Also worthy of this list is: BDP-“By Any Means Necessary” Ultramagnetic MC’s-“Critical Beatdown” 3 x Dope-“Original Stylin” Jungle Brothers-“Straight Out the Jungle” Doug E Fresh-“The World’s Greatest Entertainer” Damn…88 was that year🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@amck72that was the worst fam 😂😂😂😂me with my ten dollars like I’m getting big daddy Kane. But hold up that epmd tho. Omg what about public enemy. That audio two look like it might be fire that’s right mc lyte dropped yesterday 😂😂😂 😂😂 the decisions were tough but you could never go wrong that was the lovely thing about it.
@@sjb3240 are you kidding ? It was definitely about the albums back then, however, singles were the gateway to determine which album you wanted to buy. I miss those days.
i was looking for KRS/BDP, The Jungle Brothers, Ultramagnetic MCs, Stetsasonic, Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew, 7A3, and 2 Live Crew... groundbreaking albums that you missed here.
I can't do this. I will literally start crying. I remember this year like it was yesterday. It was when Run D.M.C was passing the torch the new era of emcees. Every album dropped that year, today, is a classic. Rakim had literally change the entire game 1 year earlier and then N.W.A came out and rap would not be same ever since. 1989, D.O.C Geto Boyz took it. The 1980's was freakin amazing.
Yeah but even though the Golden Era of Hip Hop was diminishing & gone, we still had LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Lakim Shabazz, Boogie Down Productions, Jungle Brothers, Flava Unit (Queen Latifah & Naughty By Nature), Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew, Slick Rick, Del La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Black Sheep, Craig G., Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee, Stetsasonic, MC Lyte, Salt N' Pepa, Just Ice, Heavy D & The Boyz, Fat Boys until '89/91, Tone Loc, Young MC, Def Jef, Digital Underground, J.J. Fad, OakTown 357, MC Hammer, Kid N' Play, Monie Love, EPMD, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Chubb Rock & many more positive Black Legendary brothers & sisters of Hip Hop keep the bright side on even though when times were tough & serious at the end period of the 80s to begin the next last greatest yet extreme hardcore decade.
What also enhances 88 is the overall culture at the time. R&B also had an incredible year with Bobby Brown becoming a superstar and New Jack Swing coming into full effect. The rest of New Edition was on fire too. As far as sports, MJ wins his 1st MVP and Magic and Bird were still in their prime, not to mention the rise of Isiah and the Pistons, not to mention a number of other all timers all entering or in the middle of their prime (Barkley, Malone, Stockton, Dominique, Olajuwon, Ewing, Clyde Drexler, etc) Then you have the movies.. School Daze, Coming to America And right or wrong 88 was probably the best year for young hustlers making money in the street…which had a big influence on street and hip hop culture at the time
It’s definitely 88. 94 was pretty amazing too but 88 was special for the culture. Nation of Millions, long Live the Kane, Critical Beatdiwn, Great Adventures, Straight Out the Jungle, Strictly Busness, Going Off, Potholes single, Road to the Riches
Other Hip-Hop's finest releases in 1988 to include: "By All Means Necessary" by Boogie Down Productions, "Critical Beatdown" by Ultramagnetic M.C.s, "Doin Damage" by JVC F.O.R.C.E., Straight Out The Jungle" by Jungle Brothers, "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and D.J. E-Z Rock, "What More Can I Say" by Audio Two, "Let The Hustlers Play" by Steady B., "Making Trouble" by Geto Boys, "Where's The Party At?" by Cash Money and Marvelous, "Pure Righteousness" by Lakim Shabazz, "Dynamite" by Masters Of Ceremony, "The World's Greatest Entertainer" by Doug E. Fresh, "Girls I Got Em Locked" by Superlover Cee & Casanova Rudd, "It's Tee Time" by Sweet Tee, "In Full Effect" by Mantronix, "Coolin In Cali" by The 7A3, "Smoke Some Kill" by Schoolly D., "Skinny (They Can't Get Enough)" by The Skinny Boys, "Coming Back Hard Again" by The Fat Boys, "Romeo Knight" by The Boogie Boys, "Court's In Session" by Kaos, "K9 Posse" by K9 Posse
@@dredocs Especially “The World’s Greatest Entertainer “. I’m from dc,we always listen to Dougie,his 1st album was good to. It had the best slow rap song of all-time to me, so on his 2nd Dougie did a song with the greatest go-go ever. Dougie has always had love the city(dc). But I’m glad you made this video about ‘88. I tell younger people all the time it’s nothing like ‘88.
I'm old born in the 70's, so old I remember hearing WBLS playing Rapper's Delight on the radio for the first time. That's right I remember hearing the first rap record widely released on the first station to ever play rap! I am so old I remember when there was no rap music!!!! So I've heard everyone and everything in this genre and I feel certain I can comment on this. 1988, then 1987, then 1993 are the best years Rap, Hip-Hop has ever seen! 1988 is clearly the first. I am so lucky that I was there to see it from Justi-Ice to BDP, Stetsa to NWA, Ice T to PE. Man it was a great time for music!!!!
More Heat from '88 Two Live Crew - Move Somethin Kaos - Court's In Session MC Shy D - Coming Correct In '88 Audio Two - What More Can I Say Colors - Soundtrack Original Concept - Straight From The Basement Of Kooley High Royal Flush - Uh Oh Krown Rulers - Paper Chase Skooly D - Smoke Some Kill Skinny Boys - Skinny(They Can't Get Enough) Toddy Tee & Mix Master Spade single - Gangster Boogie Nemesis - To Hell And Back Raheem - The Vigilante LeJuan Love - I Still Feel Good Anquette - Respect Kool DJ Red Alert - We Can Do this Steady B - Let The Hustlers Play Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Girls I Got Em Locked Masters Of Ceremony - Dynamite JVC Force - Doin Damage 7A3 - Coolin In Cali Fila Fresh Crew - Toughest Man Alive Doug E Fresh - The World's Greatest Entertainer Sweet Tee - It's Tee Time M-4 Sers - Shake It Up And Get Nasty
88 is the single greatest year ever for Rap/Hip-Hop music. There were around 2 dozen albums that were worth purchasing. That will never happen again. Plus Queen Latifa dropped Wrath Of My Madness/Princess Of The Posse. The 45 King dropped the monster 900 Number instrumental. De La Soul dropped Plug Tunin'. 88 was the golden year for Rap/Hip-Hop videos too.
