1979 - Sugar Hill Gang - Rapper's delight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKTUAESacQM … (not much choice this year, but it's a fine track)
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1982 - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PobrSpMwKk4 … (hip-hop starts to get serious)
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1983 - Melle Mel - White Lines - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFQzSJCs_ss … (probably the best early-80s hip-hop)
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1987 - Erik B and Rakim - Paid in Full - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6aAFkP0BGU … (late eighties is like a different world, and this sums it up)
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Also 1987 - BDP - The Bridge is Over - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Sy4twXSn0 …
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1988 - Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half-Steppin' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l2O-JOXG_I … (this still doesn't feel that dated)
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1989 - Slick Rick - Children's Story - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNTu8jdukA … (Slick Rick is just an absolutely fantastic rapper, and this story-telling
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style is him at his best. Also genre-defining opening the way for less serious hip-hop like De La Soul and 'story-rap' in general)
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1990 - A Tribe Called Quest - People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (album) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU_4pf8BSQw … (hard to choose one
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track from this album, whole thing is a classic and ATCQ are one of the truly great groups, every album has been awesome)
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1991 - Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BONgL61snlM …
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1992 - Gang Starr - DWYCK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRNT_t0-miQ … (a bit nsfw) (Gang Starr are another great group and this is such a great track)
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1993 - Wu Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQ0VMHK0Ec … (from about now until 2000 was a real golden age for hip-hop, IMO, pretty
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much all this stuff stands up well today and doesn't feel old-school like the 80s/early 90s stuff. Wu Tang Clan had a huge impact. I'm not
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that much of a fan (surprisingly), but they have a few damn fine tunes and this is one of them)
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1994 - Nas - Illmatic (album) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjj4hk0pV4 … (just pretend this was Nas's only album and you'll be happier)
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yeah, it's another album, not one track, but every single one of these is amazing
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1995 - Mobb Deep - Shook Ones (Part II) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NUX4tW5pps … (again, not really a Mobb Deep fan, but this tune is such a banger)
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Also 1995 - Big L - Ebonics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTclYDFOxNo … (Big L was incredible, RIP. This tune is fun and the word play is cool)
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1996 - De La Soul - Stakes is High - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj-vPcCfQ6k … (De La Soul have a huge and awesome catalogue, but this is my favourite track
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and I'm a big fan of this phase, more than the early fun stuff)
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Also 96 - Company Flow - 8 Steps to Perfection - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ra3enj8zhQ … (Company Flow epitomises late 90s indie NYC hip-hop. Every track of
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theirs is amazing, and all three have released awesome solo albums. El-P went on to do amazing things...)
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Also 96 (it was a good year, OK?) Juggaknots - Loosifa/Clear Blue Skies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETTufSwXb14 … /https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esyU2CmLsLU …
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(More late 90s NYC indie, these tracks really get to me, beautiful rapping and production)
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1997 - The Herbaliser ft What? What? - The Blend - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIi1dett7ok … (finally, time for some UK stuff. Herbaliser weren't all hip-hop,
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but their collaborations with What-What (aka Jean Grae) are fantastic. She's an awesome rapper, and I think these old Herbaliser collabos
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are some of her best work. She's amazing live too - one of the best MCs to see, IMO)
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1998 - Black Star - Defintion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-81J0DNigo … (Mos Def and Talib Kweli are two of the best and this track is incredible)
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Bonus for 1998 - Company Flow - End to End Burners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m7E0Gk8gLI … (one of their best tracks, but not on any album, afaik)
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