Best Rap Single of the 90s Tournament: 1991

[The_Hillsta]

Shut em Down is on that list, cats came to school with that shyt designed in they high top fades. But Can't Truss It was also HUGE. That video piemired and had black folks pissed, like every PE cut, I'm serious. My older cousins, aunts, uncles went to work PISSED having to punch that clock. That video was some powerful shyt. Can't Truss It was like this era's "Woke". It ended up being our class song. Your heard that trumpet blaring every time somebody had KMEL on. We loved PE. Its hard as fukk trying to choose "1" song with the type of variety and different feelings we had back then.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

None of these songs were bigger than Summertime, that shyt comes on today and you will see everyone nodding their heads to that shyt. They will he playing that at BBQ's in the summer 20 years from now and it's already been getting burn for 20 years.

I don't think the question is what's bigger, it's what's the best..

If it was the biggest then
Can't Touch This
Ice Ice Baby would win every vote

 

[Lord Mecca]

I went with Choice Is Yours, and see I'm in the minority big time. That was my favorite single when it dropped

OPP and Summertime were huge too.

 

[Threnody]

OPP Ruled....you couldn't walk outside without hearing it

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

All of these songs were “hot” though. This was 91. It was a whole different climate. Hip hop hadn’t crossed over like it would years later.

@FreshAIG did an excellent job of curating the choices.

That DJ Quik snub though

But of course,the east coast bias propaganda must continue to preserve the east coast hater legacy

 

[No Homo]

OPP was everywhere at the time

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Geto Boys

 

[thelonious21]

None of these songs were bigger than Summertime, that shyt comes on today and you will see everyone nodding their heads to that shyt. They will he playing that at BBQ's in the summer 20 years from now and it's already been getting burn for 20 years.

exactly!!
came in here to say.. there is no competition

 

[thelonious21]

Same thing can be said about Mind's Playing Trick on Me

LIES..
my mom knows summertime fam...

 

[bigrodthe1]

LIES..
my mom knows summertime fam...

Well it does sample Summer Madness. Cause your mom knows ONE hip hop songs makes it bigger??? Hell my Dad knew My minds playing tricks on me because of the Isaac Hayes sample. Stop it fam

 

[daze23]

who cares what song's gonna be played at a BBQ 20 years from now, or what song your mom knows