'90s
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Artist
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Album
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Release date
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Highlights
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Eric B. & Rakim
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Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
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1990
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- Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
- No Omega
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Brand Nubian
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One for All
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1990
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- All for One
- Step to the Rear
- Slow Down
- Brand Nubian
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Digital Underground
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Sex Packets
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1990
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Ice Cube
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AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
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1990
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- The Nigga Ya Love to Hate
- You Can't Fade Me / JD's Gafflin
- Once Upon a Time in the Projects
- Rollin' Wit the Lench Mob
- Who's the Mack?
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Gang Starr
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Step In the Arena
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1990
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- Step In the Arena
- Who's Gonna Take the Weight?
- Check the Technique
- Lovesick
- Just to Get a Rep
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LL Cool J
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Mama Said Knock You Out
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1990
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- Mama Said Knock You Out
- Jingling Baby (Remixed but Still Jingling)
- To da Break of Dawn
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A Tribe Called Quest
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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
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1990
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- Luck of Lucien
- Bonita Applebum
- Can I Kick It?
- Youthful Expression
- Ham 'n' Eggs
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Public Enemy
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Fear of a Black Planet
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1990
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- 911 Is a Joke
- Welcome to the Terrordome
- Fight the Power
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Main Source
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Breaking Atoms
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1991
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- Just Hangin' Out
- Looking at the Front Door
- Large Professor
- Just a Friendly Game of Baseball
- Live at the Barbeque
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Del tha Funkeé Homosapien
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I Wish My Brother George Was Here
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1991
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- Mistadobalina
- The Wacky World Of Rapid Transit
- Sunny Meadowz
- Same Ol' Thing
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Organized Konfusion
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Organized Konfusion
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1991
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- Fudge Pudge
- Organized Konfusion
- Who Stole My Last Piece of Chicken (Remix)
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P.M. Dawn
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Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience
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1991
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- Paper Doll
- A Watcher's Point of View (Don't 'Cha Think)
- Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
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Ice-T
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O.G. Original Gangster
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1991
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- New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)
- O.G. Original Gangster
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Ice Cube
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Death Certificate
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1991
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- The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit
- Steady Mobbin'
- A Bird in the Hand
- Color Blind
- No Vaseline
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Public Enemy
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Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black
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1991
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- Can't Truss It
- By the Time I Get to Arizona
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De La Soul
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De La Soul Is Dead
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1991
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- Oodles of O's
- Pease Porridge
- A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'
- Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa
- Pass the Plugs
- Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
- Fanatic of the B Word
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Cypress Hill
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Cypress Hill
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1991
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- How I Could Just Kill a Man
- Hand on the Pump
- The Phuncky Feel One
- Real Estate
- Stoned Is the Way of the Walk
- Latin Lingo
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A Tribe Called Quest
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The Low End Theory
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1991
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- Excursions
- Buggin' Out
- Rap Promoter
- Butter
- Show Business
- The Infamous Date Rape
- Check the Rhime
- Jazz (We've Got)
- What?
- Scenario
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Redman
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Whut¿ Thee Album
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1992
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- Time 4 Sum Aksion
- Tonight's Da Night
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The Goats
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Tricks of the Shade
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1992
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- Typical American
- Whatcha Got Is Whatcha Gettin
- Cumin' in Ya Ear
- Got Kinda Hi
- Wrong Pot 2 Piss In
- Hip-Hopola
- ¿Do The Digs Dug?
- TV Cops
- Tricks of the Shade
- Not Not Bad
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Gang Starr
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Daily Operation
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1992
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- Soliloquy of Chaos
- No Shame in My Game
- B.Y.S.
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Neneh Cherry
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Homebrew
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1992
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Mary J. Blige
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What's the 411?
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1992
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Body Count
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Body Count
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1992
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- KKK Bitch
- Freedom of Speech
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Ice Cube
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The Predator
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1992
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- It Was a Good Day
- We Had to Tear This Mothafucka Up
- Gangsta's Fairytale 2
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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
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Mecca and the Soul Brother
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1992
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- Act Like You Know
- They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
- Can't Front on Me
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The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
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Hypocrisy Is the Greatest Luxury
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1992
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- Television, the Drug of the Nation
- California Über Alles
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The Pharcyde
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Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
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1992
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- Oh Shit
- I'm That Type of Nigga
- Soul Flower (Remix)
- Officer
- Ya Mama
- Passin' Me By
- Otha Fish
- Pack the Pipe
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Arrested Development
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3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...
