1979, 1979 in music
- The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (65)
- The Sugarhill Gang - Sugarhill Gang (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - Freedom (65)
- Kurtis Blow - Kurtis Blow (65, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Various Artists - The Big Break Rapper Party (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- The Sugarhill Gang - 8th Wonder (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Various Artists - Live Convention '81 (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Malcolm McLaren & the World Famous Supreme Team - Do Ya Like Scratching (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Various Artists - Live Connection '82 (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Too $hort - Players (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Whodini - Whodini (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Wild Style - Wild Style (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Crash Crew - Crash Crew (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- The Fat Boys - The Fat Boys (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Newcleus - Jam on Revenge (The Face's albums-of-the-year list)
- Kurtis Blow - Ego Trip ((Ego Trip magazine's greatest hip hop albums)
- Run-D.M.C - Run-D.M.C (10, 62, 65, Rolling Stone's greatest albums of the 80s, Spin magazine's 25 greatest albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Treacherous 3 - Treacherous 3 (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Whodini - Escape (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde - The Champagne of Rap (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- The Fat Boys - The Fat Boys Are Back (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- LL Cool J - Radio (10, Rolling Stone's greatest albums of the 80s, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Mantronix - Mantronix: The Album (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Run-D.M.C - King of Rock (51, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Too $hort - Don't Stop Rappin' (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Too $hort - Raw, Uncut & X-Rated (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Various Artists - Def Mix Volume 1 (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- 2 Live Crew - 2 Live Crew Is What We Are (10, 12, 19, 43, 45, 51, 53, 57, 65, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (Spin magazine's 100 greatest alternative albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew - Oh My God (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Run-D.M.C - Raising Hell (12, 19, 41, 43, 46, 49, 59, 55, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Salt-N-Pepa - Hot, Cool & Vicious (10, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Schoolly D - Schoolly D (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Stetsasonic - On Fire (The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Whodini - Back in Black (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (9, 18, 26, 29, Spin magazine's 100 greatest alternative albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Dana Dane - Dana Dane With Fame (12, Ego Trips' greatest hip hop albums)
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Rock the House (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full (10, 19, 20, 26, 30, 37, 44, 45, 48, 50, 55, 59, 62, Spin magazine's 100 greatest alternative albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, Pop magazine's 100 best albums and 300 complements, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Heavy D & the Boyz - Livin' Large (The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Ice-T - Rhyme Pays (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Just-Ice - Kool and Deadly (The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Kool Moe Dee - How Ya Like Me Now (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- LL Cool J - Bigger and Deffer (65, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Masters of Ceremony - Dynamite (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- MC Shan - Down by Law (The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- MC Shy D - Got to Be Tough (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- N.W.A - N.W.A. and the Posse (59)
- Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Schoolly D - Saturday Night! The Album (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Spoonie G - The Godfather (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Steady B - What's My Name (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- 2 Live Crew - Move Something (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- The Bass Patrol - Rock This Planet (57)
- Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane (56, Spin magazine's 100 greatest alternative albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Biz Markie - Goin' Off (The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (20, 56, 65, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper (57, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew - The World's Greatest Entertainer (The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Eazy-E - Eazy Duz It (38, 41, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- E.P.M.D - Strictly Busines (19, 20, 29, 41, 44, 49, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, Pop magazine's 100 best albums and 300 complements, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader (14, 30, 50, 56, 66, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- The Fat Boys - Comin' Back Hard Again (10)
- Jungle Brothers - Straight Out the Jungle (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Kid n' Play - 2 Hype (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- King Tee - Act a Fool (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Lakim Shabazz - Pure Righteousness (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Marley Marl - In Control, Vol. 1 (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock (The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (9, 19, 20, 26, 29, 30, 46, 47, 49, 53, 55, 58, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 70, Rolling Stone's greatest albums of the 80s, Spin magazine's 100 greatest alternative albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, Pop magazine's 100 best albums and 300 complements, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Run-D.M.C - Tougher Than Leather (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Salt-N-Pepa - A Salt With a Deadly Pepa (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Sir Mix-A-Lot - SWASS 53, 57
- Slick Rick - The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (9, 29, 55, 56, 70, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, Pop magazine's 100 best albums and 300 complements, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Stetsasonic - In Full Gear (9, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Super Love Cee & Cassanova Rud - Girls I Got 'Em Locked (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Too $hort - Born to Mack (50, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Too $hort - Life Is... Too Short (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown (9, 41, 64, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- 2 Live Crew - As Nasty As They Wanna Be (19, 57, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- 3rd Bass - The Cactus Album (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's The 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (17, 33, 37, 47, 50, 53, 62, 70, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Big Daddy Kane - It's a Big Daddy Thing (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Biz Markie - The Biz Never Sleeps (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Boogie Down Productions - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop (47, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising (9, 15, 19, 26, 28, 33, 45, 48, 54, 55, 59, 62, 64, 66, 70, Spin magazine's 100 greatest alternative albums, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, Pop magazine's 100 best albums and 300 complements, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- D.O.C - No One Can Do It Better (30 38 53 41, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- EPMD - Unfinished Busines (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Gang Starr - No More Mr. Nice Guy (56)
- Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Jungle Brothers - Done By the Forces of Nature (20, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, Pop magazine's 100 best albums and 300 complements, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Road to Riches (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Kwame - The Boy Genius Featuring a New Beginning (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- LL Cool J - Walking With a Panther (57, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Low Profile - We're in This Together (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- MC Lyte - Eyes on This (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- MC Lyte - Lyte As a Rock (10)
- Nice and Smooth - Nice and Smooth (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton (4, 8, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 37, 38, 42, 43, 45, 46, 53, 54, 56, 62, 64, 65, 66, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, Pop magazine's 100 best albums and 300 complements, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Queen Latifah - All Hail the Queen (9, Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Special Ed - Youngest in Charge (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums, The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums)
- Stezo - Crazy Noise (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Three Times Dope - Original Stylin' (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
- Willie D - Controversy (Ego Trip's greatest hip hop albums)
