This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 1988.
Released albums Release date 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 100SongArtistProjectPeak 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