Top 5 albums released in 1988

"The Golden Age"

Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
PE - It Takes a Nation
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
BDP - By All Means Necessary

hon. mentions:

Too Short - Life is...Too Short
BDK - Long Live the Kane



i have to be missing some?

N.W.A.- Straight Outta Compton
Eric B & Rakim- Follow The Leader
BDP- By All Means Necessary
Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Big Daddy Kane- Long Live The Kane

1. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
2. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
3. Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
4. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
5. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

1. NWA - Straight OUtta Compton
2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
3. Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
4. EPMD - Strictly Business
5. Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown

Honorable Mentions:

BDP - By All Means Necessary
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live The Kane
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader

This was tough. Lots of classics to choose from.

This thread is going to have a lot of honorable mentions, and with good reason.

In order of my most played...

N.W.A. "Straight Outta Compton"
Boogie Down Productions "By Any Means Necessary"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince "He's the DJ I'm the Rapper"
Public Enemy "It Takes A Nation of Millions"
EPMD "Strictly Business"

NWA- SOC
Eazy-E- Eazy-Duz-It
Too Short- Life Is...
Slick Rick- Great Adventures Of...
PE- ITANOM

EPMD-Strictly Business
Slick Rick-The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Big Daddy Kane-Long Live The Kane
BDP-By Any Means Necessary
Marley Marl-In Control Vol. 1
PE-It Takes A Nation

I know it's 6, but i really couldn't bring myself to remove one of them from my list

NWA- SOC
Eric B & Rakim-Follow the Leader
Too Short- Life Is...
Slick Rick- Great Adventures Of...
PE- ITANOM
*Ultramagnetic MCs-Critical Beatdown

Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (best album of the 80's IMO)
Boogie Down Productions- By All Means Necessary
Slick Rick- The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
NWA- Straight Outta Compton
Big Daddy Kane- Long Live The Kane

I co-sign Wayne about the honorable mentions. There are TONS of classics from '88. Probably more than the entire last 10 years.

Yep, I said it. I didn't stutter.

Public Enemy-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Slick Rick-The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick

Ultramagnetic MC's-Critical Beatdown

Marley Marl-In Control Vol 1

EPMD-Strictly Business


you'll need a top 30 from this year and it still wouldn't be complete...numero uno baby bubba!

D.Powell wrote:

Public Enemy-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Slick Rick-The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick

Ultramagnetic MC's-Critical Beatdown

Marley Marl-In Control Vol 1

EPMD-Strictly Business


you'll need a top 30 from this year and it still wouldn't be complete...numero uno baby bubba!

I'm surprised it took you so long to respond to this Powell...but nevertheless I agree with you on how great 88 was. It has almost as many classics as the Yankees have championships.