1990

  • 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.