Rapper Vince Staples Explains Why The 90s Are Overrated | TIME

The 90s get a lot of credit. I don't really know why. The '90s were the best, right? Many people'”especially the internet generation'”would be inclined to agree. But amidst the constant '90s nostalgia spurred by Buzzfeed listicles and weekly reimaginings of your favorite Disney characters, there are a few that aren't as impressed by the decade. Enter Vince Staples, a Long Beach rapper and a leader of a new class of talented provocateurs; his understanding of nostalgia is a little more practical. 'Whatever you were watching or listening to when you were young is always going to be your favorite thing because it made you what you are today,' he tells TIME. 'That's always going to be something that you appreciate the most, so that's everyone's favorite era. ' Staples, who is currently on tour with fellow artist A$AP Rocky, doesn't have a favorite era himself, but says he's drawn to the early '00s'”which, according to his philosophy on nostalgia, makes sense, since that's when he came of age. In fact, his debut album, Summertime '06, is an ode to the time and place in which he grew up. Watch his take on the '90s, pretending to be 'hip-hop' and why some artists can't stay relevant.
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Rapper Vince Staples Explains Why The 90s Are Overrated | TIME
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[@DaKidGowie]

2:16 - 2:40 He said some real ass stuff. People say "party tracks isn't real Hip Hop," everyone isn't street. Even some of the MCs who rap street aren't street. Hip Hop is "your outlook on life."

[@saviermarcone9624]

+Da Kid Gowie so gddamn true!

[@lafonzellcarmichael182]

Stop that shit😂

[@kieran296]

You wanna party and have meaning less sex Capitalism is at an all time high People focus on life to get Cars or the Newest sneaker Rather than being with Nature, watching a Bee collect pollen Your Music and your metrelism is A false identity. created by the elite

[@LilRyan732]

only idiots say that party tracks aren't hip hop. lot of 80's and 90's hip hop were party tracks. real hip hop heads know this.

[@bootygangsta6709]

Prophecy you one hunnid

[@AvengeTheBlade]

Bruh when this man said "what if I made all this up" I started to question everything

[@AmiriFields]

iB3RNAL W

[@bawentertainment9895]

iB3RNAL W

[@benhoyle8276]

Major W

[@NoNamedNewbie]

why did this shit have me laughing

[@EmantheHeartbreak]

lol for real lmaooo

[@idcaboutirl]

every decade had its fair share of gold and dogshit, can we just leave it at that move on

[@bloodnessx]

exactly. hurr durr my generation is better than your hurr durr, the cicle continues.

[@jeharrington1]

+Full Burst I'm from the 90s. I think television shows today are way better than the shows we had in the 90s. I think the movies are about the same. I think dance music is about the same. I think Kendrick is way better than 90% of the 90s rappers. But I think hip hop as a whole was superior then compared to today.

[@jeharrington1]

+Jason Harrington NBA players today are about as good as NBA players in the 90s, all things considered. But the hip hop question falls the other way in my opinion: today loses

[@Deus_Inc]

800mEric no it's not, production quality has risen these days, how can you say beats back then were better and be objective about it

[@Deus_Inc]

800mEric If anything, the era we're in right now is the golden era, we have a lot of choices to listen to, the production is always top notch, complex rhyme schemes, overall a lot better than the 90. You're just stuck in the 90s of you actually think it is better, and I'm not even hating on them, I listen to a fuckton of music from them.

[@chriscaveman4722]

the last part about talking about what real is was so.. real

[@joefrancis1902]

Or was it?

[@omgilovedischannel]

Oooo that was so reeeaall

[@Patoismastah]

how can it be real if our ears arent real?

[@shiii3349]

what's the song in the background on that party

[@joefrancis1902]

Trurgaming don't know the song but I know Isaiah Rashad sampled it in Smile

[@dadedraak]

"Your music is about your outlook on life."

[@Scro10m]

he's belittling old people by showing them how closed minded they have become

[@marley1221]

+David Tores it sounds like he's the one that's closed minded

[@AuraysTimelessChannel]

You don't have to grow up in an era to like the era's music. If anything, Vince is close-minded.

[@loganwendt778]

+KidChroNICK He never said he liked it....he never said he didn't. He said it was overrated and got too much credit because everyone thinks that every rapper has to be influenced by the 90s when in reality that's not true. It's all about the influence. That's why the 90s gets it's praise. But where's the 80s praise? Where's the 2000s praise?

[@AuraysTimelessChannel]

+Logan Wendt There was a lot of praise for the 80s in the late 90s. You just don't remember it. And the 2000s doesn't deserve praise lol it was the beginning of the end.

[@skatekong58911]

+KidChroNICK the early 2000's were great

[@AtodaZ23]

1995 - 2005 is where it's at tbh. It isn't just the 90s. Y'all under appreciate the early 2000s.

[@stuntcox5731]

Bruh i say this everyday. lol

[@thevibestation5174]

early 2000s was my golden era

[@hawkeyedsentinel4648]

Jay Madvillainy.....just saying

[@NAMSOist]

1994 - 2005

[@raz1616]

Jay 1983-2006

[@PoeticalContext]

This young man brings a very interesting perspective. If you were already an adult when he was born in 1993, then you know what he is saying rings truthful. We only have the perspective we have and the reality we were born into.

