The year is 1989.
George Bush the 1st takes over in the white house from Reagan as the 41st President, 11 million gallons of oil spill out of the Exxon Valdez and Tienanmen Square happens. The first of 24 Global Positioning System satellites are placed into orbit, South Carolina gets hit by Hurricane Hugo causing $7 billion in damages and the Berlin Wall comes down.  The self proclaimed greatest of all time, Ladies Love Cool James hits us with this.

Pink: LL Cool J – Why do you think they call it dope? (download)

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The Sega Genesis is released in North America, The Simpsons first full length episode is showed on FOX and Seinfeld premieres. Pete Rose agrees to a lifetime ban from baseball and scientist announce 1989 the warmest year on record and so global warming and the greenhouse effect is born. Also that year the pokadotted boy genius gave us this.

Pink: Kwame – (The Rhythm) (download)

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A postage stamp is 25 cents, a gallon of gas is 97 CENTS!!!!!!! Chris Brown and Feddy Adu are born, while Ted Bundy was executed. Hollywood brought us Ghost Busters II, Uncle Buck and the very first Batman. Big Daddy Kane brought us this.

Stink: Big Daddy Kane – (Lean on me Remix) (download)

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89 the number, another summer (get down) sound of the funky drummer!!
-Chuck D

– Zito.