1990 in hip-hop

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip-hop for the year 1990.

Released albums

Release Date[1] Artist Album
February 6 Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth Funky Technician
Mantronix This Should Move Ya
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
Doug Lazy Doug Lazy Gettin' Crazy
MC 900 Ft. Jesus Hell with the Lid Off
February 22 Rodney-O & Joe Cooley Three the Hard Way
March O.G. Style I Know How to Play 'Em
March 9 Various Artists House Party (soundtrack)
March 13 Kid 'n Play Funhouse
March 19 Salt-n-Pepa Blacks' Magic
March 20 Digital Underground Sex Packets
Mark Dee All In A Day's Work
March 27 Everlast Forever Everlasting
March 28 The Dogs The Dogs
April 1 Three Times Dope Live from Acknickulous Land
April 3 Various Artists Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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
YZ Sons of the Father
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 15 King Sun Righteous but Ruthless
June 19 Compton's Most Wanted It's a Compton Thang
Eric B. & Rakim Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
June 28 Kyper Tic-Tac-Toe
July 2 Kid Sensation Rollin' with Number One
July 3 Whodini Greatest Hits
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 1 DJ Kool The Music Ain't Loud Enuff
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out Of Their Shells (album)
August 7 CPO To Hell and Black
August 13 Various Artists The Return of Superfly (soundtrack)
August 14 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo Wanted: Dead or Alive
N.W.A 100 Miles and Runnin' (EP)
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
Isis Rebel Soul
September 21 Geto Boys The Geto Boys
September 22 2 Live Crew Live in Concert
September 24 King T At Your Own Risk
September 27 Various Artists Marked for Death (soundtrack)
October 1 Kings Of Swing Strategy
October 2 Candyman Ain't No Shame in My Game
H.W.A. Livin' in a Hoe House
Shazzy Attitude: A Hip Hop Rapsody
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 23 Joeski Love Joe Cool
October 30 Monie Love Down to Earth
Big Daddy Kane Taste of Chocolate
Lighter Shade of Brown Brown & Proud
November D-Boy Rodriguez Lyrical Strength of One Street Poet
Salt-N-Pepa A Blitz of Salt-N-Pepa Hits
November 6 Barsha Barsha's Explicit Lyrics
November 9 2 in a Room Wiggle It
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 C+C Music Factory Gonna Make You Sweat
EPMD Business as Usual
Ice Cube Kill at Will (EP)
Unknown I.M.P. I.M.P. Dogs (EP)
Unknown Lil Mac Lyrical Midget
Unknown Professor X the Overseer Years Of The 9, On The Blackhand Side
Unknown Outlaw Posse My Afro's On Fire!
Unknown Michael Peace Loud-N-Clear
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 Criminal Nation Release the Pressure
Unknown I.A.P. Shock The World
Unknown Kilo America has a Problem
Unknown Mob Style The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1990 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[2]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"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
"Turtle Power!" Partners in Kryme Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 13

See also

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References

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