This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1986.

List of years in hip hop music
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Eric B. & Rakim began their critically acclaimed partnership in 1986 with the release of "Eric B. is President" / "My Melody".

Released albums

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Release Date[1] Artist Album
March 2 Grandmaster Flash The Source
March 15 UTFO Skeezer Pleezer
March 31 Boogie Boys Survival of the Freshest
April 29 Whodini Back in Black
May 6 The Fat Boys Big & Beautiful
May 27 Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell
June 15 Kurtis Blow Kingdom Blow
Whistle Whistle
July 7 Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew Oh My God!
July 25 Steady B Bring the Beat Back
July 25 2 Live Crew The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are
August 13 MC Hammer Feel My Power
September 2 LA Dream Team Kings of the West Coast
November 5 Too Short Raw, Uncut and X-Rated
November 15 Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill
December 1 Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force Planet Rock: The Album
December 8 Salt-n-Pepa Hot, Cool & Vicious
Unknown Bobby Jimmy and the Critters Roaches: The Beginning
Unknown Egyptian Lover One Track Mind
Unknown Lovebug Starski House Rocker
Unknown Just-Ice Back to the Old School
Unknown Kool Moe Dee Kool Moe Dee
Unknown Mantronix Music Madness
Unknown M.C. Chill M.C. Chill
Unknown The Skinny Boys Weightless
Unknown The World's Famous Supreme Team Rappin'
Unknown World Class Wrecking Cru Rapped in Romance
Unknown Warp 9 Fade in, Fade Out
Unknown Stetsasonic On Fire
Unknown Schoolly D Saturday Night! – The Album[2][3][4]
Unknown Rappers Convention Rappers Convention
Unknown Various Artists Mr. Magic's Rap Attack Volume 2
Unknown Various Artists Uptown Is Kickin' It

Highest-charting singles

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Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1986 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[5]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Walk This Way" Run-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith Raising Hell 4
"You Be Illin'" Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell 29

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "The Top 15 Hip-Hop Albums of 1986".
  2. ^ Coleman, 2009. p.405
  3. ^ Coleman, 2009. p.409
  4. ^ Nagle, Aubrey (January 26, 2015). "Schoolly D talks Philly's hip-hop legacy with author Brian Coleman". Philly Voice. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.

References

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