Year
Hip Hop in 1990
6 albums from 1990 in the archive, from Queens, Compton & LA, The Bay, Detroit, Brooklyn and Seattle. Albums with a known release date are listed in the order they came out.
AlbumPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of RhythmA Tribe Called Quest · 1990Released April 17
AlbumAmeriKKKa’s Most WantedIce Cube · 1990Released May 16
AlbumShort Dog’s in the HouseToo $hort · 1990Released September 11
AlbumGrits Sandwiches For BreakfastKid Rock · 1990Released November 27
AlbumStep in the ArenaGang Starr · 1990Released January 15
Samples
Released in 1990, built on a break
- LL Cool J“Mama Said Knock You Out”samples Funky Drummer
- N.W.A“100 Miles and Runnin'”samples Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
- LL Cool J“To Da Break of Dawn”samples Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
- Compton's Most Wanted“Final Chapter”samples The Grunt
- Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth“Keep It Flowing”samples Scorpio
- Intelligent Hoodlum“Party Pack”samples Think (About It)
- LL Cool J“Around the Way Girl”samples Impeach the President
- LL Cool J“6 Minutes of Pleasure”samples Impeach the President
- EPMD“Give the People”samples Impeach the President
- Eric B. & Rakim“Step Back”samples It's a New Day
- Ice Cube“Jackin' for Beats”samples Ashley's Roachclip
- Eric B. & Rakim“Step Back”samples Take Me to the Mardi Gras
- Run-DMC“Pause”samples Take Me to the Mardi Gras
- EPMD“Gold Digger”samples (Not Just) Knee Deep
- X-Clan“Funkin' Lesson”samples (Not Just) Knee Deep
- Everlast“Never Missin' a Beat”samples (Not Just) Knee Deep
- Ice Cube“The Bomb”samples More Bounce to the Ounce
- X-Clan“Heed the Word of the Brother”samples More Bounce to the Ounce
- Ice Cube“Jackin' for Beats”samples The Big Beat
- Dynamix II“Ignition”samples Numbers
- DJ Spanish Fly“Trigga Man”samples Drag Rap