1990 in hip-hop

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 1990.

Eric B. & Rakim's Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em earned praise within hip-hop circles and marked the group's third consecutive gold album.

Released albums

Release Date[1] Artist Album
January 17 Geto Boys The Geto Boys
February 6 Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth Funky Technician
February 12 Bobby Jimmy and the Critters Hip-Hop Prankster
MC Hammer Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
February 20 Above The Law Livin' Like Hustlers
March 19 Salt-n-Pepa Blacks' Magic
March 20 Digital Underground Sex Packets
March 27 Everlast Forever Everlasting
March 28 The Dogs The Dogs
April 1 Three Times Dope Live from Acknickulous Land
April 10 A Tribe Called Quest People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. New Funky Nation
Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet
April 11 MC Shan Play It Again, Shan
April 17 Audio Two I Don't Care: The Album
April 24 X Clan To the East, Blackwards
May 1 Kwamé A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure
May 18 Ice Cube AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
May 22 K-Solo Tell the World My Name
May 29 Poor Righteous Teachers Holy Intellect
May 30 Antoinette Burnin' at 20 Below
June 12 MC Trouble Gotta Get a Grip
June 19 Compton's Most Wanted It's a Compton Thang
Eric B. & Rakim Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
July 2 Kid Sensation Rollin' with Number One
July 10 Kid Frost Hispanic Causing Panic
Tragedy Khadafi Intelligent Hoodlum
July 11 Choice The Big Payback
July 13 Luke The Luke LP
July 16 The Jaz To Your Soul
July 17 Boogie Down Productions Edutainment
July 24 D-Nice Call Me D-Nice
Masta Ace Take a Look Around
July 31 Special Ed Legal
August 7 CPO To Hell and Black
August 14 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo Wanted: Dead or Alive
N.W.A 100 Miles and Runnin' (EP)
The Afros Kickin' Afrolistics
August 20 Poison Clan 2 Low Life Muthas
August 30 Cool C Life in the Ghetto
September 10 Vanilla Ice To the Extreme
September 11 Too Short Short Dog's in the House
September 14 LL Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out
September 24 King T At Your Own Risk
October 2 Candyman Ain't No Shame in My Game
October 5 Ex Movement Ex Movement
October 9 Paris The Devil Made Me Do It
October 15 Chubb Rock Treat 'Em Right (EP)
Father MC Father's Day
Lakim Shabazz The Lost Tribe of Shabazz
October 16 Grand Daddy I.U. Smooth Assassin
Run-D.M.C. Back from Hell
October 30 Monie Love Down to Earth
Big Daddy Kane Taste of Chocolate
Lighter Shade of Brown Brown & Proud
November 22 Malcolm McLaren and The World's Famous Supreme Team Round the Outside!, Round the Outside!
November 27 Kid Rock Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast
December 4 Brand Nubian One for All
December 7 J.J. Fad Not Just a Fad
December 18 EPMD Business as Usual
Ice Cube Kill at Will (EP)
Unknown DJ Kool The Music Ain't Loud Enuff
Unknown Lil Mac Lyrical Midget
Unknown Isis Rebel Soul
Unknown Professor X the Overseer Years Of The 9, On The Blackhand Side
Unknown The Afro's Kickin' Afrolistics
Unknown YZ Sons of the Father
Unknown King Sun Righteous But Ruthless
Unknown Kings Of Swing Strategy
Unknown Mantronix This Should Move Ya
Unknown Outlaw Posse My Afro's On Fire!
Unknown Rodney-O & Joe Cooley Three the Hard Way
Unknown Michael Peace Loud-N-Clear
Unknown Barsha Barsha's Explicit Lyrics
Unknown Shazzy Attitude: A Hip Hop Rapsody
Unknown D-Boy Rodriguez Lyrical Strength of One Street Poet
Unknown Dooley-O Watch My Moves 1990
Unknown P.K.O. Armed and Dangerous
Unknown She Rockers Rockers from London...
Unknown Pooh-Man Life of a Criminal
Unknown Whistle Always and Forever
Unknown MC Shy D Don't Sweat Me
Unknown 415 41Fivin
Unknown I.A.P. Shock The World
Unknown Mark Dee All In A Day's Work
Unknown Joeski Love Joe Cool

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1990 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[2]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice To the Extreme 1
"Pray" MC Hammer Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em 2
"Have You Seen Her" MC Hammer Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em 4
"U Can't Touch This" MC Hammer Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em 8
"Just a Friend" Biz Markie The Biz Never Sleeps 9
"Turtle Power!" Partners in Kryme Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 13

See also

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References

  1. ^ "The Top 50 Hip-Hop Albums of 1990".
  2. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
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