![]() Yeah, "Still Tippin'" is two years old and (at this point) more played out than R. ![]() Still tippin': The emergence of H-Town rap. In this spirit, let's examine the three major trends that shaped the year in hip-hop. Some looked to hip-hop stepchildren such as grime, one-drop reggae revivalism and reggaeton, while others banked on the emergence of the new and exciting scene in Houston to liven things up. The nation's crumbling political situation added a certain post-millennial tension, but there was also a collective desire for the genre to move beyond 2004's crunk-and-pop-hop template. ![]() Coming and Kanye West's Late Registration) and a slew of great ones (Madlib's The Further Adventures of Lord Quas, Young Jeezy's Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101, and the Game's The Documentary), plus a steady procession of club-banging singles (Trina's "Don't Trip" and Ying Yang Twins' "Wait ") and weepy ghetto ballads (G-Unit's "Hate it or Love it" and Damian Marley and Nas's "Road to Zion").īut beneath the surface, there was an underlying restlessness - a cultural and aesthetic agitation that was both hidden and violent. There were at least a couple of classic albums (Beanie Sigel's The B. On the surface, 2005 was another banner year for hip-hop.
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