Episode 7: 1988-1989

Hip Hop World Cup

In this episode we take it back to the old school and preside over a battle of the best hip-hop albums released in 1988 and 1989! Who will be crowned champion?

Round One Draw

1) Eazy-E ‘Eazy Duz It’ (88) vs Ultramagnetic MCs ‘Critical Beatdown’ (88)

2) Big Daddy Kane ‘Long Live The Kane’ (88) vs Ice-T ‘The Iceberg’ (89)

3) De La Soul ‘3 Feet High And Rising’ (89) vs The DOC ‘No-one Can Do It Better’ (89)

4) NWA ‘Straight Outta Compton’ (88) vs Public Enemy ‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’ (88)

Plus we explain why the hell we combined these two years and wonder if Dr Dre really did forget to bring his drum machine to the studio.

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