Hip Hop Timeline 1988 - 1991

I found this hip hop timeline shows what was going on indepth in hip hop music during these years. A lot of the music that came out during this time later would become some of hip hops classics. I chose to feature the year 1988 because that's when I was born :)

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(via allhiphop.com)
1988 marked the year that Hip-Hop took center stage. With the help of Yo! MTV Raps it became more than an underground fad and quickly moved onto becoming a worldwide phenomenon. It was the year that the parental advisory sticker opened the door to rap’s freedom of speech. It also marked the emergence of Hip-Hop into mainstream music.

It’s hard to imagine a world without Hip-Hop’s influence over it. Hip-Hop’s prevalent presence can be seen in clothes, movies, and all forms of media. As it continues to grow into popular culture, we can see it also influence other genres of music. Its fate has been sealed knowing that as Hip-Hop continues to grow and mature so will its influence on culture. In five timelines of four-year increments, AllHipHop will provide a brief glance at how far Hip-Hop has come. June is Black Music Month, after all.


1988

• Def Jam Records founders Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin part ways, with Rubin going on to establish Def American. Lyor Cohen names president of Def Jam.

•The Source Magazine is founded as a newsletter by Harvard students Dave Mays and Jon Shecter.

•UGK release their cassette tape only debut The Southern Way.

• Ultramagnetic MCs release their debut Critical Beatdown.

•The Jungle Brothers release their debut album Straight Out The Jungle. On “The Promo” they introduce a young Q-Tip who along with the JBs, A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul eventually form the core of Native Tongue.

•February 12, 1988 – Spike Lee’s film School Daze hits theaters.

•March 29, 1988 - DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince releases their second album, He’s The DJ, I’m The Rapper. The album sells 2.5 million records.
•May 2, 1988 – Slick Rick aka MC Ricky D drops his debut The Great Adventures of Slick Rick.

•May 10, 1988 – Boogie Down Productions drops its first album without the late DJ Scott La Rock, By All Means Necessary.

•May 16, 1988 - Run- D.M.C releases their fourth album titled Tougher Than Leather. The album goes platinum. They also star in a movie of the same name. It does not fair as well at theaters.

•June - EPMD releases their debut album Strictly Business on Sleeping Bag Records. They soon become Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest’s favorite group

• June 21, 1988 - Big Daddy Kane releases his debut Long Live The Kane.

•June 28, 1988 - Public Enemy releases their second album It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back. The album is acclaimed for its political topics, unique sampling, and rock inspired sounds.

•August ’88 - The first TV show dedicated strictly to Hip-Hop (“nationally,” so big up to Uncle Ralph, The Vid Kid and Video Music Box) airs on MTV. Yo! MTV Raps is an immediate hit and was one the highest rated shows on MTV. It featured hosts Fab Five Freddy, Ed Lover and Dr. Dre’ and exposed Hip-Hop to audiences around the world.•August 8, 1988 - N.W.A. releases Straight Outta Compton. It goes Gold and marks the beginning of Gangsta rap’s mainstream popularization, no disrespect to Ice-T. The single “F**k the Police” earns the group a formal warning from the FBI.

•September 13, 1988 - Ice-T’s second album Power is released and is the first rap album to be hit with a parental advisory sticker. Surely, you remember the cover, right?

•September 17, 1988 - MC Lyte releases Lyte As A Rock. Her lyrical skills not only elevate her to be one of the top female MC’s in the game at the time but also one of the key players in rap history.

I just chose to feature the year 1988, the remaining years can be found in the original article taken from allhiphop.com, here