[@ichris2011]

Exactly. And a lot of kids born later than him front like they were living the 90s, I think that's what he's talking about mainly. It's overrated cause half the people obsessed with the 90s weren't even conscious at the time.

[@christianhenry4173]

@fleshnbone187 I listen to some hip hop but I like old school jazz and Du wop and my Friend circle is nearly small

[@sadetwizelve]

He’s an idiot,the 90s had Terminatir 2,Home Alone,Toy Story,Mortal Kombat,Street Fighter 2,Playstion,Illmatic,Wu Tang,Nirvana,TLC,Jedediah,R Kelly,Jim Carrey,Titanic,Ice Cubes solo run,DeathRow,OutKast,Bone Thugs,Friends,Eminem,Limp Bizkit,Macarena,Bulls 6 rings,Kobe,Shaq,Iverson,Duncan,Scream etc The 90s weren’t overrated

[@rayflacko221]

A kid says he likes 90's music but gets hated on by old heads because he's not a 90's kid A kid actually admits he doesn't like 90's music but still gets hated on, gets called out for not knowing "real music", and their type of music is not from the 90's Old heads will hate on today's kids whether they like 90's music or not At least Vince staples ain't fronting about the 90's, most cats out here claimed they pac fans but don't even know nothing about him

[@lifestraight]

Lol at "OG heads" It's usually just "OGs" or "Old heads". Never heard "OG heads" lolol But on the real people arent hatin' because he didnt like it, it's because he says it was overrated and when he mentioned his reasons it sounded weak. 50 Cent and Kanye over Wu-Tang, Nas, and AZ?

[@rayflacko221]

+lifestraight lol I just realized that I said "OG heads". But you get what I mean tho? Lol

[@lifestraight]

Ray Flacko lolol yeah i knew

[@sloppyjonuts9162]

Pac was a punk

[@anthonyrumph7432]

Sloppy Jonuts he was not a punk I don’t know where you get that from

[@nivmizzetjt2858]

boi pokemon was 1995

[@imaxdigital7052]

I think he's talking about the cards

[@ChildishFroakieLPs]

Pokemon actually came out in the U.S. in 1996, but I think he is talking about the sequels, Pokemon Gold & Silver

[@str8dominican]

Not in the U.S. Red and Blue came out in 98 at the same time as the anime dub. I still remember the commercials teasing it. The card game came out in 99. The point is he's wrong.

[@Sam-vs5kg]

damn Pokemon nerds here getting angry at Vince for a wrong date lmao

[@TravelWright22]

str8dominican either way that's 90s

[@thatrandomcomment968]

Vince Staples expresses himself in the way Kanye thinks he expresses himself in his mind.

[@dominicakadc]

thank you someone who finally makes sense in my generation. i get it how everyone likes the 90s because i went back and studied it, but i'm tired of people ignoring the music they actually grew up with. i grew up with wayne and kanye, not 90s rappers. i wasn't old enough to understand and when i was able to understand other rappers were out. at least he isn't lying like a lot of rappers do. every single rappers favorite rappers are biggie tupac jay z and nas. every single time

[@YVNGHov]

eyyodc Wanye is 90 rapper

[@atribecalledlen3567]

DBZ Wish his PRIME was in the 2000's

[@YVNGHov]

Len Walker still a 90s rapper

[@nmessai215]

There was diversity. There were options. Women were a strong/influential presence. Now all there is, is nicki, iggy and cardi. Nowadays most rappers sound the same and their music is watered down. White people control the genre fully now. After the 90's once the south grabbed ahold of it, it started to get trash

[@venheartzeil3070]

Vince was using his Kanye voice during this interview. Also, Pokemon most definitely came out in the '90s.

[@robino885]

heck yea I sayed the samething. Didn't it come out in the usa in 1997 lol.

[@arnolddavidfernandez5725]

It came out in 99 here in the United States

[@cHeeeseEggs]

+jerome mayfield Google, my friend.

[@csc4781]

+Malbro Jay Pokemon in general came out before 1997

[@XKiDCraZyX]

+Joshtradamus what's Vinces snapchat?

[@jetstream601]

Seems like a lot of people cannot comprehend what this video is about so let me clarity it for you. 1) A lot of people claiming the 90's was the best never really experienced the 90's because they were too young. 2) In Hip Hop it's not much creativity anymore people just seem to be copying each other, pretending to be gangster when you know damn well you grew up in the suburbs. 3) And finally, your music should be about your experiences and outlook on life, be real with yourself. You don't have to be gangster to be a rapper.

[@ohhDarkstar]

JetStream195 if you think al rappers rn are like that you're looking in the wronge places

[@fivetimesten495]

lots of suburbs have gang problems like compton inglewood waukegan il rockford il miami dade county ik wisconsin has a lot of gang problems all over the southeastern part

[@carlosflores3248]

Im sure almost everyone knows what this video is about, so no need for your fake help in caritying things for us..

[@rickyspanish3053]

CarLos FloRes L

[@carlosflores3248]

Killa Cam W

[@crackswareg135]

Boy Pokemon didn't come out in 2000

[@michaelwatson7420]

Yeah '96

[@Markgangzta]

96 in Japan. It was late 98 in America and 99 in Europe.

[@skaterh00dy]

Cracks Ware Yeah, I had to pause the video and recuperate from that for a sec.

