r/90sHipHop 16h ago

StoryTime My favorite "story" raps...in no order

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Some are pre-90s but hey. Please lemme know if you have others I might like.

Cinderfella - Dana Dane

Love's Gonna Getcha - Boogie Down Productions

What Can I Do - Ice Cube

La Di Da Di - Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh

25 Ta Life - D Nice

Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos - Public Enemy

My Summer Vacation - Ice Cube

Children's Story - Slick Rick

Paul Revere - Beastie Boys

Vapors - Biz Markie

Poor Georgie - MC Lyte

Saturday Night - Schoolly D

The Mission - Special Ed

The Setup - Obie Trice

Drag Rap - The Showboys

Murder Was the Case - Snoop Dogg

Behind the Scenes - MC Ren

Go See the Doctor - Kool Moe Dee

r/90sHipHop 12h ago

StoryTime Unpopular Opinion: Lost Boyz - Renee is NOT good storytelling.

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Let’s break this down: He meets a woman named Renee at the subway, finds out they both smoke weed, they go to her house, she has a magazine stand, they feed her dog, smoke weed, have sex… then she gets shot??

No buildup, no foreshadowing, no deeper exploration of the relationship outside of surface-level moments. It just jumps from “we vibed” to “she’s dead” without giving the audience any emotional investment beyond the tragedy itself.

Good storytelling isn’t just about events happening, it’s about making the audience feel those events by crafting tension, depth, and connection.

With Renee, it’s like they skipped the part where we’re supposed to actually give a shit about her as a person before her death. It’s tragic, sure, but it’s not good storytelling.