Best Rap Single of the 90s Tournament: 1990

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Cant front I do agree with the last part. But people are confusing big with best. There's a reason Hammer tried to change his style up after this album.

nah. he changed up after the TL2Q album.

songs are usually big for a reason, especially back then.

I'm not saying to go all out and revamp the list to include hammer, vanilla, marky mark, SNAP, young mc, etc. but you gotta at least include the biggest hit of the year.

What world are you living in where those two songs are still relevant?

they are.

those songs are cemented in pop culture history.

hammer has 1 or 2 more of those actually.​

 

[mobbinfms]

Look. I’m not gonna pretend like I couldn’t recite this song word for word at the time. :prodigylol:

Or like I didn’t buy a pair of super duper baggy sweat pants hoping they looked like Hammer pants :prodigylol:

But can anyone watch this entire video and tell me they honestly think this was the “best” single in 1990? :prodigylol:


Not the biggest or most popular, but the best.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

I'm being objective. Its either Hammer of BBDs "Poison"....Those were the biggest records that year. Nothing from Public Enemy or LL was bigger then those songs. LOL @ Looking At Ya Front Door being bigger then 'You Cant Touch This'

wait

if poison counts as a rap single, then my vote goes to BBD.

all day.​

Hammer was ahead of his time. fukk his peers. Q Tip taking shots at Hammer while screaming "Zulu Nation" and acknowledging Afrika bambatta on the same album...FOH

that's cuz Q-Tip was s*ckin bambatta off.

of course hes gonna acknowledge his take-home gatekeeper for letting him in.

whats funny is, Q-Tip was quick to turn around and make songs like "vivrant thing" and that breathe-n-stop bullchit.

In post #31 I clearly state I'm being objective. Meaning I'm looking outside of my prejudice and seeing things for what they are....so this aint about me. Its about what is. And Hammer had the biggest/best/hottest song in 1990.

Everyone was doing the Hammer dance that year...including you.

There isnt one song that came out that year that had everyone mocking the dance like Hammer.....Not even The Humpty Dance.

YO!!!!

I just realized that the humpy dance isn't on here either.

That was easy

1 guy. a fellow that ran to the east coast beforehand.

and he denied it when hammer ran up on em, so it doesn't exist.

besides, its not clear that he dissed hammer in the song. dj pooh's parody in the video is what sparked this whole thing.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Look. I’m not gonna pretend like I couldn’t recite this song word for word at the time.

Or like I didn’t buy a pair of super duper baggy sweat pants hoping they looked like Hammer pants

But can anyone watch this entire video and tell me they honestly think this was the “best” single in 1990?


Not the biggest or most popular, but the best.

I'd vote for it over half the songs on the list.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Look. I’m not gonna pretend like I couldn’t recite this song word for word at the time. :prodigylol:

Or like I didn’t buy a pair of super duper baggy sweat pants hoping they looked like Hammer pants :prodigylol:

But can anyone watch this entire video and tell me they honestly think this was the “best” single in 1990? :prodigylol:


Not the biggest or most popular, but the best.

Best is subjective as always.
It definitely was top 8 in relevance though

 

[mobbinfms]

I'd vote for it over half the songs on the list

What is it? The beat? The rhymes?

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Ok lets be objective. We are looking back on 1990 and no song from MC Hammer has stood the test of time. Nobody I know or you know will listen to U Cant Touch This in 2018 but all of us would listen to a bunch of other shyt some of which appears in this poll. If that song was the best that year why hasn't it stood the test of time? Something that's not timeless cant be the best. You should be fighting for Ice Ice Baby too if this is your argument

What is it? The beat? The rhymes?

I always thought bonita applebum & whos the mack were wack.

I like gangstarr joint, but it doesn't belong.

I'm not gonna pretend that I'm trying to listen to terror dome anymore either, just like "cant touch this". but one song was clearly more impactful than the other.

that's half the list right there, that I would vote against just off GP.

this wasn't a greatly stacked year for singles neither. theres really no excuse for hammer & humpty to both be omitted.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

What is it? The beat? The rhymes?

beat hook flow,overall song structure

 

[daze23]

@Homeboy Runny-Ray / @Wacky D when you change your text color to black, it makes it very hard to read using coli-night

 

[smokeurobinson]

Ok lets be objective. We are looking back on 1990 and no song from MC Hammer has stood the test of time. Nobody I know or you know will listen to U Cant Touch This in 2018 but all of us would listen to a bunch of other shyt some of which appears in this poll. If that song was the best that year why hasn't it stood the test of time? Something that's not timeless cant be the best. You should be fighting for Ice Ice Baby too if this is your argument

LOL @ not standing the test of time

391,816,750 views


men lie..women lie but the numers dont. If U Cant Touch This didnt stand the test of time...explain why it currently has over a quarter billion(almost half a billion) after being posted in 2009

Mama Said Knock You Out only has 20 Mil after being posted in 2009


explain it.

 

[mobbinfms]

LOL @ not standing the test of time

391,816,750 views


men lie..women lie but the numers dont. If U Cant Touch This didnt stand the test of time...explain why it currently has over a quarter billion(almost half a billion) after being posted in 2009

Mama Said Knock You Out only has 20 Mil after being posted in 2009


explain it.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby

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219,664,094 views

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Bonita Applebum

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

@Homeboy Runny-Ray / @Wacky D when you change your text color to black, it makes it very hard to read using coli-night

*fixed

EDIT: I just checked all my posts. none are in black in this thread.​

beat hook flow,overall song structure

THIS

I think a lot of hip-hoppers take these things for granted.

now, do I think "u cant touch this" aged like spoiled milk?? sure, but ALOT of stuff from that 90-91 period is freezer material.

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[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

@Homeboy Runny-Ray / @Wacky D when you change your text color to black, it makes it very hard to read using coli-night

I didn't do that in this thread.

that's me quoting @DANJ!. he has everything in black.