1990
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Low Profile — We’re In This Together
Lord Finesse & D.J. Mike Smooth — Funky Technician
Bobby Jimmy & The Critters — Hip Hop Prankster
M.C. Hammer — Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em
Above the Law — Livin’ Like Hustlers
Salt-N-Pepa — Blacks Magic
Digital Underground — Sex Packets
Everlast — Forever Everlasting
The Dogs — The Dogs
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
M.C. Shan — Play It Again, Shan
Audio Two — I Don’t Care: The Album
X Clan — To the East, Blackwards
Kwamé — A Day In the Life: A Pokadelic Adventure
Ice Cube — AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
K-Solo — Tell the World My Name
Poor Righteous Teachers — Holy Intellect
Antoinette — Burnin’ at 20 Below
M.C. Trouble — Gotta Get a Grip
Compton’s Most Wanted — It’s a Compton Thang
Eric B. & Rakim — Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em
Kid Sensation — Rollin’ With Number One
Kid Frost — Hispanic Causing Panic
Tragedy Khadafi — Intelligent Hoodlum
Choice — The Big Payback
Luke — The Luke LP
The Jaz — To Your Soul
Boogie Down Productions — Edutainment
Special Ed — Legal
D-Nice — Call Me D-Nice
Masta Ace — Take a Look Around
CPO — To Hell and Back
Kool G. Rap & D.J. Polo — Wanted: Dead or Alive
N.W.A. — 100 Miles & Runnin’
The Afros — Kickin’ Afrolistics
Geto Boys — The Geto Boys
Poison Clan — 2 Low Life Muthas
Cool C. — Life in the Ghetto
Vanilla Ice — To the Extreme
Too Short — Short Dog’s In the House
L.L. Cool J. — Mama Said Knock You Out
Candyman — Ain’t No Shame In My Game
King T — At Your Own Risk
Paris — The Devil Made Me Do It
Father M.C. — Father’s Day
Grand Daddy I.U. — Smooth Assassin
Run-D.M.C. — Back From Hell
Monie Love — Down to Earth
Lighter Shade of Brown — Brown & Proud
Malcolm McLaren and The World Famous Supreme Team — Round the Outside! Round the Outside!
Brand Nubian — One for All
J.J. Fad — Not Just a Fad
EPMD — Business as Usual
Ice Cube — Kill at Will
Shazzy — Attitude: A Hip Hop Rapsody
King Sun — Righteous But Ruthless -
L.L. Cool J – “Mama Said Knock You Out”
ATCQ – “Bonita Applebum” / “I Left My Wallet In El Segundo” / “Can I Kick It”
BDP – “Love’s Gonna Getcha”
Poor Righteous Teachers – “Rock Dis Funky Joint”
N.W.A. – “100 Miles And Runnin’”
Brand Nubian – “Slow Down”
Too Short – “The Ghetto”
Digital Underground – “The Humpty Dance”
Paris – “The Devil Made Me Do It”
Kid Frost – “La Raza”
Vanilla Ice – “Ice Ice Baby”
West Coast Allstars – “We’re All In The Same Gang”
Intelligent Hoodlum – “Intelligent Hoodlum”
D-Nice “ Call me D-Nice”
Public Enemy – “911 Is A Joke”
Masta Ace – “music Man”
1990 NEWS
Kid and Play’s House Party is released
Backlash against the rise of rap music, and what some would call “rap fashion” continues, with cover stories in Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated, questioning rap music’s content and impact.
Berlin Wall demolition begins in June
The Simpsons airs for the first time
Hubble Telescope goes in orbit
Wynwood Riots took place in Miami in December, following the acquittal of two police officers who had beaten a drug dealer to death in 1988.
In New Jersey, Phillip Pannell, a black teenager was shot in the back with his hands up and killed by police officer Gary Spath. Spath was acquitted on a manslaughter charge.