[@kukkpacifico]

+Walrusberg meh it was big in 2000

[@marcushudson6528]

Pokemon Indigo League originally aired April 1, 1997 - January 21, 1999

[@selmamyspace]

90'S hip hop is the reason i fell in love with the craft. specially new york rap. i would give away any era just to keep the 90's.

[@ari29]

he said they are overrated, he didnt say they dont deserve credit

[@sophisticado100]

he's wrong

[@Wrestling316]

@@sophisticado100 No he’s not. People glorify the decade so much, it becomes overrated. Yes it had some awesome things, but at the same time it didn’t

[@mo2k638]

@@Wrestling316 90s was the golden age

[@bp2000k]

@@Wrestling316 Like Method Man said: „A lot of these young cats are right. All that 90s shit wasn’t hot“.

[@TheMelody15]

I was born in the same month & year as Vince Staples and I say the 90's were Hip-Hop Goldern Era. Why? To me artists during that time had their own entity & identity, didn't nobody sound or look like each other, pure orginality. Yeah I believe 90's Hip-Hop had their awkward moments (ex.Vanilla Ice) 90's Hip-Hop was brung into national attention, they started a platform for Hip-Hop artists of today. Yeah I was a baby thru the 90's but I do remember what was going on in mid 97-99. But I do notice that the 90's generation does talk down the 00's and 10's generation instead of just embracing it.

[@TheMelody15]

I don't know too much about the 80's but if it wasn't for that 80's generation you wouldn't have the 90's. At the end of the day it's all about the History of The Culture, do your research on who started something, the impact and originality. Like Vince said his favorite rapper is Bow Wow but if it wasn't for Kriss Kross (and Jermaine Dupri who also started in the 90's) you wouldn't have Bow Wow. All you have to do is research.

[@Wordisgood]

+Lunar Orbit Yes, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap influenced Nas and Jay Z....and thats why I still show respect to the 80s...I dont say "The 80s get lots of credit, I dont know why"...I'm an 80s baby and grew up in the 90s, and I show respect to all eras of Hip Hop....It's ignorance not to do your homework to the Kool Herc days, and not respect the legends who paved the way. To me 90s music had the most substance....We had 2pac and Biggie on the radio--these days they have Future and Drake on the radio. But even though 90's had some of the best music, doesn't mean I don't respect what the 80s and 70s did.

[@TheMelody15]

Wordisgood​ U on point! "Ignorance not to do your Homework" Yes! that is so correct! *****​ All I am trying to say is it's all about knowing the culture, knowing HISTORY of Hip-Hop.

[@Wordisgood]

Melody Brown Yeah, as somebody who grew up in the 90s...even though I didn't grow up in the 80s, I did all my research in the past--so I could learn the game, and not repeat what has been done. That's why this guy Vince Staples will never go down as one of the greatest lyricists ever, because his zenith of rapping is Bow Wow, 50 Cent and Kanye. That's what he's trying to surpass. The only thing I like about Vince Staples is his beats, but he don't talking about nothing--has no rhyme skill--and is not pushing any envelopes with what it is to be a talented emcee.

[@Wordisgood]

***** Regardless what my age is, I guarantee you can't OBJECTIVELY breakdown to me what will make him go down as one of the greats....Storytelling? Multisyllabic rhyme schemes? Double entendres/wordplay? .....Explain to me, what makes Vince Staples one of the greats today or of any era, because I don't extract none of that shit!

[@Sebar_100]

I mean no disrespect, but I don't argue with 90s babies. 98.4% of them just don't know how good that era was..

[@michaelwillis7832]

It's not worth arguing with them at all.

[@JFinuc]

Right af. People only say 90's are the best because they grew up in the era. 90's hip hop is nice but people think that anything after it is just trash for nostalgia reasons. Then they go around the internet convincing kids that there is no good hip hop nowadays and keep on telling people that the 90's are the best. We need to stop this trend in hip hop and appreciate what we have now. Hip hop has never been so diverse but people like to complain about everything. We've got a fantastic mixture between turn up and conscious music today. I can go from listening to artists like Kendrick, chance, and Vince and then next thing you know I'm listening to Future, Lil Bibby, and Rae sremmurd.

[@godofthisshit]

+Jack Finucane You know Rome became less in it's later years then it's glory years right? If that could happen to rome why do you think it couldn't happen to music? Maybe the circumstance that created 90's music isn't as strong as the 2010's. I can think of a big one right now that is noticeable.

[@JFinuc]

+godofthisshit you know what I'm not even gonna get into the modern rap vs 90's rap but I guarantee you that in 20 years people are gonna be dickriding the 2010's because nobody knows what they have until it's gone. Then in twenty years my generation is gonna be just as ignorant as the last one saying shit like, "Man rap is so bad right now. Thank God I grew up in the era of Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Cole."

[@godofthisshit]

Jack Finucane 2010's maybe but now 05-09. You're not old enough to know how things play out. People rebelled against disco maybe people will rebel against today artist.

[@JFinuc]

Yeah but we've actually got some dope ass artists out today that will no doubt be put up with the all Time greats.

[@Waterboi701]

I was born in 98 I think the nineties were the golden age I think hip hop did decline but I think we are starting a new era now the 10s is gonna be the new golden age or maybe I'm saying that cuz that's the time I spent as a teen and a hip hop head. I mean when I was 12 I missed the beginning of a new era cause I went back to an old one the 90s. I didn't really jump back into modern rap until early last year. I went from pac and nas to Kanye and lips to cole and Kendrick. I mean even though Vince staples is good he has bad choice in music I mean little bow wow

[@willstaywinning]

He must not of had a TV. Pokémon was out way before 2000. I was born in 92 but remember seeing BS Boys and Nsync all over MTV.

