1991
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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