HIP HOP'S GREATEST ALBUMS BY YEAR
Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists
From Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists, by Sacha Jenkins, Elliott
Wilson,Chairman Mao, Gabriel Alvarez & Brent Rollins, published 1999
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Singles
Albums
1979 - 85 |
1986 - 87
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1988 |
1989 |
1990
1979-85
1. Run-D.M.C. (Profile '84)
2. L.L. Cool J: Radio (Def Jam '85)
3. Wild Style (Animal '83)
4. Live Convention '82 (Disco Wax '82)
5. Live Convention '81 (Disco Wax '81)
6. Fat Boys (Sutra '84)
7. Whodini: Escape (Jive '84)
8. Run-D.M.C.: King of Rock (Profile '85)
9. Treacherous Three (Sugarhill '84)
10. Mantronix: The Album (Fresh '85)
11. Malcolm McLaren & the World Famous Supreme Team: D'Ya Like
Scratchin' EP (Island '82)
12. The Big Break Rapper Party (Sounds of New York '80)
13. The Fat Boys Are Back (Sutra '85)
14. Too $hort: Don't Stop Rappin' (75 Girls '85)
15. Crash Crew (Sugarhill '84)
16. Too $hort: Raw, Uncut & X-Rated (75 Girls '85)
17. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious 5: The Message (Sugarhill '82)
18. Kurtis Blow: Ego Trip (Mercury '84)
19. Too $hort: Players (75 Girls, '83)
20. Whodini (Jive '83)
21. Sugarhill Gang: 8th Wonder (Sugarhill '81)
22. Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde: The Champagne of Rap (Profile '85)
23. Def Mix Volume 1 (Pop Art '85)
24. Kurtis Blow (Mercury '80)
25. Sugarhill Gang (Sugarhill '79)
1986-87
1. Run-D.M.C.: Raising Hell (Profile '86)
2. Boogie Down Productions: Criminal Minded (B-Boy '87)
3. Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill (Def Jam '86)
4. Eric B & Rakim: Paid in Full (4th & B'way '87)
5. Public Enemy: Yo! Bum Rush the Show (Def Jam '87)
6. L.L. Cool J: Bigger & Deffer (Def Jam '87)
7. Schoolly D: Saturday Night-the Album (Schoolly D '87)
8. 2 Live Crew: 2 Live Crew is What We Are (Luke Skyywalker '86)
9. Too $hort: Born to Mack (Jive '86)
10. MC Shan: Down by Law (Cold Chillin' 87)
11. Salt-n-Pepa: Hot, Cool & Vicious (Next Plateau '86)
12. Just-Ice: Kool & Deadly (Justicizms) (Fresh '87)
13. Whodini: Back in Black (Jive '86)
14. Dana Dame: Dana Dame with Fame ('87)
15. Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew: Oh My God! (Reality '86)
16. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince: Rock the House (Word Up '87)
17. Just-Ice: Back to the Old School (Fresh '86)
18. Stetsasonic: On Fire (Tommy Boy '86)
19. Masters of Ceremony: Dynamite (4th & B'way '87)
20. Kool Moe Dee: How Ya Like Me Now (Jive '87)
21. Schoolly D (Schoolly D '86)
22. Ice-T: Rhyme Pays (Sire '87)
23. Steady B: What's My Name (Jive '87)
24. Spoonie Gee: The Godfather (Tuff City '87)
25. MC Shy D: Got to Be Tough (Luke Skyywalker '87)
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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)
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1989
1. De La Soul: 3 Feet High & Rising (Tommy Boy)
2. Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique (Capitol)
3. Jungle Brothers: Done by the Forces of Nature (Warner Bros)
4. Big Daddy Kane: It's a Big Daddy Thing (Cold Chillin')
5. The D.O.C.: No One Can Do It Better (Ruthless)
6. Geto Boys: Grip It! On That Other Level (Rap-a-Lot)
7. 3rd Bass: The Cactus Album (Def Jam)
8. 2 Live Crew: As Nasty as They Wanna Be (Luke)
9. Nice & Smooth (Fresh)
10. Biz Markie: The Biz Never Sleeps (Cold Chillin')
11. EPMD: Unfinished Business (Fresh)
12. Queen Latifah: All Hail the Queen (Tommy Boy)
13. L.L. Cool J: Walking with a Panther (Def Jam)
14. Special Ed: Youngest in Charge (Profile)
15. Chill Rob G: Ride the Rhythm (Wild Pitch)
16. Low Profile: We're in This Together (Priority)
17. MC Lyte: Eyes on This (First Priority)
18. Three Times Dope: Original Stylin' (Arista)
19. Stezo: Crazy Noize (Fresh)
20. Boogie Down Productions: Ghetto Music: the Blueprint of
Hip-Hop(Jive)
21. Ice-T: The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say
(Rhyme Syndicate)
22. Willie D: Controversy (Rap-a-Lot)
23. Heavy D & the Boyz: Big Tyme (Uptown)
24. Sir Mix-a-Lot: Swass (Def American)
25. Kwame: The Boy Genius featuring a New Beginning (Atlantic)
1990
1. Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (Priority)
2. Brand Nubian: One for All (Elektra)
3. Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet (Def Jam)
4. N.W.A: 100 Miles and Runnin' EP (Ruthless)
5. EPMD: Business as Usual (Def Jam)
6. L.L. Cool J: Mama Said Knock You Out (Def Jam)
7. Eric B & Rakim: Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (MCA)
8. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo: Wanted: Dead or Alive (Cold Chillin')
9. A Tribe Called Quest: People's Instinctive Travels & the Paths of
Rhythm (Jive)
10. Gang Starr: Step in the Arena (Chrysalis)
11. Boogie Down Productions: Edutainment (Jive)
12. Above the Law: Livin' Like Hustlers (Ruthless)
13. X-Clan: To the East, Blackwards (Ruthless)
14. Ice Cube: Kill at Will EP (Priority)
15. Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth: Funky Technician (Wild Pitch)
16. Too $hort: $hort Dog's in the House (Jive)
17. Special Ed: Legal (Profile)
18. Digital Underground: Sex Packets (Tommy Boy)
19. King Tee: At Your Own Risk (Capitol)
20. K-Solo: Tell the World My Name (Atlantic)
21. Poor Righteous Teachers: Holy Intellect (Profile)
22. Masta Ace: Take a Look Around (Cold Chillin')
23. Digital Underground: This is an EP Release (Tommy Boy)
24. Compton's Most Wanted: It's a Compton Thang (Orpheus)
25. D-Nice: Call Me D-Nice (Jive)