or turned them down because they were better off independent or signing to a minor label. I suspect that there were dope underground scenes all over the country, and even the world, at that time that didn't get anywhere near the recognition they deserved.

[@papaproduction]

@@tonyp1376 exactly bro. And a lot of underground emcees of the 00s rapped about that

[@grumpykid0333]

I absolutely LOVE how the beats use the same motif but follow that eras production style. Genius!

[@orlandofields1973]

I grew up on Rap and Reaggae. The 80s and 90s for Hip-Hop are unmatched.

[@ayobfine]

Old School story telling will always be fire

[@theredyeti502]

Big L was my favorite storyteller. Casualties of a Dice Game is absolute 🔥

[@LoztinOz]

"my trap house a culinary school cause all day we be cookin" is some 2chainz shiii 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mrroachclip8444]

80s beat was 🔥🔥

[@Willesden_Rab1_TV]

what the name of that instrumental

[@capt.c.4116]

The 90's one gave me ghost face killah vibes..!!! 🧡💪🏿💯

[@darrionreed1240]

80's Melle Mell 90's Scarface 00's Sean Paul (Youngbloodz) 10''s Kevin Gates

[@UnplayedGaming]

90s was a dance with the devil immortal technique reference with the reveal at the end

[@darrionreed1240]

@@UnplayedGaming I can hear that way too 🔥🔥🔥

[@x_VineM_x]

​@@UnplayedGaming💯

[@VikingWolf745]

​@@UnplayedGaming *100%*

[@thewisegoonette2599]

​@@UnplayedGaming That's what I thought as well! Crazy 2c u posted that🤯✅

[@krono5el]

2000s shit sounded like some southern rap shit.

[@tylerrogers3530]

Yea that’s when southern rap took over 😢

[@justkev1044]

yeah cuz lil wayne

[@sh1twhisker]

Sounds like a Lil Jon beat

[@incognegro2315]

The 80s/90s so NY. I LOVE THE 90s beat too. It sounds very urban, VERY 90s. With solid lyrics. Kids today won’t understand the 90s was the HEIGHT OF EVERYTHING!

[@tyh4180]

That, "momma I love you" at the end was wild 😂 So what I got from this as that rap started to decline at the beginning of the 2000s

[@BenHopkins1000]

This isn’t the first time Crank has put that on blast

[@hahaha70263]

The 90s version was straight 🔥 The boom bap beat combined with the bars. 🔥 The 90s (most of it) was truly the Golden Age of Hip Hop.

[@snaffu1]

80s - Funky beats and clean vocals 90s - Infectious groove and great storytelling 00s - Club hits and earworms 👌 10s - mumblemumble AY mumblemumble AY 💩

[@RetroBerner]

90's was peak

[@olandery]

I'm partial to the 90s. But, honestly having them all lined up like that just makes you appreciate each era.

[@muhammadedward617]

the beat transition is bananas though

[@nicholasthomas.7553]

2:55 “SOCKET” bro😂

[@AlmondGlazedSunrise]

0:24 🤣🤣🤣 Ahh those late nights in bodegas and you hear that sound hoping nothing is about to pop off. 🤣

[@Bighyzer]

The 90s rap seemed like a mix between Eightball and Immortal Technique

[@DAMNITSBORING702]

I 💯💯% agree i felt that Immortal Technique too bro!! 🙌🏽 still bumpin that shit in 24!

[@yolandamaneli8522]

Duuuude....

[@Kllr-zq6un]

🇵🇪inmortal technique 🇵🇪

[@VikingWolf745]

*Aye Ima Need That 90's Track To Drop Like NOW !* 🔥 👏

[@dryames4319]

Factssss

[@thetruthonly2259]

Fo’Sho! Take my money!!

[@r.d.b.941]

That 1990's piece was definately inspired by Immortal Tech's 'Dance w/ the Devil' song from 2001.

[@GFJDean35]

Love how you embrace what makes the different eras great and do each style justice.

[@SimplyMarcusAli]

90s 🥇. That story was 🔥. They all need their own full track

[@Bigzatao]

True ❤❤❤

[@Sammi84]

This is like watching metal progress from actual heavy stuff and on into hair metal that was only about style and looks.

[@swagswag3469]

The ad-lib “SPIRIT” had my rolling 🤣

[@Red4score]

My uncle Kurtis Blow loved the 80s one

[@FTESTEPHONofficial]

Fr!?

[@r.h.f.6073]

90's reminds me of Dance with the Devil

[@hood_TheJoker]

Dougie Fresh and Slick Rick blew things up back in the day 🤣🤣

[@sirhero7]

80's gave more of the visual

[@wardrich]

80's rap lyrics were the best. 2010 backing track was 🔥. Got that cyberpunk aesthetic to it. Cool how the story progresses through each style.

[@derek4986]

80s I was bumpin my head to that shi!

[@italkshyt14]

The 2000s go hard. I don’t care what none of yall say. 😂 Especially when that bass drop.

[@Juzzyjuzzy]

That E-40, Dem Franchise Boyz, Juicy J vibe. I loved the 2000s.

[@thatomajoro9232]

How he kept the same melody and story throughout is spectacular 🏆

[@a.c6491]

I’ll say it Again. “Crank Iz Too Gifted!” My Brother Got SKILLZ

[@diligentsun1154]

A Gifted and Requested Artist and a Masterfully Skilled Technician. This is a Superb Effort

[@RobwithoneB]

I love that not only is each story connected, but so are the beats. Slick shit 🔥🔥

[@skeetskeet4515]

Slick Rick, Fresh Prince and Scarface is Hip Hop's best story tellers. Who can ever forget the moment a child yells "Uncle Ricky!", Or the break down (intro) beat that you knew was beginning of Fresh Prince, and D.j Jazzy Jeff's."Summer Time" song, and you also know, but probably forgot where you've heard the first lines of "I started small time dope game/cocane". Besides that, most of there music, was story tellings 📖 ✍️