How 1988 Changed Everything: A Complete Retrospective

One year. Fifteen records. The most stacked twelve months in the entire history of Hip-Hop. In 1988 — Public Enemy made the government nervous, Eric B and Rakim rewrote the rules of rapping, KRS-One came back from tragedy with his greatest work, Salt-N-Pepa proved the door was wide enough for everyone, and two unknowns from Harlem outsold everybody with nothing but a perfect groove. Every story fully researched and verified. This is the Golden Hip-Hop Era. Where the real stories live. Subscribe Here Cause I've got more hit is coming 💯🔥    / @goldenhiphopera-01   Watch more videos 👇    • Hip-Hop Facts That Hit Different   00:00 — Intro 00:47 — 15 — Run-DMC "Run's House" (1988) 02:26 — 14 — LL Cool J "Going Back to Cali" (1988) 04:16 — 13 — EPMD "It's My Thing" (1988) 06:10 — 12 — EPMD "Strictly Business" (1988) 08:05 — 11 — Eric B & Rakim "Microphone Fiend" (1988) 10:13 — 10 — Eric B & Rakim "I Ain't No Joke" (1988) 12:07 — 9 — Marley Marl ft. Juice Crew "The Symphony" (1988) 14:01 — 8 — Public Enemy "Rebel Without A Pause" (1988) 15:43 — 7 — Public Enemy "Bring The Noise" (1988) 17:31 — 6 — Public Enemy "Don't Believe The Hype" (1988) 19:18 — 5 — Ice-T "Colors" (1988) 21:05 — 4 — Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock "It Takes Two" (1988) 26:47 — 3 — Boogie Down Productions "My Philosophy" (1988) 28:38 — 2 — Slick Rick "Mona Lisa" (1988) 30:46 — 1 — Salt-N-Pepa "Push It" (1988) 34:33 — Outro #GoldenHipHopEra #1988HipHop #OldSchoolHipHop #HipHopHistory #PublicEnemy #EricBAndRakim #SaltNPepa #KRSOne #SlickRick #IceT #EPMD #RunDMC #LLCoolJ #RobBase #BoogiDownProductions #ClassicHipHop #GoldenAgeHipHop #RapHistory #HipHopCountdown #80sRap