1988 in hip hop music
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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1988.
Released albums[]
Release Date[1] | Artist | Album |
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February 17 | Geto Boys | Making Trouble |
February 23 | Biz Markie | Goin' Off |
March 29 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper |
April 17 | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | On the Strength |
May 17 | Run-D.M.C. | Tougher Than Leather |
May 31 | Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew | The World's Greatest Entertainer |
Boogie Down Productions | By All Means Necessary | |
June 7 | Audio Two | What More Can I Say? |
EPMD | Strictly Business | |
June 15 | J.J. Fad | Supersonic |
June 21 | Stetsasonic | In Full Gear |
June 28 | Big Daddy Kane | Long Live the Kane |
Public Enemy | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back | |
July 1 | The Fat Boys | Coming Back Hard Again |
July 26 | Eric B. & Rakim | Follow the Leader |
Salt-n-Pepa | A Salt with a Deadly Pepa | |
August 8 | N.W.A | Straight Outta Compton |
August 17 | 2 Live Crew | Move Somethin' |
September 1 | Sir Mix-A-Lot | Swass |
September 13 | Eazy-E | Eazy-Duz-It |
Ice-T | Power | |
MC Lyte | Lyte as a Rock | |
Steady B | Let the Hustlers Play | |
September 20 | Marley Marl | In Control, Volume 1 |
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock | It Takes Two | |
September 28 | MC Hammer | Let's Get It Started |
October 4 | Ultramagnetic MC's | Critical Beatdown |
October 7 | Boogie Boys | Romeo Knight |
October 21 | Kid 'n Play | 2 Hype |
October 25 | MC Shan | Born to be Wild |
November 1 | Slick Rick | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick |
November 8 | Jungle Brothers | Straight out the Jungle |
November 15 | King T | Act a Fool |
November 22 | Lakim Shabazz | Pure Righteousness |
December 15 | Various Artists | The First Priority Music Family: Basement Flavor |
Unknown | Alliance | We Could Get Used To This |
Unknown | Busy Bee Starski | Running Thangs |
Unknown | Kurtis Blow | Back By Popular Demand |
Unknown | Three Times Dope | Original Stylin' |
Unknown | Boot the Booty | |
Unknown | Derek B | Bullet From a Gun |
unknown | Michael Peace | Rappin' Bold |
Unknown | MC Shy D | Comin' Correct in 88 |
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Unknown | The 7A3 | Coolin' In Cali |
Unknown | Tuff Crew | Danger Zone |
Unknown | Doin' Damage | |
Unknown | Dynamite | |
Unknown | Raheem | The Vigilante |
Unknown | Mantronix | In Full Effect |
Unknown | Girls I Got 'Em Locked | |
Unknown | K-9 Posse | |
Unknown | Rodney-O & Joe Cooley | Me and Joe |
Unknown | Cold Crush Brothers | Troopers |
Unknown | Nice & Hard | |
Unknown | The Krown Rulers | Paper Chase |
Unknown | Various Artists | Rhyme Syndicate Comin' Through |
Unknown | Rock This Planet | |
Unknown | The Skinny Boys | Skinny (They Can't Get Enough) |
Unknown | Schoolly D | Smoke Some Kill |
Unknown | Tall Dark & Handsome | |
Unknown | Original Concept | Straight From the Basement of Kooley High! |
Unknown | Where's the Party At? | |
Unknown | Chubb Rock | Chubb Rock (featuring Howie Tee) |
Unknown | Whistle | Transformation |
Unknown | Our Time Has Come |
See also[]
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