With our current crop of stars reigning supreme and even inspiring their Stateside counterparts, the 1980s seem like a lifetime ago. An awkward time of half-imitated American accents and very little in the way of our musical identity, pioneers like Derek B were fighting an uphill battle.

We've already spoken about his tour with Run DMC and Public Enemy and his Beastie Boys-sampling hit "Bad Young Brother", so it's about time we spotlighted this 1988 anthem "We Got The Juice" with its noisy breakbeats and prescient warning to "step off, New York".