1988 in hip-hop

none April 2020 1988 1988 hip-hop This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 1988. right|thumb|Eric B. & Rakim's 1988 sophomore album, Follow the Leader, earned an RIAA gold certification and many critically acclaimed reviews. Released albums Release datehttps://rateyourmusic.com/list/diction/the_top_50_hip_hop_albums_of_1988/1/ The Top 50 Hip-Hop Albums of 1988 Artist Album January 31 Too Short Life Is...Too Short February 17 Ghetto Boys Making Trouble February 23 Biz Markie Goin' Off March 29 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince He's the DJ, I'm the RapperApril Mantronix In Full Effect Various Artists School Daze: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackApril 12 Boogie Down Productions By All Means Necessary Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five On the Strength April 19 MC Lyte Lyte as a Rock April 26 Various Artists Colors (soundtrack) May 16 Derek B Bullet From A Gun May 17 Run-D.M.C. Tougher Than Leather May 31 Busy Bee Starski Running Thangs May 31 Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew The World's Greatest EntertainerJune 3 Michael Peace Rappin' Bold Schoolly D Smoke Some KillJune 7 Audio Two What More Can I Say? EPMD Strictly BusinessJune 15 J.J. Fad Supersonic Tuff Crew Danger Zone June 21 Stetsasonic In Full GearJune 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 13 MC Shy D Comin' Correct in 88 July 26 Eric B. & Rakim Follow the LeaderAugust 2 Rodney-O & Joe Cooley Me and Joe Salt-n-Pepa A Salt with a Deadly Pepa August 9 Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock It Takes Two August 17 2 Live Crew Move Somethin' August 23 The Krown Rulers Paper Chase September 1 Sir Mix-A-Lot Swass September 12 Shinehead UnitySeptember 13 Ice-T Power Steady B Let the Hustlers PlaySeptember 20 L'Trimm Grab It! Marley Marl In Control, Volume 1 September 28 MC Hammer Let's Get It Started October 4 Ultramagnetic MC's Critical Beatdown October 7 Boogie Boys Romeo Knight October 14 The 7A3 Coolin' In Cali October 25 MC Shan Born to be Wild October 26 Kid 'n Play 2 Hype November 1 Slick Rick The Great Adventures of Slick Rick November 8 Jungle Brothers Straight out the Jungle November 15 King T Act a FoolNovember 22 Eazy-E Eazy-Duz-It Lakim Shabazz Pure Righteousness December 2 K-9 Posse K-9 Posse December 9 Three Times Dope Original Stylin''' |- | December 15 | Various Artists | The First Priority Music Family: Basement Flavor|- | Unknown | Cold Crush Brothers | Troopers|- | Unknown | Chubb Rock | Chubb Rock (featuring Howie Tee)|- | Unknown | DJ Red Alert | We Can Do This|- | Unknown | The Fila Fresh Crew | Tuffest Man Alive|- | Unknown | Kaos | Court’s In Session|- | Unknown | Kid Flash | He's In Effect|- | Unknown | Kurtis Blow | Back By Popular Demand|- | Unknown | Miami Boyz | Getting Off|- | Unknown | Masters of Ceremony | Dynamite|- | Unknown | Numarx | Our Time Has Come|- | Unknown | Original Concept | Straight From the Basement of Kooley High!|- | Unknown | P.I.D. | Here We Are|- | Unknown | The 45 King | Master Of The Game|- | Unknown | The Skinny Boys | Skinny (They Can't Get Enough)|- | Unknown | Sweet Tee | It's Tee Time|- | Unknown | The Real Roxanne | The Real Roxanne|- | Unknown | Tall, Dark & Handsome | Tall, Dark & Handsome|- | Unknown | True Mathematics | Greatest Hits|- | Unknown | Various Artists | D.J. Mega Mix 1988 Bad Hip Hop|- | Unknown | Various Artists | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (soundtrack)|- | Unknown | Whistle | Transformation'' Highest-charting singles +Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1988 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100 The Hot 100 Chart BillboardSongArtistProjectPeak position "Going Back To Cali" LL Cool J Less than Zero (soundtrack) 31"Da Butt"E.U.School Daze: Original Soundtrack Album35"It Takes Two"Rob Base & DJ E-Z RockIt Takes Two36 See also Last article: 1987 in hip hop music Next article: 1989 in hip hop music References 30em Hip hop Category:Hip-hop by year