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#BPHM8689 The 1989 B-Sides results too? Astonishing!

GROUP B25

🫡"NUFF RESPECT": 33.3% (WINNER)

🚭"Koro-Koro": 31% (Qualifies)

🧨"Grandma Dynamite": 22.5% (Eliminated)
🎩"La Gallera": 13.2% (Eliminated)

Bonuses for "Koro-Koro" played a big part here
October 31, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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#BPHM8689 ADMIN and not the good kind 😭 - NO POLLS today I'm dealing with family stuff and it’s eating up my energy and willpower, the fun will hopefully return tomorrow!
October 26, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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BREAKING: I have decided on a replacement album to highlight in my @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social PowerPoint presentation next weekend: SOUBINDOOR by Guinean kora virtuoso Jali Musa Jawara. Discovered via the ongoing #BPHM8689 poll & obscure enough that I had to add it to the 1988 master list.
October 30, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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#BPHM8689 We return with RESULTS for the last part of the 1988 polls including our first DRAW KLAXON

GROUP A23

🚓"FUCK THA POLICE": 40.9% (WINNER)

📈"Strictly Business": 26.8% (Qualifies)

🍑"Da Butt": 16.5% (Eliminated)
🎶"The Symphony": 15.7% (Eliminated)

No draws here though!
October 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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What more can I say - TOP POLLING!

#BPHM8689 BLACK POP HISTORY 1986-1989

It's ROUND 2 of 1987 - 16 A Side tracks and 16 B Side tracks for your voting edification over the weekend

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#BPHM8986 Black Pop History ROUND 2: 1987
Welcome to BLACK POP HISTORY MONTH 1986-1989! It's Round 2! Welcome to Round 2 of the poll - we've winnowed it down to 32 tracks each year and you're voting on the 1987 ones here! Unlike the other...
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October 30, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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How does ROUND 2 get started? It's started by the voting people -

#BPHM8689 BLACK POP HISTORY 1986-1989 ROUND 2

It's back to 1986! It's big! Every vote (and bonus) matters!

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#BPHM8986 Black Pop History ROUND 2: 1986
Welcome to BLACK POP HISTORY MONTH 1986-1989! It's Round 2! Welcome to Round 2 of the poll - we've winnowed it down to 32 tracks each year and you're voting on the 1986 ones here! Unlike the other...
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October 28, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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#BPHM8689 87 R2 A-Sides 1!

1 PHUTURE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJJ5...
2 BIG DADDY KANE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAjt...
3 MEL & KIM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykDs...
4 PRINCE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Px...

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PRINCE in Weekend Voice looking scary and holding his hands up “this was heaven seen him live also guy called gerald also 808 state and candy flip” “Fun Fact: this is the first rapper and first song to ever mention “smoking a blunt” on a record!” “The last stand of women dancing around their handbags surrounded by blokes gawping at them, supping their pints” “I asked chat gpt if there was a modern day equivalent to Prince it said Bruno Mars”
October 30, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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#BPHM8689 87 R2 A-Sides 4!

1 SALT-N-PEPA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCad...
2 SANANDA MAITREYA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dluH...
3 KOOL MOE DEE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9_n...
4 JOYCE SIMS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAry...

Vote! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
NME announcing GIRLS RAP BACK with Salt N Pepa in April 1987 “this song is fire but I think it may be 100% drugs and dirty words” “When i hear this song its time to make some Unforgettable Love and i mean that shit “ “They say LL ate him up but he didnt” “This track,The Intro,the feel,takes me back to the 'innocence' of our youth. The Erection selection' Flicks then Zen Dartford.”
October 30, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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#BPHM8689 86 R2 Match 2!

1 JAMIE PRINCIPLE x FRANKIE KNUCKLES! www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTz4...
2 ULTRAMAGNETIC MCS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=44X7...
3 GWEN GUTHRIE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMrq...
4 FIVE STAR! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sng4...

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“Crazy album, not even Pink Floyd can do this.” “Kool Kieth is the truth. The wizards lyrics were way ahead the times. Not all of his bars rhymed but that's what made them and himself the wizard.” “The TRUE TRAGEDY is that there is no mention of Love ️ “ “Check out all those key changes! Whatever happened to groups with music talent like this?”
October 28, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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#BPHM8689 R2 B-Sides 3!

1 SWEET TEE & JAZZY JOYCE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhag...
2 JOE ARROYO Y LA VERDAD! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWBf...
3 ICE CREAM TEE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFCk...
4 M'PONGO LOVE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB2b...