[@loganwendt778]

+wisewilltcp It was officially released in America in 2000

[@willstaywinning]

Logan Wendt 1998

[@DaNumba23]

+Logan Wendt Nah it came out before. I remember the movie came out in 99.

[@obvioushieidude7668]

+wisewilltcp It came out towards the end of 1998 in America, but it peaked around 2000.

[@lindalee2975]

So

[@schitaco]

2011-2014 has been my favorite era for hip hop

[@aperson4340]

"It's more relative to their lifestyle" wow someone with sense at last. Gonna go listen to all his work now

[@Platform28]

Every era... the 80s...90s... 2000.. 2010s... have their hits and wack joints. But what made the 90s the golden era was the artists album quality that was being released, albums in the 2000s werent as good as the 90s... Thats why its the golden era.

[@Platform28]

John Drake Yeah that's true, however the 90s overall had better albums then albums of today, mostly cause the industry is a singles driven industry, so artists don't spend much time crafting albums.

[@Platform28]

John Drake exactly bro!!

[@ALIENjoy]

+John Drake there's so much great and original music being made now, it's just no longer on the mediums we're used to (radio, TV, etc.). it's all on like bandcamp or some obscure internet release. and it's not like popular music has lacked scandals, controversies, or backstage politics since it really became a business like a century ago.

[@jposadalcs]

Just listen to old recordings of "Stretch and Bobbito" and you'll know why the 90s was the Golden Era.

[@ALIENjoy]

FF18Cloud you've expanded on the point quite nicely. Thanks. Its a different time. Oddly enough, older forms of media do a pretty great job of getting this kind of creativity out there. Magazines and AM radio come to mind lol.

[@drlove227]

He's so woke fam

[@galaxysoundz1015]

that's why people never can truly understand what he's saying. just read these comments lol. but on the real, I hope that they don't kill this young dude, he's a threat to life as we know it.... fr

[@orangebubblegum6966]

How is he woke? He's speaking bull.

[@galaxysoundz1015]

Orange Bubblegum your name is orange bubblegum... 2 things that are at the bottom of my list... Ijs, stay sleep

[@domlove3811]

Killa Kimchi Hahaha that's woke?

[@domlove3811]

GALAXY SOUNDZ Yeeeeah so revolutionary

[@50zezima]

I'm still crying that vince staples hasn't released a new album in 2021 yet. I know that his grandma passed but man... It hurts lol

[@_PuppetMaster86]

You can delete this comment and be happy now. 👍🏾🤙🏾

[@indigoali5612]

He was born in 93, he was a baby for most of it how would he know?

[@bubbasvega2316]

@@indigoali5612 no shit you missed his whole point

[@MrhibyeTV]

I love Vince more and more every day. I feel like I could have such great conversation with the guy if I ever get the chance to meet him.

[@andgalactus1]

I feel like Vince is a pretty antagonistic guy, he's that dude that doesn't like thing just because other people do.

[@Dim.g0v]

You didn't use the word antagonistic right bro.

[@jeffcrabtree7454]

you mean contrarian right

[@ohbbyilikeitrawr]

andgalactus1 you mean rebel

[@dray483]

+Ti Co he means hipster

[@kukkpacifico]

Yeh hard lol 'no I don't want milk with my cereal everyone likes milk in their cereal it's so overrated'

[@gevongrant9972]

Thank You Vince for clarifying the 90s era hype

[@omelashomelas]

90s was an important era for all forms of music. It was the decade in which people mastered a sophisticated level of technology that became accessible to all. There's nothing that you can do now that couldn't have been done in the 90s. But there was plenty to do in the 90s that couldn't have been done the decade before..

[@maxsiwes3066]

Don't forget to mention 90's artists like Nas and Mobb Deep who were the grass roots of hip hop, the genre that made Vince who he is. Without 90's hip hop, he probably would still be in the ghetto

[@kidsoulworld6879]

Not overrated overhyped. Everyone jih hypes up the gold era of 90s

[@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb]

Exactly tbh I don't even listen to 90s hip hop anymore I listen to more of 2000s and 2010s hip hop these days tbh

[@xyoungwx]

A lotta people hate on this kid. You need to have balls to say something like "90s are overrated". I watched a few of his interviews and so far everything he says make perfect sense. This kid is smart, he got his own points.

[@logkev]

Dj premier, dj dre, Pete Rock, DOOM, Dilla, common, wu tang.... Etc

[@loganwendt778]

Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Vince Staples, Danny Browns, Earl Sweatshirt.....Etc. What's you point?

[@logkev]

I'm saying the 90's HAD TALENT. I'm not knocking today's artists, it isn't about saying who's better its just recognizing what quality was there. don't be an idiot hip hop was MADE in the 90's

[@logkev]

Logan Wendt so what is your point?

[@youngcitybandit]

+Logan Wendt he took mainly producers. Why are you comparing them to rappers today?

[@loganwendt778]

Young City Bandit Not "mainly". He named 3 producers, 3 people who rapped/produced, and 1 group.

