1991

  • D.J. Quik — Quik Is the Name
    Gang Starr — Step In the Arena
    Stetsasonic — Blood, Sweat & No Tears
    Lifers Group — #66064
    Master P. — Get Away Clean
    GZA — Words From the Genius
    Kid Capri — The Tape
    Young Black Teenagers — Young Black Teenagers
    O.G. Style — I Know How to Play ‘Em
    Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs — Life of a Kid In the Ghetto
    Boogie Down Productions — Live Hardcore Worldwide
    Whodini — Bag-A-Trix
    Craig G. — Now, That’s More Like It
    Yo-Yo — Make Way For the Motherlode
    Terminator X — Terminator X & The Valley of the Jeep Beats
    De La Soul — De La Soul Is Dead
    Ice-T — O.G. Original Gangster
    KMD — Mr. Hood
    Chubb Rock — The One
    N.W.A. — Niggaz4Life
    Kool Moe Dee — Funke Funke Wisdom
    Sway & King Tech — Concrete Jungle
    3rd Bass — Derelicts of Dialect
    Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth — All Souled Out
    Heavy D. & The Boyz — Peaceful Journey
    Kokane — Addictive Hip Hop Musick
    Leaders of the New School — A Future Without a Past
    Slick Rick — The Ruler’s Back
    2 Black 2 Strong — Doin’ Hard Time on Planet Earth
    Compton’s Most Wanted — Straight Checkin’ ‘Em
    Larry Larr — Da Wizard of Odds
    D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince — Homebase
    Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch — Music for the People
    Main Source — Breaking Atoms
    P.M. Dawn — Of the Heart, the Soul and Of the Cross: The Utopian Experience
    Latin Alliance — Latin Alliance
    Cypress Hill — Cypress Hill
    M.C. Bread & DFC — M.C. Bread & DFC
    Funkytown Pros — Reachin’ a Level of Assassination
    Two Kings In a Cipher — From Pyramids to Projects
    Biz Markie — I Need a Haircut
    Def Jef — Soul Food
    Naughty By Nature — Naughty By Nature
    Poor Righteous Teachers — Pure Poverty
    Queen Latifah — Nature of a Sista
    M.C. Lyte — Act Like You Know
    Nice & Smooth — Aint a Damn Thing Changed
    W.C. & The Mad Circle — Ain’t a Damn Thang Changed
    A Tribe Called Quest — The Low End Theory
    Public Enemy — Apocalypse ‘91: The Enemy Strikes Back
    415 — Nu Niggaz On the Blokkk
    Freestyle Fellowship — To Whom It May Concern

  • Geto Boys – “My Mind’s Playing Tricks On Me”
    Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh prince – “Summertime”
    ATCQ – “Check The Rhime” / “Scenario” / “Jazz”
    Naughty By Nature – “O.P.P” / “Uptown Anthem”
    Black Sheep – “The Choice Is Yours”
    Cypress Hill – “How I Could Just Kill A Man”
    Main Source – “Live At The BBQ”
    Gang Starr – “Just To Get A Rep”
    2Pac – “Brenda’s Got A Baby”
    Frescho & Miz – “We Don’t Play”
    De La Soul – “Saturdays”
    M.C. Lyte – “Poor Georgie”
    Ice Cube – “Steady Mobbin’”
    UMC’s – “Blue Cheese”
    Organized Konfusion – “Walk Into The Sun”
    D.J. Quik – “Born And Raised In Compton”
    Tim Dog – “Fuck Compton”

1991 NEWS

New Jack City premieres, with Ice-T 

In November, Magic Johnson announces his retirement from basketball due to contracting the HIV virus

The Fab Five debuts at the university of Michigan

Operation Desert Storm Begins

Seventy Tornadoes break out over the central US, killing 17

Freddie Mercury announces he has aids, and dies the following day

Rodney King beating is captured on film in Los Angeles