I clearly remember in HS (90-94) and first couple of years of college
all the heads I knew and myself were listening to everything:

Geto Boys
X Clan
Diamond D
Artifacts
Snoop
Pete & C.L.
Poison Clan
CMW
Show & A.G.
DJ Quik
Organized Konfusion
Ice Cube
Wu Tang
Hieroglyphics
Too $hort
UGK
The Legion
ATCQ
Common Sense
2 Live Crew
Boot Camp Clik

I mean, from the hardest of the hardcore gangsta shit to super lyrical miracle to sex raps to keep it real represent to party and bullshit

All we wanted to know was is it dope?

Then Puff came all up in the video (c) and suddenly heads got all defensive
personally, I hated his recycling of the most obvious #1 hits, shit my mom knew (The Police, Diana Ross, etc)
Both movements (backpacker and jiggy) were a reaction to each other
I actually liked both, cuz I was in the club getting with girls as All About the Benjies blasted
then took one home and put on Co-Flow (true story, I was 20)
I got deep into the Rawkus shit, but I'd be in the club screaming out Money Ain't a Thing (while I was broke as a joke)
There was some shit I couldn't get with tho
To this day I've never heard any of DMX's albums
First time I heard Get at Me Dog I said "yeah EPMD already rocked that beat, I'm good"