Wednesday, 10 January 2018

Generic list post: 1988 was 30 years ago!

30 legit jams from the year that Heathers was released, Kenneth Williams was declared deceased, and the number of great rap albums significantly increased.

Slick Rick - The Moment I Feared
Eric B. & Rakim - Lyrics Of Fury
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Eazy-E - Eazy-Er Said Than Dunn
EPMD - You Gots To Chill
LL Cool J - Jack The Ripper
Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
Run D.M.C - Beats To The Rhyme
Ice-T - Drama
Ultramagnetic M.C's - Kool Keith Housing Things
Marley Marl ft. The Juice Crew - The Symphony
Kool G. Rap & D.J. Polo - Poison
Big Daddy Kane - Set It Off
Biz Markie - Vapors (LP Version)
MC Shan - So Def
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Brand New Funk
Three Times Dope - Funky Dividends
45 King ft. MC La Kim - We Got The Funk
Queen Latifah - Wrath Of My Madness
Too $hort - City Of Dope
Positive K ft. King Of Chill - Step Up Front (3 Heineken Technique)
MC Lyte - Paper Thin
J.V.C. Force - Strong Island
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Posse On Broadway
Jungle Brothers - Because I Got It Like That
De La Soul - Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
Tuff Crew - My Part Of Town
Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew - Keep Rising To The Top
MC EZ & Troup - Get Retarded
Cool C - Down To The Grissle
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15 comments:

  1. Unknown10 January 2018 at 20:28

    It's crazy that Rap music today doesn't even remotely resemble any of these songs lol.

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  2. hotbox10 January 2018 at 21:32

    stoopid def slammin raps for all the ducks

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  3. Kelvin Mack10zie10 January 2018 at 21:52

    My bank accountant Ben Franklin's just maxin'

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  4. step one10 January 2018 at 22:46

    Can't argue with this tbh. Nice to see Tone Loc get a look in. Was more of a Funky Cold Medina fan back in the day. It's still the only song I've ever done at karaoke (once)

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  5. Juice and the boys All Stars11 January 2018 at 09:36

    That second Shan album is a low-key classic.

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  6. Kelvin Mack10zie11 January 2018 at 19:46

    When is Step One gonna do a Tone Loc/Tove Lo blend?

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  7. discipline9912 January 2018 at 05:47

    Fuckin A. The list could go on and on.

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  8. Anonymous13 January 2018 at 19:49

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vGpdM3qG84 shits on your list.

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  9. rymsnitch15 January 2018 at 20:06

    A little piece of bay history from 1988:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDcs0ejkvB4

    Boom

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  10. Kelvin Mack10zie15 January 2018 at 20:26

    Damn!

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  11. Yohan17 January 2018 at 10:23

    Excellent list, as always. Was under the impression that Audio Two's Top Billin' was a 1988 track as well, it seems I was wrong as it dropped in 1987.

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  12. Kelvin Mack10zie17 January 2018 at 11:19

    Top Billin' = officially the best rap song of 1987.

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  13. Anonymous18 January 2018 at 12:27

    It's great that rap today doesn't resemble any of these songs. When I want something that's barely moved forward in 40 years and prefers instead to recycle its cultural high-points over and over again, I'll listen to some rock music.

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  14. Spartan21 January 2018 at 08:58

    Trailer for Paramount Network’s upcoming Heathers TV series is liquid ball cancer:

    https://youtu.be/2B85lYenaxE

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  15. Kelvin Mack10zie21 January 2018 at 09:53

    😷

    No modern Yank shows shall prosper on my TV.

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