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1992
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Beastie Boys
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Check Your Head
|
1992
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- Pass the Mic
- So What'cha Want
- Live at P.J.'s
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Rage Against the Machine
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Rage Against the Machine
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1992
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- Bombtrack
- Killing in the Name
- Take the Power Back
- Bullet in the Head
- Know Your Enemy
- Wake Up
- Fistful of Steel
- Freedom
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Dr. Dre
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The Chronic
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1992
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- Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')
- Let Me Ride
- Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang
- Deeez Nuuuts
- Lil' Ghetto Boy
- Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat
- Lyrical Gangbang
- Stranded on Death Row
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Onyx
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Bacdafucup
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1993
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- Throw Ya Gunz
- Atak of da Bal-Hedz
- Slam
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Freestyle Fellowship
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Innercity Griots
|
1993
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- Everything's Everything
- Inner City Boundaries
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Digable Planets
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Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
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1993
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- It's Good to Be Here
- Pacifics
- Where I'm From
- Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
- Nickel Bags
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KRS-One
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Return of the Boom Bap
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1993
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- Outta Here
- Mortal Thought
- Sound of da Police
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P.M. Dawn
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The Bliss Album...?
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1993
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- Beyond Infinite Affections
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Souls of Mischief
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93 'til Infinity
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1993
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- Let 'Em Know
- That's When Ya Lost
- 93 'til Infinity
- Anything Can Happen
- Make Your Mind Up
- Batting Practice
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Black Moon
|
Enta da Stage
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1993
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- Powaful Impak!
- Who Got da Props?
- Buck Em Down
- I Got Cha Opin
- How Many MC's...
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De La Soul
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Buhloone Mindstate
|
1993
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- Eye Patch
- En Focus
- Patti Dooke
- Ego Trippin' (Part Two)
- 3 Days Later
- Area
- I Am I Be
- In the Woods
- Breakadawn
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Guru
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Jazzmatazz
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1993
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- Loungin'
- No Time to Play
- Take a Look (At Yourself)
- Le Bien, Le Mal
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Cypress Hill
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Black Sunday
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1993
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- I Wanna Get High
- I Ain't Goin' Out Like That
- Insane in the Brain
- When the Shit Goes Down
- Cock the Hammer
- Hits from the Bong
- A to the K
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A Tribe Called Quest
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Midnight Marauders
|
1993
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- Steve Biko (Stir It Up)
- Award Tour
- 8 Million Stories
- Sucka Nigga
- Midnight
- We Can Get Down
- Electric Relaxation
- Clap Your Hands
- Oh My God
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Snoop Doggy Dogg
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Doggystyle
|
1993
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- Gin and Juice
- Murder Was the Case
- Serial Killa
- Who Am I? (What's My Name?)
- Gz and Hustlas
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Wu-Tang Clan
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Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
|
1993
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- Bring da Ruckus
- Shame on a Nigga
- Clan in da Front
- Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber
- Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta Fuck Wit
- C.R.E.A.M.
- Method Man
- Protect Ya Neck
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Scarface
|
The Diary
|
1994
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- No Tears
- I Seen a Man Die
- Hand of the Dead Body
- Mind Playin' Tricks 94
- The Diary
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Gravediggaz
|
6 Feet Deep
|
1994
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- Constant Elevation
- Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide
- Defective Trip (Trippin')
- 1-800 Suicide
- Diary of a Madman
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Gang Starr
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Hard to Earn
|
1994
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- Code of the Streets
- Speak Ya Clout
- DWYCK
- Mass Appeal
|
Warren G
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Regulate... G Funk Era
|
1994
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- Regulate
- This D.J.
- And Ya Don't Stop
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OutKast
|
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
|
1994
|
- Ain't No Thang
- Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
- Player's Ball
- Git Up, Git Out
- Crumblin' Erb
- Hootie Hoo
- D.E.E.P.
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Jeru the Damaja
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The Sun Rises in the East
|
1994
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- You Can't Stop the Prophet
- Come Clean
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Common Sense
|
Resurrection
|
1994
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- Resurrection
- I Used to Love H.E.R.
- Thisisme
- Sum Shit I Wrote
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Spearhead
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Home
|
1994
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Organized Konfusion
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Stress: The Extinction Agenda
|
1994
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- Stress
- Black Sunday
- Bring It On
- Why
- Let's Organize
- 3-2-1
- Stray Bullet
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Method Man
|
Tical
|
1994
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- Bring the Pain
- Release Yo' Delf
|
The Notorious B.I.G.
