The compilation itself was a surprisingly good mixture of tracks recorded specifically as if they were from 1988 like Grand Puba's Let's Go and Black Sneep's I'm The One, and previously unreleased cuts obtained by possibly underhanded methods like Melle Mel & Grandmaster Caz's The Battle Is On and Special Ed's This Mic. Smooth B's I Want My Money sounds like it was recorded a good few years prior to his 2005 single Game Over, so whilst the song definitely doesn't date back to 1988 you can still pretend it's some mythical double A side to Greg Nice's 1994 minor-classic party anthem Set It Off.
(From Top Shelf 8/8/88 compilation; 2007)
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some real crackers on this comp
Most of these tracks it's pretty obvious they weren't recorded in 1988 but Let's Go almost sounds like it could have been but what gives it away is Puba's flow sounds more Brand Nubian and less Masters of Ceremony.
The one song on there that might date back to the late 80s is The Battle Is On because it really does sound like an outtake from Melle Mel's Piano. If you've ever had the misfortune to hear anything Mel recorded in the '90s or beyond then you'll know his whole voice/flow deteriorated after Piano.
Apparently the Special Ed song is some unreleased track recorded around the time of his 3rd album in 1995 that got stolen. Benjy Grinberg & Fab 5 Freddy speeded it up to make it sound a bit more authentically golden-era.
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