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breakbeats
super disco brakes (winley)
ultimate breaks and beats vols. 1–25 (street beat, 1985–1990)
kurtis blow presents the history of hip hop vol. 1 (rhino, 1997)

old school hip hop
live convention ’82 (disco wax, 1982)
wild style (animal, 1983)
go-go crankin’ (4th & b’way, 1985)
the best of enjoy records (hot productions, 1989)
the sugar hill story – old school rap to the beat y’all (sequel, 1992)
street jams: electric funk vols. 1–4 (rhino, 1992)
cold crush brothers: all the way live in ’82 (tuff city, 1994)
pumpkin: the tuff city sessions (old school flava, 1995)
spoonie gee: the godfather of hip hop (tuff city, 1997)
afrika bambaataa: looking for the perfect beat: 1980-1985 (tommy boy, 2001)
harlem world: the sound of the big apple rappin’ (heroes & villains, 2001)
mantronix: that’s my beat (soul jazz, 2002)
the third unheard: connecticut hip hop 1979-1983 (stones throw, 2004)

list of important albums
1984
run-d.m.c.: run-d.m.c. (profile, 1984)

1985
ll cool j: radio (def jam, 1985)
run-d.m.c.: raising h-ll (profile, 1986)
beastie boys: licensed to ill (def jam, 1986)

1987
boogie down productions: criminal minded (b-boy, 1987)
eric b & rakim: paid in full (4th & b’way, 1987)

1988
biz markie: goin’ off (cold chillin’, 1988)
sl!ck rick: the great adventures of sl!ck rick (def jam, 1988)
epmd: strictly business (fresh, 1988)
big daddy kane: long live the kane (cold chillin’, 1988)
public enemy: it takes a nation of millions to hold us back (def jam, 1988)
n.w.a: straight outta compton (ruthless, 1988)
mc lyte: lyte as a rock (first priority, 1988)
ultramagnetic mc’s: critical beatdown (next plateau, 1988)
jungle brothers: straight out the jungle (idlers, 1988)

1989
de la soul: 3 feet high & rising (tommy boy, 1989)
beastie boys: paul’s boutique (capitol, 1989)
queen latifah: all hail the queen (tommy boy, 1989)
jungle brothers: done by the forces of nature (warner bros., 1989)

1990
public enemy (group): fear of a black planet (def jam, 1990)
a tribe called quest: people’s instinctive travels and the paths of rhythm (jive, 1990)
x-clan: to the east, blackwards (4th & b’way, 1990)
ice cube: amerikkka’s most wanted (priority, 1990)
poor righteous teachers: holy intellect (profile, 1990)
brand nubian: one for all (elektra, 1990)

1991
gang starr: step in the arena
de la soul: de la soul is dead (tommy boy, 1991)
main source: breaking atoms (wild pitch, 1991)
cypress hill: cypress hill (ruffhouse/columbia, 1991)
a tribe called quest: the low end theory (jive, 1991)
scarface: mr. scarface is back (rap-a-lot, 1991)

1992
redman: whut? thee album (def jam, 1992)
the pharcyde: bizarre ride ii the pharcyde (delicious vinyl, 1992)
dr. dre: the chronic (death row, 1992)

1993
souls of mischief: 93 ’til infinity (jive, 1993)
wu-tang clan: enter the wu-tang (36 chambers) (loud, 1993)
snoop doggy dogg: doggystyle (death row, 1993)

1994
nas: illmatic (columbia, 1994)
organized konfusion: stress: the extinction agenda (hollywood basic, 1994) 1
notorious b.i.g.: ready to die (bad boy, 1994)
common sense: resurrection (relativity, 1994)

1995
mobb deep: the infamous (loud, 1995) =
raekwon: only built 4 cuban linx… (loud, 1995)

1996
the fugees: the score (ruffhouse/columbia, 1996)
jay-z: reasonable doubt (roc-a-fella, 1996)

1998
lauryn hill: the miseducation of lauryn hill (ruffhouse/columbia, 1998)
outkast: aquemini (laface, 1998)

1999
eminem: the slim shady lp (aftermath/interscope, 1999)

2001
jay-z: the blueprint (roc-a-fella, 2001)

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