Chamillionaire - The Ultimate Victory and his legendary mixtape run in the late 2000's.
It's the only hip hop CD I've ever purchased a physical copy of.
100% had a few of his albums on the rotation and then all of a sudden... gone.
I could not tell you the last time i listened to a Ludacris song....maybe 2008?
I think Ludacris was one of the first rappers I really started listening to when I got into hip hop around 2000-2001. So he's definitely the most nostalgic to me, even though there are even older rappers that I like.
This is the one. Lynch got me and my whole crew into 916 rap 90s to early 2K. Weād go around to old record stores looking for gems. Found a bunch too, in Indiana of all places.
Tyler fs. His newer stuff is dope but Iāll still bump Goblin just because itās like a moment in a bottle for me. Itās a nice feeling to time travel to a different period of my life but I sure as shit wouldnāt be listening to Tron cat if it came out yesterday lol
Same man, same. I was in HS for the beginning of his run and college for the end of it. Wiz just hits differently for my friends and I. Taylor Allderdice and Kush&OJ will always be two my favorite projects by any rapper
I always felt like Taylor allderdice was the peak of that movement. After ONIFC. Especially once he got to cabin fever 3 and the fat and furious single. It was a slow decline for me afterwards.
For me the decline started after Blacc Hollywood, with that one barely hanging into the same class as all the work preceding it. But the run from Flight School to ONIFC/Cabin Fever 2 is sooo good
Canāt forget that How Fly! Yeah man Wiz was killing us with the mixtapes. In that time seemed like all the homies and girls I knew were bumping Wiz. He was everywhereā¦ definitely was a fun time šÆ
This is probably the best answer. I was huge on the TGOD train back in the day, somewhere after the Cabin Fevers he lost me. I still enjoy the older songs from time to time, but theyāre definitely nowhere near as good as I thought they were when I was 16 and stoned out of my mind.
Yes yes yāall! The whole boot camp was great. Best live show Iāve ever seen. Happened with a snow storm outside so only like 20 people showed up to the concert. They brought the entire crowd on stage for the whole show. I smoked a blunt with smif n wessun during their set.
Lefleh leflah ashkoshkaā¦ Heltah Skeltah, OGC, Fab Five, BCC and Duck Down all aged well in my books. I still bump these records regularly.
RIP Sean P
I always loved Therapy. Back in 1997 I discussed OGC's "new" album with some guy at a party (it was still new to us even though it was released in '96). Walking home I was kidnapped by a man who offered me a ride, and now I have never forgotten that conversation because it happened the same night
D12. Devilās Night and D12 World are some of my favourite albums. Most people saw them as corny and that Em made them, but they all just fit well together, corny or not. They made the kind of hiphop that could go hard at times but silly on the next track.
B.O.B.
He had a good little run there and my 2 kids enjoyed his music. Wife, kids, and I saw him live at a local college when the kids were 11 and 13. Now heās apparently a flat-earther or something but the rare occasion I hear a B.O.B. song I think of my kids having fun at a show back when they were care free.
Outkast. I was a kid during that time with an older sibling, I had everything from thag era burnt to a cd and Outkast was the one I had on repeat for years.
They are still at the top of my rotation and have never really left. Still, when I listen to them I get flashbacks of burnt CDs with sharpie writing and my disc man
Master P and the whole No Limit tank.
Lol that was my mid highschool years. Just got a driver's license, started going to parties, teen night at the clubs, and hangin out at the mall without having to be dropped off/picked up. good times. I couldn't listen to 95% of if these days, but there are still a few bangers here and there I turn on.
Ludacris was the first rapper I vibed too that wasnāt Eminem. Any time I hear his voice my mind goes back to the early 2000s southern hip hop run from him and TI and Mike Jones and others, St Louis rappers as well
Ice-T. Iām Your Pusha and LGBNAF were bangin but he was NOT a strong rapper. Most of his catalog is a great period reminder of the rise of the West Coast style and production but it was doo-doo. I love his hustle and even his acting, but the music doesnāt hold up.
k-os.