[@rasaanshakur9491]

Vince Staples: 90's Are Overrated. Early 2000's: *Bow Wow, DMX, 50 Cent, Ja Rule and a slew of other 2Pac duplicates arrive*

[@Dwyanerose]

Bow wow is fire and an amazing performer. Think I’m lying, check out his performance on masked singer and versus. He’s just as great of a performer as jadakiss was on his versus and I’m not even exaggerating…plus he can dance to add on to his amazing rap skills Y’all oldheads can dish it but can’t take it lol. Y’all talk down on the new generation all day but the minute we say something back y’all start crying lol

[@Dante95nyc]

@@rasaanshakur9491 DMX and 50 Cent are 2Pac duplicates??? How???

[@TheDarkLettuce]

Vince Staples is so smart

[@kurtrichardson9131]

There is no replacing the 90's

[@corshawnhughes1858]

Kurt Richardson I was born in the 00s born in August of 2001 it's basically 90s kids who say the 90s was good but the 90s was only good for it's music they only looking at the good side of the 90s and not the bad of it every 90s kid I know shit on 00s kids cuz we was born in a different decade than them

[@jamesaidan7425]

Vince: Never heard a Backstreet Boys album Nick: Tell me why

[@cyoung7127]

"I wasn't old enough to appreciate the '90s...the '90s are overrated, idk why"

[@videogamebomer]

They are over rated most of the important stuff happened before the 90s and the 90s is basically the dead husk of the 80d

[@videogamebomer]

+videogamebomer 80s

[@Cooley96]

+videogamebomer Just stop. You're obviously an outsider.

[@cyoung7127]

+videogamebomer The 80s were actually some of the most vapid and superficial years in terms of culture. Very little of actual substance/originality was borne out of that decade, and what was borne out of it was improved or expanded on wildly in the creative boom that came from the 90s. The "important stuff" you're referring to actually originated in the 70s and then was bastardized or commodified by mainstream 80s culture (hair metal/glam rock, new wave, the decline of punk, etc.) with the exception of hip-hop. However, hip-hop was still underground for most of the 80s, and thank god for that, because it probably wouldn't have been able to survive that era otherwise.

[@videogamebomer]

Cory Y You do know other stuff happened other than just music +

[@kerimarmagan9498]

The thing he said about Gucci and Lupe was so true its all relative to what you wanna hear its time people understand that its literally not the same music

[@ForAmericanIndianRights]

Vince Staples aint my typical taste of music but i must agree with him 90s are very overrated. 2000s are underrated

[@aaronflowers8881]

How

[@aaronflowers8881]

@@y2kcell That's stupid

[@d-train258]

90's Hip Hop was way more than PAC and Biggie, this is casual fan stuff. There were sooo many dope groups, Mc's and producers that brought something new to the table.

[@dataghost2307]

I don't agree with his taste in music but I do respect him for his opinion and not being afraid of what others think.

[@Freskosounds]

i was born in '97 BUT i self educated myself on 90's rap. i love big pun, big L, biggie, LL Cool J, wu tang, Nas etc. i understand the lifestyle thing he said but damn i lost respect for him for saying its overrated.

[@loganwendt778]

+FreskoSounds Because your butthurt lol

[@Freskosounds]

+Logan Wendt a white person would say that lol

[@loganwendt778]

FreskoSounds and race has to do with what?

[@realgroovy24]

+Logan Wendt Seriously why do black people bring races into everything? I never see asians or whites do that, well barely, they never mean it in a racist or demeaning way so it isn't bad.

[@Freskosounds]

Lol whatever

[@jonnybegood683]

The 90s were the last age of music that had actual authenticity

[@np8598]

you must not listen to music then because thats a bold faced lie.

[@dustmaker1212]

why does everybody just resort to this without doing research? if you actually LOOK for good music you will find it! there's hella good artists out there now just waiting to be heard

[@outlawfly664]

@@np8598 Obviously you're the one who doesn't listen to music.

[@corybaxter]

I'm sick of these doggone Kevin Hart trailers.

[@vargasaidan7366]

adblock is a beautiful thing my friend

[@kingtraf5311]

20 years from now, the 2010's are gonna be the best time. These young cats are something else

[@RALF0691]

His excuse for being born in 1993 is lacking. My nephew was born in 1995 and he remembers the tail end of the 90's. But if you were born in 1996, 97, 98 or 99' then i can see how you don't remember the 90's.

[@WuShogun212]

He said Lil Bow Wow is his favorite rapper of all time....why are we listening to him after that statement? Everybody is entitled to their own opinion but damn that is just too far. I don't even know what he is talking about for a majority of this. He's so all over the place with no well thought out train of thought on why the 90's are overrated, I can't tell if this is terribly edited or he is just blabbing randomly. To say that the "Golden Era" of Hip Hop is considered the 90's only because of Biggie and Tupac is another reason we shouldn't be listening to him. He's bringing up the Spice Girls and N Sync and how he never listened to them...what does that have to do with anything? I don't mind you having the opinion the 90's were overrated but at least have some knowledge about it before you ramble on about how it's not as good as those "amazing" Lil' Bow Wow records you love.

[@loganwendt778]

+WuShogun212 Where exactly did he say that?

[@TristanGong]

+WuShogun212 he's saying the 90s in general is overrated. and why is his opinion going "too far"?

