1986

  • Grandmaster Flash – The Source
    UTFO – Skeezer Pleezer
    Boogie Boys – Survival of the Freshest
    Whodini – Back In Black
    The Fat Boys – Big & Beautiful
    Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell
    Kurtis Blow – Kingdom Blow
    Whistle – Whistle
    Doug E. Fresh – Oh My God!
    Steady B – Bring The Beat Back
    2 Live Crew – The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
    LA Dream Team – Kings Of The West Coast
    Too Short – Raw, Uncut and X-Rated
    Beastie Boys – Licensed To Ill
    Salt-N-Pepa – Hot, Cool, & Vicious
    Lovebug Starski – House Rocker
    Just-Ice – Back To The Old School
    Kool Moe Dee – Self-Titled
    Stetsasonic – On Fire
    Schoolly D – Saturday Night! The Album

  • Boogie Down Productions – “South Bronx”
    Eric B. & Rakim – “Eric B Is President”
    Ice-T – “6 N The Morning”
    Ultramagnetic MCs – “Ego Trippin’”
    M.C. Shan – “The Bridge”
    Biz Markie – “Make The Music With Your Mouth, Biz”
    Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce – “It’s My Beat”
    Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “Girls Ain’t Nothin’ But Trouble”

1986 NEWS

Challenger Explosion, January

Oprah debuts, September

South African unrest grows, due to Apartheid

Iran-Contra Affair

Chernobyl Power Plant Disaster

First Observance of MLK Day

Mike Tyson becomes youngest heavyweight champion

Run DMC’s “Walk This Way” is released and is a hit

U.S Congress passed a law creating a 100 to 1 sentencing disparity for the possession and trafficking of crack when compared to powder cocaine