|
Ready to Die
|
1994
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- Gimme the Loot
- Warning
- Ready to Die
- The What
- Juicy
- Everyday Struggle
- Big Poppa
- Unbelievable
- Suicidal Thoughts
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Beastie Boys
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Ill Communication
|
1994
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- Sure Shot
- Root Down
- Sabotage
- Get It Together
- Do It
|
Nas
|
Illmatic
|
1994
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- N.Y. State of Mind
- Life's a Bitch
- The World Is Yours
- Halftime
- Represent
- It Ain't Hard to Tell
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Group Home
|
Livin' Proof
|
1995
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Onyx
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All We Got Iz Us
|
1995
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- Last Dayz
- All We Got Iz Us (Evil Streets)
- Purse Snatchaz
- Shout
- Most Def
- Walk in New York
|
Coolio
|
Gangsta's Paradise
|
1995
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- Gangsta's Paradise
- 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)
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Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
|
E. 1999 Eternal
|
1995
|
- East 1999
- 1st of tha Month
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Smif-N-Wessun
|
Dah Shinin'
|
1995
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- Timz N Hood Chek
- Wrektime
- Sound Bwoy Bureill
- Bucktown
- Let's Git it On
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Goodie Mob
|
Soul Food
|
1995
|
- Thought Process
- Dirty South
- Cell Therapy
- Sesame Street
- Soul Food
|
The Roots
|
Do You Want More?!!!??!
|
1995
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- Proceed
- Distortion to Static
- Mellow My Man
- Do You Want More?!!!??!
- The Lesson Pt. 1
|
Ol' Dirty Bastard
|
Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
|
1995
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- Shimmy Shimmy Ya
- Brooklyn Zoo
|
Mobb Deep
|
The Infamous...
|
1995
|
- The Start of Your Ending (41st Side)
- Survival of the Fittest
- Eye For a Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)
- Give Up the Goods (Just Step)
- Right Back at You
- Shook Ones Pt. II
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2Pac
|
Me Against the World
|
1995
|
- If I Die 2Nite
- Me Against the World
- So Many Tears
- Dear Mama
- Old School
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GZA
|
Liquid Swords
|
1995
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Raekwon
|
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
|
1995
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- Knowledge God
- Criminology
- Incarcerated Scarfaces
- Rainy Dayz
- Guillotine (Swordz)
- Glaciers of Ice
- Verbal Intercourse
- Wisdom Body
- Ice Cream
- Wu-Gambinos
- Heaven & Hell
|
2 Pac/Makaveli
|
The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
|
1996
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- Hail Mary
- Against All Odds
|
Redman
|
Muddy Waters
|
1996
|
- Rock da Spot
- Smoke Buddah
- Whateva Man
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UGK
|
Ridin' Dirty
|
1996
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Lil' Kim
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Hard Core
|
1996
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OutKast
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ATLiens
|
1996
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- Two Dope Boyz (In a Cadillac)
- ATLiens
- Wheelz of Steel
- Jazzy Belle
- Elevators (Me & You)
- Decatur Psalm
- Millennium
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The Roots
|
Illadelph Halflife
|
1996
|
- Push Up Ya Lighter
- What They Do
- Clones
|
Nas
|
It Was Written
|
1996
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- The Message
- Street Dreams
- I Gave You Power
- Watch Dem Niggas
- Take It in Blood
- Affirmative Action
- Shootouts
- If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)
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Ghostface Killah
|
Ironman
|
1996
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- Winter Warz
- Daytona 500
- All That I Got Is You
|
Rage Against the Machine
|
Evil Empire
|
1996
|
- People of the Sun
- Bulls on Parade
- Down Rodeo
- Without a Face
- Wind Below
- Roll Right
|
Dr. Octagon
|
Dr. Octagonecologyst
|
1996
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- 3000
- Earth People
- Blue Flowers
- Technical Difficulties
- Girl Let Me Touch You
- I'm Destructive
- Wild and Crazy
- Halfsharkalligatorhalfman
- Blue Flowers Revisited
- Waiting List (DJ Shadow/Automator Mix)
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Jay-Z
|
Reasonable Doubt
|
1996
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- Can't Knock the Hustle
- Politics as Usual
- Brooklyn's Finest
- Dead Presidents II
- Feelin' It
- D'Evils
- Can I Live
- Ain't No Nigga
- Friend or Foe
- Regrets
|
2Pac
|
All Eyez on Me
|
1996
|
- Ambitionz Az a Ridah
- Got My Mind Made Up
- How Do U Want It
- Heartz of Men
- Only God Can Judge Me
- I Ain't Mad at Cha
|
Fugees
|
The Score
|
1996
|
- Ready or Not
- Zealots
- Fu-Gee-La
- Family Business
- The Score
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Common
|
One Day It'll All Make Sense
|
1997
|
- Invocation
- Real Nigga Quotes
- Retrospect for Life
- Gettin' Down at the Amphitheater
- My City
- Hungry
|
Jurassic 5
|
Jurassic 5
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1997
|
- In the Flesh
- Jayou
- Concrete Schoolyard
- Action Satisfaction
- Improvise
|
Company Flow
|
Funcrusher Plus
|
1997
|
- Bad Touch Example
- 8 Steps to Perfection
- Blind
- "Lune TNS
|
Wu-Tang Clan
|
Wu-Tang Forever
|
1997
|
- Reunited
- As High as Wu-Tang Get
- Triumph
- The M.G.M.