[@la_king1436]

@MylarBalloonLover that's because you probably grew up in the 2000's some of the most classic hip hop albums came out of the 90's don't disrespect the 90's they had timeless music I don't understand how can you people diss classic music

[@rupertpupkin001]

90’s Music just sounded better . Now a days all music sounds the same

[@VoidDweller86]

Rupert Pupkin Yeah NO actual originality exist in Today's Mainstream Music. 36 year old Black American male right here.

[@SpamHusky]

The 90s made hip hop.....

[@iamhexoronii]

SpamHusky doesn't mean it has the best quality of music lol basketball was invented in the early 1990s but I bet you rather watch today's game

[@SpamHusky]

This the thing everybody including yourself Vince Staples & myself has their own opinions.I personally think hip hop wouldn't be what it is now & how BIG it is now if it wasn't for the 90s. The 90s was the foundation the golden era of hip hop music.the 90s was a BEAUTIFUL thing that influenced ALOTTA rappers of today. & when it comes to the 90s era of Basketball hands down Basketball back then was way more competitive more tougher more excited to watch than it is in 2016

[@brandond2531]

The quality of music was and still is dependent on the technology available.

[@cosmoguthrie9891]

you both idiots hip hop was around long before the 90s same as basketball

[@Wrestling316]

Lmao, no it didn’t. Hip-Hop was made 1973-1985. Gangsta Rap/Hip-Hop was booming with Eazy-E, Ice Cub, Grandmaster Flash and etc. Biggie & PAC just helped push the game further

[@I_literally_dont_know]

I personally adored the 90s but big respect for Vince for sharing his opinion and not caring what other people think

[@nycolette7000]

90s kids and 90s babies are two different things

[@miguelpatrick79]

I just knew when he mentioned the music he was into it was going to be the most corny commercial artist from the early 2000s

[@Dwyanerose]

Bow wow is fire and an amazing performer. Think I’m lying, check out his performance on masked singer and versus. He’s just as great of a performer as jadakiss was on his versus and I’m not even exaggerating…plus he can dance to add on to his amazing rap skills Y’all oldheads can dish it but can’t take it lol. Y’all talk down on the new generation all day but the minute we say something back y’all start crying lol

[@miguelpatrick79]

@@Dwyanerose stfu I never said how old I was bow wow is corny bru simple nobody is bringing up bow wow in there top five you fucking lame

[@03nathanael]

Rakim, Pete Rock, NWA, Ice cube, Public Enemy, Biggie, 2Pac, Redman, Ras kass, Wu tang clan, Masta ace, Snoop dogg, three times dope,

[@genesissounds6260]

50 cent and Wayne were better than everyone except pac

[@_PuppetMaster86]

@@genesissounds6260 50 Cent and Lil Wayne we’re better than The Notorious B.I.G., Redman, Wu Tang Clan, Busta Rhymes, Rakim, and Ice Cube?!

[@seanholmes5173]

@@genesissounds6260 No way 50 or Wayne will be better than biggie, ice cube, or rakim.

[@kevinerosa]

kool g rap said it best "you are entertained by your level of intellect." 90s were about raw sound and raw lyrics because thats what we wanted. Every generation has their style and will defend it. #wutangforever

[@liamfoo09]

90s will never be topped in terms of the quality of music hip hop produced, thats a fact

[@sirskelletor]

This is some of the most insightful shit I have ever heard, yet the channel focuses on something he didn't even say.

[@sirskelletor]

Would you have clicked on it if it said "Vince Staples explains why he doesn't understand and what being real is"?

[@gogipedagogi8838]

bro what? 90s are the golden age of rap when u had albums like enter the wu tan 36 chambers illmatic. ready to die low end theory doomsday black on both sides infamous liquid swords....

[@matthewmann8969]

Nah The 90s was one of the best eras

[@AnonYmous-jo5ec]

If only he had a radio show

[@loganwendt778]

+Keenen J Valoy I would pay to watch that. Especially if he had guests.

[@rickymaldo7363]

J coles first albums will forever be my favorite. "The warm up", and "Friday night lights", never get old imo. Everyone is different cause those are my favorite albums of all time

[@solisoccosum1595]

By 90 hip hop was around 20 yrs old. Idk about y'all but the best times of my life was around then...but you gotta get my age to know this!🤔🧐 Hip Hop knows!!! Its an entity! A living organism! More than just culture!

[@ds74878]

Pfft. 90's was my JAM. Gtfo.

[@edgarrivera6526]

is he in black and white?

[@professorfinesser5146]

That's his natural skin tone.

[@samuel2pac72]

Yes he is.

[@imaxdigital7052]

No, he's naturally greyscale. Idiot.

[@philophos]

"That's his natural skin tone" -- I am flipping out

[@notwop9555]

Bruh

[@DOOM-ir6wg]

dont agree with him beacuse you like his music. He is using bow wow as an example of era defining quality music, 'there was not a 50 cent in the 90s' is 50cent really comparable to a rapper like Nas who lyrically and stylistically supass him. I didnt experience the 90s and i was too young to experience early 2000s hip hop purely. He shouldnt be formulate a opinion based on pure bias.

