1987
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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