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“Back when rappers used to annunciate” “One of my favorite songs by my Colombian brother Joe Arroyo! Without the influence of African heritage, there would be no salsa today. I wish I could have enjoyed that heritage without such a painful and unjust history.” “Don't you love how they did this all in fun, not like now beefing, etc.” “Bravo une voix exceptionnelle”
October 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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#BPHM8689 R2 B-Sides 2!

1 SHINEHEAD! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NbZ...
2 WINSTON REEDY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ksr...
3 BEVERLY GLENN-COPELAND! www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2c2...
4 BOBBY MCFERRIN! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Bh...

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“Jeff Buckley on guitar. Great artists on this record.” “Been trying to find a copy of this for years. Loved this version” “Gorgeous sound. like refracting light running through a prism in slow motion.” “This is the coolest thing I've ever heard a soloist do. He's the Eddie Van Halen of vocals.”
October 28, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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#BPHM8689 86 R2 Match 3!

1 ORAN JUICE JONES! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dZW...
2 STEVE "SILK" HURLEY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn0C...
3 PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQcK...
4 FARLEY JACKMASTER FUNK! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDtb...

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“Unlike most men, Juice didn't make a scene out of the situation in public. He stayed cool and dealt with it in private. He kept his composure.” “A fine song in its way though not, as is sometimes claimed, the most significant since "Rock Around The Clock".” “In a way, it was almost too avant-garde for the mid 80's. He heavy symphonic orchestration as well. He was even using harpsichord.” “Who's here after reading that David Guetta became a DJ after listening to this track?”
October 28, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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#BPHM8689 87 R2 A-Sides 3!

1 MORY KANTE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJNi...
2 AUDIO TWO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcNL...
3 RHYTHIM IS RHYTHIM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGFw...
4 ALEXANDER O'NEAL! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN1R...

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ALEXANDER O'NEAL looking pensive on the cover of ECHOES magazine, July 1987 “Wow, I love it, a gem in this barbaric world!!!!” “this is real raw, this type of raw you can't find no more. I cant say its my favourite, but it's ill in itself what it is.” “ITZ TRUE WHAT THEY SAID , YOU COULD WALTZ TO THIS MUSIC” “Most. Of. Young. Today. Wud. Either. IGNORE. The. Message. Or. WOULDN'T. KNOW WAT. TA. DO. WITH. DA. LYRICS. . u. Know . ?”
October 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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#BPHM8689 R2 B-Sides 4!

1 LAST EXIT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=boMW...
2 MAI TAI! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpdy...
3 ACKIE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5an...
4 KURTIS BLOW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MegK...

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[TOO SKRONKY FOR COMMENTS] “MAI TAI ,,,,,,FEMALE INTUITION ,,,WHAT A MERVELLOUS MEMORY .....CHERNOBYL WAS YET TO COME !!!!” “i remembered the helicopter part at the start and everyone kept on saying the helicopter song (which it isnt) :) I asked everyone including every Rasta met!” “This track is awesome. Inspector Gadget and Transformers were a thing in the eighties ! Oh yeah !”
October 28, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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#BPHM8689 87 R2 A-Sides 2!

1 PUBLIC ENEMY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fN5...
2 NIGHTWRITERS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkdR...
3 ERIC B & RAKIM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfOv...
4 SLY & ROBBIE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVIs...

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ERIC B and PUBLIC ENEMY share an NME cover in 1987 "They like to talk political and history you know” “we thought we were dancing on a boat out at sea but when the lights came up at the end it turned out to be an old sofa! lol Great memories” “Those first words It's been a long time hits even harder after not hearing this song for a long time” “I had this on vinyl back in the day, still here my mum saying what's this, I'd say rap and she would go Crap Rap “
October 30, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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#BPHM8689 86 R2 Match 4!

1 MR FINGERS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N9W...
2 ERIC B & RAKIM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pwo...
3 ANITA BAKER! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSlf...
4 RUN DMC! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5g...

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“If you like this, you'll like Smooth Jazz of which 95%+ of the population has no idea of what it is. Besides being the best of the best musicians who play actual instruments, from it came House and Chill/Lounge.” “When this Album dropped, it was like sending a modern day special forces soldier with all of the latest cutting edge equipment back in time into a revolutionary war era battle. Rakim entered the game an ACR fully loaded, semi automatic assault rifle, with night vision and a laser scope among a field of single shot muskets!” “i always imagine opening some huge dramatic curtains to the morning sunrise with this song blasting in the background” “And when I hear these notes, ants run over my body and I want to run to dance, it helps me not to grow old! :)”
October 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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#BPHM8689 86 R2 Match 1!

