if you were to construct a college class about 90's hip hop

[kannon]

Originally Posted by quaker oats

let's say for 8 weeks, just to simplify (or 16 if you're feeling a bit more bored/ambitious). how would you break it down? would you do it chronologically, or thematically? what artists/albums would you definitely include?

I feel like going East/West/South/Midwest might be tough to really represent the evolution of hip hop. Each region has shined at a certain time for a certain reason, and it might make more sense to have the class go chronologically, or at least by era.

That being said, you can't have a course on southern hip hop without including No Limit and Cash Money. Plus you'd probably need to include UGK and Trick Daddy & Slip N' Slide, and definitely Swisha House for bringing southern music back into the spotlight in '04, and then Jeezy and Tip for running with it from there.

With the Midwest you have Bone Thugs, Common, Eminem & Royce & D12, Nelly & St. Lunatics, all of RhymeSayers, Twista, Lupe, and then you could spend at least a day or two on the new wave of teenage murderers from Chicago (Chief Keef, Lil Durk, Lil Bibby, etc).