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

Release Date	Artist	Album
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 22	Above The Law	Livin' Like Hustlers
March 19	Salt-n-Pepa	Blacks' Magic
March 20	Digital Underground	Sex Packets
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 15	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 19	Special Ed	Legal
July 24	D-Nice	Call Me D-Nice
	Masta Ace	Take a Look Around
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 4	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
October 2	Candyman	Ain't No Shame in My Game
	King T	At Your Own Risk
October 5	Ex Movement	Ex Movement
October 15	Father MC	Father's Day
October 16	Grand Daddy I.U.	Smooth Assassin
	Run-D.M.C.	Back from Hell
October 30	Big Daddy Kane	Taste of Chocolate
November 22	Malcolm McLaren and The World's Famous Supreme Team	Round the Outside!, Round the Outside!
December 4	Brand Nubian	One for All
	Paris	The Devil Made Me Do It
December 7	J.J. Fad	Not Just a Fad
December 11	Kid Rock	Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast
December 18	EPMD	Business as Usual
	Ice Cube	Kill at Will
January 1	Lakim Shabazz	The Lost Tribe of Shabazz
Unknown	DJ Kool	The Music Ain't Loud Enuff
Unknown	Chubb Rock	Treat 'Em Right
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

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