Best Hip Hop Song In 1988 Tournament (Preliminaries)

[Water Ur Seeds]

EB n Rakim-Microphone Fiend
Kane-Ain't No Half Steppin'
Audio Two-Top Billin

I think the beat for 'Aint Know Half Steppin' is on another level, but Kane tore the microphone to pieces on 'Set It Off', his flow was outta this world!!! So I would put 'Set It Off' just under 'Microphone Fiend'...

 

[konceptjones]

I didn't think to add this until @5th Letter posted "Run's House". I coulda swore "Tougher Than Leather" came out in '89.

Run DMC - Beats to the Rhyme.

 

[5 Grand]

Technically, Goin Back To Cali was on the Less Than Zero Soundtrack (along with Bring The Noise by Public Enemy) which came out in 1987. The 12" with Jack The Ripper came out in early 1988.

Having said that;

The soundtrack came out in 1987.

The 12" single came out in 1988.

The album came out in 1989,

So what year would you say Goin Back To Cali should be?

So is Goin Back To Cali 87, 88, or 89?

 

[Goldie]

Bout to start this with the songs we got

 

[Goldie]

my picks

top billin
microphone fiend
lyrics of fury

 

[Water Ur Seeds]

Im just adding 'Set It Off' by BDK...

 

[5 Grand]

Keep Risen To The Top - Dougie Fresh & The Get Gresh Crew

Brand New Funk - Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince

 

[Goldie]

mooney already named 2 of my 3, good shit. Bout to change my list.

 

[Goldie]

nobody beats the biz
lyrics of fury
mona lisa

 

[5 Grand]

It's too bad nobody mentioned Too Short, 2 Live Crew or MC Hammer.

I don't think they'd win but they were in the mix back in 88.

Also, Supersonic by JJ Fad was huge.

 

[Water Ur Seeds]

I think even FPJJ 'Parents Dont Understand' would of been a dope addition too, a different kind of hip hop but still dope...

 

[Mooney]

Bet

 

[Mooney]

@GOAT run it my G!

 

[Mooney]

Brrrrrr stick'em it's a stick up/ you think ya click tough with this stick up / shorties put ya bags down dude pull ya clips out/ money is mine don't try n hide/ I'm takin what's yours is now mine

 

[SneakDZA]

goddamn 1988 was a good year