[@luckiex]

DOOM opinions are bias, they literally mean the same thing you crack

[@domgreen1859]

Who directed/edited this video!? These visuals are awesome

[@gqlovalova]

90's era (mainly mid 90s and beyond) was golden because of several reasons. One being that it was the biggest evolution of hip hop in regards to sound and popularity. it was the first time rap as a whole went mainstream and global. It started becoming the focal point or dare I say the backbone of black culture. what they rapped about and depicted in their videos was extremely influential and mimicked throughout the world especially in black communities. Rapping in the 90's sounded much different than the sound of the 80's which had the likes of run DMC, public enemy, kurtis blow, grandmaster flash etc. The sound of the 80's in terms content and primarily flow has pretty much died but the 90's sound gave birth to what we still hear today. Because the skill and talent pool from the 90's was so great, rappers from that era are still making chart topping or quote worthy music 17 years later. Hip hop is still fairly new but in the nearly 5 decades of it's existence I don't think you can find a decade of more artist who've had more successful decade+ long careers than 90's artist. Just to name a few you have Eminem, Jay, LL cool J, Snoop dog, Dr. dre, a quarter of Wu-Tang, Nas, DMX, Bone Thugs, Outkast, Common, Busta Rhymes, Missy Elliot, Timbaland will smith, even Tupac and I'll leave it there. There's a reason why when hip hop purest talk about the top 10 rappers of all time they'll include more 90's artist than any other decade of artists, second would probably be early 2000s.

[@dirtyfeetforever]

Man, Vince Staples is such an intelligent and articulate guy and his music is so good. Although there is a lot of bad pop music out there and people like Justin Bieber are trying to appropriate hip hop, there are some real mc's out there like there haven't been in awhile. Vince staples has bars and he has a philosophy.

[@1800-j8x]

Allan Davis Stop.

[@dirtyfeetforever]

Stop what? Would you prefer I talk about how brilliant all the shitty pop music is that is out there? What are you even critiquing in my post?

[@ninedozit6376]

Appropriation is only a problem if you a sensitive ass race war perpetuating ass bitch. Music don't belong to any skin color. Neither do words, neither do culturess.

[@dirtyfeetforever]

It's clear based on your use of big words that you are a super intelligent person with a very well researched take on race and culture. Keep up the good work. Cultures don't belong to any skin color? I should hook you up with my friend Rachel Dolezal. I think the two of you would get along fabulously.

[@dirtyfeetforever]

Oops, sorry, I misread your message, I thought you wrote cultures but in reality you wrote culturess, which is a term I am unfamiliar with.

[@davidtran1360]

Funny how in Rock music, the older generations are revered. Rolling Stones still tour and sell out. People were killing themselves for Led Zeppelin tickets. These are 2 examples of many. But for some reason, in hip-hop we don't venerate the OG's. It's sad. The 90's were not overrated, and if you think it is then you just don't know. If 90's generation of rappers can't tour like the Stones and other classic rock acts, then it will never happen. And thats a travesty.

[@mateodavidgutierrezgonzale6556]

Music and culture can change in many different ways and the change of the future doesn't have to correspond with the change of the past. Just because they will both undergo change doesn't mean that they will have the same dynamic.

[@gc_playzz8]

You had too be born in the 80's too really know what the 90's was about this dude don't know what he talking about

[@moesomething1314]

I'm just waiting for all the elitists to comment lmaoooo i love both 90s and early 00s music tho lol

[@b8IIin]

Vince Staples been doing more QnA's than tracks recently

[@gtimes03]

I've been suspicious for so long, that Vince was just playing a persona. I knew it!

[@suffa07]

Ignorance is definitely bliss…

[@michaelelohiminnocentmadia8128]

People who hype up the 90's are super ignorant

[@yelnickmcwawa5858]

I'll bet he thought what he said was deep too 😆

[@Scro10m]

the 00's saw Mos Def MF DOOM and Kanye drop some of most influential music SINCE the early 90's

[@tarjay35]

I agree with him in the sense that so many hip hop snobs act like there hasn't been any good music in hip hop since the 90s and so completely ignore and fail to support artists that are just as good as back then keeping the music from advancing. He's a dope artist and the hip hop snobs are just going to be bitter about it what he says on the 90s angle and not listen to any of the other real shit he was saying. Because that's all they do.

[@MiKEY_SANZ]

vince always has the most fire interviews

[@mercurysdaughter]

So we gone listen to someone who’s first introduction into Hip Hop was Bow Wow?

[@lennoxwilliams1733]

I hate when people Try to seem smart by belittling things that they haven’t really experienced or have marginal knowledge of….dude doesn’t really know about the 90’s why wouldn’t he say all this stuff, his favorite rapper is bow-wow…🤦🏾‍♂️

[@malbrojay4740]

Most people alive today weren't around for the 60s, yet they speak on the decade as if they lived it. Talking about how racist snd sexist things were when they don't truly know first hand. Only through the history books.

[@curlyhairboiakabaddude8922]

@@malbrojay4740dude I can tell you why the Great Depression, and ww2 were a bad time for everybody, and I didn’t experience that.

[@sirkeithv1112]

2000's nah. He was born in 93 & doesn't remember the 90's era. In 98 he would have been 5 or 6 still can't remember 😕 well, that explains it.

[@malbrojay4740]

You must have a shitty memory then, because I was born in 1992 and remember as far back as my grandmother's wedding in 1994. Not everyone has the same memory capacity. Just because you don't remember being 5, doesn't mean that is the case for most people. I swear, only self-proclaimed "90s kids" do this ish!🤦🏾‍♂️ No other generation has ever been this crazily obsessed over a simple decade 😂.

