1991 in hip-hop

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

Released albums

Release Date	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
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
	Various Artists	Boyz n the Hood soundtrack
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	Naughty by Nature	Naughty by Nature
	Nice & Smooth	Ain't a Damn Thing Changed
	Poor Righteous Teachers	Pure Poverty
	Queen Latifah	Nature of a Sista
	Nikki D	Daddy's Little Girl
	Greyson & Jason	Sweatin' Me Wet
September 6	2nd II None	2nd II None
September 17	MC Lyte	Act Like You Know
	WC and the Maad Circle	Ain't a Damn Thang Changed
	Yomo & Maulkie	Are U Xperienced?
	Powerule	Volume 1
September 22	Def Jef	Soul Food
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
	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 7	Maestro Fresh Wes	The Black Tie Affair
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	Michael Peace	Threat to Society
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	Marley Marl	In Control, Volume 2: For Your Steering Pleasure
Unknown	KMC	Three Men with the Power of Ten
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	Godfather Don	Hazardous
Unknown	Oaktown's 357	Fully Loaded
Unknown	Success-n-Effect	Back-n-Effect
Unknown	Kish	Order From Chaos

Highest-charting singles

Hip hop singles from any year which charted in the 1991 Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100

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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