It's amazing the amount of good music that came out. I can only imagine the stress of being in the record store only having enough for 1 and having to choose.
What a year 88 was. First Grammy for a Hip Hop album by Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff, aswell as amazing HipHop in the USA it was the start if House Music exploding in UK.
True had a real variety to choose from That's what I loved about the old school whether it was wack or not you had choices and the hip hop conversations were so much better.
I agree 88 is the greatest year. Basically all those albums were classic. I have twelve of them and I would argue 8 are no brainer classics and then Biz Markie is a personal classic to me
I was 3 going on 4 but I was heavy into the music because my sisters were teenagers and all they did was jam hip hop! I can still feel the vibes from that era when I hear certain songs
80's & 90's Hip Hop brought authenticity & magic to music....we surpassed then rap haters...they said it wasn't real music cuz we sample.....we done made millionaires out of what we do.,...they told us Rap was just a fad...it won't last....Here we are 50 years later....still doing it ! They tell our children "You Shouldn't Listen To Rap....It's (Their Music...Not For Us). Guess what some of our dopiest MC's is White Rappers,...& Your suburban kids supporting Hip Hop. You can't deny Hip Hop influence the world....ask the Wu....! 🎵🎧🎤🎵🎧🎤🎵🎤
Also in 1988: -The Two Live Crew released their 2nd album "Move Somethin'", further establishing themselves as the leaders of the Miami Bass sound. LL Cool J released the single "I need love", which won the best rap single at that year. BDP released "By all means necessary", an album that many say started the political hip hop, and contained hits like 'stop the violence'. 3rd Base entered the scene. Tone Loc released his first album in January of 1989.
Dope video 👌🏾. 88 will always be the best year for hip hop because these classics were driven solely by passion, they wasn't seeing money like that back then.
93 is a strongggg contender. Probably 80% of my mixes are 93, it continues to blow my mind the depths of dopeness that came out in the underground that year. 88 walked so 93 could run.
This is an awesome video. Great job👍🏾 Aside from that, I’d like to point out a few other albums that are worthy of being mentioned; Boogie Down Productions-By All Means Necessary, Ultramagnetic MC’s-Critical Beatdown, Jungle Brothers-Straight Out The Jungle, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo-Road To The Riches, Stetsasonic-In Full Gear, Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew-The World’s Greatest Entertainer, and last but not least, 2 Live Crew-Move Somethin’. Once again, great job on this video.👍🏾 P.S. I know this video is about Hip Hop but, not only was 1988 a great year for Hip Hop, but it was also a great year for R&B. All thanks to an up and coming producer by the name of Teddy Riley, who brought us the New Jack Swing.
You hit on so many dope albums from that period.... King Tee "Act A Fool" is a CLASSIC!! Big Daddy Kane gave King Tee MAAD props before he blew up....One album I wished you could've touched on was UltraMagnetic MC'S "Critical Beatdown" which was album of the year in my opinion along with Jungle Brothers "Straight Out The Jungle". But I get it.... SOOO much fire came out in 1988. Another slept on favorite of mine is "Danger Zone" from North Philadelphia's Tuff Crew.... If you haven't heard it, go check it out and I guarantee it'll be a new classic to your ears. PEACE AND RESPECT!!
Yooooooo, I was just tellin my brother this because he was born in 88, I told him the year you was born that was the best year in hip hop, all the greats was droppin all in that year.
"Ha ha ha ha ha Check out this bizarre Rappin style used by me, the B-I-Z" - Biz Markie 1988 was an amazing year for music. 1996 was a stellar year as well. That Kane album was one of the first cassette tapes I ever bought. That Salt-N-Pepa song Get Up with the Parliament sample was my ish. That song The R was my ish too. I also had that MC Hammer cassette.
You forgot Boogie Down Productions- "By Any Means Necessary", Kool Moe Dee-"How You Like Me Now" album, L.L. Cool J putting out the 12 inch Double A single "Going Back To Cali"/"Jack The Ripper" & Special Ed's "I Got It Made".. And the 2 Live Crew should be mentioned when they put out the album "Move Something". 1988 was the definitely a great year in Hip Hop. To me the Golden Age of Rap was from 1986 to 89. Nothing but classic jams hitting the record store shelves.
If it wasn't for 88, there's no 94 people was still saying hip-hop was a fadd11:09 back then hip-hop tokeover the music charts, streets, and pop culture, killing all doubts
What I’m really missing here is BDP’s album By All Means Necessary, KRS made it clear that it was “Fresh…for ‘88 you suckers”. Another essential ‘88 album that (imo) changed MCeeing as a whole is Ultramagnatic MC’s album Critical Beatdown.
Yessir 88 was great. For me it was the greatest of year ever. After that 89-93 was next year’s to shine for hip hop too. Maaaannnnn I could on and on about hip hop!
I havent watched this video [yet], but this gotta be something significant because 1988 was a grand year beside the fact that my little brother died from cancer at only 6 years old.
I saw the titled & the photo & I had to check you out. I’ve ALWAYS said 88 was the best year I was in high school. You have a NEW subscriber because of this 1 vid. Blessing 2 u Bro & your family. 88 time 2 set it straight & ain’t no half steepin.
