Hip-Hop Classic #28: Run DMC vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That (Chosen by Antonio Lulíc)

All words by Antonio Lulíc: It was the start of summer in 1997; I was fourteen years old, and was only just getting over the Oasis and Blur phase of my musical upbringing. I wasn't particularly bothered about playing music; I hadn't yet badgered my parents enough to get a drum kit, and I'd only ever been irritated by my sister's guitar. Back then, I was only interested in TV shows and computer games. When this song came out, I was spending a LOT of time lying on the sofa at home watching MTV religiously. They just wouldn't stop showing this video. I bought the single and put it on repeat while playing Quake and Command & Conquer upstairs in my bedroom, singing along to every line in my best New York accent. I'd never fallen for a hip hop track so deeply before, and I haven't since.