Best Rap Single of the 90s Tournament: 1990

[smokeurobinson]

The usual suspects stay poppin' up to cape for the wackest nikkas in rap... yeah man, it's a conspiracy cause gotdamn MC Hammer ain't on it.

Keep tellin' y'all... white people, girls, people who didn't listen to the hard shyt, and lil' kids who wore British Knights loved MC Hammer's shyt. If you were really into hip-hop at the time, he was aiiight at best and wack at worst.

I mean. at least bring up NWA not bein' on here... HAMMER is the hill you wanna die on?

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'


OP asked what was the best rap single....Nothing was bigger then "you cant touch this" OP didnt say anything about "hard shyt."

 

[BmoreGorilla]

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'


OP asked what was the best rap single....Nothing was bigger then "you cant touch this" OP didnt say anything about "hard shyt."

Breh it says what’s the best not the biggest. Can’t Touch This was faaar from the best

 

[smokeurobinson]

Breh it says what’s the best not the biggest. Can’t Touch This was faaar from the best

How is it not the best when it was the one hip hop song that bridged the gap between young and old?

How is it not the best when everybody was fukking with it including people not into Hip Hop?

The song was everywhere.....There isn't one song u can mention from a rapper that year that everyone was fukking with like "U cant Touch This"

"U cant Touch this" was the anthem of 1990


we gonna act like Hip Hop wasnt still fuking with Hammer when this song came out? We didnt give up on Hammer till the next year.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Breh it says what’s the best not the biggest. Can’t Touch This was faaar from the best

if youre the biggest, you earn the right to be an option, so the people can decide if youre the best or not.

obviously most of the people posting in this thread, asking for hammer, must mean something.

hammer is more qualified for this list than gangstarr. lol.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

How is it not the best when it was the one hip hop song that bridged the gap between young and old?

How is it not the best when everybody was fukking with it including people not into Hip Hop?

The song was everywhere.....There isn't one song u can mention from a rapper that year that everyone was fukking with like "U cant Touch This"

"U cant Touch this" was the anthem of 1990


we gonna act like Hip Hop wasnt still fuking with Hammer when this song came out? We didnt give up on Hammer till the next year.

So what if it was the biggest? Hammer didn't even have respect amongst his own peers for obvious reasons. How can you have the best song out in a year and your own peers don't even fukk with it?

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

So what if it was the biggest? Hammer didn't even have respect amongst his own peers for obvious reasons. How can you have the best song out in a year and your own peers don't even fukk with it?

angry bi-sexual east coast purist rappers weren't his peers.

show me all the hate he got on the west coast by his peers, then we can talk.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

if youre the biggest, you earn the right to be an option, so the people can decide if youre the best or not.

obviously most of the people posting in this thread, asking for hammer, must mean something.

hammer is more qualified for this list than gangstarr. lol.

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.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

angry bi-sexual east coast purist rappers weren't his peers.

show me all the hate he got on the west coast by his peers, then we can talk.

That was easy

 

[smokeurobinson]

So what if it was the biggest? Hammer didn't even have respect amongst his own peers for obvious reasons. How can you have the best song out in a year and your own peers don't even fukk with it?

nikkaz was jealous of Hammer because he was doing endorsements....Then Hip Hop turns around and becomes one big commercial.


Q Tip talking about rap is not pop....And here we are in 2018 acknowledging that rap is actually pop


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

 

[BmoreGorilla]

nikkaz was jealous of Hammer because he was doing endorsements....Then Hip Hop turns around and becomes one big commercial.


Q Tip talking about rap is not pop....And here we are in 2018 acknowledging that rap is actually pop


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

In 1990 rap wasn't pop tho

And you know damn well there's plenty of shyt from 1990 you will listen to right now before anything from MC Hammer

 

[Pit Bull]

If I was voting for my favorite it would have been Main Source but I feel the overall best is BDP

 

[smokeurobinson]

In 1990 rap wasn't pop tho

And you know damn well there's plenty of shyt from 1990 you will listen to right now before anything from MC Hammer

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.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

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.

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

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Ok lets be objective. We are looking back on 1990 and no song from MC Hammer was 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

Ice ice baby and u can't touch this are still relevant. Stop hating.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Ice ice baby and u can't touch this are still relevant. Stop hating.

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