I saw a G. I've seen it all. Dope describes my rhymes, making all you emcees cold drop like dimes. You know MCSC is back again, and battling me on the microphone is like committing a sin. Scott/MCSC
88' or 93'.... Dopest yrs. I was 11 thru 17yrs old. And and and....I payed closer attention than others bak thennn aaannnd.... Me n my boys released rcrds bak then and we were on the radio.....Friday night flavors baka boyz
Slick rick Mc lyte lyte as a rock Bdp. My philosophy Kool g rap road 2 the riches Epmd strictly business Nwa straight outta compton Big daddy kane long live the kane Biz markie goin off Queen latifah Jungle brothers Marley marl in control vol 1 Public enemy it takes a nation Eric b n rakim follow the leader Rob base it takes two Heavy d n the boys Run dmc tougher than leather Jazzy jeff n the fresh prince Salt n pepa Dela soul Kid n play Bobby brown dont b cruel Keith sweat make it last forever Al b sure in effect mode Guy Baby face
Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown. Ced Gee (co-)produced a ton of tracks and albums or did the drummachine programming and Kool Keith (or his aliases) released a ton of albums. 🙌
Great year and nice list but what about the rest of Philly? Tuff Crew with Danger Zone including the hitsong My part of Town, Steady B, Three Times Dope with Original Stylin' and the most slept on album: Cash Money & Marvelous - Where's The Party At? from 1988 DMC World Champion DJ Cash Money. 😉
1988 in my opinion,set the standard in hip hop for other years to follow bc of its explosion of great music and the numerous classic albums and the influence and impact it made ,it was great growing up as a kid in this golden age era, thank you for this video 💯
I was not really into rap music until the summer I heard both Public Enemy's Takes A Nation of Millions and Eric B & Rakim's Follow The Leader. Audio Masterpieces!! Rakim's rhymes were caked esoteric, Freemason philosophy! Before that, rhymes were NOT that deep. But Rakim and Chuck D.....?!? Everyone started paying attention to what was being said now. Those two albums are the Sgt. Peppers of HIP HOP.
Too much to buy you had to have a job. I know my parents would have went crazy spending so much in a short time but they wouldn't understand that was like their motown.
1988…and the summer of ‘92 was the illest. EPMD, Eric B n Rakim, Boogie Down Productions, Soul II Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie…Public Enemy Number One! MC Lyte, Juice Crew!!Kid n Play! Father MC, we were introduced to Jodeci n Mary J Blige. Self Destruction and We’re All in The Same Game. NWA, EAZY E. Supersonic, All the DJs Tat Money, Cash Money Joe Cooley, DJ Scratch, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Too Short, Ice T…Colors………….so much more. All the people who were not around in ‘88…I’m sorry, you missed out!
@@XavierCoolDude Whatsup!…No…I stated that they were introduced in ‘88 singing backup on Father MC’s hit songs. Puffy was A&R for Uptown Records…he discovered them. Andre (RIP) Harrell, former rap group of Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde, founded Uptown Records. I’ve been a Hip Hop head since ’78. Busy B Starski, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force, Treacherous Three, Funky Four Plus One More…Cold Crush Brother! The M-A-S, the T-E-R, the G with the double E..Sugarhill Gang, Mantronix…man I was one of millions of kids who got to witness the birth of Hip Hop. Thank you for your reply. This was fun. 😄
original concept , had a dope album in 88 too , and very dope singel in 1986 knowlege me and can you feel it !!! one off the most sleep on on def jam ever !!! and the 415 41fiffin !!! and nemisis !!! jungel brothers straight from the jungel !!" low profile massiv 12 inch in 88 pay ya dues , 2 live crews move somthing ! gergory d and manny fresh !!
I can remember how disappointed I wuz when I got "Long Live tha Kane" & didn't c "Get Into It" or "Somethin' Funky" on tha album. Those r tha kuts tha introduced me 2 Kane b4 his album dropd & had me lookn out 4 him.... I'm still bothered by that. ✌🏽😐❤️
Appreciate the video.. 88 was my second favorite summer of all time.. just for its soundtrack. As a 11 year old at the time. I know this is about hip hop and it’s my first love. Fell in love the summer of 85, but even the R&B at that time was ridiculous. You covered all the bases, when it came to hip hop.. except for “My Philosophy” by “Blast Master” I thought you were not going to mention Joe Cooley.. but I was pleasantly surprised at the end. You know your hip hop. Salute.
Thank you. I was hoping to get the exact feeling you had. Bring back memories of your childhood or good times and have a talk about it. It doesn't have to be hip hop I'm glad I took you back to a good time. I've heard about the bdp omission quite a bit people have not let me live it down 😆 I don't know how i missed it lol.
In 1988, I was in 12th grade of high school and 17 years old at that time. And I DEFINITELY remember the HUGE impact HIP HOP had in that particular year. So many classic DEBUT and SOPHOMORE HIP HOP albums were released in 88, and they were all GROUNDBREAKING CLASSIC RELEASES. The rappers were at the PEAK of CREATIVITY, LYRICISM, and SUBSTANCE that year. YO MTV RAP came out that year. RAP CITY was poppin that year. Along with VIDEO JUTEBOX. In 1988 rappers had their own lane and gave the listeners SO MANY STYLES to choose from. In 88, MAINSTREAM RAP MUSIC was at its most BALANCED between the POSITIVE and NEGATIVE aspects. All these factors that I mentioned made 1988 the GREATEST YEAR for MAINSTREAM RAP MUSIC and that year was the ARTISTIC PEEK of the HIP HOP GOLDEN ERA. Name me another year in MAINSTREAM HIP HOP MUSIC, where all these ELEMENTS were working together so PERFECTLY in RAP MUSIC.
@@Bighjr88 Yes, 1988 was the EPICENTER of THE GOLDEN ERA OF HIP HOP MUSIC. Because the overall GOLDEN ERA OF HIP HOP time period was specifically between 1986 -1993. If I had to stretch out the GOLDEN ERA RAP time period, I would say between 1986 - 1997 which ended with the MURDERS of TUPAC and BIGGIE. After that, MAINSTREAM RAP MUSIC started to RAPIDLY go downhill. REAL HIP HOP MUSIC was only able to live on BORROWED TIME in the late 90s and early 2000s through REAL EMCEES like DMX, EMINEM, JADAKISS, MOS DEF, TALIB KWELI, BUSTA RHYMES, and LAURYN HILL; because they kept lyricism alive. But by the time we got to the 2010s, REAL HIP HOP LYRICISM and SUBSTANCE totally died in MAINSTREAM RAP MUSIC. So right now, the only MAINSTREAM MILLENNIAL RAPPERS who are LYRICAL and ORIGINAL nowadays are J. COLE and KENDRICK LAMAR.
