3rd Bass -- ‘The Cactus Album’ (“Gasface”, “Steppin To the A.M., “Brooklyn Queens”)
Big Daddy Kane -- ‘It’s A Big Daddy Thing’ (“Smooth Operator”, “I Get The Job Done”)
De La Soul -- ‘3 Feet High & Rising’ (“Buddy”, “Me, Myself & I”, “Say No Go”)
Digital Underground ‘Sex Packets’ (“Doowutchalike” in ’89 – “Humpty Dance” and “Freaks Of The Industry” in ’90)
The D.O.C. -- ‘No One Can Do It Better’ (“It’s Funky Enough”, “The Formula”)
Heavy D -- ‘Big Tyme’ (“We Got Our Own Thing”, “Gyrlz They Love Me”, “Somebody For Me”)
Ice-T -- ‘Power’ (“I’m Your Pusher”, “High Rollers”)
LL Cool J -- ‘Walking With A Panther’ (“Going Back To Cali”, “I’m That Type of Guy”, “Big Ole Butt”)
Maestro Fresh Wes -- ‘Symphony In Effect’ (“Let Your Backbone Slide”, “Drop The Needle”, “Private Symphony”)
MC Lyte -- ‘Eyes On This’ (“Cha Cha Cha”, “Stop, Look, Listen”)
N.W.A. -- ‘Straight Outta Compton’ (title track, “Gangsta, Gangsta”, “F*ck Tha Police”, “Dopeman”, etc.)
Queen Latifah -- ‘All Hail The Queen’ (“Ladies First”, “Dance For Me”)
*Stop The Violence Movement – “Self Destruction”
Troop -- ‘Attitude’ (“Spread My Wings”, “All I Do Is Think Of You”, “I’m Not Souped”)
*West Coast Rap All-Stars – “We’re All In The Same Gang”
Wrecks'N'Effect -- 'Wrecks 'N'Effect' ("New Jack Swing")
*Editors Note: The Stop The Violence Movement’s “Self-Destruction” and the West Coast Rap All-Stars “We’re All In The Same Gang” definitely deserve a special profile of their own. This may be forthcoming…