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Artist Name
Album Title
Release Date
Locale
Record Company
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Kurtis Blow
Christmas Rappin’ 12”
1979
The Bronx, NY
Mercury
3
The Sugar Hill Gang
Rapper’s Delight 12”
1979
Englewood, NJ
Sugar Hill
4
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
The Message
10/?/1982
The Bronx, NY
Sugar Hill
5
The Cold Crush Brothers
Fresh, Wild, Fly And Bold
1984
The Bronx, NY
Tuff City
6
Run-D.M.C.
Run-D.M.C.
3/27/1984
Queens, NY
Profile, Arista
7
Whodini
Escape
10/17/1984
Brooklyn, NY
Jive, Arista
8
Mantronix
Mantronix: The Album
1985
New York, NY
Sleeping Bag
9
LL Cool J
Radio
11/18/1985
Queens, NY
Def Jam, Columbia
10
Schooly D
Saturday Night! The Album
1986
Philadelphia, PA
Schooly D, Jive
11
Run-D.M.C.
Raising Hell
5/15/1986
Queens, NY
Profile, Arista
12
Beastie Boys
Licensed to Ill
11/15/1986
NYC, NY
Def Jam, Columbia
13
Afrika Bambaata & The Zulu Nation
Planet Rock: The Album
12/1/1986
The Bronx, NY
Tommy Boy, Warner Bros
14
Boogie Down Productions
Crimincal Minded
3/3/1987
The Bronx, NY
B-Boy Records
15
Public Enemy
Yo! Bum Rush The Show
4/1/1987
Hempstead
Def Jam, Columbia
16
Eric B. & Rakim
Paid in Full
7/7/1987
Long Island, NY
4th & B'way, Island
17
Heavy D & The Boyz
Living Large...
10/251987
Mount Vernon, NY
Uptown Records
18
Salt n Pepa
Hot, Cool & Vicious
12/8/1987
Queens, NY
Next Plateau Records
19
Biz Markie
Goin Off
2/23/1988
Long Island, NY
Cold Chillin', Warner Bros
20
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper
4/5/1988
Philadelphia, PA
Jive, RCA
21
EPMD
Strictly Business
6/7/1988
Brentwood, NJ
Fresh, Sleeping Bag, Priority, EMI
22
Big Daddy Kane
Long Live The Kane
6/21/1988
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY
Cold Chillin', Warner Bros
23
Public Enemy
It Takes a Nation Of Millions to Hold Us Back
6/28/1988
Long Island, NY
Def Jam, Columbia
24
Marley Marl - In Control, Volume 1 - 1988
In Control, Volume 1
9/11/1988
Queens, NY
Cold Chillin', Warner Bros
25
MC Lyte
Lyte as a Rock
9/13/1988
Brooklyn, NY
First Priority Music, Atlantic
26
Ultramagnetic MCs
Critical Beatdown
10/4/1988
The Bronx, NY
Next Plateau
27
Slick Rick
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
11/1/1988
The Bronx, NY
Def Jam, Columbia, CBS
28
Queen Latifah
All Hail the Queen
11/1/1988
Newark, NJ
Tommy Boy
29
Jungle Brothers
Straight Out The Jungle
11/8/1988
NYC, NY
Idlers, Warlock Records
30
De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising
3/3/1989
Long Island, NY
Tommy Boy, Warner Bros
31
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
Road to the Ritches
3/14/1989
Queens, NY
cold Chillin', Warner Bros
32
Beastie Boys
Paul's Boutique
7/25/1989
NYC, NY
Capitol
33
Public Enemy
Fear of A Black Planet
4/10/1990
Long Island, NY
Def Jam, Columbia
34
X-Clan
To The East, Blackwards
4/24/1990
Brooklyn, NY
4th & B'way, Island
35
LL Cool J
Mamma Said Knock You Out
8/27/1990
Queens, NY
Def Jam, Columbia, CBS
36
Brand Nubian
One For All
12/4/1990
New Rochelle, NY
Elektra
37
Gang Starr
Step In The Arena
1/15/1991
Brooklyn, NY
Chrysalis,EMI Records
38
De La Soul
De La Soul Is Dead
5/13/1991
Long Island, NY
Tommy Boy,Warner Bros. Records
39
A Tribe Called Quest
The Low End Theory
9/24/1991
Queens, NY
Jive, RCA Records
40
Lord Finesse
Return of the Funky Man
2/11/1992
Bronx, NY
Giant, Reprise
41
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Mecca and the Soul Brother
7/9/1992
Mount Vernon, NY
42
Redman
Whut? The Album
9/22/1992
Newark, NJ
Def Jam
43
Diamond D
Stunts Blunts & Hip Hop
9/22/1992
Bronx, NY
Chemistry, Mercury, PolyGram Records
44
Black Moon
Enta Da Stage
10/19/1993
Brooklyn, NY
Nervous
45
Wu-Tang Clan
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
11/9/1993
Staten Island, NY
Loud
46
A Tribe Called Quest
Midnight Marauders
11/9/1993
Queens, NY
Jive, BMG
47
Nas
Illmatic
4/19/1994
Queens, NY
Columbia
48
The Notorious B.I.G.