@@Bighjr88 It's hard to fully explain why 1988 ended up being the GREATEST YEAR in HIP HOP MUSIC history in the MAINSTREAM. It just seemed so DIVINE how the stars were ALIGNED. The rappers in 1988 were striving to be as ORIGINAL, LYRICAL, GROUNDBREAKING, and SUBSTANTIVE as possible that year. In THAT year, it was COOL to be UNIQUE, DEEP, and INTELLIGENT. Thanks to GROUNDBREAKING LYRICAL EMCEES like RAKIM, KRS ONE, CHUCK D, KOOL G RAP, and BIG DADDY KANE just to name a few along with SLICK RICK and LL COOL J. These rappers were very instrumental in transitioning the rap flows from the 80s into the 90s. They influenced the next wave of LYRICAL EMCEES that came after them in the 90s like NAS, BIGGIE, TREACH, BUSTA RHYMES, JAY Z, TUPAC, BIG PUN, and WU-,TANG CLAN.
It’s not necessarily the artist and the albums that made 88 special, but the flood gates that opened . The previous years you had a few major groups that dominated. And it was basically a east coast thing. But in 88 you could no long count the major hip hop art on one hand and it was starting to come for the west coast too.
I agree with you to a point. I think it was the albums and music. It really expanded from this point because they put out so much great music to keep the moment going. If they would have dropped a lot of duds it would have slowed down progress.
@@natedablack7857 you are right.. what was the updated version on the 2nd joint? Here we go again? I forget the but I liked when Jeff would mix that jazz music
1988 spawned some of the greatest MCs in Hip Hop History,Big Daddy Kane,Raheem the Vigilante,MC Lyte,7A3,King Tee, The Cookie Crew,Too Short,Low Profile,Boogie Down Productions,Derek B,Sir Mixalot, Skinny Boys,White Boys,Steady B,Tony T,Ghetto Boys,Toddy Tee,Eazy E,Shinehead,Wee Papa Girls Rappers,EPMD,Ice T DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince,MC Hammer, NWA
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Also worthy of this list is:
BDP-“By Any Means Necessary”
Ultramagnetic MC’s-“Critical Beatdown”
3 x Dope-“Original Stylin”
Jungle Brothers-“Straight Out the Jungle”
Doug E Fresh-“The World’s Greatest Entertainer”
Damn…88 was that year🔥🔥🔥🔥
1988 was the Diamond Platnum Year of the genre❤. BEST YEAR EVER. So many artists hit hard! A great year for the consumers.
That feelin back then was undescribable when albums came out
I used to love Tuesdays. New music almost every week.
I used to be like a kid in the candy store figuring out which album to buy cause all the albums were hot yet I had limited money. 😂
@@amck72that was the worst fam 😂😂😂😂me with my ten dollars like I’m getting big daddy Kane. But hold up that epmd tho. Omg what about public enemy. That audio two look like it might be fire that’s right mc lyte dropped yesterday 😂😂😂 😂😂 the decisions were tough but you could never go wrong that was the lovely thing about it.
In 1988, it was still about singles not albums. There were so many dope singles by artists who never released a full length album.
@@sjb3240 are you kidding ? It was definitely about the albums back then, however, singles were the gateway to determine which album you wanted to buy. I miss those days.
'88 was DEFINITELY The best year in Hip Hop
This era also set the standard for hip hop fashion as well
Loved the late 80s style
Best Believe It. Less Glamorous Flashy & More Street Hardcore Edgy.
'88 was a GREAT year in hip hop. The albums... the singles... one of the best years by far. I lived it !!
i was looking for KRS/BDP, The Jungle Brothers, Ultramagnetic MCs, Stetsasonic, Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew, 7A3, and 2 Live Crew... groundbreaking albums that you missed here.
I definitely missed a few big 1s I'm gonna redo the video and get a couple of major mentions in it.
It's 88 time to set the record straight.... ain't no half steppin 🎶
That's a good one
I can't do this. I will literally start crying. I remember this year like it was yesterday. It was when Run D.M.C was passing the torch the new era of emcees. Every album dropped that year, today, is a classic. Rakim had literally change the entire game 1 year earlier and then N.W.A came out and rap would not be same ever since. 1989, D.O.C Geto Boyz took it. The 1980's was freakin amazing.
Real talk ❤️
Yeah but even though the Golden Era of Hip Hop was diminishing & gone, we still had LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Lakim Shabazz, Boogie Down Productions, Jungle Brothers, Flava Unit (Queen Latifah & Naughty By Nature), Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew, Slick Rick, Del La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Black Sheep, Craig G., Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo, Big Daddy Kane, Kool Moe Dee, Stetsasonic, MC Lyte, Salt N' Pepa, Just Ice, Heavy D & The Boyz, Fat Boys until '89/91, Tone Loc, Young MC, Def Jef, Digital Underground, J.J. Fad, OakTown 357, MC Hammer, Kid N' Play, Monie Love, EPMD, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Chubb Rock & many more positive Black Legendary brothers & sisters of Hip Hop keep the bright side on even though when times were tough & serious at the end period of the 80s to begin the next last greatest yet extreme hardcore decade.
What also enhances 88 is the overall culture at the time. R&B also had an incredible year with Bobby Brown becoming a superstar and New Jack Swing coming into full effect. The rest of New Edition was on fire too.
As far as sports, MJ wins his 1st MVP and Magic and Bird were still in their prime, not to mention the rise of Isiah and the Pistons, not to mention a number of other all timers all entering or in the middle of their prime (Barkley, Malone, Stockton, Dominique, Olajuwon, Ewing, Clyde Drexler, etc)
Then you have the movies.. School Daze, Coming to America
And right or wrong 88 was probably the best year for young hustlers making money in the street…which had a big influence on street and hip hop culture at the time
Born in 85 and love to hear this
'88 was the year I came into this world, and was introduced to amazing things
It’s definitely 88. 94 was pretty amazing too but 88 was special for the culture. Nation of Millions, long Live the Kane, Critical Beatdiwn, Great Adventures, Straight Out the Jungle, Strictly Busness, Going Off, Potholes single, Road to the Riches
