1987

  • Public Enemy – Yo! Bum Rush the Show
    Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded
    DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Rock the House
    Dana Dane – Dana Dane with Fame
    L.L. Cool J – Bigger and Deffer
    Eric B. & Rakim – Paid in Full
    Too Short – Born to Mack
    Ice- T – Rhyme Pays
    M.C. Shan – Down by Law
    M.C. Shy D – Got to Be Tough
    The Fat Boys – Crushin'
    Whodini – Open Sesame
    Grandmaster Flash – Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang
    Steady B – What's My Name
    Heavy D & the Boyz — Living Large
    Kool Moe Dee – How Ya Like Me Now
    N.W.A — N.W.A. and the Posse
    UTFO – Lethal
    Just-Ice – Kool & Deadly
    T La Rock – Lyrical King
    The Skinny Boys – Skinny And Proud
    Tuff Crew – Phanjam

  • Audio Two “Top Billin’”
    JVC Force – “Strong Island”
    Ultramagnetic MCs – “Funky”
    Juice Crew – “Juice Crew Allstars”
    Big Daddy Kane – “Raw”
    Salt-N-Pepa – “Push It”
    Biz Markie – “Nobody Beats The Biz”
    Rodney O & Joe Cooley – “Everlasting Bass”
    Spoonie Gee – “The Godfather Of Rap”

1987 NEWS
Reagan Berlin Wall speech, June

Aretha Franklin, first woman inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame, January

World Stock Market Crash, October

Death of James Baldwin, December

Tampa Riots, February and April

Licensed To Ill, first rap album to top the Billboard 200