1988 in hip hop music

List of years in hip hop music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1988.

Released albums

Release Date Artist Album
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 12 Boogie Down Productions By All Means Necessary
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
June 7 Audio Two What More Can I Say?
EPMD Strictly Business
June 28 Big Daddy Kane Long Live the Kane
Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
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
October 4 Ultramagnetic MC's Critical Beatdown
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 M.C. Cool Rock & M.C. Chaszy Chess Boot the Booty
Unknown Derek B Bullet From a Gun
Unknown MC Shy-D Comin' Correct in 88
Unknown The 7A3 Coolin' In Cali
Unknown Tuff Crew Danger Zone
Unknown J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E. Doin' Damage
Unknown Masters of Ceremony Dynamite
Unknown Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud Girls I Got 'Em Locked
Unknown Stetsasonic In Full Gear
Unknown K-9 Posse K-9 Posse
Unknown Rodney-O & Joe Cooley Me and Joe
Unknown Def IV Nice & Hard
Unknown The Krown Rulers Paper Chase
Unknown Various Artists Rhyme Syndicate Comin' Through
Unknown Bass Patrol Rock This Planet
Unknown The Skinny Boys Skinny (They Can't Get Enough)
Unknown Schoolly D Smoke Some Kill
Unknown Tall Dark & Handsome Tall Dark & Handsome
Unknown Cash Money & Marvelous Where's the Party At?

See also

References

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