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Hip Hop in 1988

9 albums from 1988 in the archive, from Brooklyn, Seattle, Compton & LA, The Bronx, London and The Bay. Albums with a known release date are listed in the order they came out.

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AlbumStrictly BusinessEPMD · 1988Released June 7
AlbumLong Live the KaneBig Daddy Kane · 1988Released June 21
AlbumIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackPublic Enemy · 1988Released June 28
AlbumSwassSir Mix-a-Lot · 1988Released September 1
AlbumPowerIce-T · 1988Released September 13
AlbumThe Great Adventures of Slick RickSlick Rick · 1988Released November 1
AlbumBullet From A GunDerek B · 1988
AlbumLife Is… Too ShortToo $hort · 1988
AlbumStraight Outta ComptonN.W.A · 1988
Samples

Released in 1988, built on a break

  1. EPMD“Jane”samples Papa Was Too
  2. Mantronix“King of the Beats”samples Amen, Brother
  3. N.W.A“Straight Outta Compton”samples Amen, Brother
  4. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock“Keep It Going Now”samples Amen, Brother
  5. 2 Live Crew“Feel Alright Y'all”samples Amen, Brother
  6. Ultramagnetic MC's“Watch Me Now”samples Amen, Brother
  7. Eric B. & Rakim“Lyrics of Fury”samples Funky Drummer
  8. Run-DMC“Run's House”samples Funky Drummer
  9. N.W.A“F*** tha Police”samples Funky Drummer
  10. Kurtis Blow“Back by Popular Demand”samples Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
  11. Public Enemy“Terminator X to the Edge of Panic”samples The Grunt
  12. Public Enemy“Night of the Living Baseheads”samples The Grunt
  13. N.W.A“Gangsta Gangsta”samples N.T.
  14. Public Enemy“Night of the Living Baseheads”samples Scorpio
  15. N.W.A“Gangsta Gangsta”samples Funky Worm
  16. Public Enemy“Louder Than a Bomb”samples Long Red
  17. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock“It Takes Two”samples Think (About It)
  18. Slick Rick“Kit (What's the Scoop)”samples Think (About It)
  19. Geto Boys“Assassins”samples Apache
  20. Ultramagnetic MC's“Watch Me Now”samples Synthetic Substitution
  21. Slick Rick“Hey Young World”samples Ashley's Roachclip
  22. Run-DMC“Run's House”samples Ashley's Roachclip
  23. Eazy-E“Gimme That Nutt”samples Ashley's Roachclip
  24. Eric B. & Rakim“Follow the Leader”samples Nautilus
  25. Run-DMC“Beats to the Rhyme”samples Nautilus
  26. Slick Rick“Children's Story”samples Nautilus
  27. Geto Boys“Snitches”samples Nautilus
  28. N.W.A“Straight Outta Compton”samples Take Me to the Mardi Gras
  29. EPMD“You Gots to Chill”samples More Bounce to the Ounce
  30. J.J. Fad“Supersonic”samples Numbers

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