Can't argue against it
87 Rakim and LL debuted the same night.
I'm Bad and my melody back to back on WBLS and KISS
Hell yeah you never lied homeboy 1988 hip-hop
Other Hip-Hop's finest releases in 1988 to include: "By All Means Necessary" by Boogie Down Productions, "Critical Beatdown" by Ultramagnetic M.C.s, "Doin Damage" by JVC F.O.R.C.E., Straight Out The Jungle" by Jungle Brothers, "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and D.J. E-Z Rock, "What More Can I Say" by Audio Two, "Let The Hustlers Play" by Steady B., "Making Trouble" by Geto Boys, "Where's The Party At?" by Cash Money and Marvelous, "Pure Righteousness" by Lakim Shabazz, "Dynamite" by Masters Of Ceremony, "The World's Greatest Entertainer" by Doug E. Fresh, "Girls I Got Em Locked" by Superlover Cee & Casanova Rudd, "It's Tee Time" by Sweet Tee, "In Full Effect" by Mantronix, "Coolin In Cali" by The 7A3, "Smoke Some Kill" by Schoolly D., "Skinny (They Can't Get Enough)" by The Skinny Boys, "Coming Back Hard Again" by The Fat Boys, "Romeo Knight" by The Boogie Boys, "Court's In Session" by Kaos, "K9 Posse" by K9 Posse
I definitely missed a few big albums I'm gonna redo it with some updates.
@@dredocs Especially “The World’s Greatest Entertainer “. I’m from dc,we always listen to Dougie,his 1st album was good to. It had the best slow rap song of all-time to me, so on his 2nd Dougie did a song with the greatest go-go ever. Dougie has always had love the city(dc). But I’m glad you made this video about ‘88. I tell younger people all the time it’s nothing like ‘88.
So many classic albums came out in 88.
I was 20 years old in 88. It was by far the best year. But you left out PE, BDP, MC Lyte, Jungle Brothers, and Stet to name a few.
Junior/Senior year in HS and this was THE GOLDEN ERA!!
I'm old born in the 70's, so old I remember hearing WBLS playing Rapper's Delight on the radio for the first time. That's right I remember hearing the first rap record widely released on the first station to ever play rap! I am so old I remember when there was no rap music!!!! So I've heard everyone and everything in this genre and I feel certain I can comment on this. 1988, then 1987, then 1993 are the best years Rap, Hip-Hop has ever seen! 1988 is clearly the first. I am so lucky that I was there to see it from Justi-Ice to BDP, Stetsa to NWA, Ice T to PE. Man it was a great time for music!!!!
I was here for all of it.
1988 & 1994 so many influential artists came out and a shit ton of 5 mic albums
More Heat from '88
Two Live Crew - Move Somethin
Kaos - Court's In Session
MC Shy D - Coming Correct In '88
Audio Two - What More Can I Say
Colors - Soundtrack
Original Concept - Straight From The Basement Of Kooley High
Royal Flush - Uh Oh
Krown Rulers - Paper Chase
Skooly D - Smoke Some Kill
Skinny Boys - Skinny(They Can't Get Enough)
Toddy Tee & Mix Master Spade single - Gangster Boogie
Nemesis - To Hell And Back
Raheem - The Vigilante
LeJuan Love - I Still Feel Good
Anquette - Respect
Kool DJ Red Alert - We Can Do this
Steady B - Let The Hustlers Play
Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Girls I Got Em Locked
Masters Of Ceremony - Dynamite
JVC Force - Doin Damage
7A3 - Coolin In Cali
Fila Fresh Crew - Toughest Man Alive
Doug E Fresh - The World's Greatest Entertainer
Sweet Tee - It's Tee Time
M-4 Sers - Shake It Up And Get Nasty
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1988 was one of the best years for rap. I didn't realize it until watching this video. I was young, 22, enjoying life. I miss those days.
I was 15 and man those times are priceless.
88 is number 1, 94 is number 2, 88 just has so much hall of fame talent.
It was loaded I didn't notice all this came out in 88 until I did the research
87 and 89 were not playing either tho. My list goes 88, 89, 87….thrn I would go 92 on the strength of the chronic.
88 time to set the record straight and "Ain't no half steppin"- Big Daddy Kane
Man No1 ever mentions MC.Shan Born 2B Wild 👍🏾👍🏾 ..was 14 N '88 Hip Hop took all my lunch $
Shan doesn't get the credit he deserves
88 is the single greatest year ever for Rap/Hip-Hop music. There were around 2 dozen albums that were worth purchasing. That will never happen again. Plus Queen Latifa dropped Wrath Of My Madness/Princess Of The Posse. The 45 King dropped the monster 900 Number instrumental. De La Soul dropped Plug Tunin'. 88 was the golden year for Rap/Hip-Hop videos too.
It's amazing the amount of good music that came out. I can only imagine the stress of being in the record store only having enough for 1 and having to choose.
What a year 88 was. First Grammy for a Hip Hop album by Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff, aswell as amazing HipHop in the USA it was the start if House Music exploding in UK.
Facts
I was too young but i know the 80s is the best generation
The beauty of this list is none of them sounded alike. All of them had a distinct voice and sound.
True had a real variety to choose from That's what I loved about the old school whether it was wack or not you had choices and the hip hop conversations were so much better.
1988 was a good year! I’m a hip-hop head.
I agree 88 is the greatest year. Basically all those albums were classic. I have twelve of them and I would argue 8 are no brainer classics and then Biz Markie is a personal classic to me
Can't argue with you there. Just great album after great album.
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This dude in 1987 was hittin too.
I remember those days when these albums came out and I still listen to most songs till this day
A lot of that music is timeless
Everyone had their own sound and identity.
That's the biggest thing we had a variety to choose from.
I remember a line from EPMD,
"In '88, no wait because that's too late
Cuz in '87 you bit on the old bait"
You're a customer
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This dude was bangin in 87
I was 3 going on 4 but I was heavy into the music because my sisters were teenagers and all they did was jam hip hop!
I can still feel the vibes from that era when I hear certain songs
I was about 9 and loved this music too
80's & 90's Hip Hop brought authenticity & magic to music....we surpassed then rap haters...they said it wasn't real music cuz we sample.....we done made millionaires out of what we do.,...they told us Rap was just a fad...it won't last....Here we are 50 years later....still doing it ! They tell our children "You Shouldn't Listen To Rap....It's (Their Music...Not For Us). Guess what some of our dopiest MC's is White Rappers,...& Your suburban kids supporting Hip Hop. You can't deny Hip Hop influence the world....ask the Wu....!
