1990 in hip hop music

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This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music 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

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Release Date[1] | Artist  | Album

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January 17  | Geto Boys | The Geto Boys
January 25  | Low Profile | We're in This Together
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'
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
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

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Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1990 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[2] Song  | Artist  | Project  | Peak position

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"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

## See also

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## References

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

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