{"id":220997,"date":"2025-12-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=220997"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T13:10:07","slug":"these-10-songs-defined-hip-hop-in-1987","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/these-10-songs-defined-hip-hop-in-1987\/","title":{"rendered":"These 10 Songs Defined Hip-Hop in 1987"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dWkLZSqQHLo?si=rEFylajarYPoE5Rc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nineteen eighty-seven was THE year that defined hip-hop&#8217;s Golden Age. From Eric B. &#038; Rakim&#8217;s lyrical perfection to Public Enemy&#8217;s revolutionary consciousness, these ten tracks rewrote the rulebook for rap music.<\/p>\n<p>In this documentary, we&#8217;re counting down the most unforgettable hip-hop songs from 1987 \u2014 the tracks that dominated the streets, pushed creative boundaries, and proved that hip-hop was here to stay.<\/p>\n<p>From the Bridge Wars to the rise of female MCs, from love songs to protest anthems, 1987 had it all. These songs didn&#8217;t just entertain \u2014 they educated, inspired, and revolutionized popular music.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"220998\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/these-10-songs-defined-hip-hop-in-1987\/1987songs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1987songs.avif\" data-orig-size=\"686,386\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1987songs\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1987songs.avif\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1987songs-540x304.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-220998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1987songs-540x304.avif 540w, https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1987songs.avif 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nineteen eighty-seven was THE year that defined hip-hop&#8217;s Golden Age. From Eric B. &#038; Rakim&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dig-of-the-day"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Vut","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}