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79' through 89!! Early 90's 🎉
Damn , didn’t realize so many albums actually dropped in 88 . Yep , I agree it’s the best year ever . Nothing sounded the same at all .
It was a monster year
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Also in 1988:
-The Two Live Crew released their 2nd album "Move Somethin'", further establishing themselves as the leaders of the Miami Bass sound.
LL Cool J released the single "I need love", which won the best rap single at that year.
BDP released "By all means necessary", an album that many say started the political hip hop, and contained hits like 'stop the violence'.
3rd Base entered the scene.
Tone Loc released his first album in January of 1989.
I was with you until you mentioned 3rd Base.
Dope video 👌🏾. 88 will always be the best year for hip hop because these classics were driven solely by passion, they wasn't seeing money like that back then.
93 is a strongggg contender. Probably 80% of my mixes are 93, it continues to blow my mind the depths of dopeness that came out in the underground that year. 88 walked so 93 could run.
Yeah 93 was dope it's coming
Geto Boys, Audio Two, Jungle Brothers , Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow, Doug E. Fresh , Schoolly D, Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock released albums that year also
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You forgot that dude in 1987
🎉🎉🎉 such a great year for music 😮🎉🎉🎉🎉.
It was
This is an awesome video. Great job👍🏾 Aside from that, I’d like to point out a few other albums that are worthy of being mentioned; Boogie Down Productions-By All Means Necessary, Ultramagnetic MC’s-Critical Beatdown, Jungle Brothers-Straight Out The Jungle, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo-Road To The Riches, Stetsasonic-In Full Gear, Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew-The World’s Greatest Entertainer, and last but not least, 2 Live Crew-Move Somethin’.
Once again, great job on this video.👍🏾
P.S.
I know this video is about Hip Hop but, not only was 1988 a great year for Hip Hop, but it was also a great year for R&B. All thanks to an up and coming producer by the name of Teddy Riley, who brought us the New Jack Swing.
Thank you I appreciate it
I thought Road To The Riches came out in 88, but according to Discog it came out in 89. By Any Means Necessary & Critical Beatdown were game changers.
@@Charles-tt3dr some of these albums I thought came out in different years too
You hit on so many dope albums from that period.... King Tee "Act A Fool" is a CLASSIC!! Big Daddy Kane gave King Tee MAAD props before he blew up....One album I wished you could've touched on was UltraMagnetic MC'S "Critical Beatdown" which was album of the year in my opinion along with Jungle Brothers "Straight Out The Jungle". But I get it.... SOOO much fire came out in 1988. Another slept on favorite of mine is "Danger Zone" from North Philadelphia's Tuff Crew.... If you haven't heard it, go check it out and I guarantee it'll be a new classic to your ears. PEACE AND RESPECT!!
I haven't heard of it I'm gonna have to check em out.
@@dredocs You won't be disappointed either
1992, 1995 and 1998 are strong 💪🏽 contenders.
They're in the works and I agree with you
Don't forget 96
Yooooooo, I was just tellin my brother this because he was born in 88, I told him the year you was born that was the best year in hip hop, all the greats was droppin all in that year.
i was 17yrs old...
too much for words.
✌️💕🙏 from Chicago 🇺🇸
"Ha ha ha ha ha Check out this bizarre
Rappin style used by me, the B-I-Z" - Biz Markie
1988 was an amazing year for music.
1996 was a stellar year as well.
That Kane album was one of the first cassette tapes I ever bought. That Salt-N-Pepa song Get Up with the Parliament sample was my ish. That song The R was my ish too. I also had that MC Hammer cassette.
Always been my favorite
It's up there but just wait til 95 you may question this.
You forgot Boogie Down Productions- "By Any Means Necessary", Kool Moe Dee-"How You Like Me Now" album, L.L. Cool J putting out the 12 inch Double A single "Going Back To Cali"/"Jack The Ripper" & Special Ed's "I Got It Made".. And the 2 Live Crew should be mentioned when they put out the album "Move Something".
1988 was the definitely a great year in Hip Hop. To me the Golden Age of Rap was from 1986 to 89. Nothing but classic jams hitting the record store shelves.
Those were popular in 88 but didn't drop in 88 they came out in 87. I was only including music that was released in 88.
I also forgot too mention that Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock dropped "It Takes Two" that year too.
@@dredocsby any means necessary dropped in 88
Still spending money from ‘88
If it wasn't for 88, there's no 94 people was still saying hip-hop was a fadd11:09 back then hip-hop tokeover the music charts, streets, and pop culture, killing all doubts
88 without a doubt! Peace from Australia
Thanks for tuning in
I’ve always said the greatest year of hip hop was ‘88!
88 was riding the wave of the summer of 87...
Most definitely. Things did heat up in 87 to make 88 possible but 87 was a great year also.
That was the best era when everyone came out hard core.
1988 was a magical year for me especially. I loved the music from that year
Year i graduated from high school yes sir
Word! I graduated high school in 87. But most of my friends graduated in 88.
Of it was you had albums from PE, NWA, Big Daddy Kane, BDP, EPMD, ICE T, Biz Markie, Slick Rick, RUN DMC , Ultramagnetic MC'S & many others.
Stetsasonic, Eric b and rakim, MC lyte...
I agree wholeheartedly. I think Dela too in 88. Too many cats to list. My crate was full back then. I wish we could run it back.
What I’m really missing here is BDP’s album By All Means Necessary, KRS made it clear that it was “Fresh…for ‘88 you suckers”.
Another essential ‘88 album that (imo) changed MCeeing as a whole is Ultramagnatic MC’s album Critical Beatdown.
Thanks for pointing that out that was a big miss by me
@@dredocs Other than that great video, good to see a compilation of the greatness ‘88 brought us
@@dredocsgotta do a re-edit cuz that's a major miss
@scienz I will do that. It won't be immediate but give me a few weeks.
@greedokenobi3855 thank you
I was 16.Damn! and I owned ALL the vinyl from the video.
Yessir 88 was great.
