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July 22, 2025

#284 The Best Album of 1989, Round 1 Match #42: Boogie Down Productions vs. Young MC

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Hey folks!

First pic: A Black man in black shirt, black pants, black shoes, black baseball cap and sunglasses sits on a stoop. Standing above him is a cop, but we only see him from behind and from the back down. The Black man is gesturing with his left hand, the cop is pointing at him with his right. There is the suggestion that they are having a conversation, possibly lecturing each other? But the cop has a baton in his right hand, suggesting that only one of them has state violence on their side. Second pic: A blurry close up of a young Black man rapping into a square-shaped microphone, it kind of looks like Norelco electric razor, to be honest. He's wearing a white suit and has a watch on his wrist.
Boogie Down Productions, GHETTO MUSIC: THE BLUEPRINT OF HIP HOP vs. Young MC, STONE COLD RHYMIN’

Today’s Best Album of 1989 match is:

#58 Boogie Down Productions, GHETTO MUSIC: THE BLUEPRINT OF HIP HOP

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vs.

#71 Young MC, STONE COLD RHYMIN'

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Click here to see the current results for the entire tournament, and click here to see the current results for the prediction bracket contest.

Yesterday, #7 The Stone Roses, THE STONE ROSES defeated #122 The Lounge Lizards, VOICE OF CHUNK, 123-51.

A Bluesky post from John Lurie himself, asking “If we don’t win do we get draft picks?”

Thanks everyone!

Kent

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