![]() It’s a career-defining record and shamefully is not brought up enough in greatest albums discussions. Touching on jazz, reggae, and soul influences, All Hail featured Queen Latifah seamlessly combining the authority of Ice Cube and the smooth flows of her fellow Native Tongues MCs. But Queen Latifah’s debut record (the GRAMMYs hadn’t yet separated album and song categories) remains as fresh today as 30 years ago. Hammer’s iconic mega-hit certainly is a bop and deserves credit where credit is due. ![]() Who Should Have Won: Queen Latifah, All Hail the Queen The Winner: MC Hammer, “U Can’t Touch This” The Snubs: Ice Cube, “AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted” Paris, “The Devil Made Me Do It” Too $hort, “The Ghetto” The Nominees: Big Daddy Kane, “I Get the Job Done” MC Hammer, “U Can’t Touch This” Monie Love, “Monie in the Middle” Queen Latifah, All Hail the Queen Vanilla Ice, “Ice Ice Baby” No MC has sounded as commanding as Chuck D does on “Fight the Power,” demanding freedom of speech and paving the way for decades of conscious rappers to come. Even Young MC said in an interview he didn’t feel like he “needed to live up to anything” and just tried to “appeal to as many people as possible.” Public Enemy, on the other hand, saw injustice around them and used their voices to speak out. ![]() Who Should Have Won: Public Enemy, “Fight the Power”Īnother G-rated pop rap won in 1990, despite the widespread lyrical depth and experimentation happening around the country at the time.
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