I know everyone wants ‘90s east coast hip-hop but only older Millennials and young Gen Xers are nostalgic enough to recreate it. Others don’t really care. Case in point, Cilva’s Shaolin album. We obviously haven’t heard it yet, but I’m guessing it sounds straight from 1995.

I’m a ‘90s kid, so that’ll always be my favorite era of hip-hop…and also because the MCs really were the best. We’re always disappointed about new projects from dudes like Nas and Eminem and the Clan, but the only way any of these MCs will ever search for old grimy type beats is if a nerdy dude from that era gets in their ears and convinces them that it’s a good idea. Otherwise they don’t really care.

Celph Titled got Buckwild to give him a bunch of old beats for his ‘90s themed albums and that worked out, but that’s because Celph is a ‘90s hip-hop nerd (most of us are). And of course everyone in Griselda.