Vince Staples Bites Back At Noreaga And Others Who Say He Doesn't Appreciate 1990's Hip Hop

Vince Staples was born in 1993, as he readily admits. He did not truly "experience" the age of "boom-bap" Hip Hop inspired by the production of the East Coast's RZA and the "g-funk" of West Coast's Dr. Dre. However, like most rappers (and music fans), the era is held in extremely high regard. Classic albums like Illmatic, Ready to Die, Reasonable Doubt, The Chronic, Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers), Hard To Earn, etc. cement the decade as one of the most important in the short history of hip-hop. These albums dealt with the sociopolitical issues facing African American youths in the inner city, and shined a light on an issue many Americans ignored. Vince Staples, however, is not particularly impressed with the decade's output, nor the comments made by peers such as Tyler the Creator and Noreaga over his critique.

According to HipHopDx, Staples said, "I was born in 1993 in Long Beach, California and I don't remember any of it because I was a baby." However, one doesn't need to be a certain age to appreciate what is widely regarding as the greatest era in hip-hop history. Staples feels that the 90's lacked some of the charisma of the 2000's. He told Time, "...but I'm pretty sure it was nice. ...90s get a lot of credit. I don't really know why. Biggie and Tupac, those are the staples of the 90s. That's why they get the golden era credit. There's not a 50 Cent in the 90s. They don't even have a Kanye. Jay Z's biggest song, his only number one happened a couple years ago."

"N----s telling me I wouldn't exist without 90s hip hop as if I don't have a mother or father," he says. "Speaking of such my mother apologized for having me too late to experience Keith Murray and shes sorry for letting you all down. In 1999 I was 7 years old and toy story 2 had just dropped you n----s really think I was worried about hip hop?"

Noreaga, in response, wrote on Twitter, "Just don't call something overrated if u ain't live in it to appreciate its value in the 1st place that's all!!!"

Staples responded, "@noreaga I said I aint listen to it cause I didn't I aint never talk down you tryna say slick shit thats corny." At this point, Tyler the Creator chimed in, "I BE THINKING THE SAME SHIT, LIKE THOSE 90S RAP ALBUMS DO NOTHING FOR ME." [sic]

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