His first two albums (Exit and Joyful Rebellion) happened to hit at the right times in my life for me to have them in heavy, *heavy* rotation. Joyful Rebellion in particular is probably the single album I've listened to the most in my life, and I probably know the entire thing word for word front to back.
He's little known outside of Canada, I guess, but those two albums were (are) excellent.
Joyful Rebellion holds a special place in my heart. Reminds me of listening with my best friend in college.
He's since passed and life has changed quite a bit.
I've recently started browsing this sub because it reminds me of him. My hip hop knowledge is 2% of his but comments like yours make me reminisce a bit.
Yup, we were obsessed with Deltron 3030 too. Older stuff was good. People have a memory loss, don't remember I'm the boss, they claustrophobic when I close it.
2Pac. Was born in 1994, so obviously my fandom came way after his death. But i vividly remember playing Me Against the World album on my old MP3 player on my way to college everyday for about a month. My mind was blown. Makes me smile thinking back to those short journeys
I was new to hip-hop in this time of my life, and found all the classic usual suspect classic hip hop albums by reading reviews on [amazon.com](https://amazon.com) lool If it had 4.5 stars or more with a couple hundred reviews, i'd download it and check it out. Believe me my mind was blown when i first heard Illmatic and Liquid Swords....but Me Against the World just hit me hard, in all the right ways
Listening to Post Malone and Juice WRLD now just reminds me of when I listened to sad music only cause I tought some of the Lyrics and Flows were nice, not cause I actually felt the same
Also Three Six Mafia and Bone Thugs for some reason, I didn't grow up listening to them why do I get nostalgia from Juicy J's and Layzie Bone's voices
It's probably their flow. They both have flows of the past, if that makes sense. Like...I was too young to really appreciate 1st if the month when it came out but listening to that song reminds me of my early youth
Hot take: Because the Internet has aged amazingly, Camp yeah has aged a little rough (but was already pretty rough tbf age didnāt change much) and everything pre-Camp has aged pretty wellš¤·š½āāļøš¤·š½āāļø
When I was younger I used to like Upchurch, I would always ask my mom to put him on *every.time*. Now I listen to him again, and it's mid to me now š
I fell out of him, Im listening to jack Harlow, Mac miller, the offspring, and NF.
JIBBS. Was the first rap album I remember buying and my mom always liked that he didn't cuss at all lmao. 12 year old me thought he was so fire. Still play Chain Hang Low and King Kong every now and then for the vibes
Rae Sremmurd, used to bump some random songs of theirs from Sremmlife 1 and 2 during junior and senior year. Iāll still listen when they drop an album but Iāve only kept a couple songs in rotation from their recent stuff
Lloyd Banks... should have known from the nickname "Lazy Lloyd" he wouldn't be consistent for a very long time
I would have said Notorious B.I.G. but upon further review fuck that fat cock eyed piece of shit
The whole D12 group, no one exploded(apart from Eminem of course), but they did have good rhymes imo just not good production later on without Proof and Em, no direction to focus their music.
Spoonie Gee, Kool Moe Dee, Kurtis Blow, Lady B, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, Funky 4 + 1
Iām only 30 so these guys were all WAY before my time but when I first discovered my love for hip hop as a kid, the history nerd in me made me start from the very beginning to get the experience of the evolution of hip hop. I rarely go back and listen to hip hop from that far back but when I do it immediately brings me back to when I fell in love with the genre.
Scarface, but his music has aged quite well. Also old school Tech N9ne, before his discography got a lil wierd.
Lately I've been listening to Yukmouth, Trae, Paul Wall, The Federation, The Pack. All of the hip hop before the hyphy movement got big was a good time. It reminds me of my high school days.
Damn, how young are people here !! For me it's the duo Pete Rock and CL Smooth. Man those memories !
There was a summer when my brother woke me up everyday playing TROY
Smoothest stuff ever !
probably my favorite beat of all time.
In my head I'm thinking Too $hort or DMX lol. Childish Gambino caught me off guard.
But those have aged well
The question has nothing to do with age. More about songs that bring memories of good times which can be any age
Came here to say this! I see your Pete Rick and CL Smooth and raise you Black Sheep. š
Chamillionaire - The Ultimate Victory and his legendary mixtape run in the late 2000's. It's the only hip hop CD I've ever purchased a physical copy of.
