Best Rap Song From 1984 Preliminaries

[5 Grand]

Standard ABW rules.

4 songs per poster

In the 1983 poll I separated the songs into four brackets of seven. Then I picked the winner of each bracket and made a poll of the four winners. I'll probably do the same rather than a 32 bracket format.


Vote or Die!!!

 

[5 Grand]

Fast Life - Dr Jeckyl & Mr Hyde
Request Line - Rockmaster Scott & The Dynamic 3
Friends - Whodini
8 Million Stories - Kurtis Blow feat Run DMC

 

[Achewon87]

Whodini - Five Minutes of Funk
Fat Boys - Human Beat Box
Fat Boys - Can You Feel It
Run-DMC - Hollis Crew

 

[Goldie]

Freaks come out at night

 

[5th Letter]

Supreme Team- Hey DJ
UTFO- Roxanne Roxanne
T La Rock- It’s Yours
Newcleus- Jam On It

 

[5 Grand]

Here's Ego Trip's Book Of Raps Lists From 1984

1984

1. T La Rock & Jazzy Jay: "It's Yours" (Partytime)
2. L.L. Cool J: "I Need a Beat" (Def Jam)
3. Run-D.M.C.: "Rock Box" (Profile)
4. U.T.F.O.: "Roxanne, Roxanne" (Select)
5. Whodini: "Friends"/"Five Minutes of Funk" (Jive)
6. Roxanne Shante: "Roxanne's Revenge" (Pop Art)
7. Kurtis Blow: "8 Million Stories"/"AJ Scratch" (Mercury)
8. Davy DMX: "One for the Treble (Fresh)" (Tuff City)
9. Cold Crush Brothers: "Fresh, Fly, Wild & Bold" (Tuff City)
10. World Famous Supreme Team: "Hey DJ" (Island)
11. Whodini: "Freaks Come Out at Night" (Jive)
12. Disco 3: "Fat Boys"/"Human Beat Box" (Sutra) [a.k.a. Fat Boys]
13. Divine Sounds: "What People Do for Money" (Specific)
14. Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown: "Unity" (Tommy Boy)
15. Freddy B & the Mighty Mic Masters: "The Main Event" (Tuff City)
16. Fat Boys: "Jailhouse Rap" (Sutra)
17. Newcleus: "Jam on It" (Sunnyview)
18. Grandmaster Melle Mel: "Beat Street Breakdown" (Atlantic)
19. Furious Five featuring Cowboy, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio: "Step Off" (Sugarhill)
20. Kurtis Blow: "Basketball" (Mercury)
21. Grandmixer D.ST: "Megamix II (Why is It Fresh?)" (Celluloid)
22. Chuck Chillout: "Hip Hop on Wax Volume 1" (Vintertainment)
23. Kool DJ Red Alert: "Hip Hop on Wax Volume 2" (Vintertainment)
24. Fat Boys: "Can You Feel It?" (Sutra)
25. Donald D: "Don's Groove" (Elektra)
26. Pumpkin & the Profile: "Here Comes That Beat!" (Profile)
27. Doug E. Fresh featuring DJs Chill Will & Barry Bee: "Just Having Fun" (Enjoy)
28. Doug E. Fresh: "Original Human Beat Box" (Vintertainment)
29. Treacherous Three: "Turning You On" (Sugarhill)Master O.C. & Krazy Eddie featuring Peso & Tito of the Fearless Four & Main Attraction: "Masters of the Scratch" (Next Plateau)
30. Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde: "Fast Life"/"A.M./P.M." (Profile)
31. Cutmaster D.C.: "That's Life" (Airport)
32. Captain Rock: "Cosmic Blast" (Nia)
33. DJ Hollywood: "Hollywood's Message" (H.I.K.I.M.-Ali)
34. Lovebug Starski: "Starski Live at the Fever Pt. II" (Fever)
35. Ultimate 3 MCs: "What Are We Gonna Do?" (Partytime)
36. Awesome Foursome: "Funky Breakdown" (Partytime)
37. Just Four: "Games of Life" (Express)
38. Frederick "MC Count" Linton: "I'm Somebody Else's Guy" (Vinyl Dreams)
39. Masterdon Committee: "Paid the Cost to Be the Boss" (Enjoy)


edit. We need about 5-7 more joints