https://community.pandora.com/t5/Music-Podcasts/1988-Hip-Hop-Playlist/m-p/19259#M366 <P><A title="Fresh for '88" href="https://www.pandora.com/playlist/PL:844424978263569:1402599815" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Fresh for '88" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.pandora.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1000i14D96C43EE32826E/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-22 at 11.53.25 AM.png" alt="Fresh for '88" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Fresh for '88</span></span></A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Click the art to remember why '88 was one of the greatest years in Hip-Hop history. Lyricism took a quantum leap, sampling at it's best before the licensing crack down, and the emergence of many legendary artists.</P><P>What years would you submit as other high-water marks for the genre?</P> Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:00:51 GMT B_T_O 2020-04-22T19:00:51Z https://community.pandora.com/t5/Music-Podcasts/1988-Hip-Hop-Playlist/m-p/19259#M366 <P><A title="Fresh for '88" href="https://www.pandora.com/playlist/PL:844424978263569:1402599815" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Fresh for '88" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.pandora.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1000i14D96C43EE32826E/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2020-04-22 at 11.53.25 AM.png" alt="Fresh for '88" /><span class="lia-inline-image-caption" onclick="event.preventDefault();">Fresh for '88</span></span></A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Click the art to remember why '88 was one of the greatest years in Hip-Hop history. Lyricism took a quantum leap, sampling at it's best before the licensing crack down, and the emergence of many legendary artists.</P><P>What years would you submit as other high-water marks for the genre?</P> Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:00:51 GMT https://community.pandora.com/t5/Music-Podcasts/1988-Hip-Hop-Playlist/m-p/19259#M366 B_T_O 2020-04-22T19:00:51Z https://community.pandora.com/t5/Music-Podcasts/1988-Hip-Hop-Playlist/m-p/19394#M368 <P>You cannot exclude 1983 with Michael Jackson and his record breaking album of Thriller and the popularity of MTV. It was a breakthrough year for hip hop. Rap was just coming to life (becoming popular). The Jacksons began somewhere in the late 60's as the Jackson 5. But yes 88 was a great year, no doubt.</P> Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:17:15 GMT https://community.pandora.com/t5/Music-Podcasts/1988-Hip-Hop-Playlist/m-p/19394#M368 MOHLovesAlaska 2020-04-24T13:17:15Z https://community.pandora.com/t5/Music-Podcasts/1988-Hip-Hop-Playlist/m-p/19474#M374 <P>Oops, not sure why I put "Rock The Bells" on here. That was '85...</P> Fri, 24 Apr 2020 20:53:02 GMT https://community.pandora.com/t5/Music-Podcasts/1988-Hip-Hop-Playlist/m-p/19474#M374 B_T_O 2020-04-24T20:53:02Z https://community.pandora.com/t5/Music-Podcasts/1988-Hip-Hop-Playlist/m-p/21445#M460 <P><a href="https://community.pandora.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/28">@B_T_O</a>&nbsp;Your playlist inspired me to come up w/ my own playlist: <STRONG><A href="https://pandora.app.link/ErEjhyUtk6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hip-Hop Classics for '87</A></STRONG>.&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":keycap_8:">8️⃣</span><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":keycap_7:">7️⃣</span></P> Fri, 08 May 2020 20:34:31 GMT https://community.pandora.com/t5/Music-Podcasts/1988-Hip-Hop-Playlist/m-p/21445#M460 ErickPandora 2020-05-08T20:34:31Z