Best Hip Hop album of 88
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looking at the release date on wiki is kind of wild. I always remember Slick Rick as coming out first. But NWA came out before that album. For some reason Rick's album seems older. And EPMD came out a few months before both.
BDP and RA came out months before those and they sound much much harder style than Rick and EPMD. It's kind of crazy. It really shows how fast things were advancing and how many differnet types of music you could choose from.
Not everyone was copying because they didn't know what others were doing. There was no internet, etc.. They were all seperately locked up in their own studios making their music. It's really bugged to see when you look at the dates. Plus Rick's album had material he'd been doing since 85. The Ultra album had singles out since 86.
Plus Marley and Dre were involved in multiple classics that year. Same with Bomb Squad and Ced Gee.
BDP and RA came out months before those and they sound much much harder style than Rick and EPMD. It's kind of crazy. It really shows how fast things were advancing and how many differnet types of music you could choose from.
Not everyone was copying because they didn't know what others were doing. There was no internet, etc.. They were all seperately locked up in their own studios making their music. It's really bugged to see when you look at the dates. Plus Rick's album had material he'd been doing since 85. The Ultra album had singles out since 86.
Plus Marley and Dre were involved in multiple classics that year. Same with Bomb Squad and Ced Gee.
Newark88
Superstar
It's hard to choose because you have ATLEAST 5 releases from 88 that are apart of the greatest Hip Hop albums of all time list. I'll probably say Critical Beatdown is the most underatted out of all of them.
Da Rhythm Rebel
All Star
nice post!
Public Enemy "It Takes A Nation Of Millions" followed by Slick Rick, and Ultramagnetic
side note: the new PE album "Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear On No Stamps" is actually their best album in years!
Public Enemy "It Takes A Nation Of Millions" followed by Slick Rick, and Ultramagnetic
side note: the new PE album "Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear On No Stamps" is actually their best album in years!
feelosofer
#ninergang
Like I said on 
It Takes a Nation of Millions is the best album
but Ultramagnetics MC's Critical Beatdown is the most underrated and my personal favorite, but 88 is arguably the GOAT year.
It Takes a Nation of Millions is the best album
but Ultramagnetics MC's Critical Beatdown is the most underrated and my personal favorite, but 88 is arguably the GOAT year.
Newark88
Superstar
Like I said on
It Takes a Nation of Millions is the best album
but Ultramagnetics MC's Critical Beatdown is the most underrated and my personal favorite, but 88 is arguably the GOAT year.
Yea, if you think about it, it's just too much heat to choose from. And we not even talking about the singles/joints that dropped that year too.
More 88 albums. You can't front. And I have to give props to He's the DJ I'm the rapper. I loved that album. I still do. fantastic production. Very entertaining. I still have my original tape to this day.
1988
1. Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Def Jam)
2. N.W.A: Straight Outta Compton (Ruthless)
3. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (Def Jam)
4. EPMD: Strictly Business (Fresh)
5. Boogie Down Productions: By Any Means Necessary (Jive)
6. Big Daddy Kane: Long Live the Kane (Cold Chillin')
7. Ultramagnetic MCs: Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau)
8. Eric B. & Rakim: Follow the Leader (Uni)
9. Biz Markie: Goin' Off (Cold Chillin')
10. Jungle Brothers: Straight Out the Jungle (Idlers)
11. Eazy-E: Eazy-Duz-It (Ruthless)
12. Run-D.M.C.: Tougher Than Leather (Profile)
13. MC Lyte: Lyte as a Rock (First Priority)
14. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (Jive)
15. Marley Marl: In Control Vol. 1 (Cold Chillin')
16. Salt-n-Pepa: A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (Next Plateau)
17. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: Road to the Riches (Cold Chillin')
18. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew: The World's Greatest Entertainer (Reality)
19. Stetsasonic: In Full Gear (Tommy Boy)
20. 2 Live Crew: Move Somethin' (Luke Skyywalker)
21. Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud: Girls I Got 'em Locked (Elektra)
22. Life is...Too $hort (Jive)
23. King Tee: Act a Fool (Capitol)
24. Kid 'n Play: 2 Hype (Select)
25. Lakim Shabazz: Pure Righteousness (Tuff City)
1988
1. Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Def Jam)
2. N.W.A: Straight Outta Compton (Ruthless)
3. The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (Def Jam)
4. EPMD: Strictly Business (Fresh)
5. Boogie Down Productions: By Any Means Necessary (Jive)
6. Big Daddy Kane: Long Live the Kane (Cold Chillin')
7. Ultramagnetic MCs: Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau)
8. Eric B. & Rakim: Follow the Leader (Uni)
9. Biz Markie: Goin' Off (Cold Chillin')
10. Jungle Brothers: Straight Out the Jungle (Idlers)
11. Eazy-E: Eazy-Duz-It (Ruthless)
12. Run-D.M.C.: Tougher Than Leather (Profile)
13. MC Lyte: Lyte as a Rock (First Priority)
14. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (Jive)
15. Marley Marl: In Control Vol. 1 (Cold Chillin')
16. Salt-n-Pepa: A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (Next Plateau)
17. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: Road to the Riches (Cold Chillin')
18. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew: The World's Greatest Entertainer (Reality)
19. Stetsasonic: In Full Gear (Tommy Boy)
20. 2 Live Crew: Move Somethin' (Luke Skyywalker)
21. Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud: Girls I Got 'em Locked (Elektra)
22. Life is...Too $hort (Jive)
23. King Tee: Act a Fool (Capitol)
24. Kid 'n Play: 2 Hype (Select)
25. Lakim Shabazz: Pure Righteousness (Tuff City)
Newark88
Superstar
As far as who had the most bangers that year (joints that were getting the parties live), it's a toss up between PE and Biz.
notorious8562
Sine Metu
Great Adventures
Shammago
By Any Means
Man, from 1988 - 1995 had the BEST HIP HOP MUSIC OF ALL TIMES.
