The last Cassette Years post was way back in August so it’s about time for a new one!

This is a classic hip-hop track by Naughty By Nature that you no doubt already know very well. They really don’t make them like they used to.

Naughty By Nature -- Hip Hop Hooray --

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Hip-Hop was way more positive back in the 90’s --  rappers like A Tribe Called Quest, Biz Markie, Souls of Mischief and others bought everyone together and kept their beef off the mic -- nowadays the rap chart makes me puke a bit in my mouth.

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five -- The Message --

Note the line -- ”I think I might hijack a plane’ -- wasn’t controversial at all back then!