Welcome to Hip Hop World Cup REPLAY – your chance to revisit classic matches between golden-age rap albums from the Hip Hop World Cup vault!

Chiggidy check it! We delve into the Hip Hop World Cup archives once again for this biggidy-beast of a battle between Ice Cube and Das EFX from our 1992 episode.

DJ Muggs' fingerprints are all over Ice Cube's third album The Predator, including the single Check Yo Self, which features – you've guessed it – Das EFX, who square up to Cube with their debut album Dead Serious.

What ensues here is a robust discussion between Danny, Steve and James about the merits of each album, touching on Dray and Skoob's trendsetting, tongue-twisting style and where The Predator stands in the Ice Cube pantheon.

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