Hip Hop of the 1980s
Hip Hop bands and artists who released albums in the 1980s: 62 artists with biographies and discographies
Hip Hop of the 1980s: bands and artists
The most listened are shown: 60 of 62

Beastie Boys

Jovanotti

MC Hammer

Bobby Brown
Incognito

Run‐D.M.C.

LL Cool J

De La Soul
Neneh Cherry
Indeep
The Sugarhill Gang
Roy Ayers
Fatback
Jody Watley

N.W.A

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince

Public Enemy
Scritti Politti
El DeBarge
Joyce Sims

Eazy‐E
Coldcut

Eric B. & Rakim

Big Audio Dynamite
Queen Latifah

Big Daddy Kane

LeVert

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Too $hort
Malcolm McLaren

MC Lyte
The James Taylor Quartet

Biz Markie

EPMD

Sir Mix‐A‐Lot
Ice‐T
Jon Hassell

Boogie Down Productions

The Chipmunks

Barry Adamson

Morris Day

Bill Laswell

The Egyptian Lover
World Class Wreckin’ Cru
Material
Trouble Funk
Val Young
Melvin Sparks
Mellow Man Ace
Rusty Bryant
Black & White
Blowfly
Moses Pelham

Def Con Dos
Dee Nasty
The 45 King
Tackhead
The Urge
Divine Styler
Garbage Collector
Hip Hop by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade



















