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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1985.

Released albums

Release Date^[1]	Artist	Album
January 1	UTFO	UTFO
January 21	Run-D.M.C.	King of Rock
February 18	Boogie Boys	City Life
April 17	Schoolly D	Schoolly D
April 26	Grandmaster Flash	They Said It Couldn't Be Done
May 4	Mantronix	The Album
May 27	Too Short	Players
June 1	The Fat Boys	The Fat Boys Are Back
October	Kurtis Blow	America
November 18	LL Cool J	Radio
Unknown	Bobby Jimmy and the Critters	Ugly Knuckle Butt
Unknown	Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde	The Champagne of Rap
Unknown	World Class Wrecking Cru	World Class
Unknown	Jazzy Jeff	On Fire
Unknown	Newcleus	Space is the Place
Unknown	West Coast Crew	In the Mix
Unknown	Various Artists	Mr. Magic's Rap Attack

References

^ "The Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 1985".

[1] "The Top 10 Hip-Hop Albums of 1985".

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 This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in [[hip hop music]] for the year [[1985]].
 [[File:L.L. Cool J - Radio (Album-CD) (US-1995).jpg|right|thumb|LL Cool J's platinum-selling and critically acclaimed debut album ''Radio'' helped launch his hip-hop career.]]
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+|January 1
+|[[UTFO]]
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 | February 18
 | [[Boogie Boys]]
-| ''City Life''
+| ''[[City Life (Boogie Boys album)|City Life]]''
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+| April 17
+| [[Schoolly D]]
+| ''[[Schoolly D (album)|Schoolly D]]''
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 | April 26
 | [[Grandmaster Flash]]
 | ''[[They Said It Couldn't Be Done]]''
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+| May 4
+| [[Mantronix]]
+| ''[[The Album (Mantronix album)|The Album]]''
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+| May 27
+| [[Too Short]]
+| ''[[Players (album)|Players]]''
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 | June 1
 | [[The Fat Boys]]
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 | ''[[Radio (LL Cool J album)|Radio]]''
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+| Unknown
+| [[Bobby Jimmy and the Critters]]
+| ''Ugly Knuckle Butt''
+|-
 | Unknown
 | [[Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde (group)|Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde]]
 | ''The Champagne of Rap''
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-| Unknown
-| [[Mantronix]]
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 | Unknown
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 | [[Newcleus]]
-| ''[[Space is the Place (Newcleus album)|Space is the Place]]''
+| ''Space is the Place''
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 | Unknown
+| West Coast Crew
-| [[UTFO]]
-| ''[[UTFO (album)|UTFO]]''
+| ''In the Mix''
 |-
 | Unknown
-| [[West Coast Crew]]
+| [[Various Artists]]
-| ''[[In the Mix (West Coast Crew album)|In the Mix]]''
+| ''[[Mr. Magic's Rap Attack]]''
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-| Unknown
-| [[Schoolly D]]
-| ''[[Schoolly D (album)|Schoolly D]]''
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-| Unknown
-| [[Too Short]]
-| ''[[Don't Stop Rappin']]''
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 ==See also==
-{{Commons cat|1985 hip hop records}}
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