For me it was the greatest of year ever.
After that 89-93 was next year’s to shine for hip hop too. Maaaannnnn I could on and on about hip hop!
Great time to be around!!
I havent watched this video [yet], but this gotta be something significant because 1988 was a grand year beside the fact that my little brother died from cancer at only 6 years old.
My condolences for you brother and I agree it was a great year
May Allah bless his soul
I saw the titled & the photo & I had to check you out. I’ve ALWAYS said 88 was the best year I was in high school. You have a NEW subscriber because of this 1 vid. Blessing 2 u Bro & your family. 88 time 2 set it straight & ain’t no half steepin.
Thank you fam I really appreciate it
I saw a G.
I've seen it all.
Dope describes my rhymes, making all you emcees cold drop like dimes. You know MCSC is back again, and battling me on the microphone is like committing a sin.
Scott/MCSC
Wow when you there you just don’t realize how great that year was 💪🏿
True
1988 was the greatest year for Hip Hop.
88/89 and 93/94
Without question, 1988 was the greatest year in Hip Hop. SOOOOO many classics! Cats were FOCUSED in '88!
88' or 93'.... Dopest yrs.
I was 11 thru 17yrs old.
And and and....I payed closer attention than others bak thennn aaannnd.... Me n my boys released rcrds bak then and we were on the radio.....Friday night flavors baka boyz
Slick rick
Mc lyte lyte as a rock
Bdp. My philosophy
Kool g rap road 2 the riches
Epmd strictly business
Nwa straight outta compton
Big daddy kane long live the kane
Biz markie goin off
Queen latifah
Jungle brothers
Marley marl in control vol 1
Public enemy it takes a nation
Eric b n rakim follow the leader
Rob base it takes two
Heavy d n the boys
Run dmc tougher than leather
Jazzy jeff n the fresh prince
Salt n pepa
Dela soul
Kid n play
Bobby brown dont b cruel
Keith sweat make it last forever
Al b sure in effect mode
Guy
Baby face
Just to name a few
My Philosophy by BDP. The good ol days
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Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown. Ced Gee (co-)produced a ton of tracks and albums or did the drummachine programming and Kool Keith (or his aliases) released a ton of albums. 🙌
R-N-B was dope that year also
It was
Great year and nice list but what about the rest of Philly? Tuff Crew with Danger Zone including the hitsong My part of Town, Steady B, Three Times Dope with Original Stylin' and the most slept on album: Cash Money & Marvelous - Where's The Party At? from 1988 DMC World Champion DJ Cash Money. 😉
Haven't heard of some of those groups but 3 times dope was a big miss they lived up to their name used to love them.
Cool C is from Philly. He was def.
@@dredocsu definitely weren't a teen in 88 and didn't do ur homework on 88... terrible to mention Hammer without these Philly crews, Ultra, and BDP.
1988 in my opinion,set the standard in hip hop for other years to follow bc of its explosion of great music and the numerous classic albums and the influence and impact it made ,it was great growing up as a kid in this golden age era, thank you for this video 💯
I was not really into rap music until the summer I heard both Public Enemy's Takes A Nation of Millions and Eric B & Rakim's Follow The Leader. Audio Masterpieces!! Rakim's rhymes were caked esoteric, Freemason philosophy! Before that, rhymes were NOT that deep. But Rakim and Chuck D.....?!? Everyone started paying attention to what was being said now. Those two albums are the Sgt. Peppers of HIP HOP.
Freshmen/Sophomore year in high school. I spent a lot of money buying vinyl in 88 😄
Too much to buy you had to have a job. I know my parents would have went crazy spending so much in a short time but they wouldn't understand that was like their motown.
@@dredocs I cut grass, worked with my dad and had a small allowance. New music was my crack 😄🤷🏿♂️
1988…and the summer of ‘92 was the illest. EPMD, Eric B n Rakim, Boogie Down Productions, Soul II Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie…Public Enemy Number One! MC Lyte, Juice Crew!!Kid n Play! Father MC, we were introduced to Jodeci n Mary J Blige. Self Destruction and We’re All in The Same Game. NWA, EAZY E. Supersonic, All the DJs Tat Money, Cash Money Joe Cooley, DJ Scratch, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Too Short, Ice T…Colors………….so much more. All the people who were not around in ‘88…I’m sorry, you missed out!
You got the youngsters punching the air 😆
Jodeci and Mary didn’t come out in 88. If your talking summer 92-ok then lol
@@XavierCoolDude Whatsup!…No…I stated that they were introduced in ‘88 singing backup on Father MC’s hit songs. Puffy was A&R for Uptown Records…he discovered them. Andre (RIP) Harrell, former rap group of Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde, founded Uptown Records. I’ve been a Hip Hop head since ’78. Busy B Starski, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force, Treacherous Three, Funky Four Plus One More…Cold Crush Brother! The M-A-S, the T-E-R, the G with the double E..Sugarhill Gang, Mantronix…man I was one of millions of kids who got to witness the birth of Hip Hop. Thank you for your reply. This was fun. 😄
@@wafimah you absolutely right. They were back ups for Father MC in late 80s. Uptown was a great record label
Wow 88 is better than I thought.
The year I graduated from McKinley High School in Buffalo,New York
original concept , had a dope album in 88 too , and very dope singel in 1986 knowlege me and can you feel it !!! one off the most sleep on on def jam ever !!! and the 415 41fiffin !!! and nemisis !!! jungel brothers straight from the jungel !!" low profile massiv 12 inch in 88 pay ya dues , 2 live crews move somthing ! gergory d and manny fresh !!
Will Smith’s podcast “the class of 88“ makes a strong case for your argument as well.
It has a great case
One of the greatest
88 was just dope
It was they started the real blowup of hip hop
Definitely 88 is the greatest year for rap!!!
I can remember how disappointed I wuz when I got "Long Live tha Kane" & didn't c "Get Into It" or "Somethin' Funky" on tha album. Those r tha kuts tha introduced me 2 Kane b4 his album dropd & had me lookn out 4 him.... I'm still bothered by that. ✌🏽😐❤️
Back in 88, baby, everything was gleaming.