1 CAMEO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjA...
2 TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHpc...
3 GREGORY ABBOTT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc8w...
4 MEL & KIM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=14b-...

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YouTube!
“It's about time the cod piece enjoyed a mainstream fashion revival” “I agree that starting rumors are bad and can cause damage. But the suggestion of writing to one's congressman to pass a bill that would penalize starting rumors with "shoot to kill" is overly extreme and downright irresponsible!” “I always play this song when driving. I got a hug from an elderly lady when i stopped at a mini store to get something. She heard it and requested a hug.” “right now I'm right back my prime breaking these dance moves down! Move over kids I need room to get down and dont roll your eyes!!”
October 28, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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#BPHM8689 1988 results - part 2!

GROUP A20

🌿"STRAIGHT OUT THE JUNGLE": 30.7% (WINNER)

🥁"Give The Drummer Some": 29.9% (Qualifies)

😤"Vapors": 20.4% (Eliminated)
🚶‍♂️"Ain't No Half-Steppin": 19% (Eliminated)

Ultramagnetic MCs get a second track in R2, Big Daddy Kane misses out on one
October 22, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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#BPHM8689 GROUP B30

1 SILVER BULLET! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw9G...
2 MODEL 500! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRVb...
3 KYM MAZELLE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRK0...
4 COOKIE CREW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu8w...

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SILVER BULLET: A digitized targeting display with Silver Bullet in the middle MODEL 500: White Metroplex label KYM MAZELLE: Gold and purple EMI label COOKIE CREW: Blue sleeve with a cartoon Cookie Crew member
October 23, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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This time I know it's for POLLS - it's the final Round 1 day in

#BPHM8689 BLACK POP HISTORY 1986-1989

With the last 5 sets of 1989 bangers to vote on and bonus

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#BPHM8986 Black Pop History 1989 Day 3
Welcome to BLACK POP HISTORY MONTH 1986-1989! It's 1989! This is our annual poll where we take four years of Black music and find the greatest track - who will unseat reigning champion "The Message...
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October 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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#BPHM8689 GROUP A31

1 KAOMA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyLd...
2 ADVENTURES OF STEVIE V! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o0r...
3 DONNA SUMMER! www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4_X...
4 JANET JACKSON! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAwa...

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KAOMA: Two people dancing the lambada (a sexy dance) ADVENTURES OF STEVIE V: The words "Dirty Cash" with close up imagery of a banknote showing through DONNA SUMMER: Donna looking at us wearing pink lipstick and a black outfit JANET JACKSON: Janet looking rueful that this is her last chance in the poll, dressed in her military style 1814 uniform
October 23, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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#BPHM8689 GROUP B32

1 ADEVA! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tQD...
2 AR KANE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwgQ...
3 ULTRA NATE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEnA...
4 FORGEMASTERS! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ys9...

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ADEVA: Silver name and title on black sleeve AR KANE: A drawing of an eye with inscrutable lettering behind it ULTRA NATE: A woman's face veiled by long black hair FORGEMASTERS: Purple Warp Records sleeve
October 23, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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#BPHM8689 GROUP A32

1 JODY WATLEY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHy2...
2 SLICK RICK! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNT...
3 TONE LOC! www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ZI...
4 DOUBLE TROUBLE & REBEL MC! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oybs...

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JODY WATLEY: A woman in a black outfit performing an athletic dance move SLICK RICK: A man in an eyepatch with a red cap and loads of diamond rings, surrounded by childrens' drawings TONE LOC: Artist and title in red and green on black REBEL MC: Title in yellow on a black and red background
October 23, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Back to POLLS, back to reality, it's Day 2 of 1989 and the penultimate day of round 1 in

#BPHM8689 BLACK POP HISTORY 1986-1989

This is the bumper '89 day with 3 A and 3 B groups, vote wisely!

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#BPHM8986 Black Pop History 1989 Day 2
Welcome to BLACK POP HISTORY MONTH 1986-1989! It's 1989! This is our annual poll where we take four years of Black music and find the greatest track - who will unseat reigning champion "The Message...
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October 22, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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#BPHM8689 GROUP B31

1 SOUSKAY! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQBz...
2 EMELINE MICHEL! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYB-...
3 YOUSSOU N'DOUR! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxnk...
4 AMEDEE O SURIAM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Tx...

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SOUSKAY: A grey sleeve with the logo and title EMELINE MICHEL: A smiling face framed in blue YOUSOUU N'DOUR: A smiling man in a check shirt AMEDEE O SURIAM: A black and white photo of a guy with a shaved head and pony tail
October 23, 2026 at 4:18 PM