The album cover features a graphic picture of the injured Bushwick being carted through a hospital by Scarface and Willie D. A high-profile incident in which Bushwick Bill lost an eye in a shooting helped boost sales of the group's 1991 album We Can't Be Stopped. In the early 1990s, several American politicians attacked rap artists associated with the subgenre gangsta rap, including the Geto Boys. sister label Giant Records) because of controversy over the lyrics. Records (with marketing for the album done by Warner Bros. The group's 1990 self-titled album, The Geto Boys, caused Def American Recordings, the label to which the group was signed at the time, to switch distributors from Geffen Records to Warner Bros. This new line-up recorded the 1989 album, Grip It! On That Other Level. With the release receiving very little attention, the group broke up shortly thereafter and a new line-up was put together in which Bushwick Bill was joined by Scarface and Willie D, both aspiring solo artists.
In 1988, the group released its debut album, Making Trouble. The first single the group released was "Car Freak" in 1986, which then followed with two singles: "You Ain't Nothin'/I Run This" in 1987, and "Be Down" in 1988. When Raheem and Sir Rap-A-Lot left, the group added DJ Ready Red, Prince Johnny C, and Little Billy, the dancer who later came to be known as Bushwick Bill. Common – Retrospect For Life ft Lauryn Hill (1997)ĩ4. Digable Planets – Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) (1992)ĩ5. Main Source – Live At The BBQ ft Nas, Akinyele & Joe Fatal (1991)ĩ6. Run DMC – Down With The King ft Pete Rock & CL Smooth (1993)ĩ7.The original Geto Boys consisted first of Raheem, The Sire Jukebox and Sir Rap-A-Lot. dead prez – It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop (1999)ĩ2. (1996)Ĩ9. Raekwon – Verbal Intercourse ft Nas & Ghostface Killah (1995)ĩ0. Wu-Tang Clan – Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’ (1993)ĩ1.
Jay Z – Brooklyn’s Finest ft Notorious B.I.G. Ras Kass – Nature Of The Threat (1996)Ĩ6. Poor Righteous Teachers – Rock Dis Funky Joint (1990)Ĩ3. Dr Dre – Keep Their Heads Ringing (1995)ħ9. Raekwon – Ice Cream ft Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Cappadonna (1995)ħ8. Big Pun ft Fat Joe – Twinz (Deep Cover 98) (1998)ħ6. A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour (1993)ħ1. Biggie Smalls – Party & Bullshit (1993)Ħ9. A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario ft Leaders Of The New School (1991)Ħ6. Jurassic 5 – Concrete Schoolyard (1998)Ħ5. Cypress Hill – How I Could Just Kill A Man (1991)Ħ4.
Keith Murray – The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World (1994)Ħ2. Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours (1991)Ħ1. Fat Joe – John Blaze ft Nas, Big Pun, Jadakiss & Raekwon (1998)Ħ0. Black Star – Respiration ft Common (1998)ĥ2. So, let’s get into it – are your favorites missing? Which songs would you rank higher or lower, or leave off the list? Share your opinions in the comments!Īlso read: Top 100 Hip Hop Songs Of The 1980s, Top 150 Hip Hop Albums Of The 1990s & Greatest Hip Hop Albums 1980 – 2019ĥ1. That’s OK, it is exactly why these lists exist: to have a healthy discussion about the music we all love. Obviously, not everyone (or more likely no one) will agree 100% with the order on this list.
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The 1990s were the first full decade in which Hip Hop albums were being released, with dozens of dope records coming out every single year – a lot of which we now consider Hip Hop classics.įor this list, we ranked what are in our opinion the best 1990s Hip Hop songs. In the 1980s Hip Hop grew from a local phenomenon to a new musical genre and worldwide cultural movement, with Hip Hop albums steadily starting to be released from the mid-eighties on. Top 100 Hip Hop Songs Of The 1990s: The 1970s were the decade in which Hip Hop was ‘born’, witnessed only by the happy few who were there.