It was a dope time
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1996 for me but 88 is probably the most influential
88, was the year most of old heads were out the game. Bobby Brown & New Edition had big albums that year too & R&B & hip hop were merging
KOOL G RAP!!!!
Appreciate the video.. 88 was my second favorite summer of all time.. just for its soundtrack. As a 11 year old at the time. I know this is about hip hop and it’s my first love. Fell in love the summer of 85, but even the R&B at that time was ridiculous. You covered all the bases, when it came to hip hop.. except for “My Philosophy” by “Blast Master” I thought you were not going to mention Joe Cooley.. but I was pleasantly surprised at the end. You know your hip hop. Salute.
Thank you. I was hoping to get the exact feeling you had. Bring back memories of your childhood or good times and have a talk about it. It doesn't have to be hip hop I'm glad I took you back to a good time. I've heard about the bdp omission quite a bit people have not let me live it down 😆 I don't know how i missed it lol.
Spectacular content! 88 might just be my favorite year of all time.
Thank you I really appreciate it
Hands down. No doubt. 1988 was the Golden Age of hip hop. Of course, there were dope tracks both before and after this time frame. But '88...dang son.
In 1988, I was in 12th grade of high school and 17 years old at that time. And I DEFINITELY remember the HUGE impact HIP HOP had in that particular year. So many classic DEBUT and SOPHOMORE HIP HOP albums were released in 88, and they were all GROUNDBREAKING CLASSIC RELEASES. The rappers were at the PEAK of CREATIVITY, LYRICISM, and SUBSTANCE that year. YO MTV RAP came out that year. RAP CITY was poppin that year. Along with VIDEO JUTEBOX. In 1988 rappers had their own lane and gave the listeners SO MANY STYLES to choose from. In 88, MAINSTREAM RAP MUSIC was at its most BALANCED between the POSITIVE and NEGATIVE aspects. All these factors that I mentioned made 1988 the GREATEST YEAR for MAINSTREAM RAP MUSIC and that year was the ARTISTIC PEEK of the HIP HOP GOLDEN ERA. Name me another year in MAINSTREAM HIP HOP MUSIC, where all these ELEMENTS were working together so PERFECTLY in RAP MUSIC.
Hey my brother,you sound this like me I was 17 in the 12th. I have a son 32 & I tell him ‘88 the best yr ever for rap.
@@Bighjr88 Yes, 1988 was the EPICENTER of THE GOLDEN ERA OF HIP HOP MUSIC. Because the overall GOLDEN ERA OF HIP HOP time period was specifically between 1986 -1993. If I had to stretch out the GOLDEN ERA RAP time period, I would say between 1986 - 1997 which ended with the MURDERS of TUPAC and BIGGIE. After that, MAINSTREAM RAP MUSIC started to RAPIDLY go downhill. REAL HIP HOP MUSIC was only able to live on BORROWED TIME in the late 90s and early 2000s through REAL EMCEES like DMX, EMINEM, JADAKISS, MOS DEF, TALIB KWELI, BUSTA RHYMES, and LAURYN HILL; because they kept lyricism alive. But by the time we got to the 2010s, REAL HIP HOP LYRICISM and SUBSTANCE totally died in MAINSTREAM RAP MUSIC. So right now, the only MAINSTREAM MILLENNIAL RAPPERS who are LYRICAL and ORIGINAL nowadays are J. COLE and KENDRICK LAMAR.
@@realitydrakesrealitydpoet3727 Question my brother,why in your opinion’88 was different than any other year in rap.
@@Bighjr88 It's hard to fully explain why 1988 ended up being the GREATEST YEAR in HIP HOP MUSIC history in the MAINSTREAM. It just seemed so DIVINE how the stars were ALIGNED. The rappers in 1988 were striving to be as ORIGINAL, LYRICAL, GROUNDBREAKING, and SUBSTANTIVE as possible that year. In THAT year, it was COOL to be UNIQUE, DEEP, and INTELLIGENT. Thanks to GROUNDBREAKING LYRICAL EMCEES like RAKIM, KRS ONE, CHUCK D, KOOL G RAP, and BIG DADDY KANE just to name a few along with SLICK RICK and LL COOL J. These rappers were very instrumental in transitioning the rap flows from the 80s into the 90s. They influenced the next wave of LYRICAL EMCEES that came after them in the 90s like NAS, BIGGIE, TREACH, BUSTA RHYMES, JAY Z, TUPAC, BIG PUN, and WU-,TANG CLAN.
@@realitydrakesrealitydpoet3727 I agree about 1988,it was like nothing like that year. Had fun that whole summer.
It’s not necessarily the artist and the albums that made 88 special, but the flood gates that opened . The previous years you had a few major groups that dominated. And it was basically a east coast thing. But in 88 you could no long count the major hip hop art on one hand and it was starting to come for the west coast too.
Artist not art
I agree with you to a point. I think it was the albums and music. It really expanded from this point because they put out so much great music to keep the moment going. If they would have dropped a lot of duds it would have slowed down progress.
My favorite track off that Fresh Prince & Jazzy Jeff album was "touch of jazz"
That was off of their "1st" album "Rock the House", not He's the DJ, I'm the rapper...
@@natedablack7857 you are right.. what was the updated version on the 2nd joint? Here we go again? I forget the but I liked when Jeff would mix that jazz music
Whodini was a major factor at that time too !
They were but they didn't release anything in 88. They were on a few features but no albums or songs of their own. They did release an album in 87.
@@dredocs Cool. Great video!
WHODINI PRODUCTION WAS OUTTA SPACE
My highschool years. Real hip hop
1988 spawned some of the greatest MCs in Hip Hop History,Big Daddy Kane,Raheem the Vigilante,MC Lyte,7A3,King Tee, The Cookie Crew,Too Short,Low Profile,Boogie Down Productions,Derek B,Sir Mixalot, Skinny Boys,White Boys,Steady B,Tony T,Ghetto Boys,Toddy Tee,Eazy E,Shinehead,Wee Papa Girls Rappers,EPMD,Ice T DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince,MC Hammer, NWA
88 was key it changed hip hop
My Baby Birth Year & The Grand Finale of the Golden Era of Hip Hop was boomin'! 🏥🍼👶🏾🏙️🎶🚘
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