Hip-Hop Circa 1989
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 4/19/2009 08:54:00 PM by Pumice T
2009 marks the 20-year anniversary for some historical releases in the world of Hip-Hop. Not only did De La Soul debut with "3 Feet High and Rising," but we also heard the talents of 3rd Bass and The D.O.C. on their first full-length releases.
The production of rap music had recently evolved, thanks in part to the Emu SP-1200 sampling drum machine, and the releases of 1989 would make music lawyers heads spin (and not due to break-dancing). The Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique" has so many samples, I'm pretty sure it has yet to be fully reverse-engineered. Fortunately, you can hear the sample-rich production better than ever while listening to a beautifully remastered 20th anniversary edition.
Do any other artists have anniversary releases planned? I don't know. I'd love to hear "The Cactus Album" or "3 Feet High and Rising" remastered, but I won't hold my breath.
I've compiled the following list of 1989 releases. If I'm missing any, please let me know.
- Antoinette - "Who's the Boss"
- Awesome Dre' & Hard Core Committee - "You Can't Hold Me Back"
- Beastie Boys - "Paul's Boutique"
- Beastie Boys - "Love American Style EP"
- Big Daddy Kane - "It's a Big Daddy Thing"
- The Diabolical Biz Markie - "The Biz Never Sleeps"
- Black & White - "Don't Know Yet"
- Ron C - "C Ya"
- Chubb Rock & Howie Tee - "And the Winner Is..."
- Company B - "Gotta Dance - "1989 - "Pop/Rock
- Criminal Element Orchestra - "Locked Up - "1989 - "Pop/Rock
- Willie Dee - "Controversy"
- De La Soul - "3 Feet High and Rising"
- Def Jef - "Just a Poet with Soul"
- Divine Styler - "Word Power"
- D.J. Chuck Chillout & Kool Chip - "Masters of the Rhythm"
- The D.O.C. - "No One Can Do It Better"
- Dr. Ease & D.J. Mix - "Put Your Mind & Body at Ease"
- Doctor Ice - "Mic Stalker"
- EPMD - "Unfinished Business"
- The Fat Boys - "On and On"
- Fresh Celeste - "Fresh Celeste"
- Full Force - "Smoove"
- Craig G - "The Kingpin"
- Gang Starr - "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
- Hipsway - "Scratch the Surface"
- Hostyle - "Get Off"
- Hustle Z & M.C. - "Show Me Yours and"
- Ice Cream Tee - "Can't Hold Back"
- Ice-T - "I'm Your Pusher"
- The Jaz - "A Word to the Jaz"
- Just-Ice - "The Desolate One"
- K-9 Posse - "K-9 Posse"
- KC Flightt - "In Flightt"
- King Sun - "XL"
- Kings of Pressure - "Slang Teacher"
- Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - "Road to the Riches
- Kool Rock Jay & D.J. Slice - "Tales from the Dope Side"
- Kool Skool - "Kool Skool"
- Kwamé the Boy Genius - "Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning
- LL Cool J - "Walking with a Panther"
- Magnetic Force - "12-52-365"
- MC Ade - "How Much Can You Take"
- MC Ade - "Just Sumthin' to Do"
- MC Hammer - "They Put Me in Mix"
- M.C. Rell - "Into the Future"
- MC Sergio - "Making a Killin'"
- MC Shy D - "Don't Sweat Me"
- MC Twist - "Comin' through Like Warriors"
- Mellow Man Ace - "Escape From Havana"
- Merlin - "Merlin"
- Ms. Melodie - "Diva"
- Nemesis - "To Hell and Back"
- Nice & Smooth - "Nice & Smooth"
- Nu-Sounds - "Mackin'"
- N.W.A. - "Express Yourself " [12" Single]
- N.W.A. - "Boyz-N-The-Hood"
- Posse NFX - "Black or Ya White"
- Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
- Public Enemy - "Welcome to the Terrordome" [Vinyl Single]
- Queen Latifah - "All Hail the Queen"
- Redhead Kingpin and the F.B.I. - "A Shade of Red"
- The "R" (Renard with No Regard) - "Going for Gold"
- Roxanne Shanté - "Bad Sister"
- Salt-N-Pepa - "A Blitz of Salt-N-Pepa Hits: The Hits Remixed"
- Schoolly D - "Am I Black Enough for You?"
- Sir Mix-A-Lot - "Seminar"
- Special Ed - "Youngest in Charge"
- Steady B - "Going Steady"
- Stop the Violence Movement - "Self Destruction"
- Tony Tee - "Time to Get Phy"
- 3rd Bass - "The Cactus Album"
- Three Times Dope - "Original Stylin'"
- Twenty Eighth St. Crew - "I Need a Rhythm"
- Too Short - "Born to Mack"
- Too $hort - "Life Is...Too Short"
- Twin Hype - "Twin Hype"
- 2 Live Crew - "As Nasty as They Wanna Be"
- 2 Live Crew - "As Clean as They Wanna Be"
- U.T.F.O. - "Doin' It!"
- The Wee Papa Girls - "The Beat, The Rhyme, The Noise"
- Wrecks-N-Effect - "Wrecks-N-Effect"
- X Clan - "Heed the Word of the Brother"
- X Clan - "Raise the Flag"
- Young MC - "Stone Cold Rhymin'"
Labels: 1989, Anniversary, Hip-Hop, Old-Skool