1991 in hip hop music

This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1991.

1991 in music
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Released albums
Release Date[1] Artist Album
January 12 Downtown Science Downtown Science
January 15 Digital Underground This Is an EP Release
DJ Quik Quik Is the Name
Gang Starr Step in the Arena
January 29 Gerardo Mo' Ritmo
February 4 Insane Clown Posse Dog Beats
February 5 Stetsasonic Blood, Sweat & No Tears
Lifers Group #66064
February 11 Another Bad Creation Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know!
February 12 Master P Get Away Clean
February 19 GZA Words from the Genius
Kid Capri The Tape
Young Black Teenagers Young Black Teenagers
March O.G. Style I Know How to Play 'Em
March 5 Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs Life of a Kid in the Ghetto
March 12 Boogie Down Productions Live Hardcore Worldwide
March 19 Whodini Bag-A-Trix
Craig G Now, That's More Like It
Yo-Yo Make Way for the Motherlode
April 2 Redhead Kingpin The Album With No Name
Rappin' Is Fundamental The Doo-Hop Legacy
April 23 Dream Warriors And Now the Legacy Begins
May 7 Dynamic Twins Word 2 The Wize
Terminator X Terminator X & The Valley of the Jeep Beets
May 14 De La Soul De La Soul Is Dead
Ice-T O.G. Original Gangster
KMD Mr. Hood
Chubb Rock The One
Son of Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk
May 28 N.W.A Niggaz4Life
June 1 Convicts Convicts
June 4 The Dogs Beware of The Dogs
June 11 Kool Moe Dee Funke, Funke Wisdom
Sway & King Tech Concrete Jungle
Diamond Shell The Grand Imperial Diamond Shell
June 14 3rd Bass Derelicts of Dialect
June 25 Pete Rock & CL Smooth All Souled Out
July 2 Heavy D & The Boyz Peaceful Journey
Kokane Addictive Hip Hop Muzick
Leaders of the New School A Future Without a Past...
Slick Rick The Ruler's Back
2 Black 2 Strong Doin' Hard Time on Planet Earth
July 9 Geto Boys We Can't Be Stopped
Overweight Pooch Female Preacher
July 16 Compton's Most Wanted Straight Checkn 'Em
PHD Without Warning
Larry Larr Da Wizzard Of Odds
July 17 Candyman Playtime's Over
July 23 DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Homebase
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Music for the People
Main Source Breaking Atoms
August 6 P.M. Dawn Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience
Latin Alliance Latin Alliance
August 13 Cypress Hill Cypress Hill
MC Breed & DFC MC Breed & DFC
Funkytown Pros Reachin' A Level Of Assassination
Two Kings In A Cipher From Pyramids To Projects
August 27 Biz Markie I Need a Haircut
September 3 Def Jef Soul Food
Naughty by Nature Naughty by Nature
Poor Righteous Teachers Pure Poverty
Queen Latifah Nature of a Sista
Nikki D Daddy's Little Girl
Greyson & Jason Sweatin' Me Wet
September 17 MC Lyte Act Like You Know
Nice & Smooth Ain't a Damn Thing Changed
WC and the Maad Circle Ain't a Damn Thang Changed
Yomo & Maulkie Are U Xperienced?
Powerule Volume 1
September 24 A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory
October 1 Public Enemy Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Back
October 3 415 Nu N***** on tha Blokkk
October 8 Freestyle Fellowship To Whom It May Concern...
Scarface Mr. Scarface Is Back
2nd II None 2nd II None
2 Live Crew Sports Weekend (As Nasty as They Wanna Be Part II)
October 15 Digital Underground Sons of the P
U.M.C.'s Fruits of Nature
Schoolly D How a Black Man Feels
October 22 Black Sheep A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
Del the Funky Homosapien I Wish My Brother George Was Here
October 28 The Fat Boys Mack Daddy
October 29 Big Daddy Kane Prince of Darkness
Ice Cube Death Certificate
Organized Konfusion Organized Konfusion
Hammer Too Legit to Quit
November 6 Run-D.M.C. Together Forever: Greatest Hits 1983-1991
November 12 Tim Dog Penicillin on Wax
2Pac 2Pacalypse Now
November 19 Tone Lōc Cool Hand Lōc
November 26 D-Nice To tha Rescue
December 3 AMG Bitch Betta Have My Money
December 10 Hi-C Skanless
December 31 Various Artists Juice soundtrack
Unknown Mantronix The Incredible Sound Machine
Unknown Mhisani Call It Like I See It
Unknown J-Rock Streetwise
Unknown Queen Mother Rage Vanglorious Law
Unknown Rappin' 4-Tay Rappin' 4-Tay is Back
Unknown Maestro Fresh Wes Black Tie Affair
Unknown Michael Peace Threat to Society
Unknown 2 Black 2 Strong MMG Doin' Hard Time On Planet Earth
Unknown Redhead Kingpin and the F.B.I. The Album With No Name
Unknown Tuff Crew Still Dangerous
Unknown UTFO Bag It & Bone It
Unknown A.P.G. Crew Oaktown's Finest
Unknown Royal Flush 976-Dope
Unknown PHD Without Warning
Unknown Marley Marl In Control, Volume 2: For Your Steering Pleasure
Unknown Latin Alliance Latin Alliance
Unknown KMC Three Men with the Power of Ten
Unknown Two Kings in a Cipher From Pyramids to Projects
Unknown Donald D Let The Horns Blow
Unknown Makeba & Skratch Mental Fitness
Unknown The Posse NFX Black Or Ya White
Unknown Lance Romance Fortune & Fame
Unknown Greyson & Jasun Sweatin' Me Wet
Unknown Godfather Don Hazardous
Unknown Oaktown's 357 Fully Loaded
Unknown Success-n-Effect Back-n-Effect

Highest-charting singles
Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1991 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100[2]
Song Artist Project Peak position
"Play That Funky Music" Vanilla Ice To the Extreme 4
"O.P.P." Naughty By Nature Naughty By Nature 6
"Around The Way Girl" LL Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out 9
"Mama Said Knock You Out" LL Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out 17
"You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo" Yo-Yo featuring Ice Cube Make Way for the Motherlode 36

See also
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References
  1. "The Top 75 Hip-Hop Albums of 1991".
  2. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
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