1987 in hip hop music

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1987.

LL Cool J's 1987 sophomore release, Bigger and Deffer, stands as the artist's top selling album with over three million sales and charting the singles "I'm Bad" and "I Need Love".

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album
February 10	Public Enemy	Yo! Bum Rush the Show
March 3	Boogie Down Productions	Criminal Minded
April 7	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	Rock the House
May 22	Dana Dane	Dana Dane with Fame
May 29	LL Cool J	Bigger and Deffer
July 7	Eric B. & Rakim	Paid in Full
July 20	Too Short	Born to Mack
July 28	Ice-T	Rhyme Pays
August 8	MC Shan	Down by Law
August 12	MC Shy D	Got to Be Tough
August 14	The Fat Boys	Crushin'
August 27	Whodini	Open Sesame
September 13	Grandmaster Flash	Ba-Dop-Boom-Bang
October 13	Steady B	What's My Name
October 17	The Skinny Boys	Skinny & Proud
October 27	Heavy D & the Boyz	Living Large
November 3	Kool Moe Dee	How Ya Like Me Now
November 6	N.W.A	N.W.A. and the Posse
unknown	Bobby Jimmy and the Critters	Black & Proud
unknown	Gucci Crew II	So Def, So Fresh, So Stupid
unknown	Kaos	Court's In Session
unknown	Spoonie G	The Godfather of Rap
unknown	UTFO	Lethal
unknown	Gigolo Tony	Ice Cold
unknown	Gregory D & DJ Mannie Fresh	Throwdown
unknown	MC A.D.E. and Posse	Just Sumthin to Do
unknown	Michael Peace	RRock It Right
unknown	Just-Ice	Kool & Deadly
unknown	Surf MC's	Surf or Die
unknown	The Connoisseurs of Groove	Reap and Destroy
unknown	T La Rock	Lyrical King (From the Boogie Down Bronx)
unknown	Tuff Crew & Krown Rulers	Phanjam
unknown	Velore & Double-O	We're Coming Correct

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