[@hershey5790]

@@malbrojay4740And why are you so butthurt about our obsession with the greatest decade in time? Sounds like you’re jealous that everyone is praising our era while the world is clowning yours 😂😂😂

[@malbrojay4740]

@@hershey5790 If you say so bud. Every generation thinks theirs is the best. Also, technically the 90s were a part of my era too, considering the fact that I was already in the 2nd grade when the decade ended lol, but go off. Personally, I wish I could have experienced the 70s and 80s, as those decades were more interesting anyways. The 90s were dull in comparison. Oh and btw, no one is "butthurt" over here. This is just all fun and games. We are way entirely too old for this "decade kid" stuff anyway, my dude 😎.

[@waters228_91]

I like the 90s, but I hate it when folks treat it like it was a utopia. Have you folks forgotten that this is the same decade where firestorms in Oakland, riots in LA, and bombing in OKC took place in. Plus there were bad music (Rednex, Color Me Badd) and cartoons (Mega Babies, Brothers Grunt) back then too. The 90s weren't fucking heaven!

[@shauncameron8390]

And we also had Puff Daddy and Mase. They laid the foundation for the watering-down of hip hop.

[@khaki2708]

he's a genius and would prolly think I'm stupid for saying so. he's a master in his own right. vince is too real for everyone, plain and simple

[@ksupreme9397]

Vince don't even have a classic album.

[@bp2000k]

😒😒😒

[@olenoname1445]

Is the instrumental playing at the end the same one Isaiah Rashad used in "smile" ?

[@nbkricky]

yea pretty similar i caught that too

[@piolorenzoperez5277]

same sample. vince has a song called linda

[@94.w]

yea hes featured on a song by joey fatts called lindo

[@darnellb3826]

“Sorry to this man!” 😂😂😂 But I was born in 92 and I definitely remember aspects of the 90s. Particularly, the later end of the decade. My memory kicks in right around age 4 or 5. So, about 96-99. 90s music is especially a major part of my childhood and life, to this day. BUT I DEFINITELY GREW UP IN THE EARLY 2000s and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT ERA AS WELL!! I can appreciate his perspective. It’s very honest. But not true FOR ME. I appreciate BOTH eras!

[@willisball4505]

snoop dogg, ice cube, easy e, dpg, mos def, gangstarr, mob deep, wu tang, dr dre, eminem, big L, nas , dub c, big pun, fat joe, cypress hill, ice t, mc eiht, craig mack. He forgot about all these legends

[@SeigoSaiga]

I love hip hop from all ages but the 90s still that bit more, I didn't even listen to hip hop back then but once I discovered Nas, Mobb Deep, Cormega, ... I got hooked.

[@alexmurphy7253]

Did I miss the part where he explains how the 90’s is overrated?

[@journalsfromdavid]

Alex Murphy short attention spance?

[@tuffcognito8602]

The 90's was far from overrated ..I get nostalgic about the 90's and I wasn't even old enough to experience it 😂

[@outlawfly664]

That dude doesn't know what he's talking about

[@Pluutowrldd]

90s is straight up overrated, and I'm ready to battle y'all old heads in the comments so try me

[@god5535]

Aight.... when were you born?

[@Wrestling316]

@@god5535 When were you born, lol

[@problemed.2206]

On god

[@bakedbeans5494]

Loser.

[@michaelwillis7832]

You must not get much attention in the real world if you're wanting to argue with people online playing pseudo intellectual posturing mental gymnastics

[@user-su9fh6ct4d]

This is why I love Vince. Can't wait for the new album to drop

[@HadesIsPluto]

I can see how earl and him are such good friends both are just so authentic and chill.

[@ArmedPlaysMC]

When you floss with a mattress

[@PerfectMadeStreets]

what is the name of the music at 2:16?

[@kingcrave11]

Zacrebleu - Sola-P joey fatts vince staples lindo

[@fredricbrown7454]

Big and Pac the only good artists from the '90s? He could've just said "I don't know anything about hip hop before the year 2000 AD" and I would respect that.

[@matthewhartshorn4828]

He's such a genuine dude I hope I can grab a slice of pizza with this man one day and have a conversation

[@shoreshot1212]

Matthew Hartshorn sus?

[@Jess_Married]

Lmao why are ya'll taking him seriously, I laughed the whole time he was talking, that Bow Wow comment got me, little does he know Jermaine Dupri wrote most of his songs lol he wrote "Bounce With Me" and the one where he said Jay Z's #1 was only a couple of years..lol I disagree with what he said on the music level of course but the mess was funny to me.

[@spooky99]

+Zayah I concur... his whole reason and train of thought that brought his to the conclusion that the 90's were overrate is really laughable. Wrote him off as someone who is less then informed about music and more taken by music.

[@Rluq]

+spooky99 +Lefebvre Julien When did he say that the 90s was overrated? Dumbfuck, I hope you never have kids.

[@757bigj]

+Zayah jay z's first number 1was "new York" with Alicia keys

[@spooky99]

757bigj does being #1 on the charts denotes relevancy and impact in music. Drake has never gotten a #1 but his running the game right now. Future doesn't have #1's but he's on fire (I don't know why because I don't care for Future's music). My point is, don't let the chats dictate the impact that an artist really have.

[@Jess_Married]

It probably was. I know his Hard Knock Life album was #1 on the Billboard 200, that album is his highest selling album, sold 5 million+