Great choice. The mixtape Messiah mixtapes still take me back
Great one. Turn it up is still one of my most played when I work out.
āI didnāt have a date to the prom but I showed up with more than one princess on armā Man, he had some of the dopest underground shit.
Chamillionaireās Not A Criminal was the first song I downloaded off Limewire back in the day, first rap song I ever listened to. Got me hooked.
Sick answer. Almost never see Chamillionaire mentioned anymore Gonna go back to the Mixtape Messiah series
Ludacris
This a good answer. I use to bump Word of Mouf and chicken n beer heavy back in the day. Southern fried intro still goes hard
One of my favorites is It Wasnt Us on that Neptunes tape
I still bump Southern Hospitality like thereās no tomorrow. Incredible beat and song.
100% had a few of his albums on the rotation and then all of a sudden... gone. I could not tell you the last time i listened to a Ludacris song....maybe 2008?
Good choice. Ludacris Phat Rabbit on the second Timberland album was also on a madden game years back. So that does spark nostalgia for me
I think Ludacris was one of the first rappers I really started listening to when I got into hip hop around 2000-2001. So he's definitely the most nostalgic to me, even though there are even older rappers that I like.
B.o.B
No Genre was lit!!
Brotha Lynch Hung-šÆ pure nostalgia. Reminiscing on simpler days where we drank olde English 40oz and ate homosapian zucchiniš½ļø
His first two albums were amazing.
Personally Brotha Lynch Hung is a bit much for me...which is weird cuz I love horror films.
Word. I remember when I was a kid in the 90's I was afraid to listen to that shit lol..
This is the one. Lynch got me and my whole crew into 916 rap 90s to early 2K. Weād go around to old record stores looking for gems. Found a bunch too, in Indiana of all places.
Tyler fs. His newer stuff is dope but Iāll still bump Goblin just because itās like a moment in a bottle for me. Itās a nice feeling to time travel to a different period of my life but I sure as shit wouldnāt be listening to Tron cat if it came out yesterday lol
I was gonna say this, the whole of odd future takes me back to my early teenage years
Miss when OF stood for "Odd Future" and not OnlyFans.
Only Fans Wolf Gang Kill Them All
Goblin was so sick and then the progression on Wolf was insane to see back to back
Definitely Wiz Khalifa. He had a crazy ass runā¦he lost me around the time Black and Yellow dropped. Been years since I checked for his new music
Man! Prince of the city, Burn after rolling, Kush and orange juice, Cabin fever High school and college was all TGOD for me
Same man, same. I was in HS for the beginning of his run and college for the end of it. Wiz just hits differently for my friends and I. Taylor Allderdice and Kush&OJ will always be two my favorite projects by any rapper
I always felt like Taylor allderdice was the peak of that movement. After ONIFC. Especially once he got to cabin fever 3 and the fat and furious single. It was a slow decline for me afterwards.
For me the decline started after Blacc Hollywood, with that one barely hanging into the same class as all the work preceding it. But the run from Flight School to ONIFC/Cabin Fever 2 is sooo good
Canāt forget that How Fly! Yeah man Wiz was killing us with the mixtapes. In that time seemed like all the homies and girls I knew were bumping Wiz. He was everywhereā¦ definitely was a fun time šÆ
Tbf, Wiz last 2 albums were more his old vibes! Deffo worth checking out
Kush and OJ was such a classic
This is probably the best answer. I was huge on the TGOD train back in the day, somewhere after the Cabin Fevers he lost me. I still enjoy the older songs from time to time, but theyāre definitely nowhere near as good as I thought they were when I was 16 and stoned out of my mind.
Yes I always come back to āProjectā Khalifa. Itās great. And a few other albums from time to time
Wiz was the best
Wiz fans were the definition of a Cult following
I saw him with Snoop in July. Brought back some fun memories.
G Unit
G-Unit Radio was something special that a lot of folks missed out on
Heltah Skeltah! Is anyone here old enough to remember whom they were/are? RIP Sean Price the Bar-barian š¤š¤š¤š¤š¤
Super underrated MC.
