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What is the best hip-hop album of the 1980s?

Big Daddy Kane – Long Live the Kane

Big Daddy Kane's 1988 debut, celebrated for its razor-sharp lyricism, style, and smooth charisma.

Big Daddy Kane – Long Live the Kane

Ice-T – Power

Ice-T's 1988 album that helped codify West Coast gangsta rap with explicit street narratives.

Ice-T – Power