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.

Released albums

Release Date	Artist	Album
February 6	Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth	Funky Technician
February 22	Above The Law	Livin' Like Hustlers
March 19	Salt-n-Pepa	Blacks' Magic
March 26	Digital Underground	Sex Packets
April 10	Public Enemy	Fear of a Black Planet
April 10	A Tribe Called Quest	People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
April 17	Audio Two	I Don't Care: The Album
May 15	Ice Cube	AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
May 15	X Clan	To the East, Blackwards
May 29	Poor Righteous Teachers	Holy Intellect
June 19	Compton's Most Wanted	It's a Compton Thang
June 19	Eric B. & Rakim	Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
July 24	Masta Ace	Take a Look Around
July 24	D-Nice	Call Me D-Nice
August 7	Boogie Down Productions	Edutainment
August 7	CPO	To Hell and Black
August 14	Kool G Rap & DJ Polo	Wanted: Dead or Alive
August 14	N.W.A	100 Miles and Runnin'
September 11	Too Short	Short Dog's in the House
September 18	LL Cool J	Mama Said Knock You Out
October 2	King T	At Your Own Risk
October 16	Grand Daddy I.U.	Smooth Assassin
October 30	Big Daddy Kane	Taste of Chocolate
November 20	Run-D.M.C.	Back from Hell
November 20	Salt-n-Pepa	A Blitz of Salt-n-Pepa Hits: The Hits Remixed
December 4	Brand Nubian	One for All
December 4	Paris	The Devil Made Me Do It
December 18	EPMD	Business as Usual
December 18	Ice Cube	Kill at Will
December 30	Kid Rock	Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast
Unknown	Lakim Shabazz	The Lost Tribe of Shabazz