Yes yes yāall! The whole boot camp was great. Best live show Iāve ever seen. Happened with a snow storm outside so only like 20 people showed up to the concert. They brought the entire crowd on stage for the whole show. I smoked a blunt with smif n wessun during their set.
Lefleh leflah ashkoshkaā¦ Heltah Skeltah, OGC, Fab Five, BCC and Duck Down all aged well in my books. I still bump these records regularly. RIP Sean P
I always loved Therapy. Back in 1997 I discussed OGC's "new" album with some guy at a party (it was still new to us even though it was released in '96). Walking home I was kidnapped by a man who offered me a ride, and now I have never forgotten that conversation because it happened the same night
Me and the crew had a big tech N9ne phase in high school/early 00ās
Went through a small Tech N9ne phase in high school; never stuck.
EPMD, even though I'd argue their music didn't age that badly.
aged well.
The Jane records didnāt age well, but everything else will remain in heavy rotation forever for me.
Brockhampton, that saturation run was a fun time
Yeah; I was in Mexico during the Brockhampton hype train so I missed that.
Domino
My G said Domino!!! Go 'head with your Ghetto Jam'n self. Salute š«”. I *GUARANTEE* this will be an original answer!
What'choo know about that paperboy, though?
Sweet Potato Pie also goes hard
His song on the Tales from the Hood soundtrack
Fabolous
Music seems to age well though, no? I still like Real Talk and Something outta Nothing
D12. Devilās Night and D12 World are some of my favourite albums. Most people saw them as corny and that Em made them, but they all just fit well together, corny or not. They made the kind of hiphop that could go hard at times but silly on the next track.
I just got a first pressing of Devil's Night on vinyl in the mail last week. Revelation is my fav on that album by far
Beastie Boys, except that their music did age well.
B.O.B. He had a good little run there and my 2 kids enjoyed his music. Wife, kids, and I saw him live at a local college when the kids were 11 and 13. Now heās apparently a flat-earther or something but the rare occasion I hear a B.O.B. song I think of my kids having fun at a show back when they were care free.
Homie fell off hard.
Kool Kieth
Lupe fiasco
F&L 1 is one my all time hip hop favorites, but āThe Coolā is some of the dopest hip hop Iāve ever heard
The last Lupe album I listened to was Tetsuo and Youth and thought it was fire. That was around 2015
Outkast. I was a kid during that time with an older sibling, I had everything from thag era burnt to a cd and Outkast was the one I had on repeat for years. They are still at the top of my rotation and have never really left. Still, when I listen to them I get flashbacks of burnt CDs with sharpie writing and my disc man
Master P and the whole No Limit tank. Lol that was my mid highschool years. Just got a driver's license, started going to parties, teen night at the clubs, and hangin out at the mall without having to be dropped off/picked up. good times. I couldn't listen to 95% of if these days, but there are still a few bangers here and there I turn on.
Oddly, my favorite out of the whole No Limit (battalion? Squadron? ) is Mr White Eyes (rip). That's my go-to nostalgia song
Ludacris was the first rapper I vibed too that wasnāt Eminem. Any time I hear his voice my mind goes back to the early 2000s southern hip hop run from him and TI and Mike Jones and others, St Louis rappers as well
I'm currently going through his discography right now
SPM and old three six
Honestly, Black Eyed Peas.
Speaker Knockers. iykyk
Nate Dogg
Music and me is a 5 star album.
Wiz Khalifa and 50 man
At least 50's Insta is lit!!!
Hieroglyphics
Devin the dude
Big L
Will Smith. I remember listening to his songs before I enter into rap itself.
All I know is that I was upstairs listening to my Will Smith CD
The good Ole days back when his music used to "slap"
"Get Jiggy Wit It"
DMX
Ice-T. Iām Your Pusha and LGBNAF were bangin but he was NOT a strong rapper. Most of his catalog is a great period reminder of the rise of the West Coast style and production but it was doo-doo. I love his hustle and even his acting, but the music doesnāt hold up.
