Poll (Rd1) Goat Rap Album of 88: Long Live Kane vs Goin Off

[Goldie]

1.	"Long Live the Kane"	A. Hardy	4:55
2.	"Raw" (Remix)	A. Hardy	5:45
3.	"Set It Off"	A. Hardy	4:07
4.	"The Day You're Mine"	A. Hardy, A. Boothe	5:12
5.	"On the Bugged Tip" (featuring Scoob Lover)	A. Hardy	3:18
6.	"Ain't No Half-Steppin'"	A. Hardy	5:18
7.	"I'll Take You There"	A. Hardy	4:55
8.	"Just Rhymin' with Biz" (featuring Biz Markie)	A. Hardy	4:02
9.	"Mister Cee's Master Plan" (featuring Mister Cee)	A. Hardy	5:24
10.	"Word to the Mother (Land)"	A. Hardy	3:09

vs

1.	"Pickin' Boogers"	4:42
2.	"Albee Square Mall"	4:43
3.	"Biz is Goin' Off"	4:50
4.	"Return of the Biz Dance"	3:59
5.	"Vapors"	4:33
6.	"Make the Music with Your Mouth, Biz" (featuring TJ Swan)	4:56
7.	"Biz Dance (Part One)"	3:38
8.	"Nobody Beats the Biz"	5:42
9.	"This Is Something for the Radio"	5:14
10.	"Cool V's Tribute to Scratching"	3:07

 

[5 Grand]

Both albums had stellar production.

Goin Off would have been better with the original versions of Make The Music... and Nobody Beats The Biz

But Kane's the superior MC so I voted for Long Live The Kane

 

[Worldwide]

I loved Biz's album... got lots of play from me.

But just the simple fact that Kane wrote Biz's lyrics on cuts like 'Vapors' shows you why he was the man. Kane was also ghostwriting hits for Roxanne Shante around this era too (even though Shante could spit her own rhymes also... Kane helped her put together 'songs').

'Long Live The Kane' is one of those albums that changed hiphop forever. During this era Kane and Rakim were neck-in-neck for G.O.A.T. emcee...