- Dog Sh*t
- Hellz Wind Staff
- Heaterz
|
Wyclef Jean
|
Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival
|
1997
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- Guantanamera
- Bubblegoose
- To All the Girls
- Anything Can Happen
- Year of the Dragon
- Street Jeopardy
- We Trying to Stay Alive
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The Notorious B.I.G.
|
Life After Death
|
1997
|
- Somebody's Gotta Die
- Hypnotize
- Kick In the Door
- Mo Money Mo Problems
- I Got a Story to Tell
- Notorious Thugs
- Ten Crack Commandments
- Sky's the Limit
|
Hieroglyphics
|
3rd Eye Vision
|
1998
|
- You Never Knew
- All Things
- The Who
- At the Helm
- Oakland Blackouts
|
Jay-Z
|
Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
|
1998
|
- Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
- It's Like That
|
Kid Rock
|
Devil Without a Cause
|
1998
|
- Cowboy
- Devil Without a Cause
|
DMX
|
It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
|
1998
|
- Intro
- Ruff Ryders' Anthem
- Get at Me Dog
- Damien
- How's It Goin' Down
- Stop Being Greedy
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Big Pun
|
Capital Punishment
|
1998
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- Beware
- Still Not a Player
- The Dream Shatterer
- You Ain't a Killer
- I'm Not a Player
- Twinz (Deep Cover 98)
- Tres Leches (Triboro Trilogy)
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Gang Starr
|
Moment of Truth
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1998
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- Work
- Above the Clouds
- JFK 2 LAX
- Moment of Truth
- B.I. vs. Friendship
- The Militia
- What I'm Here 4
- New York Strait Talk
- My Advice 2 You
- Make 'Em Pay
- Betrayal
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Black Star
|
Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
|
1998
|
- Astronomy (8th Light)
- Definition
- RE: DEFinition
- Brown Skin Lady
- Respiration
|
Beastie Boys
|
Hello Nasty
|
1998
|
- The Move
- Remote Control
- Body Movin'
- Intergalactic
- Three MC's and One DJ
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OutKast
|
Aquemini
|
1998
|
- Return of the 'G'
- Rosa Parks
- Skew It on the Bar-B
- Aquemini
- Slump
- West Savannah
- Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 1)
- SpottieOttieDopaliscious
- Chonkyfire
|
Lauryn Hill
|
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
|
1998
|
- Lost Ones
- Doo Wop (That Thing)
|
Nas
|
I Am...
|
1999
|
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Method Man & Redman
|
Blackout!
|
1999
|
- Mi Casa
- Y.O.U.
- Cereal Killer
- Da Rockwilder
- Maaad Crew
- Dat's Dat S**t
- Cheka
|
Pharoahe Monch
|
Internal Affairs
|
1999
|
- Queens
- Rape
- Simon Says
- Official
- No Mercy
- The Light
- The Truth
- Simon Says (Remix)
|
Blackalicious
|
Nia
|
1999
|
- The Fabulous Ones
- Shallow Days
- If I May
|
Roots Manuva
|
Brand New Second Hand
|
1999
|
- Movements
- Strange Behaviour
- Clockwork
|
Prince Paul
|
A Prince Among Thieves
|
1999
|
- Pain
- What U Got (The Demo)
- Weapon World
- Macula's Theory
- The Men in Blue
- Handle Your Time
|
Handsome Boy Modeling School
|
So... How's Your Girl?
|
1999
|
- The Truth
- The Projects (P Jays)
|
MF DOOM
|
Operation: Doomsday
|
1999
|
- Doomsday
- Go with the Flow
- Who You Think I Am?
- Hey!
|
Dr. Dre
|
2001
|
1999
|
- The Watcher
- Still D.R.E.
- Xxplosive
- What's the Difference
- Forgot About Dre
- The Next Episode
- Bitch Niggaz
- Some L.A. Niggaz
- Bang Bang
- The Message
|
The Roots
|
Things Fall Apart
|
1999
|
- The Next Movement
- Dynamite!
- Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New
- Double Trouble
- Act Too (The Love of My Life)
- 100% Dundee
- Adrenaline!
- You Got Me
- Act Fore... The End?
|
Rage Against the Machine
|
The Battle of Los Angeles
|
1999
|
- Guerrilla Radio
- Sleep Now in the Fire
|
Mos Def
|
Black on Both Sides
|
1999
|
- Hip Hop
- Ms. Fat Booty
- Do It Now
- New World Water
- Know That
- Brooklyn
- Mathematics
|
Eminem
|
The Slim Shady LP
|
1999
|
- My Name Is
- Guilty Conscience
- Brain Damage
- 97 Bonnie & Clyde
- Role Model
- Rock Bottom
- Just Don't Give a Fuck
- As the World Turns
- Bad Meets Evil
- Still Don't Give a Fuck
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