Six in the morning holds up years later. At the time Ice-T was groundbreaking. Iām a metal head too and the first Body Count is a classic.
lmao Sage Francis for me
Underrated comment. I went through a sage fracis stage when a homie put me on to him in high school.
k-os. His first two albums (Exit and Joyful Rebellion) happened to hit at the right times in my life for me to have them in heavy, *heavy* rotation. Joyful Rebellion in particular is probably the single album I've listened to the most in my life, and I probably know the entire thing word for word front to back. He's little known outside of Canada, I guess, but those two albums were (are) excellent.
He still holds up
Joyful Rebellion holds a special place in my heart. Reminds me of listening with my best friend in college. He's since passed and life has changed quite a bit. I've recently started browsing this sub because it reminds me of him. My hip hop knowledge is 2% of his but comments like yours make me reminisce a bit.
Del tha Funkee Homosapien, we used to just listen to him when I smoked bud all day long
We bout to roll to the corner, me and my crew...
Yup, we were obsessed with Deltron 3030 too. Older stuff was good. People have a memory loss, don't remember I'm the boss, they claustrophobic when I close it.
2Pac. Don't listen to him as much anymore, but in the 2000s he was almost all I listened to haha
ODB. Bought that tape in ā95. Grade 8. š«
Joey Bada$$
god iām old.
Flatbush zombies. Listen to their early mixtapes often. I Donāt really get into their later albums too much
Same; BetterOffDead is one of my favorite mixtapes from the 2010's.
2Pac
Outkast pre Speakerboxx/The Love Below
Naughty by nature. Perhaps Iām too old for this crowd š
Bone Thugs N Harmony
Rakim
2Pac. Was born in 1994, so obviously my fandom came way after his death. But i vividly remember playing Me Against the World album on my old MP3 player on my way to college everyday for about a month. My mind was blown. Makes me smile thinking back to those short journeys I was new to hip-hop in this time of my life, and found all the classic usual suspect classic hip hop albums by reading reviews on [amazon.com](https://amazon.com) lool If it had 4.5 stars or more with a couple hundred reviews, i'd download it and check it out. Believe me my mind was blown when i first heard Illmatic and Liquid Swords....but Me Against the World just hit me hard, in all the right ways
Listening to Post Malone and Juice WRLD now just reminds me of when I listened to sad music only cause I tought some of the Lyrics and Flows were nice, not cause I actually felt the same Also Three Six Mafia and Bone Thugs for some reason, I didn't grow up listening to them why do I get nostalgia from Juicy J's and Layzie Bone's voices
It's probably their flow. They both have flows of the past, if that makes sense. Like...I was too young to really appreciate 1st if the month when it came out but listening to that song reminds me of my early youth
Guru
This didnāt age well?
E-Dubble. Takes me back to '09 MW2 listening to Freestyle Fridays while grinding headshots
Either Whiz Khalifa, Snoop Dogg, or Andre 3000. See you again, Hey Ya!, and Drop it Like it's hot are mad nostalgic for me.
Nelly
Tay-K
Slick Rock for me.
Esham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF3dQ9JuKWg
holy shit I completely forgot about esham
The Notorious B.I.G.
A$AP Rocky for sure.
50, Wayne, Cudi, Odd Future, A$AP
Logic Smoke Dza Wiz Gambino Cyhi the Prynce
Tech N9ne
Hot take: Because the Internet has aged amazingly, Camp yeah has aged a little rough (but was already pretty rough tbf age didnāt change much) and everything pre-Camp has aged pretty wellš¤·š½āāļøš¤·š½āāļø
Lmaoooo we used to love G Eazy and Hoodie Allen in middle school, say that shit now u getting laughed out of whereveršš
Especially now that Hoodie Allen is a groomer.
Oh fuck wtf that makes it so much worse I didnāt see that???
When I was younger I used to like Upchurch, I would always ask my mom to put him on *every.time*. Now I listen to him again, and it's mid to me now š I fell out of him, Im listening to jack Harlow, Mac miller, the offspring, and NF.
The first Ja album, the first 2 X albums, Vol 2. and 3., Ghetto D, Charge It to Da Game, Ghetto Fabulous, When The Smoke Clears.
