Time Capsule
If you were born in 1972, you turned 16 in
1988
Hip-hop era: Golden Age
Marquee moments in 1988 4
- 1988Jun 28, 1988Public Enemy release 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'Marquee
- 1988Aug 1988David Mays and Jonathan Shecter launch The Source magazine from a Harvard dormMarquee
- 1988Aug 6, 1988MTV launches 'Yo! MTV Raps'Marquee
- 1988Aug 8, 1988N.W.A. release 'Straight Outta Compton'Marquee
Albums released in 1988 3
- 1988-06-28 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back — public-enemy
- 1988-07-25 Follow the Leader — eric-b
- 1988-08-08 Straight Outta Compton — nwa