‘Bringing ’88 back’ is a phrase that alot of you maybe familiar with. For those who are too young to remember, 1988 was a great year for Hip Hop.
Some Classic albums from 1988 -
Eric B & Rakim – Follow The Leader,
Public Enemy – It Takes A Million To Hold Us Back
NWA- Straight Outta Compton
Ice-T – Power
Run DMC – Tougher Than Leather
Jungle Brothers – Straight Out Of The Jungle
Eazy-E – Eazy Dun-It
KRS & BDP – By All Means Necessary
Big Daddy Kane – Long Live Kane
EPMD – Strictly Business
Slick Rick – The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick
The Hip Hop Chronicle takes a look at some of the highlights of 2008 so far and what is yet to come.
This year has seen Jay-Z stand down as President of Def Jam, Lil Wayne selling over a ‘Millie’ in a week, Hip Hop taking over Glastonbury and the loss of Pimp C & DJ K-Swift. It also saw the end of Crooked I’s fantastic ‘Hip Hop Weekly’s as well as old beefs reignited and squashed.
Below are some albums that we were standout albums
Standout Albums of 2008 so far
Immortal Technique – The 3rd World
Emmanuel Jal – Warchild
Nas – Untitled
Lupe Fiasco’s – The Cool
The Roots – Rising Down
Rick Ross – Trilla
Alicia Keys – As I Am
Buckshot & 9th Wonder – The Formula
Lil Wayne – The Carter III
Albums to look forward too this year
Dr Dre – Detox
T.I. – Paper Trail
Young Jeezy – The Recession
LL Cool J – Exit 13
Jay-Z – Blueprint 3
Eminem’s album
Busta Rhymes – Blessed
Ice Cube – Raw Footage
Immortal Technique – The Middle Passage
The LOX – Live, Suffer & Celebrate
Memphis Bleek – The Process
The Game – L.A.X.
Kardinal Offishal – Not 4 Sale
Sway – The Signature LP
2008 has also seen some talented MC’s come to the fore. From Mickey’s ‘Leaks’ to Donny’s ‘Bars’ and AC’s ‘Attack Of The Blogs’ – genius move.
With these MC’s and more coming through, the future of Hip Hop is very bright
Talent
Donny Goines
Mickey Factz
Chipmunk
JD Era
Esso
Kidz In The Hall
AC
Nina B
The Cool Kidz
Wale
Tinie Tempah
Beef
Soulja Boy vs Ice-T
Lil Wayne vs 50 Cent
GZA vs 50 Cent
Young Buck vs 50 Cent & G-Unit
50 Cent vs Fat Joe
Uncle Murda & Papoose – Squashed
Fat Joe & Papoose/50 Cent
Jermaine Dupri vs Greg Street
Lil Wayne vs Mixtape DJ’s
Killer Mike & Big Boi – Squashed
Shawty Lo vs T.I.
Dipset Split – Cam sells Juelz contract – Not really a beef
Tours/Festivals
Rock The Bells Tour
Tribe reunited. Everyone got pass the Canadian boarder & Nas brought out Jay-Z.
Glow In The Dark Tour
Jay-Z – Roc Nation Tour including O2 Wireless, Hove Festival & Glastonbury
‘For those who didnt get the memo, my name is Jay-Z and Im pretty f*cking awesome’
Business
Jay-Z
Translation Advertising with Steve Stoute - Wrigley’s Ad’s involving Chris Brown & Neyo
Live Nation Deal
Kanye West
Nike Air Yeezy’s
Travel Company
Dr Dre
Dr Dre – Aftermath Cognac
Notable Highlights
Jumping on other artists tracks
This year saw artists jumpin on another artist beat and try to better the original. This way most notably seen with ‘A Millie’. Everyone and anyone jumped on the track. But the positive from it was there were artists that used the challenge to showcase their talent but also try to rip the beat.
Standout ‘A Millie’s’ – Corey Gunz, Lil Mama & Jay-Z.
Incredible – Mickey Factz showed Hip Hop unity by having artists do their own freestyle to his Incredible track.
Jay-Z & Beyonce Marry
If there anything that you feel we have missed, contact us an we’ll amend the post.
2008 – Looks like its a good year for Hip Hop