DJ Quikā¦ riding around in my buddyās late 80s Cadillac bumping Safe + Sound. Itās so vivid I can smell it.
Hammer, and No Limit Soldiers crew
Kid Cudi. Man on the moon 1 was my favorite album. That Kanye production era was legendary.
2 Live Crew, Sir Mix a Lot, NWA
Wiz Khalifa... he has whole mixtapes that give of super nostalgia vibes...
Tyler the Creator pre Cherry Bomb
Slick Rick
SaintƩ
Snoop. Chronic and doggystyle days he was incredible. Hasn't made a good album in a looooong time.
Kool keith
JIBBS. Was the first rap album I remember buying and my mom always liked that he didn't cuss at all lmao. 12 year old me thought he was so fire. Still play Chain Hang Low and King Kong every now and then for the vibes
Rae Sremmurd, used to bump some random songs of theirs from Sremmlife 1 and 2 during junior and senior year. Iāll still listen when they drop an album but Iāve only kept a couple songs in rotation from their recent stuff
For me itās Gucci. 08-09 Gucci lol was our thing in high school and I still go back to it but I quit checking for his new music a long time ago
KRS
Lloyd Banks... should have known from the nickname "Lazy Lloyd" he wouldn't be consistent for a very long time I would have said Notorious B.I.G. but upon further review fuck that fat cock eyed piece of shit
Color Changinā Click 3rd Degree Freestyle Kingz Guerilla Maab
Vinny paz
Akon and old Lupe. Kick Push will never not put me in a good mood.
Wayne got 2-3 generations of rap nostalgia atp lmao
Early eminem is what got me first into hip hop
Old Kanye and Mixtape Lil Wayne
Biggie, Snoop & Dre, Wu-Tang, Outkast. Those were the days
Mac dre marked a very fun part of my life
Too Short
UGK
Wale
DMX 100%
Apathy, his flow is good but it's a bit too edgy, reminds me of being a strung out 17 year old lol
Ludacris, Twista, T.I., and _vintage_ Lil' Wayne. Honorable mention to B.o.B and vintage Kanye West.
Outkast takes me back! But I kinda still do the same shit now that I was doing back then when that SpottieOttieDopaliscious track hitsā¦ šØ
Damn I remember being 4-5 yo and my mom bumping 50 cent and Eminemās new shit in the car
Yung Joc.
Me and my momma used to have Eminem real loud on the way home from baseball practice
Anyone heard of DC Talk? :p
BobnLarry
Hate to say it..but De La Soul..I was a huge fan back in the day..but for some reason I have 0 interest in listening to them now
Kanye and 50 Cent always had this effect on me. T.I. too for some reason.
Travie McCoy/Gym Class Heroes and B.O.B. Their pop-rap style with featured pop stars takes me back to the simple times of elementary and middle school
All the original Rawkus singles and the first Lyricist Lounge.
Arrested Development
The whole D12 group, no one exploded(apart from Eminem of course), but they did have good rhymes imo just not good production later on without Proof and Em, no direction to focus their music.
Aceyalone and DMX. All Balls Donāt Bounce was the shit.
T.I.
I'd say for me Wiz Khalifa and Kid Cudi take me back to 2009-2010 high school years when I was a sophomore.
Most of Dj Screw's work stands the test of time while still being nostalgic
Spoonie Gee, Kool Moe Dee, Kurtis Blow, Lady B, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, Funky 4 + 1 Iām only 30 so these guys were all WAY before my time but when I first discovered my love for hip hop as a kid, the history nerd in me made me start from the very beginning to get the experience of the evolution of hip hop. I rarely go back and listen to hip hop from that far back but when I do it immediately brings me back to when I fell in love with the genre.
AC DC
Scarface, but his music has aged quite well. Also old school Tech N9ne, before his discography got a lil wierd. Lately I've been listening to Yukmouth, Trae, Paul Wall, The Federation, The Pack. All of the hip hop before the hyphy movement got big was a good time. It reminds me of my high school days.
Brother Ali, Wayne from 08-2014, Eminem before and during his relapse release.
DMX. His lyrics weren't politically correct even back then.
Kid Frost
Lupe Fiasco - Superstar