1989 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 1989.

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album
January 23	Tone Lōc	Lōc-ed After Dark
January 31	Too Short	Life Is...Too Short
March 3	De La Soul	3 Feet High and Rising
March 12	Geto Boys	Grip It! On That Other Level
March 14	Kool G Rap & DJ Polo	Road to the Riches
June 6	Gang Starr	No More Mr. Nice Guy
June 13	LL Cool J	Walking with a Panther
July 4	Boogie Down Productions	Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
July 25	Beastie Boys	Paul's Boutique
August 1	The D.O.C.	No One Can Do It Better
	EPMD	Unfinished Business
	Schoolly D	Am I Black Enough for You?
September 19	Big Daddy Kane	It's a Big Daddy Thing
October 3	MC Lyte	Eyes on This
October 10	Biz Markie	The Biz Never Sleeps
October 10	Ice-T	The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!
October 24	Craig G	The Kingpin
October 31	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	And in This Corner...
October 31	Roxanne Shanté	Bad Sister
November 7	Jungle Brothers	Done by the Forces of Nature
November 7	Queen Latifah	All Hail the Queen
November 14	3rd Bass	The Cactus Album
November 17	Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock	The Incredible Base