50 Greatest Rap/Hip-Hop Albums
of the 1980s

1. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy (1988)
2. Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C. (1986)
3. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A (1988)
4. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C. (1984)
5. Paid In Full - Eric B. & Rakim (1987)
6. 3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul (1989)
7. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys (1989)
8. Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys (1986)
9. Radio - LL Cool J (1985)
10. The Message - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (1982)
11. Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions (1987)
12. King of Rock - Run-D.M.C. (1985)
13. Hot, Cool & Vicious - Salt 'n' Pepa (1986)
14. Follow the Leader - Eric B. & Rakim (1988)
15. Yo! Bum Rush the Show - Public Enemy (1987)
16. Critical Beatdown - Ultramagnetic MCs (1988)
17. Strictly Business - EPMD (1988)
18. Long Live the Kane - Big Daddy Kane (1988)
19. All Hail the Queen - Queen Latifah (1989)
20. By All Means Necessary - Boogie Down Productions (1988)
21. The Great Adventures of Slick RIck - Slick Rick (1988)
22. Bigger and Deffer - LL Cool J (1987)
23. No One Can Do It Better - The D.O.C. (1989)
24. Done By the Forces of Nature - The Jungle Brothers (1989)
25. Road To the Riches - Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (1989)
26. Raw Like Sushi - Neneh Cherry (1989)
27. Schoolly D - Schoolly D (1986)
28. Lyte As a Rock - MC Lyte (1988)
29. As Nasty As They Wanna Be - 2 Live Crew (1989)
30. Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow (1980)
31. Escape - Whodini (1984)
32. He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (1988)
33. Power - Ice-T (1988)
34. Eazy-Duz-It - Eazy-E (1988)
35. Loc-ed After Dark - Tone Loc (1989)
36. It's A Big Daddy Thing - Big Daddy Kane (1989)
37. The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say - Ice-T (1989)
38. Rhyme Pays - Ice-T (1987)
39. Sugarhill Gang - Sugarhill Gang (1980)
40. Is What We Are - 2 Live Crew (1986)
41. Goin' Off - Biz Markie (1988)
42. How Ya Like Me Now - Kool Moe Dee (1989)
43. Oh, My God! - Doug E. Fresh (1986)
44. Grip It! On That Over Level - Geto Boys (1989)
45. Rock the House - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (1987)
46. Tougher Than Leather - Run-D.M.C. (1988)
47. Unfinished Business - EPMD (1989)
48. The Album - Mantronix (1985)
49. Life is... Too Short - Too $hort (1988)
50. Stone Cold Rhymin - Young MC (1989)