Ready to Die
9/13/1994
Brooklyn, NY
Bad Boy
49
Smif - N - Wessun
Dah Shinin'
1/10/1995
Brooklyn, NY
Wreck
50
Big L
Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous
3/28/1995
Harlem, NY
Columbia
51
Mobb Deep
The Infamous
4/25/1995
Queens, NY
Loud, RCA, BMG
52
Naughty by Nature
Poverty's Paradise
5/2/1995
East Orange, NJ
Tommy Boy
53
GZA/Genius
Liquid Swords
11/7/1995
Brooklyn, NY
Geffen, MCA
54
The Fugees
The Score
2/13/1996
South Orange, NJ
Ruffhouse, Columbia
55
Dr. Octagon
Dr. Octagonecologyst
5/6/1996
Bronx, NY
DreamWorks, Geffen, MCA Records
56
Jay-Z
Reasonable Doubt
6/25/1996
Brooklyn, NY
Roc-A-Fella, Priority
57
Nas
It Was Written
7/2/1996
Queens, NY
Columbia
58
Raekwon
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
8/1/1995
Staten Island, NY
Loud, RCA
59
The Roots
Illadelph Halflife
9/24/1996
Philadelphia, PA
DGC
60
Ghostface Killah
Ironman
10/29/1996
Staten Island, NY
Razor Sharp, Epic Street, Sony
61
Lil Kim
Hard Core
11/12/1996
Bedford Stuyvestant, Brooklyn
62
Redman
Muddy Waters
12/10/1996
Newark, NJ
Def Jam
63
Company Flow
Funcrusher Plus
7/22/1997
Brooklyn, NY
Definitive Jux, Rawkus, Priority
64
Ma$e
Harlem World
10/28/1997
Harlem World NY
Bad Boy
65
Big Punisher
Capital Punishment
4/28/1998
The Bronx, NY
Terror Squad, Loud
66
DMX
It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
5/12/1998
Yonkers, NY
Ruff Ryders, Def Jam
67
Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
8/25/1998
East Orange, NJ
Ruffhouse, Colombia
68
Black Star
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
8/25/1998
Brooklyn, NY
Rawkus, Priority
69
DMX
Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
12/22/1998
Yonkers, NY
Ruff Ryders, Def Jam
70
Mos Def
Black on Both Sides
10/12/1999
Brooklyn, NY
Rawkus, Priority
71
Ghostface Killah
Supreme Clientele
1/25/2000
Staten Island, NY
Epic
72
Cormega
The Realness
7/24/2001
Queens, NY
Legal Hustle
73
Jay-Z
The Blueprint
9/11/2001
Brooklyn, NY
Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam
74
50 Cent
Get Rich Or Die Tryin
2/6/2003
Jamacia, Queens, NY
Shady, Aftermath, Interscope
75
Jay-Z
The Black Album
11/14/2003
Brooklyn, NY
Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam
76
Madvillain
Madvillainy
3/23/2004
Long Island, NY
Stones Throw
77
Cam’ron
Purple Haze
12/7/2004
Harlem, NY
Roc-A-Fella, Diplomat, Def Jam
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