Thats a tough one has I loved all the old hip hop gigs I went to before going to raves, but for the rave era id deffo say 89 90 were the best yrs for me, Djs were playing a mixed bag of tunes etc, I felt like the raves after mid 91 seemed to be running out of steam & deffo started to loose its magic for me, even more so when 92 came.
But I also had the time of my life from late 92 upto 95 going around all the house clubs, such great times and met some great people, nothing like 89 90 but it was like a breath of fresh air from the rave scene.
Saying that I do like other types of music from 70s and 80s, which is probably more of an influnce from my mum, there was always a lot of different types of music on in the background, tbh though a lot of it was heavy metal being played has she had lots of biker freinds, she also played quite a bit of punk stuff.
A lot of these below stand out for me and I still have a listen now and again AC/DC, Queen, The Clash, The pistols, Black Sabbath, Zepplin, Judas Preist, GNR, The Police, The Specials, The Jam, BB KING